1 00:00:15,749 --> 00:00:17,050 >>> GOOD MORNING, THE PUBLIC 2 00:00:17,050 --> 00:00:19,085 SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING WILL 3 00:00:19,085 --> 00:00:22,021 COME TO ORDER, 9:32 A.M., APRIL 4 00:00:22,021 --> 00:00:23,523 28, 2026. I AM ROBERT KETTLE, 5 00:00:23,523 --> 00:00:25,225 CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY 6 00:00:25,225 --> 00:00:26,659 COMMITTEE. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 7 00:00:26,659 --> 00:00:27,093 CALL THE ROLL? 8 00:00:27,093 --> 00:00:29,662 >> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ IS 9 00:00:29,662 --> 00:00:30,263 EXCUSED. COUNCIL MEMBER LIN. 10 00:00:30,263 --> 00:00:33,466 >> HERE. 11 00:00:33,466 --> 00:00:34,634 >> COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA. 12 00:00:34,634 --> 00:00:36,102 >> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA. 13 00:00:36,102 --> 00:00:36,469 >> HERE. 14 00:00:36,469 --> 00:00:36,903 >> CHAIR KETTLE. 15 00:00:36,903 --> 00:00:37,203 >> HERE. 16 00:00:37,203 --> 00:00:40,273 >> CHAIR, THERE ARE THREE 17 00:00:40,273 --> 00:00:41,508 MEMBERS PRESENT. 18 00:00:41,508 --> 00:00:43,309 >> THANK YOU, AND WELCOME, 19 00:00:43,309 --> 00:00:44,177 EVERYBODY, FOR CHAIR COMMENT 20 00:00:44,177 --> 00:00:48,014 THIS MORNING, I AM NOT GOING TO 21 00:00:48,014 --> 00:00:51,351 REALLY DO AN EXCEPTION TO 22 00:00:51,351 --> 00:00:52,685 REITERATE COMMENTS FROM CHAIR 23 00:00:52,685 --> 00:00:54,754 COMMENT FRIDAY, I SPOKE TO AN 24 00:00:54,754 --> 00:00:57,390 ARTICLE FROM DANNY WESTON THAT 25 00:00:57,390 --> 00:00:59,859 CAME OUT TALKING ABOUT LITTLE 26 00:00:59,859 --> 00:01:07,567 SAIGON, IT WAS TITLED "AMID 27 00:01:07,567 --> 00:01:09,903 SEATTLE'S NEGLECT." VERY 28 00:01:09,903 --> 00:01:10,637 IMPORTANT ARTICLE. THAT CHAIR 29 00:01:10,637 --> 00:01:13,306 COMMENT IS ON AND I WAS THERE AT 30 00:01:13,306 --> 00:01:14,374 LITTLE SAIGON YESTERDAY, YOU 31 00:01:14,374 --> 00:01:16,709 KNOW, THE CHALLENGES THAT LITTLE 32 00:01:16,709 --> 00:01:20,046 SAIGON IS FACING REMAINS AS OF 33 00:01:20,046 --> 00:01:21,948 YESTERDAY MORNING, WHEN I WAS IN 34 00:01:21,948 --> 00:01:22,549 THE COMMUNITY. THAT ARTICLE, 35 00:01:22,549 --> 00:01:25,652 THERE IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT 36 00:01:25,652 --> 00:01:27,253 PIECES, REALLY IMPORTANT TO HEAR 37 00:01:27,253 --> 00:01:34,527 THOSE VOICES FROM THE COMMUNITY 38 00:01:34,527 --> 00:01:37,363 AND THE POINTS THEY WERE MAKING. 39 00:01:37,363 --> 00:01:38,431 HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE EFFORTS 40 00:01:38,431 --> 00:01:40,700 THUS FAR, THE KEY IS WHEN HE 41 00:01:40,700 --> 00:01:42,836 SAYS BUT ALARMING, BUT IT IS 42 00:01:42,836 --> 00:01:46,105 ALARMING HOW LITTLE EFFECT IT 43 00:01:46,105 --> 00:01:48,341 SEEMS TO HAVE. OUR EFFORTS THUS 44 00:01:48,341 --> 00:01:51,711 FAR ARE BASICALLY AKIN TO 45 00:01:51,711 --> 00:01:54,414 RUNNING THE STAND STILL. WE 46 00:01:54,414 --> 00:01:55,215 CANNOT CONTINUE IN THIS VEIN. 47 00:01:55,215 --> 00:01:56,683 ALSO, IN THE CHAIR COMMENT ON 48 00:01:56,683 --> 00:02:00,086 FRIDAY I SPOKE OF THE ISSUE OF 49 00:02:00,086 --> 00:02:00,920 SEATTLE BEING OF TWO MINDS. THIS 50 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:02,121 IS SOMETHING THAT IS A CHALLENGE 51 00:02:02,121 --> 00:02:06,159 FOR US AS A CITY, IT GETS US 52 00:02:06,159 --> 00:02:09,162 INTO A SITUATION WHERE IT LEADS 53 00:02:09,162 --> 00:02:10,230 TO SOME PARALYSIS OR ELEMENTS 54 00:02:10,230 --> 00:02:11,798 WORKING IN CROSS PURPOSES. I 55 00:02:11,798 --> 00:02:13,833 THINK WE NEED TO LOOK TOGETHER, 56 00:02:13,833 --> 00:02:15,268 LOOK FOR THOSE COMMON AREAS AND 57 00:02:15,268 --> 00:02:17,904 LOOK AT FACTS ON THE GROUND, 58 00:02:17,904 --> 00:02:21,407 LIKE IN LITTLE SAIGON, IN TERMS 59 00:02:21,407 --> 00:02:23,042 OF TRYING TO DEVELOP MOVING 60 00:02:23,042 --> 00:02:24,978 FORWARD. I ALSO HIGHLIGHTED IN 61 00:02:24,978 --> 00:02:26,746 THE CHAIR COMMENT LAST FRIDAY 62 00:02:26,746 --> 00:02:28,248 ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK 63 00:02:28,248 --> 00:02:28,982 FOR SAFER SEATTLE. WE UPDATED IT 64 00:02:28,982 --> 00:02:30,350 THIS YEAR FROM WHAT WE HAD FROM 65 00:02:30,350 --> 00:02:32,185 THE PREVIOUS TERM OF THE 66 00:02:32,185 --> 00:02:34,387 COUNCIL, TWO YEARS OF THE 67 00:02:34,387 --> 00:02:36,089 COUNCIL, AND TWO CHANGES I WANT 68 00:02:36,089 --> 00:02:40,126 TO HIGHLIGHT, ONE WAS A BULLET 69 00:02:40,126 --> 00:02:43,830 PILLAR UPDATED, AND IT SPEAKS TO 70 00:02:43,830 --> 00:02:44,864 FURTHERING A FUNCTIONAL CRIMINAL 71 00:02:44,864 --> 00:02:46,799 JUSTICE SYSTEM THERE ARE SO MANY 72 00:02:46,799 --> 00:02:48,468 LITTLE PIECES WITHIN OUR 73 00:02:48,468 --> 00:02:49,669 CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT ARE 74 00:02:49,669 --> 00:02:51,971 NOT QUITE WORKING, THAT WE NEED 75 00:02:51,971 --> 00:02:54,607 SOME TWEAKS IN. THE NEW ONE 76 00:02:54,607 --> 00:02:55,975 TITLED "ADDRESSING THE SCENE 77 00:02:55,975 --> 00:02:58,311 BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC 78 00:02:58,311 --> 00:03:04,117 HEALTH, HOUSING, AND HUMAN 79 00:03:04,117 --> 00:03:05,485 SERVICES." THIS IS VERY 80 00:03:05,485 --> 00:03:06,119 IMPORTANT. SO, ADDRESSING THE 81 00:03:06,119 --> 00:03:09,856 SEAM MEANS, LOT OF TIMES, 82 00:03:09,856 --> 00:03:10,890 ADDRESSING ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE. 83 00:03:10,890 --> 00:03:12,592 THIS IS PRIMARILY FOCUSED, BUT 84 00:03:12,592 --> 00:03:13,393 NOT SOLELY, ON THE CARE 85 00:03:13,393 --> 00:03:15,295 ORDINANCE AND THE WORK THAT GOES 86 00:03:15,295 --> 00:03:17,897 THERE. WE NEED TO IMPROVE 87 00:03:17,897 --> 00:03:18,965 ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE TO GET 88 00:03:18,965 --> 00:03:20,934 BETTER OUTCOMES. ALSO, I SAW 89 00:03:20,934 --> 00:03:22,468 THIS YESTERDAY MORNING, AGAIN, A 90 00:03:22,468 --> 00:03:24,270 LITTLE SAIGON, BUT I SEE IT IN 91 00:03:24,270 --> 00:03:27,407 BELL TOWN EVERY DAY. I SEE IT IN 92 00:03:27,407 --> 00:03:29,776 DOWNTOWN. IT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE 93 00:03:29,776 --> 00:03:32,745 IN LAKE CITY, OTHER PARTS, NORTH 94 00:03:32,745 --> 00:03:36,182 BEACON HILL, NOT JUST SAIGONS 95 00:03:36,182 --> 00:03:37,083 AND PARTS. PARK SQUARE, 96 00:03:37,083 --> 00:03:38,384 THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. THIS IS 97 00:03:38,384 --> 00:03:40,553 ADDRESSING THE DRUG MARKETS AND 98 00:03:40,553 --> 00:03:42,055 THIS MEANS ACTIONS THAT NEED TO 99 00:03:42,055 --> 00:03:44,924 BE TAKEN AS IT RELATES TO THE 100 00:03:44,924 --> 00:03:45,558 PUBLIC DRUG USE AND POSSESSION 101 00:03:45,558 --> 00:03:46,793 ORDINANCE. THE ORDINANCE IN MY 102 00:03:46,793 --> 00:03:50,396 VIEW HAS BEEN A FAILURE IN 103 00:03:50,396 --> 00:03:52,298 ITSELF, BUT ALSO IMPLEMENTATION. 104 00:03:52,298 --> 00:03:54,234 WE MUST BRING CLARITY AND WE 105 00:03:54,234 --> 00:03:56,169 MUST ADDRESS THE ISSUE, WE NEED 106 00:03:56,169 --> 00:03:58,204 TO SIMPLIFY IT. BUT GOING BACK 107 00:03:58,204 --> 00:03:59,539 TO ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE, WE ALSO 108 00:03:59,539 --> 00:04:02,508 NEED TO BRING IN THE ALTERNATIVE 109 00:04:02,508 --> 00:04:05,345 RESPONSE ASPECT THROUGH THE 110 00:04:05,345 --> 00:04:06,212 ISSUE AS WELL. SEPARATELY, AS I 111 00:04:06,212 --> 00:04:07,513 MENTIONED FRIDAY, WE ARE 112 00:04:07,513 --> 00:04:09,449 ENGAGING WITH POTENTIAL STAFF, 113 00:04:09,449 --> 00:04:12,151 LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT HAS 114 00:04:12,151 --> 00:04:12,719 EFFORT CALLED NEIGHBORHOOD 115 00:04:12,719 --> 00:04:13,386 ENGAGEMENT AND MITIGATION. THINK 116 00:04:13,386 --> 00:04:15,321 OF THIS AS THE NEW VERSION OF 117 00:04:15,321 --> 00:04:17,323 THE GOOD MASH, WE NEED TO 118 00:04:17,323 --> 00:04:18,925 FURTHER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR 119 00:04:18,925 --> 00:04:19,959 SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THE CITY, 120 00:04:19,959 --> 00:04:21,995 BUT ALSO, MORE IMPORTANTLY, WITH 121 00:04:21,995 --> 00:04:23,096 THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN WHICH THEY 122 00:04:23,096 --> 00:04:25,431 SERVE. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, 123 00:04:25,431 --> 00:04:27,166 WE MUST TAKE ACTION, WORKING 124 00:04:27,166 --> 00:04:28,234 WITH STAKEHOLDERS WHICH I SEE 125 00:04:28,234 --> 00:04:30,036 MANY HERE TODAY, THANK YOU FOR 126 00:04:30,036 --> 00:04:31,537 COMING OUT TO ADDRESS THE POINT, 127 00:04:31,537 --> 00:04:35,341 AGAIN, IN THE ARTICLE, IT IS 128 00:04:35,341 --> 00:04:36,709 ALARMING HOW LITTLE AFFECT IT 129 00:04:36,709 --> 00:04:38,177 SEEMS TO HAVE. THAT MEANS OUR 130 00:04:38,177 --> 00:04:40,713 EFFORTS, THUS FAR, IN TERMS OF 131 00:04:40,713 --> 00:04:41,314 ADDRESSING PROBLEM AREASISM I 132 00:04:41,314 --> 00:04:42,348 LOOK TO WORK WITH EVERYBODY IN 133 00:04:42,348 --> 00:04:45,184 HERE, I KNOW MOST OF YOU, 134 00:04:45,184 --> 00:04:46,486 GENERALLY, OR SPECIFICALLY, AND 135 00:04:46,486 --> 00:04:49,188 I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS, ALONG 136 00:04:49,188 --> 00:04:51,691 WITH MY COLLEAGUES IN THE 137 00:04:51,691 --> 00:04:57,897 COMMITTEE, AND OVERALL. 138 00:04:57,897 --> 00:05:02,935 >>> THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED, 139 00:05:02,935 --> 00:05:09,108 SEEING NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA 140 00:05:09,108 --> 00:05:10,076 SUDOPTED. OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENTS 141 00:05:10,076 --> 00:05:11,911 WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT, 142 00:05:11,911 --> 00:05:13,212 IT SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS ON 143 00:05:13,212 --> 00:05:14,814 TODAY'S AGENDA OR WITHIN 144 00:05:14,814 --> 00:05:16,215 PURVIEW OF THE COMMITTEE. HOW 145 00:05:16,215 --> 00:05:18,951 MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE SIGNED 146 00:05:18,951 --> 00:05:22,121 UP FOR TODAY? 147 00:05:22,121 --> 00:05:22,855 >> CURRENTLY 14 IN PERSON AND 148 00:05:22,855 --> 00:05:23,189 FOUR REMOTE. 149 00:05:23,189 --> 00:05:27,026 >> SO THAT MEANS TWO EACH, TWO 150 00:05:27,026 --> 00:05:30,463 MINUTES EACH, UNDER NEW COUNCIL 151 00:05:30,463 --> 00:05:31,097 RULESISM LETS GO WITH IN PERSON. 152 00:05:31,097 --> 00:05:36,602 >> PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE 153 00:05:36,602 --> 00:05:38,705 MONITORED, UP TO 60 MINUTES, 154 00:05:38,705 --> 00:05:41,207 SPEAKERS WILL HAVE 10 SECONDS 155 00:05:41,207 --> 00:05:42,442 LEFT IN TIME, SPEAKERS MIC WILL 156 00:05:42,442 --> 00:05:47,146 BE MUTED IF THEY DO NOT END 157 00:05:47,146 --> 00:05:47,814 WITHIN ALAUPTED TIME TO CALL THE 158 00:05:47,814 --> 00:05:48,448 NEXT SPEAKER. THE PUBLIC PERIOD 159 00:05:48,448 --> 00:05:55,421 IS OPEN AND WE BEGIN WITH THE 160 00:05:55,421 --> 00:05:56,823 FIRST SPEAKER. FORMER COUNCIL 161 00:05:56,823 --> 00:05:57,056 MEMBER. 162 00:05:57,056 --> 00:05:58,925 >> AS FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER 163 00:05:58,925 --> 00:06:00,526 SPEAKS, COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA IS 164 00:06:00,526 --> 00:06:05,031 HERE AND JOINED US JUST AFTER 165 00:06:05,031 --> 00:06:05,565 THE ROLL CALL. THANK YOU. 166 00:06:05,565 --> 00:06:05,765 WELCOME. 167 00:06:08,634 --> 00:06:09,802 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. MY 168 00:06:09,802 --> 00:06:11,938 NAME IS TONYA, I WEAR MANY HATS 169 00:06:11,938 --> 00:06:16,242 IN THE CHINATOWN DISTRICT BUT 170 00:06:16,242 --> 00:06:18,945 TODAY I REPRESENT THE PRESIDENT 171 00:06:18,945 --> 00:06:20,313 ELECT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL 172 00:06:20,313 --> 00:06:20,880 DISTRICT. SO LETS BE HONEST 173 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:22,715 ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AT 12th 174 00:06:22,715 --> 00:06:26,119 AND JACKSON, THE PAST WEEK WE 175 00:06:26,119 --> 00:06:27,954 HAVE SEEN THIS POPULATION 176 00:06:27,954 --> 00:06:28,688 EXPLODE BECAUSE OF NICE WEATHER. 177 00:06:28,688 --> 00:06:30,656 WHAT WE ARE SEEING ON THE GROUND 178 00:06:30,656 --> 00:06:33,760 IS A SYSTEM THAT IS NOT MEETING 179 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:36,763 THE SCALE OF THE NEED. THE 180 00:06:36,763 --> 00:06:39,232 REALTY IS THE SCALE FAR EXCEEDS 181 00:06:39,232 --> 00:06:40,500 RESOURCES AND TOOLS WE ARE 182 00:06:40,500 --> 00:06:41,134 CURRENTLY DEPLOYING. WE NEED TO 183 00:06:41,134 --> 00:06:42,568 BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE ARE 184 00:06:42,568 --> 00:06:45,671 DEALING WITH, THIS IS NOT JUST 185 00:06:45,671 --> 00:06:48,541 ONE PROBLEM, THIS IS A ABOUT 186 00:06:48,541 --> 00:06:51,244 TWO. IT IS A DRUG CRISIS FUELED 187 00:06:51,244 --> 00:06:54,480 BY STOLEN GOODS MARKETS, AND IT 188 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:55,548 IS ALSO A HOUSING CRISIS. WE 189 00:06:55,548 --> 00:06:58,184 CAN'T ADDRESS ONE WITHOUT 190 00:06:58,184 --> 00:07:01,854 ADDRESSING THE OTHER. WE NEED TO 191 00:07:01,854 --> 00:07:02,688 CONTINUE TO ADDRESS BOTH. THE 192 00:07:02,688 --> 00:07:04,857 CONDITION THIS AREA CONTINUE TO 193 00:07:04,857 --> 00:07:05,925 BE SERIOUS. IT IS PUSHING OUT TO 194 00:07:05,925 --> 00:07:07,393 NORTH BEACON HILL T IS SPREADING 195 00:07:07,393 --> 00:07:10,663 TO OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY, WE 196 00:07:10,663 --> 00:07:13,933 ARE SEEING LAKE CITY, AURORA, 197 00:07:13,933 --> 00:07:16,068 BELL TOWN, DOWNTOWN,ER AND SO WE 198 00:07:16,068 --> 00:07:16,769 REALLY NEED TO PRIORITIZE WHAT 199 00:07:16,769 --> 00:07:18,871 WE ARE DOING ON THE GROUND, AND 200 00:07:18,871 --> 00:07:22,108 WE NEED TO LISTEN TO COMMUNITY. 201 00:07:22,108 --> 00:07:24,444 THESE CONDITIONS OPEN AIR DRUG 202 00:07:24,444 --> 00:07:26,179 USE, ONGOING SAFETY ISSUES AND 203 00:07:26,179 --> 00:07:27,346 BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS ARE NOT 204 00:07:27,346 --> 00:07:29,549 IMPROVING AT THE PACE OUR 205 00:07:29,549 --> 00:07:32,018 COMMUNITY NEEDS, AND WE SEE THE 206 00:07:32,018 --> 00:07:36,856 DATA. WE NEED MORE TO BE DONE. 207 00:07:36,856 --> 00:07:41,360 SO, WE NEED TO SUPPORT AND 208 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:43,129 CONTINUE SUPPORTING MODELS LIKE 209 00:07:43,129 --> 00:07:45,097 LEAD, BUILDING MORE TINY HOME 210 00:07:45,097 --> 00:07:46,065 VILLAGES BECAUSE IN LESS THAN 40 211 00:07:46,065 --> 00:07:47,667 DAYS WE ARE GOING TO SEE A MAJOR 212 00:07:47,667 --> 00:07:49,702 WORLD EVENT COME TO THE SEATTLE 213 00:07:49,702 --> 00:07:53,473 AREA AND THAT IS THE 2026 FIFA 214 00:07:53,473 --> 00:07:55,675 SOCCER WORLD CUP, SO THERE IS 215 00:07:55,675 --> 00:07:57,710 ADDED URGENCY, WE NEED TO A PLAN 216 00:07:57,710 --> 00:08:00,346 AND IT IS NOT VERY MUCH TIME. 217 00:08:00,346 --> 00:08:02,548 THESE FOLKS WHO LIVE IN THE 218 00:08:02,548 --> 00:08:04,016 NEIGHBORHOODS AND HAVE TO SEE 219 00:08:04,016 --> 00:08:10,223 THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY DESERVE TO 220 00:08:10,223 --> 00:08:11,824 FEEL SAFE AND SUPPORTED IN THEIR 221 00:08:11,824 --> 00:08:15,928 COMMUNITIES, NOT ONLY DURING 222 00:08:15,928 --> 00:08:16,562 WORLD CUP. PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO 223 00:08:16,562 --> 00:08:18,030 WHAT YOU ARE DOING. THANK YOU. 224 00:08:18,030 --> 00:08:18,464 >> THANK YOU. 225 00:08:18,464 --> 00:08:24,103 >> THANK YOU, NEXT UP WE HAVE 226 00:08:24,103 --> 00:08:25,938 CARA WILLIAMS FOLLOWED BY SHARON 227 00:08:25,938 --> 00:08:26,138 LEE. 228 00:08:26,138 --> 00:08:29,609 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBER, 229 00:08:29,609 --> 00:08:31,210 I AM CARA WILLIAMS WITH THE 230 00:08:31,210 --> 00:08:32,144 HOUSING INSTITUTE. I HERE TO 231 00:08:32,144 --> 00:08:33,212 JOIN THE CALL TO PROMOTE PUBLIC 232 00:08:33,212 --> 00:08:35,982 SAFETY THROUGHOUT THE SITHY AND 233 00:08:35,982 --> 00:08:37,550 ESPECIALLY IN THE CID BY LITING 234 00:08:37,550 --> 00:08:39,619 WHAT WAS PLACED ON THE 11 235 00:08:39,619 --> 00:08:42,655 MILLION FOR NEW SHELTER BEDS 236 00:08:42,655 --> 00:08:45,491 LAST FALL. FOR THIS YEAR THESE 237 00:08:45,491 --> 00:08:48,227 PHONEERIZE ARE NOT UDED, CUTS 238 00:08:48,227 --> 00:08:49,061 CONTINUE, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE 239 00:08:49,061 --> 00:08:51,497 HOUSING. BY KEEPING THEM, THEY 240 00:08:51,497 --> 00:08:52,265 ARE BEING UNDER UTILIZED. WHEN 241 00:08:52,265 --> 00:08:54,533 THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A BETTER 242 00:08:54,533 --> 00:08:57,270 TIME TO USE THEM, TO SUPPORT THE 243 00:08:57,270 --> 00:08:57,937 SHELTER EXPENSION PLANS. IN A 244 00:08:57,937 --> 00:09:00,172 TIME OF SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY AND 245 00:09:00,172 --> 00:09:01,474 SO MUCH NEED, I ASK THAT YOU 246 00:09:01,474 --> 00:09:02,775 MAKE THE MOMENT AND NOT KEEP 247 00:09:02,775 --> 00:09:04,677 THEM ON HOLD FOR FUTURE BUDGET 248 00:09:04,677 --> 00:09:06,646 WHEN EVERYTHING IS IN PLACE 249 00:09:06,646 --> 00:09:09,982 RIGHT NOW TO GET MORE SHELTER 250 00:09:09,982 --> 00:09:11,317 LIFE FAST, BRING PEOPLE OFFERS, 251 00:09:11,317 --> 00:09:13,552 ADDRESS PUBLIC USE, CONNECT 252 00:09:13,552 --> 00:09:15,121 PEOPLE TO SERVICES, TREATMENT 253 00:09:15,121 --> 00:09:16,856 FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND 254 00:09:16,856 --> 00:09:19,725 DEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND PROMOTE 255 00:09:19,725 --> 00:09:24,230 THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC. THE 256 00:09:24,230 --> 00:09:24,830 ISSUES ARE CONCENTRATED. 257 00:09:24,830 --> 00:09:25,398 PARTICULARLY LITTLE SAIGON, 258 00:09:25,398 --> 00:09:28,701 WHERE I WORK AND WE NEED SUPPORT 259 00:09:28,701 --> 00:09:31,437 NOW. EVERYONE IS AFFECTED WHEN 260 00:09:31,437 --> 00:09:37,176 NOT EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO 261 00:09:37,176 --> 00:09:38,577 HUMAN RIGHTERS. PLEASE 262 00:09:38,577 --> 00:09:43,950 PRIORITIZE THE SAFETY, 263 00:09:43,950 --> 00:09:46,586 ESPECIALLY VULNERNER ABLE. 264 00:09:49,388 --> 00:09:49,956 >> THANK YOU. 265 00:09:49,956 --> 00:09:53,292 >> GOOD MORNING. I AM SHARON 266 00:09:53,292 --> 00:09:53,926 LEE, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF 267 00:09:53,926 --> 00:09:57,029 LEE HIGH, AND WE ARE ONE OF THE 268 00:09:57,029 --> 00:09:57,797 LARGER EMPLOYERS IN LITTLE 269 00:09:57,797 --> 00:10:03,970 SAIGON, CID, AS WELL AS WE HAVE 270 00:10:03,970 --> 00:10:05,605 LOTS OF RESIDENTS, OVER 80 WHO 271 00:10:05,605 --> 00:10:07,773 LIVE IN LITTLE SAIGON. I WANT TO 272 00:10:07,773 --> 00:10:09,475 SPEAK TO THE COMMITTEE TODAY TO 273 00:10:09,475 --> 00:10:16,415 HAVE YOU STOP THE SALE OF STOLEN 274 00:10:16,415 --> 00:10:17,049 GOODS IN LITTLE SAIGON. PEOPLE 275 00:10:17,049 --> 00:10:20,219 ARE SHOPLIFT ING AND SELL FOR 276 00:10:20,219 --> 00:10:21,854 CASH TO BUY DRUGS. STREET 277 00:10:21,854 --> 00:10:23,990 VENDORS ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A 278 00:10:23,990 --> 00:10:27,626 BUSINESS LICENSE AND A PERMIT TO 279 00:10:27,626 --> 00:10:32,064 VEND ON PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. 280 00:10:32,064 --> 00:10:34,433 NOW,ER SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF 281 00:10:34,433 --> 00:10:35,034 TRANSPORTATION IS SUPPOSED TO 282 00:10:35,034 --> 00:10:39,639 ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, BUT WE DO 283 00:10:39,639 --> 00:10:41,040 NOT SEE ENFORCEMENT. WE ARE 284 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,943 CONTINUALLY FACED WITH PEOPLE 285 00:10:43,943 --> 00:10:50,516 OFFERING TO SELL GOODS. IT IS 286 00:10:50,516 --> 00:10:53,686 CREATING A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. 287 00:10:53,686 --> 00:10:56,622 IT IS NOT JUST INCIDENTALLY, 288 00:10:56,622 --> 00:11:00,092 LOTS OF PEOPLE SELLING STOLEN 289 00:11:00,092 --> 00:11:02,795 GOODS ARE HOUSED. THEY ARE NOT 290 00:11:02,795 --> 00:11:03,629 NECESSARILY UNHOUSED. SO WE 291 00:11:03,629 --> 00:11:05,531 THINK THE COUNCIL SHOULD DO 292 00:11:05,531 --> 00:11:08,634 SOMETHING TO PUT IN PLACE TO 293 00:11:08,634 --> 00:11:10,403 STOP THE SALE OF STOLEN GOODS. 294 00:11:10,403 --> 00:11:13,506 ALSO, WE ASK THAT YOU SET UP 295 00:11:13,506 --> 00:11:14,273 MORE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES, 296 00:11:14,273 --> 00:11:17,677 BECAUSE WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE 297 00:11:17,677 --> 00:11:19,645 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS OUT OF 298 00:11:19,645 --> 00:11:20,780 LITTLE SAIGON, INTO TINY HOUSE 299 00:11:20,780 --> 00:11:22,948 VILLAGES, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS 300 00:11:22,948 --> 00:11:25,084 IS A WAY TO PREVENT THEM FROM 301 00:11:25,084 --> 00:11:27,787 RETURNING, BECAUSE THEY WILL GET 302 00:11:27,787 --> 00:11:28,387 SERVICES ELSEWHERE. SO, FOR 303 00:11:28,387 --> 00:11:30,222 INSTANCE, WHEN WE OPEN UP THE 304 00:11:30,222 --> 00:11:32,992 VILLAGE, WE INSURED THERE WAS A 305 00:11:32,992 --> 00:11:34,093 COMMITMENT TO HANDLE THE 306 00:11:34,093 --> 00:11:38,497 RESIDENTS WHO ARE-- PEOPLE ARE 307 00:11:38,497 --> 00:11:40,099 WHO ARE HOMELESS SO WE BELIEVE 308 00:11:40,099 --> 00:11:41,901 THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A TARGETED 309 00:11:41,901 --> 00:11:44,336 STRATEGY TO HAVE MORE TINY HOUSE 310 00:11:44,336 --> 00:11:45,871 VILLAGES. SO WE THANK YOU FOR 311 00:11:45,871 --> 00:11:51,343 YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS. 312 00:11:51,343 --> 00:11:53,646 >> THANK YOU. 313 00:11:53,646 --> 00:11:56,749 >> NEXT WE HAVE THAN, FOLLOWED 314 00:11:56,749 --> 00:11:57,249 BY MADGON. 315 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:03,589 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, I LIVE 316 00:12:03,589 --> 00:12:09,595 IN DISTRICT THREE, WORK EVERYER 317 00:12:09,595 --> 00:12:10,963 DAY IN DISTRICT TWO LITTLE 318 00:12:10,963 --> 00:12:12,364 SAIGON. WHEN I FIRST CAME, I HAD 319 00:12:12,364 --> 00:12:17,603 NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE WHAT IS 320 00:12:17,603 --> 00:12:19,371 HAPPENING IN LITTLE SAIGON, DRUG 321 00:12:19,371 --> 00:12:20,439 DEALING, BLOCKING PEOPLE TRYING 322 00:12:20,439 --> 00:12:21,874 TO GROCERY STORE OR GET ON A 323 00:12:21,874 --> 00:12:24,443 BUS, SEEING IT HEN WAS SHOCKING. 324 00:12:24,443 --> 00:12:25,044 SEEING IT DAY IN AND DAY OUT 325 00:12:25,044 --> 00:12:27,179 ALMOST THREE YEARS WITH NO 326 00:12:27,179 --> 00:12:27,813 SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IS ENRAGING. 327 00:12:27,813 --> 00:12:30,950 YOU WILL NOT FIND THIS KIND OF 328 00:12:30,950 --> 00:12:32,318 ACTIVITY ANYWHERE ELSE IN 329 00:12:32,318 --> 00:12:33,586 SEATTLE. THIS CID AND LITTLE 330 00:12:33,586 --> 00:12:35,554 SAIGON IS ONLY PLACE THAT THIS 331 00:12:35,554 --> 00:12:43,262 KIND OF CRIME AND DRUG ACTIVITY 332 00:12:43,262 --> 00:12:44,196 IS ALLOWED TO EXIST. THE CITY'S 333 00:12:44,196 --> 00:12:46,499 ACTIONS HAVE PUSHED THESE 334 00:12:46,499 --> 00:12:48,134 ACTIVITIES INTO THIS ASIAN 335 00:12:48,134 --> 00:12:49,235 MINORITY NEIGHBORHOOD, 336 00:12:49,235 --> 00:12:50,069 CONTINUING THE HISTORICAL RACISM 337 00:12:50,069 --> 00:12:53,839 THIS COMMUNITY HAS FACED FROM 338 00:12:53,839 --> 00:12:55,174 THE CITY IT CALLS HOME. THE 339 00:12:55,174 --> 00:13:01,814 PEOPLE OF CID IS LITTLE SAIGON 340 00:13:01,814 --> 00:13:02,348 DESERVE BETTER. THERE ARE 341 00:13:02,348 --> 00:13:06,085 ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE TIRELESSLY 342 00:13:06,085 --> 00:13:07,253 WORKING TO UPLIFT THIS 343 00:13:07,253 --> 00:13:11,223 NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE FACE OF 344 00:13:11,223 --> 00:13:12,458 APATHY AND INACTION. IT IS YOUR 345 00:13:12,458 --> 00:13:14,727 TURN TO HELP UPLIFT THE 346 00:13:14,727 --> 00:13:15,294 NEIGHBORHOOD. THE SOLUTION 347 00:13:15,294 --> 00:13:16,462 ISN'T TO KEEP DISPLACING PEOPLE 348 00:13:16,462 --> 00:13:18,798 FROM OTHER PLACES, IT IS TO 349 00:13:18,798 --> 00:13:22,101 BRING SERVICES AND SHELTER TO 350 00:13:22,101 --> 00:13:23,669 THEM. WE NEED LESS ARRESTS, MORE 351 00:13:23,669 --> 00:13:24,937 DIVERSION, WE NEED MORE 352 00:13:24,937 --> 00:13:26,438 OUTREACH, MORE SOCIAL WORKERS, 353 00:13:26,438 --> 00:13:27,773 MORE SHELTERS, MORE RECOVERY 354 00:13:27,773 --> 00:13:30,776 RESOURCES, MORE HOUSING, MORE 355 00:13:30,776 --> 00:13:36,549 SERVICE OPTIONS FOR THESE FOLKS. 356 00:13:36,549 --> 00:13:37,183 THIS CHALLENGE NEEDS A SOLUTION. 357 00:13:37,183 --> 00:13:40,719 EVERYBODY LIVES AND WORKS IN 358 00:13:40,719 --> 00:13:41,687 LITTLE SAIGON DESERVES TO BE 359 00:13:41,687 --> 00:13:46,125 SAFE AND IT IS A ROLE OF THIS 360 00:13:46,125 --> 00:13:51,864 COUNCIL AND CITY TO INSURE THAT. 361 00:13:51,864 --> 00:13:52,164 THANK YOU. 362 00:13:52,164 --> 00:13:52,431 >> THANK YOU. 363 00:13:59,371 --> 00:14:00,406 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBER, 364 00:14:00,406 --> 00:14:02,441 I AM MADDEN AND WORK IN 365 00:14:02,441 --> 00:14:04,043 DISTRICTTWOMENT TWO. I AM HERE 366 00:14:04,043 --> 00:14:08,714 TO ASK YOU TO PROMOTE SAFETY IN 367 00:14:08,714 --> 00:14:10,716 THE CHINATOWN DISTRICT BY 368 00:14:10,716 --> 00:14:12,851 LIFTING PROVISA 11 MILLION 369 00:14:12,851 --> 00:14:14,220 INCREASING SERVICES FOR UNHOUSED 370 00:14:14,220 --> 00:14:16,088 NEIGHBORS. THE COMMUNITY HAS 371 00:14:16,088 --> 00:14:17,089 BEEN DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AND 372 00:14:17,089 --> 00:14:18,090 IGNORED, CREATING AN UNSAFE 373 00:14:18,090 --> 00:14:19,091 ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL THOSE WHO 374 00:14:19,091 --> 00:14:21,794 LIVE AND WORK IN THE AREA. THE 375 00:14:21,794 --> 00:14:23,863 CONDITIONS RESULT IN PEOPLE 376 00:14:23,863 --> 00:14:26,165 AVOIDING THE AREA, PERPETUATING 377 00:14:26,165 --> 00:14:28,133 STIGMA TO THE LITTLE SAIGON 378 00:14:28,133 --> 00:14:29,168 COMMUNITY. I HAVE AVOIDED GOING 379 00:14:29,168 --> 00:14:30,102 INTO CERTAIN RESTAURANTS OR 380 00:14:30,102 --> 00:14:31,136 WALKING PAST CERTAIN STREETS 381 00:14:31,136 --> 00:14:34,907 WHEN BY MYSELF, OUT OF FEAR FOR 382 00:14:34,907 --> 00:14:35,741 MY SAFETY. HOWEVER, DISPLACING 383 00:14:35,741 --> 00:14:36,909 PEOPLE OR PUTTING THEM IN JAIL 384 00:14:36,909 --> 00:14:39,044 DOES NOTHING TO ADDRESS THE ROOT 385 00:14:39,044 --> 00:14:40,679 CAUSE OF THE ISSUES. I HAVE ALSO 386 00:14:40,679 --> 00:14:42,448 SEEN FROM WORKING DIRECTLY WITH 387 00:14:42,448 --> 00:14:43,649 PEOPLE IN SUBSTANCE ABUSE 388 00:14:43,649 --> 00:14:45,117 RECOVERY THAT SHELTER WITHOUT 389 00:14:45,117 --> 00:14:48,053 SERVICES DOES NOT CREATE THE 390 00:14:48,053 --> 00:14:52,524 OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORT NEEDED 391 00:14:52,524 --> 00:14:53,926 FOR CHANGE. YOU CAN IMPROVE THE 392 00:14:53,926 --> 00:14:54,994 PUBLIC SAFETY BY INCREASING 393 00:14:54,994 --> 00:14:58,397 SHELTER, PROVIDING THE BASIC 394 00:14:58,397 --> 00:14:59,598 HUMAN RIGHT OF HOUSING, 395 00:14:59,598 --> 00:15:00,199 ALONGSIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES. 396 00:15:00,199 --> 00:15:01,634 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 397 00:15:01,634 --> 00:15:01,967 >> THANK YOU. 398 00:15:04,036 --> 00:15:08,374 >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE 399 00:15:08,374 --> 00:15:08,908 AMANDA BENSON FOLLOWED BY 400 00:15:08,908 --> 00:15:09,208 NATHAN. 401 00:15:10,843 --> 00:15:13,279 >> HELLO, GOOD MORNING, MY NAME 402 00:15:13,279 --> 00:15:13,979 IS AMANDA BENSON AND RESIDENT OF 403 00:15:13,979 --> 00:15:16,882 DISTRICT FOUR, AND I WORK EVERY 404 00:15:16,882 --> 00:15:18,484 DAY IN DISTRICT TWO, 405 00:15:18,484 --> 00:15:19,918 SPECIFICALLY LITTLE SAIGON NEAR 406 00:15:19,918 --> 00:15:23,122 THE INTERSECTION OF 12th AND 407 00:15:23,122 --> 00:15:26,992 JACKSON, THE EPICENTER OF THIS 408 00:15:26,992 --> 00:15:28,394 PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS. SINCE 409 00:15:28,394 --> 00:15:33,565 SEATTLE'S DRUG POSSESSION TOOK 410 00:15:33,565 --> 00:15:37,369 AFFECT IN 2023, ARRESTS 411 00:15:37,369 --> 00:15:38,771 INCREASED. OPEN AIR DRUG USE, 412 00:15:38,771 --> 00:15:40,506 STOLEN GOODS I SEE EVERY DAY IN 413 00:15:40,506 --> 00:15:42,341 LITTLE SAIGON ON MY WAY TO WORK 414 00:15:42,341 --> 00:15:43,842 HAS ONLY GOTTEN WORSE. THERE IS 415 00:15:43,842 --> 00:15:45,878 NO EVIDENCE ARRESTING PEOPLE ARE 416 00:15:45,878 --> 00:15:46,812 DRUG USE REDUCES USE, OR 417 00:15:46,812 --> 00:15:50,115 ADDRESSES THE ROOT CAUSES THAT 418 00:15:50,115 --> 00:15:52,518 BRING PEOPLE TO THAT POINT. 419 00:15:52,518 --> 00:15:55,154 STABLE HOUSING DOES I AM HERE TO 420 00:15:55,154 --> 00:15:56,055 ADVOCATE FOR TINY HOUSE 421 00:15:56,055 --> 00:15:57,423 VILLAGES, THEY ARE NOT JUST A 422 00:15:57,423 --> 00:15:59,591 PLACE TO SLEEP, THEY ARE 423 00:15:59,591 --> 00:16:01,560 COMMUNITIES THAT PROVIDE CASE 424 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:02,628 MANAGEMENT, SUPPORT, STABILITY, 425 00:16:02,628 --> 00:16:04,563 AND DIGNITY. THEY PROVIDE A 426 00:16:04,563 --> 00:16:07,366 FOUNDATION THAT MAKES EVERY 427 00:16:07,366 --> 00:16:08,934 OTHER INTERVENTION POSSIBLE. 428 00:16:08,934 --> 00:16:10,169 ADDICTION TREATMENT, EMPLOYMENT, 429 00:16:10,169 --> 00:16:12,071 RECONNECTION WITH FAMILY, ARE 430 00:16:12,071 --> 00:16:13,205 ONLY POSSIBLE WITH STABLE 431 00:16:13,205 --> 00:16:14,340 HOUSING. I URGE THIS COMMITTEE 432 00:16:14,340 --> 00:16:16,342 TO FUND MORE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES 433 00:16:16,342 --> 00:16:18,444 AND THE WRAP AROUND SERVICES 434 00:16:18,444 --> 00:16:22,047 THAT MAKE THEM SO EFFECTIVE. IT 435 00:16:22,047 --> 00:16:25,751 IS THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE 436 00:16:25,751 --> 00:16:26,385 EVIDENCE-BASED INVESTMENT THE 437 00:16:26,385 --> 00:16:31,857 CITY CAN MAKE IN PUBLIC SAFETY. 