>>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY, THANK
YOU FOR TUNING IN TO THE SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE.
WE BEGIN WITH A MORNING SESSION
AND THEN IN AFTERNOON SESSION.
MORNING SESSION WILL FOCUS ON
THE SPD BUDGET INQUEST WE LOST
A FEW WEEKS AGO.
THE SECOND SESSION AT 2:00 P.M.
WILL FOCUS ON THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE PRESENTATION OF THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED 2020
REBALANCING PACKAGE.
AT 4:00 P.M.
WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS WILL ALLOW FOLKS TO HAVE
AMPLE TIME TO PARTICIPAE IN
OUR PUBLIC PROCESS WHO MIGHT
NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE
DURING THE DAYTIME DUE TO
SCHEDULES AND CONFLICTS.
YOU'RE GOING TO PUBLIC COMMENT
RIGHT NOW AT 10:00 A.M.
AND THEN WE WILL NOT HAVE A
2:00 P.M.
PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE WE WILL
HAVE IT AT 4:00.
FOR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES IF YOU
ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
PUBLIC HEARING THAT IS GREAT.
WE UNDERSTAND AS IT GETS INTO
THE EVENING HOURS MANY PEOPLE
ALSO HAVE CONFLICTS AS WELL SO
WE WELCOME ANYONE WHO'S ABLE TO
JOIN US AND IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE
TO IT WILL BE RECORDED ON THE
WEB.
IT STARTS AT 4:00 TODAY.
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTIONS IT IS
ADOPTED.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
AND I ASK EVERYONE BE PATIENT
AS WE CONTINUE TO OPERATE WITH
THE NEW SYSTEM IN REAL TIME.
WE LOOK FOR WAYS TO FINE-TUNE
THE PROCESS AND IN DOING SO WE
ARE ADJUSTING TIMES.
WE WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR
INDIVIDUALS TO SPEAK AND I
BELIEVE, LOOKING AT THE LIST OF
FOLKS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO
SPEAK, WE SHOULD GET THROUGH
EVERYONE THIS MORNING WITHIN
ABOUT ONE HALF HOUR TIME PERIOD.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE
DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS.
10 A.M.
RIGHT NOW AND THOSE WHO WOULD
LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
PUBLIC HEARING WILL PARTICIPATE
AT 4:00 P.M.
THE ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THE
4:00 P.M.
OPEN HEARING OPENS AT 2:00 P.M.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE PUBLIC
COMMENT FOR THE NEXT HALF AN
HOUR AND ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK.
I WILL CALL AND THREE SPEAKERS
AT A TIME IN THE ORDER IN WHICH
THEY HAVE SIGNED UP WITH
PREFERENCE GIVEN TO SEATTLE
RESIDENTS AND IF TIME PERMITS,
THE REMAINING SPEAKERS.
IF YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED AND
WOULD LIKE TO YOU ARE WELCOME
TO DO SO BY GOING TO OUR
WEBSITE.
THE COUNCIL LINK IS PUBLISHED
ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
WHEN I CALLED THE SPEAKERS
NAMES THE STAFF WILL UNMUTE THE
MICROPHONE AND AUTOMATIC PROMPT
WILL BE YOUR CUE TO BEGIN
SPEAKING.
AFTER YOU BEGIN TO SPEAK YOU
WILL HEAR A 10 SECONDS WHEN YOU
HAVE A ADDITIONAL, YOU WILL
HAVE 10 SECONDS ADDITIONAL
TIME, WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS AND
MAKE SURE YOU GET THE LAST WORD
IN SO THAT YOUR COMMENTS ARE
NOT CUT OFF.
WHEN YOU COMPLETE YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENT WE ASK YOU DISCONNECT
FROM THE LIFE AND IF YOU PLAN
TO CONTINUE WATCHING YOU CAN DO
SO VIA OUR SEATTLE CHANNEL OR
OTHER OPTIONS.
IT IS NOW OPEN, IT IS 10:05.
WE WILL GO UNTIL 10:35.
THE FIRST PEOPLE. WELCOME.
>>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE ON
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE AND THANK
YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT ,
MORALES AND MOSQUEDA ,
ESPECIALLY THE MOVE PAST THE
FINISH LINE AND MANY ADVOCATES
AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO JUSTIFIED
RALLIES AND MARCHED TO MAKE
THIS HAPPEN.
THIS IS A MONUMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT
AND WILL MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE
IN MANY LIVES.
IN YOUR DISCUSSIONS TODAY I
URGE YOU TO REJECT AUSTERITY AND
NON-SPD BUDGET CUTS.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PAY FOR
THINGS WE NEED TO IF THE
POLITICAL WILL IS THERE.
IT WAS NOT ON MONDAY.
WITH SIMILAR ACTION BY COUNSEL
TO ALLOCATE AT LEAST HALF OF
THE SPD BUDGET WE CAN AVOID
CUTS IN OTHER AREAS.
ACTUALLY INCREASING PROGRAMS
THAT HELP COMMUNITIES THRIVE.
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE CAN BE
INVESTED INTO BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES AND THE COMMUNITY
BASED INVESTMENTS CALLED FOR IN
THE CENTRAL AREA HOUSING PLAN.
TO COMBAT RACISM, DISPLACEMENT
AND GENTRIFICATION.
THANK YOU.
>>> THANK YOU, JOSH, THE NEXT
THREE SPEAKERS ARE DEREK, TERESA
AND ANONYMOUS WHO WORKS WITH
THE HOMELESS.
WELCOME.
>>> I'M CALLING TODAY, MY NAME
IS DEREK.
I'M A RESIDENT OF GREEN LAKE IN
DISTRICT VI, I AM CALLING TODAY
IN SUPPORT OF THE DEMAND FOR
THE LOCAL UPRISING AND THE
CRIMINALIZE SEATTLE.
DEFINED E SPEEDY BY 50%.
EVEN IF YOU'VE BEEN USING YOUR
POSITION AS A COUNCIL MEMBER TO
PRAISE PROTESTERS OR CRITICIZE
SPD IF YOU HAVEN'T COMMITTED
YOURSELF TO DEFUNDING SPD BY AT
LEAST 50% YOU'RE NOT SUPPORTING
THE MOVE, YOU ARE OBSTRUCTING
A. PEOPLE ARE ON THE STREET
AMENDING PLATITUDES.
THEY WANT COMMITMENT,
ACCOUNTABILITY AND ACTION.
THE SECOND DEMAND IS INVEST THE
MONEY INTO BLACK AMENITIES.
TO LIFE SEA LICE AND KING COUNTY
PUT FORTH A PLAN TO DO THIS.
COMMIT TO MAKING THIS PLAN A
REALITY.
INVESTMENTS THEY'VE LAID OUT
INCLUDE ONE TO REPLACE 911
OPERATIONS WITH THE ABILITY TO
CONTROL SYSTEMS, SCALE OF
COMMUNITY LED POLICING AND
HOUSING AND DROP ALL CHARGES
AGAINST ALL PROTESTERS KNOWN TO
THE CRIMINALIZE OR STANDING UP
FOR INJUSTICE.
NIKKI.
>>> NEXT WE HAVE TERESA, GOOD
MORNING.
>>> WE ARE ASKING, MY NAME IS
TERESA, THANK YOU FOR THE
PROGRESSIVE TAX AND YOUR
SUPPORT OF OUR TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES.
WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU USE SOME
OF THE COVID-19 FUNDING TO
BUILD MORE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
AS YOU KNOW THEY ARE A SOLUTION
TO HOMELESSNESS.
WE CAN BUILD THEM QUICKLY AND
THEY GIVE PEOPLE A PLACE TO
PAUSE, BREATHE, HEAL AND BEGIN
TAKING STEPS TOWARD A BETTER
LIFE AND PERMANENT HOUSING.
THANK YOU.
>>> THANK YOU.
ANONYMOUS.
WE STILL HAVE TERESA LIFE, IF
WE CAN GO TO ANONYMOUS?
THE NEXT THREE PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO BE ANONYMOUS, THEN JIM
CRIGGER AND WE WILL BE FREE.
ANONYMOUS?
>>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM SPEAKING ANONYMOUSLY
BECAUSE I DON'T EXPECT MY
EMPLOYER TO UNDERSTAND THE
POSITION. I SUPPORT THE CALL TO
DEFINED E SPEEDY BY 50%.
AND REINVEST IN REAL COMMUNITY
HEALTH AND SAFETY BECAUSE THEY
WORK WITH THE HOMELESS.
AND MY WORK CALLS THE POLICE
FOR CERTAIN LEVELS OF CONFLICT.
ONCE THERE WAS AN INCIDENT, MY
BOSS CALLED THEM, THE PERSON
DIDN'T STATE FOR THEM TO SHOW
UP AND THE POLICE ARRIVED AND
THEY QUESTION SOMEONE ELSE
SAYING HE TRIP THE DESCRIPTION
AND MULTIPLE PEOPLE SAID HE WAS
NOT INVOLVED AND THEY RAN HIS
INFO AND TOOK HIM IN ON A
COUPLE WARRANTS.
WHAT WAS HIS CRIME?
STANDING IN THE WINDOW?
IT DIDN'T UNDO WHAT THEY HAD
WARRANTS FOR, JUST INTERRUPTED
A NEW JOB AND JAILED HIM DURING
THE TIME HE WAS SUPPOSED TO GET
A KEY FOR A NEW APARTMENT AND
FORCED HIM INTO REHAB EVEN
THOUGH HE WAS NOT AN ACTIVE
USER.
I WISH WE DIDN'T CALL THE COPS
IN THE FIRST PLACE BECAUSE IT
DOESN'T ACTUALLY SOLVE THE
CONFLICT BETWEEN THE
úPARTICIPANTS.
I THINK MEDIATORS WOULD'VE BEEN
A BETTER CHOICE.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
>>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>>> GOOD MORNING, I'M A
CLINICAL PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC
HEALTH AND MEDICINE AT
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BEAR I
WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR
ITS RECENT PROGRESSIVE ACTIONS,
SPECIFICALLY JUMPSTARTING THE
TAX.
NOW THE BUDGET PROVIDES AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS ISSUES
AFFECTING THE COMMUNITY, POLICE
VIOLENCE AS A HEALTH AND
EQUITY.
WE NEED TO GET THE POLICE OFF
THE STREETS UNLESS THEIR
ABSOLUTE NEEDED TO DO NO HARM
AND REPLACE THEM WITH COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
AND COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS.
COMMON SENSE, COMMUNITY WISDOM
AND PUBLIC HEALTH EVIDENCE SHOW
THAT PUTTING HEALTH COMMUNITY
WORKERS AND PEACEKEEPERS AND
OTHERS IS EFFECTIVE WAY TO
ADDRESS IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF
PEOPLE AND CONNECT PEOPLE TO
LONGER-TERM SUPPORT.
WILL HELP THE COUNCIL TO DEFUND
THE COUNCIL BY 50%.
TO MILITARIZE THE POLICE AND
USE THIS INCREASED FUNDING FOR
COMMITTED HE LED EFFORTS AND
SAFETY AND HEALTH.
REPLACE THE CURRENT 911
OPERATION WITH THE CIVILIAN RUN
SYSTEM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
CONSIDERING THESE COMMENTS GOOD
LUCK WITH YOUR WORK.
>>> THANK YOU, WELCOME.
>>> HELLO.
YOU CAN CALL ME MR. BE FREE LIKE
THAT PROTESTERS SHOULD BE AND I
WANT TO ENCOURAGE COUNSEL TO
VOTE FOR THE PARTICIPANTS WERE
A BUDGET PROCESS PROPOSED BY TO
CRIMINALIZE SEATTLE TO DEFUND
THE POLICE.
AND INVEST IN AND BOLSTER
COMMUNITY OWNED, BUILT, BASED
AND CENTERED SOLUTIONS.
I HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF A TIME
WHERE AS AN EDUCATOR IN MAYNARD
BEACH I CALLED, WE HAD SOMEONE
CALL 911 FOR A MEDICAL SUPPORT
REQUEST BUT BECAUSE OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD INSTEAD OF SENDING
MEDICAL SUPPORT THEY SENT SEVEN
ARMED COPS.
I COMMUNITY DOES NOT FEEL SAFE
WITH POLICE PICKED WE DO NOT
WANT OR POLICE.
THAT COME IN ORDER FOR US AS A
PRESS PEOPLE TO BECOME PART OF
THE SOCIETY THAT IS MEANINGFUL
THE SYSTEM UNDER WHICH WE NOW
EXIST HAS TO BE RADICALLY
CHANGED.
IT MEANS FACING A SYSTEM THAT
IS NOT LETTING ITSELF TO YOUR
NEED BY CHANGING THE SYSTEM.
OF THE CITY PRETENDS TO CARE
ABOUT RACIAL EQUITY, BE
RADICAL, DEFUND THE POLICE, FOR
THE PROTESTERS AND LITTLE
PRISONERS.
>>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT THREE PEOPLE ARE
HENRIQUE, LAURA AND A LIAR.
>>> THANK YOU, REGARDLESS OF
WHERE WE STAND ABOUT HOW THE
POLICE NEED TO BE DEFUNDED I
THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT ANY
DEFUNDING EFFORT PRIMARILY NEED
TO TARGET THE OFFICERS WHO HAVE
BEEN FOUND TO ENGAGE IN THE
MISCONDUCT.
THE GOOD OFFICERS WHO HAVE A
CLEAN RECORD SHOULD BE THE ONE
WHO SUFFER LEAST.
FROM ANY DEFUNDING EFFORTS.
WHAT I MEAN BY THIS IS THAT THE
BEST WAY OF SAVING MONEY AND
DOING SO IN A JUST FASHION IS
BY LEVYING PENALTIES FOR
OFFICER MISCONDUCT.
FOR EXAMPLE, OFFICERS SHOULD
GET A 15% PAY CUT FOR THE YEAR
IF THEY VIOLATE THE POLICY.
VIOLATIONS THAT RESULT IN FIRING
OR IF THEY ARE CONVICTED OF A
VIOLENT, CRIMINAL OFFENSE
SHOULD RESULT IN THE LOSS OF AN
OFFICER'S PENSION.
IN ADDITION TO SAVING THE CITY
MONEY, THE STRATEGY WILL MAKE
THE BAD OFFICERS TAKE THE
CURRENT DISCIPLINARY PROCESS
MORE SERIOUSLY.
CURRENTLY THE POLICE DO NOT TAKE
THE DISCIPLINARY PROCESS
SERIOUSLY BECAUSE THE CONTRACT
GETS DIFFICULT TO LEVY ANY
PUNISHMENT FOR MISCONDUCT.
>> THANK YOU, YOU CAN SEND YOUR
COMMENTS AND WE WOULD WELCOME
THAT.
LAURA, WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY
COMMENTS.
AS EVIDENCED BY OTHERS THAT
HAVE SHARED, ESCALATION OF
VIOLENCE HAS HAPPENED AND
POLICE ARE CALLED TO INTERVENE.
WE KNOW THAT INCREMENTAL POLICE
REFORM HAS FAILED.
WE KNOW A BETTER SOLUTION WOULD
BE ADDRESSING UNDERLYING ACTORS
THAT CREATE THE SEAS IN THE
COMMUNITY SUCH AS POSSIBLY,
MENTAL HEALTH, INJURY, INTIMATE
PARTNER VIOLENCE AND
HOMELESSNESS.
WE CAN ENVISION A CITY WHERE
THERE IS A HOLISTIC MODEL OF
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY THAT
ACTUALLY KEEPS CITIZENS SAFE.
AS A TRAUMA THERAPIST IT IS
CLEAR THAT ASKING POLICE
OFFICERS WITHOUT SUFFICIENT
TRAINING TO RESPOND TO HIGH-
INTENSITY SITUATIONS PUTS
UNMANAGEABLE STRESS ON THEM AND
PUTS THEM TO RESPOND
REACTIVELY.
CONTRIBUTES TO ESCALATION,
CRIMINALIZATION OF MENTAL
INJURY AND POVERTY AND AS WE
KNOW THAT WILL COME THROUGH
THEIR ACTIONS.
DIVERSITY TRAINING AND THE
ESCALATION TRAINING WILL UNDO
WHITE SUPREMACY.
UNDER STRESS OUR NERVOUS SYSTEM
KICKS IN AND WE COME THROUGH
OUR MOST PRIMITIVE BELIEFS.
WE CAN DO BETTER, WE CAN EQUIP
RESPONDERS --
>> THANK YOU, IF YOU LIKE TO
SEND AN THE REST OF YOUR
COMMENTS THAT IS WELCOME.
AGAIN, BRIAN, ALI AND EVELYN,
WELCOME.
>>> THANK YOU.
I AM CALLING BECAUSE I BELIEVE
THAT 5% DEFUNDIG WAS NOT
ENOUGH.
THE CITY NEEDS TO DEFUND SPD BY
50% THEY LIKE MORE THAN 25
FUNDED DEPARTMENT COMBINED SO I
THINK THAT THE MONEY THAT WE
DEFUND SHOULD GO TO SOCIAL
SERVICES AND MORE COMMUNITY LED
WAYS OF APPROACHING VIOLENCE AND
THE DISPARATE WAYS THAT SOCIAL
THREATENING OUR BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
>> WE APPRECIATE THE TIME,
THANK YOU.
ALI?
>> GOOD MORNING.
I WILL MAKE IT REAL SHORT AND
SWEET.
I STAND WITH REALLY TRULY,
TRULY DO NOT BELIEVE CHANGE
WILL HAPPEN UNLESS WE TAKE AWAY
50% OF THE POLICE MONEY AND
REINVESTED IN COMMUNITIES.
THIS IS NOT A PUNISHMENT.
THIS IS THE REALITY OF WHERE WE
ARE AT.
THIS SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED
DECADES AGO.
UNFORTUNATELY IT DID NOT.
SO TAKING AWAY LAW
ENFORCEMENT'S RETIREMENT FUND,
THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER IS NOT
THE ANSWER.
IT IS TAKING AWAY 50% OF THAT
MONEY AND REINVESTING IT RIGHT
BACK IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
THERE ARE COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS.
PEOPLE HAVE TO BE OPEN TO IT.
WE HAVE TO START IMAGINING THE
WORLD WITHOUT ENFORCEMENT.
I WILL RESPECT FULLY RESPECT
THE TIME AND GIVE IT ON TO THE
NEXT PERSON.
>> EVELYN, WELCOME.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS EVELYN AND I AM
TESTIFYING ON BEHALF OF REAL
CHANGE ORGANIZING AND ADVOCACY.
I WOULD LIKE TO VOICE OUR
STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE
COMMUNITY LED PARTICIPATORY
BUDGET PROPOSAL THAT WILL BE
PUT FORTH BY THE DECRIMINALIZE
SEATTLE COALITION.
OF THE FOUR PARTS I WILL FOCUS
ON LAST WHICH IS USING PART OF
THE MONEY FROM DEFUNDING SPD TO
INVESTING SUSTAINABLE HOUSING
SOLUTION.
THE SHOULD INCLUDE INDIVIDUAL
HOUSING UNIT AS WELL AS TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES AND PUBLIC
HOUSING.
AN EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
BLACK LIVES MATTER MUST INVEST
IN BLACK FOLKS AND THE RIGHT
HOUSING. WE'VE BEEN IN THE
STATE OF EMERGENCY WITH RIGHT
HOUSING OF THE OF SEATTLE FOR
OVER FIVE YEARS AND WE SAW A
5% INCREASE IN THIS YEAR'S
COUNT.
IT'S TIME FOR SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL TO PARADISE TO PUBLIC
SAFETY.
START DECRIMINALIZING POVERTY
AND I HOPE OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS
WILL SUPPORT DEMANDS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, DEVON?
TALIAH?
AND MARANDA?
>>> HELLO, I'M FROM DISTRICT V.
I STAND WITH KING COUNTY EQUITY
IN EASTERN SEATTLE.
THE REALITY IS IN JUNE OVERTIME
THE POLICE HAD TO $2 MILLION
INCLUDING OVERTIME FOR 50 COPS
WENT TO SLEEP.
YOU SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE BEING HURT.
HOMELESS FOLKS DO NOT DESERVE
TO HAVE POLICE BRUTALITY IN THE
MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC.
ATTORNEYS ARE LOCKING PEOPLE UP
WITH CHARGES THAT THEY DROPPED
AT THE LAST POSSIBLE SECOND.
THIS PREVENTS PEOPLE FROM
BAILING THEM OUT AND WHOLESOME
FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
THIS IS CRIMINAL.
THEY'RE TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE
DOWN.
SEVEN WEEKS AGO THEY MURDERED A
BLACK PERSON AND NO LIKE
COMPLETELY DROPPED, THEY HAVE
NOT FOLLOWED UP WITH ANY SORT
OF LIKE INFORMATION REQUEST OR
ANY SORT OF REPORTING, ANY KIND
OF FILING.
IT HAS BEEN SEVEN WEEKS.
DEFUNDING SHOULD FIRE ALL POLICE
WITH BRUTALITY CHARGES INCLUDING
SENIORITY.
THIS IS A PROBLEM.
IF YOU JUST DEFUND THEM WITHOUT
TARGETING TO STOP THE BRUTALITY
IT FEELS.
>> THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
>> HELLO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME AND I WANT TO THANK THE
COUNCIL FOR FOCUSING ON THE
IMPORTANT ISSUE CONFRONTING OUR
CITY AND OUR NATION.
WITH REGARD TO POLICE
BRUTALITY.
I WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE MOVE
DELIBERATELY BUT ALSO VERY
THOUGHTFULLY.
THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT ISSUES
THAT INVOLVE PUBLIC SAFETY AND
AS WE RUSH TO LOOK AT WAYS TO
DEFUND THE POLICE WE MUST ALSO
LOOK AT WAYS TO MAKE OUR POLICE
STRONGER AND MORE COMMUNITY
ORIENTED.
THIS WOULD INCLUDE SOME ISSUES
THAT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE
SUPPORTED BY 50% CUTS.
POLICY ANALYSIS TAKES TIME AND
WE SHOULD LISTEN TO BLACK LAW
ENFORCEMENT ENTITIES AND
AGENCIES AND EXPERTS WHO MIGHT
HAVE WAYS THAT WE CAN BUILD OUR
POLICE INTO A MORE COMMUNITY
ORIENTED FORCE, FOCUSED ON
COMMUNITY LEASING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MARANDA, WELCOME.
>> HELLO.
, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
PROVIDER IN SEATTLE.
I'M A SUPPORTER OF DECRIMINALIZE
SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY EQUITY
NOW COALITION AND DEMANDS TO
THE BEST FROM SEATTLE PLEASE
APARTMENT BY 50% AND REINVESTED
COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS.
AS A PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
THAT SHOWS POLICE HARM PUBLIC
HEALTH. THEY DON'T HELP IT.
WHAT INCREASES PUBLIC HEALTH'S
SOCIAL CONNECTION AND COMMUNITY
DRIVEN INITIATIVE.
RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF
THIS FUTURE AND I URGE YOU TO
DO SO TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. HOWARD.
>> HELLO, THIS IS HOWARD.
FUNDAMENTAL TO REEVALUATING THE
POLICE DEFUNDING THE POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY AGENCIES.
THESE ACCOUNTABILITY AGENCIES
HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED TO
PROVIDE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ASK
VERTICAL QUESTIONS FOR EXAMPLE,
MOST RECENT MURDERS, BRIAN SMITH
AND THE UNNAMED AFRICAN-
AMERICAN KILLED BY THE SPD IN
MAY FURTHER, NONE OF THESE
PLEASE ACCOUNTABILITY AGENCIES
HAVE HELPED LOOK FORMS, MOST
NOTABLY THEY HAVE AVOIDED ANY
PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR OVER FIVE
YEARS.
HAVING STAFF IS NOT THE ANSWER
WE NEED.
WE NEED FULL ACCOUNTABILITY IN
ADDITION TO CUTTING THE POLICE
BUDGET.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, THAT'S WE ARE
ANDY, LYNN, MARCIA, I'M SORRY,
MARIAH MARSHALL AND ROBERT,
ANDY, WELCOME.
>> HELLO, I'M A RESIDENT OF
DISTRICT II.
A MEDICAL STUDENT AND GRADUATE
OF MASTERS OF PUBLIC HEALTH
PROBLEM IN SUPPORT OF THE
DEMANDS BROUGHT FORTH.
A COMMON RESPONSE TO DEFUNDING
THE POLICE IS WHAT IF WE DO,,
THERE ARE PROBLEMS OF
RELATIONSHIPS.
THE POLICE DON'T LITERALLY KILL
PEOPLE.
TO DESTROY TRUST AND
RELATIONSHIP THE SOCIETY.
I COMPLETED A COURSE ON
REPORTING THAT LINKS THE HEALTH
CARE SYSTEM TO POLICE.
EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT ABOUT 55%
OF WOMEN NOTED MANDATORY
REPORTING MAKES THEM LESS
LIKELY TO DISCLOSE ABUSE TO
A.ORDERS.
82% OF WOMEN SAID A REPORT MADE
THE SITUATION WORSE OR HAD NO
IMPACT.
INCARCERATION AND ISOLATION OF
PEOPLE WHO SEXUALLY ABUSE IS A
MAJOR FACTOR IN REOFFENDING AND
EXPOSES PEOPLE TO CITY TO
VIOLENCE, PAPER BREAK AND I
CAN'T HELP MY PATIENTS TO BE
HONEST BECAUSE THE POLICE ARE
LOOMING OVER US.
WE HAVE TO DEPRESS THE
PREVENTATIVE SERVICES, NOT
PHISH
>> THANK YOU.
FOLKS, I AM GOING TO TRY TO GET
US THROUGH THIS.
WE HAVE TO MY MINUTES OF PUBLIC
TESTIMONY.
I WILL GO TO 45 SECONDS TO TRY
TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE IN AS
POSSIBLE. I
TO MAKE SURE FOLKS ARE THAT.
MARIAH.
THANK YOU.
GO AHEAD.
>> THIS IS MARIA.
>> GO AHEAD, MY APOLOGIES.
>> THANK YOU.
I SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE.
I WOULD LIKE TO DRAW ATTENTION
TO THE MURDER OF SHELLEY LYLE
AND THE GENERATIONAL TRAUMA
THAT CAN BE CAUSED BY POLICE.
BY POLICE BRUTALITY.
THIS SITUATION EXEMPLIFIES THE
NEED FOR CITY FUNDED COMMUNITY
RESPONSES TO THE NEEDS OF
COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I'M A MOTHER OF THREE BLACK
MALE CHILDREN.
MY YOUNGEST SON HAS NOT RECEIVED
ANY AFTERSCHOOL TUTORING.
I WONDER ABOUT THE CHILDREN OF
CHARLENE AND HOW WE CAN TAKE
THE MONEY FROM THE POLICE AND
INSTEAD FUND THINGS LIKE
AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR THE
YOUTH.
A SPECIAL YOUTH WHO HAVE
EXPERIENCED TRAUMA AT THE HANDS
OF THE POLICE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MARIA.
ROBERT, WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M ROBERT, I'M A RESIDENT OF
DISTRICT II IN SEATTLE.
I WAS CALLING TO EXPRESS MY
SUPPORT TO DEFUND SPD TO
REPLACE THE CURRENT 911
OPERATION, CIVILIAN CONTROL
SYSTEMS, TO SCALE UP COMMUNITY
LED COALITION TO FUND COMMUNITY
CREATED ROAD MAP TO LIFE
WITHOUT POLICING AND INVEST IN
HOUSING FOR ALL.
ANCHORAGE COUNSEL TO BE BOLD
AND PUSH.
WE WILL HEAR ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE
FEAR CAN GO WRONG WITH BUT IN
REGARD TO WHAT WORKS, WHAT GOES
WRONG TODAY, WE WON'T KNOW THE
OUTCOME UNTIL WE TRY.
WE KNOW WHAT ISN'T WORKING AND
WE CAN HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY
THAT CHANGES NEEDED.
LET'S GET TO WORK.
THANK YOU BLACK LIGHTS MATTER
FOR REFERRING ME TO THIS
MEETING AND I THANK YOU, THE
COUNSEL FOR LISTENING.
HAVE A GREAT DAY.
>> THANK YOU.
CHRISSY, WELCOME.
>> HELLO, I SUPPORT THE CAUSE
IMMEDIATELY TO DEFUND SPD FIVE
50% AND REINVESTED COMMUNITY
HEALTH AND SAFETY ALTERNATIVES
AND NOT DIVERTING INTO THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL IS TO PICK IT
SHOULD NOT BE A CRIME TO BE
POOR OR BE BLACK.
NONE OF THESE THINGS SHOULD BE
A DEATH SENTENCE.
THAT THEY ARE.
BECAUSE INTERACTIONS WITH
POLICING.
