>>> IF IT IS 10:30 A.M.
WILL THE MEMBER PLEASE CALL
ROLE.
>> COUNSEL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> HERE.
>> LEWIS.
MORALES.
COUNSEL MEMBER MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO, WE'LL APPROVE OUR AGENDA AND
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, TODAY'S
AJENDSAU WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, TODAY'S
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION TO
PUBLIC COMMENTS.
BEFORE WE DO PUBLIC COMMENT, ASK
FOLKS TO BE PATIENT.
AND I WILL MODERATE PUBLIC
COMMENT BY GIVING EACH SPEAKER
TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I'LL CALL EACH SPEAKER IN NAME
AND IN ORDER.
IF YOU HAVEN'T YET REGISTERD AND
WOULD LIKE TO, WE CAN DO SO.
THE LINK IS LISTED ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
STAFF WILL UNMUTE THE MIC.
AND A PROMPT WILL BE YOUR CUE
THAT IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND
LISTEN TO A CHIME AND ONCE THE
SPEAKER HEAR AS CHIME, WE ASK
THAT YOU BEGIN TO WRAP UP YOUR
COMMENTS.
AND IF THEY DON'T END THEIR
COMMENTS BY THE END OF THE
ALLOTTED TIME, THE MIC WILL BE
MUTED TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE
NEXT SPEAKER.
THEN WE ASK THAT YOU DISCONNECT
FROM THE LINE.
AND IF YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE,
PLEASE DO SO VIA THE LISTENING
OPTIONS ON THE AGENDA.
SO W THAT, PUBLIC HEARING IS
OPEN.
AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST IS AIR
ALASKA RUMAN.
>> HELLO.
I'M A STATE WORKER AND MEMBER OF
THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
OF PILOTS.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
ACCOUNTABILITY.
POLICE SHOOT AND KILL MORE
PEOPLE THAN ACTIVE SHOOTERS.
WE CAN'T GET EXACT NUMBERS
BECAUSE NOT ALL POLICE
DEPARTMENTS REPORT WHO THEY'VE
KILLED OVER THE COURSE OF THE
YEAR.
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY IS OFTEN
NOT RELATED TO SUBSTANTIVE
ACTION.
WE'VE ALSO WATCHED THAT IT'S
BALLOONED SINCE REFORMS WERE
IMPOSED.
THAT'S A FACT.
PAYING POLICE MORE, GIVING SPD
MORE WEAPONS, WAR TRAINING.
GIVING THEM ECHKILATION
TRAININGS THAT ARE WITH THE REST
OF POLICE CULTURE AND SMALL IN
SCOPE.
AND THEY DO NOT FIT, DOESN'T
WORK.
NONE OF THIS HAS WORKED.
IT'S STILL ABYSMALLY LOW, LIKE
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN.
WE NEED TO OVER SEE
ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT.
AND PLACE LIABILITY FOR USE OF
FORCE UPON THE OFFICERS AND NOT
LEAVE THE CITY SADDLED WITH
THAT.
THESE REFORMS NEED TO BE DONE.
THE REPORT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR
IS NICE.
IT'S NICE BUT IT WILL NOT CHANGE
ANYTHING.
IN THE END.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ELLY
CASSIDY.
>> HI.
HELLO.
I'M ELLY CASSIDY.
I'M ALSO FROM DISTRICT THREE.
AND I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN
CAPITAL HILL RIGHT NOW AND HOW
THE POLICE HAVE BEEN SHOWING US
ALL HOW THEY FIRST OVER POLICE
AND THEN HOW THE POLICE CHIEF
HAS ALSO MADE MULTIPLE PUBLIC
STATEMENTS.
AND CREATE A NARRATIVE THAT
THERE ARE POLICE NEEDED.
WHEN IN FACT -- AND POLICE AND
TESTERS AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE
MARCHING IN THE STREETS.
THAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SHE'S CREATING A NARRATIVE.
AND ALSO A BUSINESS OWNER.
TWO BLOCKS FROM THE CHAZ -- AND
IN THE FIRST FEW DAYS AFTER THE
POLICE LEFT T WAS PEACEFUL.
THERE.
AND WE'RE NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT
THERE'S A NATIONAL AND REGIONAL
PRESSURE AGAINST WHAT'S
HAPPENING THERE.
AND HAS BEEN A LOT.
AND THEY DID -- AND IN THE
PROTEST.
AND LOST AGAINST THEM.
AND LIVE OUT THE EVENING.
>> I'M FROM LOWER QUEEN ANN.
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT OF
STATS, STATISTICS AND NUMBERS.
THAT'S THE NUMBER KILLED LESS
THAN TEN YEARS AGO.
AND WHAT MATTERS MORE THAN ANY
NUMBERS FOR THE NAMES.
DANNY RODRIGUEZ.
AND THE STILL UNNAMED
AFRICAN-AMERICAN KILLED IN LOWER
QUEEN ANN A FEW WEEKS AGO ON MAY
18th.
IT IS THE NAME GEORGE FLOYD THAT
GOT US TO WHERE WE ARE NOW.
HOW CAN WE DISRESPECT HIS NAME
BY FORGETTING ALL THESE OTHER
NAMES?
I ASK THAT OF THE PEOPLE IN
PUBLIC SAFETY.
JUST LESS THAN THREE YEARS AGO
NOW SAT IN FRONT OF MANY
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AND ARE YOUR
ACTIONS GOING TO BE INFORMATIVE?
WILL YOU CONTINUE TO PRETEND
THESE SYSTEMS WORK OR FINALLY
ACT TO UPEND THE SYSTEMS THAT
ARE BEFORE YOU TODAY?
SYSTEMS WHICH ALLOW INJUSTICE TO
CONTINUE WITH JUST THE PRETENSE
OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY.
ALL OF MY SPECIFIC CONCERNS
TAKEN A HOUR COMMENT AND I HOPE
THEY'RE RAISED TODAY.
AND LAST I WANT TO NOTE THERE
WAS A MODEL OF REAL
COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY, WHICH WE IGNORED
BACK IN 2017 AND 2017.
THERE ARE OTHER MODELS IN
NASHVILLE WHERE THERE REALLY IS
COMMUNITY ACCOUNTABILITY.
IF WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BE
SHOOK BY REECEANTS EVENTS, WE
HAVE TO ADOPT REAL
COMMUNITY-BASE SAID
ACCOUNTABILITY.
NOT WHERE WE HAVE THE CPC
WITHOUT ANY POWER OR ANY
CONNECTION TO THE COMMUNITY, AND
THEN WE HAVE AN OPA, WHICH
CERTIFIES THE MURDER OF PEOPLE
LIKE RODRIGUEZ, SMITH AND THE
YETD UNNAMED AFRICAN-AMERICAN
KILLED.
>> HOWARD, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS
VALERIE SHOLARET.
>> I'M A LONG HFR TIME CITY
RESIDENT WHO HAS BEEN FOLLOWING
POLICING IN SEATTLE SINCE THE
MURDER OF JOHN T. WILLIAMS IN
2010 AND THE SUBSEQUENT REFORM
CONSENT DECREE.
THERE HAS BEEN MEANINGFUL
REFORM.
TODAY YOU'LL BE HEARING UPDATES.
THE PUBLIC IS OFTEN TOLD
PROVIDES OVERSIGHT FOR SEATTLE
POLICE.
YET, THERE IS LITTLE CONSENT
ABOUT WHAT THESE OFFICERS DO AND
WHAT THEY ACHIEVE.
WE ARE OFTEN TOLD THE OTA HAS
CIVILIANS BACK, AS IF THAT MEANS
THE INVESTIGATIONS ARE
IMPARTIAL.
ON THE OPA'S WEBSITE THERE, IS
AN ORGANIZATION CHART SHOWING
NINE OUT OF TEN EXISTING
INVESTIGATORS ON THE TEAM ARE
POLICE OFFICERS.
THAT AMOUNTS TO THE POLICE
INVESTIGATING THE POLICE.
THE OPA HAS NEGLECTED TO
PROACTIVELY TAKE ON
INVESTIGATIONS INTO SEVERAL VERY
QUESTIONABLE AND TRAGIC POLICE
SHOOTINGS LIKE THAT OF CHARLEY
LISLE.
IT'S THE OPA'S ROLE TO HOLD
POLICE ACCOUNTABLE, AND WEED OUT
BAD ACTORS.
CREATE THE IMPRESSION OF
ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE NOW HAVE PROTESTERS OCCUPYING
THE ZONE IN CAPITOL HILL,
BECAUSE THEY KNOW WE DON'T HAVE
AN ACCOUNTABLE POLICE FORCE.
WHY SHOULD THEY TRUST THE REFORM
PROCESS THAT'S BEEN ONGOING FOR
TEN YEARS?
I ENCOURAGE THE CITY COUNSEL TO
TAKE ON THE TASK OF MAKING THE
POLICE TRULY COUNTABLE, NOT TO
EACH OTHER BUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
>> I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE WE'VE
BEEN JOINED BY COUNSEL MEMBER
LEWIS.
THE FOLKS FOR -- FOR FOLK WHOSE
DON'T HAVE THEIR AGENDAS IN
FRONT OF THEM, WE'RE GOING TO
COVER THE OFFICE OF
ACCOUNTABILITY'S ANNUAL REPORT.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO INCLUDE AN
UPDATE ON THE CURRENT
INVESTIGATIONS.
AND THEY ARE PROPOSING TO DO IN
REPAUNS TO THE RECENT MASS
DEMONSTRATIONS AND IT'S A
SENTINEL REVIEW.
WE'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT.
WE ASK THEM TO JOIN US TO GIVE
AN OVERVIEW OF THEIR REPORT AS
WELL.
THEY WERE UNABLE TO JOIN US
TODAY AND I HOPE TO SOME TIME IN
THE NEAR FUTURE.
BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WANT A FEW
OPENING REMARKS TO ADDRESS, NOT
JUST THE REPORTS OF SHOOTINGS
OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT TO RESPOND
TO THE PRESS CONFERENCE HOSTED
YESTERDAY.
I WAS JUST DISAPPOINTED, AS I
KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS WERE, TO
LEARN IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE
ABOUT THE CANCELLATION OF CHOP
MEETING TO TALK ABOUT HOW TO END
THE SUSTAINABLE SITUATION WE ARE
FACED WITH IN THE CHOP.
I HAVE HAD A LOT OF HOPE THAT
THE CHOP LEADERS, WHO HAVE BEEN
NEEDING TO TALK ABOUT THEIR
RECOGNITION THAT THIS IS AN
UNSUSTAINABLE SITUATION.
OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT KEENT
ENTER THE PERIMETER AT NIGHT
BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF GUNS
AND THE INABILITY THIS FAR FOR
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GET
THERE IN TIME IN ORDER TO ALLOW
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO RENDER
LIFE-SAVING AID.
AND HER INVOLVEMENT OF PEACE
KEEPERS LIKE ANDRE TAYLOR AND I
DO HOPE THAT MEETING CAN HAPPEN
SOON.
I DO WANT TO ADDRESS CHIEF
BECK'S REMARKS.
AND I QUOTE.
THAT A LIFE MIGHT HAVE BEEN
SAVED IF IT WERE NOT THE
CIRCUMSTANCES CREATED BY HASTY
LEGISLATION.
JUST FOR CLARITY'S SAKE.
THE CITY LAW BANNING CROWD
CONTROL IS NOT IN EFFECT AND
WON'T BE UNTIL LATE JULY.
THE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER,
WHICH ON JUNE 17th, THE CITY
AGREED TO EXTEND THROUGH
SEPTEMBER 30th.
THAT IS THE REGULATION UNDER
WHICH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS
OPERATING AS IT RELATES TO ALL
CROWD CONTROL WEAPONS.
IN ANY EVENT, I DON'T KNOW HOW
TEAR GAS WOULD HAVE HELPED.
WHEN POLICE ARRIVED AFTER HE HAD
BEEN TRANSPORTED OUT OF THE
AREA.
NOT ONLY IS IT NOT IN EFFECT,
IT'S REALLY INCOMPREHENSIBLE TO
ME HOW EVEN IF TEAR GAS WAS
AVAILABLE HOW THAT WOULD HAVE
HELPED THE SITUATION.
POLICE ARRIVED AFTER HE HAD BEEN
TRANSPORTED OUT OF THE AREA.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS LOST IN
THE SHUFFLE IS IT'S VERY LIKELY
THAT IT GREW TO BE THIS
SITUATION THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING
RIGHT NOW.
POLICE THE POLICE ABANDONED THE
PRECINCTS.
IF NEITHER THE MAYOR NOR THE
CHIEF AUTHORIZED LEAVING THE
EAST PRECINCT BUILDING, WHO DID?
WERE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
FOLLOWED BY OFFICERS LEAVING THE
BUILDING?
IF ANOTHER OFFICER TOLD OTHERS
TO DO SO, WERE THEY FOLLOWING
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES?
WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT SOMEONE
LEFT THEIR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT
AND WE HAVE NO IDEA WHO TOLD
THEM TO DO SO.
I'M GLAD WE HAVE THE OPA WITH US
BECAUSE I THINK THESE ARE
QUESTIONS WE NEED TO GET TO THE
BOTTOM OF.
I KNOW THIS IS ON EVERYBODY'S
MIND, BUT I HAVE TO SAY IT.
I REFUSE TO LET GO OF KEEPING
GEORGE FLOYD AND ALL THE OTHER
BLACK MEN AND WOMEN KILLED BY
POLICE AT THE SENT OF THESE
DISCUSSIONS.
IT'S NOT ABOUT THE COUNSEL, NOT
ABOUT THE MAYOR.
IT HAS TO BE ABOUT POLICE DYING
AND ABOUT FAMILIES NEVER SEEING
JUSTICE.
AND IT HAS NOT STOPPED THESE
DEATHS AND HAS NOT INSISTED ON
JUSTICE.
IT'S NOT JUST HAPPENING OUT
THERE.
IT'S HAPPENING IN OUR OWN
COMMUNITY.
THE WORLD IS WATCHING.
WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO GET IT
RIGHT FOR SEATTLE.
THIS IS ALSO FOR THE WOMAN HIT
IN THE EYE WITH A RUBBER BULLET.
IT'S THE FIRST PROTEST SHE EVER
ATTENDED.
THE 8-YEAR-OLD BOY, WHO WAS
SPRAYED IN THE FACE WITH
CHEMICALS.
IN MY ROLE AS PUBLIC SAFETY
CHAIR, I DON'T WANT THIS
SITUATION TO DEVOLVE INTO
POLITICAL FINGER POINTING.
I WANT TO BE INTROSPECTIVE AND
BEGIN THE HARD WORK OF RIGHTING
HISTORIC WRONGS.
WE MUST SQUARELY EXAMINE THE
CHOICES MADE TO BRING TO LIGHT
WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND THE
DAMAGES CAUSED.
AND IN THE FRAME OF
RELATIONSHIPS AND TRUST.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO
HAS BEEN SHARING THEIR PERSONAL
ACCOUNTS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
WEEKS.
IN THE HEARING THAT WE -- I
HOSTED THAT WAS JOINED BY ALL MY
FELLOW COUNSEL MEMBERS AND OF
COURSE, THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS
OF EMAILS GIVING US POWERFUL
TESTIMONY AND EYE-WITNESS
ACCOUNTS.
THE VIDEOS AND EYE-WITNESS
ACCOUNTS OF CITIZENS ACTING AS
HISTORIANS MEANS THEY HAVE A
FIRM FOUNDATION ON WHICH TO REST
OUR INQUIRIES.
AGAIN, THANK YOU TO EVERY WITHIN
WHO HAS DOCUMENTED WHAT YOU'VE
EXPERIENCED AND TO EVERYONE WHO
HAS PARTICIPATED THIS FAR.
THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO DO
STILL.
SO W THAT, I THINK WE WILL HAND
IT ROIK OVER TO DIRECTOR
MEYERBERG.
>> AGENDA ITEM ONE.
THANK YOU.
OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY,
2019 ANNUAL REPORT AND UPDATE ON
CURRENT INVESTIGATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
LET'S START WITH INTRODUCTIONS
FROM THE OPA TEAM.
AND TEAM YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE
YOURSELF.
>>IUM RR A DOPEUTY DIRECTOR OF
PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
SO, WE THE ANNUAL REPORT AND TO
GO THROUGH THE DEMONSTRATION
CASES AND A LOOK AT THE
PRAULKECTS WE HAVE FOR TWEBTS.
SO, LAUREN'S GOING TO DO A BRIEF
OVER VIEW OF THE 2019 REPORT AND
TRENDS WE IDENTIFIED.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS WILL GIVE AN
INTRO BEFORE TURNING IT OVER TO
GENEVA TAYLOR.
AND OUR YOU KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
AND WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS AS WE
GO.
WHATEVER WORKS WITH COUNSEL.
LAUREN.
>> THANK YOU.
I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE
DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE HIGHLIGHTED
IN OUR ANNUAL REPORT.
THE FIRST OF WHICH IS
LEADERSHIP.
MAY 2019.
CONCEDED.
THE ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE.
LIEUTENANT TRANSCRIPT.
A DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
INVESTIGATION WHO CAME TO OPA AT
THE END OF 2018 AND KNEW THE
INVESTIGATION SUPERHAS BROUGHT
ON TO REPLACE THE LIEUTENANT
ORGANIZATION.
AND A DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
INVESTIGATIONS AND ADDITIONALLY
HIGHERED A NEW INVESTIGATION
ADVISOR POSITION.
AND GET THE INVESTIGATION AND
DRAFTING CASE FINDINGS.