438 00:16:31,857 --> 00:16:33,792 THANK YOU. 439 00:16:33,792 --> 00:16:34,426 >> THANK YOU. 440 00:16:38,397 --> 00:16:40,466 >> HELLO, GOOD MORNING, MY NAME 441 00:16:40,466 --> 00:16:42,334 IS NATHAN, I AM A RESIDENT OF 442 00:16:42,334 --> 00:16:45,204 SEATTLE DISTRICT THREE, I WORK 443 00:16:45,204 --> 00:16:46,505 IN LITTLE SAIGON. WE HAVE AN 444 00:16:46,505 --> 00:16:47,740 OFFICE WITH OVER 40 STAFF 445 00:16:47,740 --> 00:16:50,175 MEMBERS IN AN APARTMENT BUILDING 446 00:16:50,175 --> 00:16:52,478 WITH OVER 80 RESIDENTS AND MANY 447 00:16:52,478 --> 00:16:53,312 BUILDINGS NEARBY. WE ARE 448 00:16:53,312 --> 00:16:54,346 PRESENTED WITH DRUG USE, CRIME, 449 00:16:54,346 --> 00:16:56,615 VIOLENCE ON THE STREET IN FRONT 450 00:16:56,615 --> 00:16:57,716 OF OUR WORK PLACE. I BELIEVE WE 451 00:16:57,716 --> 00:17:00,452 NEED TO STOP THE SALE OF STOLEN 452 00:17:00,452 --> 00:17:02,388 GOODS AND OPEN AIR MARKET. THESE 453 00:17:02,388 --> 00:17:05,791 ARE NOT SMALL ONE-OFF OFFENDERS 454 00:17:05,791 --> 00:17:06,592 BUT LARGE ORGANIZED 455 00:17:06,592 --> 00:17:07,493 ORGANIZATIONS. IT IS A MASSIVE 456 00:17:07,493 --> 00:17:09,495 MARKET AND THE FUNDS ARE USED TO 457 00:17:09,495 --> 00:17:15,868 HELP FUND DRUGS SOLD TO 458 00:17:15,868 --> 00:17:17,202 VOLNERABLE POPULATIONS. I GET 459 00:17:17,202 --> 00:17:18,237 OFF THE STREET AT 12th AND 460 00:17:18,237 --> 00:17:19,438 JACKSON AND SEE THIS EVERY DAY, 461 00:17:19,438 --> 00:17:21,473 IT IS HEART BREAKING TO SEE WHAT 462 00:17:21,473 --> 00:17:23,108 PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH. IF WE 463 00:17:23,108 --> 00:17:25,010 CAN GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS 464 00:17:25,010 --> 00:17:28,347 AND INTO SHELTERS LIKE TINY 465 00:17:28,347 --> 00:17:31,116 HOUSE VILLAGES, WE CAN HELP STOP 466 00:17:31,116 --> 00:17:33,118 THIS PHENOMENON, AND IT IS VERY 467 00:17:33,118 --> 00:17:34,286 IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNCIL TO 468 00:17:34,286 --> 00:17:36,522 RECOGNIZE WHAT IS GOING ON AND 469 00:17:36,522 --> 00:17:38,123 TRY TO FIND HUMANE SOLUTIONS 470 00:17:38,123 --> 00:17:40,092 THAT CAN HELP SUPPORT PEOPLE 471 00:17:40,092 --> 00:17:42,094 RATHER THAN PUNISH THEM FOR 472 00:17:42,094 --> 00:17:47,399 BEING PRAYED ON. THANK YOU. 473 00:17:47,399 --> 00:17:53,939 >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP, ANDREA, 474 00:17:53,939 --> 00:17:54,373 FOLLOWED BY CORY. 475 00:18:04,583 --> 00:18:06,852 >> HI, GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. MY 476 00:18:06,852 --> 00:18:07,986 NAME IS ANDREA SUAREZ, FOUNDER 477 00:18:07,986 --> 00:18:10,589 OF WE HEART SEATTLE, I AM HERE 478 00:18:10,589 --> 00:18:12,624 TO TALK ABOUT THE HARM OF 479 00:18:12,624 --> 00:18:13,625 POSSESSION IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE 480 00:18:13,625 --> 00:18:14,693 HAVE PICKED UP HUNDREDS OF 481 00:18:14,693 --> 00:18:16,628 THOUSANDS OF NEEDLES AND 482 00:18:16,628 --> 00:18:17,930 HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PIECES 483 00:18:17,930 --> 00:18:20,399 OF FOIL THAT OUR COUNTY HAND OUT 484 00:18:20,399 --> 00:18:22,034 TO DRUGADICS, I THINK THAT 485 00:18:22,034 --> 00:18:24,770 SPEAKS TO THE DRUG FRIENDLY AND 486 00:18:24,770 --> 00:18:25,370 ENABLING CULTURE. THERE ARE 487 00:18:25,370 --> 00:18:27,239 MAJOR CITIES STARTING TO BAN 488 00:18:27,239 --> 00:18:28,407 HANDING THAT OUT, ESPECIALLY 489 00:18:28,407 --> 00:18:29,341 TENT SIDE, WITHOUT ENROLLING IN 490 00:18:29,341 --> 00:18:34,179 PROGRAMS SO THERE IS A LITTLE 491 00:18:34,179 --> 00:18:36,014 ADJUSTMENTS TO SHIFT FROM A 492 00:18:36,014 --> 00:18:41,186 DRUG-FRIENDLY CITY TO ONE WHERE 493 00:18:41,186 --> 00:18:42,855 WE ARE A RECOVERY FIRST CITY. IN 494 00:18:42,855 --> 00:18:44,556 TERMS OF HARM TO WOMEN, 495 00:18:44,556 --> 00:18:46,692 ESPECIALLY, THEY ARE PRAYED ON. 496 00:18:46,692 --> 00:18:52,831 I HAVE SEEN WOMEN TRAFFICKED. IT 497 00:18:52,831 --> 00:18:54,099 IS A VERY PREDATORY ELEMENT IN 498 00:18:54,099 --> 00:18:55,667 TERMS OF THE CULTURE, WHEN WE 499 00:18:55,667 --> 00:18:57,703 TALK WHY IT NEVER GETS BETTER, 500 00:18:57,703 --> 00:18:58,537 COUNCIL KETTLE, COUNCIL MEMBER 501 00:18:58,537 --> 00:19:00,172 KETTLE, IT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE 502 00:19:00,172 --> 00:19:01,673 INFLOW CRISIS, WE DON'T HAVE 503 00:19:01,673 --> 00:19:03,108 ANYTHING LIKE PROPOSITION F 504 00:19:03,108 --> 00:19:04,243 WHICH SAN FRANCISCO HAS, IF YOU 505 00:19:04,243 --> 00:19:09,648 COME TO SEATTLE, YOU NEED TO 506 00:19:09,648 --> 00:19:11,884 PASS A DRUG TEST BEFORE YOU GET 507 00:19:11,884 --> 00:19:14,353 FOOD STAMP CARD, LITTLE THINGS 508 00:19:14,353 --> 00:19:17,956 LIKE THAT IS WHAT CITIES ARE 509 00:19:17,956 --> 00:19:20,125 DOING TO CREATE THE NOT 510 00:19:20,125 --> 00:19:21,126 DRUG-FRIENDLY CULTURE. MY MANTRA 511 00:19:21,126 --> 00:19:22,861 IS HERE WE HAVE CHEAP DRUGS AND 512 00:19:22,861 --> 00:19:24,062 FREE CRIME. THAT IS WHAT IS 513 00:19:24,062 --> 00:19:26,598 CREATING THE HAVOC WE SEE IN OUR 514 00:19:26,598 --> 00:19:27,299 COMMUNITY. I HEARD A COUPLE 515 00:19:27,299 --> 00:19:29,434 PEOPLE TALK ABOUT TINY HOUSES 516 00:19:29,434 --> 00:19:30,369 AND WRAP AROUND SERVICES. LAST 517 00:19:30,369 --> 00:19:33,572 TIME I WENT INTO A TINY HOUSE I 518 00:19:33,572 --> 00:19:35,407 SAW DESIGNATED TINY HOUSE TO USE 519 00:19:35,407 --> 00:19:37,509 FENTANYL. SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND 520 00:19:37,509 --> 00:19:38,610 HOW WE ARE STABILIZING SOMEBODY 521 00:19:38,610 --> 00:19:40,913 INSIDE A TINY HOUSE VILLAGE WHEN 522 00:19:40,913 --> 00:19:43,048 THERE IS A TINY HOUSE DESIGNATED 523 00:19:43,048 --> 00:19:44,650 TO SMOKE FENTANYL. WRAP AROUND 524 00:19:44,650 --> 00:19:45,317 SERVICES AREN'T REQUIRED. THE 525 00:19:45,317 --> 00:19:47,286 WHOLE CITY IS A WRAP AROUND 526 00:19:47,286 --> 00:19:48,754 SERVICE. YOU CAN WALK OUT THE 527 00:19:48,754 --> 00:19:49,788 DOOR AND GET SERVICES. THEY 528 00:19:49,788 --> 00:19:51,757 DON'T HAVE TO BE AT THE 529 00:19:51,757 --> 00:19:53,258 VILLAGE. DON'T GET SUCKED INTO 530 00:19:53,258 --> 00:19:57,195 THAT, THAT THINGS GET BETTER 531 00:19:57,195 --> 00:19:58,664 THERE. I DON'T KNOW ONE PERSON 532 00:19:58,664 --> 00:20:01,066 THAT GRADUATED FROM THE LEAD 533 00:20:01,066 --> 00:20:03,035 PROGRAM, WHERE YOU CAN SMOKE 534 00:20:03,035 --> 00:20:03,802 FENTANYL. WHEN PEOPLE GET 535 00:20:03,802 --> 00:20:05,270 ARRESTED, CLEAR MIND, AND 536 00:20:05,270 --> 00:20:09,841 TREATMENT, THEY GET BETTER. 537 00:20:09,841 --> 00:20:10,275 >> THANK YOU. 538 00:20:12,444 --> 00:20:14,813 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS 539 00:20:14,813 --> 00:20:17,416 CORY RATLIF. I AM A DRUG ADDICT 540 00:20:17,416 --> 00:20:19,151 AND HOMELESS. I JUST WANT TO 541 00:20:19,151 --> 00:20:20,686 SPEAK ON THE FACT THAT IT TOOK 542 00:20:20,686 --> 00:20:22,788 ME 45 DAYS IN JAIL TO FINALLY 543 00:20:22,788 --> 00:20:27,159 GET MY MIND RIGHT. YOU KNOW, AND 544 00:20:27,159 --> 00:20:27,826 HOLD MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE. BEFORE 545 00:20:27,826 --> 00:20:29,628 THAT, I WAS IN THE STREETS FROM 546 00:20:29,628 --> 00:20:31,964 AURORA TO TACOMA, AND I WAS 547 00:20:31,964 --> 00:20:35,968 BEING ENABLED FROM THE CITY WITH 548 00:20:35,968 --> 00:20:37,369 FREE PIPES, FREE FOIL, FREE 549 00:20:37,369 --> 00:20:38,670 HOUSING, PLACES THAT POLICE 550 00:20:38,670 --> 00:20:41,039 CAN'T REALLY COME IN AND DO 551 00:20:41,039 --> 00:20:43,742 ANYTHING ABOUT. SO NOW WE ARE 552 00:20:43,742 --> 00:20:45,611 ENCOURAGING AND ENABLING DRUG 553 00:20:45,611 --> 00:20:47,713 ADDICT AND HOMELESS TO BE 554 00:20:47,713 --> 00:20:49,114 COMPABILITY. THAT DOES NOT HELP 555 00:20:49,114 --> 00:20:51,250 THE SITUATION. WHAT HELPS IS 556 00:20:51,250 --> 00:20:52,818 HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE. IF WE ARE 557 00:20:52,818 --> 00:20:54,086 SELLING DOPE OR PIMPING OR DOING 558 00:20:54,086 --> 00:20:55,554 ANYTHING AGAINST THE LAW, HOLD 559 00:20:55,554 --> 00:20:56,688 ME ACCOUNTABLE, ARREST ME, 560 00:20:56,688 --> 00:20:58,924 DON'T GIVE ME A SLAP ON THE 561 00:20:58,924 --> 00:20:59,758 WRIST. DON'T LET ME GO. THAT 562 00:20:59,758 --> 00:21:02,861 TIME IN JAIL IS ENOUGH TIME TO 563 00:21:02,861 --> 00:21:05,163 THINK, TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR 564 00:21:05,163 --> 00:21:06,898 WHAT I DID. UNDERSTAND I NEED TO 565 00:21:06,898 --> 00:21:08,634 GET INTO HOPE AND CHANCE OR 566 00:21:08,634 --> 00:21:10,902 BATTLEFIELD FOR ADDICTION, START 567 00:21:10,902 --> 00:21:12,638 GOING TO WORK. SOBER LIVING 568 00:21:12,638 --> 00:21:13,772 PROGRAMS, THEY ANSWER. IT WAS 569 00:21:13,772 --> 00:21:15,407 FOR FOR ME. I STILL HAVE AN 570 00:21:15,407 --> 00:21:17,409 OLDER BROTHER STILL ACTIVELY IN 571 00:21:17,409 --> 00:21:18,877 ADDICTION WHO HAS NO THOUGHT 572 00:21:18,877 --> 00:21:20,946 WHATSOEVER OF GETTING OUT OF 573 00:21:20,946 --> 00:21:22,314 THAT SITUATION BECAUSE TINY HOME 574 00:21:22,314 --> 00:21:22,948 VILLAGES, HOUSING PROJECTS, 575 00:21:22,948 --> 00:21:24,216 EVERYTHING THERE IS COMFORTABLE 576 00:21:24,216 --> 00:21:26,018 TO BE HOMELESS AND A DRUG 577 00:21:26,018 --> 00:21:27,486 ADDICT. 10 YEARS AGO I COULDN'T 578 00:21:27,486 --> 00:21:29,321 DO THAT. THESE DAYS IT IS SO 579 00:21:29,321 --> 00:21:33,492 EASY TO BE A DRUG ADDICT AND IT 580 00:21:33,492 --> 00:21:35,093 IS OKAY, WE ARE PUTTING THEM IN 581 00:21:35,093 --> 00:21:36,194 A BUILDING OFF THE STREET. THE 582 00:21:36,194 --> 00:21:38,664 CITY IS THINKING IT IS NOT 583 00:21:38,664 --> 00:21:40,198 PROBLEM ANYMORE. NO, IT IS AN 584 00:21:40,198 --> 00:21:40,899 ISSUE, NOT BEING HANDLED 585 00:21:40,899 --> 00:21:44,403 CORRECTLY. I THINK THE BEST WAY 586 00:21:44,403 --> 00:21:46,838 IS HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE. THANK 587 00:21:46,838 --> 00:21:47,039 YOU. 588 00:21:47,039 --> 00:21:49,508 >> THANK YOU. 589 00:21:49,508 --> 00:21:53,145 >> NEXT UP IS MARTA CUDAN. 590 00:21:58,216 --> 00:22:00,485 >> MY NAME IS MARTA AND I AM THE 591 00:22:00,485 --> 00:22:01,586 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER AT 592 00:22:01,586 --> 00:22:03,722 THE LOW INCOME HOUSING 593 00:22:03,722 --> 00:22:04,256 INSTITUTE. THANK YOU FOR 594 00:22:04,256 --> 00:22:06,858 ALLOWING COMMUNITY THE TIME TO 595 00:22:06,858 --> 00:22:08,927 BE HEARD FOR TODAY. IN THE FALL 596 00:22:08,927 --> 00:22:11,430 OF 2025 THE LOW INCOME HOUSING 597 00:22:11,430 --> 00:22:13,765 INSTITUTE DEVELOPED A 15-POINT 598 00:22:13,765 --> 00:22:18,003 PLAN FOCUSED ON THE CID IN 599 00:22:18,003 --> 00:22:23,175 LITTLE SAIGON TO LIFT UP THE 600 00:22:23,175 --> 00:22:24,543 DEEP NEEDS AND RESOURCES. PUBLIC 601 00:22:24,543 --> 00:22:26,511 SAFETY REQUIRES A WRAP AROUND 602 00:22:26,511 --> 00:22:28,380 APPROACH AND WE BELIEVE TINY 603 00:22:28,380 --> 00:22:29,347 HOUSE ENHANCED SHELTERS BEING 604 00:22:29,347 --> 00:22:31,683 INCLUDED IN THE PLAN WILL HELP 605 00:22:31,683 --> 00:22:32,784 ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE STRAIN 606 00:22:32,784 --> 00:22:35,287 BEING EXPERIENCED BY ALL THAT 607 00:22:35,287 --> 00:22:37,155 LIVE AND WORK IN THE AREA. ONE 608 00:22:37,155 --> 00:22:39,458 OF THE ITEMS WE ASK THE CITY OF 609 00:22:39,458 --> 00:22:41,426 SEATTLE TO PRIORITIZE IS THE 610 00:22:41,426 --> 00:22:42,928 TINY HOUSE SHELTER FUNDING, 611 00:22:42,928 --> 00:22:46,365 WHICH WAS ALLOCATED AT $11 612 00:22:46,365 --> 00:22:48,433 MILLION LAST YEAR. PRIOR TO 613 00:22:48,433 --> 00:22:49,768 CLOSING THE BUDGETING PROCESS, 614 00:22:49,768 --> 00:22:51,236 PROVISO WAS PLACED TO INSURE THE 615 00:22:51,236 --> 00:22:52,637 CONTINUING CARE FUNDING WAS 616 00:22:52,637 --> 00:22:54,673 FULLY FUNDED AT THE FEDERAL 617 00:22:54,673 --> 00:22:55,741 LEVEL AND INSURE THE SHELTER 618 00:22:55,741 --> 00:23:01,046 FUNDING WOULD BACK THAT, IF 619 00:23:01,046 --> 00:23:02,147 THERE WAS ANY SHORTFALL. NOW 620 00:23:02,147 --> 00:23:03,582 THAT THE DOLLARS HAVE BEEN 621 00:23:03,582 --> 00:23:05,851 SECURED, WE ASK THAT WE LIFT THE 622 00:23:05,851 --> 00:23:07,753 PROVISO AND MAKE MORE SHELTER 623 00:23:07,753 --> 00:23:09,588 POSSIBLE AND HONOR THE ADVOCACY 624 00:23:09,588 --> 00:23:11,556 THAT WE, ALONGSIDE OUR PARTNERS, 625 00:23:11,556 --> 00:23:14,092 HAVE DONE IN THE REGION. OUR 626 00:23:14,092 --> 00:23:15,260 OFFICES ARE LOCATED DIRECTLY IN 627 00:23:15,260 --> 00:23:16,595 LITTLE SAIGON FOR THOSE OF YOU 628 00:23:16,595 --> 00:23:20,966 THAT DON'T KNOW, WE ARE RIGHT 629 00:23:20,966 --> 00:23:22,501 ON JACKSON AND RAINIER. AND WE 630 00:23:22,501 --> 00:23:24,069 OFTEN EXPERIENCE THE COMMON 631 00:23:24,069 --> 00:23:28,507 PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES YOU HEARD 632 00:23:28,507 --> 00:23:30,542 ABOUT TODAY. BOTH OUR SELVES AND 633 00:23:30,542 --> 00:23:32,611 THE RESIDENTS IN THE UNLOCKED 634 00:23:32,611 --> 00:23:34,045 PROPERTY ABOVE US. THERE IS A 635 00:23:34,045 --> 00:23:36,481 NEED FOR SAFETY PRACTICES TO BE 636 00:23:36,481 --> 00:23:37,783 ACTIVATED AND MANY OUTREACH AND 637 00:23:37,783 --> 00:23:39,384 DIVERSION PROGRAMS THAT WE WANT 638 00:23:39,384 --> 00:23:43,955 TO MAKE SURE THAT ARE BEING 639 00:23:43,955 --> 00:23:44,589 PROTECTEDER AND ALLOCATED FOR. 640 00:23:44,589 --> 00:23:47,025 WE ALSO ASK THAT THE HIGHEST OF 641 00:23:47,025 --> 00:23:50,429 THESE BE THE SHELTERING AND 642 00:23:50,429 --> 00:23:51,630 HOUSING OF OUR UNHOUSED 643 00:23:51,630 --> 00:23:52,497 NEIGHBORS. PLEASE HELP US INSURE 644 00:23:52,497 --> 00:23:54,232 HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT BY 645 00:23:54,232 --> 00:23:55,634 RELEASING THE SHELTER DOLLARS SO 646 00:23:55,634 --> 00:23:57,435 SHELTER PROVIDERS CAN DO THE 647 00:23:57,435 --> 00:23:58,870 GOOD WORK OF CREATING SAFE 648 00:23:58,870 --> 00:24:01,072 SPACES WITHOUT JUDGMENT OR HARM. 649 00:24:01,072 --> 00:24:01,373 THANK YOU. 650 00:24:01,373 --> 00:24:03,542 >> THANK YOU. 651 00:24:03,542 --> 00:24:10,081 >> NEXT UP, THERESA BLOOMBERG 652 00:24:10,081 --> 00:24:12,384 FOLLOWED BY STEVE REPSTYLE. 653 00:24:12,384 --> 00:24:14,452 >> GOOD MORNING, I AM THERESA 654 00:24:14,452 --> 00:24:19,191 BLOOMBERG HERE ON BEHALF OF THE 655 00:24:19,191 --> 00:24:21,259 SEATTLE CENTER, A NON-PROFIT 656 00:24:21,259 --> 00:24:22,294 SERVING THE DISTRICT SINCE 1958. 657 00:24:22,294 --> 00:24:25,063 WE HAVE WITNESSED MANY NEGATIVE 658 00:24:25,063 --> 00:24:26,097 CHANGES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, 659 00:24:26,097 --> 00:24:27,899 ESPECIALLY INCREASED OPEN DRUG 660 00:24:27,899 --> 00:24:30,802 USE AND GROWING SAFETY CONCERNS 661 00:24:30,802 --> 00:24:34,673 FOR ALL THE BUSINESSES, 662 00:24:34,673 --> 00:24:35,407 RESIDENTS, AND FAMILIES. AS A 663 00:24:35,407 --> 00:24:36,708 HOUSING COORDINATOR FOR THE 664 00:24:36,708 --> 00:24:38,243 SEATTLE INDIAN CENTER, I SEE 665 00:24:38,243 --> 00:24:41,980 EVERY DAY ENFORCEMENT THAT HAS 666 00:24:41,980 --> 00:24:45,717 BEEN HAPPENING NOW IS NOT 667 00:24:45,717 --> 00:24:47,319 ENOUGH. WE NEED REAL SOLUTIONS, 668 00:24:47,319 --> 00:24:50,555 MORE SHELTERS, ACCESS, MORE TINY 669 00:24:50,555 --> 00:24:52,390 HOMES, STRONGER PATHWAYS FOR 670 00:24:52,390 --> 00:24:53,291 SUPPORTING RECOVERY, AND STABLE 671 00:24:53,291 --> 00:24:59,664 HOUSING FOR THOSE LIVING ON THE 672 00:24:59,664 --> 00:25:02,133 STREETS AND IN NEED OF SUPPORT. 673 00:25:02,133 --> 00:25:05,136 OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES TO FEEL 674 00:25:05,136 --> 00:25:06,705 SAFE. UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS DESERVE 675 00:25:06,705 --> 00:25:10,475 DIGNITY, OPPORTUNITY, AND I 676 00:25:10,475 --> 00:25:11,142 CANNOT EMPHASIZE, SUPPORT, 677 00:25:11,142 --> 00:25:13,144 ENOUGH. WE ASK YOU ACT WITH 678 00:25:13,144 --> 00:25:18,650 URGENCY AND BALANCE. THANK YOU. 679 00:25:18,650 --> 00:25:19,618 >> THANK YOU. 680 00:25:19,618 --> 00:25:22,587 >> MY OPINION HAS BEEN CLOUDED 681 00:25:22,587 --> 00:25:26,925 BY THE FACT THAT I WORK 682 00:25:26,925 --> 00:25:28,460 PRIMARILY IN PIONEER SQUARE, 683 00:25:28,460 --> 00:25:33,765 BELLTOWN, WORKED IN THE ID, AND 684 00:25:33,765 --> 00:25:35,734 HAVE WORKED ON CAPITOL HILL. SO, 685 00:25:35,734 --> 00:25:39,170 MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN CLOUDED 686 00:25:39,170 --> 00:25:42,741 BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO MANY 687 00:25:42,741 --> 00:25:46,144 CARROTS, NOT ENOUGH STICKS. YOU 688 00:25:46,144 --> 00:25:48,647 HAVE A PERFECT RECORD, IN THE 689 00:25:48,647 --> 00:25:49,314 TIMES I HAVE BEEN ASSAULTED, NO 690 00:25:49,314 --> 00:25:50,982 ONE HAS GONE TO JAIL, TAKEN THE 691 00:25:50,982 --> 00:25:55,053 RIDE, NO ONE RECEIVED WHAT 692 00:25:55,053 --> 00:25:59,491 AMOUNTS TO A TICKET. VERY 693 00:25:59,491 --> 00:26:01,059 PERFECT RECORD. NOW I HAVE BEEN 694 00:26:01,059 --> 00:26:03,561 WARNED THAT WHEN ASSAULTED, IF 695 00:26:03,561 --> 00:26:07,132 YOU DO TOO MUCH IN RESPONSE, YOU 696 00:26:07,132 --> 00:26:08,133 CAN GO TO JAIL, BECAUSE 697 00:26:08,133 --> 00:26:13,505 RETALIATION IS SOMETHING YOU CAN 698 00:26:13,505 --> 00:26:14,973 GO TO JAIL FOR. BUT IT APPEARS 699 00:26:14,973 --> 00:26:17,108 ASSAULT IN SEATTLE, UNLESS YOU 700 00:26:17,108 --> 00:26:19,878 USE A GUN, KNIFE, OR HATCHET, IS 701 00:26:19,878 --> 00:26:21,579 NOT JAILABLE. IT IS NOT WORTH 702 00:26:21,579 --> 00:26:23,481 YOUR TIME AND EFFORT. I DON'T 703 00:26:23,481 --> 00:26:26,785 KNOW WHETHER THE COURTS OR THE 704 00:26:26,785 --> 00:26:28,553 PROSECUTOR WOULD DO ANYTHING 705 00:26:28,553 --> 00:26:31,523 BECAUSE WE HAVE NEVER GOTTEN 706 00:26:31,523 --> 00:26:37,395 THAT FAR ON THAT. AND I SEE A 707 00:26:37,395 --> 00:26:39,764 LOT MORE, I SEE THAT MOVING 708 00:26:39,764 --> 00:26:42,367 PEOPLE OUT FOR TRESPASS IS 709 00:26:42,367 --> 00:26:46,571 SOMETHING POLICE CAN'T DO 710 00:26:46,571 --> 00:26:51,910 BECAUSE NO ID. WHO ARE THEY? I 711 00:26:51,910 --> 00:26:53,411 RECENTLY HAD A SITUATION THE 712 00:26:53,411 --> 00:26:55,547 INDIVIDUAL ALLEGED THEY OWNED 713 00:26:55,547 --> 00:26:56,915 THE GARAGE, THE POLICE HADN'T 714 00:26:56,915 --> 00:27:00,185 COME WITHIN AN HOUR AND A HALF, 715 00:27:00,185 --> 00:27:03,121 ALMOST TWO HOURS. I WAS LUCKY. I 716 00:27:03,121 --> 00:27:05,123 FLAGGED DOWN A POLICE CAR. TWO 717 00:27:05,123 --> 00:27:08,159 OFFICERS WERE IN IT. THEY 718 00:27:08,159 --> 00:27:09,127 CHECKED. NOBODY HAD BEEN 719 00:27:09,127 --> 00:27:12,030 ASSIGNED. AND THEY DID GO IN AND 720 00:27:12,030 --> 00:27:12,964 AFTER SEVERAL HOURS, TRYING TO 721 00:27:12,964 --> 00:27:16,568 HELP THE INDIVIDUAL, THEY DID 722 00:27:16,568 --> 00:27:19,137 GET THEM OUT. NOW, LATER ON, THE 723 00:27:19,137 --> 00:27:19,738 SAME INDIVIDUAL THREATENED 724 00:27:19,738 --> 00:27:21,973 SOMEONE ELSE AND THEY DID END UP 725 00:27:21,973 --> 00:27:26,745 GOING TO JAIL. I HAVEN'T SEEN 726 00:27:26,745 --> 00:27:27,312 THEM SINCE. THANK GOODNESS. 727 00:27:27,312 --> 00:27:27,579 >> THANK YOU. 728 00:27:29,614 --> 00:27:36,721 >> NEXT UP WE HAVE JESSICA 729 00:27:36,721 --> 00:27:37,288 NORTON FOLLOWED BY ALLISON 730 00:27:37,288 --> 00:27:43,261 BLEVINS. 731 00:27:43,261 --> 00:27:45,697 >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS 732 00:27:45,697 --> 00:27:47,365 JESSICA NORTON AND FOR 22 YEARS 733 00:27:47,365 --> 00:27:50,669 I HAVE OWNED A SMALL BUSINESS IN 734 00:27:50,669 --> 00:27:51,302 BELLTOWN. BELLTOWN IS EXACTLY 735 00:27:51,302 --> 00:27:55,407 WHAT THE CITY SAYS IT WANTS IN A 736 00:27:55,407 --> 00:27:56,908 NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ARE THE MOST 737 00:27:56,908 --> 00:28:00,278 DENSELY POPULATED RESIDENTIAL 738 00:28:00,278 --> 00:28:03,181 COMMUNITY IN KING COUNTY. WE ARE 739 00:28:03,181 --> 00:28:06,951 SOCIOECONOMICALLY DIVERSE WITH 740 00:28:06,951 --> 00:28:08,720 MILLION DOLLAR CONDOS ALONGSIDE 741 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:09,754 PUBLIC SUBSIDIZED AFFORDABLE, 742 00:28:09,754 --> 00:28:10,355 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. WE ARE 743 00:28:10,355 --> 00:28:13,358 WALKABLE, TRANSIT CONNECTED, AND 744 00:28:13,358 --> 00:28:14,459 FILLED WITH INDEPENDENTLY-OWNED 745 00:28:14,459 --> 00:28:15,560 SMALL BUSINESSES. WE ALSO CARRY 746 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:18,430 SIGNIFICANT SHARE OF THE CITY'S 747 00:28:18,430 --> 00:28:20,398 SOCIAL SERVICES. SERVING SOME OF 748 00:28:20,398 --> 00:28:24,202 THE MOST VOLNERABLE PEOPLE IN 749 00:28:24,202 --> 00:28:26,071 OUR COMMUNITIES. YET WE ARE 750 00:28:26,071 --> 00:28:28,907 BEING OVER RUN BY FLAGRANT, 751 00:28:28,907 --> 00:28:30,775 VIOLENT, VERY VIOLENT OPEN AIR 752 00:28:30,775 --> 00:28:31,876 DRUG MARKET. MUCH OF IT 753 00:28:31,876 --> 00:28:34,512 OPERATING DIRECTLY OUTSIDE THE 754 00:28:34,512 --> 00:28:35,914 HOUSING AND SERVICE CENTERS, 755 00:28:35,914 --> 00:28:41,019 PEOPLE RELY ON FOR SAFETY AND 756 00:28:41,019 --> 00:28:41,619 STABILITY. AFFORDABLE HOUSING 757 00:28:41,619 --> 00:28:44,122 PROVIDERS IN BELLTOWN REPORTING 758 00:28:44,122 --> 00:28:46,157 VACANCIES AS HIGH AS 30%. AND 759 00:28:46,157 --> 00:28:48,860 THAT IS NOT BECAUSE WE DON'T 760 00:28:48,860 --> 00:28:50,462 NEED HOUSING. IT IS BECAUSE 761 00:28:50,462 --> 00:28:52,030 PEOPLE DO NOT FEEL SAFE HERE, 762 00:28:52,030 --> 00:28:56,134 EVEN POOR PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO 763 00:28:56,134 --> 00:28:58,603 LIVE IN AN UNSAFE COMMUNITY. OUR 764 00:28:58,603 --> 00:29:01,172 BUS STOPS HAVE BECOME CENTERS OF 765 00:29:01,172 --> 00:29:01,840 DRUG ACTIVITY, RESIDENTS ARE 766 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:03,108 WALKING BLOCKS PAST THE STOPS 767 00:29:03,108 --> 00:29:06,578 CLOSEST TO THEIR HOMES JUST TO 768 00:29:06,578 --> 00:29:08,313 FIND A SAFER OPTION. SMALL 769 00:29:08,313 --> 00:29:10,315 BUSINESSES, THEIR EMPLOYEES AND 770 00:29:10,315 --> 00:29:12,250 CLIENTS, ARE NAVIGATING UNSAFE 771 00:29:12,250 --> 00:29:14,652 CONDITIONS EVERY DAY. IT IS THE 772 00:29:14,652 --> 00:29:16,020 BIGGEST THREAT TO MY OWN 773 00:29:16,020 --> 00:29:19,958 BUSINESS. MANY OF US HAVE 774 00:29:19,958 --> 00:29:22,327 STOPPED CALLING 911, BECAUSE 775 00:29:22,327 --> 00:29:25,763 THERE ARE NEVER ANY RESPONSES. 776 00:29:25,763 --> 00:29:28,066 THIS IS NOT COMPASSIONATE, 777 00:29:28,066 --> 00:29:31,703 ALLOWING VOLNERABLE PEOPLE TO BE 778 00:29:31,703 --> 00:29:34,105 EXPLOITED IN PLAY SIGHT BY THE 779 00:29:34,105 --> 00:29:36,641 SERVICES MEANT TO HELP THEM IS 780 00:29:36,641 --> 00:29:39,677 NEGLECT. IT IS NOT EQUITABLE TO 781 00:29:39,677 --> 00:29:40,345 EXPECT NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE 782 00:29:40,345 --> 00:29:41,179 BELLTOWN, DENSE, DIVERSE, 783 00:29:41,179 --> 00:29:43,481 ALREADY CARRYING SO MUCH, TO 784 00:29:43,481 --> 00:29:44,182 ABSORB THIS ALONE. WE ARE DOING 785 00:29:44,182 --> 00:29:46,117 EVERYTHING RIGHT AS A COMMUNITY, 786 00:29:46,117 --> 00:29:48,253 BUT THE CITY IS NOT MEETING US 787 00:29:48,253 --> 00:29:51,022 WITH THE ACTION THE SITUATION 788 00:29:51,022 --> 00:29:52,090 DEMANDS. WE NEED CONSISTENT 789 00:29:52,090 --> 00:29:52,590 PUBLIC SAFETY PRESENCE. 790 00:29:52,590 --> 00:29:53,358 >> THANK YOU. 791 00:29:53,358 --> 00:29:56,594 >> WE NEED REAL ENFORCEMENT OF 792 00:29:56,594 --> 00:29:59,864 OPEN AIR DRUG MARKETS AND SAFE, 793 00:29:59,864 --> 00:30:02,066 DIGNIFIED CONDITIONS AROUND OUR 794 00:30:02,066 --> 00:30:02,467 SOCIAL SERVICES. 795 00:30:02,467 --> 00:30:02,734 >> THANK YOU. 796 00:30:10,175 --> 00:30:12,644 >> HI, MY NAME IS ALLISON 797 00:30:12,644 --> 00:30:14,078 BLEVINS. ON BEHALF OF THE SANDAL 798 00:30:14,078 --> 00:30:16,548 PARK NEIGHBORHOOD IN GREENWOOD, 799 00:30:16,548 --> 00:30:18,917 I AM ASKING THE CITY TO PROVIDE 800 00:30:18,917 --> 00:30:27,592 A DEDICATED POLICE UNIT TO THIS 801 00:30:27,592 --> 00:30:29,027 PARK AREA, J1. OUR COMMUNITY IS 802 00:30:29,027 --> 00:30:30,795 STRUGGLING AT THE DRUG USE, IT 803 00:30:30,795 --> 00:30:32,697 IS RAMPANT AND DISTURBING. OFTEN 804 00:30:32,697 --> 00:30:35,533 WE CALL 911 AND THE POLICE NEVER 805 00:30:35,533 --> 00:30:37,235 COME. WHEN THEY DO COME, THEY 806 00:30:37,235 --> 00:30:39,504 RARELY DO ANYTHING ABOUT OPEN 807 00:30:39,504 --> 00:30:41,973 DRUG USE AND DRUG DEALING. WE 808 00:30:41,973 --> 00:30:47,779 ARE ASKING THE CITY TO ENFORCE 809 00:30:47,779 --> 00:30:52,684 THE 80-INCH WIDTH WITH 810 00:30:52,684 --> 00:30:54,819 RESTRICTION, MUNICIPAL CODE 811 00:30:54,819 --> 00:30:59,557 11.71.0770. AND THE 72-HOUR 812 00:30:59,557 --> 00:31:00,692 PARKING LIMIT, MUNICIPAL CODE 813 00:31:00,692 --> 00:31:02,760 1172440. AT AND AROUND SANDAL 814 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:05,897 PARK, WE ARE ASKING ALL CURRENT 815 00:31:05,897 --> 00:31:09,534 DRUG LAWS BE UPHELD AND 816 00:31:09,534 --> 00:31:11,002 ENFORCED. PLEASE RESTORE OUR 817 00:31:11,002 --> 00:31:11,636 WELL-LOVED, WELL-USED COMMUNITY 818 00:31:11,636 --> 00:31:16,708 PARK BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND 819 00:31:16,708 --> 00:31:20,979 FOR THE SAFETY OUR CHILDREN, OUR 820 00:31:20,979 --> 00:31:22,180 COMMUNITY CANNOT CARRY THE 821 00:31:22,180 --> 00:31:24,549 BURDEN Y. HAVE A PETITION SIGNED 822 00:31:24,549 --> 00:31:28,086 BY 151 OF MY NEIGHBORS. CAN I 823 00:31:28,086 --> 00:31:28,386 GIVE THIS? 824 00:31:28,386 --> 00:31:29,220 >> THANK YOU. 825 00:31:29,220 --> 00:31:30,855 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 826 00:31:30,855 --> 00:31:32,290 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 827 00:31:32,290 --> 00:31:36,194 >> OUR LAST IN-PERSON SPEAKER IS 828 00:31:36,194 --> 00:31:39,897 FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER SARAH 829 00:31:39,897 --> 00:31:40,131 NELSON. 830 00:31:40,131 --> 00:31:41,499 >> WELCOME, FORMER COUNCIL 831 00:31:41,499 --> 00:31:43,101 PRESIDENT NELSON. FRIENDS, WE 832 00:31:43,101 --> 00:31:44,269 HAD A BOOK END. WE STARTED WITH 833 00:31:44,269 --> 00:31:47,205 COUNCIL MEMBER WU AND NOW END 834 00:31:47,205 --> 00:31:50,642 WITH FORMER COUNCIL PRESIDENT 835 00:31:50,642 --> 00:31:51,276 NELSON. FOR IN PERSON. WE ALSO 836 00:31:51,276 --> 00:31:51,776 HAVE SOME REMOTE. 837 00:31:51,776 --> 00:31:55,546 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HELLO, 838 00:31:55,546 --> 00:31:56,547 EVERYBODY. THANK YOU, CHAIR 839 00:31:56,547 --> 00:31:59,217 KETTLE, FOR HAVING THIS TOPIC ON 840 00:31:59,217 --> 00:32:00,251 THE AGENDA TODAY BECAUSE, AS YOU 841 00:32:00,251 --> 00:32:03,855 AND OTHER FOLKS KNOW ON THE 842 00:32:03,855 --> 00:32:07,425 COMMITTEE AND ELSEWHERE THAT 843 00:32:07,425 --> 00:32:10,194 THIS TOPIC, CITY POLICY ON 844 00:32:10,194 --> 00:32:11,562 ADDICTION AND THE DRUG EPIDEMIC 845 00:32:11,562 --> 00:32:12,630 IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY 846 00:32:12,630 --> 00:32:14,632 HEART, NOT ONLY BECAUSE I AM IN 847 00:32:14,632 --> 00:32:16,434 RECOVERY MYSELF, BUT ALSO 848 00:32:16,434 --> 00:32:18,202 BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT 849 00:32:18,202 --> 00:32:19,304 ADDICTION, SUBSTANCE USE 850 00:32:19,304 --> 00:32:22,840 DISORDER FUELS PUBLIC SAFETY 851 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:24,542 CHALLENGES AND CHRONIC 852 00:32:24,542 --> 00:32:25,910 HOMELESSNESS. THIS IS A KEY ROOT 853 00:32:25,910 --> 00:32:30,782 CAUSE OF TWO MAJOR ISSUES YOU 854 00:32:30,782 --> 00:32:32,317 HAVE TO DEAL WITH. TWO THINGS. 855 00:32:32,317 --> 00:32:36,487 FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE READ THE 856 00:32:36,487 --> 00:32:38,523 PRESENTATION MATERIALS AND KUDOS 857 00:32:38,523 --> 00:32:42,026 TO LEAD FOR ITS HARD WORK IN 858 00:32:42,026 --> 00:32:44,062 DIVERSION SERVICES AND I WILL 859 00:32:44,062 --> 00:32:49,334 REMIND FOLKS UP HERE THAT 860 00:32:49,334 --> 00:32:53,471 $202.85 MILLION IN THE BUDGET 861 00:32:53,471 --> 00:32:54,972 ONGOING FOR RECOVERY SERVICES. 862 00:32:54,972 --> 00:32:58,609 JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THERE IS 863 00:32:58,609 --> 00:33:01,412 MONEY, $500,000 FOR ACCESS TO ON 864 00:33:01,412 --> 00:33:02,980 BEMAND RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT, ON 865 00:33:02,980 --> 00:33:08,319 TOP OF WHATEVER WAS LEFT OVER O 866 00:33:08,319 --> 00:33:11,022 $300,000 IN THE 2024 BUDGET. 867 00:33:11,022 --> 00:33:13,324 $250,000 FOR SOBER HOUSING 868 00:33:13,324 --> 00:33:14,392 VOUCHERS, $500,000 TO 869 00:33:14,392 --> 00:33:15,493 NON-PROFITS PROVIDING HOUSING 870 00:33:15,493 --> 00:33:17,261 AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER 871 00:33:17,261 --> 00:33:19,530 TREATMENT AND OTHER BEHAVIORAL 872 00:33:19,530 --> 00:33:21,199 HEALTH SUPPORT. SO THAT MONEY IS 873 00:33:21,199 --> 00:33:28,840 THERE AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO 874 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:30,708 WHAT SERVICES LEAD CASE MANAGERS 875 00:33:30,708 --> 00:33:33,878 ARE ENCOURAGING THEIR CLIENTS TO 876 00:33:33,878 --> 00:33:35,980 GO TO, IN THE TREATMENT, IS ONE 877 00:33:35,980 --> 00:33:37,448 OPTION AMONG OTHER THINGS. SO 878 00:33:37,448 --> 00:33:41,686 JUST WANTED TO SAY MONEY IS 879 00:33:41,686 --> 00:33:44,789 THERE. FINALLY, I WANT TO 880 00:33:44,789 --> 00:33:47,091 RECOGNIZE THAT AS YOU GO-- THINK 881 00:33:47,091 --> 00:33:48,826 ABOUT-- I WILL BE LISTENING TO 882 00:33:48,826 --> 00:33:52,196 HOW THE DRUG ORDINANCE HAS BEEN 883 00:33:52,196 --> 00:33:55,633 WORKING OUT SO FAR SINCE ITS 884 00:33:55,633 --> 00:33:56,200 PASSAGE. ANYWAY, THANK YOU. 885 00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:56,467 >> THANK YOU. 886 00:34:02,874 --> 00:34:06,244 >> NOW WE ARE TRANSITIONING 887 00:34:06,244 --> 00:34:08,179 REMOTE SPEAKERS. THE FIRST 888 00:34:08,179 --> 00:34:08,880 REMOTE SPEAKER IS JULIA, PLEASE 889 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:12,483 PRESS STAR 6 WHEN YOU HEAR THE 890 00:34:12,483 --> 00:34:13,084 PROMPTER YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED. 891 00:34:20,458 --> 00:34:22,994 >> MY NAME IS JULIA. I AM 892 00:34:22,994 --> 00:34:26,431 COMMENTING TODAY ON SEATTLE'S 893 00:34:26,431 --> 00:34:27,398 PUBLIC DRUG USE POLICY, AND WHEN 894 00:34:27,398 --> 00:34:31,402 PEOPLE ASK ME WHERE I LIVE, I 895 00:34:31,402 --> 00:34:33,438 ALSO REPLY THAT I LIVE DOWNTOWN, 896 00:34:33,438 --> 00:34:35,540 IT DOESN'T GET MORE DOWN. LIKE 897 00:34:35,540 --> 00:34:36,441 ALL JOKES, IT IS FUNNY BECAUSE 898 00:34:36,441 --> 00:34:40,711 IT IS TRUE. IT IS A DRUG USER 899 00:34:40,711 --> 00:34:42,046 REACHED PIPE LINE, THEY HAVE 900 00:34:42,046 --> 00:34:45,049 TRULY REACHED THE NEIGHBOR OF 901 00:34:45,049 --> 00:34:45,716 SEATTLE'S DRUG SCENE. LIKE 902 00:34:45,716 --> 00:34:47,752 LITTLE SAIGON, BELLTOWN, WE 903 00:34:47,752 --> 00:34:50,521 DALEY HAVE CROWDS OF 25 TO 100 904 00:34:50,521 --> 00:34:52,323 PEOPLE USING AND DEALING DRUGS, 905 00:34:52,323 --> 00:34:56,561 TRAFFICKING HUMAN BEINGS, AND 906 00:34:56,561 --> 00:34:58,830 SELLING STOLEN GOODS ON OUR 907 00:34:58,830 --> 00:34:59,831 SIDEWALKS. THEY BLOCK RESIDENTS 908 00:34:59,831 --> 00:35:01,265 FROM REACHING HOMES, ASSAULTED 909 00:35:01,265 --> 00:35:04,602 OUR NEIGHBORS, AND ARE CAUSING 910 00:35:04,602 --> 00:35:06,270 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF DAMAGE IN 911 00:35:06,270 --> 00:35:07,505 SECURITY COSTS. AS SOMEONE WHO 912 00:35:07,505 --> 00:35:11,742 HAD A FRONT-ROW SEAT TO THE 913 00:35:11,742 --> 00:35:12,743 FENTANYL AND METHCRISIS SINCE 914 00:35:12,743 --> 00:35:14,479 2020, I AND MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS 915 00:35:14,479 --> 00:35:18,015 BELIEVE IT IS FIRST AND FOREMOST 916 00:35:18,015 --> 00:35:19,884 A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS, BUT WITH 917 00:35:19,884 --> 00:35:22,587 PUBLIC SAFETY SYMPTOMS THAT HAVE 918 00:35:22,587 --> 00:35:24,255 BECOME, REACHED AN UNTOLERABLE 919 00:35:24,255 --> 00:35:26,691 LEVEL FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I 920 00:35:26,691 --> 00:35:29,494 AM HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR ADDITION 921 00:35:29,494 --> 00:35:33,965 OF A MISSING LINK IN OUR CURRENT 922 00:35:33,965 --> 00:35:35,533 APPROACH, TO RECLASSIFICATION OF 923 00:35:35,533 --> 00:35:37,335 SIDEWALK VENDING WITHOUT A 924 00:35:37,335 --> 00:35:38,669 PERMIT AS A MISDEMEANOR. 