DEFUND SPD ALTERNATIVES FOR
INSTANCE, DEFINING THE CITIES
COPS ON THE NAVIGATION TEAM AND
SYSTEMS FOR HOUSING, HE
CRIMINALIZES POVERTY, I SEE THE
IMPACT OF POVERTY AND
HOMELESSNESS HAS IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS.
COPS DON'T PROVIDE SAFETY OR
LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS FOR
POVERTY.
WE NEED TO STOP VALUING IS THIS
IS OVER PEOPLE.
>> THANK YOU.
ASHLYN?
>> HELLO, I LIVE IN THE
SOUTHPARK NEIGHBORHOOD OF
SEATTLE.
I AM CALLING TO EXPRESS MY
SUPPORT OF THE DEMAND COMMUNITY
SEATTLE AND EQUITY NOW.
MY NEIGHBORHOOD I SEE THE
POLICE DOING IS PROTECTING
FOLKS WHO ARE GENTRIFYING THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND HARASSING
HOMELESS FOLKS WHO ARE GETTING
PUSHED OUT OF THEIR HOMES.
AND I DON'T THINK THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT CAN BE TRAINED
AWAY OR DIVERSITY TRAINING WILL
RAISE THE COPS SALARIES AND FIX
US.
I DON'T THINK ACCOUNTABILITY
HAS FIXED THIS.
WE NEED TO MOVE AWAY FROM
POLICING AS AN APPROACH TO
VIOLENCE AND RECOGNIZE A LOT OF
THESE POLICE DO ARE NOT
ACTUALL ABOUT VIOLENCE.
THEY ARE ABOUT PROTECTING RICH
PEOPLE AND WHITE PEOPLE.
>> THANK YOU.
LIBERTY, WELCOME.
>> HELLO, I'M A RESIDENT OF
DEAKIN HILL AND THE TECH
WORKER.
I WORK UP POOR AND WORKING-
CLASS AND EXPERIENCED POLICING
DIRECTLY.
I KNOW THAT PLEASE DON'T KEEP
POOR AND WORKING PEOPLE SAFE,
WHITE OR BLACK.
I HOPE THAT YOU WILL VOTE TO
DEFUND SPD BY AT LEAST 50% AND
INVEST IN COMMUNITY,
PARTICULAR, PARTICULARLY THOSE
HO ARE DISPLACED BY
WORKERS IN THE CITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING MY
COMMENT TODAY.
I WANT TO SAY THAT IN
REALIZATION OF HOW CLOSE WE ARE
, IF WE DON'T ALL COME TOGETHER
TO ACTUALLY SUPPORT THE DEMAND
OF HOW THE COMMUNITY HAVE
SPOKEN VERY WIDELY ON THE
VESTING DIRECTLY FROM SPD,
REINVESTING THOSE DOLLARS INTO
COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS THAT WE
HAVE PUT FORWARD AND ALSO FREE
ALL THE PROTESTERS, TO CREATE A
HOLISTIC 360 COMMUNITY DRIVEN
SOLUTIONS TO THE ISSUES WE ARE
NOW FACING.
WE ARE DOING A THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT PEOPLE, GIULIANA,
ALISON , ELIZABETH AND MATTHEW.
WELCOME.
>> HELLO, I'M A RESIDENT OF
DISTRICT III AND A PUBLIC
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE ALREADY
SUPPORTING THE 50% CUT AND I
SUPPORT THOSE THAT WILL BE LAID
OUT TODAY BY THE TO MY SEATTLE
EQUITY NOW AND I LIKE TO
ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO VOTE
IN ALIGNMENT.
IS A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL AND
UNDERSTAND THAT POLICING IS A
SYMPTOM OF CONTROL THAT IS
RACIST AND CLASSIST.
IT IS A THREAT TO HEALTH,
ESPECIALLY FOR THE BLACK
COMMUNITIES.
POLICING IS NOT ADDRESSING
SOCIAL ISSUES.
MENTAL HEALTH CARE IS THE WAY,
SUPPORTED BY NATIONAL PUBLIC
HEALTH ASSOCIATIONS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
ELIZABETH?
>> HELLO AND GOOD MORNING.
I'M A CONSTITUENT OF DISTRICT
IV.
I'M CALLING BECAUSE I WANT TO
REACH OUT TO MY COUNCILMEMBER,
ALEX PEDERSEN.
I CALL ON YOU TO COMMIT TO
DEFUNDING SPD BY 50% AND USING
THESE FUNDS AS OUTLINED BY
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE WHICH IS
REPLACING CURRENT 911
OPERATIONS WITH A CIVILIAN
CONTROL SYSTEM, SCALE UP
COMMUNITY LED SOLUTIONS, FUNDED
COMMUNITY CREATED ROAD MAP TO
LIFE WITHOUT POLICING, INVEST
IN HOUSING FOR ALL, FREE
PROTESTERS, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSON, LISTEN TO YOUR
DISTRICT AND BE HUMANE.
BACKUP YOUR WORDS OF BLACK
LIVES MATTER WITH ACTIONS.
SHOW US YOU WANT DISTRICT IV TO
ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T
LOOK LIKE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
HAVE A NICE DAY.
>> THANK YOU.
MATTHEW?
>> IN THE NORTH SEATTLE AREA,
I'M SORRY, MY NAME IS MATTHEW
AND I WORK IN THE NORTH SEATTLE
PRECINCT AND ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT NOTICED IS WHERE I WORK
THE MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY AND
A LOT OF TIMES THE POLICE ARE
HERE TO RESPOND AND THEY
USUALLY GRAB A MIXUP.
I SUPPORT THE DEFUNDING OF BPD
BUDGET BY AT LEAST 50% TO
INVEST IN CIVILIAN SUPPORT
SYSTEMS INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH
SUPPORT, SUBSTANCE COMPANY, AND
OF COURSE PRISON CARES WILL.
WE KNOW WHAT HELP WE NEED, THE
MONEY TO GET IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, DONALD.
AMY.
ALEX.
WELCOME.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS DONALD.
I'M A RESIDENT OF SEATTLE.
FOR THE PAST 70 YEARS.
A FEW DAYS, OF COURSE.
THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS
OUR SUPPORT AND COMMITMENT TO
WORKING WITH DIRECTORS AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING TO ASSURE THAT
THE PROPOSED $5 MILLION IN
IDENTIFYING SAVINGS AND IN THE
MAYOR'S REBALANCING BUDGET IS
DIRECTED TO THOSE STUDENTS FROM
THE FURTHEST EDUCATIONAL
JUSTICE.
WITH THE TARGET FOCUS ON LACK
MALES.
THIS PROCESS SHOULD BE
COMMUNITY LED.
AND I'M HOPING THAT YOU DIRECT
THESE FUNDS, LET ME SAY, I'M
PROUD THAT YOU ARE ALLOWING
THAT THESE FUNDS BE DIRECTED --
>> THANK YOU, I'M SORRY YOU GOT
CUT OFF.
IF YOU LIKE TO SEND THE REST OF
YOUR COMMENTS, THAT WOULD BE
GREAT.
AMY, WELCOME.
>>, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, I
THINK THE SILENT MAJORITY
SUPPORTS POLICE BUT ARE AFRAID
TO SPEAK UP.
DEFUNDING WILL ACTUALLY IMPACT
ESSENTIAL RESOURCES, SPD
ALREADY HAS TO HELP THE
COMMUNITY.
LIKE THE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM
WHICH GOES ON TO HELP MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS.
THE MOBILE CRISIS TEAM AND THE
SUPPORT TEAM THAT HELPS VICTIMS
AND FAMILIES OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE.
BY DEFUNDING WILL GET RID OF
ALL THE DE-ESCALATION TRAINING
THEY HAVE, BY HIS CHIN, MENTAL
TRAINING, AND EVEN BODY CAM
WHICH HELPS KEEP POLICE
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS.
I DO THINK WE NEED TO RETHINK
WHAT NUMBER ONE CALLS TO GO
THROUGH, WHAT THEY GO TO LIKE
WE DON'T NEED POLICE GOING TO
MEDICAL CALLS, THAT SOME OF THE
DEPARTMENT SHOULD GO TO.
POLICE DON'T NEED TO GO THERE.
THAT IS JUST GOING TO MAKE
THINGS WORSE.
>> THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN 30 MINUTES.
WE ONLY HAVE I HAD FOR MORE OF
FOLKS.
WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND PUBLIC
TESTIMONY FOR ANOTHER FIVE
MINUTES AND WE WILL DO 30
SECONDS EACH SO THAT EACH
PERSON GETS A CHANCE TO SPEAK.
HEARING OBJECTIONS, OKAY.
THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL
EXPAND.
THE NEXT PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE
OUR ARENA, CHRISTOPHER AND
HANNAH.
WELCOME.
>> HELLO.
I AM CALLING TO SUPPORT
DEFUNDING SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
BY AT LEAST 50%.
PUT THE MONEY IN THE COMMUNITY.
I AM A DIRECTOR OF ONE OF THE
NONPROFITS AND SEATTLE THAT IS
DOING THE WORK AND I KNOW WHAT
OUR COMMUNITY CAN DO TOGETHER.
WE DON'T NEED THE POLICE ON OUR
STREETS TO SCARE OUR COMMUNITY
AND PUT FEAR IN THE YOUTH AND
IN OUR MEMORY.
I AM STANDING WITH
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
A GREAT EXAMPLE OF 30 SECONDS.
POWERFUL TESTIMONY IN A SHORT
TIME.
CHRISTOPHER.
>> HELLO.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THEIR
COMMITMENT TO REFORMING THE
POLICE.
IT IS CLEAR BY THE ACTIONS AND
WORDS OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE
AND THE MAYOR THAT REALLY
CHANGE IN THE POLICE FORCE IS
NOT GOING TO HAPPEN WITHOUT
YOU.
SO I HOPE THAT YOU ALL COMMIT
TO DEFUNDING THE POLICE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, HANNAH.
WELCOME.
>> MORNING.
MY NAME IS HANNAH.
I'M A RESIDENT OF GREEN LAKE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M CALLING TODAY TO ASK THAT
YOU IMMEDIATELY DEFUND SPD BY
50%.
I'M A GRAD STUDENT AT THE UW
AND I'M ASKING THIS BECAUSE MY
PEERS, MANY OF WHOM ARE BLACK
AND BROWN, FEEL UNSAFE IN THE
COMMUNITY.
THEY ARE UNABLE TO BE
SUCCESSFUL IN THE LEARNING
PROCESS WHEN THEY FEAR AND
EXPERIENCE POLICE VIOLENCE.
THIS IS PARTICULARLY OBVIOUS AS
MANY STUDENTS STRUGGLE THROUGH
THE END OF THE SPRING QUARTER.
I HAVE THAT THE MONEY BE
REFUNDED TO BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
BRANDON, CHARLOTTE AND
JACQUELINE.
WELCOME.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I LIVE IN GREENWOOD AND
DISTRICT VI.
I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF
DEFUNDING SPD BY 50%.
IT'S A STEP TOWARD ABOLISHING
SPD.
THIS SOUNDS RADICAL BUT I WANT
TO POINT OUT THAT EXCELLENT
WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS EXIST JUST
FINE WITHOUT A POLICE PRESENCE
BECAUSE HOUSING IS AFFORDABLE
AND THEY HAVE RESOURCES FOR THE
SCHOOL AND MENTAL HEALTH.
THEY'VE EFFECTIVELY CRIMINALIZE
DRUG OFFENSES AND MINOR
INFRACTIONS.
OUR SOCIETY WOULD BE BETTER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
CHARLOTTE, WELCOME.
>> HELLO, I LIVE IN DISTRICT III
AND I AM EXTREMELY THANKFUL FOR
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT ., TENANT
ORGANIZER AND I SUPPORT TOTAL
ABOLITION OF THE STATE.
BY 15 YEARS LIVING IN SEATTLE I
HAVE SEEN SPD TERRORIZED BLACK
AND BROWN COMMUNITIES,
BRUTALIZE PROTESTERS AND FIGHT
EFFORTS TO HAVE POLICE
ACCOUNTABLE.
I'VE SEEN THEM BE NEGLIGENT OF
THE SAFETY OF PROTESTERS
BEATING TWO INSTANCES OF CAR
TAX INCLUDING THE MURDER OF A
FRIEND OF MINE.
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE DEFEND
BY A MINIMUM OF 50%.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
JACQUELINE, WELCOME.
>> HELLO, I LIVE IN DISTRICT 4
AND HAVE BEEN A SEATTLE RESIDENT
FOR FOUR YEARS., FORMER TECH
WORKER.
I SUPPORT PROPOSALS SET FORTH BY
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE.
I BELIEVE THE ISSUES WITH LONG
THAT COMMITTED HISTORIES OF
MURDER AND ABUSE OF
MARGINALIZED BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES IN THE NATION AND
IN THE CITY REQUIRE CHANGES TO
ENTRANCE FROM THE SOCIETY.
CHANGES IN ISSUE. WE COMPLETE
THE SAME SKILL CHANGES TO HEAL
OUR SOCIETY.
>> THANK YOU.
SEND THE REST OF YOUR COMMENTS.
I APPRECIATE IT.
WELCOME.
>> HELLO.
I HAVE LIVED IN SEATTLE MY
WHOLE LIFE.
I SUPPORT DEFUNDING SPD AND I
WANT TO SEE THE 50% CUT START
WITH THE SALARIES OF JASON
ANDERSON AND STEVE McNEW WHO úM
COLLECTIVELY THEY MAKE ABOUT
$183,000 AND IT'S A GREAT
SAVINGS TO GET US STARTED.
IF YOU LISTEN TO THE DASHCAM
AUDIO FROM THE DAY SHE DIED YOU
CAN HEAR THEM REVIEWING THE
INFORMATION THEY HAD ABOUT HER
MENTAL HEALTH AND LAUGHING
ABOUT IT.
THEY COULD'VE USED THAT TIME TO
COME UP WITH A DISCOLORATION
PLAN AND PUT THAT INFO AND THEY
HAD A LAP AND KILLED HER.
THE BLACK OF PROFESSIONALISM
SHOULD'VE COST THE JOBS YEARS
AGO BUT BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.
>> THANK YOU, SEND IN YOUR
COMMENTS AS WELL.
HEATHER.
>> HELLO, I LIVE IN DISTRICT
THREE.
OUR CHRYSOSTOM IS KEEPING
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND A
LIFE OF VIOLENCE AND IN EQUITY.
DEFUNDING BY 50% CAN FUND THE
GAP IN OUR BUDGET AND I URGE
YOU TO DO SO.
I HOPE YOU WILL REINVEST A
COMMUNITY-ORIENTED CARE,
SUSTAINABLE HOUSING FOR ALL,
EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE
SOLUTIONS AND TRANSFORMATION
SYSTEMS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THE LAST FOUR SPEAKERS ARE
CANDACE, DARNELL, ALEXA AND WE
ALSO HAVE SOMEONE WHO CALLED IN
AFTER. THINK YOU FOR WAITING.
WE WILL END WITH YOU.
THE NEXT PERSON'S CANDACE.
WELCOME.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNSEL, I'M A
RENTER IN DISTRICT V. I WANT TO
SURVEY THANKING YOU FOR YOUR
TAX REFORM EARLIER THIS WEEK.
THE EXAMPLE OF POLICE BRUTALITY
HAS BEEN APPALLING.
I URGE COUNSEL TO DEFUND SPD BY
AT LEAST 50%, DEMILITARIZED THE
POLICE AND INVEST THE FUNDS
INTO THE BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES.
IS A CALL FOR GREATER POLICE
ACCOUNTABLE THE.
THERE ARE COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS
IF WE LISTEN TO THE BLACK AND
BROWN COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT
WILL BETTER SERVE OUR CITIES.
I CALL FOR ALL CHARGES AGAINST
PROTESTERS TO BE DROPPED.
THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.
>> THANK YOU.
DARNELL, WELCOME.
I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
>> DARNELL DROPPED OFF ERIC
>> OKAY.
NO PROBLEM.
APOLOGIES.
IF YOU WANT TO EMAIL THAT WOULD
BE GREAT.
ALEXA, WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL.
MY NAME IS ALEXA.
I SUPPORT THE CALL TO
IMMEDIATELY DEFUND SPD BY 50%
AND REINVEST IN REAL COMMUNITY
HEALTH AND SAFETY.
WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF
RACISM IN THIS THAT HE AND THE
TIME TO ADDRESS IT IS RIGHT
NOW.
WE SHOULD DEFUND SERVICES
COMMUNITY NEEDS, THE CHANGES
THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS CALLING
FOR.
I HOPE THE COUNCIL WILL DO THE
RIGHT THING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THE LAST PERSON TODAY IS RACHEL.
THANK YOU FOR WAITING.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS RACHEL CAN
YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> I WORK IN SEATTLE AT A LOCAL
AGENCY.
I SEE HOW POLICE INTERACT IN A
NEGATIVE WAY AND AFFECT PEOPLE,
ESPECIALLY PEOPLE OF COLOR, ON
A REGULAR BASIS.
RECENTLY I HAD A CLIENT WHO HAS
BEEN ASSAULTED.
WE REFER TO TO REACH AND THEY
WERE UNABLE TO HELP BECAUSE SHE
IS TERRIFIED TO REPORT THE CRIME
AND RARELY DO I SEE A SITUATION
WHERE POLICE ARE CALLED THAT
THEY DON'T ACTUALLY MAKE THE
SITUATION WORSE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
WAITING AND FOR THAT TESTIMONY.
FOR FOLKS WHO MAY HAVE NOT GOT
OTHER COMMENTS AND WE ENCOURAGE
YOU TO EMAIL US YOUR COMMENTS
AND ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT IT TO
P.M.
YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THE PUBLIC
HEARING.
WE WELCOME ANYONE WHO LIKE TO
SPEAK AS WELL.
MOVING ON I WOULD ASK THE CLERK
TO READ INTO THE RECORD ITEM
NUMBER ONE.
>> ROAD MAP TO DEFUNDING THE
POLICE AND INVESTING IN
COMMUNITIES.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR
PARTICIPATION IN TODAY'S
SESSION.
THIS IS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR US TO HEAR FROM FOLKS ON
THE GROUND WHO BEEN DOING THE
WORK IN BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES AND LEAD BLACK AND
BROWN LED ORGANIZATIONS TO
THINK ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
TO HAVE A RE-ENVISIONED,
REIMAGINED WAY OF US PREDICTING
THE PUBLIC AND DEFUNDING POLICE
DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THEY'VE LOOKED OTHER EXAMPLES
AND RIGHT HERE IN SEATTLE
LOOKED AT OUR BUDGET THAT WE
HAD BEGUN AN INQUEST INTO ABOUT
A MONTH AGO NOW AND TRIED TO
REALLY GET SOME IDEAS FROM
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS,
WORKING WITH FOLKS WHO BEEN
WORKING ON DECRIMINALIZING AND
RESTRUCTURING POLICE EFFORTS
OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
AND SOME OF THEM HAD THE CHANCE
TO REALLY PUT TOGETHER A
COMPREHENSIVE PROPOSAL AND
OUTLINE FOR YOU HERE TODAY.
WE HAVE ANGELICA CHAZARO , A
LAW PROFESSOR, THE DIRECTOR OF
SURGE REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE AND
REPLY SEATTLE ORGANIZER AND
CHRISTINA, A BUDGETING ROAD MAP
TO DEFUND SPD BY 50% AND INVEST
IN COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH AND
SAFETY ALTERNATIVES THREE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS.
THIS MOMENT OF HAS BEEN
BUILDING OVER THE LAST TWO
YEARS ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST
FEW WEEKS AND I WANT TO THANK
THE ORGANIZERS FOR THEIR WORK
TO MAKE THIS CONVERSATION
POSSIBLE AND TO MAKE SURE THEY
BRING THIS TO THE ELECTIVE
LEVEL FOR OUR CONSIDERATION.
LOOKING FORWARD TO FOLLOWING
THEIR LEAD.
WE HAVE HEARD COMMUNITY DEMANDS
OVER AND OVER AGAIN, ASKING US
AND CALLING ON US TO MAKE REAL
ACTION AND CREATE REAL
STRUCTURAL CHANGES.
BE THOUGHTFUL AND INTENTIONAL
AND MOVE WITH SPEED BUT ALSO TO
BUILD TRUST.
THIS MEANS HONORING THE HARM
THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND ROUTING
ARE RESPONSES IN THE
EXPERIENCES OF THOSE WHO BEEN
IMPACTED.
THE WORLD WE ARE BUILDING
TOWARD HAS REALLY NEVER
EXISTED, EVEN IN SOME OF THE
CITIES THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT FOR
EXAMPLES, TALKING ABOUT
DRAMATICALLY CHANGING WHAT IT
MEANS TO HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY
NETWORK.
WE KNOW THIS WORLD THAT WE ARE
CURRENTLY WORKING WITHIN IS NOT
ACTUALLY CREATING THE HEALTH
AND SAFETY THAT HAS BEEN
PROMISED.
AS WE HAVE HEARD TESTIMONY
AFTER TESTIMONY OF PEOPLE
SAYING THEY ARE SCARED TO CALL
OFFICERS AND SCARED OF THE
OFFICERS RESPONSE.
PROTEST AND TO CALLS FOR EXAMPLE
FOR VIOLENCE IN THEIR OWN
NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE ARE REALLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO TODAY'S
PRESENTATION.
I WILL HAVE A FEW COMMENTS
BEFORE WE TURN IT OVER TO THE
PANELISTS BUT IN TERMS OF
FRAMING, BUT I'VE ASKED FOR
THIS MORNING, BEFORE WE TURN IT
OVER TO THE PANELISTS IS FOR
QUICK REVISION I WANT
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING HAS
MEANT TO SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
IN THE PAST.
I WANT FOLKS TO THINK THIS IS
IN TOTALA NEW COMP THE.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD HAS BEEN
ON COUNSEL OVER THE YEARS AND
HAS PARTICIPATED IN BUDGETING
IN THE PAST.
SO IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE WE
DON'T HAVE HISTORIC AMNESIA
LET'S TURN IT OVER VERY QUICKLY
TO COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR A
FLAVOR OF HOW THEY HAVE USED
BUDGETING IN THE PAST TO MAKE
SURE WE HAVE FRAMEWORK FOR
UNDERSTANDING HOW THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS CAN BE USED AS
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN USED IN THE
PAST AND FOLKS HAVE THE
GROUNDING.
DO YOU MIND SPEAKING TO HOW YOU
YOU PARTICIPATED IN BUDGETING
IN THE PAST?
>> I DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE OTHER
THAN JUST BEING A RESIDENT IN
THE CITY, EXPERIENCE, BUT,
DISSIPATING IN BUDGETING, WHAT
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WAS THE
CREATION OF STORY BUDGETING
PROGRAMS HERE IN SEATTLE.
BACK IN 2015 THE COUNCILMEMBER
STARTED WORK THE PARTICIPATORY
PROJECT AND THE GOAL WAS TO
FOLLOW THE LEAD OF OTHER CITIES
ACROSS THE WORLD.
IT WAS PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
, IT WAS FIRST DEVELOPED IN
BRAZIL, IN 1989, AND IT IS NOW
PRACTICED IN OVER 3000 CITIES
ACROSS THE ROAD.
INCLUDING CHICAGO, BOSTON, NEW
YORK, SAN FRANCISCO.
THE APPROACH FOCUSES ON
ENGAGING PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT
HISTORICALLY BEEN INVOLVED IN
GOVERNMENT OR BUDGET PROCESSES
AND LETS THEM DECIDE AS PART OF
THE PUBLIC BUDGET AND BE
INVOLVED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
IDEA COLLECTION, PROJECT
DEVELOPMENT, VOTES AND PROJECT
DEVELOPMENT.
SO AS WE KNOW AND AS WE WILL
HEAR MORE, THE PROPONENT IN
THIS COUNTRY OF PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING IS THE ORGANIZATION
CALLED THE PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROJECT.
BASED OUT OF OAKLAND.
AND THIS ORGANIZATION PROVIDES
ASSISTANCE WITH LAUNCHING AND
HIM LAMENTING PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROCESSES.
COUNCILMEMBER LICATA CONTRACTED
WITH THE PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROJECT BACK IN 2015
WHEN HE WAS BUDGET CHAIR AND HE
WORKED WITH THE ORGANIZATION
FOR NINE MONTHS TO PILOT
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING HERE
IN SEATTLE.
AFTER THAT, IN 2016, THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
SORT OF TOOK ON THE PROJECT USE
VOICE, USE CHOICE AND ENGAGED
2000 PEOPLE AND DECIDED HOW TO
SPEND $700,000 IN THE CITY'S
BUDGET. THE FOLKS WHO
PARTICIPATED IN DECIDING HOW TO
SPEND THE MONEY, AS I
MENTIONED, THEY WERE AGES 11
THROUGH 25 AND THERE WAS A
STRONG FOCUS ON OUTREACH AND
PARTICIPATION YOUTH OF COLOR.
THE AWARDS RANGE FROM SCHOOLS
AND PUBLIC PARKS, BATHROOM
UPGRADES, SPECIFIC LOCATIONS,
WIFI HOTSPOTS PROGRAMS AND
LIBRARIES, SERVICES, AND YOUTH
JOB READINESS PROGRAMS.
THE CHOICES I THINK WERE WELL
CONSIDERED AND THERE WAS A
STRONG THIS IS AND EMBRACING OF
THE DECISION TO TRUST YOUNG
PEOPLE WITH VOTING FOR
BUDGETING.
AND IN 2017 THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS SHIFTED WHAT HAD
BEEN THE TRADITIONAL APPROACH
OF HAVING DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOOD
COUNCILS THAT FUNDING PROJECTS
AND THEY SHIFTED THAT APPROACH
THAT THEY HAD BEEN USING FOR
YEARS TO BE AGAIN, A
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
PROCESS.
AND THAT HAS BEEN VERY, VERY
CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE PEOPLE
WERE USED TO HAVING THE
DISTRICT COUNCILS THESE
ENTITIES THAT RATE THE
PROJECTS.
BUT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS
AND REFUND AND CALLING IT YOUR
VOICE, YOUR CHOICE, PARKS AND
STREETS PROGRAM, THIS HAS BEEN
USED AND SPENT FOR OVER $2
MILLION IN GRANTS.
AS WE WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT,
PROJECTS ARE SELECTED BY PUBLIC
VOTES.
IN 2019 OVER 6500 COMMUNITY
MEMBERS FOR DISSIPATED AND IN
22 PROJECTS SELECT IN 2019.
ONE THIRD OF THE FUNDING IS
RESERVED SPECIFICALLY FOR
EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS.
IN THE EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENT
INITIATIVE FOCUS AREA.
GEOGRAPHIC AREAS WERE COMMUNITY
OF COLOR, PEOPLE WITH LOW
INCOME, MADE OF PEOPLE AND
LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY
INDIVIDUALS IN THE AREAS WHERE
THEY TEND TO LIVE.
WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO EVOLVE
AND IMPROVE ON WHAT WE DO AND I
THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF STUPID
LEARNED ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE
WELL IN SEATTLE AND WHERE THERE
IS ADDITIONAL WORK TO ENSURE
THAT WE HAVE MORE INVOLVEMENT
BY COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE
HISTORICALLY PROCESS.
EVERYTHING FROM SUGGESTIONS FOR
PROPOSALS, DEVELOPMENT OF
PROPOSALS AND VOTING FOR
PROPOSALS AND THE AWARDING OF
PROPOSALS.
AND SO I THINK, I'M REALLY GLAD
THAT WE HAVE THE PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROJECT WITH US
TODAY BECAUSE I THINK THEY CAN
TELL, HELP US LEARN HOW TO
EVOLVE OUR PROGRAM TO BE A
TRULY NEW PROGRAM THAT HAS
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AT ALL OF
THESE LEVELS.
I THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES
THAT WE HAVE IS OUR
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS
, THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS IS STILL THE
PRIMARY GATEKEEPER.
AND OF THE ENGAGEMENT AND
PROCESS.
I THINK IT WILL BE REALLY GREAT
TO HEAR FROM THE PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROCESS ABOUT HOW
THIS CAN BE MORE OF A
COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROCESS.
TO GET, AGAIN, GREATER
ENGAGEMENT.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR HISTORY IN
SEATTLE OF PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING.
>> THANK YOU.
I THOUGHT PERSPECTIVE WAS VERY
IMPORTANT HAVING LED THE
BUDGETING PROCESS IN THE PAST.
JACKIE, THIS I THINK, HELPS US
FRAME THAT THIS IS NOT ONLY A
THEORETICAL CONCEPT OF HOW WE
BRING IN COMMUNITY VOICE TO
DIRECT BUDGETING. IT'S AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SAY IT
CAN BE DONE, IT HAS BEEN DONE
IN OTHER CITIES.