OTH
OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE NEW
FOR 2020, WE HAD AN INVESTIGATOR
A FEW MONTHS AGO AND WE'LL HAVE
17 CIVILIAN POSITIONS AND NINE
FOR INVESTIGATORS.
AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO
RECOGNIZE THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
INVESTIGATIONS AND THE
SUPERVISOR ALSO CONDUCT
INVESTIGATIONS OF THEIR OWN.
SO, WE'RE A TRUE HYBRID OFFICE.
THE SECOND HIGHLIGHT I WANTED TO
BRING UP IS OUR EFFORTS TO
EMPOWER SUPERVISORS TO ADDRESS
MISCONDUCT, WHICH IN TURN ALLOW
THEM TO FOCUS ON [ INAUDIBLE ]
FOCUS MORE RESOURCES AND ENERGY
ON MISCONDUCT.
SO, IN LATE 2018, WITH INPUT
FROM DEPUTY SUPERVISORS, THEY
CONDUCTED THE MISCONDUCT
SCREENING PROGRAM, WHERE
FRONTLINE SUPERVISORS COULD
DOCUMENT UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIMS
OR COMPLAINTS IN THE FIELD
REFUTED BY VIDEO OR OTHER
EVIDENCE.
SUPERVISORS CONDUCT A CRITICAL
REVIEW AND SCREEN INCIDENTS TO
DETERMINE IF A FORMAL COMPLAINT
REFERRAL IS REQUIRED.
SOME OF THE MOST COMMON TYPES OF
COMPLAINTS ARE COMPLAINTS OF
SEXUAL ASSAULT.
AND WE GET EXAMPLE OF SOME OF
THOSE COMPLAINTS FOR CONTECTSED.
EACH OF THE COMPLAINTS WOULD
HAVE REQUIRED A FORMER OPA
REFERRAL.
TO CONDUCT A FULL INVESTIGATION
DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE
COMPLAINT.
THIS WAS SITED BY OFFICERS
[ INAUDIBLE ] AS OPA PRALCTICE F
CONDUCTING INTO DEMONSTRABLY
FALSE CLAIMS SEEN AS
PROCEDURALLY INJUST.
THE DIRECTOR REQUESTED A FORMAL
COMPLAINT REFERRAL FOR 23 OF THE
CASES OFTEN DUE TO A POTENTIAL
POLICY VIOLATION BUT NOT RELATED
TO THE CLAIM THAT WAS INITIALLY
SCREENED.
AN ADDITIONAL RESULT OF THE
PROGRAM IS INCREASED
COLLABORATION BETWEEN OPA AND
SPD SUPERVISORS.
AS OPA HAS SHIFTED THE HANDLING
OF MINOR POLICY VIOLATIONS BACK
TO SPD SUPERVISORS, OPA HAS
FOCUSSED MUCH MORE ENERGY AND
RESOURCES ON SERIOUS MISCONDUCT.
ON PAGE 19 OF OUR ANNUAL REPORT,
WHICH IN THE INTEREST OF TIME,
I'M NOT GOING TO GO THERE BUT
IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE.
15% OF SUSTAINED FINDINGS RESULT
SAID IN NO DISCIPLINE TO
INVOLVED EMPLOYEES AND TODAY
100% OF SUSTAINED FINDINGS
RESULTED IN SOME FORM OF
DISCIPLINE.
LIKEWISE, REPRIMANDS IN 2015 --
>> HELLO.
>> -- 46% OF SUSTAINED FINDINGS
IN 2016 RESULTED IN AN ORAL
REPRIMAND AND NOW 16% RESULTED
IN AN ORAL REPRIMAND.
AND WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN
THE NUMBER OF SUSPENSIONS AND A
SLIGHT INCREASE OF TERMINATIONS
AS A RESULT OF OUR SHIFT IN
FOCUSING ON SERIOUS MISCONDUCT.
THEN I'M GOING TO PASS IT TO ANN
TO TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT
>> THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT BEFORE WE
MOVE ON?
>> THANK YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO PAUSE TO SEE IF
ANY COUNSEL MEMBERS HAVE
QUESTIONS ON THAT SECTION BEFORE
WE MOVE ON.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS BUT
WANT TO DEFER TO MY COLLEAGUES
FIRST.
COUNSEL MEMBER GONZALEZ, I SAW
YOU PUT YOUR HAND UP BUT
COULDN'T TELL IF THAT WAS A
RAISING OF THE HAND.
>> NO.
>> TWO THINGS.
ONE, AS IT RELATES TO THE NEW
PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS THE OPA TO
FOCUS ON DEMONSTRABLY TRUE
COMPLAINTS AND TO DISMISS THOSE
TYPE OF COMPLAINTS THAT, BY
REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE, SUCH AS
THE REVIEW OF, FOR INSTANCE,
BODY CAMERA OR CAR CAMERA VIDEO.
THAT YOU'RE DISMISSING THOSE.
I JUST WANT TO FLAG THAT THIS IS
SOMETHING I HAVE ASKED THE OIG
TO MONITOR AS THIS NEW PROGRAM
ROLLS OUT.
THERE'S A LARGE NUMBER OF THESE
CASES THAT ARE BEING DETERMINED
TO BE DEMONSTRABLY FALSE.
SO, THIS IS JUST SOMETHING I
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE HAVE
ANOTHER SET OF EYES REVIEWING
THIS NEW PROGRAM AS IT ROLLS
OUT.
AND THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE
RELATES TO THE CIVILIANIZATION
OF THE OPA.
IF YOU COULD REMIND ME AND ALL
OF US AGAIN, PERHAPS NOT COUNSEL
MEMBER GONZALES BECAUSE SHE
PROBABLY HAS IT COMMITTED TO
MEMORY, WHAT THE ORDINANCE SAYS
ABOUT ORGANIZATION AND WHAT THE
FOG CONTRACT PERMITS AND WHERE
YOU'RE AT, AND WHAT THE GAP IS
BETWEEN WHAT YOU'RE LOW AED TO
DO UNDER THE CONTRACT AND WHAT
WE HOPED TO ALLOW YOU TO DO
UNDER THE 2017 ORDINANCE.
>> SURE.
I CAN ADDRESS BOTH, IF YOU DON'T
MIND.
SO, JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE
BACKGROUND.
WHEN I CAME INTO OPA IN JULY
2017, ONE THING THAT RODRIGUEZ,
WHO IS THE FORMER AUDITOR BOTH
FOUND WAS OPA WAS OVERUSING
CONTACT LOGS.
IT'S WHERE WE JUST GET A CASE
AND LITERALLY PUT IT ON A LOG.
WE WRITE A LETTER TO SAY WE'RE
TAKING NO FURTHER ACTION.
AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IS A LOT OF
THE CASES WITH UNSUBSTANTIATED
POLICIES, WE PUT IN A LOG.
WE STARTED LOOKING AT ALL THESE
CASES THROUGH INVESTIGATIONS.
BUT WHEN WE'RE DOING FOCUS
GROUPS AND LOOK AT CASES, WE
REALIZE THESE ARE LITERALLY CASE
WHERES SOMEONE WAS SAYING YOU
BROKE MY BACK OR -- AND WE KNOW
CONCLUSIVELY IT DIDN'T OCCUR
BECAUSE WE HAVE THE VID RETHAT
SHOWS THAT.
WE DEVELOPED THE PILOT PROGRAM.
AND CREATE A POLICY.
AND WE APPROVE BY DOJ.
TO TRIAGE THESE TYPES OF CLAIMS
THAT CAN BE DISPROVEN AT THE
OUTSET.
IN 2020, WE HAVE A SHARED DRIVE
WHERE WE SHARE ALL THESE
MATERIALS WITH THE OIG.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY LOOK AT
A CASES AND SAYS YOU SHOULD HAVE
IDENTIFY X, Y, AND Z.
AND THEY'LL TELL US TO HAVE
ENOUGH TIME TO INITIATE AN
INVESTIGATIONS.
SO, A COUPLE CAVEATS.
IF SOMEONE SAYS I WANT TO MAKE A
COMPLAINT, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW
UNSUBSTANTIATED IT IS, WE STILL
DO AN INVESTIGATION.
SO THERE, ARE LAYERS OF REVIEW.
IT ALLOWS US TO FOCUS OUR
RESOURCES, GIVEN THERE WILL BE
LIMITED RESOURCES ON THE MORE
SERIOUS CASES.
WITH REGARD TO CIVILIANIZATION,
WHAT IT SAID BASICALLY IS THE
OPA DIRECTOR SHOULD HAVE
DISCRETION TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
THE BEST MIX OF CIVILIAN AND --
WHETHER IT'S 50/50, 100%
CIVILIAN.
BUT THE PURPOSE OF THE
LEGISLATION WAS TO GIVE THE
DISCRETION TO THE DIRECTOR,
GIVEN THEY WERE DEALING WITH THE
STAFF ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING IS THEY
AGREED TO CIVILIANIZE TWO SPOTS.
SO, WE HAVE NOW HIRED BOTH OF
THOSE SPOTS.
SO, WE HAVE HIT THE LIMIT.
AND THE SPA CONTRACT ALLOWED FOR
THE TWO LIEUTENANTS AND CAPTAINS
TO BE MOVED OUT AND
CIVILIANIZED.
SO, WE HAVE DONE WHAT WE CAN DO
UNDER THE CURRENT EXISTING CDA.
WERE THE COUNSEL OR EXECUTIVE TO
NEGOTIATE A LARGER NUMBER OF
CIVILIANS, CERTAINLY WE WOULD
HIRE MORE CIVILIANS CONSISTENT
WITH THAT AGREEMENT.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE MAXED OUT
AT OUR CIVILIAN INVESTIGATORS.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNSEL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANTED TO ADD A LITTLE MORE
CONTEXT THERE.
THAT HOPEFULLY IS HELPFUL TO
THINKING AROUND THIS SPACE.
SO, THE DIRECTOR IS CORRECT THAT
ORDINANCE HAD GENERAL LANGUAGE
AROUND THE INTEREST AND MAKING
SURE -- I THINK THE LANGUAGE
USED WAS A HYBRID OF CIVILIAN
AND SWORN OFFICERS DOING
INVESTIGATATORY WORK AT OPA.
THAT PARTICULAR PORTION OF THE
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE,
AS IS THE CASE WITH SO MUCH OF
THE LANGUAGE IN PLEASE
ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE, WAS A
RECOMMENDATION THAT CAME FROM
THE COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSIONS
AS FAR BACK AS 2014.
OF COURSE I DON'T PREPORT TO
SPEAK FOR THE COMMUNITY POLICE
BUT FROM MY RECOLLECTION,
INITIALLY THEY HAD WANTED TO SEE
A MODEL OF INVESTIGATIONS.
AND THROUGH ADDITIONAL
ENGAGEMENT, THEY RESTED ON A
RECOMMENDATION THAT INCLUDED A
HYBRID MODEL OF A MIX OF
CIVILIAN AND SWORN
INVESTIGATORS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
RECOMMENDATION FROM THE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION HAS
NOT EVOLVED OR CHANGED AS OF
YET.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE
ANY INTENTIONS OF REVISITING THE
QUESTION AROUND THAT PARTICULAR
MIX.
THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
ORDINANCE ALSO INCLUDED SOME
LANGUAGE THAT REQUESTED THE
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL,
PUBLIC SAFETY TO EVALUATE THAT
MODEL AND PROVIDE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, BASED ON
BEST STANDARDS AND PRACTICES,
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE MIX, AS
ESTABLISHED BY THE OPA, WAS THE
RIGHT BAL NGS OR WHETHER THERE
WOULD BE A MORE APPROPRIATE
BALANCE IN TERMS OF THE
PRUPORTION OF CIVILIANS VERSES
SWORN INVESTIGATORS IN THE OPA.
DEPARTMENT.
I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
REMEMBER THAT SO MUCH OF THE
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE
WAS GENERATED AND DRIVEN BY
INTEREST IN THE COMMUNITY.
PLEASE COMMISSION.
AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON
WHY WE STILL HAVE THAT
THREE-LEGGED STOOL, IF YOU WILL,
AS OUR ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
AND AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE IF THEY
ARE LEANING TOWARDS A DIFFERENT
SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS AS WE GO
DOWN THIS PATH.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY'RE
NOT.
BUT THAT COULD OBVIOUSLY CHANGE.
I DO THINK THAT, AS PART OF THE
CONVERSATION, IT WOULD BE
IMPORTANT FOR US TO PERHAPS HEAR
FROM EITHER -- PROBABLY FROM
INSPECTOR GENERAL JUDGE ON HER
UNDERSTANDING BASED ON HER
NATIONAL WORK ON WHERE -- WE'RE
SORT OF SEEING BLIE AS IT
RELATES TO 100% CIVILIANIZATION
VERSES A HYBRID MODEL VERSES
100%.
COP INVESTIGATIONS.
I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME
MATERIAL THAT HAS COME OUT FROM
LAU
LOS ANGELES, I BELIEVE, WHERE
THEY WERE PUSHING FOR A 100%
CIVILIAN INVESTIGATION UNIT.
AND IT TURNED OUT THAT THE DATA
IN THAT CASE, FROM MY
RECOLLECTION WAS CIVILIAN --
THAT REVIEW BOARDS THAT WERE
MADE UP OF 100% CIVILIANS TENDED
TO BE ACTUALLY MORE LENIENT AND
MORE FORGIVING ON DISCIPLINE
CASES RELATED TO OFFICERS THAN
THOSE MODELS THAT HAVE A MIXTURE
OF CIVILIAN AND SWORN OFFICIALS.
SO, PERHAPS WITH THE CHAIR'S
INDULGENCE WE CAN HEAR ON THAT
PARTICULAR DYNAMIC.
>> I'M HAPPY TO HAVE A
FREE-FLOWING DISCUSSION,
ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE A
VIRTUAL TABLE AS OPPOSED TO AN
ACTUAL TABLE.
AND WE'RE ALL VIRTUALY SITTING
HERE TOGETHER.
I WANT TO, AS LONG AS WE ARE
GOING TO ASK THEM TO OPINE ON
FUTURE CHANGES TO WHAT THE
CURRENT RESTRICTIONS OF THE THE
CONTRACT SAY, I WOULD LIKE TO BE
REMINDED BY INSPECTOR GENERAL
JUDGE AND OPA DIRECTOR MEYERBERG
WHAT THE LETTERS TO COUNSEL
SAID.
FROM EACH ABOUT THIS LETTER.
AND I'M REFERRING SPECIFICALLY
TO THE LETTERS WE APPENDED TO
THE COUNSEL RESOLUTION
IDENTIFYING WHAT THE PRIORITIES
ARE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY STAKEHOLDERS FOR
THE NEXT BARGAINING SESSION.
I DON'T RECALL WLL OR NOT
THAT -- THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE
HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A HIGH
PRIORITY TO GET BACK TO THE 2017
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR,
COUNSEL PRESIDENT FOR LETTING ME
SPEAK TO THIS.
I WAS GOING TO USE SOME OF MY
TIME LATER TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
BUT I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO CHIME IN NOW.
IN TERMS OF WORK WE DID LAST
YEAR ON THIS.
BECAUSE COUNSEL PRESIDENT IS
RIGHT, THIS IS A MANDATE THAT WE
CONDUCT STAFFING STUDIES FOR THE
SWORN CIVILIAN MIX OF OPA.
WE WERE HAMPERED IN DOING ACTUAL
STUDIES IN 2019 BECAUSE OPA WAS
IN THE PROCESS OF ON BOARDING
CIVILIANS AND I BELIEVE THEIR
FIRST CIVILIAN INVESTIGATOR HAS
JUST STARTED IN THE LAST MONTH
OR SO.
SO, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY DATA TO
DO AN ACTUAL ANALYSIS OF OUR
OPA, SO WE BEGIN A SURVEY OF
THOSE DEPARTMENTS AND THOSE
KINDS OF FUNCTIONS AROUND THE
COUNTRY TO GET A SENSES OF HOW
THESE SORT OF HYBRID ENTITIES
ARE STAFFED.
AND IF THERE'S ANY INFORMATION
ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF HAVING
SWORN INVESTIGATORS MIXED.
WHAT WE CAME ACROSS IS I DON'T
KNOW THAT THERE ARE ANY HYBRID
MODELS OUT THERE.
THIS IS VERY MUCH AN INNOVATION
IN SOME REGARDS.
THE ENTITIES THAT DO THESE
INVESTIGATIONS WITH CIVILIANS, I
THINK TEND TO BE LARGELY
EXTERNAL.
AND THEY'RE ALL CIVILGIAN AND
EXTERNAL.
BOTH IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERNAL
AFFAIRS-TYPE INVESTIGATIONS AND
IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF
DISCIPLINE, THE INFORMATION
BEARS IT OUT.
AND MY OWN EXPERIENCE, IN TERMS
OF CIVILIANS DISPENSING
CONSEQUENCES TO POLICE OFFICERS,
THEY DO TEND TO BE MORE LENIENT
THAN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOLKS DOING
THE SAME THING.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY IT'S NOT THE
RIGHT MODEL.
JUST TELLING YOU WHAT OUR LOOK
AT IT AND MY EXPERIENCE HAS BORN
OUT SO FAR.
SO, BECAUSE WE ARE REQUIRED TO
DO THE STAFFING STUDY AND
THERE'S NO DATA AND OPA IS
REALLY LIMITED IN THE NUMBER OF
INVESTIGATORS THEY'RE ABLE TO
HAVE UNDER THE CDA.
THAT EVEN WHEN THEY'VE HIT THEIR
MAX IN TERMS OF WHAT THE
CONTRACT PRUPORTS TO ALLOW, IT'S
GOING TO GIVE US VERY LITTLE
INFORMATION TO ASSESS THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF CIVILIAN
INVESTIGATORS.