925 00:35:38,669 --> 00:35:41,038 CURRENTLY VENDING WITHOUT A 926 00:35:41,038 --> 00:35:44,175 PERMIT IS A FINABLE OFFENSE 927 00:35:44,175 --> 00:35:46,911 ENFORCED BY S-DOT, CAPABLE OF 928 00:35:46,911 --> 00:35:49,480 ENFORCING IT. CLASSIFYING THE 929 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:51,749 DEFENSE AS A MISDEMEANOR WOULD 930 00:35:51,749 --> 00:35:53,284 ALLOW SPD TO TAKE ON 931 00:35:53,284 --> 00:35:53,918 ENFORCEMENT. STOLEN GOODS PLAYS 932 00:35:53,918 --> 00:35:57,655 A BIG ROLE IN THE CURRENT 933 00:35:57,655 --> 00:35:58,923 FENTANYL AND METHCRISIS, 934 00:35:58,923 --> 00:36:01,125 ALLOWING SPD TO CONFISCATE THE 935 00:36:01,125 --> 00:36:02,994 STOLEN GOODS WOULD HELP DISRUPT 936 00:36:02,994 --> 00:36:04,996 THE SYSTEM THAT ENABLES AND 937 00:36:04,996 --> 00:36:07,498 FUNDS THE CURRENT CRISIS. LET ME 938 00:36:07,498 --> 00:36:10,368 BE CLEAR, I AM NOT NECESSARILY 939 00:36:10,368 --> 00:36:11,135 ADVOCATING ARRESTING THE 940 00:36:11,135 --> 00:36:13,971 INDIVIDUALS BUT I AM ADVOCATE 941 00:36:13,971 --> 00:36:16,874 FOR SPD'S ABILITY TO CONFISCATE 942 00:36:16,874 --> 00:36:23,047 THE GOODS AND DISRUPT THE 943 00:36:23,047 --> 00:36:23,347 ECOSYSTEM. 944 00:36:23,347 --> 00:36:26,250 >> THANK YOU. 945 00:36:26,250 --> 00:36:36,794 >> NEXT UP WE HAVE HOWARD GALE. 946 00:36:39,497 --> 00:36:41,299 >> GOOD MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2023 947 00:36:41,299 --> 00:36:42,166 DRUG ORDINANCE HAD A STUNNING 948 00:36:42,166 --> 00:36:44,035 FIVE AND A HALF PAGES OF 949 00:36:44,035 --> 00:36:45,937 WHEREAS, ALL CREATED TO WAIVE OF 950 00:36:45,937 --> 00:36:48,472 THE CONCERNS OF THE HUNDREDS OF 951 00:36:48,472 --> 00:36:50,308 TESTIFIED IN OPPOSITION TO THAT 952 00:36:50,308 --> 00:36:51,876 ORDINANCE. CENTERED AROUND THE 953 00:36:51,876 --> 00:36:54,245 CONCERNS THAT POLICE CANNOT BE 954 00:36:54,245 --> 00:36:58,049 TRUSTED TO USE DISCRETION IN 955 00:36:58,049 --> 00:37:00,051 ASSESSING WHEN DRUG USE POSSESS 956 00:37:00,051 --> 00:37:00,851 AS SERIOUS THREAT. CONCERNS THE 957 00:37:00,851 --> 00:37:02,186 CITY WOULD FAIL TO PROVIDE 958 00:37:02,186 --> 00:37:03,287 PROPER RESOURCES FOR DIVERSION 959 00:37:03,287 --> 00:37:05,256 AND TREATMENT AND CONCERNS THAT 960 00:37:05,256 --> 00:37:06,691 RACIAL DESPAIRTY AND ARRESTS 961 00:37:06,691 --> 00:37:08,659 WOULD INCREASE. ALL OF THESE 962 00:37:08,659 --> 00:37:12,530 FEARS CAME TRUE. ONE OF THE 963 00:37:12,530 --> 00:37:13,931 USELESS WHEREAS STATES SPD SHALL 964 00:37:13,931 --> 00:37:15,499 "CREATE POLICY ESTABLISH 965 00:37:15,499 --> 00:37:18,669 DIVERSION AND TREATMENT AS THE 966 00:37:18,669 --> 00:37:20,771 STANDARD APPROACH FOR MOST 967 00:37:20,771 --> 00:37:22,306 INSTANCES." THE 2023 ORDINANCE 968 00:37:22,306 --> 00:37:23,741 ALSO STATES "LACK OF DEVERSION 969 00:37:23,741 --> 00:37:25,209 OPPORTUNITIES SHALL NOT BE A 970 00:37:25,209 --> 00:37:29,046 REASON FOR ARREST ." YET THE 971 00:37:29,046 --> 00:37:31,616 DATA PRESENTED TODAY 972 00:37:31,616 --> 00:37:34,485 DEMONSTRATES WHEREAS 2024, 973 00:37:34,485 --> 00:37:36,420 40.44% OF PEOPLE ARRESTED TR 974 00:37:36,420 --> 00:37:39,023 WERE IN POST ADDRESS DIVERSION, 975 00:37:39,023 --> 00:37:41,926 DROPPED TO 19.11% LAST YEAR, 976 00:37:41,926 --> 00:37:43,294 LESS THAN HALF. A STUNNING, 977 00:37:43,294 --> 00:37:45,596 DISMAL, PREDICTABLE OUTCOME FROM 978 00:37:45,596 --> 00:37:46,197 SIMPLY TRUSTING THE POLICE. 979 00:37:46,197 --> 00:37:47,932 FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER THERESA 980 00:37:47,932 --> 00:37:50,968 SAID IN VOTING AGAINST THE 2023 981 00:37:50,968 --> 00:37:53,170 ORDINANCE THAT "THIS LOW WILL 982 00:37:53,170 --> 00:37:54,505 EXACERBATE RACIAL DESPAIRTIES 983 00:37:54,505 --> 00:37:56,240 AND WHO GETS ARRESTED." A REPORT 984 00:37:56,240 --> 00:37:58,342 FROM THE KING COUNTY PUBLIC 985 00:37:58,342 --> 00:37:59,810 DEFENSE FOUND EXACTLY THAT 986 00:37:59,810 --> 00:38:00,945 RESULT, AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE 987 00:38:00,945 --> 00:38:02,380 4.1 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE 988 00:38:02,380 --> 00:38:05,650 ARRESTED WHEN COMPARED TO WHITE 989 00:38:05,650 --> 00:38:07,118 PEOPLE. THIS REPORT ALSO FOUND 990 00:38:07,118 --> 00:38:09,286 ARRESTINGS RESULTED IN LESS THAN 991 00:38:09,286 --> 00:38:10,821 3%, COMPLETING DRUG TREATMENT OR 992 00:38:10,821 --> 00:38:11,922 GETTING COURT ORDER TO DO SO, 993 00:38:11,922 --> 00:38:14,358 ANOTHER FAILURE IN A PROMISED 994 00:38:14,358 --> 00:38:16,861 OUTCOME OF THE ORDINANCE. THE 995 00:38:16,861 --> 00:38:18,229 DATA PRESENTED TODAY LACKS THE 996 00:38:18,229 --> 00:38:19,163 INFORMATION, MOST NOTABLY ON 997 00:38:19,163 --> 00:38:23,334 RACE, TO DETERMINE MOST ALL OF 998 00:38:23,334 --> 00:38:24,802 WHAT THE 2023 ORDINANCE REQUIRED 999 00:38:24,802 --> 00:38:26,671 FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. THIS IS PART 1000 00:38:26,671 --> 00:38:29,040 OF A LONG-STANDING PATTERN WHERE 1001 00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:30,841 THE COUNCIL PRIORITIZES 1002 00:38:30,841 --> 00:38:33,077 PUNISHMENT OVER PROTECTION AND 1003 00:38:33,077 --> 00:38:35,246 IGNORES ACCOUNTABILITY FOR 1004 00:38:35,246 --> 00:38:35,946 UNJUST CRIMINALIZATION WHILE 1005 00:38:35,946 --> 00:38:39,116 DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ANY 1006 00:38:39,116 --> 00:38:45,256 PROGRAM THAT MIGHT OFFER JUST 1007 00:38:45,256 --> 00:38:46,090 AMELIORATION OF SYSTEM 1008 00:38:46,090 --> 00:38:46,590 DESPAIRTIES AND HARMS. 1009 00:38:46,590 --> 00:38:48,459 >> THANK YOU. 1010 00:38:48,459 --> 00:38:48,959 >> NEXT UP, LARS ERICKSON. 1011 00:38:56,901 --> 00:38:58,903 >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR 1012 00:38:58,903 --> 00:39:04,075 KETTLEMAN, MY NAME IS LARS 1013 00:39:04,075 --> 00:39:05,876 ERICKSON. REPRESENTING MORE THAN 1014 00:39:05,876 --> 00:39:07,712 2600 EMPLOYERS AND 750,000 1015 00:39:07,712 --> 00:39:08,979 WORKERS ACROSS THE PUGET SOUND 1016 00:39:08,979 --> 00:39:10,481 REGION, THANK YOU FOR YOUR 1017 00:39:10,481 --> 00:39:13,984 REMARKS AT THE BEGINNING OF LAST 1018 00:39:13,984 --> 00:39:15,319 FRIDAY'S MEETING, ELEVATING THE 1019 00:39:15,319 --> 00:39:16,821 IMPORTANT CONVERSATION ABOUT 1020 00:39:16,821 --> 00:39:18,589 PUBLIC USE AND POSSESSION 1021 00:39:18,589 --> 00:39:21,826 ENFORCEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, 1022 00:39:21,826 --> 00:39:22,560 PARTICULARLY DOWNTOWN AND 1023 00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:23,294 INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT. I WANT 1024 00:39:23,294 --> 00:39:25,329 TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR CHAIR 1025 00:39:25,329 --> 00:39:27,331 KETTLE'S CALL FOR CLARITY, 1026 00:39:27,331 --> 00:39:27,932 CONSISTENCY, AND MEASURABLE 1027 00:39:27,932 --> 00:39:31,635 ACCOUNTABILITY IN HOW THIS 1028 00:39:31,635 --> 00:39:32,670 ORDINANCE IS APPLIED. 1029 00:39:32,670 --> 00:39:33,504 ENFORCEMENT WITHOUT TRANSPARENCY 1030 00:39:33,504 --> 00:39:35,306 ERODES TRUST AND POLICY WITHOUT 1031 00:39:35,306 --> 00:39:38,509 FOLLOW THROUGH LEADS COMMUNITIES 1032 00:39:38,509 --> 00:39:40,611 CARRYING THE CONSEQUENCES. I 1033 00:39:40,611 --> 00:39:41,812 ALSO APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER 1034 00:39:41,812 --> 00:39:42,913 LIN'S REMARKS OF UNDERSCORING 1035 00:39:42,913 --> 00:39:44,348 THE LIVED REALITIES OF THE 1036 00:39:44,348 --> 00:39:45,683 INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT. THIS IS 1037 00:39:45,683 --> 00:39:49,587 A NEIGHBORHOOD FILLED WITH MANY 1038 00:39:49,587 --> 00:39:53,958 SMALL FAMILY-RUN BUSINESSES, 1039 00:39:53,958 --> 00:39:55,126 SENIORS, AND TRANSIT RESIDENTS. 1040 00:39:55,126 --> 00:39:56,660 THE CHALLENGES HAVE ACCESS TO 1041 00:39:56,660 --> 00:39:57,561 SIDEWALKS, STORE FRONT, AND 1042 00:39:57,561 --> 00:40:00,631 WHETHER ELDERS FIELD COMFORTABLE 1043 00:40:00,631 --> 00:40:01,799 LEAVING THEIR HOMES. THE PUBLIC 1044 00:40:01,799 --> 00:40:04,301 USE AND POSSESSION ORDINANCE WAS 1045 00:40:04,301 --> 00:40:05,970 DESIGNED TO BALANCE COMPASSION 1046 00:40:05,970 --> 00:40:07,538 WITH PUBLIC SAFETY. THAT BALANCE 1047 00:40:07,538 --> 00:40:09,340 ONLY WORKS WHEN EXPECTATIONS ARE 1048 00:40:09,340 --> 00:40:12,777 CLEAR FOR OUTREACH TEAMS, LAW 1049 00:40:12,777 --> 00:40:13,844 ENFORCEMENT, SERVICE PROVIDERS, 1050 00:40:13,844 --> 00:40:22,286 AND THE PUBLIC. AND WHEN THE 1051 00:40:22,286 --> 00:40:24,155 CITY HOLDS CITY HOLDS CANSELF 1052 00:40:24,155 --> 00:40:26,290 ACCOUNTABLE. IT IS HOW WE INSURE 1053 00:40:26,290 --> 00:40:27,892 ORDINANCE DELIVERS SAFER, MORE 1054 00:40:27,892 --> 00:40:28,793 ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC SAFETY OUR 1055 00:40:28,793 --> 00:40:35,132 COMMUNITY IS PROMISED. THANK YOU 1056 00:40:35,132 --> 00:40:36,267 FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND 1057 00:40:36,267 --> 00:40:41,539 IMPLEMENTING THE INTENT TO THE 1058 00:40:41,539 --> 00:40:45,376 ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. 1059 00:40:45,376 --> 00:40:51,048 >> OUR LAST PUBLIC COMMENTER IS 1060 00:40:51,048 --> 00:40:51,615 DAVID HANES. 1061 00:40:51,615 --> 00:40:58,122 >> HI, DAVID HANES, THE EVIL 1062 00:40:58,122 --> 00:40:59,957 BILLIONAIRE USES SEATTLE AS 1063 00:40:59,957 --> 00:41:01,192 PILOT PROGRAM, FINANCED DURKIN 1064 00:41:01,192 --> 00:41:03,127 AND OBAMA WHO POLITICALLY 1065 00:41:03,127 --> 00:41:06,664 APPOINTED HER THE U.S. ATTORNEY, 1066 00:41:06,664 --> 00:41:09,967 WHO SUED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT 1067 00:41:09,967 --> 00:41:12,703 AND SHE, DURING NEGOTIATION 1068 00:41:12,703 --> 00:41:13,971 SPLIT THE SENTENCING THAT SAYS 1069 00:41:13,971 --> 00:41:15,039 LOW-LEVEL-- WHEN THE POLICE 1070 00:41:15,039 --> 00:41:16,340 NEGOTIATOR SIGNED OFF, A JUDGE 1071 00:41:16,340 --> 00:41:17,908 AGREED, IT BECAME THE LAW OF THE 1072 00:41:17,908 --> 00:41:20,277 LAND, ANY JURISDICTION IN 1073 00:41:20,277 --> 00:41:22,379 AMERICA THAT WANTED IT, AND 1074 00:41:22,379 --> 00:41:27,818 BRUCE HARRELL LED THE EFFORT TO 1075 00:41:27,818 --> 00:41:30,721 EXEMPT DRUG PUSHERS UNDER 3.5 1076 00:41:30,721 --> 00:41:31,355 GRAMS AND CITY ATTORNEY 1077 00:41:31,355 --> 00:41:32,723 PURPOSELY INFORMING THE CHIEF 1078 00:41:32,723 --> 00:41:34,558 THAT SHE IS NOT GOING TO 1079 00:41:34,558 --> 00:41:36,026 PROSECUTE DRUG CRIMES THAT ARE 1080 00:41:36,026 --> 00:41:37,328 LISTED AS MISDEMEANOR, EVEN 1081 00:41:37,328 --> 00:41:37,962 THOUGH SOME OF THE MISDEMEANOR 1082 00:41:37,962 --> 00:41:40,865 IS BASED ON THE WEIGHT OF THE 1083 00:41:40,865 --> 00:41:42,733 DRUGS, IT IS DESTROYING ALL OF 1084 00:41:42,733 --> 00:41:48,606 THESE PEOPLES' LIVES AND ALL OF 1085 00:41:48,606 --> 00:41:51,509 THESE UNQUALIFIED WRAP AROUND 1086 00:41:51,509 --> 00:41:52,610 SERVICES WITH ALTERNATIVE DROOL 1087 00:41:52,610 --> 00:41:53,878 DRUG FROM BIG PHARMA ARE 1088 00:41:53,878 --> 00:41:54,678 DESTROYING THE BRAINS AND NOT 1089 00:41:54,678 --> 00:41:56,413 MAKING THEM BREAK ADDICTION, IT 1090 00:41:56,413 --> 00:41:58,749 IS LIKE, YOU CAN PUT ALL OF 1091 00:41:58,749 --> 00:42:00,184 THESE PEOPLE IN THE STREETS INTO 1092 00:42:00,184 --> 00:42:03,687 A JAIL FOR UP TO 21 DAYS, AND 1093 00:42:03,687 --> 00:42:06,257 THEN BEFORE THEY GET RELEASED, 1094 00:42:06,257 --> 00:42:08,459 YOU HAVE THEM SUPERVISED TO 1095 00:42:08,459 --> 00:42:09,460 AUTHORIZED ENCAMPMENT YOU CAN 1096 00:42:09,460 --> 00:42:10,794 PROP UP WITHIN THREE DAYS TO USE 1097 00:42:10,794 --> 00:42:12,229 RESOURCES AVAILABLE AND MAKE 1098 00:42:12,229 --> 00:42:14,865 THEM FOCUS ON THEIR DRUG 1099 00:42:14,865 --> 00:42:17,401 ADDICTION, WHEN, INSTEAD, WE GOT 1100 00:42:17,401 --> 00:42:18,269 NON-PROFITS, ALL THESE VIRTUAL 1101 00:42:18,269 --> 00:42:21,772 SIGNALING WOMEN WHO THANK YOU 1102 00:42:21,772 --> 00:42:23,641 RIARE SO ADVANCED BY GIVING 1103 00:42:23,641 --> 00:42:25,342 ALTERNATIVE DROOL DRUGS AND 1104 00:42:25,342 --> 00:42:26,277 KEEPING THEM QUELLED AND SCREWED 1105 00:42:26,277 --> 00:42:28,445 UP BEHIND A DOOR. THEY NEED TO 1106 00:42:28,445 --> 00:42:30,114 FOCUS ON BREAKING ADDICTION WITH 1107 00:42:30,114 --> 00:42:32,016 HEALTH AND EXERCISE AND MAKE 1108 00:42:32,016 --> 00:42:32,850 THEM DO SUPERVISED COMMUNITY 1109 00:42:32,850 --> 00:42:35,219 SERVICE, GO OUT AND PICK UP 1110 00:42:35,219 --> 00:42:36,987 TRASH TO PRACTICE BEING AN 1111 00:42:36,987 --> 00:42:39,023 HONEST DILIGENT PERSON INSTEAD 1112 00:42:39,023 --> 00:42:43,694 OF SLOTHING OUT IN SOME 1113 00:42:43,694 --> 00:42:44,795 UNTRUSTWORTHY NON-PROFIT THAT 1114 00:42:44,795 --> 00:42:46,297 NEEDS TO BE AGUESTED AS WELL AS 1115 00:42:46,297 --> 00:42:47,698 THE CHIEF NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. 1116 00:42:47,698 --> 00:42:53,837 HE IS ON RECORD SAYING HE IS-- 1117 00:42:53,837 --> 00:42:54,371 >> THANK YOU. 1118 00:42:54,371 --> 00:43:01,111 >> THANK YOU. I REAL DO WANT TO 1119 00:43:01,111 --> 00:43:02,246 THANK FOR COMING. THIS HAS BEEN 1120 00:43:02,246 --> 00:43:04,481 INTERESTING WITH THE WIDE RANGE 1121 00:43:04,481 --> 00:43:05,416 OF INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS. I 1122 00:43:05,416 --> 00:43:08,419 CAN TELL WE HAVE LITTLE SAIGON 1123 00:43:08,419 --> 00:43:09,753 REPRESENTED. WE HAVE CHINATOWN 1124 00:43:09,753 --> 00:43:13,390 AND THE ID. WE HAVE HAD 1125 00:43:13,390 --> 00:43:16,894 BELLTOWN, THANK YOU FOR COMING. 1126 00:43:16,894 --> 00:43:21,432 NORTH BEACON HILL? GOT THAT. SAW 1127 00:43:21,432 --> 00:43:23,100 THE HAND RAISED. GREENWOOD, 1128 00:43:23,100 --> 00:43:25,502 FREMONT, DOWNTOWN, GREAT MIX. WE 1129 00:43:25,502 --> 00:43:29,373 HAVE HAD INDIVIDUALS BUT ALSO 1130 00:43:29,373 --> 00:43:30,708 ORGANIZATIONS. I LIKE TO THANK 1131 00:43:30,708 --> 00:43:32,443 LEHIGH TEAM, WE HEART SEATTLE, 1132 00:43:32,443 --> 00:43:33,277 WE HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS. 1133 00:43:33,277 --> 00:43:35,412 WE HAVE A MIX, AM SOMEFOLKS FROM 1134 00:43:35,412 --> 00:43:36,847 THE GOVERNMENT SIDE. WE HAVE A 1135 00:43:36,847 --> 00:43:40,484 NICE MIX OF PEOPLE TO INCLUDE 1136 00:43:40,484 --> 00:43:41,619 TWO FORMER LOCAL ELECTED, THANK 1137 00:43:41,619 --> 00:43:44,955 YOU COUNCIL MEMBER WU AND NELSON 1138 00:43:44,955 --> 00:43:46,290 FOR JOINING US TODAY. AND, YOU 1139 00:43:46,290 --> 00:43:47,958 KNOW, HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE HAVE 1140 00:43:47,958 --> 00:43:50,194 NEIGHBORS IN CRISIS, BUT WE ALSO 1141 00:43:50,194 --> 00:43:51,362 HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS IN CRISIS. BY 1142 00:43:51,362 --> 00:43:53,797 THE WAY, SORRY, BUT IT IS NOT 1143 00:43:53,797 --> 00:43:55,366 JUST LITTLE SAIGON AND CID, AS 1144 00:43:55,366 --> 00:43:57,801 YOU ARE HEARING . TRUST ME, I 1145 00:43:57,801 --> 00:44:00,437 HAVE BEEN THERE. DOWNTOWN, THIRD 1146 00:44:00,437 --> 00:44:02,539 PIKE AND PINE, BELLTOWN, THIRD 1147 00:44:02,539 --> 00:44:04,908 AND BLANCHARD, WE HAVE SOME 1148 00:44:04,908 --> 00:44:07,611 PLACES IN PIONEER SQUARE, LAKE 1149 00:44:07,611 --> 00:44:10,381 CITY, BUT LITTLE SAIGON IS A 1150 00:44:10,381 --> 00:44:14,885 MAIN PIECE, I WANT TO 1151 00:44:14,885 --> 00:44:15,519 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. UNDERSTANDING 1152 00:44:15,519 --> 00:44:16,787 ONCE YOU A DRUG MARKET, YOU HAVE 1153 00:44:16,787 --> 00:44:19,990 STOLEN GOODS MARKET AND HOW THAT 1154 00:44:19,990 --> 00:44:21,492 GOES IN. I APPRECIATE THE POINTS 1155 00:44:21,492 --> 00:44:26,630 RELATED TO VENDING BECAUSE THAT 1156 00:44:26,630 --> 00:44:28,132 CAME UP FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES. 1157 00:44:28,132 --> 00:44:30,534 THERE IS ALSO THE USE, KIND OF, 1158 00:44:30,534 --> 00:44:33,070 ABOUT A MONTH AGO, I WAS IN 1159 00:44:33,070 --> 00:44:34,972 BELLTOWN, PROBABLY AS FAR AS I 1160 00:44:34,972 --> 00:44:37,508 AM FROM FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER 1161 00:44:37,508 --> 00:44:39,009 NELSON FROM A PERSON THAT ODED 1162 00:44:39,009 --> 00:44:42,112 AND DIED AT A BUS STOP. I TALKED 1163 00:44:42,112 --> 00:44:44,214 TO KING COUNTY METRO, THE KING 1164 00:44:44,214 --> 00:44:45,516 COUNTY SHERIFFS WERE THERE, I 1165 00:44:45,516 --> 00:44:46,650 TALKED TO AN OFFICER FROM THE 1166 00:44:46,650 --> 00:44:48,352 WEST PRECINCT AND HE WAS TALKING 1167 00:44:48,352 --> 00:44:50,888 ABOUT THE SITUATION THAT LED TO 1168 00:44:50,888 --> 00:44:53,023 THAT PERSON ODING AND DYING AND 1169 00:44:53,023 --> 00:44:54,224 BEING ON THE SIDEWALK, AS I 1170 00:44:54,224 --> 00:44:58,128 COULD SEE HIM, AS FAR AS THAT 1171 00:44:58,128 --> 00:44:59,129 DISTANCE. IT REALLY BRINGS IT 1172 00:44:59,129 --> 00:45:00,864 HOME, THE CHALLENGES THAT WE 1173 00:45:00,864 --> 00:45:02,099 FACE. BUT IT IS ALSO ABOUT 1174 00:45:02,099 --> 00:45:02,766 UNDERSTANDING, AND SPEAKING TO 1175 00:45:02,766 --> 00:45:07,671 THE ISSUES AS THEY ARE ON THE 1176 00:45:07,671 --> 00:45:09,907 GROUND. I THINK THAT IS REALLY 1177 00:45:09,907 --> 00:45:11,442 IMPORTANT. THE SEEM, THANK YOU 1178 00:45:11,442 --> 00:45:13,677 FOR MENTIONING THE SEAM, I NOTE 1179 00:45:13,677 --> 00:45:14,645 THE PART ABOUT PROVISO, NOT JUST 1180 00:45:14,645 --> 00:45:16,113 FROM WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT 1181 00:45:16,113 --> 00:45:19,183 BUT GOES TO THE COMMUNITY 1182 00:45:19,183 --> 00:45:20,818 SOLUTIONS PROJECT FOR PIONEER 1183 00:45:20,818 --> 00:45:22,886 SQUARE, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT. 1184 00:45:22,886 --> 00:45:24,455 THANK YOU FOR THAT. I UNDERSTAND 1185 00:45:24,455 --> 00:45:25,956 AND APPRECIATE THE POINT ABOUT 1186 00:45:25,956 --> 00:45:29,059 ENABLING, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE AN 1187 00:45:29,059 --> 00:45:31,361 ENABLING KIND OF SITUATION IN 1188 00:45:31,361 --> 00:45:34,698 OUR CITY. SO THAT IS REALLY 1189 00:45:34,698 --> 00:45:37,901 IMPORTANT TO NOTE. I WOULD HAVE 1190 00:45:37,901 --> 00:45:39,470 TO AGREE WITH MR. GALE, WHICH 1191 00:45:39,470 --> 00:45:44,208 IS, YOU KNOW, JUST WANT TO NOTE 1192 00:45:44,208 --> 00:45:48,245 THIS, WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT THE 1193 00:45:48,245 --> 00:45:50,214 ISSUE RELATED TO THE BILL, AS I 1194 00:45:50,214 --> 00:45:53,250 SAID IN MY NOTES, IT HAS BEEN A 1195 00:45:53,250 --> 00:45:57,054 FAILURE IN ITSELF BUT ALSO IN 1196 00:45:57,054 --> 00:45:59,089 ITS IMPLEMENTATION. I WANTED TO 1197 00:45:59,089 --> 00:46:01,425 CLOSE, TOO, THAT SOME PEOPLE 1198 00:46:01,425 --> 00:46:03,627 SAID YES, MORE DIVERSION. BUT WE 1199 00:46:03,627 --> 00:46:05,329 DO NEED ARRESTS, MAYBE MORE, 1200 00:46:05,329 --> 00:46:06,897 MAYBE LESS. BUT WHAT WE HAVE TO 1201 00:46:06,897 --> 00:46:08,899 HAVE IS LESS OF DO NOTHING. THIS 1202 00:46:08,899 --> 00:46:12,336 KIND OF GOES TO DANNY 1203 00:46:12,336 --> 00:46:13,103 WESTNEED'S QUESTION. YOU KNOW, 1204 00:46:13,103 --> 00:46:16,507 IN TERMS OF WHAT HAS BEEN THE 1205 00:46:16,507 --> 00:46:19,409 AFFECT OF OUR EFFORTS THUS FAR. 1206 00:46:19,409 --> 00:46:21,211 SADLY, IN OUR CITY, I WILL QUOTE 1207 00:46:21,211 --> 00:46:22,146 CHIEF BARDEN FROM CARE, 1208 00:46:22,146 --> 00:46:25,682 SOMETIMES IN OUR CITY WE DO 1209 00:46:25,682 --> 00:46:27,050 NOTHING AND CALL IT COMPASSION. 1210 00:46:27,050 --> 00:46:30,120 I THINK WE KNOW FROM THE 1211 00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:31,755 NEIGHBORS IN CRISIS, OUR 1212 00:46:31,755 --> 00:46:32,656 NEIGHBORHOODS IN CRISIS, THAT IS 1213 00:46:32,656 --> 00:46:36,793 NOT REALLY SOMETHING WE WANT TO 1214 00:46:36,793 --> 00:46:37,795 FOLLOW THROUGH. SO, WITH THAT 1215 00:46:37,795 --> 00:46:42,266 SAID, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR 1216 00:46:42,266 --> 00:46:48,705 FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS. YOU CAN 1217 00:46:48,705 --> 00:46:50,307 E MAIL US AT COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV 1218 00:46:50,307 --> 00:46:51,108 . WE WILL MOVE TO FIRST ITEM OF 1219 00:46:51,108 --> 00:46:53,043 BUSINESS, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 1220 00:46:53,043 --> 00:46:54,912 READ AGENDA ITEM 1 INTO THE 1221 00:46:54,912 --> 00:46:55,145 RECORD? 1222 00:46:55,145 --> 00:46:57,247 >> SEATTLE'S DRUG POSSESSION 1223 00:46:57,247 --> 00:47:01,251 AND PUBLIC USE ORDINANCE POLICY 1224 00:47:01,251 --> 00:47:04,087 AND DATA REVIEW. 1225 00:47:04,087 --> 00:47:06,223 >> THANK YOU. WE HAVE MR. DOS 1226 00:47:06,223 --> 00:47:10,894 FROM CENTRAL STAFF WILL DO THE 1227 00:47:10,894 --> 00:47:14,364 FIRST PRESENTATION. SEPARATELY, 1228 00:47:14,364 --> 00:47:20,671 WE HAVE SPD AND PDA LEAD 1229 00:47:20,671 --> 00:47:25,609 REPRESENTED. CHIEF BARNS LEADING 1230 00:47:25,609 --> 00:47:28,478 THE SPD DELEGATION, AND MS. 1231 00:47:28,478 --> 00:47:29,246 DAUGAARD LEADING THE PDA TEAM. 1232 00:47:32,482 --> 00:47:34,885 I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE A NEW 1233 00:47:34,885 --> 00:47:37,988 COMPUTER HERE AT THE TABLE, 1234 00:47:37,988 --> 00:47:39,623 WHICH SHOULD FACILITATE OUR 1235 00:47:39,623 --> 00:47:40,324 PRESENTATIONS. BEFORE STARTING, 1236 00:47:40,324 --> 00:47:41,391 CAN YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND 1237 00:47:41,391 --> 00:47:43,393 WHERE YOU ARE FROM, AND CAN WE 1238 00:47:43,393 --> 00:47:47,331 GO DOWN THE THTABLE AND DO 1239 00:47:47,331 --> 00:47:48,432 INTRODUCTIONS BEFORE HE STARTS 1240 00:47:48,432 --> 00:47:48,832 HIS PRESENTATION? 1241 00:47:48,832 --> 00:47:53,203 >> YES, THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF 1242 00:47:53,203 --> 00:47:55,873 THE COMMITTEE, DREG DOS, YOUR 1243 00:47:55,873 --> 00:47:56,306 CENTRAL STAFF. 1244 00:47:56,306 --> 00:47:58,909 >> BERNIE MCNEIL, DEPUTY 1245 00:47:58,909 --> 00:48:02,880 DIRECTOR AT PURPOSE DIGNITY 1246 00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:03,647 AUCTION OR PDA. 1247 00:48:03,647 --> 00:48:07,417 >> LISA DAUGAARD WITH THE LEAD 1248 00:48:07,417 --> 00:48:07,951 PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM. 1249 00:48:07,951 --> 00:48:12,856 >> SHAUN BARNS, CHIEF OF POLICE. 1250 00:48:12,856 --> 00:48:16,760 >> MORNING, EVERYBODY, SARAH 1251 00:48:16,760 --> 00:48:18,762 SMITH, SEATTLE POLICE 1252 00:48:18,762 --> 00:48:19,429 DEPARTMENT, COO. 1253 00:48:19,429 --> 00:48:23,433 >> GOOD MORNING, SAM WOLF WITH 1254 00:48:23,433 --> 00:48:24,635 FIRST DIGNITY ACTION POLICY 1255 00:48:24,635 --> 00:48:24,902 DIRECTOR. 1256 00:48:24,902 --> 00:48:27,971 >> THANK YOU, I THINK WE HAVE A 1257 00:48:27,971 --> 00:48:30,107 GREAT MIX OF INDIVIDUALS HERE. 1258 00:48:30,107 --> 00:48:31,808 SO, WITH THAT SAID, AND MR. 1259 00:48:31,808 --> 00:48:34,278 DOSS, I BELIEVE IF WE GO THROUGH 1260 00:48:34,278 --> 00:48:35,679 YOUR BRIEFING IN ITS ENTIRETY, 1261 00:48:35,679 --> 00:48:37,047 THAT IS PROBABLY THE BEST AND 1262 00:48:37,047 --> 00:48:40,951 HOLD QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END? 1263 00:48:40,951 --> 00:48:41,685 >> YEAH. FOR SURE. IF MEMBERS 1264 00:48:41,685 --> 00:48:43,053 WOULD LIKE, WHEN I GET TO THE 1265 00:48:43,053 --> 00:48:44,554 LAST COUPLE OF SLIDES, THEY ARE 1266 00:48:44,554 --> 00:48:48,625 GOING TO BE ON DATA, IT MAY BE 1267 00:48:48,625 --> 00:48:49,693 HELPFUL IFIOCAN TAKE QUESTIONS 1268 00:48:49,693 --> 00:48:50,727 DURING THAT SECTION, BUT MAYBE 1269 00:48:50,727 --> 00:48:53,563 BEFORE I GET TO THE DATA SLIDES, 1270 00:48:53,563 --> 00:48:56,166 IF I COULD PRESS THROUGH, THAT 1271 00:48:56,166 --> 00:48:59,369 WOULD BE HELPFUL. THANK YOU. 1272 00:48:59,369 --> 00:49:01,672 >> THANK YOU, MR. DOSS. PLEASE 1273 00:49:01,672 --> 00:49:01,938 PROCEED. 1274 00:49:01,938 --> 00:49:04,541 >> AT THE CHAIR'S REQUEST, I 1275 00:49:04,541 --> 00:49:06,910 PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION THAT 1276 00:49:06,910 --> 00:49:12,749 PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF 1277 00:49:12,749 --> 00:49:14,117 SEATTLE'S DRUG ORDINANCE, I 1278 00:49:14,117 --> 00:49:15,218 WILL GIVE BACKGROUND ABOUT THE 1279 00:49:15,218 --> 00:49:18,088 ORDINANCE, HOW IT CAME TO BE, 1280 00:49:18,088 --> 00:49:21,591 AND WHAT IT REQUIRED OF SPD IN 1281 00:49:21,591 --> 00:49:24,795 TERMS OF DRAFTING POLICIES TO 1282 00:49:24,795 --> 00:49:28,198 ENFORCE SIMPLE, OR PERSONAL 1283 00:49:28,198 --> 00:49:31,435 POSSESSION AND USE AND OTHER 1284 00:49:31,435 --> 00:49:34,738 DRUG CHARGES. SO GOING TO START 1285 00:49:34,738 --> 00:49:40,243 TODAY BY GIVING YOU SOME 1286 00:49:40,243 --> 00:49:42,245 BACKGROUND. ONE SECOND. SO, IN 1287 00:49:42,245 --> 00:49:43,547 MAY OF 2023, THE LEGISLATURE 1288 00:49:43,547 --> 00:49:44,748 CHANGED WASHINGTON STATE LAW 1289 00:49:44,748 --> 00:49:46,516 SAID INDIVIDUALS COULD BE AREED 1290 00:49:46,516 --> 00:49:48,251 WITHOUT DIVERSION FOR VIOLATIONS 1291 00:49:48,251 --> 00:49:50,053 OF MISDEMEANOR DRUG POSSESSION 1292 00:49:50,053 --> 00:49:52,622 AND USE. HOWEVER, THE NEW STATE 1293 00:49:52,622 --> 00:49:55,158 LAW STILL PLACED A HEAVY 1294 00:49:55,158 --> 00:49:58,261 EMPHASIS ON DIVERSION WHEN 1295 00:49:58,261 --> 00:50:00,130 POSSIBLE FOR DRUG-RELATED 1296 00:50:00,130 --> 00:50:01,365 CRIMES. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE 1297 00:50:01,365 --> 00:50:04,134 SEATTLE CITY ATRPY TRANSMITTED 1298 00:50:04,134 --> 00:50:06,269 PROPOSED ORDINANCE 120586, WHICH 1299 00:50:06,269 --> 00:50:10,007 WOULD HAVE CODIFIED IN SEATTLE 1300 00:50:10,007 --> 00:50:11,341 MUNICIPAL CODE, THE STATE'S 1301 00:50:11,341 --> 00:50:13,176 DRUG LAW, AND THAT BILL DID NOT 1302 00:50:13,176 --> 00:50:16,346 DO ANYTHING MORE THAN JUST 1303 00:50:16,346 --> 00:50:20,684 CODIFY THE STATE'S DRUG LAW. IT 1304 00:50:20,684 --> 00:50:21,885 DID NOT INCLUDE ANY 1305 00:50:21,885 --> 00:50:22,519 SEATTLE-SPECIFIC LAWS ON 1306 00:50:22,519 --> 00:50:26,423 DIVERSION OR ARREST, OR GUIDANCE 1307 00:50:26,423 --> 00:50:28,091 TO SPD. LATER, AND THAT BILL DID 1308 00:50:28,091 --> 00:50:34,231 NOT PASS A VOTE OF THE FULL 1309 00:50:34,231 --> 00:50:35,866 COUNCIL, IN AUGUST OF 2023, 1310 00:50:35,866 --> 00:50:38,201 MAYOR HARRELL AUTHORED AND 1311 00:50:38,201 --> 00:50:41,171 TRANSMITTED A REVAMPED OR 1312 00:50:41,171 --> 00:50:42,773 RE-WRITTEN COUNCIL BILL, THAT 1313 00:50:42,773 --> 00:50:43,807 BEING 120645, THAT ADOPTED THE 1314 00:50:43,807 --> 00:50:51,148 NEW STATE LAW, BUT THAT ONE ALSO 1315 00:50:51,148 --> 00:50:54,518 REQUIRED A DIVERSION EMPHASIS 1316 00:50:54,518 --> 00:50:57,154 FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE 1317 00:50:57,154 --> 00:50:58,789 POTENTIALLY ARRESTED, BEING 1318 00:50:58,789 --> 00:51:00,590 ARRESTED, OR UNDER INVESTIGATION 1319 00:51:00,590 --> 00:51:04,094 OF ARREST FOR DRUG USE AND 1320 00:51:04,094 --> 00:51:05,996 POSSESSION. THAT BILL ALSO 1321 00:51:05,996 --> 00:51:07,697 REQUIRED A THREAT OF HARM 1322 00:51:07,697 --> 00:51:13,003 ASSESSMENT TO GUIDE OFFICER'S 1323 00:51:13,003 --> 00:51:16,973 DECISIONS. I WILL REFER TO THAT 1324 00:51:16,973 --> 00:51:20,043 BILL AS THE CITY'S DRUG 1325 00:51:20,043 --> 00:51:20,677 ORDINANCE. EARLIER THIS YEAR, 1326 00:51:20,677 --> 00:51:22,212 THE COMMITTEE HEARD THE FIRST 1327 00:51:22,212 --> 00:51:24,114 ANNUAL EVALUATION OF THE DRUG 1328 00:51:24,114 --> 00:51:25,682 ORDINANCE, PRESENTED BY THE 1329 00:51:25,682 --> 00:51:26,783 OFFICER OF INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR 1330 00:51:26,783 --> 00:51:32,222 PUBLIC SAFETY AND CONDUCTED BY 1331 00:51:32,222 --> 00:51:33,390 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 1332 00:51:33,390 --> 00:51:36,259 ADDICTION AND DRUG AND ALCOHOL 1333 00:51:36,259 --> 00:51:39,362 INSTITUTE. THAT EVALUATION WAS A 1334 00:51:39,362 --> 00:51:40,697 STUDY THAT WAS DESIGNED TO 1335 00:51:40,697 --> 00:51:46,369 DETERMINE HOW THE THREAT OF HARM 1336 00:51:46,369 --> 00:51:47,571 ASSESSM WAS WORKING. IT FOCUSED 1337 00:51:47,571 --> 00:51:49,206 ON A INDIVIDUAL AND THEIR PATH 1338 00:51:49,206 --> 00:51:49,906 THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE 1339 00:51:49,906 --> 00:51:51,808 SYSTEM FROM THE MOMENT THEY WERE 1340 00:51:51,808 --> 00:51:53,176 ARRESTED, THEN WHETHER OR NOT 1341 00:51:53,176 --> 00:51:55,445 THE THREAT OF HARM ASSESSMENT 1342 00:51:55,445 --> 00:51:57,747 WAS DONE, CONSIDERED BY AN 1343 00:51:57,747 --> 00:52:00,484 OFFICER, AND WHETHER IT WENT 1344 00:52:00,484 --> 00:52:01,718 INTO THE OFFICER'S DECISION TO 1345 00:52:01,718 --> 00:52:03,620 ARREST OR DIVERT, AND THEN ON 1346 00:52:03,620 --> 00:52:04,287 THE DIVERSIONS THAT RESULTED. I 1347 00:52:04,287 --> 00:52:05,956 WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WHAT WHERE 1348 00:52:05,956 --> 00:52:07,924 AM DOING HERE TODAY IS NOT THAT 1349 00:52:07,924 --> 00:52:09,559 EVALUATION, I WILL BE SHOWING 1350 00:52:09,559 --> 00:52:13,597 YOU DATA AT THE END, THE DATA IS 1351 00:52:13,597 --> 00:52:15,332 STRICTLY ARREST NUMBER OF 1352 00:52:15,332 --> 00:52:16,366 DIVERSION, IT SHOULDN'T BE 1353 00:52:16,366 --> 00:52:18,468 INTERPRETED IN ANY WAY AS TO BE 1354 00:52:18,468 --> 00:52:19,603 AN EVALUATION OF WHETHER OR NOT 1355 00:52:19,603 --> 00:52:21,905 THE THREAT OF HARM ASSESSMENT IS 1356 00:52:21,905 --> 00:52:22,806 WORKING. WE GROWING TO TALK 1357 00:52:22,806 --> 00:52:29,446 ABOUT THAT THREAT OF HARM HERE, 1358 00:52:29,446 --> 00:52:32,782 ASSESSMENT, IN A MINUTE. DIGGING 1359 00:52:32,782 --> 00:52:34,551 RIGHT IN, I DON'T PLAN TO READ 1360 00:52:34,551 --> 00:52:35,952 ALL OF THE SLIDES, ALL THE NEXT 1361 00:52:35,952 --> 00:52:38,355 ON THE SLIDES THAT YOU ARE GOING 1362 00:52:38,355 --> 00:52:39,723 TO SEE TODAY. IT IS VERY 1363 00:52:39,723 --> 00:52:41,491 NARRATIVE HEAVY. I WILL 1364 00:52:41,491 --> 00:52:45,929 SUMMARIZE WHAT IS GOING ON HERE. 1365 00:52:45,929 --> 00:52:46,463 I WROTE THIS PRESENTATION 1366 00:52:46,463 --> 00:52:47,764 NARRATIVE HEAVY SO THAT YOU HAD 1367 00:52:47,764 --> 00:52:53,103 A RESOURCE, THERE IS NO CENTRAL 1368 00:52:53,103 --> 00:52:54,905 STAFF MEMO WITH THIS BUT YOU 1369 00:52:54,905 --> 00:52:56,907 WILL SEE THE EXERTS FROM THE 1370 00:52:56,907 --> 00:52:58,742 ORDINANCE AND SPD POLICY. SO YOU 1371 00:52:58,742 --> 00:53:01,411 HAVE THE EXACT LANGUAGE IN FRONT 1372 00:53:01,411 --> 00:53:03,980 OF YOU. IN OPENING SECTION THE 1373 00:53:03,980 --> 00:53:05,916 ORDINANCE ESTABLISHES SPD MUST 1374 00:53:05,916 --> 00:53:08,051 ADOPT POLICIES THAT WILL GOVERN 1375 00:53:08,051 --> 00:53:09,819 ARREST AND THE DIVERSION ISTHER 1376 00:53:09,819 --> 00:53:12,188 PREFERRED APPROACH WHEN 1377 00:53:12,188 --> 00:53:13,990 ENFORCING DRUG POSSESSION AND 1378 00:53:13,990 --> 00:53:15,225 USE LAWS. FINALLY, A LACK OF 1379 00:53:15,225 --> 00:53:18,295 DIVERSION OPPORTUNITY SHALL NOT 1380 00:53:18,295 --> 00:53:23,133 BE A REASON FOR ARREST. SO, I AM 1381 00:53:23,133 --> 00:53:25,535 GOING TO GO ON. SO, SPD THEN 1382 00:53:25,535 --> 00:53:27,604 PURSUANT TO THE ORD DEVELOPED 1383 00:53:27,604 --> 00:53:30,807 POLICIES THAT PLACED EMPHASIS ON 1384 00:53:30,807 --> 00:53:33,843 DIVERSION. THIS SLIDE SHOWS SPD 1385 00:53:33,843 --> 00:53:37,013 POLICIES THAT SAYS THE VERY LAST 1386 00:53:37,013 --> 00:53:40,550 SERVICE, WHEN AN ARREST IS 1387 00:53:40,550 --> 00:53:45,222 WARRANTED EMPLOYEE SHOULD 1388 00:53:45,222 --> 00:53:48,091 PRIORITIZE DIVERSION IN LIEU-- I 1389 00:53:48,091 --> 00:53:52,829 AM ON THE WRONG SLIDE. SHOULD 1390 00:53:52,829 --> 00:53:54,698 PRIORITIZE, SORRY, GOT AHEAD OF 1391 00:53:54,698 --> 00:53:55,765 MYSELF. AS PART OF THE POLICY, 1392 00:53:55,765 --> 00:53:58,602 SPD DEVELOPED A SECTION ON LEAD, 1393 00:53:58,602 --> 00:53:59,703 THIS SLIDE SHOWS OFFICERS ARE 1394 00:53:59,703 --> 00:54:01,905 REQUIRED TO CONTACT LEAD WHEN A 1395 00:54:01,905 --> 00:54:06,142 SUBJECT IS ARRESTED AND PRIOR TO 1396 