WE HAVE DABBLED IN IT IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE BUT LET'S HEAR
WHAT SOME OF THOSE LESSONS
LEARNED ARE AND BREAK THOSE
BARRIERS.
LET'S GET RID OF THE
GATEKEEPING THAT IS OCCURRING
AND HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THE
COMMUNITY ABOUT WHERE WE SHOULD
BE INVESTING THOSE DOLLARS.
IT IS A PROCESS.
IT HAS WORKED IN OTHER CITIES.
IT CAN WORK BETTER HERE AND I
THINK THROUGH YOUR WORK AND
YOUR DIRECTIVE TO THIS COUNSEL
WE WANT TO UPLIFT WHAT YOU HAVE
TO RECOMMEND TO US AND SHOW
WITHOUT HAVING AMNESIA THAT WE
CAN MOVE FORWARD AND USE THIS
PROCESS.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE PANEL
TODAY.
I KNOW YOU WORKING ON THIS FOR
A VERY LONG TIME.
WE ARE NOW AT THE POINT OF
WANTING TO HAVE DISCUSSION
BASED ON YOUR WORK.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE
WITH US AND FOR YOUR
PARTICIPATION IN THIS POLITICAL
PROCESS.
LOOKING FORWARD TO REALLY
WALKING US THROUGH WHAT
COMMUNITY SAFETY LOOKS LIKE IN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND HOW WE
CAN WORK TO ADDRESS CRIMINAL
JUSTICE REFORM AND INVESTMENTS
IN COMMITTED THE EQUITY AND
UPSTREAM SOLUTIONS AND
COMMUNITY-BASED SAFETY TO BRING
ABOUT THE LONG-TERM CHANGE THAT
YOU ALL HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING
FOR SO LONG.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
WE HAVE TIME, PLEASE FEEL FREE
TO SHARE WHATEVER SCREENS YOU
MIGHT HAVE AND WALK US THROUGH.
I BELIEVE YOU ARE OFF ME .
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL SHARE MY SCREEN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS ANGELICA CHAZARO
AND I AM HERE IN MY CAPACITY AS
A MEMBER OF, LIES SEATTLE.
WE ARE A GRASSROOTS COALITION
BUILDING POWER TO INVEST IN
COMMUNITY INITIATIVES AND
DIVEST FROM POLICE.
I WANT TO INTRODUCE US AND KING
COUNTY EQUITY NOW AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD DID A
GREAT JOB OF INTRODUCING
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING.
WE ARE PARTNERING ON THIS
PROPOSAL, A COALITION OF
ACCOUNTABLE BLACK LED COMMUNITY-
BASED ORGANIZATIONS FIGHTING TO
HAVE EQUITY ACROSS METRICS
INCLUDING LAND OWNERSHIP,
WEALTH, AND FERTILITY RATES.
AS YOU HEARD, PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROJECT IS NORTH
AMERICA'S LEADING ORGANIZATION
ON PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING.
BEFORE JUMPING INTO THE
PRESENTATION I WANT TO GIVE YOU
ALL AN OUTLINE OF WHERE WE ARE
HEADING WITH THIS FIRST WE'LL
TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR THESE
CUTS FROM SPD AND THEN WE'LL
TALK ABOUT WHERE WE PROPOSED
THE CUTS SHOULD COME FROM.
THEN WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT
INVESTMENTS WE ARE PROPOSING.
AND FINALLY WE WILL HEAR FROM
THE ROLL THAT PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING CAN PLAY IN THE
TRANSITION AWAY FROM POLICING.
TODAY WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE
2020 REBALANCING WHICH IS
HAPPENING NOW.
WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THIS
IS THE FIRST PHASE OF WHAT WILL
BE A LONG-TERM PROJECT TO
DIVEST FROM POLICING AND INVEST
IN REAL COMMUNITY HEALTH AND
SAFETY.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW THIS
WORK FEEDS INTO THE 2021
BUDGET.
AFTER WE WILL ANSWER QUESTIONS
ABOUT ANY AND ALL OF THIS.
I WANT TO START ACKNOWLEDGING
WHY WE ARE HERE.
ALL OF US ARE VERY AWARE THAT
THE ONLY REASON WE HAVE THIS
OPENING TO SPEAK TO YOU ALL IS
BECAUSE OF THE UPRISING THAT
HAS BEEN HAPPENING ON THE
STREETS IN DEFENSE OF BLACK
LIVES.
THIS OPENING WAS CREATED BY
SOCIAL MOVEMENT PRESSURE.
IT HAS TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE
DEMANDS MADE BY THAT MOVEMENT.
AND THE MOVEMENT FOR BLACK
LIVES ORGANIZERS IN MINNEAPOLIS
WHERE THIS BEGAN.
THE CALL TO DEFUND POLICING IS
CLEAR AND HERE TO STAY.
WHO WANT TO START ACKNOWLEDGING
ALL THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE
IN THE PAST TO TRY TO KEEP
POLICE ACCOUNTABLE AND TRIED TO
REFORM AND ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT THE TIME FOR REFORM IS
PAST.
IT IS CLEAR TO US NOW THAT MORE
TRAINING, MORE ACCOUNTABILITY
MEASURES ARE NOT GOING TO CUT
IT.
WE NEED TO MOVE AWAY FROM AN
ARMED RESPONSE TO SOCIAL
PROBLEMS.
WE CAN'T TRAIN HER WAY OUT OF
THE PROBLEM OF POLICE VIOLENCE.
WE KNOW THAT THE DECADES OF
POLICE PRACTICES AND POLICE
REFORM EFFORTS HAVE FAILED TO
REDUCE THE RACIST POLICE
VIOLENCE AND ANTIBLACK RACISM
IN SEATTLE AND ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
IN FACT, WE KNOW THE
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER WHO
MURDERED GEORGE FLOYD HAD
RECEIVED BY HIS TRAINING.
WE KNOW THE POLICE OFFICER WHO
MURDERED RICHARD ROOKS HAD BEEN
TRAINED IN DE-ESCALATION.
ATTORNEY TO OUR OWN CITY OVER
60 YEARS BEFORE SPD KILLED
SHELBY MILES, 1955 ADVISORY
COMMITTEE FOUND THE CITY'S
POLICE OFFICERS DEMONSTRATED
PATTERNS OF RACIST POLICING AND
OFFERED SENSITIVITY TRAINING AND
WORKSHOPS.
WE HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE.
SALE HAS BEEN DOWN THE REFORM
AND TRAINING ROAD AND THAT ROAD
HAS NOT PRODUCED THE RESULTS
THE BLACK COMMUNITIES DESERVE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEXT 150
YEARS OF SEATTLE HISTORY WILL
BRING BUT I SUSPECT THAT THE
GOAL, THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC, IN
THE U.S., WE ARE EXPERIENCING
NOW A TASTE OF THE COMING
DIFFICULTIES WE WILL FACE.
MANY OF WHICH WILL BE
EXACERBATED BY CLIMATE CHANGE.
AS DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE WE
ARE INVITING YOU AS OUR LEADERS
TO FACE THE FUTURE IN THE CITY
FULL OF PEOPLE WHO HAD BUILT UP
THE PRACTICES AND INSTITUTIONS
TO DEAL WITH EACH OTHER WITHOUT
RACIST VIOLENCE. THIS IS THE
MOMENT TO BE DIVESTING FROM AN
INSTITUTION THAT HAS NOT
DEFENDED BLACK LIVES IN SEATTLE
AND RESISTED A CENTURY OR MORE
OF REFORM EFFORTS.
SO.
TO SET THE STAGE.
WE FEEL THE UPRISING IN DEFENSE
OF BLACK LIVES COMBINED WITH
THE COVID PANDEMIC HAS CREATED
THIS OPENING TO IMMEDIATELY
IMPLEMENT WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY
THOUGHT OF AS POLITICALLY
IMPOSSIBLE OR VERY DIFFICULT.
WE SEE THAT WITH THE MORATORIUM
ON EVICTIONS THAT WAS PUT INTO
PLACE AND THE HISTORIC PASSAGE
OF THE PAYROLL TAX THIS WEEK.
THE 2020 REBALANCING THAT IS
HAPPENING NOW CREATES THAT
OPENING TO ACT IMMEDIATELY TO
DEFUND SPD.
NEARLY 45,000 PEOPLE AND OVER
300 ORGANIZATIONS HAVE SIGNED
ON TO THE DEMAND TO CUT SPD BY
50%.
REINVESTMENT COMMUNITY AND FREE
ALL PROTESTERS AS YOU HEARD
FROM ANY OF THE FOLKS WHO
CALLED IN DURING THE PERIOD OF
QUESTIONS THAT PRECEDED THIS.
WE ARE HERE TODAY TO ASK THAT
THE COUNCIL CUT OF 2% NOW, CUT
50% OF SPD'S RMAINING 2020
BUDGET AND REINVEST THAT MONEY
IN REAL COMMUNITY HEALTH AND
SAFETY.
WANT TO BE CLEAR.
WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU TO CUT
THIS MONEY AND USE IT TO PLUG
OTHER HOLES IN THE CITY BUDGET.
WE SEE THIS MONEY AS A DEBT
OWED TO BLACK COMMUNITIES AND
OTHER COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WHO
HAVE SUFFERED POLICE VIOLENCE.
ALONG WITH MASS DISINVESTMENT
THERE WILL BUILDING. THIS IS A
DEBT OWED TO PROTESTERS WHO
SUFFERED AND DIED IN PAST WEEKS.
NEEDS TO BE REAPPROPRIATED FROM
SPD AND REINVESTED IN BUILDING
THE WORLD THAT GENERATIONS OF
PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED AT THE
HANDS OF POLICE VIOLENCE
DESERVE.
WE ARE ASKING YOU TO HELP US
BUILD THE WORLD THAT SHIRLEY
MILES TO SERVE.
WE ASK YOU TO HELP US BUILD THE
WORLD THAT JOHN WILLIAMS DOES
HER.
WE ASK YOU TO HELP US BUILD THE
WORLD THAT PROTESTERS DIE FOR.
THIS PAST WEEKEND.
I WILL TAKE A MOMENT THERE.
I WILL WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHERE
THE CUTS SHOULD ACTUALLY COME
FROM.
WE WELCOME ANY CUTS TO THE
SPD'S BUDGET BUT HERE ARE SOME
PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE.
WE KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO
ACTUALLY TRANSFORM THE WAY THE
CITY DOES PUBLIC SAFETY WE NEED
TO SHRINK THE CURRENT POLICE
FORCE.
IN ORDER TO MOVE TOWARD
CHANGING HOW WE APPROACH OUR
PUBLIC SAFETY WE NEED TO STOP
THE GROWTH OF SPD.
AS YOU HAVE HEARD OVER THE PAST
WEEK WITH A BUDGET REQUEST EVEN
ACCOUNTING FOR INFLATION SPD'S
BUDGET HAS GROWN 42% SINCE
2010.
FROM 20 $43 MILLION THEN TO $49
MILLION TODAY.
THAT BUDGET WOULD BE 20 85
MILLION IF IT HAD SIMPLY KEPT
TRACK WITHIN INFLATION.
WE ASKED TO HALT THIS MOMENTUM
OF GROWTH AND ACTUALLY PULL
MONEY AWAY FROM POLICE BUDGETS
AND SUPPORT COMMUNITIES AND
DEFUND BLACK LIVES.
SOME WAYS TO DO THAT ARE LISTED
HERE AND AGAIN WE ARE OPEN TO
ANY AND OTHER NATIVE WAYS BUT
THESE ARE SOME OF OUR
PRIORITIES.
FREEZING HIRING FOR THIS AND
ANY COMING YEARS.
REDUCTION IN SWORN, ARMED
OFFICERS.
THERE IS NO WAY AROUND THIS IF
WE WANT TO CUT SPD'S BUDGET.
GIVEN THAT MOST OF THE POLICE
BUDGET GOES TO PLEASE
SELLERS.'S HAS TO BE ACCOMPANIED
WITH A CORRESPONDING REDUCTION
IN INTEREST-RATE OF STAFFING.
WE ARE ALSO CALLING TO
RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION
BUDGETS.
WE REALIZE THAT THIS CALL TO
POLICE JOBS CAN FEEL LIKE A
SHOCK TO SOME.
AGAIN, IF YOU THINK ABOUT SPD'S
BUDGET AND HOW IT HAS GROWN BY
43% IN THE PAST 10 YEARS IT
BECOMES A LITTLE BIT LESS
SHOCKING.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE EASE
WITH WHICH THE CITY HAS THIS
INVESTED IN OTHER PUBLIC GOODS
OR NEVER INVESTED AT ALL, IT IS
LESS SHOCKING.
WE'RE USED TO SEEING THE CITY
CUT JOBS.
JUST NOT POLICE JOBS.
IN FACT, MANY CHILDCARE WORKERS
EMPLOYED YOUR PARKS AND REC
HAVE SEEN LAID OFFS THAT WE
HAVEN'T SEEN PUBLIC HEARINGS
FOR OUTCRY ABOUT THAT.
FOR CHANGE TO HAPPEN NOW WE
NEED TO SEE CUTS TO ARMED,
SWORN OFFICERS.
WE ALSO CALL FOR AN END TO
INVESTMENT FIELD, HARMFUL
MODELS.
WE WANT TO SEE THE REMOVAL OF
THE ENTIRE OFFICE OF
COLLABORATIVE POLICING AND FOR
US AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THAT HAS
FIELD IS A NAVIGATION TEAM.
WE NEED TO SEE THE ENTIRE
NAVIGATION TEAM DEFUNDED.
NEED TO SEE THE END OF VIOLENCE
. WE KNOW THIS WOULD
IMMEDIATELY OPEN UP DIRECT
ACCESS TO SHELTER BEDS,
HUNDREDS OF WHICH ARE CURRENTLY
RESTRICTED TO REFERRALS FROM
THE NAVIGATION TEAM.
THIS CURRENT APPROACH IS FLAWED
, INEFFECTIVE AND WASTEFUL AND
DISRESPECTFUL TO THE LIFE AND
DIGNITY OF HOUSES PEOPLE.
WOULD LIKE TO SEEK CUTS TO THE
PUBLIC RELATION BUT IT,
TRAINING BUDGETS BECAUSE WE
DON'T KNOW THAT TRAINING
DOESN'T HAVE THE IMPACT THAT WE
ALL WISH IT HAD.
WANT TO SEE CUTS TO SPENDING ON
THINGS LIKE HOMELAND SECURITY
WHICH REVEALED THE CITY SPEND
$30 MILLION ON EACH YEAR.
WE WANT TO SEE AN END OF
OVERTIME PAY.
THIS SEEMS TO BE A BLANK CHECK
WRITTEN TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT FOR THIS YEAR WE
KNOW $3 MILLION WAS BUDGETED.
SPD GOES OVER THIS ALLOTMENT
EVERY YEAR.
THE CITY UNTIL NOW HAS FOOTED
THE BILL.
SPD EXPECTS YOU TO FOOT THE BILL
FOR THE MORE THAN SIX MAIN
DOLLARS IN OVERTIME USED TO
TERRORIZE PROTESTERS OVER THE
PAST FEW WEEKS.
THE SAME PROTEST THAT ARE VERY
RECENT WE ARE HERE TODAY.
WE BELIEVE THIS NEEDS TO STOP.
AS CUTS ARE MADE WE RECOMMEND
THAT OFFICERS WITH THE HIGHEST
NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS OF THE
FIRST TO GO SO WE CAN KEEP
COMMUNITY SAFE EVEN AS WE BEGIN
TO DISMANTLE AND DEFUND SPD.
IN TERMS OF WHERE REINVESTMENTS
SHOULD BE MADE WE BELIEVE THAT
WE NEED TO INVEST IMMEDIATELY
IN FOUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
INVESTING IN THESE CATEGORIES
NOW WITH 20 $20 WILL SET US UP
FOR THE 2021 BUDGET CYCLE
INCLUDING THE 13 PROCESS.
SCALLOP INVESTMENTS IF WE WANT
TO SEE THIS EXPERIMENT SUCCEED.
WE ALSO NEED TO NOTE WE'VE HAD
OVER 100 MILLION YEARS OF
FAILED VIOLENT POLICING.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS SHOULD NOT BE
EXPECT TO SOLVE VIOLENCE IN ONE
PRESENTATION AND ONE CYCLE AND
ONE BUDGET CYCLE.
WE SEE 2020 REBALANCING AS
PHASE 1 OF A MULTI-PHASED PLAN.
THE FOUR CATEGORIES WILL BE
GOING INTO A BIT MORE DETAIL,
REPLACING CURRENT 911
OPERATIONS WITH CIVILIAN
CONTROL SYSTEM.
SCALLOP COMMUNITY LED SOLUTIONS.
INVEST IN HOUSING FOR ALL.
FUND A COMMUNITY LED PROCESS TO
CREATE A ROAD MAP TO LIFE
WITHOUT POLICING WHICH WILL
FEED INTO THE 2021
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
PROCESS.
IN TERMS OF THE FIRST BUCKET,
REPLACING CURRENT NONWOVEN
OPERATIONS WITH A CIVILIAN
CONTROL SYSTEM.
WE BELIEVE 911 DISPATCH SHOULD
BE REMOVED FROM SPD CONTROL AND
BECOME CIVILIAN EYES.
WE KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN STEPS
IN THIS DIRECTION.
CURRENT DISPATCHERS ARE
CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES.
THEY REMAIN UNDER SPD
SUPERVISION AND CHAIN OF
COMMAND.
THE NEAR TIMES HAS REPORTED
THAT ONLY AROUND 1% OF CALLS
FOR SERVICE SPD HAVE TO DO WITH
VIOLENT CRIMES.
WE CAN JUSTIFY BUILDING A
NUMBER ONE SYSTEM AROUND THIS
1%.
WE KNOW THAT DEFAULTING TO
ARMED POLICE RESPONSE OFTEN
LEADS TO FATAL POLICE VIOLENCE
AGAINST THAT COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
APART FROM CIVILIAN ICING,
REMOVING ONE FROM SPD CONTROL,
WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT I WILL
CALLS SHOULD BE REFERRED
WHEREVER APPROPRIATE TO
NONPOLICE RESPONDERS.
THIS INCLUDES COMMUNITY-BASED
WORKERS WHO CAN PROVIDE MENTAL
HEALTH SUPPORT, FAMILY AND
COMMUNITY MEDIATION, DRUG USER
HEALTH SERVICES AND OTHER
CRISIS SERVICES.
WE BEEN INVESTIGATING BOTTLES
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING
KAHOOTS AND EUGENE, OREGON.
THIS INVOLVES CRISIS WORKERS
BEING DISPATCHED AS A TEAM WHEN
COMMUNITY IS IN CRISIS.
THEY ARE VERY FEW CALLS WERE
THEY HAVE TO CALL THEM POLICE
OFFICERS AND THEY HAVE NEVER HAD
A STAFF MEMBER SERIOUSLY
INJURED.
WE ARE INTRIGUED BY THAT MODEL
BUT WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE DESIGN OUR MODEL
BECAUSE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO START FROM SCRATCH SO THAT
NOT ONLY THE RESPONDERS ARE
CIVILIAN BUT ALSO THE
DISPATCHERS WHO ARE DECIDING
WHO TO SEND TO A CALL OR
CIVILIANS WHICH IS NOT THE CASE
IN OREGON AND LIMITS THE IMPACT
THAT THE KAHOOTS MODEL CAN HAVE.
WILL HAVE THIS OVER TO MY
COLLEAGUE TO TALK ABOUT THE
OTHER BUCKETS BEFORE WE HEAR
FROM KRISTIN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> REGARDING THE VERY SMALL
AMOUNT OF CALLS ACTUALLY PLEASE
RESPOND TO THAT ARE AROUND
VIOLENCE, WE ALSO KNOW THAT
POLICE DO NOT STOP OR PREVENT
CRIMES FROM HAPPENING.
RATHER, THEY RESPOND TO ISSUES
AFTER SOMETHING HAPPENS.
WITH THE CIVILIAN 911 SYSTEM WE
ALSO PAIR THIS WITH INVESTMENT
IN COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
THAT PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES, MEDIATION, DRUG USER
HEALTH, AND SOCIAL WORKERS TO
RESPOND TO CALLS AND ISSUES.
WE ARE INVESTING AND DEVELOPING
A PATHWAY TO MOVE FROM ARMED
RESPONSES TO MENTAL HEALTH AND
IS CALLS TO RESPONSES THAT ARE
COMMUNITY-BASED SOLUTIONS AND
LED BY COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS.
WE NAME PEOPLE RESPONDERS WHO
HAVE NOT BEEN TRAINED OR
INDOCTRINATED BY POLICE.
WHEN HE COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS THEY CARE FOR
COMMUNITY AND IT'S A WAY THAT
ADDRESSES THE ROOT CAUSES OF
SITUATIONS.
WITH THESE FUNDS WE WOULD
REPURPOSE SPD DOLLARS TO
VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
ORGANIZATIONS SO THAT WE CAN
REDUCE THE FUTURE AMOUNT OF 911
CALLS.
OUR FOCUS AND STRATEGY FOR THIS
TRANSITION IS PREVENTATIVE
MEASURES AND RESPONSES THAT
BUILD SKILLS AND ADDRESS THE
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PRESSURES
THAT LEAD TO THESE SITUATIONS.
WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IS
EQUIPPING OUR FAMILIES AND
COMMUNITIES TO CREATE HEALTHY
AND SAFE RESPONSES WITH TRAINED
AND FULLY EQUIPPED MENTAL
HEALTH THERAPISTS, MEDIATORS,
AND SOCIAL WORKERS AND IN
ADDITION TO BUILDING THESE
SKILLS SUPPORTING THOSE IN OUR
COMMUNITY TO LEARN HOW TO
PREVENT THESE ISSUES BEFORE
THEY HAPPEN IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT
TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS
TRANSITION.
SO, THIS MEANS, IMMEDIATE
FUNDING FOR GROUPS WHO ARE
ALREADY DEVELOPING COMMUNITY
LED ALTERNATIVES TO POLICING,
AND GROUPS INVOLVED IN VIOLENCE
INTERRUPTION AND PREVENTION AND
RESTORATIVE AND TRANSFORMATIVE
JUSTICE APPROACHES TO HARM.
EARLIER IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD YOU HEARD FROM
INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE ALREADY
DOING THIS WORK, ORGANIZATIONS
WHO ARE ALREADY BUILDING A WORLD
THAT IS HAVING ALTERNATIVES TO
POLICING.
WE NEED THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO
BE SCALED UP AND INVEST IN
THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WITH THIS
REPURPOSE MONEY FROM SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT
HISTORICALLY SOCIAL SERVICES,
ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THESE,
HAVE BEEN UNDER INVESTED AND
WITH RECENT CUTS THAT IT
HAPPENED TO COVID BECAUSE OF
COVID-19, AND ECONOMIC
SITUATION THAT WE HAD, WE'VE
SEEN THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND
THOSE EFFORTS BE THE FIRST AT
THE CHOPPING BLOCK WHEN IT
COMES TO ADDRESSING THE GAPS IN
OUR BUDGET AND SO NOW IS THE
TIME TO REVERSE THAT TYPE OF
THINKING AND THAT TYPE OF
INVESTMENT AND INVEST IN THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS AND WE HAVE THOSE
ALREADY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE SECOND AREA FOR THIS WOULD
BE GROUPS LED BY COMMUNITIES
THAT HAVE SUFFERED THE BULK OF
COMMITTEE PRESENCE.
THESE FUNDS WOULD BE
PRIORITIZED FOR THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS.
THESE FUNDS WOULD ALSO GO TOWARD
INCUBATING NEW PROJECTS AND
ORGANIZATIONS AND POLICE
IMPACTED COMMITTEES.
TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE OF A
TIMELINE IS THAT IN 2020 WE
WOULD START THE FIRST PHASE OF
INVESTMENTS AND SCALING UP
EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS TO
PREPARE THEM TO RESPOND TO THE
CALLS WE KNOW SHOULD NOT BE MET
WITH AN ARMED RESPONSE.
IN ADDITION, SCALING UP
ORGANIZATIONS, THAT DO VIOLENCE
PREVENTION WORK, TO REDUCE THE
POTENTIAL INCIDENTS THAT COULD
REQUIRE CALLS FOR INTERVENTION.
AND LASTLY, WE INVEST IN YOU
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL BE SET
UP TO DO THE WORK EXPLAINED
ABOVE AS WE CONTINUE TO DIVEST
FROM POLICE AND SHIFT THE WORK
INTO THE COMMUNITY. IN 2021 WE
WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THESE
úORGANIZATIONS AND HAVE FURTHER
INVESTMENTS AND FUNDS AFTER THE
CITYWIDE PARTICIPATORY BUDGET
PROCESS THAT WILL BE EXPLAINED
LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION.
AND LASTLY, WITH THIS BUCKET OF
FUNDING, WE WOULD ALSO INVEST
IN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND
CAPACITY BUILDING DOLLARS TO
SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATIONS
MENTIONED ABOVE AND SET THEM UP
FOR SUCCESS.
TRULY, THIS IS A MULTI-APPROACH
STRATEGY WHERE WE LOOK AT HOW
WE ARE RESPONDING TO CURRENT
SITUATIONS AND ALSO DEVELOPING
THE SKILLS IN OUR COMMUNITIES
SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY PREVENT
THESE SITUATIONS FROM
HAPPENING.
I WANT TO JUST REITERATE THAT
WE DO HAVE THESE ORGANIZATIONS
CURRENTLY WORKING IN OUR
COMMUNITIES AND THEY CAN DO THE
WOK.
GOING THROUGH THIS TRANSITION.
IF YOU COULD MOVE TO THE NEXT
SLIDE THAT WOULD BE GREATLY
APPRECIATED.
>> I WILL PAUSE FOR QUICK PICK
I KNOW THERE ARE FOLKS WHO HAVE
QUESTIONS.
I HAVE THE NAMES.
I THINK IT WOULD MAKE A LOT OF
SENSE TO GO THROUGH YOUR ENTIRE
PRESENTATION AND HAVE PEOPLE
ASK QUESTIONS IF THAT'S IS OKAY
TO THE PRESENTERS?
>> THAT IS OKAY.
>> OKAY.
I WANT TO APOLOGIZE.
THANK YOU.
JACKIE, TAKE IT AWAY.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS I WILL BE
QUEUING PEOPLE UP.
SEND ME A QUICK EMAIL OR
RAYSHARD HAND.
>> THE NEXT BUCKET OF
INVESTMENTS WOULD BE GOING
TOWARD HOUSING FOR ALL.
IN ADDITION TO A MENTION
EARLIER, WE CAN ALSO REDUCE THE
NEED FOR POLICE AND PATROL
OFFICERS BY INVEST IN IMMEDIATE
SURVIVAL NEEDS AND HOUSING.
BY ENSURING THAT EVERYONE WHO
WANTS TO BE HOUSED HAS ACCESS
TO HOUSING WE CAN REDUCE THE
AMOUNT OF CRIMES AND CALLS THAT
HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND
CURRENTLY ARE GOING TOWARD
SITUATIONS THAT ARE REFLECTION
OF SOCIAL ISSUES AND BLACK OF
ACCESS TO BASIC RESOURCE, NOT
ISSUES THAT REQUIRE RESPONSE
THAT IS ROOTED IN VIOLENCE.
INVESTING IN HOUSING TO MEET
IMMEDIATE NEEDS IS ESSENTIAL TO
THIS MULTI-APPROACH PROPOSAL.
FUNDING FROM THIS INVESTMENT
BUCKET WOULD GO TOWARD A
COMBINATION OF EMERGENCY GRANTS
AND MONEY TOWARD ADDITIONAL
HOUSING ASSISTANCE TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING, PEOPLE
CURRENTLY IN HOUSING SHOULD BE
PRIORITIZED FOR ASSISTANCE WITH
NO BARRIERS BASED ON INCOME,
CRIMINAL RECORDS AND RECORDS OF
ADDICTION, ETC.
ALL OPTIONS FOR USING HOUSING
STOCK IN THE CITY SHOULD BE
USED UNTIL ANY PERSON WHO WANTS
A PLACE TO LIVE HAS ONE.
WE TRULY BELIEVE THAT
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN
HOUSING FOR ALL WILL LEAD TO
THE PATHWAY FOR THE REASON WHY
WE DON'T NEED AS MANY COPS.