WE FLAGGED THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE
LATITUDE AND DISCRETION IN
STAFFING THEIR OFFICE WITH THE
NUMBER OF CIVILIAN INVESTIGATORS
THEY FEEL IS APPROPRIATE.
THAT WOULD ALSO GIVE US A BETTER
BASELINE TO EVALUATE THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF THAT AND THE
IMPACT ON INVESTIGATIONS FOR
COMMUNITY CONFIDENCE AND FOR
EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S IMPORTANT
ABOUT OPA'S FUNCTION.
FRFRLS
>> THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION
MADE BY THE TWO ENTITIES WAS
EXACTLY THAT.
OPA DIRECTOR, WHOEVER IT IS --
WITHOUT PUTTING A NUMBER ON IT
NECESSARILY.
>> GREAT.
SO THAT HAS BEEN FLAGGED AS A
PRIORITY ISSUE MOVING TO THE
NEXT SET OF NEGOTIATIONS.
THANK YOU.
COUNSEL MEMBER SURAN, I BELIEVE
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS.
I'LL READ THROUGH THEM AND OFFER
POIPTS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE
QUESTIONS BECAUSE I DON'T
HONESTLY BELIEVE THESE WILL GET
RESOLVED TODAY.
I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE DEEPER
ISSUES.
I'M GLAD WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY
BUT I JUST -- THESE POINTS AND
QUESTIONS FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION
AS WELL.
ONE IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 2019
OPA INVESTIGATIONS AND NOT ABOUT
2020.
IT JUST FEELS STRANGELY OUT OF
TOUCH GIVEN THE MONUMENTAL
EVENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN
THE LAST 20 DAYS IN SEATTLE AND
IN NOW NATIONWIDE.
SO, ONE QUESTION IS CONCRETELY,
WHAT WOULD WE SEE DIFFERENTLY IF
WE'RE LOOKING AT A 2020 REPORT?
ANOTHER QUESTION IS WHAT WERE
THE COMPLAINTS AND FINDINGS
SUSTAINED?
ALSO WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE
OFFICERS AND THE ACTION THAT HAS
BEEN TAKEN AGAINST THE OFFICER
THAT MACED THE 7-YEAR-OLD CHILD
DURING THE PROTEST ON MAY 30th,
2020, WHICH IS THE FIRST DAY OF
THE JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD
PROTESTS.
I DIDN'T PERSONALLY WITNESS IT,
BUT I WAS DOING THE PROTEST WHEN
THAT HAPPENED.
HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE
PERSON WHO FILMED THAT WAS LATER
ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH USING
A LASER POINTER, OF ALL
ABSURDITIES, BUT THE OFFICER WHO
ASSAULTED THE 7-YEAR-OLD WITH
MACE IS NOT FACING ANY ACTION?
AND THE PERSON WHO FILMED ERICK
GARDNER'S MURDER WAS TRACKED
DOWN AND ARRESTED BY THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
I BELIEVE HE WAS RECENTLY
RELEASED.
THIS IS EGREGIOUS, JUST
IMBALANCE OF JUSTICE WHERE THE
POLICE OFFICERS WHO TOOK ERIC
GARDNER'S LIFE DIDN'T FACE
CONSEQUENCES.
THE PERSON WHO FILMED THE MURDER
FACED CONSEQUENCES.
SO, WHAT DO YOU DO TO PROTECT
PEOPLE FOOFILE EVIDENCE?
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN PEOPLE
PROVIDING EVIDENCE OF SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT BRUTALITY,
LIKE IN THIS CASE OF THE
7-YEAR-OLD FACING THAT --
ARRESTED -- WHEN THEY'RE
DOCUMENTING THIS, ARE ARRESTED
ON ABSURD CHARGES?
WHEN THE LEGAL SYSTEM
CLEARLYBYING USED TO RETALIATE
AGAINST SUCH INCIDENTS?
AND I'M ASKING ACTUALLY WHAT DO
YOU DO WHEN THESE THINGS HAPPEN?
AND I WANT TO CLARIFY FROM MY
STANDPOINT AND FOR THE
STANDPOINT OF THE MOVEMENT, OPA
TALKS ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND
INVESTIGATORS.
AND THE MAYOR'S JOB ARE
CIVILIAN.
BUT THAT JUST MEANS THEY'RE NOT
SWORN OFFICERS.
SERVING THE ESTABLISHMENT THAT
HAS ALLOWED POLICE BRUTALITY TO
GO ON.
BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE KILLED AT
THE HANDS OF POLICE IN 2011.
IT DOES NOT MEAN CONTROL.
AND PART OF THE PROBLEM IN
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE
U.S. IS THE ESTABLISHMENT.
IN FACT, THIS IS A FUNDAMENTAL
ISSUE, REALLY.
BUT FUNCTIONALLY WHAT WE CAN
SEE, EVEN IF WE DON'T AGREE ON
THE ANALYSIS AND ALL THAT.
FUNCTIONALLY WHAT WE SEE IS ONE
OF THE BIG OBSTACLES IS THE
POLICE ESTABLISHMENT, PROTECTING
POLICE FROM FACING CONSEQUENCES
OF BRUTALITY.
I JUST WANT TO REGISTER -- I
MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS --
EVIDENCE ABOUT CIVILIANS BEING
MORE LENIENT.
I WANT TO SAY WHATEVER ISSUE
THERE'S, I THINK THE PROBLEM IS
THE COMMUNITY FACING THE POLICE
VIOLENCE HAS ZERO SAY IN WHAT
ACTUALLY HAPPENS DEMOCRATICALLY
SPEAKING.
AND THAT'S WHY ONE OF THE
DEMANDS IS FOR ESTABLISHING
INDEPENDENCE, ELECTED OVERSIGHT
BOARD, COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT
BOARD.
WITH FULL POWERS OVER THE
POLICE, INCLUDING HIRING
SUBPOENA POWERS, POLICIES AND
PROCEDURES.
AND I WANT TO SHARE WITH THE
PUBLIC ALSO THAT I ASKED STAFF
TO BEGIN DRAFTING THE
LEGISLATION THAT GOES INTO IT.
PRESUMABLY WILL REQUIRE A
JUDGE ---ING AMENDMENT.
IT WILL BE THE KIND OF CHANGE WE
NEED TO MAKE A SHIFT IN POLICE
VIOLENCE.
IT WILL BE A SUBSTANTIVE SHIFT,
ACTUALLY GIVING COMMUNITIES
OVERSIGHT.
THOSE ARE THE ELECTED POSITIONS
THAT WILL BE DIRECTLY
ACCOUNTABLE.
NOT THE SYSTEM WHERE THE
ESTABLISHMENT IS GIVING POLICE
COVER.
LASTLY, I WANT TO QUOTE HOWARD
IN PUBLIC COMMENT.
QUOTE, AT THE CURRENT TIME ONLY
ONE OUT OF TEN OR MORE OPA
INVESTIGATORS IS A CIVILIAN.
ALL THE OTHER ARE SERGEANTS.
THIS ONE SINGLE INVESTIGATOR
CANNOT INVESTIGATE A SERIOUS
COMPLAINT, INCLUDING THINGS LIKE
MATERIAL.
THIS PREVENTS ANY INVESTIGATOR
FROM INVESTIGATING ANY COMPLAINT
WHICH, IF UPHELD, MIGHT RESULT
IN TERMINATION.
THE COMPLAINT THAT THERE IS THE
PROVISION OF INVESTIGATIONS
RELEVANT.
ONE, THE ONLY TWO CIVILIANS
BESIDES THE DIRECTOR IN THE OPA
STAFF HAS POLICE BACKGROUND.
ONE IS THE POLICE OFFICER AND
THE OTHER WORKS FOR THE FIELD,
CHICAGO, CIVILIAN POLICE
OVERSIGHT.
AND SECOND, THEY CAN NEVER KNOW
WHAT WAS MISSED AND HOW POORLY
INTERVIEWS HAVE BEEN DONE.
HE WOULDN'T HAVE FOUGHT TO LIMIT
THE NUMBER OF CIVILIAN
INVESTIGATORS IF THEY DID NOT
APPRECIATE IT'S THE PRIMARY
LEVEL.
I THINK IT'S VERY CRUCIAL
COMMENT AND I WANTED TO ADD THEM
FOR THE DISCUSSION AS WELL.
AND I WOULD APPRECIATE A
RESPONSE TODAY ON THESE THINGS
AND IN AN ONGOING WAY.
AND IN ADDITION TO THIS, AN
INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY-ELECTED
OVERSIGHT BOARD IS WHAT WE NEED.
>> THANK YOU.
I THINK -- I HOPE THAT WHAT YOU
HEARD FROM MYSELF, COUNSEL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ, THE DIRECTOR
AND THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL IS AGREEMENT THAT THE
OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL
ACCOUNTABILITY NEEDS THE
FLEXIBILITY AND AUTHORITY TO
HIRE ADDITIONAL CIVILIAN
INVESTIGATORS.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR POSITION THAT
YOU WANT TO GO FURTHER.
I WANT TO SAY THAT THERE IS SOME
BASELINE AGREEMENT.
AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO
THE COMMENTS FROM MR. GALE, THAT
THERE NEEDS TO BE ADDITIONAL
CIV
CIVILIANIZATION OF OPA.
AND IT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A
PRIORITY FOR US FOR THE NEXT
ROUND OF BARGAINING.
AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY I
APPRECIATE MANY OF YOUR
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
INVESTIGATIONS.
WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT
IN A MOMENT.
SO, THIS AGENDA ITEM IS INTENDED
TO BE BOTH A REVIEW OF THE
ANNUAL REPORT LOOKING BACK AND
AN UPDATE ON CURRENT
INVESTIGATIONS AND I DO WANT TO
GIVE THE OPA THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ADDRESS THE QUESTIONS COUNSEL
MEMBER ASKED WHILE HOLDING
INVESTIGATIONS UNTIL OPA HAS HAD
AN OPPORTUNITY TO FINISH THEIR
REVIEW OF THE 2019 ANNUAL
REPORT.
>> SO, I MEAN THERE, WAS A
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT WERE
ASKED.
I'M NOT SURE I CAN RECITE
ANSWERS TO EACH ONE ASKED.
SO, WE CAN GIVE ANSWERS IN
WRITING AFTER WE'RE DONE.
FIRST OF ALL, I'M NOT GOING TO
COMMENT ON SPECIFICS OF ANY OPEN
INVESTIGATIONS.
I CAN GENERALLY GIVE YOU THE
OVERVIEW AND WE HAVE A
DASHBOARD.
>> I'M SUGGESTING WE NOT GET
INTO THE UPDATE ON CURRENT
INVESTIGATIONS UNTIL WE FINISH
THE 2019 ANNUAL REPORT OVERVIEW.
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT
THAT.
AND I HAVE ANOTHER, I THINK SOME
OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
EXISTING 2019 REPORT BEFORE WE
MOVE ON THE FORWARD-LOOKING
PIECE OF YOUR --
>> TO ADDRESS THE LAST POINTS
FIRST.
THE SYSTEM WE CREATED WAS
CREATED BASED ON COMMUNITY
INPUT, BASED ON NATIONAL
RESEARCH, THE WORK OF THE POLICE
COMMISSION, AND NOT ALL THE
COUNSEL MEMBERS VOTED FOR THE
LEGISLATION.
COUNSEL MEMBER MORALES AND LEWIS
WERE NOT ON THE COUNSEL AT THAT
POINT.
BUT IT WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
IF THERE'S CHANGES THE COUNSEL
WANTS TO MAKE AND THERE'S A
COMMUNITY BOARD, YOU WANT A
CHANGE UPDATE, THAT'S WITHIN THE
PREROGATIVE FOR COUNSEL TO DOSO.
I'M NOT GOING TO STAND IN THE
WAY.
BUT THIS IS WHAT WE CREATED.
I THINK NATIONALLY, IT'S ONE OF
THE BEST SYSTEMS OUT THERE.
I SUPPORT IT 100%.
SO, THE POINT SITED BY COUNSEL
MEMBER -- I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW
THAT THEY'RE NECESSARILY
ACCURATE.
WE HAVE TWO CIVILIAN
INVESTIGATORS.
THE REALITY IS THAT'S THE MOST
WE CAN HIRE.
WE HAVE CIVILIAN SUPERVISORS,
ONE THAT IS A COMPLETELY
CIVILIANIZED INVESTIGATIVE
AGENCY.
AND ONE THAT IS A 10-YEAR
VETERAN OF THE IRISH POLICE
FORCE.
BUT HAVING LAW ENFORCEMENT
BACKGROUND OR UNDERSTANDING OF
HOW IT WORKS IS A DISQUALIFYING
FACTOR FROM THE WORK.
I THINK THAT'S A BAD IDEA
BECAUSE I THINK IT GIVES YOU
EXPERTISE AND UNDERSTAND WHY
THEY DO WHAT THEY DO AND WHY
THING OCCURS THAT THEY DO.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY
MEMBERS THAT WORK FOR OUR
OFFICE.
WHEN WE REACH DECISIONS, IT'S
NOT JUST INVESTIGATIONS.
WE GET PERSPECT CHBS AND DIVERSE
PERSPECTIVES AS TO WHAT FINDINGS
SHOULD BE.
I DON'T THINK I KNOW EVERYTHING
IN THE WORLD.
WE DO HAVE AN ABILITY TO ASSESS
FREQUENCIES.
THEY'LL BE IN INTERVIEWS
LISTENING TO WHAT IS ASKED AND
ASKING FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS.
WE GO THROUGH OUR INVESTIGATIONS
TOP TO BOTTOM.
WE REVIEW THEM THROUGH MULTIPLE
PHASES.
SO, ALL THESE STATEMENTS WE CAN
MAKE, I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE
ANSWERS AND DATA THAT REFUTE
THEM.
OBVIOUSLY, NOT ANSWER EVERY
SINGLE QUESTION ASKED BUT I'M
HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM AT A LATER
TIME.
AND I'M HAPPY TO COME BACK AND
ADDRESS AS WELL.
EVERYTHING IS TRANSPARENT AND ON
OUR WEBSITE.
AND CERTAINLY MY JOB IS TO DO A
FAIR ASSESSMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
I THOUGHT WE HAD NEXT IN THE
PRESENTATION ABOUT THE 2019
REPORT WAS I THOUGHT I
REMEMBERED THAT MS. TAYLOR WAS
ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING.
>> HI, THERE.
I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
PUBLIC AFFAIRS, AND I WANT TED
GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM.
THIS IS FROM THE 2019 ANNUAL
REPORT.
2019 WAS THE FIRST FULL YEAR
THAT WE HAD A COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT STAFF AT OPA.
FRRMS WE HIRED THREE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT SPECIALISTS IN LATE
OCTOBER OF 2018.
AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE
DID IN 2019 TO GET THEM STOOD UP
WAS WE DEVELOPED AN OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT PLAN TO GUIDE THEIR
EFFORTS FOR 2019 AND 2020.
AND USING THAT PLAN IS HOW WE
APPROACHED OUR PROJECT PRESIDENT
AND VARIOUS INITIATIVES THIS
YEAR WITH REGARD TO COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID I THINK
WAS REALLY HELPFUL FOR THE
COMMUNITY WAS WE DEVELOPED A
SUITE OF NEW INFORMATION OF
MATERIALS AVAILABLE FOR SIX
LANGUAGES.
AND THESE ARE USEFUL IN REACHING
VARIOUS COMMUNITIES TO PROVIDE
INFORMATION ON WHAT OPA IS AND
DOES AND HOW TO FILE A
COMPLAINT.
WE'RE NOT MEETING IN PERSON.
BUT IN 2019 WE USE THESE
MATERIALS AND DISTRIBUTE THEM TO
OVER 90 EVENTS WITH OUR
COMMUNITY-ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST.
TRYING TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS
AND INTRODUCE OPA.
THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM
IS PART OF THE LARGER PUBLIC
AFFAIRS TEAM.
THIS TEAM UNDERTAKES A VARIETY
OF PROJECTS THAT HELP US CARRY
OUT OUR OVERARCHING OPA
MISSIONS.
ONE OF THE PROJECTS WAS THE OIS
PROTOCOL.
THE OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING
PROTOCOL, WHICH WAS WORKED ON
BAY VARIOUS SYSTEM PARTNERS.
AND I'M TURNING IT OVER TO
GENEVA TAYLOR.
>> I'M GENEVA.
I'M GOING IT TALK ABOUT THE
OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING
PROTOCOL WE DEVELOPED IN THE
LAST 8 MONTHS.
FROM THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS WE
HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE OIF.
THE OIF TEAM HAS BEEN CREATING
AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING
PROTOCOL.
THIS SEEKED TO HELP LOVED ONES
WHO LOST SOMEONE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE
SHARING INFORMATION OUT AND
KEEPING IT ACCESSIBLE TO
FAMILIES THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH
OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTINGS.
SO, THIS WAS CREATED WITH THE
SYSTEMS TEAM.
AND OUR OFFICE AND THIS REALLY,
WHERE YOU BROUGHT THE INTERVIEWS
TOGETHER AND INDIVIDUAL PLANS
AND PROTOCOLS EACH OF THE
OFFICES HAVE.
AND WE REALLY WANT TOADS ALIGN
OUR WORK AND SEE WHERE WE
INTERCE
INTERCEPTED SOME OF THE WORK AND
MAKE SURE IT DID ALIGN.
WE WORKED TOGETHER TO DEVELOP
THE SHARED PROTOCOL TO DEVELOP A
ROAD MAP.
WE COLLECTED WITH THE HOPE THAT
THE STOPPING WOULD PROVIDE.
CLARITY IS HOW IT ELABORATES
TOGETHER.