00:54:06,142 --> 00:54:09,346 BOOKING AT A 24/7 STAFF MEMBER 1397 00:54:09,346 --> 00:54:15,218 THAT ARE ANSWERED BY LEAD 1398 00:54:15,218 --> 00:54:16,286 PERSONNEL. AGAIN, THAT IS SPD 1399 00:54:16,286 --> 00:54:17,153 POLICY 15.150.7. I AM GOING TO 1400 00:54:17,153 --> 00:54:21,558 JUMP INTO THE THREAT OF HARM 1401 00:54:21,558 --> 00:54:22,993 ASSESSMENT, AS I SAID EARLIER, 1402 00:54:22,993 --> 00:54:25,362 THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES A THREAT 1403 00:54:25,362 --> 00:54:27,464 OF HARM ASSESSMENT FOR OFFICERS 1404 00:54:27,464 --> 00:54:28,598 TO GUIDE THEIR DECISION MAKING 1405 00:54:28,598 --> 00:54:31,368 IN WHETHER TO ARREST AND WHETHER 1406 00:54:31,368 --> 00:54:32,135 TO COMPLETE A JAIL BOOKING. I 1407 00:54:32,135 --> 00:54:34,204 WANT TO BE CLEAR RIGHT AT THE 1408 00:54:34,204 --> 00:54:36,973 OUTSET, THAT THE THREAT OF HARM 1409 00:54:36,973 --> 00:54:37,974 ASSESSMENT, WHETHER THE OFFICER 1410 00:54:37,974 --> 00:54:40,310 DETERMINES THERE IS A THREAT OF 1411 00:54:40,310 --> 00:54:41,344 HARM TO COMMUNITY OR WHETHER 1412 00:54:41,344 --> 00:54:42,779 THERE IS A THREAT OF HARM TO 1413 00:54:42,779 --> 00:54:45,915 SELF, GET INTO THAT IN A MINUTE, 1414 00:54:45,915 --> 00:54:48,318 IN EITHER CASE, THE SPD POLICY 1415 00:54:48,318 --> 00:54:49,552 MANUAL DOES NOT MANDATE ARRESTS 1416 00:54:49,552 --> 00:54:52,188 OCCUR, IT DOES NOT MANDATE THAT 1417 00:54:52,188 --> 00:54:53,156 ARRESTS NOT OCCUR. THOSE THINGS 1418 00:54:53,156 --> 00:54:57,727 ARE COVERED UNDER STATE LAW AND 1419 00:54:57,727 --> 00:55:03,066 SPD POLICY ELSEWHERE, THE RIGHT 1420 00:55:03,066 --> 00:55:04,868 TO ARREST, OR NOT ARREST LAYS 1421 00:55:04,868 --> 00:55:06,936 WITH THE OFFICER, UNDER STATE 1422 00:55:06,936 --> 00:55:08,104 LAW OFFICERS ARE PROVIDED 1423 00:55:08,104 --> 00:55:10,040 DISCRETION TO ARREST OR NOT 1424 00:55:10,040 --> 00:55:11,975 ARREST. THAT IS TRUE OF SEATTLE 1425 00:55:11,975 --> 00:55:12,609 POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS AS 1426 00:55:12,609 --> 00:55:14,611 WELL. SO, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE 1427 00:55:14,611 --> 00:55:16,413 SECTIONS, I WANT TO BE CLEAR 1428 00:55:16,413 --> 00:55:18,248 THAT WHEN WE ARE TALKING THREAT 1429 00:55:18,248 --> 00:55:21,151 OF HARM TO OTHERS OR TOSELF, THE 1430 00:55:21,151 --> 00:55:23,486 ULTIMATE DECISION FOR AN OFFICER 1431 00:55:23,486 --> 00:55:27,557 TO ARREST IS THEIR OWN. YOU WILL 1432 00:55:27,557 --> 00:55:28,925 NOT FIND IN THE POLICY THAT SAYS 1433 00:55:28,925 --> 00:55:29,793 SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO ARREST 1434 00:55:29,793 --> 00:55:33,963 HERE OR YOU DON'T HAVE TO 1435 00:55:33,963 --> 00:55:34,764 ARREST THERE. SO, WITH THAT, 1436 00:55:34,764 --> 00:55:39,135 JUMPING TO THE THREAT OF HARM 1437 00:55:39,135 --> 00:55:41,037 ASSESSMENT, WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS 1438 00:55:41,037 --> 00:55:43,973 THAT OFFICERS, ONCE THEY HAVE 1439 00:55:43,973 --> 00:55:45,508 ESTABLISHED PROBABLE CAUSE, MAY 1440 00:55:45,508 --> 00:55:46,876 DO THE THREAT HARM ASSESSMENT OR 1441 00:55:46,876 --> 00:55:49,179 SHALL DO THE THREAT OF HARM 1442 00:55:49,179 --> 00:55:51,014 ASSESSMENT. TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS 1443 00:55:51,014 --> 00:55:53,717 ONLY DONE AFTER AN OFFICER HAS 1444 00:55:53,717 --> 00:55:55,585 PROBABLE CAUSE TO ARREST. SO, 1445 00:55:55,585 --> 00:55:57,854 THE OFFICER HAS EITHER SEEN 1446 00:55:57,854 --> 00:55:59,656 SOMEONE USING DRUGS, OR SOMEONE 1447 00:55:59,656 --> 00:56:01,257 HAS ADMITTED TO USING DRUGS, AND 1448 00:56:01,257 --> 00:56:02,959 THEY HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE TO 1449 00:56:02,959 --> 00:56:05,195 ARREST. SO NONE OF THIS OCCURS 1450 00:56:05,195 --> 00:56:09,799 UNTIL AFTER THEY HAVE PROBABLE 1451 00:56:09,799 --> 00:56:11,401 CAUSE. WANT TO BE CLEAR. THE 1452 00:56:11,401 --> 00:56:13,002 ORDINANCE AT THE TOP REQUIRES 1453 00:56:13,002 --> 00:56:14,471 SPD TO SPECIFY CONDITIONS UNDER 1454 00:56:14,471 --> 00:56:16,106 WHICH THE PUBLIC MIGHT BE HARMED 1455 00:56:16,106 --> 00:56:19,409 WHEN SOMEONE IS USING OR 1456 00:56:19,409 --> 00:56:20,176 POSSESSING DRUGS. SO IN RESPONSE 1457 00:56:20,176 --> 00:56:22,912 TO THAT, I AM GOING TO SORT OF 1458 00:56:22,912 --> 00:56:24,581 GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN SPD 1459 00:56:24,581 --> 00:56:26,349 POLICY AND ORDINANCE TO SHOW HOW 1460 00:56:26,349 --> 00:56:29,586 THEY COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER AND 1461 00:56:29,586 --> 00:56:34,824 RELATE. IN RESPONSE TO THAT, SPD 1462 00:56:34,824 --> 00:56:35,859 DEVELOPED POLICY 15.150.4, 1463 00:56:35,859 --> 00:56:36,359 K&ESTABLISHED NUMBER OF 1464 00:56:36,359 --> 00:56:37,827 DIFFERENT CONDITIONS BY WHICH 1465 00:56:37,827 --> 00:56:39,696 SOMEONE WHO IS USING OR 1466 00:56:39,696 --> 00:56:41,564 POSSESSING DRUGS MAY BE 1467 00:56:41,564 --> 00:56:43,166 CONSIDERED A HARM TUTHERS. I AM 1468 00:56:43,166 --> 00:56:44,968 NOT GOING THROUGH THIS ENTIRE 1469 00:56:44,968 --> 00:56:47,570 LIST, BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS 1470 00:56:47,570 --> 00:56:49,272 THAT THE LAST BULLET, PUBLIC 1471 00:56:49,272 --> 00:56:50,974 HARM IS PRESENTED IF THE 1472 00:56:50,974 --> 00:56:54,411 POSSESSION OCCURS NEAR A SCHOOL, 1473 00:56:54,411 --> 00:56:57,046 PARK, BUS STOP, STATION, OR 1474 00:56:57,046 --> 00:56:58,815 OTHER TRANSPORTATION 1475 00:56:58,815 --> 00:57:00,350 INFRASTRUCTURE, ALSO POINT OUT 1476 00:57:00,350 --> 00:57:05,088 THAT PRESENCE OF COMMUNITY 1477 00:57:05,088 --> 00:57:05,889 MEMBERS OR BUSINESSES NEARBY 1478 00:57:05,889 --> 00:57:07,524 ALSO WOULD GUIDE THE OTHER TO 1479 00:57:07,524 --> 00:57:11,995 THREAT OF HARM FOR OTHERS 1480 00:57:11,995 --> 00:57:14,731 ASSESSMENT OR SITUATION. IF YOU 1481 00:57:14,731 --> 00:57:20,303 LOOK AT THIS LIST ALL TOGETHER, 1482 00:57:20,303 --> 00:57:21,504 ONE TAKEAWAY IS THAT MOST PEOPLE 1483 00:57:21,504 --> 00:57:24,674 USING DRUGS DOWNTOWN WILL BE 1484 00:57:24,674 --> 00:57:27,610 NEAR A BUSINESS, NEAR 1485 00:57:27,610 --> 00:57:29,078 TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. 1486 00:57:29,078 --> 00:57:30,079 THIS ASSESSMENT AND THESE 1487 00:57:30,079 --> 00:57:32,749 CONDITIONS WOULD APPLY TO QUITE 1488 00:57:32,749 --> 00:57:37,554 A BIT OF OPEN DRUG USE DOWNTOWN, 1489 00:57:37,554 --> 00:57:42,025 ANYWHERE YOU ARE. SO THAT IS 1490 00:57:42,025 --> 00:57:43,259 NOTICEABLE. ALSO, NOTABLE, THE 1491 00:57:43,259 --> 00:57:45,161 ORDINANCE'S FRAMEWORK STILL 1492 00:57:45,161 --> 00:57:47,997 PLACES AN EMPHASIS ON DIVERSION. 1493 00:57:47,997 --> 00:57:48,665 SO, EVEN THOUGH AN OFFICER 1494 00:57:48,665 --> 00:57:50,366 DETERMINES THERE MAY BE A THREAT 1495 00:57:50,366 --> 00:57:52,902 OF HARM TO OTHERS, UNDER THIS 1496 00:57:52,902 --> 00:57:57,907 ORDINANCE THERE IS EMPHASIS ON 1497 00:57:57,907 --> 00:57:58,641 DIVERSION, VERSES ARREST. I AM 1498 00:57:58,641 --> 00:58:02,779 GOING TO MOVE INTO THE THREAT OF 1499 00:58:02,779 --> 00:58:05,348 HARM TO SELF. BOTH THE ORDINANCE 1500 00:58:05,348 --> 00:58:07,050 AND THE SPD POLICIES STATE THAT 1501 00:58:07,050 --> 00:58:08,751 IF THE ASSESSMENT, IF THE 1502 00:58:08,751 --> 00:58:09,586 OFFICER DOING THE ASSESSMENT 1503 00:58:09,586 --> 00:58:11,588 DETERMINES THAT THERE IS NOT A 1504 00:58:11,588 --> 00:58:14,057 THREAT OF HARM TO OTHERS, THEN 1505 00:58:14,057 --> 00:58:15,091 BY DEFAULT THE NEXT CONDITION IS 1506 00:58:15,091 --> 00:58:21,898 THAT THERE IS ONLY A THREAT OF 1507 00:58:21,898 --> 00:58:25,335 HARM TO SELF. BOTH THE ORDINANCE 1508 00:58:25,335 --> 00:58:26,369 AND SPD POLICIES, AGAIN, 1509 00:58:26,369 --> 00:58:27,971 PRIORITIZE DEVERSION IN THIS 1510 00:58:27,971 --> 00:58:30,273 CATEGORY AS WELL, AS YOU WILL 1511 00:58:30,273 --> 00:58:33,176 SEE UNDER NUMBER THREE ON THE 1512 00:58:33,176 --> 00:58:34,844 ORDINANCE, THE ORDINANCE SAYS 1513 00:58:34,844 --> 00:58:36,946 THAT AN OFFICER WILL NOT ARREST 1514 00:58:36,946 --> 00:58:42,852 WHEN THE INDIVIDUAL POSES ONLY A 1515 00:58:42,852 --> 00:58:45,588 THREAT OF HARM TOSELF ABSENT, 1516 00:58:45,588 --> 00:58:48,791 ARTICIABLE THREATS WARRANTING 1517 00:58:48,791 --> 00:58:49,926 SUCH AN ACTION. AGAIN, 1518 00:58:49,926 --> 00:58:50,593 DISCRETION LIES WITH THE OFFICER 1519 00:58:50,593 --> 00:58:52,629 AS TO WHETHER OR NOT TO ARREST. 1520 00:58:52,629 --> 00:58:54,330 WHEN AN OFFICER DOES ARREST, 1521 00:58:54,330 --> 00:58:56,900 THEY HAVE TO SHOW PROBABLE 1522 00:58:56,900 --> 00:59:03,873 CAUSE, PROBABLE CAUSE IS, 1523 00:59:03,873 --> 00:59:04,440 INDEED, ARCTICIABLE FACTS. 1524 00:59:04,440 --> 00:59:06,476 SPD'S POLICIES DO NOT SAY AN 1525 00:59:06,476 --> 00:59:08,411 OFFICER HAS TO ARREST OR NOT. 1526 00:59:08,411 --> 00:59:09,712 THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF 1527 00:59:09,712 --> 00:59:11,447 DIFFERENCE IN WHAT YOU ARE 1528 00:59:11,447 --> 00:59:16,819 SEEING BETWEEN THE ORDINANCE AND 1529 00:59:16,819 --> 00:59:21,491 POLICY HERE. ALL RIGHT. MOVING 1530 00:59:21,491 --> 00:59:22,759 ALONG TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH 1531 00:59:22,759 --> 00:59:29,299 IS A CONTINUATION OF THREAT OF 1532 00:59:29,299 --> 00:59:31,868 HARM TO SELF, SPD POLICY 1533 00:59:31,868 --> 00:59:33,503 ENCOURAGES OFFICERS TO CONTACT 1534 00:59:33,503 --> 00:59:35,204 LEAD CASE MANAGERS IF THOSE CASE 1535 00:59:35,204 --> 00:59:36,839 MANAGERS ARE KNOWN, AND THAT IS 1536 00:59:36,839 --> 00:59:42,679 WHAT THE FIRST PARAGRAPH IS ALL 1537 00:59:42,679 --> 00:59:45,315 ABOUT. THE SECOND PARAGRAPH IS 1538 00:59:45,315 --> 00:59:48,184 THAT SPD HAS IDENTIFIED CERTAIN 1539 00:59:48,184 --> 00:59:49,686 CONDITIONS THAT WHEN THEY ARE 1540 00:59:49,686 --> 00:59:51,554 MET MAY WARRANT, I SAID MAY 1541 00:59:51,554 --> 00:59:54,057 WARRANT, A JAIL BOOKINGMENT HERE 1542 00:59:54,057 --> 00:59:55,658 WE SEE THREE BULLETS, POSSESSION 1543 00:59:55,658 --> 00:59:58,828 OF SEVEN GRAMS OR MORE SUSPECTED 1544 00:59:58,828 --> 01:00:00,063 NARCOTICS, TRANSPORTATION TO 1545 01:00:00,063 --> 01:00:01,898 COMMUNITY-BASED CARE, OR TO 1546 01:00:01,898 --> 01:00:04,334 PREVENT THE SUBJECT FROM CAUSING 1547 01:00:04,334 --> 01:00:06,069 ADDITIONAL HARM TOSELF. WITH 1548 01:00:06,069 --> 01:00:08,538 THOSE THREE CONDITIONS SPD MAY 1549 01:00:08,538 --> 01:00:09,238 CONSIDER A JAIL BOOKING. 1550 01:00:09,238 --> 01:00:10,340 ALTHOUGH, AGAIN, KEEP COMING 1551 01:00:10,340 --> 01:00:12,675 BACK TO MY THEME, SPD ULTIMATELY 1552 01:00:12,675 --> 01:00:17,113 HAS THE DISCRETION TO DO 1553 01:00:17,113 --> 01:00:18,781 WHATEVER THEY WANT. NOW I AM 1554 01:00:18,781 --> 01:00:21,651 GETTING INTO THE DATA. JUST GO 1555 01:00:21,651 --> 01:00:22,418 OVER THIS SLIDE AND THEN, 1556 01:00:22,418 --> 01:00:24,354 BECAUSE IT MAY-- THERE IS A LOT 1557 01:00:24,354 --> 01:00:26,222 OF STUFF UP HERE, THERE THEY BE 1558 01:00:26,222 --> 01:00:27,357 QUESTIONS SO I WILL PAUSE. WHAT 1559 01:00:27,357 --> 01:00:32,729 YOU ARE GOING TO SEE ON THIS 1560 01:00:32,729 --> 01:00:34,530 SLIDE IS ARRESTS AND DIVERSION 1561 01:00:34,530 --> 01:00:37,233 DATA. THE FIRST CATEGORY AT THE 1562 01:00:37,233 --> 01:00:40,536 TOP OF THE SLIDE IS PREARREST 1563 01:00:40,536 --> 01:00:44,240 DIVERSION WHICH LEAD CALLS 1564 01:00:44,240 --> 01:00:46,542 SOCIAL CONTACT DIVERSION. SO, 1565 01:00:46,542 --> 01:00:48,978 WHEN AN OFFICER BELIEVES THAT 1566 01:00:48,978 --> 01:00:51,914 SOMEBODY, A SUBJECT, MAY BE IN 1567 01:00:51,914 --> 01:00:55,485 NEED OF LEAD SERVICES, AND MAYBE 1568 01:00:55,485 --> 01:00:57,420 NOT IN THAT PROBABLE CAUSE 1569 01:00:57,420 --> 01:01:00,657 ARREST SITUATION I TALKED ABOUT, 1570 01:01:00,657 --> 01:01:03,159 THEY MAY REFER THROUGH A SOCIAL 1571 01:01:03,159 --> 01:01:04,560 CONTACT THAT PERSON TO LEAD. 1572 01:01:04,560 --> 01:01:08,431 THAT HAPPENS. AS YOU CAN SEE, 1573 01:01:08,431 --> 01:01:14,904 THERE WERE 164 INCIDENCES OF 1574 01:01:14,904 --> 01:01:16,773 THAT IN 2024. THERE WERE 96 IN 1575 01:01:16,773 --> 01:01:18,408 2025. THAT IS SHOWING OFFICERS 1576 01:01:18,408 --> 01:01:21,577 ARE DOING THAT FEWER TIMES. THE 1577 01:01:21,577 --> 01:01:24,213 NEXT BOX IS SPD ARRESTS, VERSES 1578 01:01:24,213 --> 01:01:27,383 THE POST ARREST FROM DIVERSION. 1579 01:01:27,383 --> 01:01:28,785 SO THE FIRST ROW SHOWS ACCOUNT 1580 01:01:28,785 --> 01:01:32,822 OF PEOPLE ARRESTED AND THIS IS 1581 01:01:32,822 --> 01:01:37,393 SPD DATA PULLED OUT OF CAT RMS 1582 01:01:37,393 --> 01:01:39,095 SYSTEM. IN 2024 THERE WERE 633 1583 01:01:39,095 --> 01:01:43,800 INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE ARRESTED 1584 01:01:43,800 --> 01:01:47,637 FOR DRUG USE AND POSSESSION. IN 1585 01:01:47,637 --> 01:01:50,840 2025, 942 INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED 1586 01:01:50,840 --> 01:01:51,941 FOR DRUG USE AND POSSESSION. 1587 01:01:51,941 --> 01:01:54,577 WITHIN THAT CATEGORY, WITHIN 1588 01:01:54,577 --> 01:01:57,814 THAT ROW, 633 AND 942, YOU CAN 1589 01:01:57,814 --> 01:02:01,717 ALMOST DIVIDE THOSE NUMBERS IN 1590 01:02:01,717 --> 01:02:06,322 HALF AND HALF THE FOLKS ARRESTED 1591 01:02:06,322 --> 01:02:07,824 ARE ARRESTED FOR DRUG USE AND 1592 01:02:07,824 --> 01:02:11,461 POSSESSION AND INTENT TO SELL OR 1593 01:02:11,461 --> 01:02:13,663 INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE. THE OTHER 1594 01:02:13,663 --> 01:02:15,465 HALF ARE FOLKS WHO ARE-- NOT 1595 01:02:15,465 --> 01:02:19,035 GOING TO SAY SIMPLE POSSESSION 1596 01:02:19,035 --> 01:02:21,971 AND USE, BUT USING THEMSELVES 1597 01:02:21,971 --> 01:02:23,739 AND POSSESSING THEMSELVES 1598 01:02:23,739 --> 01:02:25,775 WITHOUT THOSE COMPLICATING 1599 01:02:25,775 --> 01:02:30,713 FACTORS, MORE PERSONAL USE, IF 1600 01:02:30,713 --> 01:02:34,283 YOU WILL. THE SECOND ROW IS LEAD 1601 01:02:34,283 --> 01:02:35,351 DIVERSION DATA, DATA COMING FROM 1602 01:02:35,351 --> 01:02:40,523 THE LEAD ORGANIZATION ON HOW 1603 01:02:40,523 --> 01:02:43,226 MANY FOLKS WERE DIVERTED POST 1604 01:02:43,226 --> 01:02:47,797 ARREST. THERE WERE 256 IN 2024, 1605 01:02:47,797 --> 01:02:51,234 180 IN 2025. THE BIG PICTURE 1606 01:02:51,234 --> 01:02:55,004 HERE IS THAT ARRESTS ARE 1607 01:02:55,004 --> 01:02:57,373 INCREASING 47%, AND DIVERSIONS 1608 01:02:57,373 --> 01:02:58,307 ARE DECREASING 30%. SO, WITH 1609 01:02:58,307 --> 01:02:59,876 THAT, I WILL STOP AND ASK IF 1610 01:02:59,876 --> 01:03:02,245 THERE ARE QUESTIONS AND THEN WE 1611 01:03:02,245 --> 01:03:03,079 WILL GO ON TO ADDITIONAL DETAIL. 1612 01:03:10,119 --> 01:03:11,721 >> COLLEAGUES? NO QUESTIONS? 1613 01:03:11,721 --> 01:03:13,156 >> THIS IS THE ADDITIONAL 1614 01:03:13,156 --> 01:03:14,490 DETAIL. WHAT THIS SLIDE ATTEMPTS 1615 01:03:14,490 --> 01:03:17,160 TO DO IS TO TAKE THAT GROUP OF 1616 01:03:17,160 --> 01:03:19,362 FOLKS THAT WERE ARRESTED IN THE 1617 01:03:19,362 --> 01:03:21,831 PRIOR SLIDE, SO, IF YOU SEE THE 1618 01:03:21,831 --> 01:03:24,600 ROW OF SPD ARRESTS, 633 AND 942, 1619 01:03:24,600 --> 01:03:27,804 I SAID THAT ABOUT HALF OF THOSE 1620 01:03:27,804 --> 01:03:29,972 FOLKS WERE SIMPLE POSSESSION AND 1621 01:03:29,972 --> 01:03:32,375 USE, OR WERE JUST PERSONAL 1622 01:03:32,375 --> 01:03:34,443 POSSESSION USE, THIS FOCUSES ON 1623 01:03:34,443 --> 01:03:38,347 JUST THAT HALF, JUST THE HALF OF 1624 01:03:38,347 --> 01:03:42,818 LOW LEVEL OFFENDERS. SO, ABOUT 1625 01:03:42,818 --> 01:03:44,520 456 FOLKS IN TOTAL. AND THE 1626 01:03:44,520 --> 01:03:46,789 DISPOSITION OF THOSE FOLKS USING 1627 01:03:46,789 --> 01:03:48,958 SPD DATA IN 2024 AND 2025. SO, 1628 01:03:48,958 --> 01:03:53,729 YOU SEE A ROW, OR COLUMN FOR 1629 01:03:53,729 --> 01:03:56,432 2024, COLUMN FOR 2025, THEN 1630 01:03:56,432 --> 01:03:57,733 VARIOUS CATEGORIES SPD RECORDED. 1631 01:03:57,733 --> 01:04:00,469 YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED AND RELEASE, 1632 01:04:00,469 --> 01:04:01,671 MARK 43 RECORDED DIVERSION, 1633 01:04:01,671 --> 01:04:04,240 CHARGED BY OFFICER, DECLINED TO 1634 01:04:04,240 --> 01:04:05,341 JAIL, NEW OFFENSE, BOOKED, 1635 01:04:05,341 --> 01:04:08,311 WARRANT, BOOKED. SO, I WILL GO 1636 01:04:08,311 --> 01:04:09,545 THROUGH EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES 1637 01:04:09,545 --> 01:04:11,214 QUICKLY IN ONE MOMENT. BUT WHAT 1638 01:04:11,214 --> 01:04:14,984 I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE ON THE 1639 01:04:14,984 --> 01:04:17,486 DATA IS THESE ARE ACCOUNT OF 1640 01:04:17,486 --> 01:04:22,058 ARRESTS MADE BY SPD, BUT THERE 1641 01:04:22,058 --> 01:04:25,228 ARE ABOUT 10% OF THESE NUMBERS 1642 01:04:25,228 --> 01:04:26,963 ARE FOLKS REOFFENDING. SO, LETS 1643 01:04:26,963 --> 01:04:30,666 LOOK AT THE 2025 CATEGORY, AND 1644 01:04:30,666 --> 01:04:33,369 THE 2025 CATEGORY YOU HAVE 456 1645 01:04:33,369 --> 01:04:36,839 COUNT OF ARRESTS. THERE WERE 1646 01:04:36,839 --> 01:04:39,775 ABOUT 33 INDIVIDUALS, OR ROUGHLY 1647 01:04:39,775 --> 01:04:41,277 7-10% BETWEEN THE YEARS, THAT 1648 01:04:41,277 --> 01:04:42,411 REOFFENDED OR WERE ARRESTED 1649 01:04:42,411 --> 01:04:46,449 TWICE. SO YOU MAY HAVE A PERSON 1650 01:04:46,449 --> 01:04:50,620 PART OF THE 69 GROUP ON IDENTIFY 1651 01:04:50,620 --> 01:04:51,921 AND RELEASE, AND THEN REARRESTED 1652 01:04:51,921 --> 01:04:53,856 AND MAYBE THEY WERE BROUGHT TO 1653 01:04:53,856 --> 01:04:55,725 JAIL AT THAT POINT AND IN 1654 01:04:55,725 --> 01:04:57,627 DECLINE TO JAIL CATEGORY. SO, IT 1655 01:04:57,627 --> 01:04:59,428 IS A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE, ONLY 1656 01:04:59,428 --> 01:05:03,399 10% OR SO, MOST OF THESE ARE 1657 01:05:03,399 --> 01:05:07,670 STAND ALONE, BUT THERE ARE SOME 1658 01:05:07,670 --> 01:05:09,205 DUPLICATIONS WITHIN THESE 1659 01:05:09,205 --> 01:05:11,641 CATEGORIES. SO, A COUPLE THINGS 1660 01:05:11,641 --> 01:05:13,876 TO NOTE, MARK 43 RECORDED 1661 01:05:13,876 --> 01:05:17,146 DIVERSION, THAT HAPPENS EVERY 1662 01:05:17,146 --> 01:05:19,081 TIME AN SPD OFFICER ARRESTS 1663 01:05:19,081 --> 01:05:20,883 SOMEBODY AND THEY REFER THAT 1664 01:05:20,883 --> 01:05:22,618 PERSON TO LEAD AND THEY FILL OUT 1665 01:05:22,618 --> 01:05:23,786 A DOCUMENT, A TEMPLATE, THAT 1666 01:05:23,786 --> 01:05:26,889 THEY ARE REQUIRED TO FILL OUT 1667 01:05:26,889 --> 01:05:29,292 PERSPD POLICY, THAT SHOWS THERE 1668 01:05:29,292 --> 01:05:30,760 IS A LEAD REFERRAL HAPPENING. 1669 01:05:30,760 --> 01:05:33,963 SO, YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT 1670 01:05:33,963 --> 01:05:37,133 HAPPENED 173 TIMES IN 2024, AND 1671 01:05:37,133 --> 01:05:41,437 109 TIMES IN 2025. I WANT TO BE 1672 01:05:41,437 --> 01:05:43,506 CLEAR HERE, LEAD REFERRALS CAN 1673 01:05:43,506 --> 01:05:45,675 HAPPEN AND ENROLLMENT CAN HAPPEN 1674 01:05:45,675 --> 01:05:50,646 IN, REALLY, ALMOST ANY OF THE 1675 01:05:50,646 --> 01:05:53,215 CATEGORIES, AND DO,TER IS NOT 1676 01:05:53,215 --> 01:05:56,686 CORRECT TO SAY THAT 173 OR 109 1677 01:05:56,686 --> 01:05:57,753 ARE THE ONLY LEAD BEFERRALS, 1678 01:05:57,753 --> 01:05:59,922 THOSE ARE ONLY AT THE SCENE, 1679 01:05:59,922 --> 01:06:01,657 FILLED OUT A TEMPLATE, DID IT 1680 01:06:01,657 --> 01:06:04,060 THE RIGHT WAY, COMPLETED 1681 01:06:04,060 --> 01:06:06,662 DIVERSION BY SPD POLICY. THERE 1682 01:06:06,662 --> 01:06:07,830 ARE ALSO GOING TO BE LEAD 1683 01:06:07,830 --> 01:06:09,532 HAPPENING WHEN THERE IS A 1684 01:06:09,532 --> 01:06:11,267 IDENTIFY AND RELEASE. IT WILL BE 1685 01:06:11,267 --> 01:06:12,668 HAPPENING IN ANY OF THESE 1686 01:06:12,668 --> 01:06:15,438 CATEGORIES, BUT, AGAIN, AS WE 1687 01:06:15,438 --> 01:06:16,339 SAW IN THE PRIOR SLIDE, 1688 01:06:16,339 --> 01:06:18,474 REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU LOOK AT 1689 01:06:18,474 --> 01:06:21,978 IT, DIVERSIONS ARE DOWN BY ABOUT 1690 01:06:21,978 --> 01:06:23,846 30%. THE LAST THING I WILL 1691 01:06:23,846 --> 01:06:27,383 HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THAT THERE IS 1692 01:06:27,383 --> 01:06:31,253 A SHIFT TOWARDS THE CHARGE BY 1693 01:06:31,253 --> 01:06:32,688 OFFICER CATEGORY AND TOWARDS THE 1694 01:06:32,688 --> 01:06:35,358 SUBJECTS THAT WERE EITHER BOOKED 1695 01:06:35,358 --> 01:06:37,927 OR DECLINED AT JAIL. THAT LATTER 1696 01:06:37,927 --> 01:06:40,930 GROUP, BOOKED OR DECLINED AT 1697 01:06:40,930 --> 01:06:43,065 JAIL, GREW ABOUT 191% BETWEEN 1698 01:06:43,065 --> 01:06:45,968 2024 AND 2025. AS YOU CAN SEE, 1699 01:06:45,968 --> 01:06:49,071 THE GROUP CHARGED BY OFFICERS 1700 01:06:49,071 --> 01:06:52,441 GREW FROM 80 TO 180. I THINK WE 1701 01:06:52,441 --> 01:06:54,377 ALL UNDERSTAND THE DECLINE TO 1702 01:06:54,377 --> 01:06:56,145 JAIL NEW OFFENSE BOOKED AND 1703 01:06:56,145 --> 01:06:57,880 WARRANT BOOKED, MANY FOLKS MAY 1704 01:06:57,880 --> 01:06:58,881 NOT UNDERSTAND CHARGED BY 1705 01:06:58,881 --> 01:07:00,816 OFFICER, THAT IS AN OPTION THAT 1706 01:07:00,816 --> 01:07:03,786 OFFICERS HAVE AT THE POINT OF 1707 01:07:03,786 --> 01:07:06,255 ARREST, WHERE THEY MAY RELEASE 1708 01:07:06,255 --> 01:07:08,090 SOMEONE AND ESSENTIALLY FILL OUT 1709 01:07:08,090 --> 01:07:11,660 A FORM IN THEIR CAD SYSTEM THAT 1710 01:07:11,660 --> 01:07:12,828 FORWARDS CHARGES AND SPD CAN 1711 01:07:12,828 --> 01:07:14,764 CORRECT ME ON THE TECHNICAL PART 1712 01:07:14,764 --> 01:07:17,767 Y AM COVERING THIS AT A HIGH 1713 01:07:17,767 --> 01:07:19,568 LEVEL. FORWARD CHARGES TO THE 1714 01:07:19,568 --> 01:07:20,770 CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WHERE 1715 01:07:20,770 --> 01:07:22,204 THE CITY WOULD RELEASE THE 1716 01:07:22,204 --> 01:07:23,773 INDIVIDUAL AND THE CITY 1717 01:07:23,773 --> 01:07:25,341 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WILL FIGURE 1718 01:07:25,341 --> 01:07:27,943 HOW TO PRESS FORWARD OR NOT WITH 1719 01:07:27,943 --> 01:07:30,212 THAT CHARGE BY OFFICER. IN THE 1720 01:07:30,212 --> 01:07:33,482 LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THERE HAVE 1721 01:07:33,482 --> 01:07:35,351 NOT BEEN ANY LEAD DIVERSIONS 1722 01:07:35,351 --> 01:07:40,723 COMING AT THE REQUEST OF THE 1723 01:07:40,723 --> 01:07:44,560 PROSECUTOR. THE FORMER CITY 1724 01:07:44,560 --> 01:07:46,462 ATTORNEY WAS, INSTEAD, USING A 1725 01:07:46,462 --> 01:07:48,531 DRUG ASSESSMENT PROGRAM THAT THE 1726 01:07:48,531 --> 01:07:52,034 COURT HAD ON THE GROUND, AND 1727 01:07:52,034 --> 01:07:55,671 THAT WAS THE PRIMARY OPTION FOR 1728 01:07:55,671 --> 01:07:57,406 DRUG USE AND POSSESSION 1729 01:07:57,406 --> 01:07:58,574 SUBJECTS. HOWEVER, THAT HAS NOW 1730 01:07:58,574 --> 01:08:00,476 CHANGEED AND WHEN THE CITY 1731 01:08:00,476 --> 01:08:01,877 ATTORNEY RECEIVES A CHARGE BY 1732 01:08:01,877 --> 01:08:03,446 OFFICER, THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL 1733 01:08:03,446 --> 01:08:06,715 BE ABLE TO DIVERT THOSE FOLKS TO 1734 01:08:06,715 --> 01:08:11,787 THE LEAD PROGRAM AND OUT OF THE 1735 01:08:11,787 --> 01:08:13,656 43 FOLKS THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED 1736 01:08:13,656 --> 01:08:17,960 SO FAR THIS YEAR, THEY HAVE 1737 01:08:17,960 --> 01:08:19,462 REFERRED 33 TO LEAD. THAT IS NOT 1738 01:08:19,462 --> 01:08:20,196 EXCLUSIVELY CHARGED BY OFFICER, 1739 01:08:20,196 --> 01:08:21,997 BUT THE CHARGES THAT ARE COMING 1740 01:08:21,997 --> 01:08:23,566 TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. SO YOU CAN 1741 01:08:23,566 --> 01:08:27,002 SEE THAT ON THE GROUND THERE IS 1742 01:08:27,002 --> 01:08:30,172 A BIT OF A SHIFT WHERE OFFICERS 1743 01:08:30,172 --> 01:08:31,707 ARE MORE OFTEN EITHER TAKING 1744 01:08:31,707 --> 01:08:33,409 FOLKS TO JAIL OR REFERRING THEM 1745 01:08:33,409 --> 01:08:35,911 TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE 1746 01:08:35,911 --> 01:08:42,718 CITY ATTORNEY WOULD MAKE THE 1747 01:08:42,718 --> 01:08:43,452 DIVERSION DECISION. STOP AND ASK 1748 01:08:43,452 --> 01:08:43,853 ANY QUESTIONS. 1749 01:08:43,853 --> 01:08:45,287 >> GO AHEAD. 1750 01:08:45,287 --> 01:08:47,389 >> THE TAKEAWAY S, I THINK WE 1751 01:08:47,389 --> 01:08:49,859 HAVE PRETTY MUCH COVERED HERE. S 1752 01:08:49,859 --> 01:08:51,026 PSHG D POLICY REQUIRE OR 1753 01:08:51,026 --> 01:08:51,961 STRONGLY SUGGEST FOLKS ARE 1754 01:08:51,961 --> 01:08:56,165 DIVERTED THROUGH THE LEAD 1755 01:08:56,165 --> 01:08:57,600 PROGRAM, ARRESTS ARE INCREASING, 1756 01:08:57,600 --> 01:09:00,469 THE PORTION OF SIMPLE POSSESSION 1757 01:09:00,469 --> 01:09:04,106 OR USE REMAINS CONSTANT, ABOUT 1758 01:09:04,106 --> 01:09:05,441 50%. EVEN THOUGH ARRESTS ARE 1759 01:09:05,441 --> 01:09:06,542 INCREASING. LEAD DIVERSIONS ARE 1760 01:09:06,542 --> 01:09:08,077 DECREASING, BOTH AT THE 1761 01:09:08,077 --> 01:09:10,479 PREARREST LEVEL AND POST ARREST 1762 01:09:10,479 --> 01:09:12,381 LEVEL. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT LEAD 1763 01:09:12,381 --> 01:09:14,950 CAPACITY AND SPD OPERATIONAL 1764 01:09:14,950 --> 01:09:16,018 ISSUES ARE AFFECTING SPD'S 1765 01:09:16,018 --> 01:09:17,019 ABILITY TO USE POST ARREST 1766 01:09:17,019 --> 01:09:18,287 DIVERSION, THAT IS SOMETHING ALL 1767 01:09:18,287 --> 01:09:20,623 THE FOLKS AT THE TABLE WILL BE 1768 01:09:20,623 --> 01:09:21,991 ABLE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY. WITH 1769 01:09:21,991 --> 01:09:23,325 THAT, I WILL END MY PRESENTATION 1770 01:09:23,325 --> 01:09:25,895 AND ASK IF THERE ARE ANY 1771 01:09:25,895 --> 01:09:26,195 QUESTIONS. 1772 01:09:26,195 --> 01:09:29,798 >> THANK YOU, MR. DOSS. I 1773 01:09:29,798 --> 01:09:31,500 APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND 1774 01:09:31,500 --> 01:09:33,269 THE WALK THROUGH VARIOUS PIECES 1775 01:09:33,269 --> 01:09:36,672 TO INCLUDE STATE LAW, LOCAL 1776 01:09:36,672 --> 01:09:38,841 ORDINANCE, AND SPD POLICY. I 1777 01:09:38,841 --> 01:09:40,509 UNDERSTAND YOUR POINTS REGARDING 1778 01:09:40,509 --> 01:09:41,644 DIVERSION PREFERRED, DISCRETION, 1779 01:09:41,644 --> 01:09:42,945 VERY IMPORTANT POINT, THANK YOU 1780 01:09:42,945 --> 01:09:45,514 FOR MAKING THAT REGARDING 1781 01:09:45,514 --> 01:09:47,516 ARRESTS OR NOT ARRESTS, 1782 01:09:47,516 --> 01:09:49,118 FOLLOWING PROBABLE CAUSE. THANK 1783 01:09:49,118 --> 01:09:50,185 YOU FOR NOTING TRANSPORTATION 1784 01:09:50,185 --> 01:09:51,987 PIECES, AND THAT Y WAS GOING TO 1785 01:09:51,987 --> 01:09:55,057 MAKE A SIDE NOTE, WE HAD ONE OF 1786 01:09:55,057 --> 01:09:56,725 THE PUBLIC COMMENTERS WHO, EACH 1787 01:09:56,725 --> 01:09:57,459 DAY WITH HER BUSINESS HER 1788 01:09:57,459 --> 01:09:58,827 EMPLOYEES ARE DEALING WITH 1789 01:09:58,827 --> 01:10:01,330 PEOPLE IN THE ALLEY. ALLEYS ARE 1790 01:10:01,330 --> 01:10:02,364 PART OF THE TRANSPORTATION 1791 01:10:02,364 --> 01:10:03,132 INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THAT 1792 01:10:03,132 --> 01:10:04,667 BUSINESS WOMAN WHO WAS HERE HAS 1793 01:10:04,667 --> 01:10:07,002 NO LEFT, AND ONE ACROSS THE 1794 01:10:07,002 --> 01:10:09,204 STREET IN BELLTOWN, ALSO WITH 1795 01:10:09,204 --> 01:10:11,807 THE ALLEYS, MANY ISSUES. I HAD A 1796 01:10:11,807 --> 01:10:13,943 QUESTION REGARDING CITY 1797 01:10:13,943 --> 01:10:15,110 ATTORNEY, I HAD CONVERSATIONWISE 1798 01:10:15,110 --> 01:10:15,844 COMMUNITY CITY ATTORNEY LIKE ON 1799 01:10:15,844 --> 01:10:18,847 COMMUNITY COURT, WE NEED A NEW 1800 01:10:18,847 --> 01:10:24,286 IMPROVED DRUG COURT, WE NEED AN 1801 01:10:24,286 --> 01:10:26,221 IMPROVED SYSTEM AND THESE POINTS 1802 01:10:26,221 --> 01:10:27,923 AND YOUR BRIEFING, THANK YOU, 1803 01:10:27,923 --> 01:10:30,492 REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED TO 1804 01:10:30,492 --> 01:10:32,361 FURTHER OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE, 1805 01:10:32,361 --> 01:10:33,929 THE FUNCTIONING OF OUR CRIMINAL 1806 01:10:33,929 --> 01:10:36,799 JUSTICE SYSTEM. BEFORE I GO INTO 1807 01:10:36,799 --> 01:10:37,700 QUESTIONS, CHIEF BARNS OR 1808 01:10:37,700 --> 01:10:38,767 ASSISTANT CHIEF BROWN OR MS. 1809 01:10:38,767 --> 01:10:40,336 SMITH, TO GET ALL THE NAMES IN, 1810 01:10:40,336 --> 01:10:43,038 CHIEF BARNS, IF YOU HAD ANY 1811 01:10:43,038 --> 01:10:43,739 COMMENTS, GENERAL BEFORE 1812 01:10:43,739 --> 01:10:47,142 QUESTIONS, PLEASE GO AHEAD. 1813 01:10:47,142 --> 01:10:49,111 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, 1814 01:10:49,111 --> 01:10:50,312 COUNCIL MEMBER, ALWAYS A 1815 01:10:50,312 --> 01:10:51,480 PLEASURE. THANK YOU FOR THE 1816 01:10:51,480 --> 01:10:55,084 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY ABOUT 1817 01:10:55,084 --> 01:10:56,252 THE OPERATIONAL REALITIES FACING 1818 01:10:56,252 --> 01:10:58,921 THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS 1819 01:10:58,921 --> 01:11:01,724 WE WORK TO MEET COMMUNITY 1820 01:11:01,724 --> 01:11:03,892 EXPECTATIONS. LEAD IS A 1821 01:11:03,892 --> 01:11:05,527 PREARREST DIVERSION PROGRAM 1822 01:11:05,527 --> 01:11:07,396 DESIGNED TO CONNECT INDIVIDUALS 1823 01:11:07,396 --> 01:11:09,632 IN LOW-LEVEL CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES 1824 01:11:09,632 --> 01:11:11,700 WITH SERVICES RATHER THAN THE 1825 01:11:11,700 --> 01:11:12,968 TRADITIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE 1826 01:11:12,968 --> 01:11:15,204 PROCESS. AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY 1827 01:11:15,204 --> 01:11:16,972 ATTORNEY HAS DIRECTED THE DRUG 1828 01:11:16,972 --> 01:11:20,175 POSSESSION AND DRUG USE CASES BE 1829 01:11:20,175 --> 01:11:22,311 DIVERTED TO LEAD UNLESS 1830 01:11:22,311 --> 01:11:23,946 AGGRAVATED FACTORS ARE PRESENT. 