WHAT THIS MEANS IN A TIMELINE
IS THAT BY STARTING THE MAJOR
INVESTMENTS IN HOUSING DURING
2020 THIS GIVES US AN ADVANTAGE
TO CUTTING DOWN THE NUMBER OF
POLICE CALLS AND RESPONSES
ASSOCIATD WITH PEOPLE NOT
HAVING BASIC NEEDS AND SURVIVAL
NOT AS YOU MOVE INTO 2021,
WHICH WOULD BE THE NEXT PHASE
IN WRAPPING UP COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS WHO WILL BE
RESPONDING TO THESE TYPES OF
SOCIAL ISSUES.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO THE NEXT BUCKET OF
INVESTMENTS FROM THESE DOLLARS
WOULD GO TO INVESTING IN
COMMUNITY LED SUMMER 2020
PROCESS TO DEFINE COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND CREATING A ROAD MAP
FOR OUR COUNCILMEMBERS AND
COMMUNITY ON WHAT THIS
TRANSITION LOOKS LIKE.
SO, WHILE WE HAVE IDENTIFIED
INITIAL INVESTMENT FOR THE
FIRST PHASE OF TRANSITIONING
FROM THE CURRENT PROCESS, WE
ALSO HAVE DEVELOPED A PLAN TO
CREATE A SIMILAR OUTREACH
PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE
IMPLEMENTED BY USE AND
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY
OVER POLICED AND OVER SERVING.
WE PROPOSE A DIALOGUE ABOUT
EXPANDING NOTIONS OF COMMUNITY
SAFETY THAT WILL INFORM THE
ROAD MAP CITY LEADERS NEED TO
MOVE FORWARD WITH FURTHER CUTS
TO THE SPD BUDGET.
THIS RESEARCH WOULD ENGAGE
COMMUNITY AND GET IDEAS AND
EXPRESS THE NEEDS THAT IDENTIFY
TO CREATE TRUE COMMUNITY LED
SAFETY.
THIS IS BEING MODELED AFTER A
SIMILAR PROGRAM THAT IS BEING
CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTED NEW YORK.
WANT TO DEDICATE REAL DOLLARS
TO THIS PROGRAM TO ENSURE EQUITY
, ROBUST PARTICIPATION, AND
SUPPORT YOUTH WHO ARE CURRENTLY
BEING IMPACTED BY THE FINANCIAL
SITUATION AND BLACK OF YOUTH
PROGRAMMING THAT IS BEING
CAUSED BY COVID-19.
BRINGING COMMUNITY INTO THE
PROCESS OF DEVELOPING OUR
ALTERNATIVES TO POLICING AND
NEEDS FOR TWO COMMUNITY SAFETY
WILL SHAPE AND TRANSITION INTO
A 2020 PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
PROCESS FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY
PART OF THE CITY BUDGET NEXT
YEAR.
WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE
IT OFF TO OUR PARTNERS AT THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROJECT
WHO CAN GO INTO MORE DETAIL
AROUND WITH THIS PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROCESS LOOKS LIKE
FOR THE 2021 BUDGET.
THANK YOU.
>> LET ME JUST GO AHEAD AND
SHARE MY SCREEN.
GIVE ME ONE MOMENT.
>> GOOD MORNING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
CITY STAFF GUSTING PARTNERS.
I AM GRATEFUL TO JOEY THIS
MORNING.
I WORK WITH THE PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROJECT.
SUPPORTING AWARENESS OF
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING ACROSS
THE U.S. AND CANADA INCLUDING
HERE IN SEATTLE.
IT WAS NOTED, THANK YOU FOR THE
CONTEXT.
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE
PROPOSAL AND EXPLORE HOW IT CAN
LEAD A FOUNDATION FOR ROBUST
COMMUNITY CONTROLLED PROCESS.
NEXT YEAR AND FOR MANY YEARS TO
COME.
WE RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THAT THE
TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF THE
SESSION IS BUILDING OFF YEARS
OF ADVOCACY AND A RANGE OF
PARTNERS AND HOPEFUL TO SEE
COLLABORATION TO DEFINE
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND COMMUNITY
CONTROL ACROSS THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
QUICKLY, ABOUT THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
PROJECT, AT PBP WE BELIEVE IN
THE POWER OF DECISION-MAKING
THAT FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGES HOW
WE ALLOCATE PUBLIC RESOURCES.
WE'RE FOUNDED IN 2009 TO
SUPPORT THE FIRST-EVER
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS
IN THE UNITED STATES, IN
CHICAGO, AND OF LED RESEARCH
AND OUR MISSION IS TO EMPOWER
AND SUPPORT PEOPLE AND DECIDE
TOGETHER HOW TO SPEND MONEY.
WHAT IS PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING?
PB IS A DEMOCRATIC ROSSES WHERE
PEOPLE DECIDE HOW TO SPEND A
PUBLIC BUDGET.
IT'S ABOUT MAKING GOOD DECISIONS
ABOUT REAL MONEY.
IN STUDY COMMUNITY
CONSULTATION.
IT IS NOT A ONE-TIME EVENT.
IT IS AN ANNUAL CYCLE OF
ENGAGEMENT.
THE STEPS ARE SIMPLE.
THEY NEED TO BE OF LIMITED
INTENTIONALLY AND WITH SPECIFIC
FOCUS ON EQUITY AND COMMUNITY
LEADERSHIP.
IT IS A TRIED AND TESTED AND
PROVEN PROCESS THAT DEEPENS
DEMOCRACY INCLUDING THE WHITE
HOUSE, BLACK LIVES MATTER,
LOCAL PROGRESS AND OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS.
ADDITIONALLY IT IS SUPPORTED BY
COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE U.S. AND
CANADA.
THEY'RE USING IT TO BROADEN
PARTICIPATION, STRENGTHEN
COMMUNITY COMPLETION, CULTIVATE
MORE TRANSPARENT AND INCLUSIVE
DECISION-MAKING AND FACILITATE
MORE EFFECTIVE SPENDING.
IT IS A GROWING, GLOBAL PRACTICE
AND IS EXPANDING ACROSS UNITED
STATES.
THE APPRISING RACISM AND CALLS
TO DIVEST FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND INVEST IN COMMUNITY
IDENTIFY PURDY'S, WE ARE IN
CONVERSATION WITH PARTNERS IN
17 CITIES ACROSS AND STATES AND
COUNTING.
INCLUDING PARTNERS HERE IN
SEATTLE TO EXPLORE HOW
TRANSFORMATIVE DEMOCRATIC
PROCESSES LIKE THIS CAN
FACILITATE INVESTMENTS THAT
UPHOLD COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
CENTER THE NEEDS OF BLACK AND
INDIGENOUS LEADERSHIP BOTH
FORMAL AND INFORMAL.
AS WE IMAGINE COMMUNITY SAFETY
IT CAN BE ADOPTED TO INCLUDE A
BROAD CROSS-SECTION OF MEMBERS
THAT ARE IMPACTED BY LAW
ENFORCED AND THE CULTURAL
SYSTEM.
I WOULD LIST OF THAT WE HAVE A
RANGE OF RESOURCS TO SUPPORT
AND UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND
ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS AND THIS IS
ONE I WOULD LIFT UP.
I CAN HAPPILY SHARE THIS AFTER
THE MEETING.
I WON'T SHARE IT OR PLAY IT NOW
IN THE INTEREST OF TIME BUT I
WANT TO LIVE IT UP AS SOMETHING
THAT IS VERY USEFUL.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING HAS
FIVE PHASES THAT CAN BE ADAPTED
TO THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF A
GIVEN COMMUNITY.
AND THESE STAGES ARE AS FOLLOWS.
FIRST SETTING ASIDE A PORTION
OF THE BUDGET, A STEERING
COMMITTEE IS CONVENED TO DESIGN
THE PROCESS.
THEY CREATE THE RULES AND
ENGAGEMENT PLAN.
INCLUDING HOW TO FACILITATE
ENGAGEMENT, WHO WILL BE
ELIGIBLE TO VOTE, ETC.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT
WHEN DESIGN FOR EQUITY IT CAN
INCLUDE PARTICIPATION OF MANY
WHO ARE UNABLE TO VOTE IN
TRADITIONAL ELECTIONS.
IT CAN ALSO LIFT UP AT ONE OF
THE MOST ESSENTIAL PARTS OF THE
PROCESS, REALLY IS IN THIS
PHASE, DESIGNING THE PROCESS.
HONORING THE REQUEST PUT
FORWARD TODAY, INCLUDING THE
YOUTH LED RESEARCH PROCESS,
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND
CAPACITY BUILDING, SEATTLE IS
PRIME TO BE SET UP FOR SUCCESS
IN ENSURING THAT THIS PHASE OF
THE PROCESS IS WELL-INFORMED
AND INCLUSIVE AT THE START.
THE NEXT PHASE, MUNIZ,
ASSEMBLIES, RESIDENTS CAN SHARE
AND DISCUSS IDEAS FOR PROJECTS
AND HOW THE RESOURCES SHOULD BE
SPENT THAT ALIGNS WITH FUNDING
AND COMMUNITY PRIORITIES.
COMMUNITY BUDGET DELEGATES HELP
SHARPEN AND DEVELOP THE IDEA
FOR PROPOSALS, WORKING WITH
GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES THAT
CAN SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION AND
ASSESS TOGETHER THE NEED,
FEASIBILITY AND IMPACT OF EACH
PROJECT AND OFFER TECHNICAL
VETTING AND COST ESTIMATES.
PROPOSALS GOING TO A BALLOT AND
THE COMMUNITY VOTES ON THE TOP
PROPOSALS THAT MOST MEET THE
COMMUNITY'S NEEDS.
EVENTS CAN BE HELD TO ALLOW
MEMBERS TO EDUCATE EACH OTHER
ABOUT THE PROPOSALS AS A VOTE.
DUE TO THE PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT
PROCESS EACH PROJECT ON THE
BALLOT CAN REALLY BE
IMPLEMENTED.
FINALLY, WE DON'T STOP THERE,
THE PROCESS IS EVALUATED,
IMPROVED UPON AND BEGINS ON AN
ANNUAL BASIS AND IS A NEW WAY
OF MAKING BUDGET DECISIONS
ALONGSIDE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE.
MOST PROCESSES RUN IN AN ANNUAL
CYCLE.
WE SAY THAT NO PROCESS IS THE
SAME BECAUSE NO COMMUNITIES ARE
THE SAME.
THE TIME I WAS ALSO INFORMED BY
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
TYPICALLY WE RECOMMEND AN EIGHT
TO 12 MONTH PROCESS FOR
PROCESSING.
AS A WANT TO LIFT UP INVESTING
IN PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING,
DONE WITH FIDELITY AND
ALONGSIDE THE MENTOR ELEMENTS
OF THE PROPOSAL CAN ENSURE AN
INTENTIONAL AND IMPACTFUL
PROCESS.
IT TAKES TIME.
IT REQUIRES FULL COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT TO SEND TO THE NEEDS
OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN MOST
DISENFRANCHISED AND IMPACTED BY
AN EQUITABLE POLICY TO IMAGINE
WHAT COMES NEXT.
EXPANDING DIALOGUE ABOUT
IMMUNITY SAFETY.
OFFERING FINANCIAL STABILITY.
RESEARCHING OPPORTUNITIES AND
NEEDS NOW WILL ENSURE THAT
INCLUSIVE PROCESS LIKE PB CAN
BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE CITY CAN
EXPERIENCE THROUGH THE PROCESS
THE FULL RANGE OF RETURNS ON
THIS TYPE OF INVESTMENT.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT COMMUNITY
MEMBERS BRING ROBUST EXPERTISE
TO TRANSFER OUR SYSTEMS AND
ENSURE JUST AND IMPACT OF
POLICYMAKING ALONG ELECTED
OFFICIALS.
I WANT TO LIFT UP SOME KEY
CONSIDERATIONS AND ELEMENTS YOU
SEEM REALLY RELEVANT TO THE
CONVERSATION TODAY.
WE SEE IT IS BEING AND ALL OF
THE PROCESS TO CENTER EQUITY
BECAUSE TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE
SHOULD RVERSE POWER BALANCE
NOT REINFORCED THEM.
WE HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS THIS
CAN BE LAMENTED THAT I WANT TO
LIFT A LUCKY A KEY
CONSIDERATION.
IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE START
WITH MONEY THAT MATTERS.
FIRST WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT
HOW THE INTENDED RESOURCES
IMPACT COMMUNITIES WE BOTH, YOU
MOST SEEK TO ENGAGE.
IN THIS CASE WE NEED TO
CONSIDER WHAT DIVESTMENT CAN
OFFER. IN ADDITION TO OTHER
RESOURCES THAT CAN BE INVESTED
IN KEY AREAS. SECOND, WE NEED
TO THINK ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF
FUNDING ALLOCATED THROUGH THE
PROCESS.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IT WITH
PARTNERS ACROSS U.S. WE HAVE
THE SIZE YOU NEED TO THINK BIG
AND START BIG.
WE WANT COMMUNITY CONTROL TO
MEAN THAT, PROCESS OF ALLOWING
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF COMMUNITY
LED DECISION-MAKING AND MONEY
THAT WILL MATTER.
WE WANT COMMUNITY TIME.
ENGAGEMENT.
VOICE TO REALLY MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
NOT ONLY DOES THIS DEEPEN
OUTCOMES BUT ALSO ALLOWS THE
PROCESS TO SCALE MORE
EFFICIENTLY AND ALLOWS FULL
RANGE OF TRANSFER MOTIVE AND
INTERVENTIONS.
IN PARIS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY
COMMITTED TO RESERVING B,500
MILLION TO BE SPENT FOR PB.
THEY CENTERED 37 PROJECTS, 587
DISTRICT PROJECTS AND 20 SCHOOL
PROJECTS.
THE SCALE OF THIS INVESTMENT
ALLOWED FOR OVER 200 PROJECTS
TO BE AMENDED ALONGSIDE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
BUT WE HAVE NOTED LARGER
BUDGETS INCREASE COMMUNITY
PARTICIPATION, ALLOW FOR DEEP
IMPACTFUL INVESTMENTS BECAUSE
THE BUDGET ALLOWS FOR BIG IDEAS
TO START, NOT ONLY CREATED BUT
DEEPLY FEASIBLE AS WELL.
AND BROKE POLITICAL DIVISION
AND SKEPTICISM AMONG COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND BETWEEN COMMUNITIES.
THESE IMPACTS HAVE BEEN BORNE
OUT ACROSS THE U.S. AS WELL.
IT IS CRITICAL.
MANY OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
REVOLVE AROUND HOW FRONTLINE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE IMPACT DID
AND WE NEED TO NAME AND BUILD A
CAPACITY OF THOSE WHO MOST
STAND TO BENEFIT IT AND ARE
IMPACTED OR HARMED BY THE
STATUS QUO.
THIS PROPOSAL INVESTS IN A
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND
CAPACITY BUILDING NEED TO
ENSURE THAT PARTNERS WHO ARE
IMPACTED ARE ENGAGED IN THIS
TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE.
FINALLY I WILL LIFT UP ALL
KINDS OF BUDGETS CAN THIS WORK
FOR AND HOW DO WE MAKE THIS
CONCRETE?
PB SUPPORTS INVESTMENTS AND I
WILL NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT AN
EXHAUSTIVE LIST BUT I WANT TO
LIFT UP A COUPLE KEY EXAMPLES
AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ILLUSTRATE
WHAT THIS COMIC LIKE.
THE FIRST IS THE USE OF
DISCRETIONARY HEALTH FUNDS.
NOT ONLY TO LOOK THIS UP AS A
PIECE OF BUDGETARY BENEFIT BUT
ALSO TO HIGHLIGHT THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE ROLL THE
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN PLAY
IN SUPPORTING PB AND
REBALANCING RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE HAVE SEEN SUCCESS IN USING
THESE TYPES OF RESOURCES TO
GROW PB IN PLACES LIKE NEW YORK
CITY.
GROWTH OF THE PROCESS IN YORK
CITY HAS BEEN IN LARGE PART
COUNCIL MEMBER DRIVEN.
THAT HAS LED TO EXPANSIVE OF
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING ACROSS
THE CITY AND ACROSS PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
LEADERS CAN INVEST IN THEIR
SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AND REDEFINE
SCHOOL SAFETY AND INITIATE A
LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO CIVIC
ENGAGEMENT.
THIS HIGHLIGHTS THE UNIQUE ROLL
THAT CITY MUMBLE IN HIS
OPERATION AND HOW WE ELECT AND
PARTNER FOR IMPACT.
OF COURSE THERE'S A MOVEMENT
ACROSS CITIES IN THE UNITED
STATES TO SEEK TO USE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING AS A
PROCESS FOCUSING ON JUSTICE
TRANSFORMATION.
LOOKING AT LAW ENFORCEMENT
BENDING.
IN THIS RESOURCES IN MORE
COMMUNITY LED TRAUMA INFORMED,
EQUITABLE SYSTEM AND PREP THIS.
SEATTLE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
JOIN PEOPLE IN THE CITY ACROSS
THE COUNTRY IN TRANSPARENCY,
ACCOUNTABILITY, EQUITY AND
RESTORATIVE HEALING ACROSS THE
SYSTEMS.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
COMMIT TO A NEW VISION OF
PARTNERSHIP IN THE PROCESS.
LASTLY, PB IS NOT NEW TO THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
I'M SURE THERE ARE MANY MORE
WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH US.
I WILL NOTE THAT INVESTMENTS
ALLOW RESIDENTS TO EXPAND
PRACTICE OF PB AND BROADEN THE
IMPACT POSSIBLE BY INCLUDING
BUDGETS THAT ARE LESS RESTRICTED
AND HOW THEY CAN BE ALLOCATED.
THE FULL POTENTIAL OF THE
PROCESS WHERE PEOPLE CAN
EXPERIENCE EXPANDED POWER FOR
THE BUDGET DECISIONS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I'M
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT PB TODAY.
I LOOK FORWARD TO EXPLORING HOW
ELEMENTS OF THIS PROPOSAL CAN
CREATE THE CONDITIONS FOR
IMPACTFUL COMMUNITY CONTROL
ACROSS THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE APPRECIATE THE ENTIRE
PRESENTATION.
WE WILL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS
ABOUT PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
AND THE PRESENTATION. ALL OF
THESE PRESENTATIONS WERE
EMAILED TO COUNSEL COLLEAGUES
AND HAVE A LINK ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
I HAVE A FEW FOLKS THAT ARE
SIGNED UP FOR QUESTIONS.
FIRST WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS AND COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF OUR
PRESENTERS PICK THIS IS REALLY
GREAT INFORMATION TODAY.
REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE
IDEAS DURING THIS PRESENTATION.
I WANT TO ASK IF GREG IS ON THE
LINE, A COUPLE QUESTIONS, I'M
CURIOUS, BASED ON SOME OF THE
REQUESTS FROM THE PRESENTATION,
BUT I THINK A REASONABLE, I
WANT TO CLARIFY A COUPLE OF
THINGS.
GREG, CAN YOU CONFIRM?
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
I MAY ASK FOR US TO HOLD THE
QUESTIONS FOR GREG SISSIES ON
THE NEXT PANEL.
>> I'M FINE WITH THAT.
>> I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE
SENSE FOR US TO INCLUDE, GIVE
HIM A CHANCE TO HEAR ALL THE
QUESTIONS AND THEN HE MIGHT
HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
ON THE NEXT PANEL THAT MAKES
SENSE PICK
>> THAT'S ABSOLUTELY, PERFECT
THANK YOU.
>> I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT YOU
OFF.
IF YOU WANT TO ASK YOUR
QUESTIONS, MAYBE THE PANELISTS
AS WELL COULD POTENTIALLY
RESPOND AND GREG COULD HAVE TIME
TO THINK THROUGH THE QUESTION
YOU MIGHT BE PERCOLATING ON.
>> I MIGHT HAVE HAD FOLLOW-UP
QUESTIONS IF I CAN CLARIFY A
FEW THINGS WITH GREG BUT I CAN
TOTALLY FOLLOW UP.
I'VE BEEN TALKING TO JACKIE OFF-
LINE SO IF I HAVE QUESTIONS I
CAN REACH OUT.
>> I'M SORRY.
MAYBE WE CAN CIRCLE BACK TO
THAT.
PONCE APOLOGIES.
>> THAT'S FINE.
>> OKAY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES .
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE
PRESENTATION.
PROBABLY MOST OF US HAVE BEEN
IN CONVERSATION JACKIE AND
ANGELICA SO THANK YOU.
I THINK WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
THE NEED, NOT JUST TO DISMANTLE
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND KIND
OF THE STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE
THAT WE KNOW IS RACIST BUT ALSO
SPENDING TIME REBUILDING AND
INVESTING IN THE KIND OF
ORGANIZATIONS, THE KIND OF
COMMUNITY-BASED WORK, THAT CAN
REALLY BUILD COMMUNITY, BUILD
HEALTH AND SAFETY AND BUILD
SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T CENTER
POLICE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
COMMUNITY SAFETY.
I THINK THIS IS ALL AN
IMPORTANT FIRST STEP IN
BEGINNING TO MAKE THAT
TRANSITION.
I DO WANT TO REITERATE HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS TO CENTER
EQUITY IN THESE CONVERSATIONS.
WE REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT
THAT AND EVERYTHING WE DO AND I
KNOW I KIND OF HAVE A BROKEN
RECORD BUT IN ALL OF OUR
PROCESSES WE NEED TO ASK
OURSELVES WHO BENEFITS FROM THE
DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING,
WHO IS BURDENED BY THESE
DECISIONS AND WHO IS MISSING
FROM THESE CONVERSATIONS?
I THINK THE PEOPLE WE ARE
HEARING FROM TODAY ARE OFFERING
A REALLY IMPORTANT REMINDER OF
WHY WE HAVE TO BE ASKING THESE
QUESTIONS FROM THE BEGINNING OF
THE BUDGET PROCESS TO THE END.
SO, THAT SAID, I DO HAVE
QUESTIONS ABOUT PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING , IN PARTICULAR, YOU
TALKED ABOUT THIS BEING SORT OF
IT SOUNDS LIKE AN ONGOING,
ANNUAL PROCESS, SO THIS ISN'T
JUST A ONE TIME DEAL.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INVESTING
IN COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN BILL
BUILD COMMUNITY WELL.
IT IS A LONG PROCESS AND YOU
SAID IT WAS EIGHT MONTHS?
IN THE NEXT YEAR WE DO IT AGAIN?
FOR THE SAME BUDGET OR MAYBE
FOR A DIFFERENT POT OF MONEY?
MAYBE YOU CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT
IT MEANS TO REALLY EMBRACE THIS
AS AN ONGOING STRATEGY. AND
THEN I ALSO HAVE QUESTIONS
ABOUT HOW MUCH THIS COST, WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER
THE MECHANISM IS THAT WE MIGHT
CONSIDER FOR INSTITUTIONALIZING
THIS IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS THAT
WE ARE INTENTIONAL AND
THOUGHTFUL ABOUT MAKING SURE
THERE IS A STRUCTURE IN PLACE
THAT WE CAN RESOURCE IN ORDER
TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS WELL.
MAYBE YOU CAN ADDRESS THOSE
QUESTIONS FOR US.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS.
THE FIRST SYMPTOM OF THE
FRAMING OF THIS BEING AN ANNUAL
CYCLE AND SOMETHING THAT IS
REOCCURRING IS THE PHILOSOPHY
OF PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING AND
ALSO THE APPROACHES TO
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HERE
RECOGNIZING THIS IS NOT JUST A
PRACTICE WE TRY ONCE AND WE SEE
HOW IT GOES, IT BECOMES A
DIFFERENT WAY OF DOING
BUSINESS.
IT STARTS RECOGNIZE THE CITIES
ARE SPENDING MONEY ALL THE
TIME.
WE ARE MAKING BUDGET
ALLOCATIONS CONSTANTLY AND WE
DON'T NEED YOU MONEY TO DO PB,
WE NEED TO IDENTIFY SPACES
WHERE COMMUNITY CAN JOIN AND
SHARE THE DECISION-MAKING.
THAT IS SOMETHING ANY CITY OF
ANY BUDGET CAN DO BECAUSE THE
WORK IS HAPPENING ALL THE TIME.
PB BECOMES A NEW WAY TO ADD ON
A NEW PROCESS BUT REALLY SAY
WHERE CAN WE INVITE COMMUNITY
LEADERSHIP AND DECISION-MAKING
AND DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO MADE
AND HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN IN A
RECURRING WAY SO IT ISN'T
SOMETHING WE TRY BUT IS
SUSTAINED TO THAT COMMUNITY
THIS IS MAKING WITH SUPPORT FROM
ELECTED OFFICIALS.
IT'S VERY MUCH A PIECE OF THE
ATTENTION OF THE WORK.
IT WILL HELP TO ENSURE THAT THE
INVESTMENTS THAT ARE MADE ARE
CONTINUOUSLY SUPPORTED.
AND IT IS WELL WORTH THE
INVESTMENT OF TIME THAT YOU PUT
INTO THE PROCESS LIKE THIS.
IN TERMS OF COST, IT REALLY
RANGES.
BUT I WILL SAY IS A LOT OF THE
COST DEPENDS ON WHAT PROCEEDS
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING.
STAFF, IF THERE IS COMMUNITY
TRUST, THE RIGHT PEOPLE ARE
ALREADY IN COALITION AND
WORKING TOGETHER.
WE HAVE RESOURCES THAT LAYOUT
WHAT WE HAD TO SAY, AND OTHERS
YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER AND
THINK ABOUT HOW TO MAKE IT MORE
ROBUST PICK I WOULD BE HAPPY TO
SHARE PICKET RANGES BASED ON
WHAT EXISTS.
I WILL SAY THE COST OF RUNNING
THE PB PROCESS WILL BE ALMOST
EQUIVALENT WHETHER OR NOT
YOU'RE RUNNING THE PROCESS TO
ALLOCATE $10,000 OR $10 MILLION
OR MUCH LARGER FUNDS THAN THAT.
THE FUNCTION OF THE PROCESS
WILL RELATIVELY BE THE SAME
DEPENDING ON YOUR PARTICULAR
CASE, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SHARE
A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THOSE COSTS
LOOK LIKE IN CITIES WE HAVE
WORKED WITH.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
>> I'M GOOD RIGHT NOW.
TO PICK
>> I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
AND SAWANT.
I WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO ASK
ANGELICA AND JACKIE FOR
CLARIFICATION AS WELL ON I
BELIEVE IT WAS ITEM NUMBER TWO,
THE SLIDE THAT WENT INTO DETAIL,
THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS I
RECEIVED SO FAR FROM FOLKS ARE
IF FUNDING WAS REDIRECTED TO
MANY ORGANIZATIONS DO WE HAVE
COMMUNITY CAPACITY EXISTING,
JACKIE SAID THERE ARE
ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE TRYING
TO SCALE THEM UP, IF YOU CAN
ELABORATE ON THAT?
AND I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL TO GET ADDITIONAL
CLARIFICATION AS WE THINK ABOUT
WHAT 50% MEANS IN THE NEAR
TERM, I KNOW WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT 50% OF THE REMAINING
BUDGET.
WAS A RECOMMENDATION 50% IN THE
NEXT THREE WEEKS ARE OVER THE
NEXT FEW MONTHS SO THAT WE CAN
GET TO THE 50% TOTAL BY THE END
OF THE YEAR.
CAN YOU CLARIFY THOSE POINTS?
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
>> WE BEEN DOING OUTREACH TO
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE WE MENTIONED,
THAT ARE DOING THIS WORK
CURRENTLY.
I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO
CAPACITY IT IS LOOKING AT THE
AMOUNT OF CALLS WE ARE GETTING
IN ON THESE TYPE OF ISSUES AND
WORKING WITH COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS TO SET REALISTIC
EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT THAT
SCALLOP LOOKS LIKE.
I THINK ALSO THAT WE HAVE
OUTLINED THIS IS A TRANSITION
PERIOD.
SO WE DO SEE THAT THIS SCALED-
DOWN OF POLICE WILL HAPPEN IN A
FACED WAY AND SO THAT
CORRESPONDING SCALE-UP WOULD
HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME SO
IT'S NOT, WE ARE NOT VISITING
THIS BEING LIKE STARTING AUGUST
10 LIKE A COMPLETE LIKE YOU
KNOW, SCALE-UP OF THESE
ORGANIZATIONS BUT WE SEE IT
HAPPENING IN A FACED WAY
STARTING THIS YEAR TO REPAIR US
FOR 2021.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD TO THAT,
ANGELICA?
>> ALSO LOOKING FOR 220 21 WE
ARE THINKING ABOUT INVESTMENTS
NOT ONLY IN THE ORGANIZATIONS
THAT RESPOND TO 911 CRISIS, NOT
ONLY BUILDING UP RESILIENCE SO
THAT QUESTIONS OF VIOLENCE
COULD BE DEALT WITH OUTSIDE OF
THE CRIMINAL SYSTEM BECAUSE
PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO CUT
SHORT THE POSSIBILITY OF A 911
CALL BUT ALSO INVESTMENTS IN
THINGS LIKE UNIVERSAL CHILDCARE
WHICH I KNOW WOULD CUT DOWN IN
THE CALLS TO CPS NOT THE CHILD,
EVERY CHILD IS HOME WITH US.