THIS IS NOT TO NEGATE OR REPLACE
INDIVIDUAL PROTOCOLS EACH OF THE
OFFICES HAVE.
BUT IS TO RESPOND TOGETHER IN
UNITY WHEN WE WORK WITH SOME OF
THE FAMILIES.
I BELIEVE YOU ALL HAVE OIS
PROTOCOL.
IT IS ON OUR WEBSITE.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO GO OVER
THAT DOCUMENT WITH YOU ALL, I
CAN GIVE YOU A CLEAR VIEW OF
WHAT --
>> I THINK SOMETHING WOULD
BEUSEFUL.
>> WE WANTED TO CREATE SHARED
VALUE ACROSS THE BOARD WITH THE
DOCUMENT AND THE WAY HE WENT
ABOUT DOING IT.
SO, WE CREATE [ INAUDIBLE ]
MAKING SURE WE WERE CLEAR.
GIVING CLARITY TO SOME OF THE
FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST THEIR
LOVED ONES AND MAKING SURE IT'S
CLEAR, EVEN AS THEY'RE SAYING
THIS IS AN OPEN CASE RIGHT NOW.
BUTTED WE DID WANT TO REACH OUT.
SO, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
US.
ANOTHER IS A COMMUNITY-CENTERED
APPROACH.
WHICH MEANS THE COMMUNITY,
FAMILY IS LEADING HOW WE
[ INAUDIBLE ] DURING THIS TIME.
SO, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A
LITTLE BIT MORE.
WE WAUBNLTD TO MAKE SURE WE'RE
COMING TO PEOPLE WITH THE
ABILITY TO HEAR AND LISTEN AND
LET THEM LEAD, EVEN IN CULTURAL
ASPECTS WHEN WE ARE MEETING WITH
FAMILIES THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM
US TO MAKE SURE WE -- ANOTHER
ONE IS RESPONSIVENESS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
RESPONSE TOOV FAMILIES AND TO
COMMUNICATE WITH THEM.
THROUGH EMAIL, PHONE CALLS, FACE
TO FACE.
WHATEVER WE CAN KOOTO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE RESPONSIVE TO THE
NEEDS AND SOME OF THEIR DESIRES.
SO, FIRST THE OIF OCCURS.
JUST IN GENERAL.
THEY HAVE LOST THEIR LOVED ONES.
WE KNOW THAT THERE IS STAFF.
WE KNOW THAT IT OCCURS AND THE
SECOND STAFF MEMBERS.
POINTS OF CONTACT.
SO, WE HAVE A POINT OF CONTACT
PERSON AND THAT IS FROM OUR
OFFICE.
THAT COULD BE A
COMMUNITY-ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST,
LIKE MYSELF.
AND SOMETIMES A FAMILY --
SOMETIMES WE IN THE OFFICE
ACTUALLY KNOW SOMEONE
[ INAUDIBLE ] OR SOMEONE REACHES
OUT TO THE OFFICE.
AND THEN WE -- THE THIRD STEP IS
TO ASSESS THOSE LEADS.
SO, I WOULD GET ON THE PHONE AND
HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE
AND SAY WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
THINGS?
[ INAUDIBLE ] SO, THIS IS KIND
OF A CIVIL POINT BECAUSE THEY
CAN CHOOSE TO NO LONGNER GAUGE
WITH US.
OR THEY CAN CHOOSE TO SAY I JUST
NEED -- I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION WITH THE DIRECTOR.
OR I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MY
FAMILY.
THIS IS WHERE WE FIND OUT HOW
MUCH THEY WOULD LIKE THE BE
INVOLVED AND WHICH WAYS THEY
WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED.
IT COULD STOP HERE AND THEY
COULD SAY I'M NOT INTERESTED.
OR I WAS WONDERING ABOUT BURIAL
SERVICES.
THEY COULD SAY I'M EAST ASIAN.
REFER THEM OUT TO FOLKS WHO MAY
NEED -- WHATEVER THEIR DESIRES
ARE [ INAUDIBLE ] IF THEY WOULD
LIKE TO COORDINATE A MEETING
WITH OUR OFFICE OR [ INAUDIBLE ]
AND WE HAVE A MEETING WITH
FAMILIES.
WE COULD REVISIT THAT MEETING
AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
AND THIS OFTEN GOES TO HOW THE
FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO SET UP THE
MEETING.
WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT
COMMUNITY-CENTERED APPROACH,
THEY ARE LEADING HOW THEY WOULD
LIKE.
SO, IF THEY WOULD SAY I WOULD
LIKE TO ONLY MEET WITH DIRECTOR
OR I ONLY WANT TO TALK TO YOU,
THAT IS AN OPTION.
SO, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
THAT IS OUR WORK WITH COMMUNITY.
[ INAUDIBLE ] FOLLOW UP WITH THE
FAMILIES, THEN WE WOULD CLOSE
OUT THE OIS PROCESS.
SO, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT THAT?
BEFORE I GO INTO THE OTHER
PROJECT?
>> THANK YOU.
I THINK THE ONE QUESTION I HAVE
RELATES TO WHAT HAPPENS AFTER
THE OIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.
AND WHAT -- I MEAN, HOW DO THESE
VALUES OF HAVING THIS BE FAMILY
CENTERED TRANSLATE INTO THE
PERIOD OF TIME THAT OCCURS AFTER
THE INVESTIGATION THAT SLOWS IN
AN INSTANCE WHERE PERHAPS THE
FAMILY DOESN'T AGREE WITH THE
FINDINGS?
>> AND SO THIS PROTOCOL WAS IN
PLACE IN MAY.
[ INAUDIBLE ] AND REALLY TRYING
TO ROLL OUT THIS PROTOCOL.
IT WAS NOT IN PLACE LAST YEAR OR
ANYTHING.
IT JUST STARTED.
WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD A LOT OF
EXPERIENCE WITH IT.
AND IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING
BECAUSE IT'S ALSO SOMETHING YOU
DON'T WANT TO HAVE A LOT OF
EXPERIENCE WITH, RIGHT?
WE DON'T WANT MORE OFFICER
SHOOTINGS FOR SURE.
IT'S LIKE A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD
IN SOME WAYS.
BUT I THINK IT'S POIMPORTANT TO
NOTE IT'S SOMETHING WE ARE
LOOKING INTO AND FOCUSING ON.
BECAUSE SOMETIMES RITSDSER NOT
SUSTAINED.
SOMETIMES THEY ARE NOT GOING TO
BE HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS THAT
DO HAPPEN.
I THINK ONE THING THAT IS
IMPORTANT, THE WAY WE POSSIBLY
COMMUNICATE THAT TO THEM AND HOW
WE WALK ALONG SIDE THEM WHEN
THIS DOES HAPPEN.
AND OFFER OTHER COMMUNITIES
BEFORE, EVEN IF WE'RE NOT THAT
SUPPORT FOR THEM, WE CAN GET
THEM IN THE RIGHT HANDS.
AND IF THEY HAPPEN TO BE AN
ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS THEM,
DURING THE TIME, I THINK THAT'S
IMPORT RNLT.
WE'VE CREATED SOMEWHAT AN
ACTIVIST AND HAVE GIVEN MORE
POWER AND EMPOWERED THEM TO SAY
HEY, THIS MIGHT BE A WAY TO WALK
ALONG SIDE OTHER FOLKS WHO HAVE
LOST [ INAUDIBLE ] BUT WHATEVER
THEIR NEEDS AND THAT IS
CHALLENGING.
ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, TO WALK WITH
SOMEONE WHEN IT IS NOT WORKING.
>> THANK YOU.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE ARE
OTHER QUESTIONS.
CAN YOU MOVE ON A THE OTHER PART
OF YOUR PRESENTATION?
>> SURE WILL.
[ INAUDIBLE ] SO, THERE'S NOT A
LOT OF INFORMATION.
AND STILL SUGGESTIONS
[ INAUDIBLE ] KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
PROJECT.
AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE
LEADING THIS PROJECT BECAUSE I
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
I REMEMBER STARTING THIS JOB AND
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS PROJECT.
WHICH IS BEING INFORMED ABOUT
INTERACTIONS AND TO BE
KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE LAW SO
THEY CAN ACTUALLY MAKE
COMPLAINTS.
I WAS THINKING HOW CAN YOU MAKE
A COMPLAINT IF YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT THE PROCEDURES ARE?
PROTOCOL WAS DONE UNPROPERLY?
HOW CAN YOU MAKE A COMPLAINT?
SO, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
COME ALONG WITH INTERACTION IN A
HANDOUT.
WE HAVE A PAMPHLET THAT WILL GO
TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
WEALL SOY HAVE A LOT OF
CIVILIANS WHO WILL BE WORKING ON
DIFFERENT SCENARIOS WHERE IT
WILL BE LOOKED AT A LITTLE
CLOSER AND HOW TO INTERACT
WITH -- WHEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS
ARE INTERACTING WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT, THEY'LL KNOW SOME
OF THE LAWS [ INAUDIBLE ] ABLE
TO MAKE PROPER COMPLAINTS.
AND IT'S A PRESENTATION THAT
WILL BE GIVEN AROUND THE CITY TO
COMMUNITIES.
SO, THIS IS A PROJECT WE'RE
LOOKING FORWARD TO.
>> THANKS, GENEVA.
I CAN TAKE OVER.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF
THE COMMUNITY-BASED WORK WE'RE
DOING.
I THINK SOME OF THE DEFICIT
INSISTMS IS PEOPLE DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE DOING IT.
WHETHER RITSDS ARFAMILY EFFECTED
BY LOSING A FAMILY MEMBER
THROUGH AN OFFICER-INVOLVED
SHOOTING OR TEENS THAT ARE
COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS OR HAVE
HAD ISSUES WITH THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM.
OUR GOELT IS TO PROVIDE
INFORMATION.
AND THEY MAY NOT AGREE WITH THE
POLICY OR DECISION WE REACH AND
THAT'S OKAY.
BUT IT'S BUILDING DIALOGUE AND
CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S BEEN A BIG WORK THAT
GENEVA HAS DONE AND THE PUBLIC
AFFAIRS TEAM.
AND I KNOW THE IG'S OFFICE IS
DOING THE SAME THING.
AND GENEVA'S NOT KIDDING WHEN HE
TALKS ABOUT WANTING TO DO THE
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS PROJOEKT FOR A
LONG TIME.
THE CURRENT INVESTIGATIONS --
>> BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I HAVE A
COMOTHER THINGS ABOUT THE 2019
ANNUAL REPORT.
WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TIME TO
DELVE INTO THE DATA IN YOUR
REP
REPORT
>> FOR INSTANCE, THERE'S A LOT
OF SUSTAINED FINDSINGS.
I BELIEVE THERE'S ONE CASE IN
2019 WITH TWO FINDINGS.
A LOT OF INTEREST AROUND NUMBER
OF APPEALS THAT THEY MAKE TO
DISCIPLINARY FINDINGS.
I BELIEVE 23 IN 2019 STILL
PENDING.
THERE'S ALSO QUESTIONS ABOUT
FINDINGS AS RELATEDS TO
ALLEGATIONS.
YOU HAVE INFORMATION ON HOW THEY
FALLOUT.
SO, USE OF FORCE, STOP,
ATTENTION, ARREST, SEARCH AND
SEIZURE, LYING AND SO ON.
WHAT I DON'T SEE IS THE NUMBER
OF SUSTAINED CASES FOR EACH OF
THE CATEGORIES.
AND I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW, OF
THE COMPLAINTS YOU'RE RECEIVING,
THERE ARE 148 POLICING
COMPLAINTS.
HOW MANY WERE SUSTAINED?
SO, I WOULD APPRECIATE GETTING
THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION
RELATING TO THE ALLEGATION?
>> AND THAT'S DEFINITELY
INFORMATION WE CAN PULL IT FOR
YOU AND I DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT
NOW BUT WE CAN PULL IT FOR YOU
AND SEND IT TO YOU, NOT JUST FOR
EACH CASE BUT ALLEGATION, WHAT
IS SUSTAINED AND NOT SUSTAINED.
>> JUST FLAG FOR THE VIEWING
PUBLIC, THERE'S A LOT IN THIS
ANNUAL REPORT WE HAVEN'T
COVERED.
WE HAVEN'T COVERED A LOT OF THE
DATA-BASED INFORMATION ABOUT THE
OUTCOMES OF INVESTIGATIONS.
AND THIS INFORMATION IS IN THE
REPORT.
THE POLICIES THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT HAS CHANGED BECAUSE
OF YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS OVER
2019 AND I THINK THOSE ARE SOME
OF THE BROAD CATEGORIES THAT
WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT TODAY
AT THIS TIME.
BUT I DO -- AS EAGER AS YOU ARE
TO TALK ABOUT AN UPDATE ON THE
CURRENT INVESTIGATION.
>> YEAH.
SO, TWO QUICK PLUGS.
I WOULD SAY ON OUR WEBSITE, WE
HAVE -- WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF
CREATING A DASHBOARD THAT WILL
MAP OUT ALL THE APPEALS FOR
PENDING DISCIPLINARY CASES.
SO, TO GET MORE PUBLIC EXPOSURE
OR MORE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, EYES
ON THAT INFORMATION.
SO, THAT WILL BE ON OUR WEBSITE
IN A DASHBOARD FORM.
SIMILAR TO THE DASHBOARD FOR THE
OPEN INVESTIGATIONS FOR THE
DEMONSTRATIONS.
WE ALSO HAVE A FORM ON OUR
WEBSITE WHERE PEOPLE, IF THEY
WANT TO SEE OTHER INFORMATION --
SO IF THERE'S A COMMUNITY PEMBER
WATCHING AND WANT TO SEE
DIFFERENT INFORMATION OR
STATISTICS, WE HAVE A FORM THEY
CAN WRITE THAT IN AND SEND A
COMMENT TO US AND WE COLLECT
COMMENTS AND WE CAN PROVIDE
WHATEVER INFORMATION FOLKS WANT
TO SEE.
LAUREN DOES OUR DATA WORK AND WE
HAVE A LOT OF ABILITY.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN ARCAYIC
SYSTEM.
BUT WE VAN UVLT TO PULL DATA AND
PROVIDE THAT TO FOLKS.
AND ALL THE INFORMATION YOU JUST
DISCUSSED IS ON OUR WEBSITE.
>> SO, DO YOU MIND IF WE MOVE ON
TO THE CURRENT INVESTIGATIONS.
>> SO, WE, AS PEOPLE MAY BE
AWARE AND WE PUT THIS ON OUR
TWITTER, WE HAVE A DASHBOARD ON
WERE WEBSITE AND WHAT THE
DASHBOARD DOES IS IT SHOWS ALL
THE PENDING INVESTIGATIONS
RELATED TO THE DEMONSTRATIONS
AND THE PROGRESS.
BEING UPDATED IN REAL TIME.
O, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS A PIE
CHART.
AND AS THE INVESTIGATION GOES,
THE PIE CHART GETS PULLED UP.
SO, RIGHT NOW, I THINK WE HAVE
17 INVESTIGATIONS THAT ARE
LISTED ON THE WEBSITE.
WE WILL BE UPDATING THAT AS WE
GO.
THERE'S ANOTHER, I THINK ANOTHER
11 INVESTIGATIONS REERATE OOD
THE DEMONSTRATIONS IN THEIR
BEGINNING STAGES.
SO, 28 TOTAL WILL BE ADD THOOTD
DASHBOARD.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THEM IN
REALTIME.
I THINK WE RECEIVED ABOUT 18,000
CONTACTS.
AND CONTACTS ARE AN EMAIL, A
PHONE CALL, SOMEONE COMING TO
OUR OFFICE A WEB FORM.
OR AN EMAIL FROM THE COUNSEL.
THAT WOULD ALL BE CONTACT.
ALL LIN, 18,000.
THE VAST MAJORITY WERE RELATED
TO THE PEPPER SPRAYING OF THE
YOUNG BOY.
SO, WE ARE TRYING TO BE AS
TRANSPARENT AS WE CAN WITH THESE
INVESTIGATIONS, KNOWING THAT I
AM NOT PERMITTED AND I WILL NOT
COMMENT ON FINDINGS BEFORE
THEY'RE ISSUED.
BUT AGAIN, I THINK WE CAN TALK
TO PEOPLE ABOUT PROCESSES.
WHERE WE ARE, WHEN WE'RE
CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS AND THE
STEPS WE'RE TAKING IN EACH
INVESTIGATION.
WE'RE TRYING TO PRIORITIZE
SEVERAL OF THE CASES TO COMPLETE
THEM WITHIN 60 AND 90 DAYS.
WE'RE DELAYED.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE DELAYED
IN SOME RESPECTS BECAUSE OF THE
AMOUNT OF CASES.
THE AMOUNT OF VIDEO.
I HAVE FINDINGS THAT REQUIRE
CERTAIN NOTE BUSINESSFORE WE DO
INTERVIEWS.
AND THAT JUST DELAYS OUR
INVESTIGATIONS.
WE CAN'T DO THAT AS FAST AS WE
WANT TO.
GENERALLY, AND PEOPLE MAY KNOW
THIS, BUT GENERALLY
INVESTIGATIONS HAVE TO BE
COMPLETED WITHIN SIX MONTHS.
180 DAYS.
THIS IS IT THE FAIRLY
EXPEDITIOUS THAT WE'RE DOING IN
90 DAYS.
THE REALITY IS WE DON'T WANT TO
RUSH THROUGH THESE CASES.
WE WANT TO BE AS THOROUGH AND
OBJECTIVE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
SO, IF PEOPLE LOOK AT OUR
WEBSITE T GOES THROUGH THE DEEGS
WHAT EACH INVESTIGATION IS.