1831 01:11:23,946 --> 01:11:27,016 SPD WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS 1832 01:11:27,016 --> 01:11:28,217 DIRECTIVE. MY GOAL TODAY IS NOT 1833 01:11:28,217 --> 01:11:31,620 TO DISMISS THE PROGRAM, BUT TO 1834 01:11:31,620 --> 01:11:33,055 SUPPORT IT. DIVERSION HAS VALUE 1835 01:11:33,055 --> 01:11:35,357 AND CAN BE AN IMPORTANT TOOL. IN 1836 01:11:35,357 --> 01:11:37,059 MANY CASES, IT IS BETTER THAN 1837 01:11:37,059 --> 01:11:39,595 HAVING WHAT WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE, 1838 01:11:39,595 --> 01:11:41,463 WHICH IS NO INTERVENTION AT ALL, 1839 01:11:41,463 --> 01:11:43,432 BUT ALSO IMPORTANT TO BE CLEAR 1840 01:11:43,432 --> 01:11:45,334 ABOUT WHAT THE PROGRAM CAN AND 1841 01:11:45,334 --> 01:11:46,869 CANNOT ACCOMPLISH AND WHETHER IT 1842 01:11:46,869 --> 01:11:48,637 IS MEETING THE EXPECTATIONS OF 1843 01:11:48,637 --> 01:11:51,807 THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE, WORK, AND 1844 01:11:51,807 --> 01:11:53,108 VISIT THE CITY. ONE OF THE 1845 01:11:53,108 --> 01:11:54,243 CENTRAL CHALLENGES THAT OFFICERS 1846 01:11:54,243 --> 01:11:59,882 ARE BEING ASKED TO DO IS TO 1847 01:11:59,882 --> 01:12:01,383 EVALUATE HARM. IN SITUATIONS 1848 01:12:01,383 --> 01:12:03,185 WHERE INDIVIDUALS ARE OPENLY 1849 01:12:03,185 --> 01:12:05,387 USING OR SMOKING ILLEGAL DRUGS 1850 01:12:05,387 --> 01:12:07,723 IN PUBLIC SPACES, IN SEATTLE, 1851 01:12:07,723 --> 01:12:12,194 THIS BEHAVIOR IS VISIBLE IN 1852 01:12:12,194 --> 01:12:14,430 PARKS, SIDEWALKS, NEAR TRANSIT 1853 01:12:14,430 --> 01:12:16,965 HUBS, SCHOOLS, AND OUR LOCAL 1854 01:12:16,965 --> 01:12:17,766 BUSINESSES. WHILE THE POLICY 1855 01:12:17,766 --> 01:12:19,568 FRAMEWORK MAY SEEM TO ALLOW IT, 1856 01:12:19,568 --> 01:12:21,036 THE COMMUNITY DOES NOT APPROVE 1857 01:12:21,036 --> 01:12:24,773 OF IT, AND THIS LEVEL OF THIS 1858 01:12:24,773 --> 01:12:27,409 ORDER. VISITORS ALSO DO NOT 1859 01:12:27,409 --> 01:12:28,944 EXPECT TO SEE IT. OUR OFFICERS 1860 01:12:28,944 --> 01:12:31,714 ARE PLACED IN THE DIFFICULT 1861 01:12:31,714 --> 01:12:32,381 POSITION OF RESPONDING TO 1862 01:12:32,381 --> 01:12:34,350 BEHAFBIER THAT IS CLEARLY 1863 01:12:34,350 --> 01:12:36,085 HARMFUL TO THE PUBLIC 1864 01:12:36,085 --> 01:12:37,619 ENVIRONMENT WHILE BEING LIMITED 1865 01:12:37,619 --> 01:12:40,923 IN THE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO 1866 01:12:40,923 --> 01:12:42,291 ADDRESS IT. WE SHOULD ALSO 1867 01:12:42,291 --> 01:12:43,158 ACKNOWLEDGE THE EMPIRICAL 1868 01:12:43,158 --> 01:12:44,960 EVIDENCE RESEARCH FROM CITIES 1869 01:12:44,960 --> 01:12:47,162 ACROSS THE COUNTRY SHOWS OPEN 1870 01:12:47,162 --> 01:12:50,132 AIR DRUG USE CORRELATES WITH 1871 01:12:50,132 --> 01:12:53,035 INCREASED POLICE CALLS FOR 1872 01:12:53,035 --> 01:12:55,104 SERVICE, REDUCED FOOT TRAFFIC, 1873 01:12:55,104 --> 01:12:55,904 DECREASED COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY, 1874 01:12:55,904 --> 01:12:58,340 AND HEIGHTENED PERCEPTIONS OF 1875 01:12:58,340 --> 01:12:59,441 CAREER AND DISORDER. THESE 1876 01:12:59,441 --> 01:13:00,709 IMPACTS ARE NOT THEORETICAL, 1877 01:13:00,709 --> 01:13:03,145 THEY ARE MEASURABLE, AND THEY 1878 01:13:03,145 --> 01:13:05,781 AFFECT THE EXNOMIC AND SOCIAL 1879 01:13:05,781 --> 01:13:08,684 HEALTH OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 1880 01:13:08,684 --> 01:13:10,753 LAST YEAR KING COUNTY WELCOMED 1881 01:13:10,753 --> 01:13:12,020 39.9 MILLION VISITORS. MANY OF 1882 01:13:12,020 --> 01:13:14,957 THEM CAME FROM CITIES WHERE OPEN 1883 01:13:14,957 --> 01:13:17,025 AIR DRUG USE IS NOT TOLERATED, 1884 01:13:17,025 --> 01:13:21,396 NOT LEGAL, AND NOT PART OF A 1885 01:13:21,396 --> 01:13:22,664 LOCAL CULTURE. THEIR EXPERIENCES 1886 01:13:22,664 --> 01:13:24,333 OF OUR CITY AND THEIR 1887 01:13:24,333 --> 01:13:25,634 WILLINGNESS TO RETURN TO OUR 1888 01:13:25,634 --> 01:13:29,004 CITY IS SHAPED BY WHAT THEY SEE 1889 01:13:29,004 --> 01:13:31,006 ON OUR STREETS. THAT MATTERS FOR 1890 01:13:31,006 --> 01:13:33,675 PUBLIC SAFETY, AND IT MATTERS 1891 01:13:33,675 --> 01:13:34,710 FOR OUR ECONOMY. AT THE END OF 1892 01:13:34,710 --> 01:13:38,247 THE DAY WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES 1893 01:13:38,247 --> 01:13:40,716 A SIMPLE, BUT ESSENTIAL 1894 01:13:40,716 --> 01:13:41,984 QUESTION, ARE WE GIVING THE 1895 01:13:41,984 --> 01:13:44,319 COMMUNITY WHAT THEY EXPECT FROM 1896 01:13:44,319 --> 01:13:46,355 OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM? ARE WE 1897 01:13:46,355 --> 01:13:49,091 WILLING TO DELIVER THE LEVEL OF 1898 01:13:49,091 --> 01:13:52,227 ORDER, SAFETY, AND VISIBLE 1899 01:13:52,227 --> 01:13:53,128 PRESENCE THAT RESIDENTS, 1900 01:13:53,128 --> 01:13:56,165 BUSINESSES, AND VISITORS BELIEVE 1901 01:13:56,165 --> 01:13:59,334 SHOULD BE INDICATIVE OF A MAJOR 1902 01:13:59,334 --> 01:14:01,303 U.S. AMERICAN CITY? DIVERSION IS 1903 01:14:01,303 --> 01:14:03,405 PART OF THE SOLUTION. BUT IT 1904 01:14:03,405 --> 01:14:04,506 CANNOT BE THE ONLY SOLUTION. 1905 01:14:04,506 --> 01:14:06,442 THIS PROGRAM SHOULD BE A 1906 01:14:06,442 --> 01:14:08,544 SUPPLEMENT TO THE FUNDAMENTAL 1907 01:14:08,544 --> 01:14:13,515 NEED FOR CLEAR STANDARDS OF 1908 01:14:13,515 --> 01:14:15,417 BEHAVIOR, CLEAR STANDARDS OF 1909 01:14:15,417 --> 01:14:17,586 BEHAVIOR IN PUBLIC SPACES, 1910 01:14:17,586 --> 01:14:18,787 CONSISTENT WITH ENFORCEMENT, AS 1911 01:14:18,787 --> 01:14:19,955 PREVIOUSLY STATED SINCE MY 1912 01:14:19,955 --> 01:14:23,592 ARRIVAL ARREST FOR DRUG USE AND 1913 01:14:23,592 --> 01:14:25,894 POSSESSION HAS INCREASED BY 47%, 1914 01:14:25,894 --> 01:14:28,197 AND A POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH THE 1915 01:14:28,197 --> 01:14:33,669 STAFFING NECESSARY TO MEET THE 1916 01:14:33,669 --> 01:14:34,336 DEMAND OF COMMUNITY-BASED 1917 01:14:34,336 --> 01:14:35,170 POLICING. I LOOK FORWARD TO 1918 01:14:35,170 --> 01:14:37,773 DISCUSSING HOW WE CAN ALIGN OUR 1919 01:14:37,773 --> 01:14:39,141 POLICIES OR REALIGN OUR 1920 01:14:39,141 --> 01:14:42,711 POLICIES, OUR PROGRAM, AND OUR 1921 01:14:42,711 --> 01:14:44,313 RESOURCES, TO INSURE THAT 1922 01:14:44,313 --> 01:14:47,483 SEATTLE REMAINS A SAFE AND 1923 01:14:47,483 --> 01:14:50,519 WELCOMING, THRIVING COMMUNITY 1924 01:14:50,519 --> 01:14:52,020 FOR EVERYBODY. THANK YOU, SIR. 1925 01:14:52,020 --> 01:14:55,724 >> THANK YOU, CHIEF. I 1926 01:14:55,724 --> 01:14:56,525 APPRECIATE THAT. TO YOUR POINT, 1927 01:14:56,525 --> 01:14:57,960 WE HAVE NEIGHBORS IN CRISIS, WE 1928 01:14:57,960 --> 01:14:59,228 HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS IN CRISIS. I 1929 01:14:59,228 --> 01:15:00,696 THINK THE QUESTION OF HARM IS 1930 01:15:00,696 --> 01:15:02,431 BEING ANSWERED TWO ASK A HALF 1931 01:15:02,431 --> 01:15:03,799 YEARS IN. WITH THAT, I WOULD 1932 01:15:03,799 --> 01:15:06,001 LIKE TO GO TO VICE CHAIR SAKA, 1933 01:15:06,001 --> 01:15:07,970 PLEASE GO AHEAD. 1934 01:15:07,970 --> 01:15:11,240 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR, THANK YOU 1935 01:15:11,240 --> 01:15:13,275 WERE MR. DOSS, CHIEF, FOR BEING 1936 01:15:13,275 --> 01:15:19,314 HERE, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL 1937 01:15:19,314 --> 01:15:22,150 SHARING YOUR INSIGHTS WITH US. 1938 01:15:22,150 --> 01:15:24,086 COUPLE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, 1939 01:15:24,086 --> 01:15:26,955 FIRST OFF, MR. DOSS, IF YOU CAN 1940 01:15:26,955 --> 01:15:30,092 GO TO SLIDE NINE, SPD DATA 1941 01:15:30,092 --> 01:15:38,400 DISPOSITION OF SIMPLE DRUG USE. 1942 01:15:38,400 --> 01:15:38,734 THAT HEADING. 1943 01:15:38,734 --> 01:15:44,539 >> ONE SECOND. SHARING IT. 1944 01:15:44,539 --> 01:15:48,543 >> WHAT WOULD BE-- 1945 01:15:48,543 --> 01:15:50,379 >> ALL RIGHT, SORRY. YOU SAID 1946 01:15:50,379 --> 01:15:51,313 SLIDE NINE. 1947 01:15:51,313 --> 01:15:54,950 >> YEP. THAT IS THE ONE. SO, 1948 01:15:54,950 --> 01:15:56,251 WHAT WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL, 1949 01:15:56,251 --> 01:15:59,254 FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, FIRST OFF, 1950 01:15:59,254 --> 01:16:02,190 LET ME SAY THIS,THER BRIGHT 1951 01:16:02,190 --> 01:16:05,227 LIGHT OF TRANSPARENCY IS THE 1952 01:16:05,227 --> 01:16:07,329 SINGLE MOST POWERFUL 1953 01:16:07,329 --> 01:16:08,997 DISINFECTANT IN PUBLIC POLICY. 1954 01:16:08,997 --> 01:16:11,433 TRANSPARENCY IS THE SINGLE MOST 1955 01:16:11,433 --> 01:16:13,969 POWERFUL DISINFECTANT IN PUBLIC 1956 01:16:13,969 --> 01:16:16,638 POLICY, THAT IS, IN PART, WHY WE 1957 01:16:16,638 --> 01:16:21,677 ARE HERE TODAY. IF IT WASN'T 1958 01:16:21,677 --> 01:16:22,344 ABUNDANTLY CLEAR. THIS IS GREAT 1959 01:16:22,344 --> 01:16:23,979 INITIAL DATA, CURIOUS TO HEAR 1960 01:16:23,979 --> 01:16:27,749 THROUGH THE CASE STUDY AND OTHER 1961 01:16:27,749 --> 01:16:29,184 REPORTING FROM PARTNERS AT LEAD, 1962 01:16:29,184 --> 01:16:30,519 CO-LEAD, SPD, THEIR TAKE ON 1963 01:16:30,519 --> 01:16:36,858 THIS, BUT WHAT I WOULD 1964 01:16:36,858 --> 01:16:40,595 SPECIFICALLY LOVE TO SEE HERE IS 1965 01:16:40,595 --> 01:16:46,702 THIS DATA BROKEN OUT BY SPECIFIC 1966 01:16:46,702 --> 01:16:48,236 GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION,. DATA 1967 01:16:48,236 --> 01:16:53,375 BROKEN OUT BY SPECIFIC 1968 01:16:53,375 --> 01:16:54,543 GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION. 84 SQUARE 1969 01:16:54,543 --> 01:16:59,247 MILES OF TERRITORY, OF COVERAGE 1970 01:16:59,247 --> 01:17:01,650 ACROSS THE CITY. HUGE, WIDE 1971 01:17:01,650 --> 01:17:02,250 SWATH. WHAT? 1100 DEPLOYABLE 1972 01:17:02,250 --> 01:17:08,123 OFFICERS CURRENTLY ON PACE TO 1973 01:17:08,123 --> 01:17:14,496 HIRE MORE OVER TIME? BUT CAN'T 1974 01:17:14,496 --> 01:17:15,764 SINGLE HANDEDLY STORM TRACKER 1975 01:17:15,764 --> 01:17:17,866 EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT IS NOT 1976 01:17:17,866 --> 01:17:19,167 PRACTICAL, NOR FEASIBLE. THAT 1977 01:17:19,167 --> 01:17:25,907 SAID, THERE ARE SOME OF THE MOST 1978 01:17:25,907 --> 01:17:26,742 NOTORIOUS, INFAMOUS SITES, 1979 01:17:26,742 --> 01:17:29,911 LOCATIONS, CROSS STREETS ACROSS 1980 01:17:29,911 --> 01:17:30,879 OUR CITY SH THAT COULD USE AND 1981 01:17:30,879 --> 01:17:34,583 BENEFIT FROM THIS KIND OF 1982 01:17:34,583 --> 01:17:36,852 ENHANCED DATA DISCLOSURE. 12th 1983 01:17:36,852 --> 01:17:40,489 AND JACKSON COMES TOP OF MIND. 1984 01:17:40,489 --> 01:17:42,257 PIKE PINE CORRIDOR, MAYBE SOME 1985 01:17:42,257 --> 01:17:45,961 AREAS IN MY DISTRICT, PIONEER 1986 01:17:45,961 --> 01:17:48,296 SQUARE, THE TOP THREE TO FIVE OR 1987 01:17:48,296 --> 01:17:53,702 THE BOTTOM THREE TO FIVE, CROSS 1988 01:17:53,702 --> 01:17:58,106 STREETS, THAT WE KNOW, ATTRACT 1989 01:17:58,106 --> 01:18:00,409 THE KIND OF COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC 1990 01:18:00,409 --> 01:18:05,514 HARM AND BEHAVIOR WE ARE TRYING 1991 01:18:05,514 --> 01:18:06,715 TO BETTER ADDRESS. I WOULD LOVE 1992 01:18:06,715 --> 01:18:10,852 TO SEE BROKEN OUT THIS KIND OF 1993 01:18:10,852 --> 01:18:15,957 DATA BROKEN OUT BY SOME OF THESE 1994 01:18:15,957 --> 01:18:17,359 KNOWN PROBLEM AREAS. NUMBER ONE, 1995 01:18:17,359 --> 01:18:19,227 MR. DOSS, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND 1996 01:18:19,227 --> 01:18:25,333 BACK TRACKING TO I THINK SLIDE 1997 01:18:25,333 --> 01:18:27,569 NUMBER FIVE, THROAT OF HARM 1998 01:18:27,569 --> 01:18:33,742 ASSESSMENT, WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT 1999 01:18:33,742 --> 01:18:35,577 THAT SUB BULLET, SPD POLICY, THE 2000 01:18:35,577 --> 01:18:37,779 LAST SUB BULLET SAYS PUBLIC HARM 2001 01:18:37,779 --> 01:18:41,850 IS PRESUMED IF USE OR POSSESSION 2002 01:18:41,850 --> 01:18:46,621 OCCURS NEAR A SCHOOL, PARK, BUS 2003 01:18:46,621 --> 01:18:51,359 STOP, RAIL STATION, OR OTHER 2004 01:18:51,359 --> 01:18:52,928 TRANSPORTATION STRUCTURE. SO, MY 2005 01:18:52,928 --> 01:18:58,433 READ OF THAT IN LAYMANS TERMS IS 2006 01:18:58,433 --> 01:19:00,001 ANY TRANSIT STOP OR CONNECTION 2007 01:19:00,001 --> 01:19:01,269 POINT, AND I APPRECIATE THE 2008 01:19:01,269 --> 01:19:04,106 CHIEF'S COMMENTS A MOMENT AGO, 2009 01:19:04,106 --> 01:19:06,508 WE ARE ASKING OUR OFFICERS TO DO 2010 01:19:06,508 --> 01:19:09,478 TOO MUCH IN MANY MATERIAL 2011 01:19:09,478 --> 01:19:12,914 RESPECTS, WE ARE ASKING THEM TO 2012 01:19:12,914 --> 01:19:16,818 ASSESS, HAVE COMPLEX ASSESSMENTS 2013 01:19:16,818 --> 01:19:19,087 OF PUBLIC HARM AND OFTEN CASES 2014 01:19:19,087 --> 01:19:23,024 THEY ARE NEITHER EQUIPPED NOR 2015 01:19:23,024 --> 01:19:29,464 TRAINED OR RESOURCES TO MAKE THE 2016 01:19:29,464 --> 01:19:30,098 COMPLEX DETERMINATIONS. THAT 2017 01:19:30,098 --> 01:19:31,233 SAID, THE DEPARTMENT'S POLICY, 2018 01:19:31,233 --> 01:19:34,870 I WOULD SUPPORT THIS, IS PRETTY 2019 01:19:34,870 --> 01:19:38,006 CLEAR ON WHAT CONSTITUTES A 2020 01:19:38,006 --> 01:19:40,475 PRESUMED PUBLIC HARM, AND I 2021 01:19:40,475 --> 01:19:45,847 CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER 2022 01:19:45,847 --> 01:19:47,482 CUNIICAL EXAMPLE THAN 12th AND 2023 01:19:47,482 --> 01:19:49,251 JACKSON, CHECKING ALL THE BOXES, 2024 01:19:49,251 --> 01:19:53,121 AT LEAST THE TRANSIT ACCESS, IN 2025 01:19:53,121 --> 01:19:55,857 FACT, I WAS AT A LATE EIGHT 2026 01:19:55,857 --> 01:19:57,726 PRESS CONFERENCE UNVEILING THE 2027 01:19:57,726 --> 01:20:00,495 PLAN WITH THE MAYOR LAST WEEK, 2028 01:20:00,495 --> 01:20:02,230 AND PRESIDENT GREG WOODFILL FROM 2029 01:20:02,230 --> 01:20:04,499 ATU LOCAL 587 WAS THERE, AND HE 2030 01:20:04,499 --> 01:20:05,400 WAS CELEBRATING THE GREAT 2031 01:20:05,400 --> 01:20:07,736 ACHIEVEMENT AND THEN HE 2032 01:20:07,736 --> 01:20:10,005 CAUTIONED US, HE CHALLENGED US, 2033 01:20:10,005 --> 01:20:10,939 12th AND JACKSON TRANSIT STOP, 2034 01:20:10,939 --> 01:20:16,645 OUT OF HAND, WE NEED TO DO 2035 01:20:16,645 --> 01:20:19,481 BETTER. ALL THIS TO SAY IS ON 2036 01:20:19,481 --> 01:20:21,750 THE ONE HAND, IT SEEMS LIKE, 2037 01:20:21,750 --> 01:20:23,318 YES, WE ARE ABSOLUTELY CALLING 2038 01:20:23,318 --> 01:20:26,621 ON OUR FRONT LINE OFFICERS TO 2039 01:20:26,621 --> 01:20:27,556 MAKE THESE COMPLEX JUDGMENT 2040 01:20:27,556 --> 01:20:29,724 CALLS AND THAT THEY ARE NOT 2041 01:20:29,724 --> 01:20:31,660 EMPOWERED TO MAKE, THEY ARE NOT 2042 01:20:31,660 --> 01:20:33,261 BEST POSITIONED TO MAKE, 2043 01:20:33,261 --> 01:20:37,933 PROBABLY A BETTER WAY OF STATING 2044 01:20:37,933 --> 01:20:40,535 THAT. ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE 2045 01:20:40,535 --> 01:20:42,704 ARE PRESUMED CASES, IN THE CASE 2046 01:20:42,704 --> 01:20:45,106 OF 12th AND JACKSON, WOULD LIKE 2047 01:20:45,106 --> 01:20:47,108 TO SEE STRONGER ACTION. THAT IS 2048 01:20:47,108 --> 01:20:49,477 WHAT WHERE WILL SAY THERE. THANK 2049 01:20:49,477 --> 01:20:49,678 YOU. 2050 01:20:49,678 --> 01:20:53,415 >> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. 2051 01:20:53,415 --> 01:20:55,050 COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA OR LIN. 2052 01:20:55,050 --> 01:20:55,984 COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA? 2053 01:20:55,984 --> 01:21:00,822 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR KETTLE, AND 2054 01:21:00,822 --> 01:21:03,491 THANK YOU FOR CONVENING THIS, 2055 01:21:03,491 --> 01:21:06,461 THESE PRESENTATIONS TODAY, AND 2056 01:21:06,461 --> 01:21:08,597 BRINGING UP THE DRUG POSSESSION 2057 01:21:08,597 --> 01:21:09,598 LAWS. THE POINT OF CONVERSATION, 2058 01:21:09,598 --> 01:21:11,533 IT IS VERY NECESSARY AND I AM 2059 01:21:11,533 --> 01:21:13,435 GLAD ALL THE PARTNERS ARE AT THE 2060 01:21:13,435 --> 01:21:15,704 TABLE AND THE ROOM AND COMMUNITY 2061 01:21:15,704 --> 01:21:18,006 MEMBERS SHOWED UP. I AM GOING TO 2062 01:21:18,006 --> 01:21:23,812 SAY THE U DISTRICT IS ALSO ON 2063 01:21:23,812 --> 01:21:27,182 THE LIST OF HIGH AREAS OF THIS 2064 01:21:27,182 --> 01:21:30,285 PARTICULAR ACTIVITY AND IT MEANS 2065 01:21:30,285 --> 01:21:32,654 THAT AS I BELIEVE IT IS MOST 2066 01:21:32,654 --> 01:21:35,590 DENSE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY 2067 01:21:35,590 --> 01:21:39,594 OF SEATTLE, WE ARE SEEING A LOT 2068 01:21:39,594 --> 01:21:42,831 OF IMPACTS TO RESIDENTS AND 2069 01:21:42,831 --> 01:21:45,367 SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE SMALL 2070 01:21:45,367 --> 01:21:46,268 BUSINESSES BEING LOCAL, 2071 01:21:46,268 --> 01:21:49,638 FAMILY-OWNED MOSTLY IN THAT 2072 01:21:49,638 --> 01:21:51,339 AREA, HAVING HUGE IMPACTS BY 2073 01:21:51,339 --> 01:21:53,875 DRUG ACTIVITY UP IN THE U 2074 01:21:53,875 --> 01:21:55,210 DISTRICT. WANTED TO SAY THAT. SO 2075 01:21:55,210 --> 01:21:57,646 ANYONE LISTENING COULD KNOW, I 2076 01:21:57,646 --> 01:22:00,515 KNOW OUR DISTRICT IS ALSO 2077 01:22:00,515 --> 01:22:02,250 SUFFERING FROM THESE ISSUES. 2078 01:22:02,250 --> 01:22:05,086 CHIEF, YOU SAID SOMETHING, I 2079 01:22:05,086 --> 01:22:06,288 WOULD LOVE TO HEAR. IT ALMOST 2080 01:22:06,288 --> 01:22:08,690 SOUNDED LIKE YOU WERE SAYING 2081 01:22:08,690 --> 01:22:10,592 WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT REALIGNING 2082 01:22:10,592 --> 01:22:11,826 OUR POLICIES. YOU BROUGHT UP 2083 01:22:11,826 --> 01:22:13,395 THREAT OF HARM ASSESSMENT PRIOR 2084 01:22:13,395 --> 01:22:15,864 TO THAT. CAN YOU TELL ME A 2085 01:22:15,864 --> 01:22:20,268 LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT ARE YOUR 2086 01:22:20,268 --> 01:22:22,837 THOUGHTS, OR DO YOU HAVE 2087 01:22:22,837 --> 01:22:23,872 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MEETING, 2088 01:22:23,872 --> 01:22:26,441 THREAT OF HARM ASSESSMENT, AS 2089 01:22:26,441 --> 01:22:29,544 PART OF THIS WORK, OR HOW WOULD 2090 01:22:29,544 --> 01:22:30,812 WE MAKE CHANGES, IF IT IS, YOU 2091 01:22:30,812 --> 01:22:33,248 KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE 2092 01:22:33,248 --> 01:22:34,482 ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK NEEDS TO 2093 01:22:34,482 --> 01:22:35,617 HAPPEN. I GUESS IS WHAT I AM 2094 01:22:35,617 --> 01:22:36,618 TRYING TO GET IT. 2095 01:22:36,618 --> 01:22:40,322 >> THANK YOU. I THINK THERE IS A 2096 01:22:40,322 --> 01:22:41,890 SIGNIFICANT POLICY DECISION THAT 2097 01:22:41,890 --> 01:22:46,761 WILL HAVE TO BE MADE ABOUT WHEN 2098 01:22:46,761 --> 01:22:49,965 IS THE BEST TIME TO INCLUDE LEAD 2099 01:22:49,965 --> 01:22:53,134 IN THE DIVERSION OF PEOPLE WHO 2100 01:22:53,134 --> 01:22:55,303 WE BELIEVE NEED HELP. THE LIST, 2101 01:22:55,303 --> 01:22:57,172 WHICH WAS WRITTEN BEFORE MY 2102 01:22:57,172 --> 01:22:59,741 ARRIVAL, IS EXPANSIVE. IT WOULD 2103 01:22:59,741 --> 01:23:01,543 HAVE BEEN BETTER TO SAY WHERE 2104 01:23:01,543 --> 01:23:03,011 NOT TO, THAN TO LIST ALL OF 2105 01:23:03,011 --> 01:23:07,315 THIS, BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE TO 2106 01:23:07,315 --> 01:23:10,485 GO THROUGH AND LIKE SEE WHAT THE 2107 01:23:10,485 --> 01:23:12,387 LOCATIONS, ALMOST EVERYWHERE 2108 01:23:12,387 --> 01:23:14,189 WHERE I AM HEARING COMPLAINTS 2109 01:23:14,189 --> 01:23:15,623 FROM BUSINESSES, FROM COMMUNITY 2110 01:23:15,623 --> 01:23:17,625 MEMBERS, AND PROM VISITORS, 2111 01:23:17,625 --> 01:23:19,794 APPLY TO THIS LIST. SO I AM 2112 01:23:19,794 --> 01:23:21,930 TRYING-- I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS 2113 01:23:21,930 --> 01:23:24,599 LIST WAS CREATED THIS WAY, 2114 01:23:24,599 --> 01:23:28,002 INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING IN THE 2115 01:23:28,002 --> 01:23:30,205 INVERSE, UNLESS YOU ARE, BUT I 2116 01:23:30,205 --> 01:23:32,040 DO BELIEVE THAT VERY IMPORTANT 2117 01:23:32,040 --> 01:23:35,310 POLICY DECISION WILL HAVE TO BE 2118 01:23:35,310 --> 01:23:39,114 MADE, WHETHER OR NOT OFFICERS 2119 01:23:39,114 --> 01:23:40,648 CAN ENVOY PEOPLE USING DRUGS AND 2120 01:23:40,648 --> 01:23:42,183 WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN MAKE THE 2121 01:23:42,183 --> 01:23:43,351 ARREST WITHOUT HAVING TO GO 2122 01:23:43,351 --> 01:23:45,687 THROUGH THE CHECK LIST AND 2123 01:23:45,687 --> 01:23:49,124 WHETHER OR NOT WE SEND THEM TO 2124 01:23:49,124 --> 01:23:51,159 LEAD, THEN OR WOULD SEND THEM TO 2125 01:23:51,159 --> 01:23:52,761 THE COURT. AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY 2126 01:23:52,761 --> 01:23:55,430 ATTORNEY HAS STATED IF IT COMES 2127 01:23:55,430 --> 01:23:57,632 BEFORE HER, SHE WILL MAKE THE 2128 01:23:57,632 --> 01:24:00,301 DIVERSION TO LEAD. SO THAT IS A 2129 01:24:00,301 --> 01:24:02,537 POLICY DECISION THAT THEY PEOPLE 2130 01:24:02,537 --> 01:24:05,373 WILL HAVE TO MAKE. I AM ALSO 2131 01:24:05,373 --> 01:24:07,475 CONCERNED THAT WHEN WE ARE 2132 01:24:07,475 --> 01:24:09,144 ENCOUNTERING SOMEONE WHO IS IN 2133 01:24:09,144 --> 01:24:11,146 POSSESSION OF IS USING ILLEGAL 2134 01:24:11,146 --> 01:24:12,614 DRUGS, UNDER THE INCLUNS, WE ARE 2135 01:24:12,614 --> 01:24:14,883 ASKING THEM TO MAKE A VERY 2136 01:24:14,883 --> 01:24:16,151 IMPORTANT DECISION, OR ENGAGE IN 2137 01:24:16,151 --> 01:24:18,720 THEM TO MAKE A VERY IMPORTANT 2138 01:24:18,720 --> 01:24:24,192 DECISION UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF 2139 01:24:24,192 --> 01:24:26,528 WHAT WOULD BE A NARCOTIC. IN MY 2140 01:24:26,528 --> 01:24:27,729 EXPERIENCE, PEOPLE MAKE CLEARER 2141 01:24:27,729 --> 01:24:29,264 DECISIONS WHEN NOT UNDER THE 2142 01:24:29,264 --> 01:24:30,532 INFLUENCE OF A SUBSTANCE. AGAIN, 2143 01:24:30,532 --> 01:24:32,300 THAT IS A POLICY DECISION AND I 2144 01:24:32,300 --> 01:24:36,237 THINK WE WILL HAVE TO BE MADE BY 2145 01:24:36,237 --> 01:24:36,871 THE POLICY MAKERS. 2146 01:24:36,871 --> 01:24:39,007 >> THANK YOU, CHIEF. I KNOW THAT 2147 01:24:39,007 --> 01:24:40,241 WE HAVE A SECOND PRESENTATION 2148 01:24:40,241 --> 01:24:42,844 FROM THE LEAD PROGRAM BECAUSE I 2149 01:24:42,844 --> 01:24:45,046 DO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT 2150 01:24:45,046 --> 01:24:46,714 GREG RAISED, AS PART OF THE 2151 01:24:46,714 --> 01:24:47,749 FIRST PRESENTATION THAT I THINK 2152 01:24:47,749 --> 01:24:50,852 LEAD WILL HAVE TO FILL IN SOME 2153 01:24:50,852 --> 01:24:54,022 BLANKS. I WILL SAY THAT I 2154 01:24:54,022 --> 01:24:55,657 UNDERSTAND WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN 2155 01:24:55,657 --> 01:24:59,661 THE AMOUNT OF TIME I HAVE BEEN 2156 01:24:59,661 --> 01:25:03,798 ON THE COUNCIL, JUST THERE ARE 2157 01:25:03,798 --> 01:25:07,168 SOME CONCERNS WITH BEING ABLE TO 2158 01:25:07,168 --> 01:25:09,237 CONSENT TO SERVICES AND THE NEED 2159 01:25:09,237 --> 01:25:10,839 FOR-- I KEPT CALLING IT A 2160 01:25:10,839 --> 01:25:12,140 SOBERING CENTER, SO PEOPLE GET 2161 01:25:12,140 --> 01:25:13,808 PICKED UP, THEY ARE UNDER THE 2162 01:25:13,808 --> 01:25:15,443 INCLUNS, THEY GET SOMEWHERE TO 2163 01:25:15,443 --> 01:25:17,645 SOBER UP, SO THEY CAN SAY, YES, 2164 01:25:17,645 --> 01:25:19,848 I WILL ACCEPT SERVICES BECAUSE I 2165 01:25:19,848 --> 01:25:21,516 BELIEVE WHAT WHERE HAVE HEARD IS 2166 01:25:21,516 --> 01:25:22,450 THAT IF PEOPLE CAN'T CONSENT, 2167 01:25:22,450 --> 01:25:23,618 THEY ARE JUST BACK OUT ON THE 2168 01:25:23,618 --> 01:25:26,221 STREET AND THEY ARE GOING TO GET 2169 01:25:26,221 --> 01:25:27,922 REARRESTED AND GREG TALKED ABOUT 2170 01:25:27,922 --> 01:25:31,092 A LOT OF THE FOLKS GETTING 2171 01:25:31,092 --> 01:25:34,062 REARRESTED, SOME OF THOSE FOLKS 2172 01:25:34,062 --> 01:25:37,265 IN THE DATA SETS WERE REARRESTS. 2173 01:25:37,265 --> 01:25:38,566 SO, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE 2174 01:25:38,566 --> 01:25:40,201 NEED TO GRAPPLE WITH AND FIGURE 2175 01:25:40,201 --> 01:25:43,004 OUT HOW TO BEST ADDRESS, BUT I 2176 01:25:43,004 --> 01:25:43,705 WILL WAIT. 2177 01:25:43,705 --> 01:25:48,810 >> COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD 2178 01:25:48,810 --> 01:25:50,178 ON TO THE CHIEF'S COMMENTS WITH 2179 01:25:50,178 --> 01:25:51,145 HOW THE SEATTLE POLICE 2180 01:25:51,145 --> 01:25:52,213 DEPARTMENT IS USING THE LAW NOW. 2181 01:25:52,213 --> 01:25:53,014 COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA, YOU ARE 2182 01:25:53,014 --> 01:25:54,482 RIGHT, I THINK IF YOU GOT THE 2183 01:25:54,482 --> 01:25:55,783 DATA ABOUT WHERE IT IS BEING 2184 01:25:55,783 --> 01:25:57,218 USED, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THE 2185 01:25:57,218 --> 01:25:59,020 LAW IS BEING ENFORCED IN THE 2186 01:25:59,020 --> 01:26:01,222 AREAS YOU REFERRED TO, 12th AND 2187 01:26:01,222 --> 01:26:03,224 JACKSON, BELLTOWN, THIRD AND 2188 01:26:03,224 --> 01:26:04,893 PIKE PINE, THOSE ARE THE AREAS 2189 01:26:04,893 --> 01:26:07,595 WE GET THE MOST COMPLAINTS ABOUT 2190 01:26:07,595 --> 01:26:09,464 WIDESPREAD PUBLIC DISORDER, THAT 2191 01:26:09,464 --> 01:26:10,265 INCLUDES THE OPEN CONSUMPTION, 2192 01:26:10,265 --> 01:26:11,666 AND SOMETHING I WANT TO TALK 2193 01:26:11,666 --> 01:26:13,935 ABOUT WHERE THE LAW IS BEING 2194 01:26:13,935 --> 01:26:16,104 APPLIED BY OUR OFFICERS IS WHEN, 2195 01:26:16,104 --> 01:26:21,509 WHAT I WOULD CALL-- THIS IS A 2196 01:26:21,509 --> 01:26:23,411 PHENOMENON IN RECENT YEARS, 2197 01:26:23,411 --> 01:26:24,045 DEFIANT OPEN CONSUMPTION, 2198 01:26:24,045 --> 01:26:25,180 SOMEBODY IS TRYING TO TRY TO 2199 01:26:25,180 --> 01:26:29,284 COME IN AND OUT OF THEIR CONDO 2200 01:26:29,284 --> 01:26:30,752 OR BUSINESSESESTS COMING THROUGH 2201 01:26:30,752 --> 01:26:32,287 AND FOLKS ARE OPENLY CONSUMING, 2202 01:26:32,287 --> 01:26:33,655 NOT IN THE BACK ALLEYWAY, THEY 2203 01:26:33,655 --> 01:26:37,525 DO THAT TOO, BUT IN THE ENTRY 2204 01:26:37,525 --> 01:26:39,060 WAY OF VARIOUS BUSINESSES AND 2205 01:26:39,060 --> 01:26:39,894 RESIDENTS. THEY WON'T EVEN STEP 2206 01:26:39,894 --> 01:26:41,663 ASIDE WHEN THOSE FOLKS ARE 2207 01:26:41,663 --> 01:26:43,398 TRYING TO COME IN AND OUT, 2208 01:26:43,398 --> 01:26:44,832 MAKING THE RESIDENTS AND THE, 2209 01:26:44,832 --> 01:26:47,835 YOU KNOW, THE FOLKS TRAVELING 2210 01:26:47,835 --> 01:26:50,438 THROUGH FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE, 2211 01:26:50,438 --> 01:26:51,139 UNDERSTANDABLY SO. THIS DEFIANCE 2212 01:26:51,139 --> 01:26:52,440 IS EVEN WHEN AN OFFICER WALKS 2213 01:26:52,440 --> 01:26:56,077 RIGHT UP AND THEY FEEL LIKE THEY 2214 01:26:56,077 --> 01:27:00,248 ARE ENTITLED TO CONTINUE TO 2215 01:27:00,248 --> 01:27:01,749 CONSUME. SO, I UNDERSTAND THAT 2216 01:27:01,749 --> 01:27:04,385 SOMEBODY WHO IS AN ADDICT, THAT 2217 01:27:04,385 --> 01:27:06,521 JAIL, ALONE, BY ITSELF, IS NOT 2218 01:27:06,521 --> 01:27:08,156 NECESSARILY GOING TO HELP THEM 2219 01:27:08,156 --> 01:27:10,024 GET TO MOVING BEYOND THEIR 2220 01:27:10,024 --> 01:27:12,927 ADDICTION. BUT WHAT I DO WANT TO 2221 01:27:12,927 --> 01:27:16,831 SEE IS BEHAVIOR CHANGE FOR THIS 2222 01:27:16,831 --> 01:27:17,799 TYPE OF DEFIANT OPEN 2223 01:27:17,799 --> 01:27:18,800 CONSUMPTION. SO THIS IS 2224 01:27:18,800 --> 01:27:20,735 SOMETHING I HAVE ENCOURAGED WHEN 2225 01:27:20,735 --> 01:27:22,837 I WAS THE WEST PRECINCT CAPTAIN 2226 01:27:22,837 --> 01:27:23,938 IN 2025, OFFICERS TO ENGAGE IN 2227 01:27:23,938 --> 01:27:27,342 THAT AND USE THE TOOL, WHEN 2228 01:27:27,342 --> 01:27:30,278 APPROPRIATE, PER THEIR 2229 01:27:30,278 --> 01:27:31,613 DISCRETION, AS GREG DOSS 2230 01:27:31,613 --> 01:27:32,480 COVERED, THE-- LETS SEE IF THERE 2231 01:27:32,480 --> 01:27:38,886 CAN IS ANYTHING ELSE I WANT TO 2232 01:27:38,886 --> 01:27:41,289 ADD TO THAT. FOR COUNCIL MEMBER 2233 01:27:41,289 --> 01:27:42,156 RIVERA, THE THRESHOLD IS FAIRLY 2234 01:27:42,156 --> 01:27:44,225 LOW WHEN WE ARE APPLYING IT IN 2235 01:27:44,225 --> 01:27:47,095 THESE AREAS, BECAUSE, LIKE 2236 01:27:47,095 --> 01:27:48,329 COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA POINTED OUT, 2237 01:27:48,329 --> 01:27:49,731 THESE ARE TRANSIT CORRIDORS, IT 2238 01:27:49,731 --> 01:27:54,102 IS EASY TO DEMONSTRATE WHEN 2239 01:27:54,102 --> 01:27:55,370 SOMEBODY IS ALONG THE SIDEWALK, 2240 01:27:55,370 --> 01:27:57,772 UNDER AN UMBRELLA BUT YOU HAVE 2241 01:27:57,772 --> 01:27:58,439 FENTANYL FUMES IN THE AIR, THAT 2242 01:27:58,439 --> 01:28:00,975 IS A HARM PRESENTED TO THE 2243 01:28:00,975 --> 01:28:01,609 COMMUNITY. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO 2244 01:28:01,609 --> 01:28:03,278 APPLY THIS, IT IS A FAIRLY LOW 2245 01:28:03,278 --> 01:28:06,147 BAR FOR THE OFFICERS TO BE ABLE 2246 01:28:06,147 --> 01:28:06,781 TO ILLUSTRATE HARM TO OTHERS. I 2247 01:28:06,781 --> 01:28:10,418 AM NOT AWARE OF ANY, IF AT ALL, 2248 01:28:10,418 --> 01:28:15,089 HARM TO SELF ARRESTS THAT 2249 01:28:15,089 --> 01:28:16,691 INVOLVED INCARCERATION, SO I 2250 01:28:16,691 --> 01:28:17,625 THINK THAT-- JUST WANT TO GIVE 2251 01:28:17,625 --> 01:28:19,560 YOU AN ASSESSMENT HOW WE ARE 2252 01:28:19,560 --> 01:28:21,462 APPLYING THE LAW NOW. THANK YOU. 2253 01:28:21,462 --> 01:28:23,598 >> THANK YOU, ASSISTANT CHIEF 2254 01:28:23,598 --> 01:28:26,901 BARNS. MS. SMITH, DID YOU HAVE 2255 01:28:26,901 --> 01:28:28,236 ANYTHING TO ADD? CAN WE COME 2256 01:28:28,236 --> 01:28:33,408 BACK? WE HAVE TO GET THE OTHER 2257 01:28:33,408 --> 01:28:34,909 BRIEFING IN TOO. COUNCIL MEMBER 2258 01:28:34,909 --> 01:28:35,109 LIN? 2259 01:28:35,109 --> 01:28:39,847 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU. 2260 01:28:39,847 --> 01:28:42,383 THIS IS SUCH A MEATY TOPIC. I 2261 01:28:42,383 --> 01:28:43,551 FEEL WE COULD SPEND ALL DAY 2262 01:28:43,551 --> 01:28:48,122 DISCUSSING THIS AND I KNOW WE 2263 01:28:48,122 --> 01:28:50,591 HAVE LIMITED TIME. YOU KNOW, AS 2264 01:28:50,591 --> 01:28:53,061 MENTIONED LAST WEEK, WE HAD A 2265 01:28:53,061 --> 01:28:55,430 LENGTHY TOWN HALL WITH OUR NORTH 2266 01:28:55,430 --> 01:29:01,102 BEACON HALL RESIDENTS AND JUST A 2267 01:29:01,102 --> 01:29:02,937 NUMBER OF, NOT ONLY DRUG, OPEN 2268 01:29:02,937 --> 01:29:09,644 AIR DRUG USE, DRUG SALES, BUT 2269 01:29:09,644 --> 01:29:10,611 RELATED CONCERNS AROUND 2270 01:29:10,611 --> 01:29:11,446 CONSULTS, DETERIORATING, CLOSELY 2271 01:29:11,446 --> 01:29:13,614 TIED TO THE ISSUES THAT WE SEE 2272 01:29:13,614 --> 01:29:14,982 IN LITTLE SAIGON, AND I THINK 2273 01:29:14,982 --> 01:29:17,552 THE ONE THING WE CAN ALL AGREE 2274 01:29:17,552 --> 01:29:20,488 UPON IS THAT WE ARE NOT MAKING 2275 01:29:20,488 --> 01:29:23,257 PROGRESS NEARLY AS QUICKLY AS WE 2276 01:29:23,257 --> 01:29:26,194 WOULD LIKE TO SEE BOTH IN TERMS 2277 01:29:26,194 --> 01:29:30,064 OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT AS 2278 01:29:30,064 --> 01:29:33,000 WELL AS THE OVERDOSES, THE 2279 01:29:33,000 --> 01:29:34,368 DEATHS WE CONTINUE TO SEE, THE 2280 01:29:34,368 --> 01:29:36,137 CONTINUING FAILURE TO ADDRESS 2281 01:29:36,137 --> 01:29:38,806 SOME OF THE MENTAL HEALTH AND 2282 01:29:38,806 --> 01:29:40,007 DRUG ABUSE CONCERNS AND WE ARE 2283 01:29:40,007 --> 01:29:43,444 MAKING SOME, I AM GLAD TO SEE 2284 01:29:43,444 --> 01:29:44,979 OVERDOSE DEATHS ON THE DECLINE. 2285 01:29:44,979 --> 01:29:48,583 WE HAVE GREAT PROGRAMS LIKE 2286 01:29:48,583 --> 01:29:52,553 OVERDOSE RECOVERY CENTER, BUT 2287 01:29:52,553 --> 01:29:53,654 CLEARLY NOT SEEING THE RAPID 2288 01:29:53,654 --> 01:29:57,992 SUCKSIS THAT CESS THAT WE WOULD 2289 01:29:57,992 --> 01:29:59,527 LIKE TO SEE. I HAVE A FEW 2290 01:29:59,527 --> 01:30:01,729 QUESTIONS, I THINK IT IS 2291 01:30:01,729 --> 01:30:03,531 IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THIS 2292 01:30:03,531 --> 01:30:05,466 DIFFICULT PUBLIC DEBATE THAT WE, 2293 01:30:05,466 --> 01:30:08,903 AT LEAST, ARE BEING HAVE AN OPEN 2294 01:30:08,903 --> 01:30:10,204 DISCUSSION. THAT, YOU KNOW, WE 2295 01:30:10,204 --> 01:30:11,472 DO SEE A WIDE DIFFERENCES OF 2296 01:30:11,472 --> 01:30:14,475 OPINION BUT I THINK IT IS 2297 01:30:14,475 --> 01:30:17,645 IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE CLARITY 2298 01:30:17,645 --> 01:30:19,580 ON WHAT IS HAPPENING, SO FOR 2299 01:30:19,580 --> 01:30:22,583 EXAMPLE, I DO THINK THERE IS 2300 01:30:22,583 --> 01:30:25,653 SORT OF A NARRATIVE THAT NO DRUG 2301 01:30:25,653 --> 01:30:26,220 POSSESSION ARRESTED, THAT 2302 01:30:26,220 --> 01:30:27,755 OFFICERS ECONOMY ARREST FOR DRUG 2303 01:30:27,755 --> 01:30:29,090 POSSESSION AND I WANT TO CLARIFY 2304 01:30:29,090 --> 01:30:35,129 THAT IS NOT THE CASE, THERE ARE 2305 01:30:35,129 --> 01:30:36,364 ARRESTS HAPPENING FOR DRUG 2306 01:30:36,364 --> 01:30:38,533 POSSESSION. ANOTHER THING I WANT 2307 01:30:38,533 --> 01:30:40,168 TO CLARIFY, THERE WAS SOME 2308 01:30:40,168 --> 01:30:41,669 MISCONCEPTIONS THAT OUR PUBLIC 2309 01:30:41,669 --> 01:30:43,037 SAFETY COUN HALL, THAT ARRESTS 2310 01:30:43,037 --> 01:30:45,740 CAN HAPPEN FOR DRUG DEALING AS 2311 01:30:45,740 --> 01:30:47,442 WELL. I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR DRUG 2312 01:30:47,442 --> 01:30:49,210 DEALING, THAT WE ARE MAKING 2313 01:30:49,210 --> 01:30:50,311 ARRESTS FOR DRUG DEALING. THERE 2314 01:30:50,311 --> 01:30:52,980 WAS CONFUSION AT OUR PUBLIC 2315 01:30:52,980 --> 01:30:55,216 SAFETY TOWN HALL. I SEE HEADS 2316 01:30:55,216 --> 01:30:57,185 NODDING. ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY IN 2317 01:30:57,185 --> 01:31:01,022 TERMS OF-- I SEE INCREASE IN 2318 01:31:01,022 --> 01:31:02,290 ARRESTS TR DRUG POSSESSION, JUST 2319 01:31:02,290 --> 01:31:05,726 WONDERING IF YOU COULD PROVIDE A 2320 01:31:05,726 --> 01:31:06,661 LITTLE CONTEXT FOR THESE 2321 01:31:06,661 --> 01:31:08,930 NUMBERS, CHIEF, IT LOOKS LIKE IT 2322 01:31:08,930 --> 01:31:10,932 WAS AROUND-- CAN WE PULL UP THE 2323 01:31:10,932 --> 01:31:14,001 SLIDE THAT HAS THE TOTAL NUMBER 2324 01:31:14,001 --> 01:31:17,672 OF DRUG ARRESTS? LOOKS LIKE IT 2325 01:31:17,672 --> 01:31:18,573 WENT UP AROUND 40%. 2326 01:31:18,573 --> 01:31:22,243 >> YEAH, THIS SLIDE IS THE ONE 2327 01:31:22,243 --> 01:31:27,014 THAT SHOWS THE TOTAL ARRESTS, 2328 01:31:27,014 --> 01:31:28,783 633, IN 2024. 942 IN 2025, AND, 2329 01:31:28,783 --> 01:31:30,952 AGAIN, ABOUT HALF OF THOSE ARE 2330 01:31:30,952 --> 01:31:33,020 GOING TO BE FOR MORE SERIOUS 2331 01:31:33,020 --> 01:31:35,056 DRUG CHARGES THAT INCLUDE 2332 01:31:35,056 --> 01:31:38,059 MANUFACTURING OR DEALING, AND 2333 01:31:38,059 --> 01:31:39,994 THE OTHER HALF ROUGHLY 48% ARE 2334 01:31:39,994 --> 01:31:42,363 GOING TO BE FOR LESS SERIOUS, 2335 01:31:42,363 --> 01:31:44,198 MORE PERSONAL CONSUMPTION AND 2336 01:31:44,198 --> 01:31:44,398 USE. 2337 01:31:44,398 --> 01:31:46,234 >> OKAY. JUST WONDERING, IN 2338 01:31:46,234 --> 01:31:47,802 TERMS OF THESE NUMBERS, JUST 2339 01:31:47,802 --> 01:31:50,071 WONDERING IF YOU COULD GIVE US A 2340 01:31:50,071 --> 01:31:52,073 COMPARISON HOW THESE, TO THE 2341 01:31:52,073 --> 01:31:55,977 EXTENT YOU KNOW, MIGHT COMPARE 2342 01:31:55,977 --> 01:31:56,577 TO OTHER CITIES OF OUR SIZE. 2343 01:31:56,577 --> 01:32:00,515 >> I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO 2344 01:32:00,515 --> 01:32:02,416 YOU ON THAT. WE HAVEN'T DONE 2345 01:32:02,416 --> 01:32:03,851 ANY COMPARATIVES OF-- HARD TO 2346 01:32:03,851 --> 01:32:05,753 FIND TOO MANY CITIES THAT 2347 01:32:05,753 --> 01:32:06,954 COMPARE TO SEATTLE, SIR. IT IS 2348 01:32:06,954 --> 01:32:08,356 GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME BUT I 2349 01:32:08,356 --> 01:32:10,725 THINK WE CAN DO THAT. YOU KNOW, 2350 01:32:10,725 --> 01:32:12,960 WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS WE MADE 2351 01:32:12,960 --> 01:32:13,861 SIGNIFICANT CHANGES LAST YEAR, 2352 01:32:13,861 --> 01:32:15,630 MY FIRST YEAR HERE, WITH HOW WE 2353 01:32:15,630 --> 01:32:16,931 APPROACH SOME OF THESE, THE 2354 01:32:16,931 --> 01:32:21,202 FIRST THING THAT I DID WAS I DID 2355 01:32:21,202 --> 01:32:21,802 AN INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO 2356 01:32:21,802 --> 01:32:22,803 INTRODUCING MY PHILOSOPHY AROUND 2357 01:32:22,803 --> 01:32:26,440 WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD OR WOULD 2358 01:32:26,440 --> 01:32:29,010 NOT BE ARRESTING PEOPLE FOR DRUG 2359 01:32:29,010 --> 01:32:30,511 USE AND DRUG SALES, CLARIFYING, 2360 01:32:30,511 --> 01:32:32,613 AS YOU STATED BEFORE, WE DO HAVE 2361 01:32:32,613 --> 01:32:35,449 AUTHORITY AND POWER TO DO THAT. 2362 01:32:35,449 --> 01:32:39,086 AND THEN OUR CEO AT THE TIME 2363 01:32:39,086 --> 01:32:40,555 HELPED TO AUTHOR A TRAINING 2364 01:32:40,555 --> 01:32:43,124 PROGRAM BASED ON THE LAW SO 2365 01:32:43,124 --> 01:32:44,458 OFFICERS KNEW WHAT THEY COULD 2366 01:32:44,458 --> 01:32:45,760 AND COULD NOT DO. SOME OFFICERS 2367 01:32:45,760 --> 01:32:49,230 WERE CONFUSED ABOUT IT, LIKE YOU 2368 01:32:49,230 --> 01:32:50,231 STATED. YOU HEARD IN YOUR TOWN 2369 01:32:50,231 --> 01:32:51,632 HALL, I CLARIFIED THAT WHEN I 2370 01:32:51,632 --> 01:32:53,301 GOT HERE, THE OTHER THING WE DID 2371 01:32:53,301 --> 01:32:55,069 WAS STARTED TO MOVE SOME 2372 01:32:55,069 --> 01:32:56,337 RESOURCES TO SOME OF THE AREAS 2373 01:32:56,337 --> 01:32:57,805 THAT WERE MENTIONED THAT WE WERE 2374 01:32:57,805 --> 01:33:00,908 SEEING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS AND 2375 01:33:00,908 --> 01:33:02,376 LOT OF ACIVETIES IN 2025 AND 2376 01:33:02,376 --> 01:33:05,813 THEN IN THIS YEAR, ONE OF OUR 2377 01:33:05,813 --> 01:33:07,315 GROUPS, OUR COMMUNITY RESPONSE 2378 01:33:07,315 --> 01:33:09,050 GROUP, KIND OF LIKE OUR SWISS 2379 01:33:09,050 --> 01:33:10,851 ARMY KNIFE, IF YOU WILL, THEY 2380 01:33:10,851 --> 01:33:12,587 HANDLE A LOT OF COMMUNITY 2381 01:33:12,587 --> 01:33:13,654 COMPLAINTS FOR US, RIGHTFULLY 2382 01:33:13,654 --> 01:33:16,724 SO, I HAVE MOVED THEM FROM 2383 01:33:16,724 --> 01:33:17,391 SPECIAL OPERATIONS TO 2384 01:33:17,391 --> 01:33:18,225 INVESTIGATIONS. WE ARE GOING TO 2385 01:33:18,225 --> 01:33:20,928 GO A LITTLE HEAVY ON THE PEOPLE 2386 01:33:20,928 --> 01:33:23,130 WHO ARE SUPPLYING PEOPLE IN THE 2387 01:33:23,130 --> 01:33:27,868 STREETS, WHO ARE QUITE FRANKLY 2388 01:33:27,868 --> 01:33:29,537 PRAYING ON PEOPLE WHO ARE 2389 01:33:29,537 --> 01:33:31,105 VOLNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. I 2390 01:33:31,105 --> 01:33:32,173 LOOK FORWARD TO THIS TIME NEXT 2391 01:33:32,173 --> 01:33:33,608 YEAR BEING ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE 2392 01:33:33,608 --> 01:33:39,280 NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WERE 2393 01:33:39,280 --> 01:33:43,784 ARRESTED FOR DRUG DEAL ING, YOU 2394 01:33:43,784 --> 01:33:44,618 WILL SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT CASES 2395 01:33:44,618 --> 01:33:48,189 THIS YEAR ONCE THEY ARE UP AND 2396 01:33:48,189 --> 01:33:49,924 RUNNING, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED 2397 01:33:49,924 --> 01:33:52,994 SOME TOOLS FOR THEM TO DO THIS 2398 01:33:52,994 --> 01:33:54,528 WORK. THEY JUST COMPLETED A 2399 01:33:54,528 --> 01:33:55,296 TRAINING AND UNDERCOVER 2400 01:33:55,296 --> 01:33:57,131 OPERATIONS AND OPERATIONS AROUND 2401 01:33:57,131 --> 01:33:57,999 STREET LEVEL DRUG ENFORCEMENTS. 2402 01:33:57,999 --> 01:33:59,066 I LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR 2403 01:33:59,066 --> 01:34:01,202 BEING ABLE TO GIVE YOU SOME OF 2404 01:34:01,202 --> 01:34:02,903 THOSE STATISTICS ABOUT WHAT WE 2405 01:34:02,903 --> 01:34:04,338 HAVE DONE IN THIS AREA. 2406 01:34:04,338 --> 01:34:06,173 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR. 2407 01:34:06,173 --> 01:34:06,440 >> OKAY. 2408 01:34:06,440 --> 01:34:10,311 >> COUNCIL MEMBER, CAN I ADD ONE 2409 01:34:10,311 --> 01:34:11,379 ADDITIONAL THING? FOR SOME OF 2410 01:34:11,379 --> 01:34:12,580 THE CHANGES THAT HAPPENED YEAR 2411 01:34:12,580 --> 01:34:13,814 OVER YEAR, A FEW OTHER ITEMS I 2412 01:34:13,814 --> 01:34:14,949 THINK ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO 2413 01:34:14,949 --> 01:34:16,283 NOTE THAT ARE EXCITING TO NOTE 2414 01:34:16,283 --> 01:34:18,819 IS THAT WE HAD AN INCREASE IN 2415 01:34:18,819 --> 01:34:21,055 OUR OFFICERS. SO WE HAVE BEEN, 2416 01:34:21,055 --> 01:34:23,190 IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, FINALLY 2417 01:34:23,190 --> 01:34:24,291 MAKING HEADWAY IN GETTING OUR 2418 01:34:24,291 --> 01:34:25,659 OFFICERS, GETTING MORE OFFICERS 2419 01:34:25,659 --> 01:34:26,727 WHO ARE QUALIFIED ON THE 2420 01:34:26,727 --> 01:34:29,296 STREETS, AND WHILE IT IS NOT 2421 01:34:29,296 --> 01:34:30,898 ENOUGH, WE ARE SEEING A CHANGE 2422 01:34:30,898 --> 01:34:31,932 IN ACTIVITY, SO SOME OF THE 2423 01:34:31,932 --> 01:34:33,434 NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE PART OF 2424 01:34:33,434 --> 01:34:35,670 THE STAFFING AND HOPEFULLY WE 2425 01:34:35,670 --> 01:34:38,406 WILL CONTINUE TO DO MORE AS WE 2426 01:34:38,406 --> 01:34:39,440 ACTUALLY GET TO OUR FULL 2427 01:34:39,440 --> 01:34:40,775 STAFFING THAT WE ARE LOOKING 2428 01:34:40,775 --> 01:34:44,478 FOR. THAT IS ONE NOTE I WANT TO 2429 01:34:44,478 --> 01:34:45,746 MENTION. ADDITIONALLY, THINKING 2430 01:34:45,746 --> 01:34:46,947 ABOUT THE CHIEF'S COMMENTS 2431 01:34:46,947 --> 01:34:48,215 AROUND ACTUALLY MOVING OUR STAFF 2432 01:34:48,215 --> 01:34:52,153 TO DIFFERENT AREAS THAT ARE HOT 2433 01:34:52,153 --> 01:34:55,022 SPOTS, SPACES THAT NEED MORE 2434 01:34:55,022 --> 01:34:56,190 ATTENTION, WE LAUNCHED DOWNTOWN 2435 01:34:56,190 --> 01:34:56,891 ACTIVATION TEAM THAT HAS 2436 01:34:56,891 --> 01:34:59,994 EMPHASIS ZONES , WHERE FOLKS ARE 2437 01:34:59,994 --> 01:35:01,762 DOING OPERATION AND MAKING 2438 01:35:01,762 --> 01:35:03,130 ARRESTS. WHILE THOSE ARE NOT 2439 01:35:03,130 --> 01:35:08,602 CONSISTENT, I DO THINK THAT IT 2440 01:35:08,602 --> 01:35:09,303 LEAD TO SOME INCREASE. CAPACITY, 2441 01:35:09,303 --> 01:35:10,905 I THINK CAPACITY IS GOING TO BE 2442 01:35:10,905 --> 01:35:12,640 CHANGING IN THE NEXT YEAR, BOTH 2443 01:35:12,640 --> 01:35:15,209 FOR OUR STAFF, BUT ALSO FOR CASE 2444 01:35:15,209 --> 01:35:16,677 MANAGEMENT, SO THAT IS ALSO 2445 01:35:16,677 --> 01:35:17,578 AFFECTED SOME OF THE NUMBERS. 2446 01:35:17,578 --> 01:35:19,980 THAT WILL COME UP IN THE LATER 2447 01:35:19,980 --> 01:35:20,748 PRESENTATION. THAT IS ONE OF THE 2448 01:35:20,748 --> 01:35:22,249 REASONS WHY YOU ARE HERE. I DO 2449 01:35:22,249 --> 01:35:23,651 WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO 2450 01:35:23,651 --> 01:35:26,720 ASSISTANT CHIEF ROB BROWN TO 2451 01:35:26,720 --> 01:35:27,488 TALK ABOUT WHAT THE 2452 01:35:27,488 --> 01:35:28,456 ON-THE-GROUND EXPERIENCE IS LIKE 2453 01:35:28,456 --> 01:35:33,260 FOR AN OFFICER. I THINK IT HELPS 2454 01:35:33,260 --> 01:35:34,628 TO GET TO YOUR QUESTIONS. 2455 01:35:34,628 --> 01:35:36,964 >> ABSOLUTELY. I AM GOING TO 2456 01:35:36,964 --> 01:35:37,898 START BRIEFLY, HISTORICALLY, I 2457 01:35:37,898 --> 01:35:39,433 BECAME INVOLVED WITH LEAD BACK 2458 01:35:39,433 --> 01:35:42,269 IN 2015, I BECAME THE SERGEANT 2459 01:35:42,269 --> 01:35:43,537 OF DOWNTOWN BIKE TEAM. AT THAT 2460 01:35:43,537 --> 01:35:45,372 TIME THERE WERE TWO WAYS PEOPLE 2461 01:35:45,372 --> 01:35:47,975 WERE ENTERING THE LEAD PROGRAM, 2462 01:35:47,975 --> 01:35:48,876 FAIRLY STANDARDIZED. THIS IS 2463 01:35:48,876 --> 01:35:50,044 BEFORE THE BLAKE DECISION, 2464 01:35:50,044 --> 01:35:53,214 POSSESSION WAS STILL A FELONY, 2465 01:35:53,214 --> 01:35:54,115 FOR MANY OF THE SUBSTANCES. AN 2466 01:35:54,115 --> 01:35:56,083 ARREST WAS MADE ON THE STREET. 2467 01:35:56,083 --> 01:35:57,051 THE ARRESTEE WAS TRANSPORTED TO 2468 01:35:57,051 --> 01:35:58,719 THE PRECINCT AND IF IT WAS 2469 01:35:58,719 --> 01:36:01,288 DEEMED THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD 2470 01:36:01,288 --> 01:36:02,723 LEAD REFERRAL, THEN THE CALL WAS 2471 01:36:02,723 --> 01:36:04,425 MADE OUT TO THE GREEN LIGHT 2472 01:36:04,425 --> 01:36:05,659 PROGRAM, THEY WOULD RESPOND TO 2473 01:36:05,659 --> 01:36:06,660 THE PRECINCT, THERE WAS A 2474 01:36:06,660 --> 01:36:08,729 HAND-OFF MADE AND THE PERSON DID 2475 01:36:08,729 --> 01:36:10,164 NOT GO TO JAIL. THEY, RATHER, 2476 01:36:10,164 --> 01:36:12,233 WERE RELEASED AFTER SPEAKING TO 2477 01:36:12,233 --> 01:36:16,170 THE INTAKE FROM, EITHER REACH OR 2478 01:36:16,170 --> 01:36:17,671 THE LEAD FOLK. SO THAT IS ONE 2479 01:36:17,671 --> 01:36:18,405 STANDARD WAYISM THE OTHER THING 2480 01:36:18,405 --> 01:36:21,175 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS SOCIAL 2481 01:36:21,175 --> 01:36:21,709 REFERRAL, BRIEFLY. SOCIAL 2482 01:36:21,709 --> 01:36:22,977 REFERRAL IS MADE BY AN OFFICER 2483 01:36:22,977 --> 01:36:26,013 WHEN THEY KNOW SOMEONE WOULD BE 2484 01:36:26,013 --> 01:36:28,582 A GOOD FIT. LET ME EXPLAIN THIS. 2485 01:36:28,582 --> 01:36:29,650 LEAD IS A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM. YOU 2486 01:36:29,650 --> 01:36:31,952 HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY WILLING TO 2487 01:36:31,952 --> 01:36:33,954 ENGAGE IN IT. SO IT IS NOT 2488 01:36:33,954 --> 01:36:37,625 TYPICALLY THE FIRST TIME THAT AN 2489 01:36:37,625 --> 01:36:38,726 OFFICER AND ENCOUNTERS SOMEBODY 2490 01:36:38,726 --> 01:36:41,562 ON THE STREET THAT YOU MAKE THE 2491 01:36:41,562 --> 01:36:42,563 GREAT REFERRAL THAT THEY WOULD 2492 01:36:42,563 --> 01:36:44,098 BE OPEN TO CONSIDERING IT. IT IS 2493 01:36:44,098 --> 01:36:44,732 THE RELATIONSHIP AN OFFICER 2494 01:36:44,732 --> 01:36:46,033 BUILDS AT THE TIME WITH THE 2495 01:36:46,033 --> 01:36:52,740 PEOPLE ON THE STREETS DUE TO THE 2496 01:36:52,740 --> 01:36:54,942 THEIR DUTIES, ENFORCING THE LAW 2497 01:36:54,942 --> 01:36:56,043 AND COMING ACROSS FOLKS 2498 01:36:56,043 --> 01:36:57,178 STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION. THEY 2499 01:36:57,178 --> 01:36:58,112 CAN HAVE AN ONGOING CONVERSATION 2500 01:36:58,112 --> 01:36:59,814 AND REACH A POINT WHERE THE 2501 01:36:59,814 --> 01:37:02,016 PERSON IS LIKE, YEAH, YOU KNOW, 2502 01:37:02,016 --> 01:37:03,384 I AM DONE WITH THIS. I NEED HELP 2503 01:37:03,384 --> 01:37:04,985 AND THEY CAN CONNECT THEM UP 2504 01:37:04,985 --> 01:37:06,220 WITH LEAD AND THAT IS USUALLY 2505 01:37:06,220 --> 01:37:09,957 WHERE-- THAT IS GOING TO GET A 2506 01:37:09,957 --> 01:37:10,658 MORE SUCCESSFUL REFERRAL. LEM 2507 01:37:10,658 --> 01:37:11,826 LETOURNEAU ME FAST FORWARD TO 2508 01:37:11,826 --> 01:37:13,360 WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW, BECAUSE 2509 01:37:13,360 --> 01:37:15,362 SOME OF THIS HAS CHANGED OVER 2510 01:37:15,362 --> 01:37:18,465 TIME. I AM NOT GOING INTO ALL 2511 01:37:18,465 --> 01:37:21,936 THE CHANGES, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE 2512 01:37:21,936 --> 01:37:23,204 BLAKE DECISION HAPPENED, YOU 2513 01:37:23,204 --> 01:37:27,541 HAVE THIS MISDEMEANOR THAT WAS 2514 01:37:27,541 --> 01:37:28,676 ON THE BOOKS. QUITE FRANKLY, 2515 01:37:28,676 --> 01:37:33,314 WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO IS 2516 01:37:33,314 --> 01:37:34,315 ARRESTED FOR OPEN POSSESSION 2517 01:37:34,315 --> 01:37:35,249 CONSUMPTION, ONE OF THE 2518 01:37:35,249 --> 01:37:36,217 QUESTIONS THEY WILL BE ASKED 2519 01:37:36,217 --> 01:37:40,120 WHEN THEY GET TO JAIL IS HAVE 2520 01:37:40,120 --> 01:37:40,921 YOU CONSUMED DRUGS RECENTLY? 2521 01:37:40,921 --> 01:37:44,525 QUITE OFTEN THE ANSWER WILL BE 2522 01:37:44,525 --> 01:37:47,628 YES. THAT TRIGGERS AB S SIX-HOUR 2523 01:37:47,628 --> 01:37:48,762 HAPT GUARD. IN OUR 2524 01:37:48,762 --> 01:37:49,363 RESOURCE-STRAINED DEPARTMENT 2525 01:37:49,363 --> 01:37:52,032 RIGHT NOW, THAT IS A LOT OF 2526 01:37:52,032 --> 01:37:55,436 RESOURCES COMMITTED TO GETTING 2527 01:37:55,436 --> 01:37:56,904 THIS MISDEMEANOR BOOKED. SO, I 2528 01:37:56,904 --> 01:37:59,173 AM JUST GIVING YOU THE REALTY 2529 01:37:59,173 --> 01:38:00,574 THAT OFFICERS GET CREATIVE, YOU 2530 01:38:00,574 --> 01:38:04,645 HAVE MORE CHARGE BY OFFICER, YOU 2531 01:38:04,645 --> 01:38:08,315 HAVE OTHER AVENUES TO ADDRESS 2532 01:38:08,315 --> 01:38:09,984 THE VIOLATIONS ON THE STREET. 2533 01:38:09,984 --> 01:38:11,252 YOU ALSO HAVE CONTINUED LEAD 2534 01:38:11,252 --> 01:38:13,120 REFERRALS, BUT I WANT TO ADDRESS 2535 01:38:13,120 --> 01:38:14,488 SOMETHING HERE ABOUT WHAT YOU 2536 01:38:14,488 --> 01:38:15,356 ARE WITNESSING IN THIS DATA, 2537 01:38:15,356 --> 01:38:17,958 BECAUSE I KNOW IT HAS BEEN 2538 01:38:17,958 --> 01:38:19,493 POINTED OUT MULTIPLE TIMES BUT 2539 01:38:19,493 --> 01:38:20,794 NOT YET ADDRESSED. I PROVIDED A 2540 01:38:20,794 --> 01:38:24,298 TRAINING WHEN I WAS AT THE WEST 2541 01:38:24,298 --> 01:38:25,699 PRECINCT BACK IN 2022 TO THE 2542 01:38:25,699 --> 01:38:27,835 FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD WATCH, 2543 01:38:27,835 --> 01:38:29,270 ALL OFFICERS IN THE PRECINCT, 2544 01:38:29,270 --> 01:38:31,705 ALONG WITH OUR PARTNERS WITH 2545 01:38:31,705 --> 01:38:34,275 LEAD, AND WE SAW A TREMENDOUS 2546 01:38:34,275 --> 01:38:36,377 SPIKE IN LEAD REFERRALS, WHICH 2547 01:38:36,377 --> 01:38:39,079 CHALLENGED THEIR CAPACITY TO 2548 01:38:39,079 --> 01:38:41,982 DEAL WITH THAT. AND IN 2025, 2549 01:38:41,982 --> 01:38:43,083 FAST FORWARDING TO THEN, LEAD, I 2550 01:38:43,083 --> 01:38:43,917 WON'T SPEAK AT LENGTH TO THIS, 2551 01:38:43,917 --> 01:38:47,855 BUT I KNOW YOU WILL TALK ABOUT 2552 01:38:47,855 --> 01:38:49,590 THE CAPACITY CHALLENGES OF 2025, 2553 01:38:49,590 --> 01:38:50,858 AND SO WE WERE COMMUNICATING, 2554 01:38:50,858 --> 01:38:53,961 LIKE OKAY, WE CAN'T DO MORE 2555 01:38:53,961 --> 01:38:54,962 TRAININGS. LETS MAKE SURE THAT 2556 01:38:54,962 --> 01:38:56,897 THE REFERRALS WE ARE MAKING ARE 2557 01:38:56,897 --> 01:38:57,665 QUALITY REFERRALS, BECAUSE WE 2558 01:38:57,665 --> 01:38:59,767 WANT TO GET THE MOST BANG FOR 2559 01:38:59,767 --> 01:39:03,837 OUR BUCK WITH THIS VERY GOOD 2560 01:39:03,837 --> 01:39:04,872 PROGRAMMENT I BELIEVE-- IS THERE 2561 01:39:04,872 --> 01:39:06,106 ANYTHING MORE YOU WANTED ME TO 2562 01:39:06,106 --> 01:39:07,574 ADDRESS ON THAT? THAT IS KIND OF 2563 01:39:07,574 --> 01:39:09,243 THE STATUS UPDATE OF WHERE WE 2564 01:39:09,243 --> 01:39:11,078 ARE AT, LEAD REFERRALS ARE STILL 2565 01:39:11,078 --> 01:39:12,646 OCCURRING BUT WE DID START SLOW 2566 01:39:12,646 --> 01:39:14,114 ROLLING IT A BIT IN 2025. 2567 01:39:14,114 --> 01:39:15,282 >> THANK YOU. 2568 01:39:15,282 --> 01:39:16,383 >> THANK YOU. CHIEF BROWN, 2569 01:39:16,383 --> 01:39:17,251 APPRECIATE IT. WE ARE GOING TO 2570 01:39:17,251 --> 01:39:18,719 KEEP MOVING AND I AM NOT GOING 2571 01:39:18,719 --> 01:39:21,055 TO ASK QUESTIONS BUT I WANT TO 2572 01:39:21,055 --> 01:39:25,092 MAKE A FEW STATEMENTS BEFORE WE 2573 01:39:25,092 --> 01:39:27,027 PUSH TO THE PDA SIDE. ONE IS 2574 01:39:27,027 --> 01:39:28,929 THIS IS OUR SECOND MEETING, WE 2575 01:39:28,929 --> 01:39:31,198 HAD OIG EARLIER, WE HAVE TO HAVE 2576 01:39:31,198 --> 01:39:32,399 THE DATA FOR THE OIG FOR THAT 2577 01:39:32,399 --> 01:39:34,401 PIECE TO WORK, AND SO WE NEED TO 2578 01:39:34,401 --> 01:39:36,770 LOOK AT THAT. THIS GOES TO 2579 01:39:36,770 --> 01:39:38,238 FURTHERING A FUNCTIONAL CRIMINAL 2580 01:39:38,238 --> 01:39:38,872 JUSTICE SYSTEM. THEN IN THE 2581 01:39:38,872 --> 01:39:41,475 INTERVIEWS THAT THE END, ONE OF 2582 01:39:41,475 --> 01:39:42,776 THE ISSUES WAS BASICALLY WE NEED 2583 01:39:42,776 --> 01:39:44,311 DIVERSION OR JAIL, BUT WHAT CAME 2584 01:39:44,311 --> 01:39:46,480 OUT OF THAT, THERE IS THE KIND 2585 01:39:46,480 --> 01:39:49,850 OF MOVE ALONG, OR DO NOTHING 2586 01:39:49,850 --> 01:39:52,353 PIECE. THAT IS SOMETHING WE NEED 2587 01:39:52,353 --> 01:39:55,489 TO SHRINK AND WORK ON. THAT CAME 2588 01:39:55,489 --> 01:39:58,125 OUT OF THE OIG REPORT. THANK 2589 01:39:58,125 --> 01:39:59,626 YOU, CHIEF BROWN, RECORDING 2590 01:39:59,626 --> 01:40:00,627 MEDICAL DECLINE. I WAS GOING TO 2591 01:40:00,627 --> 01:40:01,996 ASK. I WAS LITTLE SURPRISED ON 2592 01:40:01,996 --> 01:40:03,697 THE NUMBERS BECAUSE THAT IS A 2593 01:40:03,697 --> 01:40:05,933 MAJOR ISSUEISM THAT ALSO GOES TO 2594 01:40:05,933 --> 01:40:06,567 FURTHERING FUNCTIONAL CRIMINAL 2595 01:40:06,567 --> 01:40:08,435 JUSTICE SYSTEM AND WE HAD KING 2596 01:40:08,435 --> 01:40:11,805 COUNTY JAIL HEALTH HERE LAST 2597 01:40:11,805 --> 01:40:13,507 YEAR. SO THE DATA PIECES ARE 2598 01:40:13,507 --> 01:40:14,775 IMPORTANT. BY THE WAY, WE ALSO 2599 01:40:14,775 --> 01:40:16,477 NEED TO LOOK, KING COUNTY JAIL 2600 01:40:16,477 --> 01:40:18,112 HEALTH IS A KING COUNTY 2601 01:40:18,112 --> 01:40:20,114 FUNCTION. HARBOR VIEW IS A KING 2602 01:40:20,114 --> 01:40:25,519 COUNTY FUNCTION TOO. WHY CAN'T 2603 01:40:25,519 --> 01:40:26,520 WE HAVE TELEMEDICINE? WE 2604 01:40:26,520 --> 01:40:27,287 HAVEN'T HAVE THE SYSTEM BEING 2605 01:40:27,287 --> 01:40:29,156 PLAYED AND HAVE TO GET TO THE 2606 01:40:29,156 --> 01:40:31,859 ROOT PIECES IN ORDER TO BE ABLE 2607 01:40:31,859 --> 01:40:33,694 TO DO IT RIGHT. SO, YOU KIND OF 2608 01:40:33,694 --> 01:40:35,262 ANSWERED THE QUESTION, BY THE 2609 01:40:35,262 --> 01:40:36,830 WAY, IN TERMS OF THE PIECES. THE 2610 01:40:36,830 --> 01:40:39,299 LAST PIECE I WAS GOING TO ASK, 2611 01:40:39,299 --> 01:40:41,502 ACTUALLY, SPEAK TO, I WILL USE 2612 01:40:41,502 --> 01:40:44,605 AS TRANSITION TO OUR NEXT PIECE 2613 01:40:44,605 --> 01:40:46,306 IS WHAT IS INTERESTING, CHIEF, 2614 01:40:46,306 --> 01:40:51,378 BY THE WAY, THIS WAS DONE BEFORE 2615 01:40:51,378 --> 01:40:54,314 MY ARRIVAL ON THE COUNCIL, WE 2616 01:40:54,314 --> 01:40:55,949 ARE NOT ALONE. EVERYBODY ON THIS 2617 01:40:55,949 --> 01:40:58,752 CAME AFTER THE BILL CAME INTO 2618 01:40:58,752 --> 01:41:00,087 BEING. WHAT IS DIFFERENT, ALSO, 2619 01:41:00,087 --> 01:41:01,522 WE DIDN'T HAVE A TON OF 2620 01:41:01,522 --> 01:41:02,556 RESPONSE BACK IN 2023, WE 2621 01:41:02,556 --> 01:41:06,560 DIDN'T HAVE THE CARE DEPARTMENT 2622 01:41:06,560 --> 01:41:08,996 LIKE WE HAD TODAY. SO THIS 2623 01:41:08,996 --> 01:41:10,731 PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO 2624 01:41:10,731 --> 01:41:13,967 UPDATE, TO BRING IN THE 2625 01:41:13,967 --> 01:41:14,935 ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE PIECE. 2626 01:41:14,935 --> 01:41:16,069 ALSO, TO BRING CLARITY AND 2627 01:41:16,069 --> 01:41:17,504 SIMPLIFY AND MAKE CLEAR FOR OUR 2628 01:41:17,504 --> 01:41:18,806 OFFICERS, BECAUSE WE PUT THEM IN 2629 01:41:18,806 --> 01:41:27,448 A BAD POSITION, AS I SAID ON 2630 01:41:27,448 --> 01:41:30,217 FRIDAY, FOR SHERIFFS DEPUTIES, 2631 01:41:30,217 --> 01:41:38,759 THAT IS NOT GOOD FOR OUR SEATTLE 2632 01:41:38,759 --> 01:41:42,229 POLICE DEPARTMENT, FOR THE KING 2633 01:41:42,229 --> 01:41:42,930 COUNTY SHERIFF. PREARREST, THAT 2634 01:41:42,930 --> 01:41:45,499 KIND OF SPACE, ON VIEW WITH THE 2635 01:41:45,499 --> 01:41:47,701 CRISIS CARE RESPONDERS, CCR FROM 2636 01:41:47,701 --> 01:41:48,836 THE CARE DEPARTMENT, LOOK FOR 2637 01:41:48,836 --> 01:41:50,270 THESE OPPORTUNITIES. BY THE WAY, 2638 01:41:50,270 --> 01:41:53,140 IT IS NOT JUST THAT, WE HAVE 2639 01:41:53,140 --> 01:41:54,641 THE, YOU KNOW, STAR CENTER, ORCA 2640 01:41:54,641 --> 01:41:56,810 CENTER, SO WE NEED TO UPDATE, WE 2641 01:41:56,810 --> 01:41:59,546 HAVE BUILT SO MUCH CAPACITY ON 2642 01:41:59,546 --> 01:42:00,147 THE ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE SIDE 2643 01:42:00,147 --> 01:42:02,182 THAT WE NEED TO UPDATE THE 2644 01:42:02,182 --> 01:42:03,550 SYSTEM, THE CARE ORDINANCE 2645 01:42:03,550 --> 01:42:06,220 ITSELF, BUT ALSO PUBLIC DRUG USE 2646 01:42:06,220 --> 01:42:09,223 AND POSSESSION. WE CAN HAVE A 2647 01:42:09,223 --> 01:42:10,290 BETTER FUNCTIONAL SYSTEM THAT 2648 01:42:10,290 --> 01:42:11,358 SERVES THE POLICE OFFICERS 2649 01:42:11,358 --> 01:42:12,993 RIGHT, BECAUSE I THINK THEY ARE 2650 01:42:12,993 --> 01:42:15,429 BEING PUT IN A VERY BAD 2651 01:42:15,429 --> 01:42:18,866 POSITION, BUT LEVERAGE, NOT ONLY 2652 01:42:18,866 --> 01:42:20,167 CARE DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO THE 2653 01:42:20,167 --> 01:42:21,068 NON-PROFITS. TO CLOSE THAT 2654 01:42:21,068 --> 01:42:24,905 PIECE, IT IS NOT BY ACCIDENT, 2655 01:42:24,905 --> 01:42:26,874 PDA REPORTS TO CARE. SO WITH 2656 01:42:26,874 --> 01:42:28,509 THAT, IF YOU CAN, AGAIN, YOU 2657 01:42:28,509 --> 01:42:29,877 ALREADY PRESENTED YOURSELF, BUT 2658 01:42:29,877 --> 01:42:31,311 IF YOU CAN PRESENT YOUR 2659 01:42:31,311 --> 01:42:32,546 BRIEFING, COLLEAGUES, NO 2660 01:42:32,546 --> 01:42:36,483 QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END. SO WE 2661 01:42:36,483 --> 01:42:37,384 CAN INSURE THIS MOVES ALONG. 2662 01:42:37,384 --> 01:42:37,684 THANK YOU. 2663 01:42:37,684 --> 01:42:41,822 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR KETTLE. WE 2664 01:42:41,822 --> 01:42:42,756 HAVE TWO DECKS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR 2665 01:42:42,756 --> 01:42:44,358 MCNEIL WILL START US OFF, I WILL 2666 01:42:44,358 --> 01:42:47,261 FINISH THE FIRST DECK, AND THEN 2667 01:42:47,261 --> 01:42:50,230 TURN TO SAM WOLFF FOR A SHORT 2668 01:42:50,230 --> 01:42:52,533 EXPLORATION OF THE COHORT THAT 2669 01:42:52,533 --> 01:42:55,002 WAS DIVERTED TO LEAD SINCE THE 2670 01:42:55,002 --> 01:42:59,940 DRUG ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED, AND 2671 01:42:59,940 --> 01:43:01,041 WHAT THE METHODOLOGY OF CHANGE 2672 01:43:01,041 --> 01:43:02,943 HAS BEEN AND WHAT RESULTS WE 2673 01:43:02,943 --> 01:43:03,977 HAVE SEEN. 2674 01:43:03,977 --> 01:43:07,281 >> BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION, LEAD 2675 01:43:07,281 --> 01:43:09,583 RECOVERY SERVICES MODEL OF CARE 2676 01:43:09,583 --> 01:43:11,285 ALIGNS WITH RECOVERY FRAMEWORK 2677 01:43:11,285 --> 01:43:14,087 PILLAR. A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE, 2678 01:43:14,087 --> 01:43:15,689 ACCESS TO MEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL 2679 01:43:15,689 --> 01:43:16,723 HEALTHCARE, RELATIONSHIP AND 2680 01:43:16,723 --> 01:43:20,160 CONNECTION, AND A WELL-FOUNDED 2681 01:43:20,160 --> 01:43:21,628 HOOK FOR A MEANINGFUL LIFE. LEAD 2682 01:43:21,628 --> 01:43:24,698 IS COMBINATION OF A FEW THINGS, 2683 01:43:24,698 --> 01:43:28,435 LONG-TERM CASE MANAGEMENT, LEGAL 2684 01:43:28,435 --> 01:43:29,203 SERVICES, AND LEGAL SYSTEM 2685 01:43:29,203 --> 01:43:29,903 COORDINATION. SO FOCUSING ON THE 2686 01:43:29,903 --> 01:43:33,106 FIRST OF THOSE THREE THINGS THAT 2687 01:43:33,106 --> 01:43:34,408 I LISTED, LONG-TERM CASE 2688 01:43:34,408 --> 01:43:37,811 MANAGEMENT ITSELF IS A CORE 2689 01:43:37,811 --> 01:43:39,112 RECOVERY SERVICES INTERVENTION 2690 01:43:39,112 --> 01:43:41,148 UNDER WASHINGTON LAW. OUR CASE 2691 01:43:41,148 --> 01:43:43,650 MANAGERS ARE SKILLED IN 2692 01:43:43,650 --> 01:43:45,052 SUPPORTING BEHAVIOR CHANGE 2693 01:43:45,052 --> 01:43:46,086 THROUGH MOTIVATIONAL 2694 01:43:46,086 --> 01:43:47,487 INTERVIEWING, BROKERING 2695 01:43:47,487 --> 01:43:48,722 AVAILABLE BENEFITS AND SERVICES, 2696 01:43:48,722 --> 01:43:50,691 PROVIDING HOUSING NAVIGATION AND 2697 01:43:50,691 --> 01:43:56,997 LEGAL SYSTEM COORDINATION, AND 2698 01:43:56,997 --> 01:43:57,531 CONNECTING TO CLINICALLY 2699 01:43:57,531 --> 01:44:01,468 APPROPRIATE TREATMENT SERVICES. 2700 01:44:01,468 --> 01:44:03,337 SO, SOME RESOURCES CASE MANAGERS 2701 01:44:03,337 --> 01:44:06,907 HAVE ACCESS TO ARE LEGAL 2702 01:44:06,907 --> 01:44:08,709 SERVICES, WHICH IS A SMALL BUT 2703 01:44:08,709 --> 01:44:13,547 MIGHTY TEAM OF LAWYER WHOSE CAN 2704 01:44:13,547 --> 01:44:14,514 ADDRESS BARRIERS THAT LAY 2705 01:44:14,514 --> 01:44:15,282 ADVOCACY CAN'T RESOLVE. 2706 01:44:15,282 --> 01:44:17,317 SOMETIMES APPEAR TO BE A MONEY 2707 01:44:17,317 --> 01:44:21,922 PROBLEM, ACTUALLY HAVE A LEGAL 2708 01:44:21,922 --> 01:44:22,389 SOLUTION. LEAD LEGAL 2709 01:44:22,389 --> 01:44:23,690 SUPPORTSPERTICIPANTS AND 2710 01:44:23,690 --> 01:44:24,925 MANAGERS INS REMOVING THOSE 2711 01:44:24,925 --> 01:44:26,360 BARRIERS. CORE TO THE PROGRAM, 2712 01:44:26,360 --> 01:44:28,495 AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE FRAMEWORK 2713 01:44:28,495 --> 01:44:30,664 IS ALL PARTICIPANTS SIGN A 2714 01:44:30,664 --> 01:44:31,665 RELEASE OF INFORMATION 2715 01:44:31,665 --> 01:44:33,300 AUTHORIZING CASE MANAGERS TO 2716 01:44:33,300 --> 01:44:37,704 COORDINATE CARE PLAN S WITH LAW 2717 01:44:37,704 --> 01:44:39,439 ENFORCEMENT PROSECUTORS AND 2718 01:44:39,439 --> 01:44:41,408 OTHERS. THESE CARE PLANS, AND 2719 01:44:41,408 --> 01:44:42,309 THE RELATED INFORMATION THAT 2720 01:44:42,309 --> 01:44:45,245 CHAIRED BY CASE MANAGERS IS 2721 01:44:45,245 --> 01:44:46,313 SHARED PURSUANT TO LEAD'S 2722 01:44:46,313 --> 01:44:47,914 PRINCIPLE, NO ONE CAN BE WORSE 2723 01:44:47,914 --> 01:44:50,417 OFF BECAUSE THEY SHARED 2724 01:44:50,417 --> 01:44:54,421 INFORMATION WITH THEIR CASE 2725 01:44:54,421 --> 01:44:55,989 MANAGER. BUT ANOTHER REALLY KEY 2726 01:44:55,989 --> 01:44:57,924 AND IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTIC OF 2727 01:44:57,924 --> 01:45:02,162 LEAD IS THAT THIS IS NOT 2728 01:45:02,162 --> 01:45:03,497 IMMUNITY FROM ENFORCEMENT. AS 2729 01:45:03,497 --> 01:45:05,732 YOU HEARD ASSISTANT CHIEF BROWN 2730 01:45:05,732 --> 01:45:07,234 REFERENCE, OFFICERS RETAIN THEIR 2731 01:45:07,234 --> 01:45:09,002 ABILITY TO EXERCISE THEIR 2732 01:45:09,002 --> 01:45:09,836 EXPERTISE, PERHAPS ON THE FIRST 2733 01:45:09,836 --> 01:45:11,038 ENCOUNTER THEY DON'T YET 2734 01:45:11,038 --> 01:45:13,040 BELIEVE A PERSON IS OPEN OR 2735 01:45:13,040 --> 01:45:14,675 INTERESTED IN RECEIVING 2736 01:45:14,675 --> 01:45:15,876 SERVICES, BUT AFTER MULTIPLE 2737 01:45:15,876 --> 01:45:19,046 ENCOUNTERS, AND GETTING TO KNOW 2738 01:45:19,046 --> 01:45:21,281 THAT PERSON, THEY DECIDE THEY 2739 01:45:21,281 --> 01:45:24,051 ARE DAGS-- THE OFFICER DECIDES 2740 01:45:24,051 --> 01:45:24,985 TO USE THE DISCRETION, USE 2741 01:45:24,985 --> 01:45:28,488 EXPERTISE AND DECIDE TO MAKE A 2742 01:45:28,488 --> 01:45:29,623 DIVERSION. IT DOESN'T PREVENT, 2743 01:45:29,623 --> 01:45:30,724 AGAIN, CONTINUING TO ENFORCE THE 2744 01:45:30,724 --> 01:45:32,459 LAW IN THE FUTURE, SO JUST 2745 01:45:32,459 --> 01:45:35,328 BECAUSE AN OFFICER HAS MADE A 2746 01:45:35,328 --> 01:45:36,229 REFERRAL TO LEAD, DOESN'T 2747 01:45:36,229 --> 01:45:37,931 PREVENT THEM FROM DECIDING ON 2748 01:45:37,931 --> 01:45:42,035 THE NEXT ENCOUNTER AT THIS POINT 2749 01:45:42,035 --> 01:45:47,674 AN ARREST IS APPROPRIATE AND 2750 01:45:47,674 --> 01:45:49,643 BOOKING IS APPROPRIATE. JUST 2751 01:45:49,643 --> 01:45:53,146 BRIEFLY, LEAD HAS BEEN 2752 01:45:53,146 --> 01:45:54,314 RIGOROUSLY EVALUATED. THERE WAS 2753 01:45:54,314 --> 01:45:55,349 AN INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY OF 2754 01:45:55,349 --> 01:45:57,651 WASHINGTON RESEARCHERS FUNDED BY 2755 01:45:57,651 --> 01:46:01,855 THE LAURA AND JOHN ARNOLD 2756 01:46:01,855 --> 01:46:03,990 FOUNDATION, FOUND LEAD REDUCES 2757 01:46:03,990 --> 01:46:06,460 RECIDIVISM BY ALL CRIMES 58%, 2758 01:46:06,460 --> 01:46:08,729 REDUCED FELONY CHARGES BY 39%, 2759 01:46:08,729 --> 01:46:10,397 RESULTED IN FO41 FEWER DAYS IN 2760 01:46:10,397 --> 01:46:12,265 JAIL PER PERSON ANNUALLY AND 2761 01:46:12,265 --> 01:46:15,135 LOWERERED THE ODDS OF ENTERING 2762 01:46:15,135 --> 01:46:17,037 PRISON BY 88%. A PARTICIPANT'S 2763 01:46:17,037 --> 01:46:18,071 ODDS OF BEING HOUSED INCREASED 2764 01:46:18,071 --> 01:46:21,341 89% AND ODDS OF BEING ON THE 2765 01:46:21,341 --> 01:46:25,512 EMPLOYMENT CONTINUUM INCREASED 2766 01:46:25,512 --> 01:46:29,049 46% OVER THE STATUS AT ENTRY. IN 2767 01:46:29,049 --> 01:46:30,917 2022, KING COUNTY AUDITOR FOUND 2768 01:46:30,917 --> 01:46:34,054 LEAD SEATTLE KING COUNTY WAS 2769 01:46:34,054 --> 01:46:35,288 UNIQUE AMONG LOCAL DIVERSION 2770 01:46:35,288 --> 01:46:36,923 PROGRAMS IN ITS COMMITMENT TO 2771 01:46:36,923 --> 01:46:41,461 RIGOROUS EVALUATION AND USING 2772 01:46:41,461 --> 01:46:42,362 DATA TO MAKE PROGRAM 2773 01:46:42,362 --> 01:46:43,530 ADJUSTMENTSISM I WON'T 2774 01:46:43,530 --> 01:46:46,666 BELABETHER SLIDE BECAUSE I THINK 2775 01:46:46,666 --> 01:46:49,169 ASSISTANT CHIEF BROWN COVERED 2776 01:46:49,169 --> 01:46:50,837 THE FIRST TWO PATHWAYS VERY WELL 2777 01:46:50,837 --> 01:46:52,906 BUT THERE ARE THREE PATHINIZE TO 2778 01:46:52,906 --> 01:46:56,710 LEAD, THE FIRST IS AN ARREST 2779 01:46:56,710 --> 01:46:57,911 DIVERSION, POST ARREST REFERRAL 2780 01:46:57,911 --> 01:47:00,013 BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. SECOND IS 2781 01:47:00,013 --> 01:47:00,881 SOCIAL CONTACT REFERRAL. THAT IS 2782 01:47:00,881 --> 01:47:03,717 A PROACTIVE REFERRAL BY A FIRST 2783 01:47:03,717 --> 01:47:07,754 RESPONDER OUTSIDE OF THE CONTEXT 2784 01:47:07,754 --> 01:47:09,222 OF