UNIVERSAL MENTAL HEALTH CARE
AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE.
DRUG TREATMENT BEDS.
LOW BARRIER SHELTERS THAT
PEOPLE CAN GET INTO.
A COMBINATION.
NET, WE WANT A WORLD WHERE WE
HAVE LESS THAN 11 CALLS AND
THAT WILL REQUIRE THESE KINDS
OF INVESTMENTS.
BUILDING COMMUNITY SUPPORT THAT
WILL MEAN PEOPLE ARE WALKING
AROUND BETTER RESOURCED.
CUTTING 50% OF THE REMAINING
BUDGET, YES, WE IMAGINE THE
SAME WAY, SCALING UP.
IT WOULD BE OVER THIS SERIES OF
MONTHS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE BUDGET
WILL BE VOTED ON AUGUST 1 SO WE
ASK FOR THE CUTS TO COME EACH
MONTH BETWEEN AUGUST AND
DECEMBER.
>> THAT IS HELPFUL
CLARIFICATION ON BOTH OF THOSE
FRONTS.
THANK YOU.
WE MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS ON HOW TO ON THE
SCALING DOWN.
AND LOOK FORWARD TO THAT
DISCUSSION.
I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER 11 HERBOLD
.
>> THANK YOU, MY FIRST QUESTION
RELATES TO MY EAGERNESS TO HEAR
YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON OUR
INVESTMENTS IN COMING INTO
COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONSENT
DECREE.
IF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, THAT HAS
BEEN VERY COSTLY.
WE ARE MOVING FROM A NARRATIVE
FOCUSING ON REFORM AND THE COSTS
OF REFORM TO REIMAGINING THE
PUBLIC SAFETY LOOKS LIKE.
I WOULD LOVE TO GET YOUR
FEEDBACK ON THE PROPOSED FUTURE
INVESTMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
CONSENT TO CREATE.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS
WHEN WE SPOKE, I HAD TALKED
ABOUT MY INTEREST AS PART OF
THIS CAPACITY QUESTION, I SPOKE
TO MY INTEREST IN WORKING
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE TO BEGIN
A MAPPING OF SIZE OF MAPPING
THE NUMBER OF CALLS IT WOULD
MOVE AWAY FROM 911 AND DISPATCH
TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND
DETERMINING CERTAIN THE NUMBER
OF STAFF AND RESOURCES EACH OF
THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WOULD NEED.
I THINK THAT HELPS US VISUALIZE
WHAT IS NECESSARY BUT IT ALSO
HELPS US UNDERSTAND THE
WILLINGNESS OF THE COMMUNITY TO
TAKE ON THIS ROLL AND IN
PARTICULAR, I HAD A MEETING WITH
THE MAYOR YESTERDAY AND I WAS
AND THE CONCEPTS, AND SHE SAL
EXPRESSED SKEPTICISM THAT WE
WOULD BE ABLE TO GUARANTEE 24
HOURS A DAY RESPONSE ACROSS THE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF NEEDS,
MENTAL HEALTH, OR VIOLENCE,
INTERRUPTION, YOU KNOW,
NONCRIMINAL FILING OF PAPERWORK
ASSOCIATED WITH THEFTS,
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE, THE
TYPES OF THINGS THAT 911
RESPONSE TO 24 HOURS A DAY. I
THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE
ASSURANCES THAT OUR
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LOOKING
TO FILL SOME OF THESE ROLES CAN
DO THAT AND ARE WILLING TO DO
THAT.
THE OTHER POINT I WANTED TO
MAKE, I APPRECIATE YOUR
CLARIFICATION THAT THE 50% CUT
THAT YOU ARE SEEKING, THE
REMAINING 2020 BUDGET, THAT YOU
ENVISION AT BEING PHASED OVER
THE LAST FOUR MONTHS OF 2020 SO
THAT A PORTION OF THE CUT WOULD
BE PHASED IN IN SEPTEMBER, A
PORTION IN OCTOBER, APPORTIONED
IN NOVEMBER, AND A PORTION OF
DECEMBER, BECAUSE THAT ALLOWS US
TO MAYBE MAKE SOME OF THE
NONSTAFF RELATED CUTS IN THOSE,
IN THAT FIRST MONTH OR TWO
BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF WORK
THAT WE WILL HAVE TO DO BEHIND
THE SCENES RELATED TO THE STAFF
CUTS AND NOT TO DIMINISH THE
WORK, WHAT IS DONE IN FRONT OF
THE SEAS, STANDING UP A NEW
RESPONSE SYSTEM.
THERE IS THE NEED TO STAND UP A
NEW RESPONSE SYSTEM AND ALSO
THE OBLIGATIONS THAT WE HAVE AS
A CITY, AS IT RELATES TO
CONSIDERING LAYOFFS WITHIN THE
CONTEXT OF THE BUDGET.
THAT SCALING I THINK ALLOWS US
TO WORK IN OUR RESPECTIVE ROLES
ON ACCOMPLISHING THAT.
AND THEN, THE LAST QUESTION I
HAD IS I WANT TO SORT OF GO
BACK TO THE STRENGTHS AND
WEAKNESSES OF VARIOUS
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING MODELS.
IT IS AN ANNUAL PROGRAM SO WE
CAN CHECK THAT BOX, IT IS DONE
EVERY YEAR, BUT IT'S VERY,
RELATIVELY TO WHAT YOU
EXPLAINED, OF OTHER CITIES,
IT'S PRETTY SMALL, RIGHT?
IT'S AROUND $700,000 A YEAR.
I WOULD SELF IDENTIFY THE SIZE
OF THE ANNUAL INVESTMEN TO BE
ONE OF THOSE WEAKNESSES BUT I
AM WONDERING, I'VE HEARD
WITHOUT REALLY UNDERSTANDING
THAT ANOTHER WEAKNESS IS THAT
IT IS A PROCESS ALTHOUGH
COMMUNITIES ENGAGED IN
DESIGNING IT, IT IS DRIVEN BY A
CITY DEPARTMENT.
AND I'M WONDERING, ARE THERE
LESSONS TO BE LEARNED ABOUT
SORT OF OUTSOURCING THE RUNNING
OF A PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
PROCESS TO A COMMUNITY-BASED
GROUP THAT WE SHOULD BE
CONSIDERING?
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THOSE
QUESTIONS.
I WILL TRY TO HIT SOME OF THEM.
I WILL PASS THE PB ONE ON.
BACK ME UP.
I THINK THE REASON WE HAVEN'T
SPOKEN ABOUT THE CONSENT DECREE
IS BECAUSE WHAT WE SEE AS BEFORE
THIS UPRISING THE CITY TRIED TO
PULL OUT OF THE CONSENT DECREE
AND THE MOMENT THE UPRISING
HAPPENS, RUSHING BACK IN AND
SAYING WE ARE BACK AND OUR
READERS THAT THE REASON THEY
ARE DOING THAT IS BECAUSE LOT
EASIER TO CONTINUE WITH WHAT WE
KNOW ARE DIFFICULT TO IMPLEMENT
ACCOUNTABILITY AND REFORM
PRACTICES THAN TO DO WHAT WE
ARE ASKING WHICH IS ACTUALLY
DEFUND SPD.
I THINK IS NOT THAT WE DON'T
THINK THE DISSENT DECREE HAS
DONE IS USEFUL, IT IS AT THAT
CLINICAL MOMENT WHEN HE CAME
INTO BEING THAT WAS THE ONLY
POSSIBILITY.
WE ARE NOW SEE OURSELVES IN A
DIFFERENT ERA.
I DID A SIMILAR PRESENTATION TO
THE CBC AND THEY VOTED AS A
VALUE STATEMENT TO BACK THE
CALL TO DEFUND SPD BY 50%.
EVEN THE PEOPLE CHARGED WITH
KEEPING AN EYE AND THE POLICE
ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS MOVE.
THAT IS WHAT I WOULD SAY IN
TERMS OF THAT INVEST BUT I
DON'T WANT TO BE A DISTRACTION
FROM THE REAL WORK WHICH IS THE
WORK OF DEFUNDING AND
REBUILDING.
IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
IN TERMS OF THE MAYOR'S
SKEPTICISM WHICH I GUESS IS TO
BE EXPECTED, THE IDEA THAT
THERE HAS BEEN THIS FULLY
FUNDED AND DEVELOPED THE BILLION
NON-SPD ARM WAITING FOR THIS
MOMENT IS BOGUS, OF COURSE,
THAT IS, YOU CAN'T PROVE YOU'RE
READY TOMORROW, THIS IS A
NONSTARTER.
WE KNOW THIS IS WHY JACKIE, YOU
KNOW, WE NEED TO START THE
INVESTMENTS NOW SO THAT WE CAN
START TAKING OVER THAT RESPONSE
AND I ALSO KNOW FROM TALKING TO
FOLKS WHO WORK IN KAHOOTS AND
OREGON THEY FACT HAVE OVERNIGHT
SHIFTS ND THEY RESPOND 24
HOURS A DAY FOR THE PAST 30
YEARS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS
POSSIBLE.
I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT
IT'S NOT LIKE HAVING A 24 HOUR
SPD RESPONSE HAS ACTUALLY LED
TO THE KINDS OF COMMUNITY
SAFETY WE NEED AND IN FACT IT
OFTEN IS TO VIOLENCE.
GOING BACK DOWN TO THE PATH WE
ARE ON IS NO LONGER AN OPTION.
WE THINK.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD,
JACKIE?
>> YES.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD TO
THAT IS THAT COMMITMENT OF
FUNDING FROM COUNSEL AND FROM
THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR THESE
REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE FOR
COMMUNITY IS EQUALLY AS
IMPORTANT, THE AMOUNT OF
FUNDING THAT WE ATTACH TO THIS
IS GOING TO SHOW OUR LEVEL OF
COMMITMENT TO REALLY BUILDING A
SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION.
THAT IS MY THOUGHT ON THAT.
>> I THINK YOU MENTIONED THE
SCALING DOWN, THAT IS ALSO WHAT
WE ENVISION.
FOR EVERYONE.
CAPACITY TO DO THIS.
>> YES.
I WILL SUPPORT THE POINT JACKIE
MADE WHICH RELATES TO SPD ABOUT
THE IMPORTANCE OF LOOKING AT
INVESTMENTS THAT REALLY REFLECT
NOT ONLY THE POSSIBILITY BUT
NEED A COMMITMENT TO DOING THIS
WORK PICK THAT AS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT HOW
TO IMPROVE ON EXISTING PB AND
OPEN UP YOUR RESOURCES TO
CREATE ROBUST AND BROAD REACHING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHANGE AND
TRANSFORMATION.
I DID LIFT UP IN TERMS OF THE
QUESTION RELATED TO SHOULD CITY
GOVERNMENT HOLD THIS, SHOULD A
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION
HOLD THIS, I THINK IT WILL
REALLY NEED TO DEPEND ON WHAT
FEELS APPROPRIATE FOR THE CITY
AND REALLY WHAT FEELS
APPROPRIATE FOR COMMUNITY AND
WHO IS BEST IN THE POSITION TO
DO THAT.
I WILL SAY THAT PB IS PRETTY
RESOURCE HEAVY, IT'S RESOURCE
INTENSIVE AND SHOULD A PRESENCE
BE HELD OUTSIDE OF FORMAL
GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS THAT
SPACE NEEDS TO BE INVESTED IN
RESOURCE IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS A
DEDICATED STAFF TIME AND
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK TO
REALLY OCCUR IN A ROBUST WAY.
IT WILL REQUIRE A REALLY
SIGNIFICANT COMMITMENT FORMAL
READERSHIP TO HONOR AND SUPPORT
IMPLEMENTATION OF WHATEVER IS
PUT FORWARD AND VOTED INTO
PRACTICE.
AND SO TYPICALLY WHAT WE SEE IS
THAT THE PROCESS TENDS TO BE
HELD WITHIN AN INSTITUTION
BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO THOSE
INDIVIDUALS HAVE AN OBLIGATION
TO LOOK AT HOLDING SOME OF
THESE RESOURCES AND THE NUMBER
OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF FUNDING
STREAMS IT TENDS TO BE HOW
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THOSE
REQUIREMENTS.
YET THEY DO NOT HAVE TO BE THE
CASE.
I WILL SAY THAT WHATEVER WORKS
FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE, IT
WILL REQUIRE A COMMITMENT FROM
FORMAL INSTITUTIONS AND FROM
THE CITY TO SUPPORT THIS WORK.
MICHIGAN COMMUNITY LED NO
MATTER WHO HOLDS IT BUT IT
NEEDS TO BE SUPPORTED BY THOSE
WHO HAVE THE POSITIONS OF POWER
TO NOT ONLY ENSURE THE
RESOURCES MAKE IT INTO
COMMUNITIES BUT THE INVESTMENTS
THAT ARE REQUESTED ARE FUNDED
BUT ALSO TO CONSIDER IF THERE
ARE SPECIFIC ELEMENTS OF
IMPLEMENTATION THAT ARE
CURRENTLY HELD BY OTHER CITIES
AND AGENCIES THAT THEY NEED TO
HAVE A COMMITMENT TO ACTUALLY
SEE THOSE THROUGH AND HONOR
COMMUNITY CONTROL IN THAT
PROCESS AND SO IF THE
ACCOUNTABILITY IS THERE AND THE
SUPPORT IS THERE AND THERE IS A
TRUSTED PARTNERSHIP, I DON'T
SEE WHY THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
COULD BE CONSIDERED. IT WOULD
TAKE A LOT OF WILL AND IT
WOULDN'T SOLVE THE CITY OF
NEEDING TO SUPPORT THIS PROCESS
AND MAKING SURE IT RUNS WITH
FIDELITY AND SEAMLESSLY AND
RECOGNIZING THERE IS A ROLL FOR
ELECTED OFFICIALS TO PLAY
SUPPORTING THOSE COMMUNITY
DECISIONS.
AS OPPOSED TO LETTING THEM SIT
ELSEWHERE AND NOT CO-OWN THE
NEED TO PER TIES COMMUNITY SHIP.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION,
DISTRO QUICK.
CAN YOU BE A LITTLE BIT MORE
POINTED TO SEATTLE SPECIFIC
CONCERNS?
LESSONS LEARNED, BARRIERS?
FOR FOLKS WHO BEEN ENGAGED IN
SEATTLE'S PROCESS, TELL IT TO
US DIRECT, WHAT IS NOT WORKING.
IF YOU WANT TO BE SO DIRECT.
YOU CAN TAKE A PASS IF YOU WANT.
>> DO YOU MEAN FOR
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING ?
>> YES.
WE MIGHT TAKE A PASS FOR NOW
BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP.
>> WE CAN HEAR BE BACK ANY TIME.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU.
MY OFFICE AND I WILL LIKE TO
HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND IF
YOU WANT HAVE THAT OFF-LINE
THAT IS FINE.
THANK YOU FOR THE EXCELLENT
PRESENTATION.
IT GOES VERY RICH WITH
INFORMATION AND INSIGHT. ALL
THE PRESENTATIONS WERE
EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL I THINK.
AND NEEDLESS TO SAY I AM
COMPLETELY COMMITTD TO
SUPPORTING THESE DEMANDS BOTH
IN THIS YEAR'S, IN THE SUMMER
BUDGET, IN THE FALL, THE
DECISIONS THE CONSOLE MAKE.
AND IS AN ONGOING PROCESS YOU
HAVE OUTLINED, PLEASE KNOW THAT
MY OFFICE IS IN COMPLETE
SOLIDARITY WITH ALL OF THOSE.
I MEAN, THE OVERALL IDEA.
ALSO THE SPECIFIC PROPOSALS
THAT YOU HAVE INCORPORATED TODAY
, IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT WAS
A VERY USEFUL TO HEAR AND
REALLY SEE THEM AS JUST GOING
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AM GLAD YOU ALSO CONFIRMED I
THINK THROUGH THE Q&A PROCESS,
ALSO, THERE SHOULD BE A CONCRETE
GUIDING OF THE BUDGET AS FAR AS
THIS YEAR IS CONCERNED AS A
STARTING POINT TO CARRY OUT THE
50% DEFEND BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE
HAVE THE REAL MOMENTUM AND I
THINK WE SHOULD GET THAT
PROCESS STARTED RATHER THAN
JUST THE COUNSEL SAYING WE
WOULD DO IT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
ON THIS SPECIFIC POINT THAT YOU
BROUGHT UP, YOU BROUGHT UP A
LOT OF POINTS, I WANT TO TAKE
SOME TIME, I AGREE WITH MANY OF
THEM BUT SPECIFICALLY THE
MOVING FROM THE NONCRIMINAL
EMERGENCY TO TRAIN SOCIAL
WORKERS, THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT
BECAUSE IT'S A BIG PORTION OF
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I THOUGHT JACKIE MADE AN
IMPORTANT POINT, I'M SORRY,
FIRST THE POINT ABOUT THAT WAS
IMPORTANT ALSO WAS IF THERE'S
NOT A CIVILIAN WORKFORCE AS
ANGELICA WAS SAYING, 100% READY
TO TAKE OVER THAT'S A
NONSTARTER.
WE DON'T ACCEPT THOSE POINTS.
IT WILL BE A WORK IN PROGRESS
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT
CIVILIAN WORKFORCE BECAUSE NOW
THE POLICE IS DOING IT.
THAT IS COMPLETELY, THAT'S
UNREASONABLE IF THE MAYOR OR
ANYONE IS BEING, I WANT TO SAY
I DISAGREE WITH THAT.
WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION
POSSIBLE.
AND THEN, ALSO, I STRONGLY
AGREE WITH THE POINT THAT
JACKIE WAS MAKING, PART OF
MAKING THAT POSSIBLE IS
COMMITTING AND OFFERING,
ACTUALLY ALLOCATING THE FUNDING
THAT WE WILL NEED TO MAKE THAT
TRANSITION POSSIBLE AND WE HAVE
REALLY POWERFUL COMMUNITY
SUPPORT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HARNESS
THAT.
VERY QUICKLY, ON THE
CALCULATIONS, IN AUGUST THROUGH
DECEMBER, FIVE MONTHS, IF WE
YOU KNOW, TAKE THE FIVE MONTH
EQUIVALENT OF THE BUDGET IT
COMES TO WHAT $70 MILLION, 50%
OF THAT IS A $5 MILLION AND SO
I THINK AGAIN, ROUGHLY
SPEAKING, I'M NOT HAVING A
CONCRETE POSTAL BUT PUTTING
SOME NUMBERS ON WHAT
COMMITMENTS WE WANT THE CITY
COUNCIL TO MAKE, CUTTING $85
MILLION THIS YEAR WOULD BE 50%
OF THE REMAINING BUDGET.
AND AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE A
STRAIGHTFORWARD QUESTION, IS
THE COUNCIL MEMBER SUPPORT OR
NOT?
AND TO THAT POINT I THOUGHT
THERE WAS AN IMPORTANT POINT
THAT WE NEED SUPPORT FROM
PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE POWER TO
MAKE THOSE DECISIONS AND THOSE
DECISIONS SHOULD BE COMMUNITY
LED AND COMMUNITY HAS TO HAVE
THE POWER TO MAKE SURE THAT
THESE FUNDS ARE GOING IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION.
SWAN ALL OF THAT I AGREE THAT
REDUCTIONS IN STAFFING,
NAVIGATION TEAM OF COURSE, WE
HAVE TO STOP THE SWEEPS
ENTIRELY.
ONE QUESTION I WOULD ADD, ON
THE QUESTION OF GAPPING POLICE
OFFICER SALARIES, I AM SURE YOU
ALL HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT
BUT I WANT TO ALSO HEAR YOUR
THOUGHTS ON IT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DATA IT IS
QUITE DRAMATIC.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SEATTLE,
THE CITY OF SEATTLE EMPLOYEES,
THE DATA FROM OPEN THE
BOOKS.COM, I THINK 119 OF THE
TOP 200 SALARIES IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE ARE POLICE OFFICERS
THAT IS A HUGE NUMBER.
MOST OF THE POLICE, HIGH POLICE
OFFICER SALARIES, WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT 20 $50,000,
$200,000, TALKING IN THAT RANGE.
THE MAJORITY OF THE OVERPAID
STAFF ARE CITY OF SEATTLE
POLICE OFFICERS SO I HOPE YOU
COULD ALSO TALK ABOUT THAT AND
ALSO HOW THAT NEEDS TO FIGURE
INTO PART OF THE DEFUNDING
PROPOSAL.
>> THANK YOU. WE REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT TO THE
PROPOSAL AND CAPPING SALARIES,
YES, PART OF WHAT HAS GROWN,
BLOW TO THE BUDGET SO MUCH AS
THOSE SALARIES.
THE CRIB PLEASE CONTRACT ENDS
AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND SO I
IMAGINE THOSE DISCUSSIONS WE
NEED TO MAINTAIN THE NEED FOR
SUPPORT TO MAKE SURE THE NEW
CONTRACT HELPS REFLECT THE NEW
REALITY WE ARE ALL WORKING FOR.
THAT WILL ALSO BE A FIGHT. WHAT
ARE THE THINGS THAT SUPPORT OUR
WELL-BEING?
INVESTMENTS TO THE
ORGANIZATIONS WE'RE TALKING IT.
INVESTMENTS AND CITY JOBS LIKE
THOSE CHILDCARE WORKERS WHO
MAKE NO WHERE NEAR, MAYBE
ALTOGETHER, EQUIVALENT OF ONE
OFFICERS SALARY.
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT
ESSENTIALLY KEEPS US SAFE, OR
THE ESSENTIAL WORKERS, THINKING
ABOUT TRANSFERRING THAT MONEY
TO PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY KEEP US
SAFE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? THANK
YOU.
BEFORE WE END THIS PANEL I WILL
CIRCLE BACK ON THE $85 MILLION
AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE
AS YOU THINK ABOUT WHETHER THAT
$70 MILLION ADDED OVER THE NEXT
FIVE MONTHS.
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HEAR
MORE ABOUT.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, YOUR NEXT.
>> THANK YOU.
A COUPLE QUESTIONS DID COME FOR
ME, COME TO ME, LISTENING TO
THE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS
INTERACTING WITH THE PANEL.
I WANT TO GET THEM OUT THERE.
I APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION
ABOUT THE KAHOOTS MODEL, AS
THEY ANNOUNCED ON MONDAY
EVERYTHING I INTEND TO GO
FORWARD A PROCESS TO LOOK INTO
SCALING UP AND ADOPTING A
KAHOOTS STYLE MODEL OF FIRST
RESPONSE.
I WANT TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS
NOW AND OF COURSE I WANT TO
OFFER OFF-LINE TO FOLKS THAT I
REALLY WOULD LIKE TO BAKE INTO
THAT PER VISO A PROCESS THE
CENTERS COMMUNITY IN SHAPING
WHAT OUR VERSION OF A KAHOOTS
TEMPLATE WOULD LOOK LIKE.
SO, THE FIRST QUESTION I WANT
TO ASK YOU GUYS ABOUT ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT IS KIND OF
COMING FORWARD, SINCE MONDAY,
PEOPLE KIND OF REACHING OUT,
THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS REACHING
OUT THAT HEALTH ONE COULD BE A
PROMISING TEMPLATE TO PROVIDE
SOME OF THE KINDS OF SERVICES
THAT MAKES. I KNOW THERE ARE
SOME SIMILARITIES BETWEEN
HEALTH ONE AND KAHOOTS BUT ALSO
A LOT OF DIFFERENCES.
FIRST I WANT TO GET YOUR TAKE I
THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE
PUBLIC TO HEAR YOUR TAKE AND
WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE
WE HAVE SOMETHING TRULY
RESPONSIVE.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY DENVER WENT
THROUGH A FAIRLY RECENT
COMMUNITY VISION PROCESS TO
CREATE THEIR STAR PROGRAM.
BASED ON THE KAHOOTS TEMPLATE.
I THINK THAT OFFERS A GOOD ROAD
MAP OF HOW KAHOOTS IN PORTLAND
AND OAKLAND AND DENVER, EVERY
CITY THAT ADOPTED IT MAKES IT
THEIR OWN, ADAPTED TO THE NEEDS
OF THE SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES,
THOSE CITIES.
HOW THAT PROCESS AND DENVER OR
OTHER PROCESSES, PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING OR OTHER OUTREACH
INFORMS HOW WE DEVELOP THE
MODEL.
SIGNALING MY INTENTION TO SET
HER COMMUNITY AND FEEDBACK IN
MAKING A PROGRAM LIKE THAT
TRULY OUR OWN AND WE WOULD LIKE
TO HEAR YOUR RESPONSE TO THOSE
TWO, THE HEALTH ONE QUESTION
AND ALSO MIKEY PROCESS
DEVELOPING OUR OWN KIND OF
KAHOOTS.
>> THANK YOU.
HEALTH ONE IS A GREAT STEP BUT
WHAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT WHEN
WE THINK ABOUT MODELING KAHOOTS
IS THAT IT IS BASED IN THE
ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BEEN
AROUND FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
IT HAS BUILD COMMUNITY TRUST AS
BEING SEPARATE FROM LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
I THINK, I KNOW THAT HEALTH ONE
IS FOLKS WHO ARE BASED, WHO ARE
CITY EMPLOYEES AND AGAIN, THEY
DO 2-WORK IN DIVERTING PEOPLE
AWAY FROM LEASE RESPONSES.
BUT I THINK THE MODEL WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT IS ABOUT HAVING
FOLKS FROM THE COMMUNITY
IMPACTED, THE ONES WHO ARE
DOING THE RESPONSE.
AND SO I THINK THE INVESTMENT
WE WANT TO SEE IS NOT A FAIRLY
EXPANDING EXISTING PROGRAMS FOR
CITY EMPLOYEES OR MAYBE NOT
GROUNDED IN THE COMMUNITY THAT
THEY ARE RESPONDING TO.
THAT WOULD BE ONE DIFFERENCE.
I DON'T THINK WE WOULD NEED ONE
AGENCY TO RESPOND, IT COULD BE
MULTIPLE AGENCIES DEPENDING ON
THE AREA OF THE CITY YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT.
THAT MIGHT BE ONE DISTINCTION.
HEALTH ONE IS SORT OF ACROSS
THE BOARD, ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL
SOLUTION.
I THINK WE ARE GOING TO SEE A
LOT OF DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS
BEING FORWARD AND THAT IS WHAT
SHOULD BE HAPPENING.
IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNITY
PROCESS TO BUILD KAHOOTS
ABSOLUTE, IN FACT, I THINK WHAT
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WOULD
FOLD IN BEAUTIFULLY WITH OUR
SUMMER PROCESS OF HAVING FOLKS
RETHINK WHAT IS IT THAT KEEPS
YOU SAFE?
IF YOU HAVE TO CALL 911 BECAUSE
OF A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS WHO
WOULD YOU WANT TO SHOW UP?
WHAT QUALIFICATION WOULD YOU
WANT THAT PERSON HAVE?
WHAT SKILLS WOULD YOU WANT TO
HAVE?
WHO WOULD YOU WANT THEM TO BE?
YOU KNOW?
THAT I THINK WHAT YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT, DEFINING,
DESIGNING KAHOOTS IS WHY WE
NEED TO INVEST IN THE SUMMER
PROCESS OF REDEFINING PUBLIC
SAFETY.
BY THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
OVER POLICED AND IMPACTED BY
POLICE IN SEATTLE.
JACKIE, ANYTHING TO ADD?
>> THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD TO
THE FIRST QUESTION YOU HAD. ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW ABOUT
SOME OF THESE COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE REALLY
ROOTED IN HARM REDUCTION
FRAMEWORK IS THAT THEY HAVE
STRENGTH OF THE PROGRAM COMING
FROM BEING PURE LED EFFORTS.
AND SO JUST CIRCLING BACK TO
WHAT ANGELICA SAID ABOUT BEING
FROM THIS COMMUNITIES THAT YOU
ARE TRYING TO SERVE IN ADDITION
TO THAT LOOKING AT SOME OF
THESE ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE
THESE PURE LED LEVELS WILL BE
IMPORTANT FOR THIS TRANSITION
AS WELL.