SO, YOU COULD LOOK AT OUR
WEBSITE AND SAY THIS IS THE CASE
OF THE BOY PEPPER SPRAYED OR
PEOPLE PUNCHED DURING A PROTEST
OR HERE'S THE USE OF TEAR GAS
AFTER THE 30-DAY BAN WAS PUT IN
PLACE.
SO, EACH OF THE INVESTIGATIONS
WILL HAVE A TOPIC AND THEN SHOW
YOU AGAIN THE PROGRESS.
SO, TO ECHO LAUREN'S POINT, AND
I KNOW WE COVERED IT A LITTLE
BIT.
OUR TWO CIVILIAN INVESTIGATORS
WILL BE ASSIGNED TO
DEMONSTRATION CASES, AS WILL
OTHER SWORN INVESTIGATORS.
AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE
CASES WILL GO THROUGH, NOT JUST
OUR CIVILIAN SUPERVISORS, BUT
THROUGH ME.
I ISSUE FINDINGS IN ALL THESE
CASES.
PEOPLE IN VOLVERED SUPERVISORS.
IN SOME CASES YOU'RE GOING TO
SEE LIEUTENANTS, ACTING CHIEFS.
THOSE INVESTIGATIONS HAVE TO, BY
CONTACT, BE INVESTIGATED BY OUR
CIVILIAN SUPERVISORS.
SO, MARK AND GRANYA WILL BE
TAKING PART IN THOSE
INVESTIGATIONS.
SO, IN MULTIPLE RESPECTS, THESE
WILL BE CIVILIAN LED.
AND CIVILIAN CONDUCTED.
>> DIRECTOR MEYERBERG, ON THE
TYPE OF INVESTIGATIONS OR THE
BASIS OF THE INVESTIGATIONS, I
AM LOOKING AT YOUR WEBSITE NOW.
I DO NOT SEE AN INVESTIGATION
THAT HAS BEEN OPENED UP FOR THE
QUESTION OF TARGING THE
ALLEGATION THAT THE MEDIC TENT
WAS TARGETED BY SPD.
IS THAT ONE IN THE HOPPER?
>> WE HAVE ONE.
I THINK WE WERE LIMITED WITH
TEXT WE COULD PUT UP BUT 20s
20340 IS THAT CASE.
>> RIGHT.
AND IN MY OPENING REMARKS, I
TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE
HAVE A SITUATION WHERE THE MAYOR
SAYS SHE DID NAUV GIVE DIRECTION
TO ABANDONED AND THE POLICE
CHIEF SAYS SHE DID NOT GIVE
DIRECTION FOR OFFICERS TO LEAVE
THE PRECINCT.
IS THERE AN INVESTIGATION ON WHO
MADE THAT DETERMINATION, WHO
ORDARDS OR INFORMED OR ALLOWED
OFFICERS TO LEAVE THEIR PLACE OF
WORK AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT
COMPLIED WITH SPD POLICY AND
PROCEDURE.
>> I THINK FROM MY PERSPECTB,
IT'S BETTER IN CONTECT.
AND OPA IS LOOKING AT THE
INDIVIDUAL CONDUCT.
OFFICER USES EXCESSIVE FORCE.
THE USE OF TEAR GAS WAS NOT
NECESSARY.
BUT FOR OVER ALTTACTICING AND
DECISION MAKING AND I THINK WORK
WITH -- AND AS YOU COVER.
I THINK POLICE WILL PROBABLY
COVER THAT ASPECT OF THE
PRESENTATION.
AND IT COMES UMDURING THE COURSE
OF AN INVESTIGATION.
WE HAVE NOT YET GOTTEN A CASE IN
WHICH IT WAS ALLEGED THE LEAVE
THFG OF THE EAST PRECINCT DID
VIOLATE POLICY.
THAT'S NOTS AN INVESTIGATION WE
HAVE.
>> IS THAT POSSIBLE -- I MEAN,
DOES THERE NEED TO BE A NAMED
PERSON TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER OR
NOT A GROUP OF PEOPLE FOLLOWED
POLICY AND PROCEDURE?
>> SO, I MEAN, I GUESS -- I
MEAN, AS A GENERAL MATTER, WE
DON'T REALLY HAVE JURISDICTION
TO INVESTIGATE SPD IN AND OF
ITSELF.
WE WOULD INVESTIGATE INDIVIDUAL
ACTORS.
SO, IF WHAT YOU SAID WAS THAT
CAPTAIN X MADE AN ORDER THAT WAS
AN AUNLAWFUL ORDER, THIS
VIOLATING POLICY, CERTAINLY WE
COULD INVESTIGATE THAT CASE.
BUT IF THE OVERALL QUESTION WAS
THE GENERAL TACTICS FOR DECISION
MAKING WAS PROBLEMATIC OR THERE
WAS ISSUE WITH THAT, THAT WOULD
BE MORE LEFT FOR A CYST EMIC
PARTNER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YEP.
>> SO, AGAIN, I THINK WHAT I
WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT IS -- AND
THIS IS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE
OIS PROTOCOLS AND WHEN WE MEET
THE FAMILIES.
WE DID MEET WITH THE FAMILY IN
THE AFTERMATH OF THE SHOOTING
AND GENERALLY, WHAT WE CAN DO IS
WE CAN LET PEOPLE KNOW THIS IS
WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THESE ARE
THE INVESTIGATIVE STEPS WE'RE
GOING TO TAKE AND WHY WE'RE
GOING TO DO THESE THINGS.
AND WHEN WE'RE DONE, WE'RE GOING
TO COME BACK AND EXPLAIN WHY WE
DID IT.
WE MET WITH THE FAMILY ONCE, AT
THE TIME THE CASE WAS INITIATED
AND WUNGS THE FINDINGS WERE
ISSUED, I WENT BACK TO EXPLAIN
THE FINDINGS AND HEAR THEIR
THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS AND
RIGHTFULLY ANGER AT SOME OF THE
FINDSINGS ISSUED.
WE WOULD DO THE SAME THING, I
THINK, WITH DEMONSTRATION CASES.
AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE DID AND
WHY WE DID IT.
WHAT I WON'T DO IS FRANKLY, IT'S
INCONSISTENT WITH THE MANUAL AND
THE ORDINANCE.
COMMENTS IN REAL TIME ABOUT THE
CASES AND WHETHER MISCONDUCT WAS
OMITTED.
SO, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S
QUESTIONS FOR OTHER COUNSEL
MEMBERS.
>> I AM SCANNING EVERYTHING HERE
TO SEE IF I SEE ANY HANDS, ANY
TEXTS, ANY NOTES IN THE CHATTED
AND I SEE NONE.
SO, YES, LET'S MOVE OVER TO
INSPECTOR GENERAL JUDGE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANKS, MADAM CHAIR.
>> LET ME REAL QUICK INTRODUCE
THE ITEM HERE.
ITEM NUMBER TWO ANNUAL REPORT.
AN UPDATE ON MASS DEMONSTRATION
RESPONSE BY THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
I DO HAVE A POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION SO YOU HAVE
INFORMATION UP TO LOOK AT WHILE
WE'RE HAVING A DISCUSSION.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL MEMBER
SULAN AND THE PUBLIC COMMENT
FOLKS WHO, YOU KNOW, TALKED
ABOUT THE PRESENTATIONS TODAY
BEING A LOT OF NUMBERS AND
TAKING IN THE CONTECT OF WHAT IS
GOING ON RIGHT NOW AND THE
URGENCY OF THE MOMENT, IT ALSO,
IN SOME WAYS, SEEM AS BIT TONE
DEAF TO ME AS WELL.
TO BE DOING THIS WHEN WE HAVE
REALLY CRITICAL WORK THAT NEEDS
TO BE DONE.
SO, WHAT I'M HOPEFUL ABOUT IS
THAT THE ILLUSTRATION OF THE
WORK THAT WE DID IN 2019, AS WE
WERE FINALLY GETTING UP AND
RUNNING AS AN OFFICE WILL GIVE
YOU SOME INSIGHT INTO HOW WE DO
OUR WORK, HOW WE INCORPORATE
COMMUNITY VOICE INTO IT.
DEFINITELY OPPORTUNITIES FOR
EXPANDING THAT AND SO WHEN I
TALK ABOUT SENTINEL EVENT
REVIEW, THAT WILL GIVE YOU AN
IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED IN
TERMS OF COMMUNITY VOICE IN OUR
OWN WORK AND PROCESS.
I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT AND SAY I HOPE YOU WILL
LOOK AT WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR
AND THE PROJECTS WE'VE GOT
ONGOING.
WITH A LENS TOWARDS
UNDERSTANDING THAT COMMUNITY
VOICE IS VERY IMPORTANT IN
INFORMING OUR WORK.
WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO
IMPROVE AND MAKE OUR WORK MORE
TRANSPARENT, THE WORK OF
GOVERNMENT MORE TRANSPARENT AND
TO REALLY BE A VOICE FOR
SYSTEMIC CHANGE.
THANK AS LOT.
AND AMY, IF YOU WANT TO SHARE
YOUR SCREEN SO WE CAN GET
STARTED, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE OPENING
COMMENTS.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO, GO AHEAD AND FLIP TO THE
FIRST SUBSTANTIVE SLIDE, AMY.
THANKS.
SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR OFFICE
WAS CREATED AS PART OF THE
ACCOUNTABILITY LEGISLATION IN
2017.
I CAME OUT ALMOST TWO YEARS AND
MONTH TO DAY TO HIRE STAFF AND
FIND A HOME.
SO, REALLY IN 2019, WE WERE
INTOURE FIRST FULL YEAR OF
OPERATION.
FRYING TO FIGURE OUT OUR
PROCESSES FOR IDENTIFYING
PROJECTS THAT WERE OF IMPORT TO
COMMUNITY.
J JUST GETTING UP AND RUNNING.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THANKS.
WE'RE WORKING WITH A FAIRLY
SMALL STAFF OF FOLKS.
SO, WE HAVE CORE FUNCTION AREAS
WE HAVE FOCUSSED ON.
SO, WE HAVE THE MAIN BULK OF OUR
STAFF LOOKING UNDER THE HOOD AND
REVIEWING OPA CASES.
INVESTIGATIONS OF OFFICER
MISCONDUCT.
THAT'S A CRITICAL FUNCTION,
OBVIOUSLY, OF THIS JUNCTURE.
WE WERE DESIGNED TO CREATE A
MEASURE OF CONFIDENCE.
AND WE HAVE A POLICY AND BEST
PRACTICES FUNCTION.
WE CURRENTLY ONLY HAVE ONE
POLICY AND ANALYST RIGHT NOW
UNDERTAKING THAT WORK.
BUT WE REALLY LOOK TO DATA AND
BEST PRACTICES TO TRY AND INFORM
HOW WE APPROACH OUR WORK AND
GENERATE RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> AND I WAUCHBT TO MAKE THE
POINT THAT I KNOW THEY TIRE OF
HEARING ME MAKE.
BUT OFTEN WHEN WE THINK OF
AUDITING, WE THINK OF AUDITING
BEING JUST A LOOK BACK.
YOUR AUDITING FUNCTION AT THE
OFFICES OF INSPECTOR GENERAL IS
NOT ONLY A LOOK BACK, YOU ARE
ABLE TO, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, BE
AUDITING THE ACTIONS OF OPA IN
REAL TIME.
AND IF YOU SEE THAT THINGS ARE
MISSED, LIKE THEY DIDN'T
INTERVIEW A PARTICULAR WITNESS
OR OTHER -- OR YOU DON'T AGREE
WITH A CLASSIFICATION.
YOU HAVE THE ABILITY IN REAL
TIME TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND
THAT.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, FOR
HIGHLIGHTING THAT.
I WILL GO INTO THAT WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT OUR OPA WORK.
BUT THAT'S A CRITICAL INPUT WE
HAVE.
SO THEY CAN CORRECT DEFICIENCIES
IN INVESTIGATIONS AND MAKE SURE
THAT THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING
IS THOROUGH, OBJECTIVE.
SO, THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE THE NABS
BEAR THAT OUT.
THERE ARE A SUBSET OF OPA CASES
THAT WE LOOK ONLY
RETROSPECTIVELY AT.
AND YOU'LL SEE THERE IS
SADIVERGENCE IN THE NUMBERS
CERTIFIED FROM US THAT WE'RE IN
C
CONCURRENCE WITH THEIR DECISION
MAKING.
VERSES WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT IT
AFTER THE FACT.
THANK YOU.
>> SO, THIS IS THE STAFFING
MODEL WE WERE WORKING WITH IN
2019.
YOU CAN SEE WE REALLY ONLY HAVE
THREE AUDITORS ABLE TO DO THE
BULK OF THE AUDIT WORK.
IN TERMS OF OPA REVIEW, WE'VE
GOT TWO FOLKS AND ONE OF THOSE
IS HALFTIME, CURRENTLY OUR ONLY
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT STAFF
MEMBER BESIDES AMY AND MYSELF.
SO, THAT'S DEFINITELY A FUNCTION
TO MAKE OUR OPERATIONS MORE
TRANSPARENT AND HAVE A GOOD
FEEDBACK, WE DEFINITELY NEED
STEP UP OUR EFFORTS WITH A
DEDICATED -- AT LEAST ONE
ENGAGEMENT STAFF PERSON WHO CAN
HELP US COMMUNICATING OUR
MISSION TO COMMUNITY AND REALLY
MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING
IN COMMUNITY INPUT TO INFORM OUR
WORK.
WE'VE GOT -- WE HAD TWO POLICY
AND STATISTICAL ANALYSTS IN 2019
BUT WE'RE CURRENTLY AT ONE.
IF YOU WANT TO SWITCH TO THE
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> ON THE QUESTION OF RESOURCES,
I THINK THIS IS A PROBABLY A
QUESTION FOR YOU AND DIRECTOR
MEYERBERG.
I THOUGHT I REMEMBERED HEARING
THE MAYOR COMMIT TO PROVIDING
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO ADDRESS
THE INCREASED NEEDS ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS LARGE NUMBER OF OPA
INVESTIGATIONS.
DOES THIS LAST SLIDE INCLUDE
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES?
>> YES, AND NO.
WE HAD THOSE POSITIONS THIS
YEAR.
SO THEY'RE NOT ON THE CHART.
THERE WAS A FREEZE BUT WE WERE
GIVEN THE GO AHEADS BECAUSE OF
THE INCREDIBLE MAG NUFEUD OF
WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
THEY'VE HAD CLOSE TO 16,000
COMPLAINTS COME IN AND IT'S
PROBABLY ONGOING.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO STEP UP
OUR EFFORTS AS WELL.
SO, CONCEIVABLY ANOTHER PERSON
TO DEDICATE TO THE OPA REVIEW
FUNCTION WOULD BE IDEAL.
A DEDICATED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
PERSON.
AND POTENTIALLY ANOTHER
INDIVIDUAL WHO COULD ASSIST WITH
ODD
AUDITS TO BEEF UP OUR STAFFING
ON THE SENTINEL EVENT REVIEW
PROCESS.
SO, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL NEEDS.
THAT'S MY SHORT ANSWER.
I DON'T WANT TO TURN THIS INTO A
BUDGET DISCUSSION.
BUT WE INTEND TO APPROACH THE
MAYOR WITH SOME ASKS FOR
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO HANDLE
THIS WORK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO, THIS BREAKS DOWN WHAT OUR
LEADERSHIP EFFORTS LOOK LIKE.
A LAT OF TIME WAS SPENT WITH SPD
AND THE MONITOR, DOJ AND OTHER
PARTNERS WORKING ON SUSTAINMENT
EFFORTS.
WE LIKE TO DO A LOT OF
COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH OUR
SYSTEM PARTNERS, COMMUNITY
STAKEHOLDERS AND TARGETED
PROJECTS.
AS WE WERE PART OF CPC'S
IMPORTANT WORK WITH THE DEADLY
FORCE INVESTIGATION TASK FORCE
THAT WENT ON TO INFORM SOME OF
THE I-940 RULE-MAKING EFFORTS.
AND SO, REALLY IMPORTANT WORK
WITH PARTNERS IN COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE AN ONGOING FUNCTION FOR
USE OF FORCE OVERSIGHT.
DIRECTOR MEYERBERG IS CALLED TO
THE SCENE OF DIRECTOR
MANUFACTURE INVOLVED SHOOTINGS.
AND THEY CAN RESPOND TO OTHER
SERIOUS USE OF FORCE, AS CAN MY
OFFICE.
GENERALLY IT'S ME OR MY DEPUTY.
RESPOND AT THE SCENE, ABLE TO
OBSERVE WHAT'S GOING ON AND
LATER IN THE INTERVIEWS AND
INVESTIGATION SO THAT WE HAVE
EYES ON WHETHER THE
INVESTIGATION IS UNFOLDING
ACCORDING TO POLICY, WHETHER
THERE ARE ANOMALIES THAT NEED TO
BE CALLED OUT AND ADDRESSED.
WHETHER THE QUESTIONS THAT NEED
A BE ASKED ARE BEING ASKED.
SO, WE HAVE REAL-TIME OVERSIGHT
THERE.
AND I SIT ON THE FORCE REVIEW
BOARD FOR SPD AS A NONVOTING
MEMBER.
BUT I PROVIDE PRETTY CONSISTENT
FEEDBACK TO THE BOARD SHARE AND
THE FOLKS RESPONSIBLE FOR
RUNNING THAT AND IT'S RESULTED
IN A COUPLE OF IMPROVEMENTS.
AND I THINK IT HOPES TO HAVE
EYES ON HOW SPD IS TALKING ABOUT
THE FORCE THEY USE.