ARREST. MAYBE AN OFFICER 2785 01:47:09,222 --> 01:47:09,990 DOZEN HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE BUT 2786 01:47:09,990 --> 01:47:10,924 CAN IDENTIFY SOMEONE THEY THINK 2787 01:47:10,924 --> 01:47:16,463 IS A GOOD FIT AND CAN STILL MAKE 2788 01:47:16,463 --> 01:47:17,697 A REFERRAL. AND GOING TO A POINT 2789 01:47:17,697 --> 01:47:19,766 COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE MADE IS 2790 01:47:19,766 --> 01:47:21,468 THAT NOW THERE IS ALSO CARE 2791 01:47:21,468 --> 01:47:23,303 RESPONDERS THAT CAN, AND OTHER 2792 01:47:23,303 --> 01:47:24,538 FIRST RESPONDERS THAT ARE ABLE 2793 01:47:24,538 --> 01:47:26,573 TO MAKE REFERRALS AS WELL. SO 2794 01:47:26,573 --> 01:47:27,374 THEY SEE INDIVIDUALS THAT MIGHT 2795 01:47:27,374 --> 01:47:31,344 BE A GOOD FIT, THEY CAN MAKE 2796 01:47:31,344 --> 01:47:33,680 THAT REFERRAL. THEN, LAST, OUR 2797 01:47:33,680 --> 01:47:35,515 COMMUNITY REFERRALS, THESE ARE 2798 01:47:35,515 --> 01:47:36,817 REFERRALS MADE BY COMMUNITY 2799 01:47:36,817 --> 01:47:38,985 MEMBERS WITHOUT THE NEED TO PASS 2800 01:47:38,985 --> 01:47:39,853 THROUGH THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE 2801 01:47:39,853 --> 01:47:42,589 SYSTEM. SO WITHOUT THE NEED TO 2802 01:47:42,589 --> 01:47:45,325 CALL 911, COMMUNITY CAN MAKE 2803 01:47:45,325 --> 01:47:47,227 REFERRALS AS WELL. THIS IS-- 2804 01:47:47,227 --> 01:47:49,496 THIS THIRD PATHWAY INCLUDES THE 2805 01:47:49,496 --> 01:47:50,997 PREFILING REFERRALS WE HAVE 2806 01:47:50,997 --> 01:47:52,866 RECEIVED FROM THE SEATTLE CITY 2807 01:47:52,866 --> 01:47:53,433 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, A NEW 2808 01:47:53,433 --> 01:47:54,801 INNOVATION AS OF THIS YEAR THAT 2809 01:47:54,801 --> 01:47:56,603 WE ARE GETTING STARTED AS WELL. 2810 01:47:56,603 --> 01:47:59,272 WITH THAT, I WILL PASS IT OVER 2811 01:47:59,272 --> 01:47:59,773 TO LISA. 2812 01:48:06,746 --> 01:48:08,415 >> SO, HERE IS DATA ILLUMINATING 2813 01:48:08,415 --> 01:48:11,151 ABOUT THE LANDSCAPE THAT WE HAVE 2814 01:48:11,151 --> 01:48:12,452 BEEN COLLECTIVELY PASSING 2815 01:48:12,452 --> 01:48:18,792 THROUGH OVER THE LAST FIVE 2816 01:48:18,792 --> 01:48:24,231 YEARS, SIX YEARS. I DO WANT TO 2817 01:48:24,231 --> 01:48:25,131 UNDERSCORE SOMETHING THAT SARAH 2818 01:48:25,131 --> 01:48:26,666 SMITH THEORIZED, WHICH IS THAT 2819 01:48:26,666 --> 01:48:28,301 THE DATA THAT YOU SEE, THE 2820 01:48:28,301 --> 01:48:31,638 NUMBERS GOING UP AND DOWN, ARE 2821 01:48:31,638 --> 01:48:34,741 REALLY A SIMPLE STORY OF CHANGES 2822 01:48:34,741 --> 01:48:36,243 IN CAPACITY, BOTH FOR SPD, WHICH 2823 01:48:36,243 --> 01:48:39,913 WAS RGS YOU COMBOESHGS AT A SORT 2824 01:48:39,913 --> 01:48:45,619 OF ALL-TIME LOW COMPARED TO 2825 01:48:45,619 --> 01:48:46,686 DEMAND FROM 2020 TO 2024. AND 2826 01:48:46,686 --> 01:48:47,287 GRADUALLY NOW STARTING TO 2827 01:48:47,287 --> 01:48:50,957 RECOVER DUE TO THE EFFORTS OF 2828 01:48:50,957 --> 01:48:54,160 MANY OF YOU. AND THEN A PARALLEL 2829 01:48:54,160 --> 01:48:57,163 STORY OF LEAD CAPACITY, WHICH, 2830 01:48:57,163 --> 01:49:04,104 DESPITE IN 2023, LEAD IS AN OLD 2831 01:49:04,104 --> 01:49:06,439 PROGRAM, GOES BACK TO 2011, AND 2832 01:49:06,439 --> 01:49:12,546 WE HAVE SEEN SLOW BUT STEADY 2833 01:49:12,546 --> 01:49:14,948 INCREASES IN FUNDING AND 2834 01:49:14,948 --> 01:49:16,149 RESOURCES AS THE PROGRAM 2835 01:49:16,149 --> 01:49:17,517 EXPANDED AND EXPECTATION OF 2836 01:49:17,517 --> 01:49:18,618 TAKING REFERRALS FROM ONE 2837 01:49:18,618 --> 01:49:20,654 PRECINCT AND ANOTHER AND CITY 2838 01:49:20,654 --> 01:49:24,324 WIDE IT EXPANDED. BUT FROM A 2839 01:49:24,324 --> 01:49:26,159 SORT OF HIGH-WATER MARK IN 2022, 2840 01:49:26,159 --> 01:49:28,628 LEAD TOOK A DRAMATIC REDUCTION 2841 01:49:28,628 --> 01:49:30,830 IN CITY FUNDING AND I WON'T 2842 01:49:30,830 --> 01:49:32,966 DRAG YOU DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE OF 2843 01:49:32,966 --> 01:49:36,703 HOW THAT HAPPENED. I DON'T 2844 01:49:36,703 --> 01:49:37,704 THINK IT WAS FULLY UNDERSTOOD IN 2845 01:49:37,704 --> 01:49:39,339 THE BUDGET PROCESS, WHILE IT WAS 2846 01:49:39,339 --> 01:49:39,940 HAPPENING. IT WAS LONG STORY 2847 01:49:39,940 --> 01:49:43,710 BEHIND IT, BUT THAT HAPPENED AT 2848 01:49:43,710 --> 01:49:45,946 THE VERY SAME TIME, THAT THE 2849 01:49:45,946 --> 01:49:49,883 ORDINANCE PUT LEAD IN A CENTRAL 2850 01:49:49,883 --> 01:49:57,457 ROLE TO TAKE A SIGNIFICANT 2851 01:49:57,457 --> 01:49:59,125 VOLUME OF THE NEWLY PRIORITIZED 2852 01:49:59,125 --> 01:50:00,560 ACTIVITY AROUND DRUG ENFORCEMENT 2853 01:50:00,560 --> 01:50:01,795 AND POSSESSION. WHAT CHIEF BROWN 2854 01:50:01,795 --> 01:50:08,935 SAID AND SARAH ALLUDE TO ARE 2855 01:50:08,935 --> 01:50:10,937 ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. JUST AS THE 2856 01:50:10,937 --> 01:50:13,373 POLICY LANDSCAPE EXPECTED US TO 2857 01:50:13,373 --> 01:50:14,841 TAKE MORE WORK, OUR CAPACITY WAS 2858 01:50:14,841 --> 01:50:22,148 DIMINISHED BY A FALL OFF IN CITY 2859 01:50:22,148 --> 01:50:23,450 FUNDING. THIS COUNCIL AND 2026 2860 01:50:23,450 --> 01:50:24,451 BUDGIE REMEDIED THAT WITH 2861 01:50:24,451 --> 01:50:26,619 STABILIZATION FUNDING. WE ARE 2862 01:50:26,619 --> 01:50:28,955 JUST NOW IN A POSITION WHERE IF 2863 01:50:28,955 --> 01:50:29,889 AND WHEN, BECAUSE IT IS PLANNED, 2864 01:50:29,889 --> 01:50:33,493 WE WILL GET TO THAT AT THE END, 2865 01:50:33,493 --> 01:50:35,428 SPD DOES ROLL CALL TRAININGS ON 2866 01:50:35,428 --> 01:50:38,865 THE METHODOLOGY, HOW DO MAKE 2867 01:50:38,865 --> 01:50:42,268 REFERRALS, WHAT REFERRALS ARE 2868 01:50:42,268 --> 01:50:43,269 APPROPRIATE, PUSHES OUT A 2869 01:50:43,269 --> 01:50:44,204 DEPARTMENT-WIDE E-LEARNING, 2870 01:50:44,204 --> 01:50:46,773 WHICH CHIEF BROWN HAS HELPED 2871 01:50:46,773 --> 01:50:47,707 RECORD WITH CHIEF BARNS' 2872 01:50:47,707 --> 01:50:49,709 PERMISSION, THAT IS ABOUT TO GO 2873 01:50:49,709 --> 01:50:50,710 OUT TO THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT, WE 2874 01:50:50,710 --> 01:50:51,978 WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE 2875 01:50:51,978 --> 01:50:53,213 REFERRALS AND NOT HAVE THE 2876 01:50:53,213 --> 01:50:59,452 SYSTEM SORT OF COLLAPSE UNDER 2877 01:50:59,452 --> 01:51:01,021 THE WEIGHT OF DEMAND. ON THIS 2878 01:51:01,021 --> 01:51:02,489 SLIDE YOU SEE REFERRALS, WE WENT 2879 01:51:02,489 --> 01:51:06,226 BACK TO 2019 SO YOU CAN SEE HOW 2880 01:51:06,226 --> 01:51:08,628 THIS WHOLE ECOSYSTEM RESPONDS TO 2881 01:51:08,628 --> 01:51:12,499 LARGER POLICY AND POLITICAL EBBS 2882 01:51:12,499 --> 01:51:15,702 AND FLOWS. SO, LEAD FROM THE 2883 01:51:15,702 --> 01:51:17,037 INCEPTION TOOK ARREST REFERRAL, 2884 01:51:17,037 --> 01:51:21,141 IT IS NOT ALTERNATIVE TO ARREST, 2885 01:51:21,141 --> 01:51:23,276 IT IS AN ALTERNATIVE REZ LOSE TO 2886 01:51:23,276 --> 01:51:24,511 ARREST. IF OFFICERS MAKE ARREST, 2887 01:51:24,511 --> 01:51:26,613 THAT INCIDENT CAN STILL RESOLVE 2888 01:51:26,613 --> 01:51:31,251 WITHIN A WARM HAND-OFF TRANSFER 2889 01:51:31,251 --> 01:51:36,923 TO LEAD. THAT HAPPENED 2890 01:51:36,923 --> 01:51:38,825 THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF LEAD. 2891 01:51:38,825 --> 01:51:40,794 OVER TIME OFFICERS RELIED ON 2892 01:51:40,794 --> 01:51:42,862 SOCIAL CACK REFERRAL BECAUSE AS 2893 01:51:42,862 --> 01:51:44,431 THEY WOULD SAY, IF THEY KNEW 2894 01:51:44,431 --> 01:51:45,198 SOMEBODY NEEDED HELP AND THE 2895 01:51:45,198 --> 01:51:46,466 PERSON KNEW THEY HAD THAT, WHY 2896 01:51:46,466 --> 01:51:47,834 SHOULD THEY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 2897 01:51:47,834 --> 01:51:50,036 THEY HAD PROBABLE CAUSE THAT A 2898 01:51:50,036 --> 01:51:52,872 NEW CRIME OCCURRED? WHY 2899 01:51:52,872 --> 01:52:02,382 COULDN'T THEY BE PROACTIVE AND 2900 01:52:02,382 --> 01:52:04,484 INITIATE? OVER TIME THE SPD 2901 01:52:04,484 --> 01:52:05,351 REFERRAL, ARRESTS WERE LESS 2902 01:52:05,351 --> 01:52:07,987 NECESSARY IN ORDER TO INITIATE 2903 01:52:07,987 --> 01:52:10,123 THAT CONNECTION. IN 2020 YOU 2904 01:52:10,123 --> 01:52:12,559 SEE, AND 2021, YOU SEE THAT 2905 01:52:12,559 --> 01:52:13,126 ARREST REFERRALS VANISHED, 2906 01:52:13,126 --> 01:52:19,265 ESSENTIALLY, AND THERE ARE TWO 2907 01:52:19,265 --> 01:52:20,867 REASONS FOR THIS, ONE, SPD 2908 01:52:20,867 --> 01:52:23,970 CAPACITY AND TWO, IN 2021 AFTER 2909 01:52:23,970 --> 01:52:27,707 THE BLAKE DECISION, THE STATE 2910 01:52:27,707 --> 01:52:29,275 LEGISLATURE REMOVED LEGAL 2911 01:52:29,275 --> 01:52:32,412 AUTHORITY TO MAKE AN ARREST 2912 01:52:32,412 --> 01:52:37,150 WITHOUT MAKING PRIOR DIVERSION 2913 01:52:37,150 --> 01:52:38,318 EFFORTS. SORT OF UNFORTUNATELY 2914 01:52:38,318 --> 01:52:40,854 WORDED LAW THAT WAS REVISED IN 2915 01:52:40,854 --> 01:52:44,124 2023 TO MAKE CLEAR THAT REFERRAL 2916 01:52:44,124 --> 01:52:44,991 WAS DISCRETIONARY, THOUGH 2917 01:52:44,991 --> 01:52:47,060 ENCOURAGED. SO, IN 2023 YOU SEE 2918 01:52:47,060 --> 01:52:49,395 A REBOUND BECAUSE THE LEGAL 2919 01:52:49,395 --> 01:52:52,398 ENVIRONMENT FOR ARREST WAS 2920 01:52:52,398 --> 01:52:55,769 RESTORED BY THE STATE 2921 01:52:55,769 --> 01:52:57,070 LEGISLATURE. ALSO, AT THE END OF 2922 01:52:57,070 --> 01:53:00,106 2023, THE SEATTLE DRUG ORDINANCE 2923 01:53:00,106 --> 01:53:02,709 WAS PASSED SO WITH THE FOCUS, 2924 01:53:02,709 --> 01:53:04,744 SORT OF INTENTIONAL POLICY FOCUS 2925 01:53:04,744 --> 01:53:06,713 HERE LOCALLY, THE BULK OF THE 2926 01:53:06,713 --> 01:53:07,847 HUNDRED REFERRALS CAME AT THE 2927 01:53:07,847 --> 01:53:10,283 END OF 2023 AFTER THE ORDINANCE 2928 01:53:10,283 --> 01:53:15,755 WAS PASSED IN 2024 YOU SEE A 2929 01:53:15,755 --> 01:53:17,157 VERY ROBUST UTILIZATION OF 2930 01:53:17,157 --> 01:53:19,025 ARRESTS REFERRALS, IN 2025 THE 2931 01:53:19,025 --> 01:53:20,927 FALLOFF LARGELY, BECAUSE WE WERE 2932 01:53:20,927 --> 01:53:23,630 NOT TRAINING, WHOLE BUNCH OF NEW 2933 01:53:23,630 --> 01:53:25,265 OFFICERS JOINED THE DEPARTMENT, 2934 01:53:25,265 --> 01:53:30,069 BUT HAVE NOT BEEN TRAINED IN 2935 01:53:30,069 --> 01:53:36,142 LEAD UTILIZATION BECAUSE WE WERE 2936 01:53:36,142 --> 01:53:42,382 WELL OVER CASE LOAD LIMITS. WE 2937 01:53:42,382 --> 01:53:45,585 ARE ON PACE FOR 288 FOR THE 2938 01:53:45,585 --> 01:53:49,689 YEAR, WHICH WOULD EVEN EXCEED 2939 01:53:49,689 --> 01:53:51,558 THE 2024 LEVEL. SO, THIS IS, IN 2940 01:53:51,558 --> 01:53:56,696 SHORT, AN OPTION THAT SPD HAS 2941 01:53:56,696 --> 01:53:57,730 SHOWN IT WILL UTILIZE, AS LONG 2942 01:53:57,730 --> 01:53:58,832 AS WE CAN TAKE THE REFERRALS 2943 01:53:58,832 --> 01:54:04,270 THAT THEY ARE GOING TO SEND US. 2944 01:54:04,270 --> 01:54:06,072 NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS BREAKS THE 2945 01:54:06,072 --> 01:54:08,908 DATA DOWN QUARTER BY QUARTER 2946 01:54:08,908 --> 01:54:10,510 SINCE THE INTRODUCTION, I GUESS 2947 01:54:10,510 --> 01:54:14,480 WE USED THE QUARTER BEFORE THE 2948 01:54:14,480 --> 01:54:16,015 INTRODUCTION IN OCTOBER 2023 AS 2949 01:54:16,015 --> 01:54:19,285 BASELINE AND THERE IS NO ARREST 2950 01:54:19,285 --> 01:54:23,256 REFERRAL ACTIVITY HAPPENING. YOU 2951 01:54:23,256 --> 01:54:23,790 SEE QUARTER FOUR OF 2023 2952 01:54:23,790 --> 01:54:26,426 ENORMOUS CHACHL AS A RESULT OF 2953 01:54:26,426 --> 01:54:29,729 THE NEW ENVIRONMENT, AND THIS IS 2954 01:54:29,729 --> 01:54:34,133 JUST REALLY THE DEPARTMENT USING 2955 01:54:34,133 --> 01:54:37,604 THE ORDINANCE TOOLS THAT IT WAS 2956 01:54:37,604 --> 01:54:40,373 GIVEN, AND DIFFERENTIATING SOME 2957 01:54:40,373 --> 01:54:41,875 POST ARREST AND SOME PRE-ARREST 2958 01:54:41,875 --> 01:54:44,043 REFERRALS BUT BOTH IN 2959 01:54:44,043 --> 01:54:44,677 SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER NUMBERS. 2960 01:54:44,677 --> 01:54:47,180 AGAIN, YOU SEE THE DROP-OFF JUST 2961 01:54:47,180 --> 01:54:49,549 AS THE LEAD CAPACITY TO RECEIVE 2962 01:54:49,549 --> 01:54:52,819 WAS SQUEEZED IN LATER 2024 AND 2963 01:54:52,819 --> 01:54:56,356 THROUGHOUT 2025 WITH REBOUND IN 2964 01:54:56,356 --> 01:54:57,890 2026, BECAUSE THAT SENSE OF A 2965 01:54:57,890 --> 01:54:59,425 CEILING HAS BEEN REMOVED BECAUSE 2966 01:54:59,425 --> 01:55:00,660 OF THE LEAD STABILIZATION 2967 01:55:00,660 --> 01:55:07,200 FUNDING THAT YOU PROVIDED IN THE 2968 01:55:07,200 --> 01:55:10,637 2026 BUDGET. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS 2969 01:55:10,637 --> 01:55:14,173 IF WE DREW A STRAIGHT LINE FROM 2970 01:55:14,173 --> 01:55:17,877 OUR QUARTER ONE EXPERIENCE, 2971 01:55:17,877 --> 01:55:18,678 WHICH MR. DOSS WILL EMPHASIZE, 2972 01:55:18,678 --> 01:55:21,080 THAT IS NEVER HOW IT WORKS BUT 2973 01:55:21,080 --> 01:55:24,684 IF YOU EXTRAPOLATED FROM Q1 YOU 2974 01:55:24,684 --> 01:55:25,718 WOULD EXPECT 380SPD REFERRALS, 2975 01:55:25,718 --> 01:55:28,955 THAT IS BEFORE WE DO ROLL CALL 2976 01:55:28,955 --> 01:55:29,689 TRAINING S AND THE 2977 01:55:29,689 --> 01:55:30,957 DEPARTMENT-WIDE E-LEARNING, SO 2978 01:55:30,957 --> 01:55:34,994 YOU CAN EXPECT THAT TO GO UP. 2979 01:55:34,994 --> 01:55:38,097 WITH THE LARGE BALANCE 2980 01:55:38,097 --> 01:55:39,899 CONCENTRATED ON POST ARREST 2981 01:55:39,899 --> 01:55:41,067 REFERRALS, AND THEN 460 2982 01:55:41,067 --> 01:55:43,536 COMMUNITY REFERRALS AS BRANDY 2983 01:55:43,536 --> 01:55:45,305 SAID, THAT INCLUDES THE 2984 01:55:45,305 --> 01:55:48,007 PREFILING REFERRAL PROJECT WITH 2985 01:55:48,007 --> 01:55:50,243 THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. I 2986 01:55:50,243 --> 01:55:52,712 WANT TO STOP AND SAY THE 2987 01:55:52,712 --> 01:55:54,080 ORDINANCE FOLKISHES ON THE ROLE 2988 01:55:54,080 --> 01:55:56,182 OF POLICE, THIS IS A CRIME, 2989 01:55:56,182 --> 01:55:57,450 POLICE HAVE AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE 2990 01:55:57,450 --> 01:56:05,024 IT. THEY CAN MAKE ARRESTS AND 2991 01:56:05,024 --> 01:56:06,326 ALSO PROACTIVELY REFERISM WE CAN 2992 01:56:06,326 --> 01:56:07,560 ENGAGE THE PROBLEMS WITHOUT 2993 01:56:07,560 --> 01:56:08,227 POLICE BEING THE EXCLUSIVE FRONT 2994 01:56:08,227 --> 01:56:10,530 DOOR, AND LEAD IS A PART OF THAT 2995 01:56:10,530 --> 01:56:18,738 AS WELL. THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS 2996 01:56:18,738 --> 01:56:19,772 PRESENTATION FOCUSES ON. 2997 01:56:19,772 --> 01:56:21,207 COMMUNITY GROUPS, NEIGHBORS, 2998 01:56:21,207 --> 01:56:22,542 BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESS 2999 01:56:22,542 --> 01:56:24,978 IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATIONS, IN THE 3000 01:56:24,978 --> 01:56:29,749 U-DISTRICT, COUNCIL MEMBER 3001 01:56:29,749 --> 01:56:34,754 RIVERA, UNIVERSITY DISTRICT 3002 01:56:34,754 --> 01:56:37,824 PARTNERSHIP, THESE ORGANIZATIONS 3003 01:56:37,824 --> 01:56:38,624 HAVE PROVEN SKILLFUL IDENTIFYING 3004 01:56:38,624 --> 01:56:41,160 AND ARE ABLE TO MAKE REFERRALS 3005 01:56:41,160 --> 01:56:43,363 THAT ARE VERY APPROPRIATE TO 3006 01:56:43,363 --> 01:56:48,968 LEAD SERVICES WITHOUT HAVING TO 3007 01:56:48,968 --> 01:56:50,002 BURDEN THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE 3008 01:56:50,002 --> 01:56:51,170 SYSTEM. HOWEVER, THE THIRD ROUTE 3009 01:56:51,170 --> 01:56:53,039 INTO LEAD WAS ADDED IN 2020 3010 01:56:53,039 --> 01:56:57,844 BECAUSE SPD COULDN'T MAKE 3011 01:56:57,844 --> 01:56:59,812 REFERRALS AND THEY NEEDED TO GET 3012 01:56:59,812 --> 01:57:01,080 TO PEOPLE SOMEHOW SO OUR 3013 01:57:01,080 --> 01:57:03,750 PARTNERS COULD FIND THEM. I WANT 3014 01:57:03,750 --> 01:57:06,219 TO STRESS, THIS THIRD ROUTE INTO 3015 01:57:06,219 --> 01:57:07,387 LEAD HAS BEEN CONSTRAINED 3016 01:57:07,387 --> 01:57:09,622 HISTORICALLY BY THE FACT THAT WE 3017 01:57:09,622 --> 01:57:10,289 PRIORITIZE POLICE REFERRALS. WE 3018 01:57:10,289 --> 01:57:12,425 DON'T WANT LAW ENFORCEMENT TO 3019 01:57:12,425 --> 01:57:13,793 BE HOLDING SOMEBODY WHO, THE 3020 01:57:13,793 --> 01:57:15,261 RIGHT RESPONSE IS CONNECTING 3021 01:57:15,261 --> 01:57:16,829 THEM TO LONG-TERM CASE 3022 01:57:16,829 --> 01:57:17,897 MANAGEMENT IN A WARM HAND-OFF, 3023 01:57:17,897 --> 01:57:19,065 AND US SAYING WE CAN'T TAKE 3024 01:57:19,065 --> 01:57:25,037 THEM BECAUSE WE ARE TAKING 3025 01:57:25,037 --> 01:57:26,205 COMMUNITY REFERRALS. THIS IS 3026 01:57:26,205 --> 01:57:28,975 ALWAYS THE LAST UBSERVEDISM WE 3027 01:57:28,975 --> 01:57:32,678 NEVER DO COMMUNITY AWARENESS 3028 01:57:32,678 --> 01:57:33,546 PROMOTION CAMPAIGNS ABOUT THIS. 3029 01:57:33,546 --> 01:57:35,681 IF WE DID, WE WOULD BE SWAMPED 3030 01:57:35,681 --> 01:57:36,816 BY MUCH, MUCH MORE DEMAND THAN 3031 01:57:36,816 --> 01:57:42,588 WE CAN TAKE. I THINK THIS IS 3032 01:57:42,588 --> 01:57:43,623 JUST A REMINDER THAT THIS 3033 01:57:43,623 --> 01:57:44,924 ORDINANCE PROVIDES FOR THE ROLE 3034 01:57:44,924 --> 01:57:45,858 OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, APPROPRIATE, 3035 01:57:45,858 --> 01:57:46,592 LEGITIMATE ROLE OF LAW 3036 01:57:46,592 --> 01:57:48,194 ENFORCEMENT, AND IT IS NOT THE 3037 01:57:48,194 --> 01:57:50,129 ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN FIND AND 3038 01:57:50,129 --> 01:57:52,498 SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS, IF WE 3039 01:57:52,498 --> 01:57:54,667 WANTED TO BULK UP THESE 3040 01:57:54,667 --> 01:57:57,170 STRATEGIES TO MATCH THE ABILITY 3041 01:57:57,170 --> 01:58:02,575 OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO 3042 01:58:02,575 --> 01:58:05,978 IDENTIFY THEM. NEXT SLIDE. 3043 01:58:05,978 --> 01:58:06,746 SOMEONE, COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA, 3044 01:58:06,746 --> 01:58:08,314 ASKED FOR GEOGRAPHIC DATA AND WE 3045 01:58:08,314 --> 01:58:10,149 ALL KIND OF LAUGHED, WE WEREN'T 3046 01:58:10,149 --> 01:58:10,716 SURE WHETHER TO INCLUDE THE 3047 01:58:10,716 --> 01:58:14,520 SLIDE, BUT NOW I AM GLAD THAT WE 3048 01:58:14,520 --> 01:58:19,959 DID. YOU CAN SEE THE PRECINCT 3049 01:58:19,959 --> 01:58:24,263 BREAKDOWN, AND, INDEED, THE 3050 01:58:24,263 --> 01:58:25,498 PRECINCT CONCENTRATION HAS 3051 01:58:25,498 --> 01:58:28,968 BETWEEN SWUNG BETWEEN EAST AND 3052 01:58:28,968 --> 01:58:30,636 WEST, BECAUSE OF PRECINCT LEAD 3053 01:58:30,636 --> 01:58:32,205 LEVEL LEADERSHIP, THOSE WHO 3054 01:58:32,205 --> 01:58:34,273 UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE THE 3055 01:58:34,273 --> 01:58:38,344 PROGRAM AND ARE WELL, SORT OF 3056 01:58:38,344 --> 01:58:41,347 ADAPTED TO PROVIDING THAT 3057 01:58:41,347 --> 01:58:43,115 GUIDANCE, GOING FORWARD WITH 3058 01:58:43,115 --> 01:58:45,318 PRECINCT LEVEL ROLL CALLS AND 3059 01:58:45,318 --> 01:58:46,786 THE DEPARTMENT WIDE E-LEARNING, 3060 01:58:46,786 --> 01:58:49,555 I THINK WE WILL SEE GREATER 3061 01:58:49,555 --> 01:58:50,056 UTILIZATION FROM OTHER 3062 01:58:50,056 --> 01:58:50,857 PRECINCTS, NOT JUST CONCENTRATED 3063 01:58:50,857 --> 01:58:53,526 IN EAST AND WEST, BUT MOST OF 3064 01:58:53,526 --> 01:58:54,894 THE HOT SPOTS YOU HAVE DISCUSSED 3065 01:58:54,894 --> 01:58:56,362 ARE NOW IN THE WEST PRECINCT NOW 3066 01:58:56,362 --> 01:58:58,397 THAT ALL OF THE CID IS INCLUDED 3067 01:58:58,397 --> 01:59:01,434 IN WEST, AND SO YOU SEE A SORT 3068 01:59:01,434 --> 01:59:04,770 OF, THE PROFILE THAT YOU MIGHT 3069 01:59:04,770 --> 01:59:05,338 EXPECT HERE. 3070 01:59:05,338 --> 01:59:09,942 >> FOR THE QUICK NOTICE, FOR THE 3071 01:59:09,942 --> 01:59:10,743 PUB PUBLIC, WEST PRECINCT 3072 01:59:10,743 --> 01:59:11,777 INCLUDES DISTRICT SEVEN, BUT 3073 01:59:11,777 --> 01:59:13,446 ALSO PARTS OF DISTRICT ONE AND 3074 01:59:13,446 --> 01:59:13,646 TWO. 3075 01:59:13,646 --> 01:59:14,313 >> YEAH. 3076 01:59:14,313 --> 01:59:17,917 >> SO THIS IS NOT-- THE PRECINCT 3077 01:59:17,917 --> 01:59:20,453 BREAKDOWN DOESN'T NECESSARILY 3078 01:59:20,453 --> 01:59:22,355 MATCH OUR DISTRICT BREAKDOWN. 3079 01:59:22,355 --> 01:59:25,758 JUST TO MAKE THAT POINT. THANK 3080 01:59:25,758 --> 01:59:26,158 YOU. CONTINUE ON. 3081 01:59:26,158 --> 01:59:28,694 >> I JUST WANT TO STRESS, LEAD 3082 01:59:28,694 --> 01:59:31,597 IS NOT PDA. WE ARE A PROJECT 3083 01:59:31,597 --> 01:59:32,698 MANAGERS, AND, FRANKLY YOU COULD 3084 01:59:32,698 --> 01:59:34,033 FIRE US. THAT IS A FUNCTION THAT 3085 01:59:34,033 --> 01:59:35,701 NEEDS TO BE PLAYED BUT WE ARE 3086 01:59:35,701 --> 01:59:38,137 JUST A CONTRACTOR THAT PROVIDES 3087 01:59:38,137 --> 01:59:42,475 THAT FUNCTION. WE REPORT TO A 3088 01:59:42,475 --> 01:59:43,843 POLICY COORDINATING GROUP THAT 3089 01:59:43,843 --> 01:59:45,778 IS COMPOSED OF THE MAYOR, THIS 3090 01:59:45,778 --> 01:59:48,681 COUNCIL, THE CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC 3091 01:59:48,681 --> 01:59:50,950 SAFETY COMMITTEE, TRADITIONALLY 3092 01:59:50,950 --> 01:59:55,521 REPRESENTS THE COUNCIL, THAT IS 3093 01:59:55,521 --> 01:59:56,889 COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE. CHIEF 3094 01:59:56,889 --> 01:59:58,958 BARNS, CITY ATTORNEY, AND COUNTY 3095 01:59:58,958 --> 02:00:02,028 COUNTERPARTS, THE EXECUTIVE, THE 3096 02:00:02,028 --> 02:00:03,229 SHERIFF, THE KING COUNTY 3097 02:00:03,229 --> 02:00:05,298 PROSECUTOR, AND KING COUNTY 3098 02:00:05,298 --> 02:00:06,866 COUNCIL LAW AND JUSTICE CHAIR. 3099 02:00:06,866 --> 02:00:11,137 SO, WE REPORT TO THAT BODY, THAT 3100 02:00:11,137 --> 02:00:13,206 BODY SETS POLICY, I WANT TO 3101 02:00:13,206 --> 02:00:14,473 STRESS, ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT AT 3102 02:00:14,473 --> 02:00:17,176 THIS MOMENT, THE CITY OF SEATTLE 3103 02:00:17,176 --> 02:00:18,377 HAS AGGRESSIVELY AUDITED THE 3104 02:00:18,377 --> 02:00:19,845 CONTRACT FOR LEAD EVERY YEAR FOR 3105 02:00:19,845 --> 02:00:24,917 YEARS NOW, IT IS ONE OF THE 3106 02:00:24,917 --> 02:00:26,152 LARGER CONTRACTS THAT WAS IN HSD 3107 02:00:26,152 --> 02:00:29,755 UNTIL THIS YEAR, WE MOVED TO 3108 02:00:29,755 --> 02:00:32,425 CARE. THAT PAUDITING INCLUDES 3109 02:00:32,425 --> 02:00:34,694 RIGOROUS FINANCIAL PRACTICES 3110 02:00:34,694 --> 02:00:36,362 AUDITING, RIGOROUS CONTRACT 3111 02:00:36,362 --> 02:00:37,830 COMPLIANCE SITE VISIT, AND 3112 02:00:37,830 --> 02:00:40,266 LOOKING AT CLIENT FILES. IF YOU 3113 02:00:40,266 --> 02:00:41,534 ARE WONDERING, ARE YOUR AGENCIES 3114 02:00:41,534 --> 02:00:43,202 CONFIRMING THAT WORK IS BEING 3115 02:00:43,202 --> 02:00:44,403 DONE? THAT IS IT IS THE WORK 3116 02:00:44,403 --> 02:00:45,538 THAT YOU CONTRACTED FOR, AND 3117 02:00:45,538 --> 02:00:48,841 THAT STRONG FINANCIAL PRACTICES 3118 02:00:48,841 --> 02:00:50,476 ARE BEING USED? THE ANSWER IS 3119 02:00:50,476 --> 02:00:51,210 YES. NOT NECESSARILY A FUN 3120 02:00:51,210 --> 02:00:54,614 PROCESS, BUT IT ONE THAT WE NEED 3121 02:00:54,614 --> 02:00:56,549 TO BE GOING THROUGH AND THAT HAS 3122 02:00:56,549 --> 02:00:58,651 BEEN ONGOING FOR MANY YEARS NOW. 3123 02:00:58,651 --> 02:01:00,419 FINALLY, THE KING COUNTY 3124 02:01:00,419 --> 02:01:07,326 AUDITOR, AS YOU KNOW, IDENTIFIED 3125 02:01:07,326 --> 02:01:09,128 MANY COUNTY SIDE CONTRACTING 3126 02:01:09,128 --> 02:01:09,795 CHALLENGES. LEAD, THOUGH, WAS 3127 02:01:09,795 --> 02:01:11,163 INCLUDED IN 2022 KING COUNTY 3128 02:01:11,163 --> 02:01:14,967 AUDITOR REPORT ON THE DIVERSION 3129 02:01:14,967 --> 02:01:17,336 PROGRAMS AND CALLED OUT AS 3130 02:01:17,336 --> 02:01:18,904 UNIQUE AMONG THE COMMUNITY BASED 3131 02:01:18,904 --> 02:01:21,440 DIVERSION IN THE REGION FOR 3132 02:01:21,440 --> 02:01:22,975 RIGOROUSLY EVALUATED AND FOR ITS 3133 02:01:22,975 --> 02:01:27,046 ONGOING COMMITMENT TO RIGOROUS 3134 02:01:27,046 --> 02:01:32,451 USE OF DATA FOR ONGOING PROGRAM 3135 02:01:32,451 --> 02:01:34,253 EVOLUTION AND IMPROVEMENT. THAT, 3136 02:01:34,253 --> 02:01:36,288 I MEAN, WE, AS PROJECT 3137 02:01:36,288 --> 02:01:37,056 MANAGEMENT TEAM, WE EMBRACE 3138 02:01:37,056 --> 02:01:39,091 THAT, BUT THAT IS BECAUSE WE ARE 3139 02:01:39,091 --> 02:01:44,897 ACCOUNTABLE TO PUBLIC FUNDERS 3140 02:01:44,897 --> 02:01:46,298 THROUGH A FORMAL STRUCTURE OF 3141 02:01:46,298 --> 02:01:46,932 ACCOUNTABILITY, NEXT SLIDE. WE 3142 02:01:46,932 --> 02:01:54,874 HAVE ALLUDED TO ALL OF THESE, I 3143 02:01:54,874 --> 02:02:01,914 THINK YOU WILL SEE GREATER 3144 02:02:02,081 --> 02:02:07,186 DUE TO BE CAPACITY, FUNDING WAS 3145 02:02:07,186 --> 02:02:12,058 RECEIVED , WE SHOULD SEE AN 3146 02:02:12,058 --> 02:02:15,094 UPTICK IN REFERRALS. YOU KNOW, 3147 02:02:15,094 --> 02:02:19,598 YOU HAVE HEARD FROM SPD, THEIR 3148 02:02:19,598 --> 02:02:24,904 INTENT TO PROVIDE STRONG 3149 02:02:24,904 --> 02:02:35,214 GUIDANCE WHERE , 3150 02:02:41,420 --> 02:02:43,622 OFFICERS HAVE HAD TO RELY ON 3151 02:02:43,622 --> 02:02:47,693 MEMORY OR ANALOG KNOWLEDGE, WHEN 3152 02:02:47,693 --> 02:02:49,228 THEY ARE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET 3153 02:02:49,228 --> 02:02:53,332 AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO LEAVE 3154 02:02:53,332 --> 02:02:57,903 TWO YEARS AGO, THEY CAN FIND 3155 02:02:57,903 --> 02:02:59,405 THAT OUT BUT THEY DID NOT HAVE 3156 02:02:59,405 --> 02:03:00,406 THAT INFORMATION AT THEIR 3157 02:03:00,406 --> 02:03:03,175 FINGERTIPS. THAT HAS NOW CHANGED 3158 02:03:03,175 --> 02:03:08,080 , INTEGRATED INTO SPD'S OWN 3159 02:03:08,080 --> 02:03:10,416 BUSINESS SYSTEMS AND INFORMATION 3160 02:03:10,416 --> 02:03:18,390 SYSTEMS , THEIR CURRENT LEAD 3161 02:03:18,390 --> 02:03:20,326 STATUS POPS UP THAT THAT A 3162 02:03:20,326 --> 02:03:26,332 PERSON , THEY ARE STILL ACTIVE, 3163 02:03:26,332 --> 02:03:28,000 IF NOT, THAT INFORMATION WILL BE 3164 02:03:28,000 --> 02:03:31,971 AVAILABLE TO OFFICERS. THERE IS 3165 02:03:31,971 --> 02:03:33,038 RECOGNITION OF THE STATUS OF THE 3166 02:03:33,038 --> 02:03:35,141 PERSON. THE FRONT DOOR IS JUST 3167 02:03:35,141 --> 02:03:39,779 THE FRONT DOOR, IT IS A 3168 02:03:39,779 --> 02:03:40,312 LONG-TERM CASE MANAGEMENT 3169 02:03:40,312 --> 02:03:41,881 FRAMEWORK. RECOVERY FROM SEVERE 3170 02:03:41,881 --> 02:03:45,951 SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER IS 3171 02:03:45,951 --> 02:03:49,488 PROTRACTED AND IT IS NONLINEAR, 3172 02:03:49,488 --> 02:03:51,857 IT ALLOWS THOSE WHO ARE HAVING 3173 02:03:51,857 --> 02:03:55,427 ONGOING WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS 3174 02:03:55,427 --> 02:03:59,198 TO HAVE MORE THAN THEY WOULD, 3175 02:03:59,198 --> 02:04:04,470 UNDER THE , TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS 3176 02:04:04,470 --> 02:04:11,277 THAT IN REAL TIME PHASE TWO, 3177 02:04:11,277 --> 02:04:12,812 THERE WILL BE TWO WAY 3178 02:04:12,812 --> 02:04:17,316 INTEGRATION AND PHASE THREE IS 3179 02:04:17,316 --> 02:04:19,285 EXPECTED IN 2027. WE ARE ALREADY 3180 02:04:19,285 --> 02:04:21,020 IN A VERY DIFFERENT AND MUCH 3181 02:04:21,020 --> 02:04:22,588 -BETTER PLACED IN THE PAST 3182 02:04:22,588 --> 02:04:25,558 YEARS. I WILL QUICKLY TURN IT 3183 02:04:25,558 --> 02:04:27,092 OVER TO SAM WHO HAS A STUDY OF 3184 02:04:27,092 --> 02:04:28,461 HOW THE COHORT THAT CAME IN 3185 02:04:28,461 --> 02:04:33,699 SINCE OCTOBER, 2023 , HAS BEEN 3186 02:04:33,699 --> 02:04:35,501 DOING IN THE KIND OF PROGRESS 3187 02:04:35,501 --> 02:04:40,406 YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED. 3188 02:04:40,406 --> 02:04:41,907 >> YES, IF YOU COULD STEP 3189 02:04:41,907 --> 02:04:43,042 THROUGH THAT VERY QUICKLY AND BY 3190 02:04:43,042 --> 02:04:44,877 THE WAY, I WANT TO NOTE, THE 3191 02:04:44,877 --> 02:04:45,678 ISSUES WITH BUDGETING ARE ALSO 3192 02:04:45,678 --> 02:04:46,812 RELATED TO STATE FUNDING WHICH 3193 02:04:46,812 --> 02:04:47,746 IS ANOTHER SUBJECT, BUT I 3194 02:04:47,746 --> 02:04:49,615 BELIEVE WE ARE NOW RIGHT SIZED 3195 02:04:49,615 --> 02:04:54,119 AND SO FORTH, REALLY QUICK , SO 3196 02:04:54,119 --> 02:04:59,825 THAT WE CAN GET TO QUESTIONS. IT 3197 02:04:59,825 --> 02:05:01,260 IS IMPORTANT TO GET IT INTO THE 3198 02:05:01,260 --> 02:05:02,328 RECORD THAT WE HAVE THE NUMBERS 3199 02:05:02,328 --> 02:05:04,330 AND WE CAN ASK ALL THREE OF YOU 3200 02:05:04,330 --> 02:05:05,497 QUESTIONS. OKAY, GO. 3201 02:05:05,497 --> 02:05:13,072 >> THANK YOU , COUNCILOR. WE 3202 02:05:13,072 --> 02:05:14,306 HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE 3203 02:05:14,306 --> 02:05:15,074 IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ORDINANCE 3204 02:05:15,074 --> 02:05:16,575 BUT WE DID WANT TO TOUCH ON 3205 02:05:16,575 --> 02:05:17,743 OUTCOMES OF THE INDIVIDUALS 3206 02:05:17,743 --> 02:05:20,946 REFERRED. BRANDY SPOKE ABOUT IT 3207 02:05:20,946 --> 02:05:22,248 , I WANT TO PAUSE VERY BRIEFLY 3208 02:05:22,248 --> 02:05:24,049 TO CONTEXTUALIZE SOME OF THE 3209 02:05:24,049 --> 02:05:27,319 OUTCOMES, LEAD CLIENTS HAVE 3210 02:05:27,319 --> 02:05:29,688 COMPLEX SITUATIONS , AND THE 3211 02:05:29,688 --> 02:05:38,731 CRIMINAL SITUATION, HOSPITALS, 3212 02:05:38,731 --> 02:05:40,132 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND OF COURSE 3213 02:05:40,132 --> 02:05:40,799 SOCIAL SERVICES, LONG-TERM CASE 3214 02:05:40,799 --> 02:05:43,602 MANAGEMENT IS THE CRITICAL PIECE 3215 02:05:43,602 --> 02:05:45,938 OF HOW WE TEND TO THOSE COMPLEX 3216 02:05:45,938 --> 02:05:46,572 SITUATIONS, SUBSTANCE USE 3217 02:05:46,572 --> 02:05:47,673 DISORDER DOES NOT HAPPEN IN A 3218 02:05:47,673 --> 02:05:51,844 VACUUM, SO THE IDEA IS TO WEAVE 3219 02:05:51,844 --> 02:05:52,912 TOGETHER RESOURCES TO ADDRESS 3220 02:05:52,912 --> 02:05:54,246 UNMET NEEDS AND WORK TOWARD 3221 02:05:54,246 --> 02:05:57,182 BEHAVIOR CHANGE , IMPLEMENTING 3222 02:05:57,182 --> 02:06:02,187 PLANS VIA LONG-TERM CASE 3223 02:06:02,187 --> 02:06:02,955 MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT 3224 02:06:02,955 --> 02:06:03,622 SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY THAT ALIGNS 3225 02:06:03,622 --> 02:06:06,992 WITH THE FOUR PILLARS OF 3226 02:06:06,992 --> 02:06:08,761 RECOVERY. HEALTH, HOME, PURPOSE, 3227 02:06:08,761 --> 02:06:13,198 AND COMMUNITY. AND L.E.A.D. 3228 02:06:13,198 --> 02:06:18,070 MANAGEMENT HAS EMBEDDED FOR MANY 3229 02:06:18,070 --> 02:06:20,005 CLIENTS, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN 3230 02:06:20,005 --> 02:06:21,407 YEARS WITHOUT FORMAL SUPPORT IS 3231 02:06:21,407 --> 02:06:24,343 ITSELF A KEY PIECE OF THAT 3232 02:06:24,343 --> 02:06:32,051 COMMUNITY PILLAR. ON THE NEXT 3233 02:06:32,051 --> 02:06:33,385 SLIDE, GOING INTO THE DATA, WE 3234 02:06:33,385 --> 02:06:34,587 ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT, THERE 3235 02:06:34,587 --> 02:06:35,788 ARE TWO UNITS OF PROGRESS THAT 3236 02:06:35,788 --> 02:06:37,022 WE TRACK IN THE L.E.A.D. 3237 02:06:37,022 --> 02:06:37,990 PROGRAM. ON THE LEFT, 3238 02:06:37,990 --> 02:06:41,827 SUBSTANTIVE MEETINGS BETWEEN 3239 02:06:41,827 --> 02:06:44,330 LEAD CLIENTS AND CASE MANAGERS 3240 02:06:44,330 --> 02:06:44,964 WHERE THOSE INDIVIDUALIZED PLANS 3241 02:06:44,964 --> 02:06:49,468 ARE IDENTIFIED, ESSENTIALLY 3242 02:06:49,468 --> 02:06:51,804 THESE ARE WORK MEETINGS , NOT 3243 02:06:51,804 --> 02:06:55,374 JUST PASSING BY CONTACTS ON THE 3244 02:06:55,374 --> 02:07:04,383 STREET . IT IS NOT CLASHING ON 3245 02:07:04,383 --> 02:07:05,985 PAPER, THIS IS WHERE THE 3246 02:07:05,985 --> 02:07:06,752 EMOTIONAL INTERVIEWING HAPPENS, 3247 02:07:06,752 --> 02:07:07,920 SMALLER SUPPORTS AND CONNECTIONS 3248 02:07:07,920 --> 02:07:11,156 ARE MADE AND THIS IS REALLY 3249 02:07:11,156 --> 02:07:17,329 WHERE SOME OF THE CHANGE OCCURS, 3250 02:07:17,329 --> 02:07:18,631 GOING TO THE RIGHT, WE CALL THEM 3251 02:07:18,631 --> 02:07:19,865 ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WE ALSO CALL 3252 02:07:19,865 --> 02:07:22,434 SUBSTANTIVE MEETINGS THE 3253 02:07:22,434 --> 02:07:22,868 BUILDING BLOCKS OF 3254 02:07:22,868 --> 02:07:25,437 ACCOMPLISHMENTS . FORMAL 3255 02:07:25,437 --> 02:07:26,672 CONNECTIONS TO EXTERNAL 3256 02:07:26,672 --> 02:07:32,711 RESOURCES AND WE CALL THESE 3257 02:07:32,711 --> 02:07:34,046 OUTCOMES UNDER A NUMBER OF 3258 02:07:34,046 --> 02:07:38,884 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. FOR 3259 02:07:38,884 --> 02:07:40,219 EXAMPLE, IF SOMEONE HAS AN 3260 02:07:40,219 --> 02:07:41,320 OUTCOME UNDER THE SUBSTANCE USE 3261 02:07:41,320 --> 02:07:41,954 CATEGORY, WHAT THAT MEANS IS, 3262 02:07:41,954 --> 02:07:43,255 SOMEBODY ENROLLED IN OR FOLLOWED 3263 02:07:43,255 --> 02:07:47,292 UP ON ASSISTED TREATMENT , THEY 3264 02:07:47,292 --> 02:07:49,094 MAY HAVE THAT COMPLETED 3265 02:07:49,094 --> 02:07:51,830 OUTPATIENT TREATMENT. ANY NUMBER 3266 02:07:51,830 --> 02:07:56,435 OF THINGS. THEY ARE NOT 3267 02:07:56,435 --> 02:07:57,536 REFERRALS, THIS IS A FORMAL 3268 02:07:57,536 --> 02:07:58,170 CONNECTION WERE SOMEBODY 3269 02:07:58,170 --> 02:08:01,840 ENROLLED IN OR ENGAGED IN FORMAL 3270 02:08:01,840 --> 02:08:03,075 SERVICE, THE BUILDING BLOCK 3271 02:08:03,075 --> 02:08:07,613 RELATIONSHIP IS LITERAL, WE HAVE 3272 02:08:07,613 --> 02:08:08,580 EVALUATED IN A NUMBER OF TIMES 3273 02:08:08,580 --> 02:08:10,249 AND ONE OF OUR OUTCOME STUDIES, 3274 02:08:10,249 --> 02:08:14,353 OUR RESEARCHERS FOUND A 2% 3275 02:08:14,353 --> 02:08:15,120 INCREASE IN THE LIKELIHOOD OF 3276 02:08:15,120 --> 02:08:16,388 OBTAINING SHELTER AND A 5% 3277 02:08:16,388 --> 02:08:17,923 INCREASE IN THE LIKELIHOOD PER 3278 02:08:17,923 --> 02:08:21,093 CONTACT BETWEEN LEAD MANAGER AND 3279 02:08:21,093 --> 02:08:25,664 CLIENTS, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, 3280 02:08:25,664 --> 02:08:30,669 GETTING INTO OUR COHORTS, BUT WE 3281 02:08:30,669 --> 02:08:32,137 DID TO SHOW OUTCOMES, WE LOOKED 3282 02:08:32,137 --> 02:08:36,075 AT REFERRALS RECEIVED SINCE THE 3283 02:08:36,075 --> 02:08:38,510 ORDINANCE. OVER 1600 REFERRALS , 3284 02:08:38,510 --> 02:08:46,885 REFERRALS SINCE OCTOBER 20th, 3285 02:08:46,885 --> 02:08:48,487 2023 THROUGH THE END OF A VERY 3286 02:08:48,487 --> 02:08:50,289 2026. THIS IS ABOUT 60% LAW 3287 02:08:50,289 --> 02:08:51,924 ENFORCEMENT REFERRAL, OVER 1300 3288 02:08:51,924 --> 02:08:55,661 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS FROM 1600 3289 02:08:55,661 --> 02:08:57,229 REFERRALS, ABOUT 60% OF THESE 3290 02:08:57,229 --> 02:09:00,766 ARE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT. OF 3291 02:09:00,766 --> 02:09:01,400 THOSE, 667 INDIVIDUALS ENROLLED 3292 02:09:01,400 --> 02:09:07,606 IN L.E.A.D., 606 WERE ASSIGNED 3293 02:09:07,606 --> 02:09:10,542 TO REACH, THE SUBCONTRACTED 3294 02:09:10,542 --> 02:09:13,378 SERVICE PROVIDER, THE LARGEST 3295 02:09:13,378 --> 02:09:16,014 THAT WE HAVE IN OUR UMBRELLA. 