THANK YOU.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
ONE AREA I WOULD LOVE TO
EXPLORE WITH YOU ALL IS MAYBE
HOW WE GET MORE, HOW WE USE THE
POWER OF THE COUNCIL, FUNDING
PARTIES TO GET MORE FOLKS WHO
ARE FROM STORE THE
DISENFRANCHISED OR DOES
INVESTED IN COMMUNITIES INTO
SOME OF THESE JOBS AND
POSITIONS THAT WE WOULD LIKE
THEM TO HAVE IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND I THINK THE
QUESTION AROUND THE HEALTH ONE
MODEL IS A GOOD ONE BECAUSE
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO HAVE GOOD UNION WAGE JOBS
AND MAKE SURE FOLKS WHO ARE
MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS,
HOPEFULLY FROM COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR, WHO ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE
CARE TO PEOPLE IN A CULTURALLY
AND LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE
WAY, IF WE CAN GET MORE FOLKS
INTO SERVICES LIKE THAT FROM
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE
HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED BY
TRADITIONAL BUDGETING PROCESSES
I THINK WE ALSO CREATE A
PIPELINE INTO GOOD LIVING WAGE
JOBS AND A CITY THAT IS MORE
REFLECTIVE OF COMMUNITY WE
INTEND TO SERVE. I WOULD LOVE
TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THAT
BECAUSE I KNOW FROM THE PAST
WE'VE DONE ON TRYING TO LIFT UP
MORE INVESTMENTS INTO HELPLINE
AND OTHER MODELS THAT IS ONE
SLIVER.
WHEN I HEAR YOU SAYING IS YOU
WANT DOLLARS TO GO INTO
COMMUNITIES THEY HAVE NOT HAD
INVESTMENTS HISTORICALLY.
DOING THAT IS A PRETTY.
FOR POTENTIALLY BALANCING THAT
BY HAVING A PIPELINE INTO SOME
OF THOSE GOOD JOBS, MAYBE THAT
IS A BALANCE.
IS THAT FAIR?
>> A VERY FAIR THING, WHAT DOES
IT MEAN, AT THE SAME TIME A
DEFUNDING IS TRENDING, IT'S LIKE
WE NEED TO THINK DIFFERENTLY
ABOUT HOW WE SERVE COMMUNITIES
WHO ARE MARGINALIZED.
WE BEEN TALKING TO FOLKS AND I
KNOW KAHOOTS HAS THIS MODEL
FURTHERS AN APPRENTICESHIP.
PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE SERVICES ARE
ABLE TO BASICALLY GO ALONG WITH
KAHOOTS AND THEN ARE TRAINED TO
TAKE ON THOSE SAME POSITIONS.
I THINK WHAT WE THINK ABOUT,
HOW TO BUILD THAT PIPELINE IN
AN APPRENTICESHIP MODEL.
THERE IS NO REASON THAT
SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING AND
THERE SHOULD BE ANY REQUIREMENT
OTHER THAN THE EXPERIENCE.
THAT IS THE BEST REQUIREMENT.
PLUS THE ON-THE-JOB TRAINING.
>> THINK ABOUT APPRENTICESHIP
AND HOW WE GET FOLKS IN SOME OF
THESE GOOD LIVING WAGE AND
UNION JOBS AND HAVE IT BE A
MORE DIVERSE AND REFLECTIVE BODY
THAT SERVES A DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
I THINK WE WOULD LOVE TO PULL
IN WORKING WITH COALITION OF
CITY UNIONS AND SPECIFICALLY WE
CAN THINK ABOUT PULLING IN
UNION MEMBERSHIP AS WELL
LOOKING TO DIVERSIFY.
THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED
AND ALSO WHO IS OFFERING THE
SERVICE.
IT COULD BE A WIN-WIN.
MORE FOLLOW-UP TO HAPPEN THERE.
HAVE A QUESTION FOR
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS PRESENTATION HAS BEEN VERY
HELPFUL FOR ME FRAMING WHAT
SPECIFIC REQUESTS WITH THE
COUNCIL CAN MEET.
WHAT I HAVE HEARD HERE, I'M NOT
SURE I HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE
ALL MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ASKED
REALLY GREAT QUESTIONS.
I AM HERE TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT
I HAVE HEARD AND SHE BACK THE
POINTS I HAVE BEEN IN AGREEMENT
WITH YOU ON, WE NEED A ROAD MAP
TO BE SUCCESSFUL SO THAT WE CAN
FACE DOWN, SCALE DOWN THE USE
OF OUR POLICE RESPONSE AND THE
STRATEGIC AND SUCCESSFUL AS WE
SCALE UP THE APPROPRIATE FIRST
RESPONDERS. JUST BECAUSE WE ARE
NOT READY TO HIT THE GROUND
RUNNING TOMORROW WITH 24/7
RESPONSE DOES NOT MEAN WE CAN'T
BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS EFFORT.
AS A BUILD TO A DIFFERENT
PUBLIC SAFETY MODEL PEOPLE ARE
STILL GOING TO NEED IMMEDIATE
ASSISTANCE AND HOW DO WE ENSURE
THAT THERE IS STILL A QUICK
RESPONSE TIME OF FIRST
RESPONDERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY
IN AN APPROPRIATE FASHION.
I KNOW IN DISTRICT VI WE
ALREADY DON'T FEEL THAT THERE IS
APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TIME WITH
FIRST RESPONDERS.
I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
HOW THIS CONVERSATION CAN
IMPROVE THE RESPONSE TIME IN MY
DISTRICT.
BECAUSE, WE DON'T ALWAYS NEED A
POLICE OFFICER TO BE THE FIRST
ONE ON THE SCENE.
SOME OF THE QUICK WINS I'VE
HEARD FROM YOU, I BOX MY
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE
APPROACH THIS WORK.
THE QUICK WINS I SEE THAT NEED
TO BE ADDRESSED FIRST AND
FOREMOST IS 911 DISPATCH.
HOW WE, HOW WE TAKE AND PUT
THESE OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS
INTO THE QUEUE TO BE THE FIRST
ONE'S ONSCENE.
WE NEED TO EXPAND THE PROGRAMS
WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE.
I WAS HONORED TO WORK WITH
COUNCILMEMBER BACK SHOT ON THE
HEALTH ONE PILOT PROPOSAL. WE
HAVE A CROSS-ICE INTERVENTION
TEAM, CITY PUBLIC POLICY IN
EUGENE AND HAVING CALLED
KAHOOTS MYSELF, AT TIMES, I
KNOW WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO
HAVE 24/7 RESPONSE.
THIS IS AGAIN, A SPECIFIC
REASON WE NEED TO CHANGE HOW
THE 911 CENTERS OPERATE.
KAHOOTS HAS SUCCESS BECAUSE
THEY ARE HARDWIRED INTO THAT
RESPONSE.
WE ALSO BROUGHT UP HOUSING
SHELTER.
IT IS LONG KNOWN THAT WE ADDRESS
THE ROOT ISSUES, PEOPLE ARE
EXPERIENCING, WE SAVE MONEY,
TIME AND TRAUMA.
IS COMPARED TO CONTINUALLY
RETURNING TO THE SYMPTOMS OF A
CRISIS.
I THINK THE OUTLINE YOU CREATED
FOR US THIS REALLY SPOT ON.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING, YOU
ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, THIS
CAN'T BE A ONE-YEAR EXPERIMENT.
IT TAKES FOUR YEARS OF
IMPLEMENTATION TO DEMONSTRATE
HOW A POLICY IS ACTUALLY GOING
TO BE EFFECTIVE.
OR INEFFECTIVE.
AND TO THE POINT, WE EXPRESS
THIS IN PLACE AND WE NEED TO
EXPAND THE USE OF THIS PROCESS.
AGAIN, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
SPECIFIC ASKS THAT EVERYONE HAS
PROVIDED HERE AT THIS COMMITTEE
MEETING BECAUSE UNDERSTANDING
WHAT DEFUND 50% MEANS AS WE ARE
ALREADY 50% OF THE WAY THROUGH
THE YEAR, IF WE DEFUND 50% RENA
WOULD BE AT 0% FOR THE REST OF
THE YEAR AND HOW WE CAN
SPECIFICALLY MEET YOUR NEEDS
FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR AND
BREAKING IT INTO 2021.
I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
YOU PUT REALLY GREAT PARAMETERS
IN PLACE AND ANY FURTHER
THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW WE CAN
EXPAND LOW ACUITY PROGRAMS,
CHANGE THE NAME WOMAN DISPATCH,
USE, FOCUS ON HOUSING AND
SHELTER, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR
ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO SAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
ONE THING I TOUCH ON IS WE
TALKED ABOUT AT THE BEGINNING
OF YOUR COMMENTS.
PEOPLE IN NEED.
IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE.
ONE THING WE ARE HEARING PEOPLE
SAY ARE YOU SAYING WE ARE
CUTTING SPD SO IF SOMEONE
BREAKS INTO MY HOUSE I CAN'T
CALL?
RIGHT NOW WE ARE ANALYSIS THAT
THE POLICE DO NOT DO ANYTHING
TO PREVENT THE BREAK IN.
USUALLY SHOW UP TOO LATE TO
PREVENT HARM AND DAMAGE.
WE KNOW THE AVERAGE RESPONSE
TIME IS 15 MINUTES FOR A POLICE
CALL AND PEOPLE CAN WAIT FOR
HOURS IN MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT MOST, THIS
PROPERTY CRIME OR HOME INVASION
IS ON PEOPLE'S MINDS BECAUSE IT
IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TRAINED
INTO CULTURALLY BY LAW AND
ORDER PLAYING ON REPEAT FOREVER.
ADDRESSING THIS KIND OF CRIME
IS NOT THE BULK OF WHAT PLEASE
DO WHICH I KNOW YOU AND OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS KNOW, MOST OF
THE RESPOND TO NOISE COMPLAINTS,
PARKING AND TRAFFIC CITATIONS
AND DEALING WITH OTHER ISSUES
SO IN ADDITION IN SOME
NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THE POLICE
ARE BREAKING INTO PEOPLE'S
HOMES.
WE KNOW RIGHT NOW POLICING
DIVERTS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS AWAY FROM THINGS THAT
ACTUALLY PREVENT PROPERTY
CRIME.
MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE CAUSING
PROPERTY CRIME ARE DOING SO
BECAUSE THEIR BASIC NEEDS ARE
NOT MET.
WE BELIEVE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT
911 REPLACEMENT BUT ABOUT
SPENDING THE MONEY THAT IS ON
THE POLICE, THINGS LIKE FREE
AND UNIVERSAL HOUSING, CHILDCARE
, AND THAT WOULD PREVENT
PROPERTY CRIME MORE THAN
ANYTHING ELSE.
SO I WANT TO GIVE THAT
PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE I THINK
THAT IS THE FEAR OF WHAT WILL I
DO?
WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW ALSO IS IT
WORKING.
WE NEED TO BE INVESTING IN THE
PROGRAM THAT WILL WORK TO
ACTUALLY BRING DOWN THOSE CALLS
ALTOGETHER.
>> I WANT TO ADD, GENERALLY,
THOSE POINTS YOU GET ON AND
WERE MENTIONED AS WELL, IN THE
CAPACITY THAT IS BEING BUILT IN
THIS INTERIM PERIOD AND DIRECT
NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT CAN
BE MET, WITH DISBURSEMENT OF
RESOURCES CAN FURTHER POSITION
FOR EXAMPLE A COMMUNITY-
ORIENTED GROUP TO HOLD THE
PROCESS.
PART OF THAT CAPACITY BUILDING
TO REALLY GO TOWARD RESOURCING
AND SUPPORTING THE OPPORTUNITIES
AND WHAT IT CAN LOOK LIKE.
AND CAN REALLY DEEPEN NOT ONLY
ENGAGEMENT OF A COMMUNITY
PROCESS AND BUILDING IT OUT BUT
DEEP UNDERSTANDING AND
TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE THAT
WILL ONLY MAKE THE RESOURCE
INVESTED IN SOMETHING LIKE PB
MORE IMPACTFUL BECAUSE IT
SUPPORTED BY COMMUNITIES AS
WELL AS CAPACITY BUILDING
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND THE
RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED RIGHT
NOW DURING COVID AND HIS
TRANSITION TO MAKE SURE IF YOUR
INVESTING TIME IN PB IT IS
IMPACTFUL AND MEANINGFUL AND
ALL OF THIS IS FROM ENTRY.
COMPLEMENTARY.
>> THE NEXT STEP, THIS IS WHERE
I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS FOR YOU
AND WE CAN FOLLOW-UP OFF-LINE.
I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BREAK DOWN
HOW WE REGIMENT POLICING IN OUR
CITY AND IT DIFFERENT SILO AND
HAVING FEEDBACK FROM YOU OF IF,
IF I UNDERSTOOD THESE FELLOWS
CORRECTLY AND IF I NEED TO TAKE
DEEPER UNDERSTANDING AND THE
SILAS.
I SEE WHEN WE HAVE 911 CALLS
THERE IS WORK, THE STATE HAS
LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, WHO CAN
SEND REPORT, MUCH LIKE A NOTARY
DEMONSTRATES THAT THIS IS AN
OFFICIAL DOCUMENT.
THIS IS WRITING REPORTS,
REVIEWING TRAFFIC CAMERAS,
THERE ARE CODES THAT HAVE PEACE
OFFICERS AS THE LEGAL LANGUAGE,
REQUIRED TO MAKE, TO SIGN OFF
ON REPORTS.
WE ALSO HAVE LOW ACUITY WHICH
YOU FORWARDED TALKED ABOUT.
WE HAVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.
INVESTIGATING CRIMES AND
CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.
AND SECURING A SPACE FOR SAFE
THE.
UNDERSTANDING THAT SECURING IS
BASE FOR SAFETY LOOKS VERY
DIFFERENT FOR DIFFERENT
IMMUNITIES.
IF THERE ARE OTHER TRANCHES OF
WORK THAT I AM NOT
UNDERSTANDING I WOULD LOVE TO
HEAR MORE AND ALSO HOW DO WE
BREAK OUT THESE DIFFERENT
REQUIREMENTS THAT WE ARE
PLACING ON THE PLEASE?
HOW DO WE BREAK THESE INTO
DIFFERENT FIRST RESPONDERS AND
VERY SPECIFIC FASHIONS SO WE
ARE SET UP FOR SUCCESS?
WHEN I HEAR DEFUND 50% I DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE
CHANGING?
I AM NOT COMMITTED TO A
PERCENTAGE. I AM COMMITTED TO
DEFUNDING WHAT IS NOT WORKING.
FUNDING WHAT WE NEED TO BE
INVESTING IN SO THAT WE HAVE
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SAFE, THAT
HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HAVE
FAST RESPONSE TIME
>>> THAT COULD BE MORE OR LESS
THAN 50%.
I HAVE ANYTHING IT MIGHT BE
MORE.
I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE DATA-DRIVEN AND ENSURE
THAT WE ARE, THAT IS WHY YOUR
ROAD MAP AT THE BEGINNING OF
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT.
I REALLY SEE A PATHWAY FORWARD.
CREATING A COMMUNITY THAT HAS
IMMENSE PUBLIC SAFETY AND WE
DON'T RELY ON THE POLICE ALWAYS
BEING THE FIRST RESPONDERS ON
THE SCENE.
ANY ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS?
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR
THOUGHTS.
>> MAYBE THAT IS FOR A FOLLOW-UP
. I DON'T SEE ANYONE TAKING
THEMSELVES OFF MUTE BUT I WOULD
SUGGEST THIS.
BECAUSE I'M THE CHAIR AND I GET
TO INVITE ANYBODY I WANT TO,
YOU ARE ALL WELCOME TO STAY ON
THE NEXT PANEL PRESENTATION
WERE CENTRAL STAFF WILL GO
THROUGH THE 911 CALLS AND I
THINK SPECIFICALLY IT DOVETAILS
INTO WHAT OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS
WERE ASKING, YOU'RE WELCOME TO
STAY ON AND WE WOULD ENCOURAGE
YOU TO PARTICIPATE IF YOU'RE
INTERESTED IN STAYING.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO.
IT IS ITEM NUMBER ONE ON THE
PLAN.
IT IS PERFECT TIMING THAT YOU
HAVE PRESENTED US WITH THIS
ROAD MAP.
I ALSO KNOW THERE'S A NARRATIVE
THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON TO
COMPLEMENT THE SLIDES THAT WERE
SHARED TODAY.
AND POTENTIALLY INCLUDING
DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT COULD HELP
US GET TO THE $85 MILLION WE
WERE DOING IS OF THE ENVELOPE.
THAT'S NOT THE NUMBER FEEL FREE
TO TELL US.
IF YOU'VE DONE OTHER MATH.
F WE THINK ABOUT HOW TO GET
THERE IN THIS BUDGET AND
PREPARING FOR THE 2021 BUDGET
WE WILL BE WORKING WITH YOU TO
MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS GET
FEEDBACK ON THE PROPOSAL FOR
THIS YEAR AND THERE IS THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS
FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR , I'M
SORRY, THE UPCOMING BUDGET, AS A
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING . YOU
ARE WELCOME TO STAY ON.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, THANK
YOU FOR WALKING US THROUGH THIS
ROAD MAP.
THANK YOU FOR THE POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR THE NARRATIVE
THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT
WILL HAVE DOLLARS ASSIGNED TO
IT, AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING OUR
QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU FOR
LIFTING UP THE RECOMMENDATIONS
THAT HAVE BEEN BREWING IN THE
COMMUNITY FOR YEARS AND I THINK
AT THIS POINT, GIVEN A CALL FOR
ACTION, MUCH MORE TO COME.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO STAY ON.
THERE WILL BE MANY MORE
QUESTIONS TO COME.
WITH THAT, MADAME CLERK, YOU
READ INTO THE RECORD ITEM
NUMBER TWO QUESTION?
>> THANK YOU.
I BELIEVE WE ARE GOING TO BE
JOINED BY GREG DOS FROM CENTRAL
STAFF AND CHRISTOPHER FISHER
AND ANGELA FROM SPD.
WE HAVE ABOUT 45 MINUTES FOR
THIS PRESENTATION.
THERE WAS A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS
THAT WERE ASKED IN OUR PREVIOUS
MEETINGS AND I BELIEVE THAT
CENTER STAFF IS REPAIRED TO
WALK THROUGH THOSE QUESTIONS
WITH US.
WE HAVE A FEW FOLKS LINED UP TO
PRESENT SO I WILL HAVE YOU
INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
WE HAD THIS MEETING HELD EXTRA,
HELD OVER EXTRA SO THERE COULD
BE ADDITIONAL CONTEXT PROVIDED
>> GREG, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
ORIENT US TO THIS PRESENTATION
IN FRONT OF US?
I WILL HAVE FOLKS INTRODUCE
THEMSELVES.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M SORRY YOU'RE NOT SEEING ME
TODAY, I'M HAVING TECHNICAL
PROBLEMS.
I AM CALLING INSTEAD OF USING
VIDEO.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
TO HER PRESENTATION, WE ARE
JOINED TODAY BY DR. FISHER, DR.
HESTER AND WE WILL HERE TODAY
FROM DR. FISHER ON HOW SPD
RESPONDS TO 911 CALLS AS WELL
AS OTHER WORK THAT THE
DEPARTMENT DOES TO INTERACT WITH
THE PUBLIC AND IN GENERAL THAT
IS SORT OF THE BROADER SCOPE
FOR THIS CONVERSATION THAT YOU
TALKED ABOUT.
LAST WEEK WHEN YOU MENTIONED
THAT THIS WOULD BE ON JULY 8 IN
THIS SESSION.
DR. FISHER IS PREPARING TO GO
INTO MORE DEPTH HERE ABOUT WHAT
SPD DOES AND HOPEFULLY PROVIDE
SOME CONTEXT, ESPECIALLY
RELATING TO THE PRESENTATION
THAT YOU JUST HAD.
I WILL NOT BE GOING OVER
RESPONSES TO THE QUESTIONS FROM
THE LAST SESSION. WE JUST GOT
THOSE YESTERDAY.
I DID, HOWEVER, SEND THEM OUT
TO COUNCILMEMBERS THIS MORNING.
AND SO, YOU SHOULD HAVE AS OF
ABOUT 8:00 THIS MORNING,
WRITTEN RESPONSES TO ALL THE
QUESTIONS IN THE LAST BUDGET
HESITATION.
THIS PRESENTATION IS MOSTLY
GOING TO BE DR. FISHER'S SHOW
AND HE WILL TALK MOSTLY ABOUT
THE WORK THAT SPD DOES. IF
THERE ARE BUDGET RELATED
QUESTIONS ANGELA AND I ARE ON
THE LINE TO ADDRESS THOSE.
WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY
THAT YOU ARE FREE TO TURN IT
OVER TO DR. FISHER ANYTIME.
>> DR. FISHER, YOU CAN QUEUE UP
YOUR PRESENTATION.
WAS ONE LINK IN THE AGENDA FOR
TODAY.
COLLEAGUES, IF YOU QUESTIONS ON
THOSE ITEMS THAT WERE EMAILED
TO YOU AS A FOLLOW-UP TO OUR
BUDGET DELIBERATIONS LAST
MEETING, PLEASE NOTE AS WELL WE
WILL HAVE A 2:00 P.M.
HESITATION FROM THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE AND IF THERE ARE
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS WE CAN
ALSO TRY TO INTERJECT THOSE
INTO THIS AFTERNOON'S
PRESENTATION. FOR NOW LET'S GO
THROUGH THE 911 CALL ANALYSIS
PRESENTATION AND AGAIN, JACKIE,
ANGELICA, YOU ARE WELCOME TO
ALSO ASK QUESTIONS.
THESE RAISE HAND SO I CAN CALL
AND FOLKS.
DR. FISHER.
>> CAN YOU SEE IT?
>> YES WE CAN.
>> I CAN'T TELL.
GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK YOU FOR
INVITING US HERE TODAY. THANK
YOU FOR HELPING US PREPARE FOR
THIS.
JUST TO SET SOME CONTEXT FOR
THIS WE WERE ASKED TO PREPARE
AN ANALYSIS FOR 911 CALLS.
WITH THE ASSUMPTION THIS WAS TO
INFORM CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT
WORK SPD IS CALLED TO RESPOND
TO.
SORT OF THE BEST DELIVERED BY
OTHER RESPONDERS.
THAT WAS THE APPROACH WE TOOK.
THE CONTEXT FOR WHAT IS HERE
AND WHAT IS IN HERE.
I KNOW THERE WILL BE QUESTIONS
AND WE WILL A FOLLOW-UP
ANALYSIS AND WE ARE HAPPY TO
DELIVER AND EXPLAIN DIRECTLY OR
IN ANOTHER MEETING IS THAT WE
GET CALL FIGURES THAT 911
RECEIVE ABOUT 800,000 CALLS A
YEAR, OFFICERS RESPOND TO ABOUT
400,000 UNIQUE EVENTS EACH YEAR.
THE DATA WE ARE USING HERE FROM
THE 911 SYSTEM IS THE
AGGREGATION OF THAT DATA.
IT'S THE BEST WAY THAT WE CAN
AT A HIGH LEVEL UNDERSTAND WHAT
IS HAPPENING, WHAT ARE THE
TRENDS, SO IT DOES SHOW SOME
STUFF BUT A LOT OF THE
INFORMATION IS WITHIN WHAT
HAPPENS IN THE LIFE OF EACH ONE
OF THOSE CALLS.
WE KNOW FROM THE DATA IN THE
SYSTEM, THINGS LIKE WHAT IT
CAME IN AS, WHAT THE CALL TAKER
CLASSIFIED IT AS, HOW LONG IT
TOOK FOR THEM TO GET IT TO AN
OFFICER, ALONG BEFORE THE
OFFICER GETS THERE, THE
RESPONSE TIME, ALONG THE
OFFICER WAS ON THE CALL, WE KNOW
, HOW MANY OFFICERS RESPONDED,
HOW THEY CLOSED UP THE CALL.
WE DON'T KNOW REALLY WHAT
HAPPENED, THAT'S IMPORTANT TO
KEEP IN OUR HEADS, THIS IS A
HIGH-LEVEL AGGREGATE DATA AND
IF WE SEE AREAS WHERE WE WANT
TO KNOW MORE, WE ARE HAPPY TO
DO THAT BUT THAT WOULD'VE BEEN
A MONUMENTAL PRESENTATION.
I DON'T THINK IT WOULD FIT INTO
THIS TIME.
THAT THE CONTEXT IS THE FIRST
SLIDE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 911
RESPONSE.
YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE, 40%
OF THE SWORN FTE WORKFORCE.
THERE'S A WHOLE COMPONENT OF
SWORN MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT WERE NOT
RESPONDING TO NAME AMONG CALLS.
YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN. I
WILL GO THROUGH EACH ONE.
IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS AT THE
END I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS THOSE.
THAT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT LESS THAN WHAT
HALF OF THE DEPARTMENT IS
FOCUSED ON DOING.
THAN ALL THE OTHER
RESPONSIBILITIES.
THESE ARE THE TRENDS AND CALLS
FOR SERVICE.
YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE, THE
DISPATCH CALLS THAT A CALL
TAKER RECEIVES A CALL ASSESSED
IT AND A DISPATCHER HAS SENT IT
OUT ON THE AIR FOR SPECIFIC
OFFICERS OR ANY OFFICER TO
RESPOND TO.
YOU CAN SEE THE TREND.
AS A COMMUNITY GROSS THE VOLUME
HAS GROWN.
AND THE ORANGE OR OFFICER
PROACTIVE ACTIVITIES, THE
OFFICER LOGS SOMETHING IN THE
911 SYSTEM, SAYING THEY ARE
ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING, THAT
COULD BE ANYTHING FROM
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF GETTING
GAS OR FILLING OUT A REPORT TO
AN ASSAULT HAPPENING AND A
DIRECTED PATROL ON THE STREET
WHERE THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN
PROWLING, THAT RANGES FROM 30%
OF THE DISPATCHES IS THAT
ACTIVITY FROM 60% TO 70%
DEPENDING ON THE AIR IS
COMMUNITY DIRECTED WORK.
SOMETHING IS NOT SHOWING
CORRECTLY.
I'M SORRY FOR THAT.
THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE -- I'M
NOT SURE WHAT IS HAPPENING.
I CAN WALK THROUGH WHAT THE
SUPPLY THIS SUPPOSED TO SAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD IT, WHAT
IS POSTED ONLINE.
THIS IS THE DISPATCH CALL
TYPES.
THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 20
74,000 911 DISPATCH EVENTS THAT
INCLUDES THOSE COMMUNITY
GENERATED AND PRETTY ONE ON
VIEWS.
2500 PARTY TYPES. WE DID NOT
INCLUDE ALL THE OTHER TYPES
BECAUSE THOSE ARE MORE
OBJECTIVE IN TERMS OF WHETHER
IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN RIGHT THEN
SO WE FOCUSED ON WITH COMMUNITY
CALLS FOR RESPONSE FOR AND OF
OFFICERS COME UPON A PRIORITY
EVENT.
WHAT WE SEE THAT IS USHERING ON
MY SIDE, BE IT SHOWING OTHERS,
IS THAT ABOUT, OF THESE EVENTS,
56 PERCENT HAVE A
CLASSIFICATION TYPE THAT THE
CALL TAKER NOTES, A REGULAR
PERSON ON THE STREET WOULD
ASSUME IT'S A NONCRIMINAL CALL.
ANYTHING FROM A DISTURBANCE TO
A WELFARE CHECK TO A NOISE
COMPLAINT, SOMETHING WHEREBY
NAME AND CATEGORIZATION LEVEL
IT DOESN'T APPEAR YOU WOULD
NECESSARILY NEED TO HAVE
SOMEBODY WHO HAD ARREST POWERS
AND PRESSES TO DEAL WITH THAT
ISSUE.
THE OTHER 44% ARE CLEARLY
CRIMINAL, ASSAULT, SEXUAL
ASSAULT, HOMICIDE, SHOTS FIRED,
A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT VIOLENT
CRIME TYPES AND PROPERTY CRIME
TYPES WHERE AS THE SYSTEM IS
CURRENTLY FORMULATED AN OFFICER
RESPONSE TO THOSE BUT IS NOT
SHOWING, IF IT IS, IF THIS IS
NOT SHOWING FOR OTHER PEOPLE WE
WILL FIX THIS AND SEND IT BACK
OUT, IF YOU LOOK AT HOW MUCH
TIME OFFICERS SPEND ON THOSE
CALLS THE CRIMINAL CALLS TAKE
LONGER.
THERE IS MORE TO DOCUMENT.
THERE MIGHT BE AN ARREST.
THERE'S MORE, THEY HAVE TO
ASSESS WHAT HAPPENED.
IF IT'S CRIMINAL SOMEONE WAS
THERE, VICTIM OR A COMPLAINANT
OR CALLER.
THERE TO TALK TO.
THOSE CALLS TAKE TWICE AS LONG
AS A NONCRIMINAL CALL.
SO, WHILE A MAJORITY OF THE
CALL TYPES COULD BE CLASSIFIED
AS NONCRIMINAL ABOUT 60% OF
OFFICER SERVICE TIME SPENT ON
THOSE CRIMINAL CALLS.
I THINK HERE IS WHERE WE FIRST
SEE AT THE HIGH-LEVEL THERE IS
SOME NEED TO FOCUS ON THE TIME
SPENT, NOT JUST THE CALL TYPE.
FOR THE CALL COUNT, RATHER.