HOW IN-DEPTH THEY'RE GOING TO
THEIR REVIEWS OF IT.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS THEY ISSUED
AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE
FOLLOWED UP ON OR NOT.
WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE PALL
CEASE, I CAN TALK ABOUT SOME OF
THE LARGER-SCALE PROJECTS WE
HAVE GOING.
OUR JOB IS AUDITS AND MAYBE
DESCRIBED AS NIBBLING AROUND THE
EDGES.
BUT I THINK THE MORE IMPORTANT
WORK FOR MY OFFICES IS PUSHING
LARGER SCALE STRUCTURAL CHANGES
THAT I CAN TALK ABOUT IN THE
POLICY WORK.
I'VE GOT THREE ONGOING RIGHT NOW
THAT I THINK HIGHLIGHT THAT.
SO, I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND A LOT
OF TIME ON THE GOVERNMENT
AUDITING STANDARDS.
WE'VE OPTED TO USE THE GAG
STANDARDS SO WHEN WE COME OUT
WITH A PRODUCT, WE HAVE
ASSURANCES THAT IT'S OBJECTIVE.
ACCURATE.
WE PROVIDE SOURCING FOR OUR
INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
IT'S CHECKED.
AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO MAKING
SURE OUR FACTS ARE RIGHT.
THE FOLKS WHO ARE MY BOSSES ARE
COMMUNITY.
I
I'M ENTIRELY -- I WORK AT THE
DIRECTION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH
COUNSEL.
SO, FORTUNATELY THE ORDINANCE
WAS VERY CAREFUL ABOUT SETTING
OUR OFFICE UP TO BE INDEPENDENT
AND EXERCISE INDEPENDENT
DECISION MAKING.
I THINK THAT GIVES US A LOT OF
LATITUDE IN INCORPORATING
COMMUNITY VOICE INTO OUR WORK.
GO AHEAD.
SO, TO 2019.
THE FIRST AUDIT IS REGULATED
MANUALLY, LOOKING AT THE
GATHERING AND USE OF
INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION.
AND THAT'S INFORMATION THAT
RELATES TO A PERSON'S PRIVATE
SEXUAL PRACTICES OR RELIGIOUS OR
POLITICAL AFFILIATION.
AND THIS IS AN ORDINANCE DRAFTED
AND ENACTED IN THE '70s.
SO, WHAT OUR AUDIT GENERALLY
CAME UP WITH WAS IT WOULD BE A
GREAT IDEA TO REVISITED THIS
ORDINANCE AND MAKE SURE IT
TAKEINTAKES
INTO ACCOUNT MODERN INFORMATION
SHARING LIKE THE INTERNET AND
SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT'S A BIT OUTDATED.
GENERALLY OUR AUDIT FOUND THEY
WERE COMPLYING WITH THE
ORDINANCE.
AFTER THEY'RE NO LONGER NEEDED.
AND SO ONE OF THE DEFICIENCIES
IN THE FIRST AUDIT WAS YOU COULD
SURMISE THAT BECAUSE SPD WAS
COMPLYING WITH THE ORDINANCE
CAREFULLY, THEY DESTROYED
DOCUMENTS THAT WOULD HAVE
ENABLED US TO MAKE SURE A THEY
COMPLY TO GET AUTHORIZATIONS.
ALL OF THAT IS AVAILABLE ON OUR
WEBSITE.
WE MAKE ALL OF OUR PRODUCT
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A
LOOK AT THE AUDIT IN A BIT MORE
DEPTH.
THE NEXT ONE WAS A FIREARMS
INVENTORY CONTROL VIEW AND THAT
CAME FROM THE OUTSIDE THROUGH
OPA.
IT ALLEGED SPD HAD MISSING
FIREARMS FROM THEIR INVENTORY.
WE FOUND EIGHT IF I REMEMBERS
WERE UNACCOUNTED FOR.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT DETAILS
BUT ALL OF THIS IS AVAILABLE ON
OUR WEBSITE.
>> INSPECTOR GENERAL --
>> SURE.
>> I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS IN
THE CUE.
COUNSEL MEMBER LEWIS HERE.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO COUNSEL
MEMBER LEWIS' QUESTION.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.
YOU'RE SAYING THE 2019 OFFICE OF
INSPECTOR GENERAL MAKE AS
RECOMMENDATION.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> IT WAS A RECOMMENDATION IN
THE AUDIT ITSELF.
IT'S A COMPILATION OF ALL OF
THESE FINALIZED AUDITS AND THE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME FROM
THOSE.
THE ANNUAL REPORT IS A SYNOPSIS.
>> IT WOULD HELP ME, AS THE NEW
CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE, TO KNOW WHAT PENDING
LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS YOU'VE MADE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THAT WE
HAVEN'T ACTED ON YET.
I'M FOCUSSED REALLY ON THE BODY
OF WORK THAT I'M GETTING THIS
YEAR FROM YOU.
SO, IF IT DOES NOT EXPLICITLY
SAY IN THE ANNUAL REPORT YOU
RECOMMEND WE CHANGE THIS LAW,
BUT IT'S IN A 2019 AUDIT I MIGHT
HAVE SEEN, I NEED THAT
INFORMATION SO I CAN FOCUS MY
EFFORTS ON ACTING ON THOEZ PRIOR
RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> SURE.
AND THE RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT
SPD WORK WITH THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND KOUNS
DOTERMINE WHETHER THERE WAS NEED
AND PROVIDE IT.
ID
-- I'D BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU
WITH THE RESPONSES AND WE CAN
SEE IF THERE'S WORK MOVING
FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNSEL MEMBER, LEWIS, ARE YOU
THERE?
IF YOU'RE TALKING, WE CAN'T HEAR
YOU.
THERE YOU GO.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> YES, WE CAN.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
SORRY.
I'M NOT ABLE TO APPEAR WITH THE
ASSISTANCE OF A COMPUTER CAMERA
TODAY.
THAT'S MADE THINGS DIFFICULT.
SO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PRESENTATION JUST NOW.
I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS AS
RELATES AT THE ONSEEN
INVESTIGATION, POST OFFICER
INVOLVED SHOOTING OF YOURSELF
AND THE OPA DIRECTOR.
AS IT RELATES TO EVENTUAL
INQUIRIES.
LIKE, IS THE INVESTIGATION THAT
YOU CAN JUST -- DOES THAT INFORM
ANY FUTURE INQUEST OR WOULD IT
UNDER THE NEWLY ACQUIRED RHEUMS
FROM THE KOICOUNTEDY AND EXECUT?
OR WOULD YOURSELF AND DEPUTY OR
DIRECTOR MEYERBERG BE CALLED
UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE AS A
WITNESS TO PROVIDE THE FINDINGS
OF THOSE INVESTIGATIONS TO
INFORM THAT FINDING OF FACT.
JUST CURIOUS IF IT EXTENDS
BEYOND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE
DEPARTMENT AND TOWARDS INFORMING
THE REALLY IMPORTANT JUDE IT'S
PRACTICES WE KNOW ARE A
POTENTIAL TO ULTIMATELY HAVE A
FINAL FINDING AND DETERMINATION.
SO, CURIOUS TO WHAT EXTENT THEY
INFORM THOSE PROCESSES.
>> SURE.
I'LL START FIRST.
MY REMARKS WILL BE MORE BRIEF
AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE
DIRECTOR TO TALK ABOUT HIS
PROCESS THERE.
MY PRESENCE AT THOSE SCENES AND
THE OFFICE WHERE THE INTERVIEW
IS CONDUCTED, WHERE BREACHINGS
HAPPEN AS THE INVESTIGATION IS
UNFOLDING, IS NOT A FORMALIZED
INVESTIGATION.
IT IS A MONITORING FUNCTION.
SO, IT'S OBSERVATION OF WHAT'S
HAPPENING.
THE ABILITY TO ASK QUESTIONS TO
INSURE PALLACY AND PROTOCOLS
AREBYING FOLLOWED AND TO PERHAPS
ASK QUESTIONS OUTSIDE THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT BOX.
WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S AN
OPPORTUNITY OR NEED TO DO THAT
AT THE TIME.
I'VE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH SP
DARKS WAY TO MORE FORMALIZE MY
INVOLVEMENT THERE AND TO, IN
SOME WAY, DOCUMENT WHAT WE'RE
OBSERVING.
WHERE WE PROVIDE FEEDBACK OR
PERHAPS NOTED SOMETHING THAT
NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
AND PROVIDING THAT TO SPD.
BUT THAT HAS NOT OCCURRED YET.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE ENTIRELY
UP TO THE PARTIES TO DETERMINE
IF I OR SOMEBODY IN MY OFFICE
HAD RELEVANT INFORMATION.
BUT IT'S REALLY NOT AN
INVESTIGATION THAT MY OFFICE
DOES.
I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR
QUESTION.
>> I CAN ADDRESS REALLY QUICKLY.
WE HAVE A SIMILAR ROLE WHERE
WHEN AN OFFICER-INVOLVED
SHOOTING OCCURS, THE HIGHEST USE
OF FORCE OCCURS, I'M CALLED AND
ARE I RESPOND TO THE SCENE WITH
INVESTIGATORS AND YULG USUALLY A
SUPERVISOR.
MY INVESTIGATORS ARE PRESENT
DURING THE INTERVIEWS CONDUCT
SAID OF THE NAMED EMPLOYEES.
INVOLVED WITH EMPLOYEES THAT
NIGHT OR DAY.
AND WE HAVE FULL ACCESS AT THE
INVESTIGATIVE FILES AND TO THE
SCENE WHEN WE'RE THERE.
AS FAR AS INQUEST GOES, I THINK
IT'S UNKNOWN WHETHER WE WOULD BE
ABLE TO BE CALLED AS WITNESSES.
CERTAINLY THERE'S RESTRICTIONS
ON DISCIPLINARY INFORMATION THAT
CAN BE INTRODUCED AT THE
INQUEST.
SO, IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER THEY
WOULD VIEW OPA IS INVESTIGATED
AN ISSUED FIND THONGZ CASE
INCLUDING CONCERNING POLICY
QUESTIONS, WHETHER THEY WOULD
VIEW THAT AS INVADING THE
PRAUVRANCE OF INQUEST.
THERE HAVEN'T BEEN AN INQUEST
SINCE THE NEW RULES WERE
CREATED.
AGAIN, UNKNOWN.
>> RIGHT.
AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THE BASIS OF THE QUESTION IS
BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD AN
OVERLAP OF THE THREE-LEGGED
STRUCTURE WITH THE INQUEST
PROCESS.
THAT'S A THOUGHT THAT CAME IN MY
HEAD ON WHAT THE INVOLVEMENT OF
THE INVESTIGATIONS AND FINDINGS
MIGHT LOOK LIKE INTERACTING WITH
THE PROCESS.
SO, I APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU.
AND ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS FOR
ME.
>> SOMETHING THAT WILL BE
INTERESTING TO SEE IS IF OPA
REACHES CERTAIN FINDINGS AND AN
INQUEST JURY REACHES FINDINGS,
HOW DOES THAT PLAY?
>> AND THAT'S AN ISSUE WE HAVE
TO LOOK AT AS IT GOES.
BUT AS YOU SAID WE REALLY DON'T
KNOW THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTIONS
YETD BECAUSE IT'S SO NEW.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SHALL I MOVE ON TO THE LAST
COUPLE OF AUDITS?
>> PLEASE.
>> OKAY.
CRIMESTOPPERS WAS A REQUEST TO
TAKE A LOOK AT THE RELATIONSHIP
THEY HAD WITH THE ORGANIZATION,
CRIMESTOPPERS THAT TAKES IN TIPS
ABOUT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND
PROVIDES INFORMATION TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT TO HELP SOLVE
CRIMES.
THE FINDINGS THERE, REALLY
WASN'T A GOOD FORMALIZED
CONTRACKTUAL RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN SPD AND CRIMESTOPPERS.
THERE WAS NOT A DEFINITIVE BASIS
FOR RESOURCE SAID PROVIDED TO
CRIMESTOPPERS.
THIS CAME TO US BECAUSE THERE
WAS CONCERN ABOUT PERHAPS
OBTAINING INFORMATION ABOUT
VICTIMS.
THIS MAY HAVE IN SOME WAY
TOUCHED YOUR SHOP AND CAME FROM
YOU.
BUT WE ROOKED AT ALL THE
POTENTIAL CONCERNS AND THAT
RESULTED IN SPD TERMINATING
THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH
CRIMESTOPPERS AND HAVING THEM --
THEIR PRESENCE IS NO LONGER IN
SPD FACILITIES.
AND THEY NO LONGER SHARE
INFORMATION IN THE WAY THEY DID.
AND THEN OUR EFFORT AT THE
REQUEST OF SPD TO TAKE PART IN
ONE OF THE LAST ASSESSMENTS
UNDER THE SUSTAINMENT PROTOCOL
FOR THE CONSENT TO CREATE.
MY OFFICE ACTUALLY DID AN AUDIT
OF THE FORCE REVIEW BOARD, THEIR
EFFICACY, HOW WELL THEY REVIEW
FORCES, AND OTHER CHALLENGES
THAT THEY WERE POTENTIALLY
FACING IN TERMS OF HOW
EFFECTIVELY THEY REVIEW SERIOUS
USES OF FORCE.
THAT'S A PRETTY INTERESTING
DOCUMENT.
IT WAS PART OF A SUSTAINMENT
PROCESS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR SHOULD I MOVE
ON TO WORK WE BEGAN IN 2019 AND
WILL BE FINISHING FAIRLY SOON?
>> PLEASE DO.
>> GREAT.
OUR K9 UNIT AUDIT WILL BE
PUBLISHED TOMORROW.
IT HAS BEEN DELAYED A LITTLE,
INITIALLY BECAUSE OF COVID, AND
NOW BECAUSE OF DIVERSION OF
RESOURCES FROM SPD AND FROM MY
OFFICE TO THE MASS PROTEST
ISSUES.
SO, THAT WAS A LOOK AT PATROL
K9s, THEIR TRAINING,
SUPERVISION, HOW THE UNIT IS --
HOW K9s ARE SELECTED.
AND A VARIETY OF ISSUES OF HOW
IT WAS ADDRESSED.
THEY'LL COME OUT PUBLICLY
TOMORROW.
WE'LL MAKE SURE ALL OF YOUR HAVE
THAT.
>> RIGHT.
CAN YOU GIVE OSQUICK COUPLE
SENTENCES ON HOW THIS WAS YIEFED
AS AN AREA FOR THE AUDIT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
WE TRY TO GO OUT AND AVAIL
OURSELVES OF OPPORTUNITIES TO
OBSERVE SPD OPERATIONS, IT WAS
PRETTY CLEAR IN A COUPLE OF
FORCE REVIEW BOARD CASES THERE
WAS CONFUSION ABOUT THE POLICY
THAT REGULATE SAID WHEN K9s CAN
BE USED.
THERE WAS DIFFICULTY EVEN IN
ASSESSING WHETHER FORCE WAS
APPROACH RET OR NOT BASED ON THE
CONFUSION OVER THE POLICY.
THAT PUMPTED IT UP TO A FAIRLY
HIGH PRIORITY BECAUSE THEY'RE A
HIGH LIABILITY PROPOSITION FOR
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THEY DIRECTLY IMPACT PUBLIC
CONFIDENCE IN HOW FORCE IS BEING
USED.
K9s ARE AN INTERMEDIATE,
FAIRLY -- USE OF FORCE.
SOME OF THOSE INCIDENTS WERE
PUBLICIZED IN THE MEDIA.
SO, WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT
THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE
OPERATIONS WERE GOING ON FOR
COMMUNITY CONFIDENCE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND PERHAPS DIRECTOR
MEYERBERG WOULD LIKE TO ADD A
LITTLE TO THE DISCUSSION.
>> YEAH.
THANKS, LISA.
SO, THE OPA SITS ON A FORCE
REVIEW BOARD.
AND I THINK WE HAD A SERIES --
YOU ITEMIZED THEM.
I THINK WE HAD THREE OR FOUR
CASE WHERES WE LOOKED AT
SPECIFIC USES OF K9s AND
PHYSICALLY IDENTIFY DISCONNECTS
BETWEEN A MANUAL POLICY AND WHAT
OFFICERS ARE BEING TRAINED TO
DO.
BASICALLY ASKING FOR A TOTAL
REWORKING OF THE POLICY.
AND THEN WE SAW JUDGE AND THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE PUT
THAT ON.
AND AS A RESULT, IT'S BEEN
ALMOST ENTIRELY REWORKED.
>> THANKS.
ONE THING I WANTS TO ADD IS
OVERALL THERE WAS A FAIRLY LOW
LEVEL OF K9 DEPLOYMENTS AND I
THINK ONLY THREE BITES THAT
SPANNED THE SCOPE OF OUR
PROJECT.
AND SO WE INITIALLY ALSO
INTENDED TO INCLUDES A DISPARITY
ANALYSIS ABOUT WHO ARE K9s BEING
USED PRIMARILY ON AND WHAT ARE
THE FACTORS THAT LOOK LIKE HAVE
SOME SORT OF PLAY IN DECISION
MAKING WITH REGARD TO CALLING
K9s TO A SCENE OR DEPLOYING
THEM.
WITH THAT LOW LEVEL OF DATA, WE
DECIDED TO TAKE A STEP BACK.
AND AS A PHASE TWO, TRIED
DIFFERENT DATA ANALYSIS TO DO
DISPARITY WORK.
ON THE USE OF K9s.
JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT IN.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE K9 ON IT?
>> IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
MUF
MUTUAL AID IN TASK FORCES
OPERATIONS.
THIS WAS INTENDED TO TAKE A LOOK
AT -- BECAUSE WHEN THEY'RE
OPERATING IN A TRADITIONAL CHAIN
OF COMMAND, THEY HAVEERS HAVES
REVIEWING THEIR WORK.