3296 02:09:16,014 --> 02:09:21,053 AND THE COHORT IS ABOUT 75% 3297 02:09:21,053 --> 02:09:21,520 ORIGINATING FROM LAW 3298 02:09:21,520 --> 02:09:23,922 ENFORCEMENT. FOR THOSE 606 3299 02:09:23,922 --> 02:09:26,725 INDIVIDUALS, THIS TABLE PROVIDES 3300 02:09:26,725 --> 02:09:28,093 A BREAKDOWN OF PEOPLE WHO ENGAGE 3301 02:09:28,093 --> 02:09:31,130 BOTH WITH THE CASE MANAGERS TO 3302 02:09:31,130 --> 02:09:34,099 WORK TOWARDS GOALS AND THOSE WHO 3303 02:09:34,099 --> 02:09:35,400 HAD FORMAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS. ON 3304 02:09:35,400 --> 02:09:38,737 THE SUBSTANTIVE MEETINGS COLUMN, 3305 02:09:38,737 --> 02:09:41,907 THE RATE OF WORK IS VERY HIGH, 3306 02:09:41,907 --> 02:09:43,709 MOST ARE WORKING TOWARD MULTIPLE 3307 02:09:43,709 --> 02:09:46,812 GOALS, JUST WANTING TO 3308 02:09:46,812 --> 02:09:48,313 ACKNOWLEDGE AND NOTE THE SHEER 3309 02:09:48,313 --> 02:09:53,352 VOLUME OF WORK, WE HAD OVER 3310 02:09:53,352 --> 02:09:53,919 33,000 SUBSTANTIAL MEETINGS 3311 02:09:53,919 --> 02:09:55,921 ACROSS OUR SEATTLE PROGRAM IN 3312 02:09:55,921 --> 02:09:59,892 2025. ON THE RIGHT SIDE 3313 02:09:59,892 --> 02:10:02,961 ACCOMPLISHMENTS. QUICKLY NOTING 3314 02:10:02,961 --> 02:10:05,264 UP AT THE TOP, NEARLY EVERYBODY 3315 02:10:05,264 --> 02:10:08,967 THAT ENROLLED IN THIS COHORT HAD 3316 02:10:08,967 --> 02:10:10,736 A FORMAL ACCOMPLISHMENT 3317 02:10:10,736 --> 02:10:13,105 CONNECTION AND EXTERNAL 3318 02:10:13,105 --> 02:10:16,809 RESOURCES OF SOME SORT. WHAT 3319 02:10:16,809 --> 02:10:18,343 THIS TABLE DOES NOT DO VERY WELL 3320 02:10:18,343 --> 02:10:22,981 IS PARSE THROUGH THE INDIVIDUAL 3321 02:10:22,981 --> 02:10:24,983 CLIENTS, THIS IS A COHORT 3322 02:10:24,983 --> 02:10:27,853 REFERRED ACROSS ALMOST IN 2.5 3323 02:10:27,853 --> 02:10:32,124 -YEAR PERIOD OVER, 2023 THROUGH 3324 02:10:32,124 --> 02:10:33,826 THE BETTER PART OF Q1, 2026. 3325 02:10:33,826 --> 02:10:38,597 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WHAT WE 3326 02:10:38,597 --> 02:10:40,065 WANTED TO DO, WE WORKED WITH DR. 3327 02:10:40,065 --> 02:10:42,267 THOMAS WHO IS IN THE AUDIENCE 3328 02:10:42,267 --> 02:10:47,206 NOW TO RUN THE SAME DATA SET. 3329 02:10:47,206 --> 02:10:48,574 SORRY, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A 3330 02:10:48,574 --> 02:10:50,242 QUESTION. 3331 02:10:50,242 --> 02:10:52,110 >> I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHERE 3332 02:10:52,110 --> 02:10:54,079 HE WAS IN THE AUDIENCE. THANK 3333 02:10:54,079 --> 02:10:55,047 YOU. 3334 02:10:55,047 --> 02:11:00,252 >> DR. THOMAS HELPED US TO RUN 3335 02:11:00,252 --> 02:11:06,758 THE SAME DATA SET, THAT COHORT 3336 02:11:06,758 --> 02:11:07,492 OF 606 INDIVIDUALS, THROUGH A 3337 02:11:07,492 --> 02:11:08,660 SERIES OF PROGRESSIONS. WHAT WE 3338 02:11:08,660 --> 02:11:10,762 SAW WAS THAT THE NUMBER OF DAYS 3339 02:11:10,762 --> 02:11:12,397 WAS THE SINGLE STRONGEST 3340 02:11:12,397 --> 02:11:15,367 PREDICTOR OF ACHIEVING OUTCOMES. 3341 02:11:15,367 --> 02:11:22,174 FOR EXAMPLE , THESE THREE BAR 3342 02:11:22,174 --> 02:11:23,208 GRAPHS, EACH REPRESENT DIFFERENT 3343 02:11:23,208 --> 02:11:24,076 CATEGORIES OF OUTCOMES. IF YOU 3344 02:11:24,076 --> 02:11:25,777 LOOK AT RECOVERY OR SUBSTANCE 3345 02:11:25,777 --> 02:11:27,446 USE DISORDER SUPPORTS , THIS IS 3346 02:11:27,446 --> 02:11:33,352 SAYING , CLIENTS THAT ENROLLED 3347 02:11:33,352 --> 02:11:37,256 IN L.E.A.D., WITH MORE TIME, THE 3348 02:11:37,256 --> 02:11:46,031 RATE OF ACHIEVEMENT RISES. AFTER 3349 02:11:46,031 --> 02:11:47,566 ONE YEAR, THE RATE RISES TO 3350 02:11:47,566 --> 02:11:48,834 ABOUT 44% AND AFTER TWO YEARS OF 3351 02:11:48,834 --> 02:11:49,501 EXPOSURE TO COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV 3352 02:11:49,501 --> 02:11:50,636 CASE MANAGEMENT, NEARLY 20% OF 3353 02:11:50,636 --> 02:11:52,104 CLIENTS HAVE ACHIEVED THESE 3354 02:11:52,104 --> 02:11:55,407 FORMAL TYPES , AND ROLLING, AND 3355 02:11:55,407 --> 02:11:58,110 ENGAGING WITH THESE EXTERNAL 3356 02:11:58,110 --> 02:11:59,378 RESOURCES. IN SHORT, ACROSS 3357 02:11:59,378 --> 02:12:00,979 DIFFERENT OUTCOME TYPE THE 3358 02:12:00,979 --> 02:12:03,181 PERCENTAGE OF L.E.A.D. CLIENTS 3359 02:12:03,181 --> 02:12:05,250 THAT CAN BE ACHIEVING OUTCOME 3360 02:12:05,250 --> 02:12:07,452 RISES THE LONGER THEY ARE 3361 02:12:07,452 --> 02:12:10,155 EXPOSED TO CASE MANAGEMENT, WE 3362 02:12:10,155 --> 02:12:13,692 CAN ALSO SEE CHANGE WITH ACCESS 3363 02:12:13,692 --> 02:12:21,266 TO DIFFERENT RESOURCES. MANY OF 3364 02:12:21,266 --> 02:12:22,334 THE PUBLIC COMMENTERS WERE 3365 02:12:22,334 --> 02:12:23,001 TALKING ABOUT LITTLE SAIGON. WE 3366 02:12:23,001 --> 02:12:24,336 HAVE BEEN DOING SOME POST WORK 3367 02:12:24,336 --> 02:12:28,573 WITH THE AMBASSADOR TEAM, FOR 3368 02:12:28,573 --> 02:12:29,508 THE COMMITTEE WORKERS, AND IN 3369 02:12:29,508 --> 02:12:30,943 THE SUMMER OF 2025, WE HAD SORT 3370 02:12:30,943 --> 02:12:31,944 OF A SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT TO 3371 02:12:31,944 --> 02:12:33,378 UTILIZE CO-LEAD, TO WORK WITH A 3372 02:12:33,378 --> 02:12:34,479 COHORT FROM LITTLE SAIGON, 3373 02:12:34,479 --> 02:12:36,515 CO-LEAD IS ESSENTIALLY LOHSE 3374 02:12:36,515 --> 02:12:40,352 BARRIER -- LOW BARRIER THAT 3375 02:12:40,352 --> 02:12:44,056 UTILIZES CASE MANAGEMENT ON-SITE 3376 02:12:44,056 --> 02:12:45,824 AS OPPOSED TO THIS COHORT WHICH 3377 02:12:45,824 --> 02:12:48,193 IS RECEIVING COHORT LEAD 3378 02:12:48,193 --> 02:12:49,328 MANAGEMENT. WE BROUGHT 41 3379 02:12:49,328 --> 02:12:55,233 INDIVIDUALS INTO LITTLE SAIGON, 3380 02:12:55,233 --> 02:12:55,934 PRIORITIZING PEOPLE BASED ON 3381 02:12:55,934 --> 02:12:56,868 HAVING VERY FREQUENT ENCOUNTERS 3382 02:12:56,868 --> 02:12:57,803 WITH AMBASSADOR TEAMS IN THE 3383 02:12:57,803 --> 02:12:59,338 AREAS. AS WELL AS PEOPLE 3384 02:12:59,338 --> 02:13:00,939 IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMUNITY OR 3385 02:13:00,939 --> 02:13:02,374 LAW ENFORCEMENT AS HAVING PUBLIC 3386 02:13:02,374 --> 02:13:03,942 SAFETY IMPACTS . FOR THIS 41 3387 02:13:03,942 --> 02:13:08,714 INDIVIDUALS , WHO ARE RECEIVING 3388 02:13:08,714 --> 02:13:09,748 NOT JUST CASE MANAGEMENT, BUT 3389 02:13:09,748 --> 02:13:11,817 HAVE SUPPORT SHELTER, WE SAW 95% 3390 02:13:11,817 --> 02:13:13,852 OF THEM ACHIEVING THESE FORMAL 3391 02:13:13,852 --> 02:13:19,458 OUTCOMES AND WE ALSO SAW OVER A 3392 02:13:19,458 --> 02:13:20,692 50% REDUCTION IN ENCOUNTERS WITH 3393 02:13:20,692 --> 02:13:23,128 AMBASSADORS, ALL OF THAT IS JUST 3394 02:13:23,128 --> 02:13:25,197 TO SAY ADDING MORE RESOURCES 3395 02:13:25,197 --> 02:13:30,569 ONTO THIS CAN VERY MUCH SPEED UP 3396 02:13:30,569 --> 02:13:31,870 THE RATE AT WHICH PEOPLE ARE 3397 02:13:31,870 --> 02:13:32,804 ABLE TO RECOVER FROM STRATEGIES. 3398 02:13:32,804 --> 02:13:34,473 ALL OF THE OUTCOMES SHARED HERE 3399 02:13:34,473 --> 02:13:37,075 TODAY REALLY DO MIRROR THE 3400 02:13:37,075 --> 02:13:39,678 EVALUATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE 3401 02:13:39,678 --> 02:13:41,813 OVER THE YEARS, 46% WERE MORE 3402 02:13:41,813 --> 02:13:47,352 LIKELY TO BE ON THE , 89% MORE 3403 02:13:47,352 --> 02:13:48,720 LIKELY TO BE IN PERMANENT 3404 02:13:48,720 --> 02:13:51,923 HOUSING, 58% LESS LIKELY TO 3405 02:13:51,923 --> 02:13:53,525 RECIDIVATE. THE KEY FOR ALL OF 3406 02:13:53,525 --> 02:13:57,195 THESE AND VALUATIONS, THAT HE 3407 02:13:57,195 --> 02:13:58,463 ARE TRACKED OVER THE PERIOD OF 3408 02:13:58,463 --> 02:13:59,998 MONTHS OR YEARS, THE CONSISTENT 3409 02:13:59,998 --> 02:14:03,802 AFFECT IS LONG-TERM CASE 3410 02:14:03,802 --> 02:14:05,103 MANAGEMENT, PLUS TIME, EQUALS 3411 02:14:05,103 --> 02:14:09,608 PROGRESS, I WILL END IT THERE, 3412 02:14:09,608 --> 02:14:11,109 THIS IS THE TYPE OF TAKE AWAY 3413 02:14:11,109 --> 02:14:12,344 THAT MAKES ME REALLY EXCITED 3414 02:14:12,344 --> 02:14:13,879 ABOUT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT MY 3415 02:14:13,879 --> 02:14:14,746 COLLEAGUES SHARED TODAY, 3416 02:14:14,746 --> 02:14:15,714 DATABASE INTEGRATION, THE 3417 02:14:15,714 --> 02:14:19,451 ABILITY TO TAKE MORE REFERRALS, 3418 02:14:19,451 --> 02:14:20,619 AND, OF COURSE, SITUATING CASE 3419 02:14:20,619 --> 02:14:25,190 MANAGERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SO 3420 02:14:25,190 --> 02:14:26,358 THEY CAN BETTER WRAP AROUND AND 3421 02:14:26,358 --> 02:14:28,293 COORDINATE AS THAT REDUCTION 3422 02:14:28,293 --> 02:14:29,694 HAPPENS, GETTING US CLOSER TO A 3423 02:14:29,694 --> 02:14:33,932 SYSTEM OF RESPONSE THAT MATCHES 3424 02:14:33,932 --> 02:14:35,534 THE COMPLEXITY OF THE BEHAVIORS 3425 02:14:35,534 --> 02:14:37,069 BEING RESPONDED TO. 3426 02:14:37,069 --> 02:14:39,304 >> I APPRECIATE THE AUDIT POINTS 3427 02:14:39,304 --> 02:14:42,774 BY THE WAY. WE ENCOUNTERED THIS 3428 02:14:42,774 --> 02:14:46,645 AGAIN OVER THE WEEKEND, IT IS SO 3429 02:14:46,645 --> 02:14:47,712 IMPORTANT, SO IMPORTANT. OKAY. 3430 02:14:47,712 --> 02:14:52,818 QUICKLY, THERE IS A QUESTION, WE 3431 02:14:52,818 --> 02:14:56,455 ARE TRYING TO WRAP UP BEFORE 3432 02:14:56,455 --> 02:14:59,758 NOON, JUST SLIGHTLY BEFORE. 3433 02:14:59,758 --> 02:15:04,162 >> I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE 3434 02:15:04,162 --> 02:15:05,063 AGAIN FOR SHARING INSIGHTS WITH 3435 02:15:05,063 --> 02:15:06,131 US TODAY, VERY, VERY HELPFUL, 3436 02:15:06,131 --> 02:15:07,666 AND VALUABLE, AND WE WANT TO 3437 02:15:07,666 --> 02:15:09,668 BRIEFLY COMMENT ON SOME SPECIFIC 3438 02:15:09,668 --> 02:15:12,003 PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE RECEIVED 3439 02:15:12,003 --> 02:15:14,506 EARLIER, IT HAS BEEN ON MY MIND 3440 02:15:14,506 --> 02:15:18,677 AND IN MY HEART AS WELL, WHAT WE 3441 02:15:18,677 --> 02:15:22,547 LEARNED FROM THAT IS THAT, ALL 3442 02:15:22,547 --> 02:15:26,718 OF THESE INTERRELATED CHALLENGES 3443 02:15:26,718 --> 02:15:29,287 , THEY ARE, SORT OF, THEY WORK 3444 02:15:29,287 --> 02:15:32,491 TOGETHER. AND THE SOLUTION LIES 3445 02:15:32,491 --> 02:15:37,596 IN ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM FROM A 3446 02:15:37,596 --> 02:15:40,131 MULTIFACETED, COMPREHENSIVE 3447 02:15:40,131 --> 02:15:43,668 APPROACH. FOR EXAMPLE, WE KNOW 3448 02:15:43,668 --> 02:15:44,503 THAT TO YOUR POINT EARLIER, 3449 02:15:44,503 --> 02:15:46,505 CHAIR, ONCE WE HAVE OPEN, 3450 02:15:46,505 --> 02:15:50,775 FLAGRANT DRUG USAGE, WE HAVE 3451 02:15:50,775 --> 02:15:53,178 PREDATORS WHO, AND TARGET PEOPLE 3452 02:15:53,178 --> 02:15:56,948 SUFFERING FROM THESE CRISES AND 3453 02:15:56,948 --> 02:16:00,785 CHALLENGES. SELL TO THEM, THEN 3454 02:16:00,785 --> 02:16:03,221 THERE IS A MARKET TO EARN MONEY 3455 02:16:03,221 --> 02:16:07,993 TO PURCHASE THESE ILLICIT 3456 02:16:07,993 --> 02:16:11,563 SUBSTANCES, AND THERE IS THE 3457 02:16:11,563 --> 02:16:12,631 ILLICIT GOODS MARKET RIGHT IN 3458 02:16:12,631 --> 02:16:17,369 THE SAME ECOSYSTEM SO I WANT TO 3459 02:16:17,369 --> 02:16:20,372 ADDRESS THE ILLICIT GOODS MARKET 3460 02:16:20,372 --> 02:16:21,640 AND WHY ISN'T THE CITY 3461 02:16:21,640 --> 02:16:26,411 ADDRESSING THAT, IN THE PUBLIC 3462 02:16:26,411 --> 02:16:27,979 RIGHTS OF WAY, I THINK THE 3463 02:16:27,979 --> 02:16:30,515 COMMENT WAS FIRST MADE BY SHARON 3464 02:16:30,515 --> 02:16:32,183 LEE FROM LEHIGH BUT THE SAME 3465 02:16:32,183 --> 02:16:35,387 UNDERLYING CONCEPT WAS REFLECTED 3466 02:16:35,387 --> 02:16:37,389 IN MULTIPLE COMMENTS I HEARD 3467 02:16:37,389 --> 02:16:38,390 TODAY, ABOUT THE UNPERMITTED 3468 02:16:38,390 --> 02:16:41,826 STREET BENDING, AND MERCHANDISE 3469 02:16:41,826 --> 02:16:46,731 BENDING. AND, OFTEN CASES, 3470 02:16:46,731 --> 02:16:49,668 STOLEN GOODS, KNOWN , 3471 02:16:49,668 --> 02:16:53,405 DOCUMENTED, STOLEN GOODS , I 3472 02:16:53,405 --> 02:16:54,239 WILL SHARE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN 3473 02:16:54,239 --> 02:17:00,545 DOING AND REMIND OF WHAT WE HAVE 3474 02:17:00,545 --> 02:17:01,680 BEEN DOING ON THIS COUNCIL TO 3475 02:17:01,680 --> 02:17:02,914 ADDRESS TODAY, LAST YEAR, IN THE 3476 02:17:02,914 --> 02:17:04,950 FALL BUDGET, THE FORMER 3477 02:17:04,950 --> 02:17:06,518 ADMINISTRATION PROPOSED $2.7 3478 02:17:06,518 --> 02:17:10,789 MILLION TO HIRE SIX NEW 3479 02:17:10,789 --> 02:17:13,858 INSPECTOR POSITIONS TO THE 3480 02:17:13,858 --> 02:17:15,860 STREET-USE INSPECTION TEAM 3481 02:17:15,860 --> 02:17:19,864 INCLUDING AN EXPANSION OF WHAT 3482 02:17:19,864 --> 02:17:21,199 IS KNOWN AS THE JOINT 3483 02:17:21,199 --> 02:17:25,003 ENFORCEMENT TEAM JET , ALMOST $3 3484 02:17:25,003 --> 02:17:27,172 MILLION WE FUNDED FOR ADDITIONAL 3485 02:17:27,172 --> 02:17:29,975 , TO BETTER CLAMPDOWN ON THIS 3486 02:17:29,975 --> 02:17:34,746 KIND OF BEHAVIOR, BY THE WAY, 3487 02:17:34,746 --> 02:17:39,851 LESS SO , WITH THE SALE OF 3488 02:17:39,851 --> 02:17:43,121 STOLEN GOODS BUT THE SALE OF 3489 02:17:43,121 --> 02:17:48,693 OTHER GOODS AND FOOD, IT IS 3490 02:17:48,693 --> 02:17:49,894 GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS 3491 02:17:49,894 --> 02:17:51,129 COMING TO A HEAD WITH THESE 3492 02:17:51,129 --> 02:17:52,364 VENDORS, LOCAL BUSINESSES, ET 3493 02:17:52,364 --> 02:18:00,071 CETERA, BUT WE FUNDED IT, IT WAS 3494 02:18:00,071 --> 02:18:00,972 INCLUDED IN THE FINAL ADOPTED 3495 02:18:00,972 --> 02:18:01,806 BUDGET, ALMOST $3 MILLION TO 3496 02:18:01,806 --> 02:18:02,841 HIRE PEOPLE TO BETTER ENFORCE 3497 02:18:02,841 --> 02:18:04,209 IT, THE SECOND THING THAT WE 3498 02:18:04,209 --> 02:18:05,410 DID, WAS WEAK, WE, WE, I 3499 02:18:05,410 --> 02:18:06,311 SPONSORED, SPONSORED BOTH OF 3500 02:18:06,311 --> 02:18:07,545 THESE THINGS, THE STATEMENT OF 3501 02:18:07,545 --> 02:18:10,649 LEGISLATIVE INTENT, CALLING FOR 3502 02:18:10,649 --> 02:18:13,385 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO LEAD AN 3503 02:18:13,385 --> 02:18:15,220 INTER-DEPARTMENT REVIEW AND 3504 02:18:15,220 --> 02:18:17,222 DEVISE AN ACTION PLAN TO BETTER 3505 02:18:17,222 --> 02:18:23,795 ADDRESS UNPERMITTED FOOD AND 3506 02:18:23,795 --> 02:18:25,430 MERCHANDISE BENDING IN OUR CITY, 3507 02:18:25,430 --> 02:18:27,032 WE INTENTIONALLY SET A DUE DATE 3508 02:18:27,032 --> 02:18:29,334 OF APRIL 30th, JUST AHEAD OF 3509 02:18:29,334 --> 02:18:33,338 FIFA AND WE REFERENCED THE 3510 02:18:33,338 --> 02:18:34,339 COORDINATION AND IMPORTANCE OF 3511 02:18:34,339 --> 02:18:36,775 FIFA , THAT REPORT IS COMING 3512 02:18:36,775 --> 02:18:43,048 SOON . WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING 3513 02:18:43,048 --> 02:18:44,316 WHAT PLAN AND RECOMMENDATIONS 3514 02:18:44,316 --> 02:18:48,219 MIGHT BE IN THE EXECUTIVE REPORT 3515 02:18:48,219 --> 02:18:49,854 ON THAT. I WILL ALSO BE 3516 02:18:49,854 --> 02:18:53,958 PERSONALLY INVITING SDOT TO COME 3517 02:18:53,958 --> 02:18:55,994 PRESENT MORE ON THE STREET 3518 02:18:55,994 --> 02:18:58,596 PERMITTING AND ENFORCEMENT 3519 02:18:58,596 --> 02:19:00,699 ISSUES, INCLUDING PRESENTING ON 3520 02:19:00,699 --> 02:19:05,136 THE SLY , IN ONE OF MY FUTURE 3521 02:19:05,136 --> 02:19:06,571 COMMITTEES I SHARE, I HAVE READ 3522 02:19:06,571 --> 02:19:08,406 THE CODE, I THINK THE CODE IS 3523 02:19:08,406 --> 02:19:15,447 PERMISSIBLE CLEAR -- CLEAR ON 3524 02:19:15,447 --> 02:19:16,381 WHAT IS PERMISSIBLE, NOT 3525 02:19:16,381 --> 02:19:16,981 PERMISSIBLE, AUTHORIZE, NOT 3526 02:19:16,981 --> 02:19:18,650 AUTHORIZE, ONE OF THE KEY 3527 02:19:18,650 --> 02:19:20,685 CHALLENGES LIES WITH 3528 02:19:20,685 --> 02:19:22,520 IMPLEMENTATION, LIES WITH 3529 02:19:22,520 --> 02:19:27,759 EXECUTION AND WITH THESE LEGAL 3530 02:19:27,759 --> 02:19:30,395 REQUIREMENTS AND INVESTMENTS, WE 3531 02:19:30,395 --> 02:19:36,735 WILL BE TAKING THAT UP IN 3532 02:19:36,735 --> 02:19:37,435 COMMITTEE, VERY IMPORTANT 3533 02:19:37,435 --> 02:19:38,103 FEEDBACK. APPRECIATE THE 3534 02:19:38,103 --> 02:19:39,471 OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE AND 3535 02:19:39,471 --> 02:19:40,872 CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONVERSATION. 3536 02:19:40,872 --> 02:19:42,674 SPIRIT THANK YOU , VICE CHAIR. 3537 02:19:42,674 --> 02:19:46,411 >> WE ARE PUSHING ON THE 3538 02:19:46,411 --> 02:19:47,479 EXECUTIVE SIDE, ALL OF THE 3539 02:19:47,479 --> 02:19:49,147 DIFFERENT PIECES, TO INCLUDE 3540 02:19:49,147 --> 02:19:51,082 SDOT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SPD, 3541 02:19:51,082 --> 02:19:55,186 THE ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE TEASE 3542 02:19:55,186 --> 02:20:00,325 -- PIECE. COUNCILMEMBER? GO 3543 02:20:00,325 --> 02:20:02,026 AHEAD. 3544 02:20:02,026 --> 02:20:06,164 >> THANK YOU , THANK YOU FOR 3545 02:20:06,164 --> 02:20:07,899 BEING HERE FOR THIS PRESENTATION 3546 02:20:07,899 --> 02:20:11,669 , I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE AT A 3547 02:20:11,669 --> 02:20:14,939 LATER TIME ABOUT THE L.E.A.D. 3548 02:20:14,939 --> 02:20:18,109 RECOVERY SERVICE, WHAT KIND OF 3549 02:20:18,109 --> 02:20:21,479 PEOPLE ARE GETTING IT THROUGH 3550 02:20:21,479 --> 02:20:26,651 L.E.A.D. ? I APPRECIATE, IT CAN 3551 02:20:26,651 --> 02:20:28,253 TAKE UP TO TWO YEARS TO GET 3552 02:20:28,253 --> 02:20:29,521 SOMEONE TO ACCEPT SERVICES AND 3553 02:20:29,521 --> 02:20:34,726 GET TO A PATH OF RECOVERY AND OF 3554 02:20:34,726 --> 02:20:35,960 COURSE, RECOVERY IS A LIFELONG 3555 02:20:35,960 --> 02:20:37,829 JOURNEY. AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW 3556 02:20:37,829 --> 02:20:39,898 AND APPRECIATE AND UNDERSTAND 3557 02:20:39,898 --> 02:20:43,568 IT. AND , AT THE SAME TIME , YOU 3558 02:20:43,568 --> 02:20:50,241 KNOW? THEY ARE A SMALL BUSINESS 3559 02:20:50,241 --> 02:20:53,011 , TAKING SOMEONE, TAKING TWO 3560 02:20:53,011 --> 02:20:57,882 YEARS TO HELP SOMEONE, NOT 3561 02:20:57,882 --> 02:21:00,084 HELPING THAT SMALL BUSINESS BE 3562 02:21:00,084 --> 02:21:03,888 ABLE TO STAY IN BUSINESS AND 3563 02:21:03,888 --> 02:21:06,991 STAY OPEN. BOTH THOSE THINGS 3564 02:21:06,991 --> 02:21:11,362 COEXIST AND THEY ARE TRUE, OUR 3565 02:21:11,362 --> 02:21:13,665 RESPONSIBILITY IS TO FIGURE OUT, 3566 02:21:13,665 --> 02:21:16,801 WHERE ARE THE LEVERS THAT WE CAN 3567 02:21:16,801 --> 02:21:20,271 TWEAK LEGISLATIVELY? TO BOTH 3568 02:21:20,271 --> 02:21:26,544 CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK OF 3569 02:21:26,544 --> 02:21:27,645 HELPING PEOPLE GET TREATMENT, I 3570 02:21:27,645 --> 02:21:28,880 DON'T THINK THAT IS OPEN TO ONE 3571 02:21:28,880 --> 02:21:31,282 PERSON IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE, 3572 02:21:31,282 --> 02:21:36,287 FENTANYL IS A DRUG UNLIKE WE 3573 02:21:36,287 --> 02:21:37,422 HAVE EVER SEEN AND WE ARE NOT 3574 02:21:37,422 --> 02:21:38,690 GETTING OUT OF IT BY TELLING 3575 02:21:38,690 --> 02:21:41,092 PEOPLE TO STOP. AT THE SAME 3576 02:21:41,092 --> 02:21:44,596 TIME, WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE 3577 02:21:44,596 --> 02:21:48,566 REALITY ON THE GROUND WITH OUR 3578 02:21:48,566 --> 02:21:50,168 BUSINESSES, NOT JUST BUSINESSES 3579 02:21:50,168 --> 02:21:52,003 NEAR THE SCHOOL , IN OUR PARKS 3580 02:21:52,003 --> 02:21:58,209 AND IN THE RIGHT OF WAYS , WE 3581 02:21:58,209 --> 02:21:59,644 NEED TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT 3582 02:21:59,644 --> 02:22:00,979 OUR KIDS, OUR FAMILIES, OUR 3583 02:22:00,979 --> 02:22:03,481 INDIVIDUALS, OUR RESIDENTS, ARE 3584 02:22:03,481 --> 02:22:05,750 LIVING IN A CITY THAT IS TAKING 3585 02:22:05,750 --> 02:22:08,453 SAFETY AND PUBLIC SAFETY 3586 02:22:08,453 --> 02:22:14,392 SERIOUSLY AND THAT THEY ARE 3587 02:22:14,392 --> 02:22:15,627 ACTUALLY TAKING ACTIONS TO 3588 02:22:15,627 --> 02:22:17,428 ENSURE THAT OUR CITY STREETS ARE 3589 02:22:17,428 --> 02:22:24,235 SAFE FOR FOLKS . SO, TO ME, YES, 3590 02:22:24,235 --> 02:22:27,272 THIS IS A CHALLENGE AND OVER THE 3591 02:22:27,272 --> 02:22:28,606 YEARS WE HAVE TAKEN DIFFERENT 3592 02:22:28,606 --> 02:22:30,375 APPROACHES AND LEGISLATIVELY 3593 02:22:30,375 --> 02:22:34,012 MADE TWEAKS TO GET SOMEWHERE, 3594 02:22:34,012 --> 02:22:36,915 CHAIR, AS YOU HAVE STATED 3595 02:22:36,915 --> 02:22:39,684 EARLIER , WE NEED TO LOOK AT 3596 02:22:39,684 --> 02:22:42,620 THIS PUBLIC POSSESSION LAW, DRUG 3597 02:22:42,620 --> 02:22:51,029 USE LAW, THAT IS WHY I WAS 3598 02:22:51,029 --> 02:22:52,163 ASKING YOU, CHIEF, OF WHAT WORK 3599 02:22:52,163 --> 02:22:53,598 CAN BE TWEAKED TO MAKE THAT 3600 02:22:53,598 --> 02:22:56,768 BETTER, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING 3601 02:22:56,768 --> 02:23:00,438 TO TALK ABOUT L.E.A.D. . AND THE 3602 02:23:00,438 --> 02:23:01,906 PROGRESS THAT YOU ARE MAKING 3603 02:23:01,906 --> 02:23:04,542 WITH L.E.A.D.. I APPRECIATE THAT 3604 02:23:04,542 --> 02:23:06,210 YOU STAYED. I DO NOT MEAN ANY 3605 02:23:06,210 --> 02:23:10,615 DISRESPECT . EVERYONE COMES TO 3606 02:23:10,615 --> 02:23:11,983 US AND SAYS, IF WE HAVE MORE 3607 02:23:11,983 --> 02:23:13,751 MONEY, IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT. 3608 02:23:13,751 --> 02:23:18,323 BUT I DO NOT THINK MORE MONEY IN 3609 02:23:18,323 --> 02:23:20,625 AND OF ITSELF, YOU KNOW, PDA 3610 02:23:20,625 --> 02:23:22,760 GETS $20 MILLION FROM THE CITY 3611 02:23:22,760 --> 02:23:25,697 AND THAT, THAT , NOT THAT YOU 3612 02:23:25,697 --> 02:23:30,768 SHOULDN'T , BUT WE HAVE A LOT 3613 02:23:30,768 --> 02:23:33,304 OF MONEY AND THAT IS JUST ONE 3614 02:23:33,304 --> 02:23:35,306 AREA WHERE WE PUT MONEY TO 3615 02:23:35,306 --> 02:23:38,910 ADDRESS THIS ISSUE . WE ARE IN A 3616 02:23:38,910 --> 02:23:42,780 BUDGET DEFICIT . ARE THERE OTHER 3617 02:23:42,780 --> 02:23:44,482 THINGS WE CAN DO TO ADDRESS THE 3618 02:23:44,482 --> 02:23:49,420 PROBLEM? THAT IS WHERE I AM AT, 3619 02:23:49,420 --> 02:23:52,090 WHAT CAN WE DO? NOTWITHSTANDING 3620 02:23:52,090 --> 02:23:56,761 PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO IT TO 3621 02:23:56,761 --> 02:23:57,795 ADDRESS THESE ISSUES, BECAUSE I 3622 02:23:57,795 --> 02:23:59,030 DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE MORE 3623 02:23:59,030 --> 02:24:00,631 MONEY THAT WE CAN PUT INTO IT 3624 02:24:00,631 --> 02:24:02,734 AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 3625 02:24:02,734 --> 02:24:04,602 MONEY THAT WE HAVE INVESTED INTO 3626 02:24:04,602 --> 02:24:08,639 IT IS WORKING FOR US, AS 3627 02:24:08,639 --> 02:24:10,508 ROBUSTLY AS POSSIBLE AND THAT 3628 02:24:10,508 --> 02:24:13,578 THE LAWS ARE WORKING IN A ROBUST 3629 02:24:13,578 --> 02:24:16,414 WAY. CHAIR, THERE IS SO MUCH TO 3630 02:24:16,414 --> 02:24:17,715 SAY BUT I WILL LEAVE IT HERE. 3631 02:24:17,715 --> 02:24:20,518 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SPR. 3632 02:24:20,518 --> 02:24:25,156 -- RIVERA. I WILL INVITE YOU TO 3633 02:24:25,156 --> 02:24:26,591 MAKE A STATEMENT. COUNCIL 3634 02:24:26,591 --> 02:24:26,824 MEMBER? 3635 02:24:26,824 --> 02:24:32,964 >> SO MUCH MORE TO DISCUSS. I 3636 02:24:32,964 --> 02:24:38,302 APPRECIATE, AGAIN, AS WE HEARD 3637 02:24:38,302 --> 02:24:39,504 IN THE QUESTION, THE COMMENTS, 3638 02:24:39,504 --> 02:24:40,838 THE DISCUSSION TODAY, I DO NOT 3639 02:24:40,838 --> 02:24:44,409 THINK THERE IS A ONE SIZE FITS 3640 02:24:44,409 --> 02:24:46,110 ALL APPROACH TO OUR SUBSTANCE 3641 02:24:46,110 --> 02:24:48,479 USE DISORDERS, I THINK , OFTEN 3642 02:24:48,479 --> 02:24:53,151 TIMES AND, CHAIR , YOU TALKED 3643 02:24:53,151 --> 02:24:54,952 ABOUT THIS MINDSET. LET US JUST 3644 02:24:54,952 --> 02:24:59,624 ARREST OUR WAY OUT OF IT, I 3645 02:24:59,624 --> 02:25:08,533 DON'T THINK THAT WILL SOLVE IT, 3646 02:25:08,533 --> 02:25:09,734 I DON'T THINK WE CAN SAY 3647 02:25:09,734 --> 02:25:10,701 DIVERSION WITHOUT ANY POLICE 3648 02:25:10,701 --> 02:25:11,969 ACTIVITY AND I THINK THERE IS A 3649 02:25:11,969 --> 02:25:13,538 ROLE AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE 3650 02:25:13,538 --> 02:25:14,839 BALANCE AND WHETHER WE ARE DOING 3651 02:25:14,839 --> 02:25:15,707 THE RIGHT APPROACH, I THINK 3652 02:25:15,707 --> 02:25:16,441 THERE IS ALWAYS IMPROVEMENT. 3653 02:25:16,441 --> 02:25:17,642 THERE IS A BIG QUESTION ABOUT 3654 02:25:17,642 --> 02:25:19,177 RESOURCES, IN MY MIND I TAKE A 3655 02:25:19,177 --> 02:25:20,044 DIFFERENT APPROACH. I DO BELIEVE 3656 02:25:20,044 --> 02:25:21,045 THAT ADDITIONAL RESEARCH IS VERY 3657 02:25:21,045 --> 02:25:22,647 MUCH NEEDED. I THINK IT IS BEING 3658 02:25:22,647 --> 02:25:28,486 WELL SPENT ON L.E.A.D. AND I AM 3659 02:25:28,486 --> 02:25:30,721 CONCERNED ABOUT THE MANY MANY 3660 02:25:30,721 --> 02:25:34,092 MILLIONS OUR BUSINESSES AND 3661 02:25:34,092 --> 02:25:35,259 NEIGHBORHOODS ARE SPENDING ON 3662 02:25:35,259 --> 02:25:37,328 THINGS LIKE PRIVATE SECURITY. I 3663 02:25:37,328 --> 02:25:40,398 THINK WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY ROOM 3664 02:25:40,398 --> 02:25:41,733 , A REACTIVE APPROACH, INSTEAD 3665 02:25:41,733 --> 02:25:46,437 OF A PROACTIVE APPROACH, ALL THE 3666 02:25:46,437 --> 02:25:47,605 MONEY WE ARE SPENDING ON 3667 02:25:47,605 --> 02:25:52,243 SECURITY , BROKEN WINDOWS, AND 3668 02:25:52,243 --> 02:25:53,244 INSURANCE IS MONEY THAT COULD BE 3669 02:25:53,244 --> 02:25:55,113 BETTER SPENT BEING PROACTIVE. I 3670 02:25:55,113 --> 02:25:57,181 SAW THE SOUTH PRECINCT, NO LEAD 3671 02:25:57,181 --> 02:26:01,552 DIVERGENCE , IT INCLUDES 3672 02:26:01,552 --> 02:26:03,521 GEORGETOWN , AND JUST ANYTHING 3673 02:26:03,521 --> 02:26:08,493 WE CAN DO TO HAVE SOME DIVERSION 3674 02:26:08,493 --> 02:26:10,061 FROM THE SOUTH PRECINCT, NORTH 3675 02:26:10,061 --> 02:26:11,829 BEACON HILL , I WOULD APPRECIATE 3676 02:26:11,829 --> 02:26:16,367 IMPROVING SOME OF THOSE, THANK 3677 02:26:16,367 --> 02:26:16,567 YOU. 3678 02:26:16,567 --> 02:26:21,639 >> I SUSPECT THERE WILL BE MORE 3679 02:26:21,639 --> 02:26:23,274 IN THE FUTURE. I WANT TO THANK 3680 02:26:23,274 --> 02:26:25,176 EVERYONE AT THE TABLE, CENTRAL 3681 02:26:25,176 --> 02:26:30,681 STAFF, FROM SPD, FROM PDA, FROM 3682 02:26:30,681 --> 02:26:32,250 L.E.A.D.. I WANT TO THANK 3683 02:26:32,250 --> 02:26:34,252 EVERYONE IN CHAMBERS, FROM ALL 3684 02:26:34,252 --> 02:26:36,587 THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, IT 3685 02:26:36,587 --> 02:26:39,557 IS SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE YOUR 3686 02:26:39,557 --> 02:26:41,826 VOICE HEARD, BUT INCLUDING THE 3687 02:26:41,826 --> 02:26:46,063 PEOPLE WHO RUN THE SYSTEM , THE 3688 02:26:46,063 --> 02:26:50,501 AUDIBLE PIECES OF IT IS REALLY 3689 02:26:50,501 --> 02:26:54,472 IMPORTANT. BUT TO YOUR POINT, WE 3690 02:26:54,472 --> 02:26:58,176 NEED TO BE PROACTIVE AND NOT 3691 02:26:58,176 --> 02:26:58,843 REACTIVE. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE 3692 02:26:58,843 --> 02:27:01,312 THE PLAN AND THE PILLARS. THERE 3693 02:27:01,312 --> 02:27:08,519 ARE SO MANY PIECES. I WILL BE 3694 02:27:08,519 --> 02:27:09,520 WORKING, HAVE BEEN AND WILL BE 3695 02:27:09,520 --> 02:27:10,454 WORKING, WITH ALL THE 3696 02:27:10,454 --> 02:27:11,589 STAKEHOLDERS, TO WORK THOSE 3697 02:27:11,589 --> 02:27:15,359 PIECES. AND AT THE END OF THE 3698 02:27:15,359 --> 02:27:16,861 DAY, WE HAVE TO HAVE A MINDSET 3699 02:27:16,861 --> 02:27:17,895 WHERE WE ARE SETTING UP THE 3700 02:27:17,895 --> 02:27:19,630 PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE GROUND FOR 3701 02:27:19,630 --> 02:27:23,401 SUCCESS. AND WE HAVE TO HAVE 3702 02:27:23,401 --> 02:27:27,738 THAT MINDSET, WHETHER IT IS IN 3703 02:27:27,738 --> 02:27:29,740 SPD, OR OTHER ELEMENTS, PARTNERS 3704 02:27:29,740 --> 02:27:32,777 CONTRACTING IN , WE HAVE TO HAVE 3705 02:27:32,777 --> 02:27:38,950 A MINDSET OF SETTING UP FOR 3706 02:27:38,950 --> 02:27:40,318 SUCCESS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, 3707 02:27:40,318 --> 02:27:43,521 WE HAVE TO DO THAT, OTHERWISE, 3708 02:27:43,521 --> 02:27:45,223 THEY CAN ASK THE SAME QUESTION 3709 02:27:45,223 --> 02:27:47,024 WITH THE SAME RESULT . THAT IS 3710 02:27:47,024 --> 02:27:52,330 NOT AN OPTION. LET'S WORK 3711 02:27:52,330 --> 02:27:54,265 TOGETHER, PRESS FORWARD, I LOOK 3712 02:27:54,265 --> 02:27:55,633 FORWARD TO DOING SO. WITH THAT, 3713 02:27:55,633 --> 02:27:58,903 AT NOON, FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE 3714 02:27:58,903 --> 02:28:02,873 WE ADJOURN? NO, NO BUSI