BECAUSE DIFFERENT CALLS TAKE
DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF TIME TO
RESPOND TO AND ARE RESOLVED.
THAT IS WHY WE START TO BRING
UP THE FOCUS ON HOW MUCH TIME
OFFICERS ARE SPENDING ON CALL
TYPES AND NOT JUST THE COUNT OF
CALLS.
ALSO, CALLS START IS ONE THING
AND END IS ANOTHER.
THAT ALWAYS STAY THE SAME.
THEY CAN GET GRANULAR AND WE
CAN SEE THEY STARTED AS ONE
TYPE OF NONCRIMINAL AND CHANGED
TO ANOTHER TYPE AND THAT WILL
BE A LOT OF DIFFERENT
VARIATIONS AND PERMUTATIONS.
IF YOU BRING THAT UP A LEVEL
AND LOOK AT THE PERCENT OF
CALLS STARTED OUT AS
POTENTIALLY, CLEARLY,
NONCRIMINAL BUT ARE RESOLVED,
WHAT IS SAID ON THE PHONE OR
WHAT THE CALL TAKER HEARD AND
DOCUMENTED, WAS NOT NECESSARILY
THE CASE AND WHAT WAS HAPPENING
WHEN THEY GOT THERE, WE SEE 60%
OF CALLS START OUT AS
NONCRIMINAL.
THEY SHIFT TO BE RESOLVED AS
CRIMINAL INCIDENTS.
OR CRIMINAL TYPE CALL.
THE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN
DOCUMENTED OR MAYBE NOT AN
ARREST BUT THE CALL TYPE CHANGES
FROM NONCRIMINAL TO SOMETHING
THAT IS CLEARLY CRIMINAL.
ON THE REVERSE SIDE 34% WHEN
THESE CALL TYPES THAT IS
CONCEIVED TO BE CRIMINAL SHIFTS
TO NONCRIMINAL.
14% ARE THE OFFICER GETS THERE
AND THERE'S NO ONE THERE
WILLING TO SPEAK. IT'S HARD FOR
THEM, SOMEONE LEFT, MAYBE IT'S
A CASE WITH HER WAS A DELAYED
RESPONSE, MAYBE THE PERSON
DIDN'T WANT TO INTERACT WITH
THE OFFICER.
MAYBE THEY GAVE THE ADDRESS WAS
LIKE IT WAS WRONG AND THE
OFFICER COULDN'T FIND THE
PERSON BUT THERE WAS NO ONE TO
TALK TO TO FIND IT WAS
HAPPENING AND WHAT THEY AND
NEED TO INVESTIGATE.
SOME CALLS MAY HAVE STARTED OFF
AS CRIMINAL AND THEY BECOME
NONCRIMINAL.
THEY GET THERE AND THERE'S NO
ONE THERE.
>> WE WILL DO QUESTIONS AT THE
END.
I ALSO REQUEST, I'M SORRY,
THERE WE GO, THAT WAS FLIGHT
NUMBER THREE THAT WE ARE JUST
LOOKING AT?
>> YES.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> ANOTHER HIGH-LEVEL
AGGREGATION BEFORE WE DIVE INTO
SOME SPECIFIC TYPES.
ONE WAY THAT WE CONCEPTUALIZE
OUR DATA, HOW THE OFFICERS KNOW
HOW TO PRIORITIZE IS WE GROUP
THINKS BY PURDY TIGHT. I WILL
GO INTO WHAT THE EXAMPLES ARE
BRIEFLY ON OTHER SLIDES.
WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO
LOOK AT WHAT PERCENT OF CALLS
ARE IN THESE DIFFERENT
PRIORITIES AND WHAT PERCENT OF
OFFICER SERVICE TIME IS IN
THESE PRIORITIES.
TO GIVE YOU, WITHOUT GOING INTO
DETAILS IN THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS
IS THE IN PROGRESS ON A LIFE-
THREATENING YOU KNOW, GET THERE
NOW, LIGHTS AND SIRENS CALLS.
THAT IS 17% OF THE CALLS THAT
OFFICERS ARE DISPATCHED TO.
IN THE GRAYBAR THAT IS 36% OF
SERVICE HOURS.
ON AVERAGE.
RESPONDING TO THESE IN PROGRESS
EMERGENCY CALLS.
PRIORITY TWO CALLS, THERE ARE
MORE THAN THOSE, URGENT, TIMELY
RESPONSE IS IMPORTANT BUT IT
MIGHT NOT BE APPARENTLY WORTH
POTENTIALLY PUTTING THEIR LIFE
IS THE OFFICER IN THE CAR OR
PEDESTRIANS OR DRIVERS BY GOING
THROUGH STOPLIGHTS AND GOING
ABOUT THE SPEED LIMIT, IT MIGHT
NOT BE WORTH THAT.
IS A SLIGHTLY LOWER PRIORITY
BUT GETTING THERE FAST STILL
IMPORTANT.
THAT IS 36% OF OUR CALL TYPES.
35% OF THE TIME THAT OFFICERS
SPEND SORT OF DOING THEIR WORK
AND PRIORITY THREE IS IMPORTANT
TO GET THERE, IT'S NOT URGENT,
IT'S NOT WITH THREATENING, THE
RESPONSE IS VIABLE AND THAT'S
THE THING THEY TRY TO GET TO
WHEN THERE'S NO OTHER PRIORITY
ONE OR TWO AND THAT IS THE
BIGGEST CHUNK COME UP 40%.
AND 40% OF THEIR SERVICE TIME.
WE'VE BEEN PUSHING ON THIS WITH
COVID TO DECREASE THE RISK TO
OFFICERS AND COMMUNITY.
WERE POSSIBLE WE PUSHED THESE
TWO ONLINE AND TELEPHONE
REPORTING.
THAT DOES MEAN, AS I THINK
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS
MENTIONED, LABOR CONTINGENCIES
AND OTHER ISSUES, THOSE REPORTS
COME EVEN IF THEY COME ONLINE
OR TELEPHONE NEED TO BE
APPROVED BY A SWORN OFFICER AND
SO WE HAVE HAD TO MAKE SURE WE
HAVE THE RIGHT STAFFING IN
THOSE ONLINE REPORTING UNITS TO
MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE A
BACKLOG AS WE HAVE PUSHED MORE
AND MORE ACTIVITY THERE TO
DECREASE INTERACTION BETWEEN
OFFICERS AND THE PUBLIC WHERE
IT MAY NOT BE NECESSARY AND
WORTH THE RISK OF COVID
EXPOSURE.
THE OTHER PRIORITY
PRIORITY 6, 7, 9,
ADMINISTRATIVE, NOT ENGAGING
WITH THE PUBLIC AND REPORTS AND
DOING OTHER WORK THAT THEY HAVE
TO DO AND WE DON'T HAVE A
PRIORITY FOR USING IT.
IN GENERAL, PRIORITY 1 AND 2,
71% OF THE SERVICE TIME IS ON
AND WHEN YOU ADD 3 97% OF THEIR
TIME IS TAKEN UP BY THE CALLS.
THAT IS A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW
OF WHAT THE CALLED
DISTRIBUTIONS LOOKS LIKE.
I WON'T READ THROUGH THESE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE HEARING
THE CONVERSATION THE PREVIOUS
PRESENTATION AND FROM THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE IDEA OF,
WHERE ARE SOME PLACES WE CAN
LOOK TO WEEKLY VERSUS THE ONES
THAT MIGHT TAKE LONGER TO STAND
UP?
ARE THE MEDICAL EMERGENCY CALLS
AND RESPONSES WITH FIRE,
OFFICERS GO TO A LOT OF THOSE.
A LOT OF THEM, THERE IS WORK
DONE WHERE FIRE ASKS US TO GO
WITH THEM FOR SAFETY.
SOMETIMES THE NATURE OF
POLICING AND THE DISTRIBUTION
OF THE PATROL CARS, THEY ARE
ABLE TO GET TO THIS FASTER
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT HAVING TO
DISPATCH A FIRE STATION AND
THEY HAVE ONE SMALL CAR VERSUS A
RIG.
THEY GO TO THESE BECAUSE THEY
CAN GET THEIR FIRST BUT THAT'S
AN IMPORTANT PLACE TO LOOK
BECAUSE, DOES IT CONTINUE TO
MAKE SENSE X THERE ARE 63
DIFFERENT PRIORITY CONTACTS
WHICH IS 25%, 36% OF OFFICER
911 SERVICE TIME.
PRIORITY 2 THESE ARE THE CALL
TYPES AND 70% OF THE CALL TYPES
AND 35% OF SERVICE TIME.
THIS IS WHERE THE IN PROGRESS
PROPERTY CRIMES HAPPEN.
IF SOMEONE CALLS IN AND SAYS, IS
STEALING MY CAR OR I GOT HOME
AND IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING
MIGHT BE IN MY HOUSE, THAT IS A
PRIORITY 2. IT COULD BE
PRIORITY NUMBER ONE BASED ON
THE NATURE OF THIS.
THAT IS WHAT IS SO IMPORTANT
ABOUT THIS.
LISTENING TO WHAT IS HAPPENING
AND MAKING SURE THAT THE RIGHT
PRIORITY GETS ASSIGNED BASED ON
WHAT THEY ARE HEARING AND THEIR
EXPERIENCE DOING THIS WORK.
PRIORITY 3 IS THE PROMPT.
GETTING THERE FAST MAY NOT BE
CRITICAL BUT SOMEONE WAS TO
SPEAK WITH AN OFFICER.
THIS IS AN AREA WHERE IT IS
RIGHT FOR A QUICK DISCUSSION.
HOW THE CITY WANTS TO RESPOND
TO ALARMS. IT IS COMPLICATED
BUT IT IS POSSIBLE WHEN YOU GET
THAT THAT THEY COULD BE A
BURGLAR IN THE BUILDING.
OR IT COULD BE A FALSE ALARM
AND CURRENTLY FOR THE CITY TO
CHARGE THE ALARM COMPANY FALSE
ALARM FEE AS IT STANDS A SWORN
OFFICER NEEDS TO CONFIRM THAT
IT WAS A FALSE ALARM.
THIS HOW TO RESPOND TO PROPERTY
ALARMS IS A BIG AREA TO LOOK
AT.
ALSO, THE CONTINUING WORK
AROUND THIS.
WE CONTINUE TO PUSH THIS AND
THE STATE PUSHES THIS.
A CULTURAL CHANGE.
ACCIDENT.
PEOPLE NOT WANTING TO MOVE
THEIR CAR BECAUSE THEY THINK
THEY HAVE TO HAVE EVERYTHING
DOCUMENTED.
THERE IS A LOT OF EFFORT TO
TELL PEOPLE TO MOVE IT OVER.
IF NO ONE IS HURT, MOVED IT
OVER.
OFFICERS STILL GET CALLED TO
THAT.
ALSO PARKING COMPLAINTS.
IS A PARKING ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER IS NOT AVAILABLE PATROL
GETS DISPATCHED TO THOSE.
SOMETIMES THOUGH CAN BE TO A
CONFLICT IF THE RESIDENTS ARE
MAD AT EACH OTHER FOR A PARKING
ISSUE.
WE TRY TO GET TO THESE.
THEN SEE THE EXAMPLE OF
PRIORITY 4. AS AVAILABLE.
SOMETIMES DISPATCH BROADCAST
THESE AND THEY DON'T ASSIGN IT
TO A SPECIFIC OFFICER.
IF THERE WAS AN OFFICER IN THE
AREA HAS FREE TIME THEY CAN LOG
INTO THE CALL AND HANDLING.
IF IT'S BUSY THEY MAY NOT GET
RESPONDED TO.
IF SOMEONE HAS FREE TIME THESE
ARE THE ONE TO GO TO.
THIS IS ANOTHER AREA -- WHERE
POLICE SHOULD BE RESPONDING --
THIS IS A QUESTION/SOME NOISE
COMPLAINTS ARE NUISANCE CALLS
THAT MIGHT ESCALATE DEPENDING
ON THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE
PEOPLE INVOLVED, BUT THERE IS
LESS STRESS AROUND WHAT HAPPENS
ON THIS CALL AS SOME OTHER
PRIORITY TYPES.
TO DIG INTO THE SPECIFIC TYPES,
WE LOOKED AT THIS TWO WAYS.
THESE ARE OUR INITIAL CALL
POSSIBLE CASES.
THERE ARE 255 OF THESE AS I
MENTIONED AT THE OUTSET.
THE CALL TAKERS TO WHAT THEY TO
AND THEY DECIDE, BASED ON WHAT
THEY ARE TOLD, HOW TO CLASSIFY
THE CALL.
A CALL CAN BE UPDATED IF THEY
ARE WAITING FOR AN OFFICER TO
GET FREE AND THEY NEED MORE
INFORMATION THEY CAN UPDATE
THIS IS THE OFFICER KNOWS WITH
THEY'RE GOING TO.
THESE ARE THE TOP 15.
THE HIGHEST ONE IS A PERCENT OF
THE INITIAL CALL TYPES.
THE IMPORTANT POINT IS THAT 15
OUT OF 255 ACCOUNT FOR 49% OF
OUR CALLS.
THE OTHER 240 OR 51%.
WE STRING OUT TO 1% AND LESS.
THESE ARE THE ONES WHERE MOST
OF THE INITIAL CALL TYPES COME
IN.
WE TRIED TO HIGHLIGHT THE
THINGS THAT ARE CLEARLY
NONCRIMINAL -- THE BLUE PARKING
VIOLATION ON THE WELFARE CHECK
AND REQUEST FOR DETOX.
MIXED, WE WILL SPEAK TO THIS --
IT MAY COME OUT AS THAT
INITIALLY, A DECENT AMOUNT OF
THOSE CALLS BECOME SOMETHING
ELSE.
IT MAY NOT BE SAFE TO SAY
SOMETHING.
IT COULD BE CALLED IN AS A
DISTURBANCE AND THE OFFICER
GETS THERE AND IT COULD BE A
PRETTY INTENSE DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE SITUATION OR SOMETHING
HORRIBLE HAS HAPPENED.
THOSE ARE SOME TYPES OF CALLS.
AND THEN THE ALARMS.
IS IT A CRIME HAPPENING OR A
TECHNICAL GLITCH OR -- YOU SEE
THE BREAKDOWN HERE.
OF NOTE, 75% OF THE PARKING
VIOLATION CALLS ARE RESPONDED TO
AND THIS IS THEIR BREAD AND
BUTTER BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN
PATROL OFFICERS RESPOND TO
THOSE IN THE PEO IS NOT
AVAILABLE AND THE PATROL
OFFICER HAS THE FREE TIME.
LOOKING AT THIS FROM THE
FLIPSIDE, WE HAVE 178 WAYS TO
FINALIZE A CALL.
THESE TOP 15 FINAL CALL TYPES
ACCOUNT FOR 68% SO THINGS START
TO COALESCE WHEN THE OFFICER
GETS THERE AND CAN UNDERSTAND
WHAT HAPPENED.
IS EASIER FOR THEM TO CAPTURE
THIS INFORMATION TO SOMEONE
SENDING TO A QUICK PHONE CALL
WITH A PERSON IS HIGHLY STRESSED
, ESPECIALLY IF IT IS SOMETHING
MORE SEVERE.
THE OFFICER CAN GET THERE AND
ASCERTAIN WHAT HAPPENED AND YOU
CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN WHAT THE
CALL TYPES ARE.
IT STAYS THE SAME.
PARKING, DISTURBANCES,
SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.
THESE ARE THE LARGER GROUPS OF
WHAT OFFICERS CLASSIFIED AS
WHAT THEY WENT TO AND A SIMILAR
TREND WITH WHAT THEY WERE
DISPATCHED TO.
THERE IS SOME SHIFTING BUT THE
GENERAL GROUP STAYS THE SAME IN
THE ORDER CHANGES A LITTLE BIT.
WE LOOKED AT THE CALL TYPES
THAT ARE NONCRIMINAL OR MIXED
AND 1% OF THEM, WHAT PERCENT
CHANGED WITH THE CALL
CLASSIFICATION THAT SEEMED
CRIMINAL.
THE DISTURBANCE CATEGORY IS THE
TRICKIEST ONE.
17% OF THE DISTURBANCE CALLS
AND UP BEING CLEARED BY THE
CLASSIFICATION. IT IS NOT A
SMALL NUMBER.
IT'S ABOUT 5000.
THERE IS A CHUNK THERE WHERE IT
STARTS OUT AS NOT ANYTHING BUT
IT TURNS INTO SOMETHING.
THIS IS A NUANCED CONVERSATION
THAT'S PROBABLY DEPENDING ON
THE EVENT BUT NOT SOMETHING I
COULD TALK ABOUT STATISTICALLY.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT NOTE TO
KEEP IN OUR HEAD.
>> THE FINAL PART IS LOOKING AT
JOSH WE KNOW HOW TO GET
CLASSIFIED BUT WHAT HAPPENED?
HOW DID THE CALL GET RESOLVED?
YOU CAN SEE THE TOP 15
DISPOSITIONS.
YOU SEE NUMBER 1. ASSISTANCE
RENDERED IS COMMON.
35% ARE RESOLVED BUT THE
OFFICER SAYING THEY RENDERED
ASSISTANCE.
THAT CAN BE ANYTHING FROM THEM
SHOWING UP AND TALKING IT OUT
WITH PEOPLE, PEOPLE WENT BACK
TO WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND
NOTHING HAD TO BE REPORTED AND
NO ONE HAD TO BE ARRESTED AND
THERE IS NO PAPERWORK AND
NOTHING ELSE.
THE SITUATION HAS BEEN
RESOLVED.
THAT COULD BE ASSISTANCE
RENDERED OR SOMEONE'S VEHICLE
WAS BROKEN DOWN AND THEY HELPED
GET IT OFF THE ROAD.
THERE IS A WIDE VARIETY OF HOW
ASSISTANCE COULD BE RENDERED
BUT THIS IS THE BIGGEST WAY
THAT CALLS ARE CLOSED OUT.
YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE.
WE LOOKED AT THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN CALLS THAT START OUT AS
CRIMINAL AND CALLS THAT START
OUT AS THE NON-TERMINAL.
YOU CAN SEE THAT A LOT OF THESE
MAKE SENSE.
LIKE WHERE IT HAS BEEN
DOCUMENTED THAT AN OFFICER HAD
INTERACTION WITH PEOPLE AND
SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT DIDN'T
LEAD TO AN ARREST BUT SOMETHING
HAPPENED THAT NEEDED TO BE
DOCUMENTED.
THERE ARE SOME THE CALL STARTED
AS NONCRIMINAL BUT IT WAS
NECESSARY TO WRITE A REPORT.
THIS COULD BE ANY TYPE OF
REPORT.
IT COULD'VE BEEN -- THEN YOU
SEE THE OTHER ONE.
IT WAS MENTIONED SOME OF THE
ARTICLES IN THE PRESS -- 3% OF
THE CALLS END IN AN ARREST
BEING MADE.
IN REALITY WE DON'T MAKE THAT
MANY ARRESTS.
THE OFFICES WILL USE THIS
ENFORCEMENT TOOL AND THEY FEEL
IT IS MOST USEFUL FOR RESOLVING
A SITUATION.
IT IS USEFUL WHEN THEY ARE
MAKING AN ARREST.
YOU SEE THE OTHER CALL TYPES
AND THE CALL DISPOSITION TYPES
AND HOW THEY DIFFERENTIATE
BETWEEN INITIAL CRIMINAL AND
INITIAL MIXED.
THE OTHER THING THAT IS
INTERESTING IS THE ORAL
WARNING.
A LOT OF THAT MAY BE ON TRAFFIC
STOPS AND THEY MAY DECIDE NOT
TO ISSUE A TICKET.
DON'T ROLL THROUGH THAT STOP
SIGN AGAIN.
YOUR LIGHTERS OUT.
A WARNING HAPPENS A LOT AND ALSO
IN THE ONES WHERE THE CALL
SOUNDS LIKE IT MAY BE CRIMINAL
IN NATURE AND THE OFFICER CAN
RESOLVE IT BY TELLING THE
PERSON TO NOT DO THIS AGAIN.
THAT HAPPENED A FAIR NUMBER OF
TIMES.
OF ALL OF THE DISPATCHERS IT IS
1%.
THAT IS IT.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS AND
GO BACK TO SPECIFIC SIDES OF IT
I'M ALSO HAPPY TO PROVIDE
FOLLOW-UP.
>> WE APPRECIATE YOUR
PRESENTATION.
I KNOW YOU TOOK MORE TIME TO
GIVE US THE DETAILS THAT WERE
THERE PREVIOUSLY GIVEN THE
EARLIER LINE OF QUESTIONING.
I APPRECIATE YOU HELPING TO
BREAK DOWN THE DATA.
WHAT STOOD OUT, FOLKS?
FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN.
THE FIRST PERSON SIGNED UP HIS
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND THEN
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK?
RAISE YOUR HAND.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS ?
>>. FIRST, I WANT TO ASK.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD BE
FOR DOCTOR FISHER OR GREG.
I WILL THROW IT OUT THERE.
I WILL THROW IT OUT TO GREG
FIRST BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN DOING
DEEP DIVES INTO THE BUDGET WITH
GREG.
I FIRST QUESTION WOULD BE --
THIS HARKENS BACK TO THE FIRST
PRESENTATION.
DO WE KNOW ABOUT WHAT THE
BUDGET IS FOR THE 911 DISPATCH
AS A PORTION OF THE BUDGET?
>> COUNCILMEMBER, I THINK YOU
ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
COMMUNICATION CENTER.
LET ME CRAP THAT HERE.
THAT WAS ONE THAT WE TALKED
ABOUT YESTERDAY.
I HAD THIS HANDY.
HERE IT IS.
COMMUNICATIONS -- THE TOTAL FOR
THE COMMUNICATION SECTION IS 36
MILLION.
152 FTE.
>> GREG, HOW MANY OF THOSE FTES
ARE CIVILIAN AND HOW MANY ARE
SWORN?
>> GOOD QUESTION.
I DON'T HAVE THE BREAKDOWN BUT
A VAST MAJORITY ARE GOING TO BE
CIVILIAN.
DOCTOR FISHER OR ANGELA MAY BE
ABLE TO ELABORATE.
>> YES, WE HAVE 140 CIVILIAN
STE AND 12 SWORN.
THE MAJORITY OF THE SWORN ARE
PART OF THE TELEPHONE REPORTING
UNIT.
THEY ARE ABLE TO TAKE REPORTS
ONLINE.
REPORTING FUNCTION IS REQUIRED
TO BE PERFORMED BY SWORN
PERSONNEL.
>> BUT THAT'S SEPARATE FROM
DISPATCH, RIGHT WE DON'T HAVE
SWORN OFFICERS DISPATCHING
CALLS?
>> CORRECT.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SWORN
DISPATCHES.
>> OKAY.
THOSE 12 SWORN ARE INCLUDED IN
THE 36 MILLION, RIGHT?
YES.
>> IF IT'S OVERWHELMINGLY 140
CIVILIAN STE I WILL SAY THIS.
I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A FAIRLY
EASY INSTITUTION TO SEPARATE
OUT FROM THE CHAIN OF COMMAND
AND PUT INTO AN INDEPENDENT
CALL CENTER THAT COULD DISPATCH
THE OFFICERS AND ALSO DISPATCH
OTHER TYPES OF FIRST RESPONDERS
IN NEW PROGRAMS THAT WE DEVELOP
WITH COMMUNITY INPUT AS
DISCUSSED EARLIER.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I
HAVE THOSE NUMBERS CORRECT.
I WANTED TO SIGNAL MY STRONG
SUPPORT FOR THIS AND THE
WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH
CENTRAL STAFF AND MY COLLEAGUES
TO GET THAT DONE, HAVING
CLARIFIED THOSE QUESTIONS.
I WANT TO PIVOT AND ASK DOCTOR
FISHER A QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT THOROUGH
PRESENTATION.
IT WAS A GREAT DEEP DIVE INTO
THE 911 RESPONSE.
RELATED TO THAT INQUIRY I WANT
TO ASK, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE
48% OF THE BUDGET THAT INCLUDES
911 RESPONSE, ARE WE INCLUDING
911 IN THE DISPATCH OR IS IT
HOUSED SOMEWHERE ELSE?
ANGELA CAN CONFIRM THIS BUT
THAT IS OFFICERS AND THEIR
SERGEANTS AND LIEUTENANTS.
THE FOLKS IN THE 911 PATROL
CARS THAT YOU SEE.
ON THE GRAPH THERE IS ANOTHER
GROUP.
LET ME GO BACK TO IT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ALL
ON THE SAME THING.
PATROL SUPPORT THE 8% IS FOLKS
THAT DON'T GO TO 919 ROUTINELY.
THAT AND BLUE 48 ARE THE FOLKS
IN THE PATROL CARS AND THEIR
CHAIN OF COMMAND IN THE
PRECINCT RIGHT, ANGELA?
>> YES, THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF
THE FORCE SO IT WON'T INCLUDE
THE CIVILIAN DISPATCHERS.
>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING
THAT.
I WANT TO ASK YOU A FEW MORE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SHIFT TO
NONCRIMINAL AND PROCEDURALLY
WHAT HAPPENS IF WE COULD LOOK
AT THAT SLIDE AGAIN, DOCTOR
FISHER.
WHERE SOME CALLS OVER THE PERIOD
OF THE CALL SHIFT TO CRIMINAL.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CURRENT
THINK THE PATROL OFFICERS ARE
DOING WHEN THERE IS A SHIFT TO
NON-CRIMINAL IN TERMS OF THE
OTHER RESOURCES TO RESPOND TO
THE CALL?
DOES LEAD GET INVOLVED?
IS THERE A HEALTH ONE
INVOLVEMENT?
TO COMMUNITY SERVICERS OFFICERS
RESPOND?
OR IN SOME CASES, NOTHING
HAPPENS?
I'M CURIOUS, ONCE THERE IS A
DETERMINATION IF THERE IS STILL
SOME SORT OF UNDERLYING NEED,
AND WHAT KIND OF PERCENTAGE OF
THE CASES ARE THE PATROL
OFFICERS SUMMONING A DIFFERENT
FIRST RESPONSE?
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
I THINK I UNDERSTAND.
THERE ARE A VARIETY OF THINGS
THAT HAPPEN WHEN THEY GET THERE
AND NOTICED SOMETHING ELSE
HAPPENING.
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THEY ARE
FIRST -- GOING BACK TO ONE OF
THE EARLIER, STASHED A MEDICAL
EMERGENCY OR SOMETHING AND THEY
THEN CALL FOR FIRE.
POLICE WENT INSTEAD AND
REALIZED IT WAS A MEDICAL
EMERGENCY AND THEY CALL FOR
FIRE.
AS THE CSO GETS TO MORE
ESTABLISHED THAT IS WHAT THE
MODEL INTENTION WAS.
ANGELA DID SO MUCH OF THAT WORK
ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY WITH
OTHERS.
A LOT OF IT WAS THAT THE
OFFICER GETS THERE AND REALIZES
THERE IS NO NEED FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT BUT THERE IS A NEED
AND THEY DISPATCH THE CSO AND
THEY TAKE OVER.
CONVERSATIONS AROUND WHETHER
THEY ARE SYSTEM NAVIGATORS ARE
CONNECTING PEOPLE TO SERVICES,
BUT THAT IS THE ROLE FOR THE
CSO AND NOW THAT THEY ARE
COMING ON BOARD THEY ARE
HELPING WITH THAT RESPONSE.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD, HOPEFULLY
INTO A MORE CONNECTED WORLD I
THINK THAT IS THE KEY ROLE OF
THE CSO'S.
IT IS HARD TO PULL IT OUT.
THERE AREN'T SPECIFIC CODES IN
THE SYSTEM THAT SAYS I CALLED
THIS OTHER UNIT.
YOU CAN FIND THE NARRATIVE
COMMENTS.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED WE COULD
GET A CONCEPT OF WHAT THE
OFFICER DID AND WHO THEY CALL.
>> TO FOLLOW UP BRIEFLY AND
THEN I'M DONE WITH MY
QUESTIONS, I WOULD APPRECIATE
THAT, DOCTOR FISHER.
EVEN AS WE TRANSITION TO A NEW
SYSTEM THAT'S GOING TO HAVE
ADDITIONAL FIRST RESPONSE
SERVICES AND REPRIORITIZE HOW
THE CALLS ARE DISTRIBUTED,
THERE IS GOING TO BE A FUNCTION
FOR ARMED PATROL AND A NEED FOR
ARMED PATROL AND MAKING SURE
THAT WE HAVE A WAY TO BE
RESPONSIVE WHEN THERE IS THAT
RESPONSE AND IT DOES TRANSITION
INTO THE NON-CRIMINAL BIGOTRY
THAT WE HAVE A SEAMLESS WAY.