IF THERE'S AN ALLEGATION THERE'S
MISCONDUCT, WORK DONE
IMPROPERLY, THERE'S OPA WHO CAN
LOOK AT OFFERINGS.
THERE ARE A VARIETY OF REVIEW
MECHANISMS WHEN THEY'RE WORKING
FOR SPD.
WHEN THEY GO OUT AND ARE WORKING
WITH OTHER AGENCIES, OR OTHER
AGENCIES ARE COMING IN AND
OFFERINGS ON TASK FORCES, WE
DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THERE WAS A LOT
OF TRANSPARENCY INTO WHETHER
THEY OPERATE ACCORDING TO SPD
POLICY HOW THEY USE FORCE AND IF
THAT'S REPORTED.
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS
ASSESSED BUT WHEN THEY WORK IN
ANOTHER ARRANGEMENT, WE HAD A
LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THOSE
ARRANGEMENTS PLAYED OUT AND
WHETHER THERE WAS OVERSIGHT OF
THE CONDUCT OF SPD OFFICERS WHEN
THEY WERE OUT IN THE OTHER
ARRANGEMENTS.
WE INITIALLY STARTED THAT.
MAKING SURE WE HAD A LENS ON
IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.
AND THAT WAS STEAKHOLDERS AND
SCLU PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE WE
WERE LOOKING INTO THE RIGHT
THINGS AND ASKING THE RIGHT
QUESTIONS.
BUT WE'RE NOW KEEPING THIS AUDIT
OPEN AND INCLUDING IN SOME OF
THE PROTEST ACTIVITIES HERE THAT
INVOLVED MUTUAL AID ASSISTANCE
OF OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES.
WE THINK THAT'S A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO ASSESS THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS.
SO, THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN OUR
MUTUAL AID AND TASK FORCE
OPERATIONS AUDIT.
AS WE KNOW THIS IS ONGOING.
WHICH WE THINK WE CAN HAVE A
STOPPING POINT FOR ASSESSING
MUTUAL AID THAT'S CURRENTLY
ONGOING, WE WILL DO THAT.
AND YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO THAT
BE NOTHINGCLUDED IN THE
PARTICULAR AUDIT.
>> AND TO CLARIFY, WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF THE K9 OPERATIONS,
THE MUTUAL AID TASK FORCE
OPERATIONS AUDIT AUDITS ARE
ONGOING WORK.
YOU DON'T HAVE A FINAL WORK
PRODUCT AND THE CHAPTER 14,
TWELVE IS SOMETHING WE DO EVERY
YEAR?
>> CORRECT.
>> RIGHT THANK YOU.
>> SO, WE'RE HOPING TO WRAP
THESE THINGS UP.
FRANKLY, ALL OF THE RESOURCES OF
MY OFFICE HAVE BEEN DIVERTED TO
ENVISIONING WHAT THE REVIEW
PROCESS FOR FOR THE PROTESTS
WILL BE AND IN ADDRESSING
IMMEDIATE ISSUES FOR COUNSEL AND
COMMUNITY ABOUT THE USE OF
INTERMEDIATE WEAPONS AND THE
CROWD-CONTROL TACTICS.
SO, SOME ARE UNFOFRPINATELY
TAKING A BACKSEAT TO THE WORK.
BUT THEY'RE LARGELY CONCEDED.
WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO INITIATE
ANY NEW PROJECTS BECAUSE I THINK
THE WORK NECESSARY OUT OF
PROTESTS AND THE FOCUS ON THAT
ASPECT IS GOING TO LARGELY
CONSUME OUR STAFF.
RESOURCES.
>> UNDERSTANDABLE.
>> GREAT.
AMY, CAN YOU SWITCH THE NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO, OPA REVIEW.
WE PROVIDE OVERSIGHT OF THE
HANDLINGER OF THE EMPLOYEE
MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS.
WE REVIEW CASE CLASS
FIFICATIONS.
AND THERE'S A GRAPHIC THAT SHOWS
YOU HOW A COMPLAINT FLOWS FROM,
INTERNALLY OR THROUGH THE PUBLIC
SOMEONE AND IT GOES DOWN ONE OF
THE IMPOSSIBLE CHANNELS THAT
ANDREW DESCRIBED AS BEING AN
EXPEDITED INVESTIGATION BEING
SENT OVER TO THE SPD CHAIN OF
COMMAND FOR SUPERVISORS.
TAKE REMEDIAL ACTION.
WHETHER THERE'S A MEDIATION
PROCESS THAT MIGHT BE BETTER OR
IT'S AN INVESTIGATION EITHER
CRIMINALLY OR ADMINISTRATIVELY.
I SEE HE HAS A QUESTION.
AND HAPPY TO STOP THERE.
SO, YOU REVIEW OPA
CLASSIFICATIONS AT THE TIME
THEY'RE MADE.
WE'RE IN THE PRAES ESOF
SWITCHING TO RETROSPECTIVE
REVIEWS.
WHICH IS WHAT THE ORDINANCE
CONTEMPLATED.
SO, WE HAVE STUCK WITH
INDIVIDUAL REVIEW
CLASSIFICATIONS SINCE IT STARTED
SO WE COULD HAVE A CONFIDENCE
LEVEL OF OPA AND WHETHER THEY
WERE DECIDING A COMPLAINT
MERITED INVESTIGATION EAR
WHETHER THERE WAS SOME OTHER
APPROPRIATE AVENUE.
WE HIT A PLACE WHERE WE ARE
CONFIDENT THAT THEY'RE MAKING
APPROPRIATE DECISIONS ABOUT HOW
TO CLASSIFY CASES.
SO, WE'RE MOVING JULY 1 TO
QUARTERLY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW.
AND AFTER SPD HAS CONDUCTED AN
INVESTIGATION AND THEY ARE
FINISHED WITH IT, WE CERTIFY
THOSE EACH AND EVERY
INVESTIGATION THAT WE'VE DONE TO
MAKE SURE IT WAS TIMELY,
THOROUGH AND OBJECTIVE.
SO, THE OTHER FUNCTION WE HAVE
IS EVERY NOW AND THEN WE ALSO
CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS OF SPD
EMPLOYEES THAT WORK FOR OPA WHEN
THERE'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
AND WE'VE HAD A FEW OF THOSE BUT
NOT MANY.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO
HEAR COUNSEL MEMBER'S QUESTION.
>> [ INAUDIBLE ] FOR DIRECTOR
MEYERBERG.
I DID VOTE FOR THE POLICE
ACCOUNT --
>> CAN WE HOLD THIS FOR CLOSING.
I WOULD LOVE TO GET THROUGH THE
OIG PRESENTATION AND I PROMISE
I'LL COME BACK IF YOU WANT TO
RESPOND TO SOMETHING HE SAID
ABOUT YOUR VOTE.
I JUST WANT IT GET THROUGH THE
PRESENTATION.
I WANT TO HEAR QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE PRESENTATION.
I'LL GIVE EVERY COUNSEL MEMBER
OPPORTUNITY TO RESFUND WHAT THEY
HEARD IN THIS ENTIRE TWO HOURS.
BEFORE WE CLOSE THE MEETING.
>> THAT IS TOTALLY FINE BUT FOR
THE RECORD, I DID SAY THIS IS
WHAT I WANTED TO SAY -- TALK
ABOUT WHENEVER YOU LET ME DO
THAT.
>> I ACTUALLY DID NOT SEE THE
POINT IN THE CHAT BUT I DID HEAR
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL REFERENCE
AND I THOUGHT WAS A QUESTION.
SO, APPRECIATE IT.
>> OKAY.
SO, JUST SOME NUMBERS HERE.
IN TERMS OF CLASSIFICATIONS, MY
OFFICE THAT I REVIEWED 985
COMPLAINTS THAT WERE RECEIVED BY
OPA.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE WAS A 99%
CONKRNS RATE FOR THEIR DECISION
TO CLASSIFY SOMETHING AS A
CONTACT LOG, WHICH IS A CASE
THAT WOULD NOT PROCEED TO
INVESTIGATION.
BUT THESE HIGH NUMBERS NEED TO
BE -- WHAT THEY HIGHLIGHT IS
WHEN WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE
REAL-TIME ONGOING DIALOGUE AND
PROVIDE THEM WITH FEEDBACK ABOUT
DEFISHIANCIES AND CONCERNS AND
THEY'RE ABLE TO RESPOND TO
THOSE, IT LEADS TO A FAIRLY HIGH
LEVEL OF OUR CONFIDENCE THAT
THEIR WORK IS BEING DONE
APPROPRIATELY.
I THINK 100% -- 99% IS PRETTY
HIGH.
BECAUSE THE STANDARDS WE'RE
DEALING WITH ARE NOT
CERTAINTIES.
THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR LATITUDE
IN DECISION MAKING.
BUT I'M HEARTENED THAT OPA HAS
BEEN SO OPEN TO TAKING OUR
FEEDBACK AND ADDRESSING WHAT ARE
WE PERCEIVE TO BE ISSUES OR
DEFISHANCIES.
AND I WANT TO SAY THAT'S WHAT
THOSE HIGH NUMBERS ARE
REFLECTING.
AND THAT NUMBER DROPS TO AN 88%
CONCURRENCE RATE FOR THINGS THAT
ARE SUPERVISOR ACTIONS.
WHERE THEY MAKE A DECISION THAT
IT'S MINOR MISCONDUCT BEST
HANDLED BY THE OFFICER'S CHAIN
OF COMMAND.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT REVIEW
RETROSPECTIVELY.
AND SO WHEN THERE'S NOT THAT
OPPORTUNITY TO FLAG THINGS, I
THINK YOU SEE THAT OUR
ASSESSMENT THAT IT WAY WAS
APPROPRIATELY DONE DROPS OFF
WHEN THEY'RE NOT TAKING IN OUR
FEEDBACK AT THE TIME.
100% CONKRNS FOR INVESTIGATIONS.
AND DIRECTOR MEYERBERG CAN
PERHAPS CHIME IN.
THE CLASSIFICATION AND THE
EXPEDITED FINAL EXPEDITED
INVESTIGATION COME FOR REVIEW BY
MY OFFICE AT THE SAME TIME.
AND I WISH WISH SHE HAD A CHANCE
TO GO INTO THE PROGRAMS TO
EXPLAIN THEM TO YOU.
BUT ESSENTIALLY WITH THOSE,
THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
ONGOING FEEDBACK AND FOR THEM TO
MAKE THE APPROPRIATE DECISION
WHETHER A FULL INVESTGATION IS
WARRANTED OR WHETHER THERE'S
ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR A BODY
CAMERA VIDEO OR OTHER
WHEN WE GET INTO CERTIFYING
THEIR FINALIZED INVESTIGATIONS,
WE REVIEWED 387 OF THOSE IN
2019.
97% OF THOSE RECEIVED A FULL
CERTIFICATION FROM MY OFFICE, SO
THEY WERE TIMELY, THOROUGH AND
OBJECT
OBJECTIVE.
NOTABLY, IN 16% OF THOSE CASES,
WE HAD PROVIDING EITHER SOME
FORMAL DIRECTION THAT THEY DO
ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION.
I GUESS WE HAD HAD FORMAL
REQUESTS THAT THEY DO MORE
INVESTIGATION PRIOR TO ISSUING
THAT CERTIFICATION, BUT, AGAIN,
HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEING ABLE TO GIVE THEM FEEDBACK
AND HAVING TO BE RESPONSIVE TO
IT.
>> DO YOU -- THE COMMENT YOU
MADE EARLIER ABOUT THE
CLASSIFICATIONS AND THE DROP-OFF
TO 88% CONCURRENCE FOR
SUPERVISOR ACTIONS.
IS THERE A SYSTEMIC ISSUE THERE
THAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND?
IS IT A SITUATION WHERE -- IT
SOUNDED LIKE WHAT YOU SAID WAS
YOU DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO -- TO INTERACT IN REAL TIME
AND THAT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A
LOOKBACK, BUT IS THERE SOMETHING
THAT COULD CHANGE FOR THESE
PARTICULAR TYPES OF
DETERMINATIONS THAT WOULD ALLOW
YOU TO OPINE IN REAL TIME?
>> I WILL DEFER TO DIRECTOR
MYERBERG ON THAT.
I WILL SAY IT'S A NEW PROGRAM,
SO THEY WERE -- THEY WERE --
THEY HAD UNDERTAKEN THIS
PROGRAM, AND WE'RE KIND OF
FEELING THEIR WAY THROUGH
ESTABLISHING THEIR OWN CRITERIA.
NOW THAT WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO
DO OUR LOOK-BACK AND CAN FLAG
ISSUES THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
CAUGHT AT THE TIME THAT WERE OF
CONCERN FOR US, THAT GIVES THEM
THE OPPORTUNITY TO COURSE
CORRECT FOR THOSE CONCERNS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE
INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT OUR NEXT
ROUND OF ANALYSIS LOOKS LIKE
WITH THESE NUMBERS.
IF THE NUMBERS ARE IMPROVING AND
THEY GO UP, WHAT THAT WILL SAY
TO ME IS OUR FEEDBACK WAS TAKEN
IN, INCORPORATED AND IT'S
IMPROVED THEIR PROCESS.
IF WE'RE STILL HAVING, YOU KNOW,
A LEVEL OF NONCONCURRENCE THAT
IS SIGNIFICANT LIKE THIS, THEN I
THINK MAYBE THAT WOULD BE AN
ISSUE WE WOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS
WITH OPA WITH DOING REAL-TIME
ONGOING FEEDBACK WITH THOSE
PARTICULAR DECISIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I THINK SUPERVISOR ACTIONS
ARE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE
MOST -- THEY'RE THE MOST
DIFFICULT TO CLASSIFY IN SOME
RESPECT BECAUSE THEY CAN BE THE
MOST SUBJECTIVE BOTH ON OPA'S
END AND THE OIG'S END.
THE OIG COULD THINK SOMETHING
WASN'T APPROPRIATE FOR
SUPERVISOR ACTION.
WE MAY DISAGREE.
I THINK THE THING THAT'S BEEN
HELPFUL IS IN THE OIG'S ANNUAL
REPORT THEY ANALYZED AND LOOKED
AT CATEGORIES OF CASES THAT WE
NEEDED TO HAVE MORE
CLARIFICATION ON.
I THINK THE WAY FORWARD REALLY
IS TO REACH SOME SORT OF A
COMMON GROUND BETWEEN OPA AND
OIG.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEONE'S
DRIVING ABOVE THE POSTED SPEED
LIMIT WITHOUT DANGER TO OTHER
MOTORISTS, IS THAT A SUPERVISOR
ACTION?
THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF ACTIONS WE
CAN SAY, WE'LL DO SUPERVISOR
ACTION FOR A DRIVING CASE
VERSUS -- SO -- SO I THINK THAT
WILL BE HELPFUL.
THAT'S ALREADY BEEN HELPFUL TO
KIND OF FORMULATE MORE CLARITY
AROUND WHEN WE'RE DOING
SUPERVISOR ACTIONS.
BUT I THINK IT'S NOT -- I DON'T
KNOW.
I THINK YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO
HAVE A DIFFERENTIAL IN THESE
CATEGORIES BECAUSE, AGAIN, IT'S
OPINION BASED.
WE HAVE DIFFERING OPINIONS AND
ULTIMATELY OPA HAS THE
DISCRETION TO MAKE THESE
CLASSIFICATIONS.
I DON'T THINK YOU'LL EVER SEE
100% BUT WE'LL WORK TOGETHER TO
CREATE CATEGORIES SO IT'S HIGHER
THAN 88%.
>> THANK YOU.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT
IS THE DISAGREEMENTS THAT WE
HAVE AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT
WE HAVE ABOUT IT AND THE
UNDERLYING WORK THAT GOES INTO
TH
THIS, WE WILL BE TRANSBARPARENT
WITH IT.
THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT OUR
CONVERSATIONS AND
DECISION-MAKING BACK AND FORTH,
AND DIRECTOR MYERBERG, I THINK
YOU WOULD AGREE WITH ME, THAT WE
WOULDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE MAKING
AVAILABLE SO OUR DECISION-MAKIN
PROCESSES ARE TRANSPARENT TO
FOLKS.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU DON'T WANT TO
CHIME IN ON THAT, DIRECTOR
MYERBERG.
BUT I THINK --
>> NO, NO, THAT'S FINE.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> NO, I WOULD SAY THE SAME
THING.
WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE COLLABORATING ON
THOSE TYPES OF METRICS TO SAY,
CAN WE REACH AGREEMENT ON
CLASSIFICATIONS.
I THINK JUST IN GENERAL THE MORE
TRANSPARENCY THE BETTER.
WE TALKED ABOUT FOR YEARS, YOU
KNOW, A DISCIPLINE MATRIX AND
THOSE TYPES OF CONCEPTS, WHICH
ALSO GO TO TRANSPARENCY.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE JOB AIDES AND
ALL THESE THINGS THAT WE UTILIZE
TO MAKE OUR DECISION-MAKING BUT
NONE OF IT IS SECRET.
IT'S ALL PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.
SO, WE -- YOU KNOW, I THINK
WE'RE GOING TO WORK PRETTY
CLOSELY WITH THE OIG TO DEVELOP
THESE FRAMEWORKS SO THEY CAN
JUST BE -- KNOW CAN SEE.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY
SECRETS.
WE'RE NOT HIDING ANYTHING.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M NOTING THAT WE ARE OVER TWO
HOURS TIME AND I DO REALLY WANT
TO HEAR FROM THE OIG ABOUT THE
UPCOMING SENTINEL REVIEW AS IT
RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO THE
RECENT DEMONSTRATION RESPONSE BY
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
OKAY.