PART OF THE WAY WE WANT TO
START THAT IS TO DEVELOP
METHODS TO TRACK AND RETAIN THE
DATA AND SURE THAT IT IS A PART
OF THE DOCTOR AND TO MAKE SURE
THAT WHEN THERE IS THAT SHIFT,
THERE IS SOME KIND OF SERVICE
AND ANOTHER RESPONDER AND WE
ARE TRACKING THAT.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE, I
APPRECIATE THE WORK OF OUR
OFFICERS THAT HAVE BEEN
DEPLOYED IN THE GREAT WORK THEY
ARE DOING.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
WORKING HOW TO PROTECT AND
EXPAND AND ENHANCE THE SERVICE
THEY PROVIDE IN THESE ROLES.
THANK YOU
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
HEADS UP FOR THOSE MANAGING THE
MEETING, WE WILL HAVE A HARD
STOP AT 1:30 TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY GET A HALF HOUR BREAK AND
I.T.
NEEDS MORE TIME TO SET UP FOR
THE NEXT MEETING.
MY INTENT WAS TO MAKE THIS AN
HOUR BUT WE WILL HAVE A HARD
STOP IF WE GO PAST THAT.
I AM GIVING FOLKS A HEADS UP SO
WE CAN DO THIS.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU.
I'M HAPPY TO WAIT.
>> DO YOU WANT TO TAKE HIM UP
ON THAT OFFER?
>> SURE.
THANK YOU.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
I'M HEARING THAT THERE ARE CALLS
WHERE THE OFFICERS RESPOND
BECAUSE THEY CAN GET THEIR
FASTER LIKE EMERGENCY CALLS AND
SEATTLE FIRE.
ARE THERE ANY TYPES OF CALLS
WHERE THE OFFICERS ARE REQUIRED
TO SHOW UP RATHER THAN SHORT
BECAUSE THEY ARE FASTEST TO
ARRIVE? THAT'S ONE QUESTION.
I'M ALSO WONDERING IF THERE IS
A FURTHER BREAKDOWN OF PRIORITY
1 BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE A
RANGE OF CALLS IN TERMS OF THE
PERCENTAGE SUCH AS A MEDICAL
EMERGENCY.
FINALLY, SIMILAR TO
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS' QUESTION I
THINK WE ARE CURIOUS ABOUT THE
WHAT WHAT THE PIPELINE IS FROM
RAPID RESPONSE TO SERVICE
PROVISION REFERRALS TO HOUSING.
IS THERE ANY INFRASTRUCTURE TO
WHEN PEOPLE RECEIVE -- THERE
ARE CALLS WHERE PEOPLE RECEIVE
HELP BECAUSE THE TOTAL NUMBER
OF DISPATCHES IS RENDERED --
35% IS IN CLEAR TO US AS TO
WHETHER SOMEONE GETS THE HELP
THEY NEED.
>> THANK YOU
>> WE ARE WORKING ON THIS AS WE
THINK THROUGH THIS AS A
DEPARTMENT.
WHAT ARE THESE CALL SO WE DON'T
HAVE TO GO TO?
SOME IS REQUIRED AND SOME OF THE
RCW AND LOCAL ORDINANCES.
SPECIFIC TO DISPATCHING WITH
THE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES AND
FIRE WE WILL HAVE TO GET BACK
TO YOU AND THE COUNCIL.
SPECIFICALLY THERE HAS BEEN A
PILOT IN THE PIONEER SQUARE
AREA WHERE FIRE HAD ASKED THAT
SPD DISPATCH OFFICERS GOING
INTO THE SERVICE PROVIDERS AND
SHELTERS IN THE AREA BECAUSE OF
SOME AGGRESSION THE
FIREFIGHTERS HAD BEEN VICTIMS
OF AND THEY WERE NOT
COMFORTABLE GOING IN ALONE
ANYMORE AND WE HAD TO STAND UP
A RESPONSE MODEL IT LAST YEAR
WE WENT ABOUT 760 TIMES FIRE IN
THE PIONEER SQUARE AREA DURING
A PILOT.
WE GO WITH OTHER AGENCIES,
ABOUT 6500 TIMES A YEAR.
WE LOSE THE ABILITY TO ALWAYS
KNOW WHO WE ARE GOING WITH ABOUT
THIS NARRATIVE.
BUT, WE CAN LOOK INTO THIS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE
SPECIFIC TYPES OF MEDICAL
EMERGENCY AND FIRE CALLS SQUARE
IT IS POLICY THAT WE GO VERSUS
AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
DEPARTMENTS.
THE PRIORITY 1 BREAKDOWN, WE
ARE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT.
I WILL CHECK AND MAKE SURE THAT
THERE IS NOTHING THAT ANYONE
HAS CONCERNS OVER BEING SHARED.
LOOKING AT THE LIST OF JUNCTION,
ALARMS, FIGHTS, EXPLOSIONS,
MISSING PERSONS, KIDNAPPING,
PROWLER, SHOTS FIRED, A HAZARD
AND PROCESS LIKE A MUDSLIDE OR
A LINE DOWN, SUICIDE, WHEN
SOMEONE CALLS 911 AND THEY
LEAVE THE LINE OPEN AND HANG UP
, OR DON'T HANG UP WITHOUT
ANSWERING, THAT COULD BE THE
SIGN OF SOMEONE IN DISTRESS AND
OFTEN THAT IS A PRIORITY TRIED
TO GET THERE THERE ARE A GOOD
NUMBER OF THEM AND ON FACE
VALUE MOST OF THEM MAKE SENSE.
THE OTHER THAT IS A PRIORITY,
SUCH AS A MAN DOWN CALL WHEN
SOMEONE IS SICK OR INJURED
BECAUSE OF OUR ABILITY OR SOME
OTHER APPARATUS, JUST TALKING
TO THE OFFICERS THEY WONDER WHY
THEY ARE GOING TO THAT.
IF THEY GET THERE AND THE
PERSON IS SICK THERE'S NOTHING
THEY CAN DO.
THEY CAN CALL FIRE AND IF IT'S
REALLY BAD THEY WILL THROW THEM
IN THE BACK OF THE CAR AND GET
THEM TO THE HOSPITAL. I
WILL VERIFY -- IT WOULD MAKE
SENSE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE TO
SHARE THE CLASSIFICATIONS.
IT COULD BE SOME SECURITY
CONCERNS ABOUT THE PEOPLE
GAMING THE SYSTEM.
THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF SWEET
úISSUES.
THEN, THE PIPELINE.
FROM YOU AND ANGELICA AND
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, WE WILL
LOOK INTO THIS PROCESS.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP
QUESTIONS.
>> AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF
QUESTIONS THAT I'VE ASKED OF
YOU OFF-LINE, YOU HAVE BEEN
RESPONSIVE AND HELPFUL IN HIS
PRESENTATION TODAY.
THIS HELPED CLEAR APPLY CLARIFY
THE THOUGHTS ON HAVING.
>> I GOT SOME QUESTIONS AND I
WILL WALK THROUGH THESE.
DOCTOR FISHER, AND MAYBE THIS
IS FOR GREG AS WELL.
WHAT LEGALLY NEEDS TO OCCUR FOR
THE NOTARIZATION ASPECT OF
POLICING TO BE COMPLETED?
DO WE NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER FORM
OF NOTARY OR CHANGE IN RCW?
DO WE NEED TO LEGALLY SWEAR
SOMEONE NOT IN SPD?
CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THE
LEGAL NOTARIZATION ASPECT OF
POLICE WORK?
COUNCILMEMBER, UNLESS DOCTOR
FISHER KNOWS THIS, THIS IS
SOMETHING WE WILL HAVE TO GET
BACK TO YOU ABOUT.
>> OKAY.
>> I PRETTY SURE IT'S IN THE
RCW, THE LANGUAGE.
BUT I WOULD RATHER A LAWYER
ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
>> YOUR BOW TIE IS BETTER THAN
MANY LAWYERS' BOW TIE.
YOU ARE DOING WELL.
THE ROOT OF THE QUESTION IS,
HOW DO WE ASSURE THAT WE ARE
SIGNING OFF ON REPORTS?
I LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC CAMERAS
AND THE TICKETS AND CITATIONS
NEED TO BE SIGNED BY A SWORN
OFFICER.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
MAYBE WE CAN SWEAR SOMEONE IN S.
TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER IT WAS A
TRAFFIC INFRACTION OR NOT.
MY NEXT QUESTION IS, WHAT DO WE
NEED TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE LOOK
TO CHANGE HOW OUR 911 CENTER IS
OPERATED?
THERE WAS A REQUEST FROM THE
PREVIOUS PANEL TO HAVE A
CIVILIAN-LED 911 CENTER.
I HAVE HEARD THIS REQUEST AND I
WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND IT
MORE.
>> FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AND THE
CONVERSATIONS I'VE HEARD, IN
ESSENCE WHERE MY HEAD GOES,
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE -- I WOULD
SAY COMPETING, BUT THERE IS
FIRE AND POLICE AND WHAT WE SEE
IS A MODEL WHERE WE NEED A
UNIFIED JURISDICTION AROUND THE
COUNTRY THERE ARE A LOT THAT
HAVE THE UNIFIED SYSTEM WERE
IT'S UP TO THEM TO MAKE THE
CORRECT DISPATCH AND THEY ARE
THE EXPERTS.
THEY HEAR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF CALLS A YEAR AND THEY HAVE
THE PROCESSES IN THE TRAINING
TO DETERMINE WHAT IS HAPPENING.
IF THEY KNOW WHAT THE TOOLS
ARE, THEY CAN DO THIS AND THE
IMPORTANT PART IS THE
TECHNOLOGY.
WE HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE
CURRENT SYSTEM AND WHETHER IT
REALLY SUPPORTS DISPATCHING
OUTSIDE OF THE FIRE OR SPD AND
WE CURRENTLY USE TWO SYSTEMS
ANYWAY.
THERE ARE OTHER SYSTEMS FROM
THE GROUND UP TO DO THIS MULTI-
RESPONDER MODEL AND THIS IS
SOMETHING WE NEED TO KEY IN ON.
WE CAN HAVE IT SIT WHEREVER IT
SITS AND TRAINED PEOPLE THE
RIGHT WAY GIVEN THE RIGHT TOOLS
BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TO HAVE THE
TECHNOLOGY AND THE HARDWARE TO
DO THAT.
CELL PHONES DON'T ALWAYS WORK
IN BUILDINGS.
RADIOS TEND TO BE A LITTLE
BETTER.
WE WANT EVERYONE ON THE RADIO?
THAT GETS INTO AN OPERATIONAL
DISCUSSION.
I AM NOT AN EXPERT TO TALK
ABOUT THIS.
THAT IS WHERE MY HEAD GOES.
A STANDALONE DISPATCH CENTER.
AND IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY UNDER
FIRE OR POLICE.
WHEN THEY HAVE AN URGENT NEED
TO DECIDE WHO IS BEST TO GO.
>> I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO ADD
ONE THING IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
IN TERMS OF A MORE EFFICIENT
APPROACH, ONE THING TO NOTE IS
THAT THE FIRE ALARM CENTER IS
STAFFED BY SWORN FIREFIGHTERS
SO THERE IS A DIFFERENT
APPROACH WITH THE FIRE SIDE
THAN THERE IS WITH DISPATCH OF
NON-WOMAN CALLS ON THE CRIMINAL
SIDE.
I THINK THE COUNCIL IS PROBABLY
AWARE THAT THERE MIGHT BE LABOR
ISSUES WITH CIVILIANIZATION OF
FIREFIGHTER POSITIONS BUT THAT
IS SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD BE
BRIEFED ABOUT AT THE LAW
DEPARTMENT LATER.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU BOTH.
I WILL SAVE ONE QUESTION FOR
OFF-LINE AND GET TO THE LAST
QUESTIONS.
65% OF THE CALLS ARE NONPRIORITY
1 OR 2. HELP ME UNDERSTAND
WHICH OF THESE COULD BE
RESPONDED TO BY NON-SWORN
EMPLOYEES.
>> SURE.
WE GET INTO PRIORITY 3, THIS IS
WHERE YOU LOOK AT STUFF THAT IS
STALE.
IT'S NOT IN PROGRESS AND IT
DIDN'T JUST OCCUR AND THERE IS
NOT SOMEONE -- AN OFFICER
GETTING THERE SOMEWHAT QUICKLY
IS NOT GOING TO BECOME UPON A
POTENTIAL SUBJECT AND FIGURE
OUT WHAT HAPPENED.
SOME EXAMPLES OF THIS,
LITTERING IS PRIORITY 3 AND WE
DON'T DO THAT MUCH.
A REQUEST FOR DETOX, PROPERTY
DAMAGE.
AUTO RECOVERY AND AUTO THEFT.
WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION A LOT
ABOUT SHOULD PEOPLE BE ABLE TO
REPORT A STOLEN AUTOMOBILE
ONLINE.
YOU GET THERE AND THE OFFICER
SEES NO CAR.
YOU COULD HAVE DONE THIS ONLINE.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSION
AROUND PEOPLE HAVING TO ATTEST
THAT THE CAR REALLY IS STOLEN
AND NOT LEND TO SOMEONE.
FOR SAFETY REASONS, IF THERE IS
A TRAFFIC STOP AND THE CAR IS
FLAGGED AS STOLEN IT HEIGHTENS
EVERYONE ALERT TO THE STOLEN
VEHICLE AND WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT A CAR REALLY HAS BEEN
STOLEN AND NO ONE HAS BEEN
RECOVERED.
YOU SEE OTHER THINGS AROUND
THIS.
THERE IS A LOT OF TRAFFIC IN
PRIORITY CAPITOL THREE.
PRIORITY 3. THESE ARE THINGS
THAT HAPPEN, A WHILE AGO.
YOU WERE ON VACATION AND CAME
HOME A WEEK LATER AND SOMEONE
HAS BEEN IN YOUR HOUSE.
THEY WILL NOT FIND EVIDENCE.
IT IS SAFE TO GO IN.
YOU MIGHT WANT IN THERE TO MAKE
SURE IT IS SAFE TO GO IN.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT THEY ARE
GOING TO DO THAT YOU COULDN'T
DO ONLINE OR POTENTIALLY
SOMEONE ELSE COULDN'T COME AND
DOCUMENT IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE
ABILITY TO TAKE PICTURES OR
MAYBE THE CITY COULD SEND
SOMEONE ELSE.
THESE ARE DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE
EASIER TO HAVE.
WITH THE THINGS THAT ARE IN
PROGRESS OR THAT HAPPENED A FEW
DAYS AGO, POTENTIALLY.
>> THAT IS HELPFUL.
RECOGNIZING WE ONLY HAVE 22
MINUTES UNTIL WE HAVE TO PAUSE,
I WILL SAVE MY QUESTIONS FOR
OFF-LINE.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE ON THE
PANEL.
>> IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION YOU
CAN CHIME IN NOW, IF YOU WOULD
LIKE.
>> I WILL PASS THE MICROPHONE
AND IF THERE IS TIME I WILL
COME BACK.
>> SOUNDS GOOD.
I DON'T SEE AND IN THE OTHER
HAND.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
THANK YOU.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME
RESEARCH.
I MAY HAVE MENTIONED THIS
BEFORE.
I RECENT ARTICLE COMPARED THREE
CITIES AND FOUND THAT THE
AMOUNT OF TIME THAT OFFICERS
FOR NONVIOLENT CRIME WAS
RELATIVELY LOW.
FOR SEATTLE USING A NARROW
DEFINITION OF VIOLENT CRIME THE
STUDY FOUND THAT 1.3% OF THE
CALLS WERE FOR VIOLENT CRIME
AND 15% WERE FOR TRAFFIC
ACCIDENTS AND ENFORCEMENT.
FURTHER DATA WAS NOT LISTED FOR
SEATTLE BUT FOR OTHER CITIES TO
COMBINE RATES OF CALLS
RESPONDING TO NONCRIMINAL CALLS
AND TRAFFIC WAS ABOUT 50%.
SO, IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT
THESE MAY NOT CORRELATE WITH
HOW MUCH TIME IS DEDICATED TO
EACH TYPE OF CALL.
I REALLY APPRECIATE, DOCTOR
FISHER, THAT YOU HAVE DONE THAT
EXTRA WORK.
NOT JUST LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS
BUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME DEDICATED
TO THE CALLS.
THE COUNCIL REQUESTED THIS
REPORT ON CATEGORIES OF WORK
INVOLVED IN SPD SEVERAL WEEKS
AGO TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF
IDENTIFYING WHAT WORK CURRENTLY
DONE COULD BE DONE BY OTHER
CITY RESPONDERS. AGAIN, IT IS
APPRECIATED THAT YOU ARE
APPROACHING THIS EXERCISE,
DOCTOR FISHER, WITH AN OPEN
MIND AND CURIOSITY AND, I
THINK, AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE MOMENT WE ARE
IN TWO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN
REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR
CITY.
>> I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE
LAST TIME WE MET IN THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE, WE
REQUESTED, I THINK COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ MADE THE REQUEST THAT
WE DO THIS SIMILAR TYPE OF
ANALYSIS FOR SPECIALIZED UNITS
OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO, I WANTED TO PUT A PIN IN
THAT SO THERE ARE SPECIALIZED
UNITS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
THAT POTENTIALLY, SOME WORK OF
THOSE UNITS COULD BE DONE BY
OTHER NON-POLICE OFFICER BODIES.
AGAIN, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
OUR INTEREST IN THAT ADDITIONAL
LEVEL OF ANALYSIS.
ONE TO SAY I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO GETTING MORE OF AN
UNDERSTANDING OF WHICH RESPONSES
, EVEN THE NONCRIMINAL
RESPONSES, THERE ARE RESPONSES
THAT HAS A REQUIREMENT WHETHER
OR NOT IT IS POLICY OR RCW, THAT
THEY DO RESPOND TO THOSE NON-
CRIMINAL TYPE OF INSTANCES.
I APPRECIATE AS WELL THAT WE
ARE GOING TO HAVE ONGOING
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE LAW
DEPARTMENT.
AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO
SLIDE THREE, JUST WANTING TO
KNOW, FOR THESE PIE CHARTS, DID
WE INCLUDE A BREAKDOWN OF THE
PERCENTAGES THAT ARE COMMUNITY
GENERATED CALLS VERSUS OFFICER
GENERATED CALLS?
THIS ONE HERE IS JUST COMMUNITY
GENERATED AND THE SMALL NUMBER
OF PRIORITIES.
THE VAST MAJORITY BEING
COMMUNITY GENERATED CALLS THAT
ARE DISPATCH.
>> OKAY.
>> I COULD BREAK THAT OUT BUT
THE PRIORITY 1 IS A SMALL
AMOUNT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S HELPFUL.
THEN, ON SLIDE 8, IF WE COULD
GO TO THAT.
>> I COULD GET IT TO GO THERE.
THERE YOU GO.
>> 8. THIS IS THE TOP 15 CALLS
BY FILE DISPOSITION.
THE TWO NONCRIMINAL ITEMS --
ASSIST PUBLIC AND TRAFFIC MOTOR
VEHICLE COLLISIONS ARE AROUND 6%
. I DON'T SEE THEM AS A
CATEGORY ON THE INITIAL CALL
LIST ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
I'M WONDERING WHY THAT IS.
>> I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK WHAT
THEY STARTED OUT AS.
ONE OF THE CONVOCATIONS HERE IS
THAT IT'S A DIFFERENT SET OF
COMPLICATION, CLASSIFICATIONS.
THERE 255 INITIAL CALL TYPES
AND THEY USE A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT LANGUAGE.
THAT'S THE WAY THE SYSTEM WAS
SET UP.
WE CAN SEE WHY, I CAN LOOK DOWN
THE LIST AND MAYBE THIS DIDN'T
COME ACROSS -- MAYBE IT'S NOT
THE INITIAL CALL TYPES.
I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH ALL 255.
WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT.
>> THANK YOU.
MY LAST QUESTION IS, THE
SEATTLE BRIDGE TASK FORCE
MEETING IS STILL GOING.
I CAME BACK TO THIS MEETING.
AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO
THE QUESTION OF THE LARGELY
CIVILIAN ICED 911 DISPATCH
FUNCTION, ONE OF THE CONCERNS
OR ISSUES RAISED BY
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE IS, WHAT
ROLE DOES THE SPD CHAIN OF
COMMAND HAVE FOR THAT 911
FUNCTION?
I WONDER IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO
THAT HOW THAT CHAIN OF COMMAND
DOES OR DOESN'T INFLUENCE THE
DECISION-MAKING MADE BY THE
CIVILIAN DISPATCH OFFICERS.
WHETHER THERE IS AN APPROVAL
REQUIRED OF FOLKS WITHIN THE
CHAIN OF COMMAND OR WHAT THAT
LOOKS LIKE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
I GET YOUR QUESTION.
ON THE HIGHEST LEVEL THE
EASIEST WAY TO ANSWER THAT IS
THAT THE SWORN IN CIVILIAN'S
REPORT UP TO THE CHIEF
OPERATING OFFICER WHO IS THE
EQUIVALENT OF NUMBER 2 IN THE
DEPARTMENT.
IN ESSENCE, WHILE THERE ARE
TENANTS AND CAPTAINS AND THERE
IS A FULL BREAKDOWN, MOST OF THE
DECISION-MAKING IS ON THE
CIVILIAN SIDE.
WE HAVE A CIVILIAN MANAGER.
ANGELA CAN CORRECT ME IF I GET
THIS ONE.
THE DISPATCHES AND CALL TAKERS
ARE DOING THE BEST PRACTICE
WORK ABOUT HOW WE ARE SUPPOSED
TO DO THIS.
BECAUSE IT IS DIRECTING THE
RESOURCES OF SWORN INDIVIDUALS
I THINK THAT'S WHY FROM A LABOR
PERSPECTIVE THERE IS THE SWORN
COMPONENT SO THEY KNOW WHAT
MIGHT BE HAPPENING.
PRIMARILY FROM MY UNDERSTANDING
THE DECISION-MAKING IS DONE
THROUGH A CIVILIAN CHAIN.
ANGELA OR SOMEONE CAN CORRECT
ME IF I HAVE MISSPOKEN.
>> CORRECT.
BECAUSE OF THE EXISTENCE OF
SWORN PERSONNEL IN THAT GROUP,
AND IS A LONG-STANDING PRACTICE
THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY MOVED
AWAY FROM IN RESPONSE TO THE
COMMUNICATION CENTER CONSULTANT
STUDY THAT TOOK PLACE IN RECENT
YEARS.
WE HAVE COMPLETELY RESTRUCTURED
THE COMMUNICATION CENTER.
THERE ARE OPERATION MANAGERS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAY TODAY
OPERATIONS.
THERE IS A LIEUTENANT AND
CAPTAIN IN THE COMMUNICATIONS
CENTER.
THE SERGEANT OVERSEEING THIS
UNIT, THE OPERATION ITSELF IS
LARGELY CIVILIAN.
THE LEADERSHIP INCLUDED.
>> THANKS, ANGELA.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
NOW, COUNCILMEMBER MORALES ?
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS A COMMENT MORE THAN A
QUESTION.
AFTER REVIEWING THE CHARTS AND
GRAPHS, THIS BRINGS OUT WHY
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT.
WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO
LOOK AT THIS AND UNDERSTAND
CLEARLY HOW THESE CALLS COME IN
AND WHAT HAPPENS TO SEND FOLKS
OUT.
THE PRIORITIZATION OF THE CALLS
RELATIVE TO THE NUMBER OF CALLS
THAT ACTUALLY COME IN IS
TROUBLING TO ME WHEN WE THINK
THAT MOST OF THEM ARE
NONCRIMINAL OR MIXED
DISTURBANCES AND SUSPICIOUS
PEOPLE AND NUISANCE CALLS.
EVEN SHOPLIFTING, I WILL SAY,
SOME OF THE EXPERIENCE WE'VE
HAD HERE WITH YOUNG PEOPLE
SHOPLIFTING FOOD, SO MUCH OF
THIS IS REALLY ABOUT CRIMES OF
POVERTY.
THIS DATA DOESN'T REFLECT THAT.
I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO SEE A
LITTLE BIT MORE GRANULAR
INFORMATION ABOUT, IF PEOPLE
ARE BEING ARRESTED OR CALLS ARE
BEING MADE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE
SLEEPING THEN CARS OR DUMPSTERS
OR SHOPLIFTING FOOD.
THESE ARE PEOPLE'S LIVES BEING
AFFECTED AND TWO, TOO OFTEN IT
INS IN AN ARREST OR WORST.
I WANT TO REMIND US THAT THIS
IS WHY WE ARE HAVING THE
CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE CAN
MAKE THE DATA SAY ANYTHING YOU
WANT WITH THE REALITY IS THAT
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES
ARE IMPACTED BY THE CALLS MADE.
WHETHER THEY ARE COMMUNITY
GENERATED OR OFFICER GENERATED.
I HOPE THEY ARE PROTECTING OUR
NEIGHBORS.
I APPRECIATE THIS PRESENTATION
AND HAVING THIS INFORMATION AND
I WANT TO SAY THAT IT DOESN'T
DO ANYTHING FOR YOU TO HELP ME
FEEL BETTER ABOUT THE WAY THAT
THIS OPERATION IS HAPPENING AND
HOPE WE CAN MOVE TOWARD
SOMETHING THAT IS MORE JUST
MORE PROTECTIVE OF OUR
NEIGHBORS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
I WILL ALSO NOTE , LOOKING AT
THIS SLIDE AS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF
THAT, I THINK THERE IS AND IF I
WERE TO LOOK AT THE FIRST FIVE
OR SIX CHARTS HERE ON WHAT THE
POLICE RESPONSE IS, MANY OF
THESE ITEMS TO ABOUT TO SEE
LIKE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF
RESPONSE IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PARKING
VIOLATIONS AND THE ISSUES I
KNOW PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED WITH
RELATED TO TRAFFIC COLLISIONS.
THE SECOND ITEM.
AS ONE EXAMPLE, HAVING A
DIFFERENT NUMBER TO CALL FOR
TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS OR WORKING
VIOLATIONS. THIS IS A GOOD
EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE COULD SEE
REDUCTIONS.
OTHER THING THAT IS INTERESTING
TO NOTE IS, A SUSPICIOUS
VEHICLE OR SUSPICIOUS PROGRAM.
WE HAVE HEARD REPORTS EVEN IN
THE LAST MONTH OF PEOPLE WHO
WERE SLEEPING IN THEIR CARDS
AND THE COPS CALL ON THEM AND
PEOPLE LOSE THEIR LIVES FOR
SLEEPING IN A CAR AS A
SUSPICIOUS PERSON OR AS VICIOUS
AS VEHICLE.
THERE IS A LOT OF INTERESTING
DATA.
I THINK WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH YOU TO SEE HOW WE
CAN ALLEVIATE SOME OF OUR
OFFICERS FROM HAVING TO RESPOND
TO THESE ISSUES.
IN MANY CASES THESE ARE
SITUATIONS CAUSE, POSSIBLY, BY
POVERTY, HAVING THEFT CALLED OUT
AS ONE WHICH IS IMPORTANT
RELATED TO LOADS OF RED STONE.
THERE WAS A PRESENTATION LAST
YEAR I WAS HURT ABOUT THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE GETTING CAUGHT
IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM BECAUSE
THEY ARE STEALING FOOD BECAUSE
THEY COULD NOT AFFORD TO FEED
THEMSELVES.
THE OTHER QUESTION IS A FOLLOW-
UP.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TRESPASS
CALLS IN THESE SLIDES ON THE
FINAL CALL CLASSIFICATION, HOW
MANY OF THOSE CASES WERE DUE TO
PEOPLE GETTING CATEGORIZED AS
TRESPASSING BECAUSE THEY WERE
HOMELESS? DOCTOR FISHER, IF YOU
HAVE THAT INFORMATION THAT
WOULD BE HELPFUL BECAUSE THIS
HELPS US GET A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF ANOTHER
PROGRAM IS A BETTER ENTITY TO
BE DISPATCHED.
I WILL STOP THERE AND SEE IF
THERE ARE ANY FINAL CLOSING
COMMENTS.
ANGELICA, YOU ARE WELCOME TO
CHIME IN.
>> I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS WITH A HAND UP.
THANK YOU, DOCTOR FISHER, FOR
THIS INCREDIBLY DETAILED
PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS
TO GET INTO MORE DETAILS WITH
US AS WE THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN
RECLASSIFY SOME OF THESE CALLS
AND FREE UP FOLKS TO FOCUS ON
URGENT ISSUES.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
THANK YOU.
>> NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS, WE WILL RECONVENE AT
2:00 P.M.
FOR THE SECOND SESSION HERE.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
SESSION ONE WILL BE AT RECESS
UNTIL 2:00 P.M.
ENJOY YOUR LUNCH BREAK AND WE
WILL SEE YOU ALL AGAIN AT 2:00.