SO, I WILL --
>> CHAIR, CAN I JUST MAKE ONE
QUICK LITTLE COMMENT?
IT'S GOING TO BE FAST.
>> OF COURSE.
>> ON THAT LAST POINT -- THANK
YOU, CHAIR.
ON THAT LAST POINT RELATED TO
THE CLASSIFICATIONS ISSUE, I
JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT I THINK,
YOU KNOW, HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF
TENSION IN THIS SPACE IS
IMPORTANT, AND BY DESIGN.
AND SO I REALLY THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO
UNDERSTAND THAT THE OIG IS THE
WATCH DOG OF THE WATCH DOG,
WHICH IS OPA.
THAT INHERENTLY MEANS THERE
CAN'T BE 100% AGREEMENT IN THESE
AREAS.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR
QUESTION, CHAIR HERBOLD, AROUND
ARE THERE PATTERNS OR PRACTICES
THAT WOULD BE OF CONCERN TO US
AS POLICYMAKERS, IF WE START
SEEING TOO MUCH ALIGNMENT IN
THIS AREA IN TERMS OF THE IG
ALMOST ALWAYS AGREEING WITH THE
OPA, THAT WOULD BE A FLAG, I
THINK, FOR ME THAT MAYBE WE
DIDN'T STRIKE THE BALANCE OF
INDEPENDENCE AS WELL AS WE COULD
HAVE STRUCTURALLY AS IT RELATES
TO THE MISSION AND THE GOALS OF
THE IG AND THE OPA.
SO, I KNOW IT'S -- IT SOMETIMES
CAN BE UNCOMFORTABLE TO BE IN
CONFLICT, BUT I THINK IN THIS
AREA IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A
HEALTHY AMOUNT OF PUSH AND PULL
TO PROMOTE, YOU KNOW, THE
ONGOING INDEPENDENCE OF THE
ENTITY.
SO, I APPRECIATE GETTING A GOOD
UNDERSTANDING THROUGH THIS
PRESENTATION ON THIS SLIDE ABOUT
WHERE THOSE TENSIONS CURRENTLY
EXIST.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD POINT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT THE ONE
TAKEAWAY AT THE BOTTOM THAT IT'S
CLEAR TO US THAT WHEN WE HAVE
ONGOING COMMUNICATION AND OPA IS
RECEPTIVE TO OUR FEEDBACK, IT
REALLY DOES IMPROVE THE
OUTCOMES.
I THINK THE NUMBERS BEAR THAT
OUT.
SO, AMY, CAN YOU SWITCH TO THE
NEXT SLIDE?
SO, I'M NOT GOING TO -- I KNOW
WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH THIS.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE
ACTUAL POLICY PROJECTS THAT
WE'RE WORKING ON THAT I THINK
MAY HAVE SOME IMPACT ON THE WORK
MOVING FORWARD.
AMY, IF YOU COULD JUST MOVE ON
TO, LET'S SEE, THIS HIGHLIGHTS
SOME OF THE POLICY WORK WE DID.
JUST PROCESS MAPPING, I THINK,
WILL BE HELPFUL.
WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY
TO WORK IN SOME PROCESS MAPPING
TO THE SENTINEL EVENT REVIEW SO
FOLKS UNDERSTAND -- HAVE A
VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF
WATEVER PROCESSES MAY BE
IMPORTANT IN ANALYZING SPD'S
RESPONSES.
THAT'S SOME OF THE WORK WE DO.
WE ASSISTED SPD WITH SOME
DISPARITY ANALYSIS INFORMATION
AND THAT WILL HIGHLIGHT THAT WE
GOT THE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND
THE DESIRE TO REALLY DIG DOWN
AND ADD DISPARITY ANALYSIS TO
THE WORK THAT WE DO AND THAT WE
WANT TO PUSH OUT.
WHAT ELSE DO I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
HERE?
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO THE
NEXT SLIDE, AMY.
I THINK THESE THREE THINGS WILL
GIVE YOU INSIGHT INTO THE
SYSTEMIC -- THE BROADER SYSTEMIC
CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPORTANT
TO US AND THAT MAYBE NOW SOME OF
THESE WILL BE ABLE TO GET OFF
THE GROUND.
LIKE SAID, DOING SYSTEMWIDE
INNOVATIONS HAVE A MUCH MORE
IMMEDIATE AND TRANSFORMATIVE
IMPACT THAN JUST THE
RECOMMENDATIONS WITH LITTLE
SYSTEMIC TWEAKS HERE AND THERE.
SO, THREE LONG-TERM PROJECTS
THAT WE STARTED IN 2019 AND WON,
WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL COME TO
FRUITION THIS YEAR IS THE
SENTINEL EVENT REVIEW PROCESS.
THAT'S TAKING AN INCIDENT THAT
HAS A SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE
OUTCOME FOR COMMUNITY, WHETHER
IT BE AN OFFICER-INVOLVED
SHOOTING OR, YOU KNOW, A
LARGE-SCALE PROTEST SITUATION
LIKE THIS WHERE FORCE IS USED
AGAINST PEOPLE IN A WAY THAT
THIS IS UNREASONABLE OR THAT IS
PERCEIVED TO BE UNREASONABLE AND
IS -- HAS A LARGE COMMUNITYWIDE
IMPACT.
THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS
WHERE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT THAT
CONTRIBUTED TO THAT OUTCOME AND
TRY TO IDENTIFY THE ROOT CAUSES
FOR THESE BAD RESULTS AND FIX
THOSE ROOT CAUSES SO THAT WE CAN
STOP THESE KIND OF THINGS FROM
HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE.
SO, I WANT TO TALK A LOT MORE
ABOUT SENTINEL EVENT REVIEW
AFTER I FINISH THIS, COUNCIL
HERBOLD.
THE OTHER ONE THAT'S ON HOLD
RIGHT NOW, SADLY, IS A GOOD,
HARD LOOK AT SPD'S PROGRAM AND
PHILOSOPHY FOR INTERVIEWING
SUSPECTS AND WITNESSES.
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH
CPC, OPA, NATIONAL INNOCENCE
PROJECT, INNOCENCE WASHINGTON,
AND OTHER FOLKS TO IDENTIFY SOME
BEST PRACTICES.
AND WE GOT AS FAR AS ENGAGING A
CONSULTANT FROM THE UK TO COME
AND ASSIST ALL OF US, MY OFFICE,
OPA AND SPD WITH DEVELOPING A
VERY COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING AND
SUPPORTING POLICIES AROUND USING
INTERVIEW PRACTICES THAT DON'T
INVOLVE DECEPTION, THAT INVOLVE
SORT OF THE BEST THINKING AND
SOCIAL SCIENCE ABOUT HOW YOU
MIND SOMEONE'S MEMORY FOR
DETAILS AND YOU GATHER FACTS
WITHOUT WORKING IN BIAS AND
COERCION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, VERY IMPORTANT WORK, BUT
THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE BACK
BURNER A LITTLE BIT.
AND THE OTHER ONE THAT I WANTED
TO HIGHLIGHT.
THIS IS THE VERY FIRST
RECOMMENDATION I EVER MADE TO
CHIEF BEST BACK IN, I THINK,
AUGUST OF 2018.
THAT WAS THE SPD DEVELOP AND
IMPLEMENT PEER INTERVENTION
PROGRAM THAT WOULD TRAIN
OFFICERS, GIVE THEM THE
EXPERTISE AND THE PERMISSION,
REALLY, TO BE ACTIVE BYSTANDERS
AND TO INTERVENE WITH EACH OTHER
AND HELP EACH OTHER STAY OUT OF
SITUATIONS WHERE, YOU KNOW,
PERHAPS THEY WERE LOSING THEIR
TEMPER OR OTHERWISE VEERING INTO
UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT THAT THEY
COULD STEP IN AND, YOU KNOW,
ASSIST EACH OTHER AND KEEPING
EACH OTHER OUT OF TROUBLE.
AND I WAS -- I WAS -- IT STRUCK
ME HOW MANY ARTICLES I SAW IN
THE WAKE OF GEORGE FLOYD'S
MURDER ABOUT THE VALUE OF THESE
KINDS OF PROGRAMS.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE OTHER
OFFICERS STANDING AROUND AND NOT
INTERVENING IN THIS PARTICULAR
CONDUCT AND HOW PARTICULAR
PROGRAMS LIKE THIS REALLY DO
HAVE VALUE.
I THINK THAT'S FAIRLY
LOW-HANGING FRUIT AND FAIRLY
EASY.
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE
IMPRESSION I THINK QUICK AND
EASY FIXES ARE THE ANSWER HERE,
BUT CERTAINLY EVERYTHING THAT WE
CAN DO TO ASSIST OFFICERS IN
RECOGNIZING POTENTIAL MISCONDUCT
AND GETTING IT AND ACTIVELY
STOPPING IT AND A STEP IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION.
>> INSPECTOR GENERAL JUDGE,
YOU'RE IDENTIFIED THIS AS A
LONG-TERM PROJECT FOR OIG.
IT'S NOT AT ALL CLEAR TO ME
WHERE WE ARE IN THE TRAJECTORY
OF THIS RECOMMENDATION.
YOU SAID THIS IS ONE OF THE
FIRST RECOMMENDATIONS YOU EVER
MADE.
>> CORRECT.
>> DOES SPD HAVE A PROGRAM NOW
AND YOUR WORK WOULD BE LOOKING
AT HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS OR ARE
YOU, INSTEAD, TALKING ABOUT
GUIDING SPD AND CREATING THE
PROGRAM THAT THEY HAVE NOT YET
CREATED?
>> YEAH, I THINK WE'RE STILL
ENCOURAGING THEM TO CREATE THE
PROGRAM.
WE HAVE OFFERED TO PROVIDE
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND, YOU
KNOW, WHATEVER THEY NEED TO GET
IT GOING.
AND THEN TO YOUR POINT, IF THEY
HAD SUCH A PROGRAM, WE WOULD BE
WORKING TO EVALUATE THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF IT.
BUT WE'RE --
>> DO YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS -- DO
YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS
AREA INCLUDE AN -- AN OBLIGATION
TO INTERVENE ON BEHALF OF
OFFICERS?
>> YEAH, I THINK THAT IS --
THAT'S A STANDARD POLICY THAT
EVERY POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD
HAVE.
AN AFFIRMATIVE OBLIGATION TO
INTERVENE IN VIOLATION OF RIGHTS
OR MISCONDUCT.
THIS WOULD GIVE THEM ADDITIONAL
TOOLS AND, YOU KNOW, TRAINING.
THE PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN REALLY
SUCCESSFUL IN NEW ORLEANS
ACTUALLY HAS OFFICERS WEAR A
LITTLE PIN THAT SAYS EPIC, WHICH
STANDS FOR ETHICAL POLICING IS
COURAGEOUS.
SO, IF SOMEBODY HAS AN E.P.I.C.
PIN ON THEY'VE BASICALLY BEEN
TRAINED AND THEY'VE GIVEN THEIR
CONSENT IN WHATEVER SITUATIONS
FOR OFFICERS TO STEP IN, MOVE
ASIDE, AND TAKE OVER SO THAT
WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY'RE
DOING CAN BE STOPPED.
IN ITS TRACKS.
>> AND SO, THIS IS ONE OF THE
FIRST RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU
MADE AS INSPECTOR GENERAL.
AND YOU SAY THAT YOU --
CONTINUED TO ENCOURAGE SPD
DEVELOP A PROGRAM LIKE THIS AND
YOU EXPRESSED YOUR OFFICE'S
WILLINGNESS TO DO SO.
CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT OF
WHAT'S HAPPENED IN BETWEEN
MAKING THIS RECOMMENDATION AND
YOUR MORE RECENT EXPRESSION OF
CONTINUED WILLINGNESS TO HELP?
>> SURE.
I THINK THERE IS -- YOU KNOW,
THERE'S SUPPORT AT THE EXECUTIVE
LEVEL FOR THIS KIND OF PROGRAM.
THE WAY THAT IT'S WORKED MOST
EFFECTIVELY IN THE AGENCIES THAT
HAVE EMPLOYED IS IT'S BEEN A
PROGRAM DEVELOPED BY PATROL
OFFICERS AND, YOU KNOW, SORT OF
HOUSED WITHIN THE PATROL
FUNCTION AND USED AS ALMOST AN
OFFICER WELLNESS TOOL TO HELP
THEM HELP EACH OTHER.
AND SO MY INITIAL THINKING ABOUT
IT WAS THAT REALLY IT NEEDED TO
BE A PROGRAM THAT WAS GROWN BY
SPD.
THERE ARE MODELS OUT THERE THAT
YOU COULD JUST TAKE AND
IMPLEMENT, BUT TO REALLY GET THE
BUY-IN THAT MAKES THIS KIND OF
PROGRAM EFFECTIVE, THAT PATROL
REALLY NEEDED TO TAKE IT AND
MAKE IT THEIR OWN.
SO, I HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH
PATROL, YOU KNOW, EXECUTIVE
LEVEL FOLKS.
I'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH UNION
FOLKS ABOUT IT.
AND EVERYONE HAS EXPRESSED, YOU
KNOW, SOME LEVEL OF INTEREST AND
SUPPORT.
BUT THERE JUST HAS NOT BEEN
SOMETHING THAT GETS IT OFF THE
GROUND.
AND I THINK THERE HAS BEEN
RESISTANCE TO YET ANOTHER
PROGRAM THAT COMES FROM THE TOP
DOWN, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO BE
ABSORBED WITH ALL OF THE FOCUS
THAT'S BEEN ON PATROL.
I THINK NOW WE'RE AT A TIME W
WHEN, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE WE'VE
SAID BEFORE, NIBBLING AROUND THE
EDGES AND AVOIDING THINGS THAT
MIGHT HAVE A REALLY MEANINGFUL
IMPACT FOR COMMUNITY CAN BE
SIDESTEPPED OR PUT OFF AND THIS
IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I
THINK SHOULD BE A FAIRLY EASY
DECISION FOR ANYBODY TO MAKE.
SO, WE'VE BEEN GENTLY PRODDING
THEM, BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW, HOW
DOES IT COME OUT?
IS IT A PROGRAM THAT'S PUSHED
OUT BY THE CHIEF AND DEVELOPED
BY THEIR TRAINING UNIT OR IS IT
A PROGRAM YOU ALLOW HAD OFFICERS
TO TAKE AND IMPLEMENT AND MAKE
THEIR OWN AS A WAY TO KEEP
THEMSELVES FROM ENGAGING IN
UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT WITH
COMMUNITY?
>> THANK YOU.
>> AMY, WANT TO SWITCH THE
SLIDE?
SO THAT REALLY GETS US TO A
POINT WHERE WE CAN TALK ABOUT
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR PROCESS
AND SENTINEL REVIEW.
THE PUBLIC COMMENTERS AND
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, THEIR
COMMENTS ARE TAKEN ABOUT
COMMUNITY NOT REALLY INCLUDED IN
IMPORTANT DECISION-MAKING AND
IMPORTANT PROCESSES THAT
DIRECTLY IMPACT THEM.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN
IMPORTANT TO ME SINCE I GOT HERE
WAS TRYING TO GET ACTUAL
COMMUNITY VOICES IN ROOMS WHERE
FORCE WAS BEING REVIEWED, YOU
KNOW, AT THE FORCE REVIEW BOARD.
I COME FROM A PLACE WHERE
CRITICAL INCIDENTS HAVE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS SITTING AS
PART OF THE REVIEW BOARD.
SO, WITH SENTINEL EVENT REVIEW
PROCESS, I THINK THAT GIVES US A
REAL OPPORTUNITY TO THE IDENTIFY
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHOSE VOICES
SHOULD BE AT THE TABLE IN A
WHOLESALE REVIEW OF ALL THE
EVENTS THAT HAVE UNFOLDED IN THE
AFTERMATH OF MR. FLOYD'S --
MR. FLOYD'S MURDER.
AND, YOU KNOW, TO REALLY
INCORPORATE COMMUNITY INPUT AND
INVOLVEMENT IN A VARIETY OF
WAYS.
WE'RE WORKING WITH CPC AND OPA
TO PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK FOR THE
PROCESS.
AND WE'RE IDENTIFYING A WORK
GROUP OF FOLKS WHO CAN HELP US
ENVISION WHAT THE SENTINEL EVENT
REVIEW PROCESS SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, I THINK
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HEAR
WHAT FOLKS HAVE TO SAY.
WHAT ARE THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT
THIS?
WHAT ARE THEIR DESIRED OUTCOMES
ABOUT THIS?
AND SO -- AND I DON'T THINK I
CAN WAIT, SO WE INTEND TO START
A SERIES OF LISTENING SESSIONS
VIA ZOOM AND POTENTIALLY OUT IN
COMMUNITY IF WE CAN GET SOME
SPACES WHERE WE CAN DO SOCIAL
DISTANCE IN-PERSON MEETINGS SO
THAT WHOMEVER WANTS TO WEIGH IN
AND TELL US WHAT THEY WANT
ANSWERS TO, WHAT THINGS ARE
IMPORTANT TO THEM, WE HAVE THAT
FEEDBACK TO TAKE INTO THIS
PROCESS.
>> INSPECTOR GENERAL, WE HAVE
ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, A COUPLE
THOUSAND EMAILS FROM FOLKS
DEMANDING A COMMUNITY-LED
INVESTIGATION OF THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO GIVING
THEM A TIME AND DATE WHEN THEY
WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ENGAGE IN YOUR SENTINEL REVIEW
PROCESS.
I DO WANT TO JUST FLAG -- I'M
GLAD TO HEAR YOU ARE WORKING
WITH THE CPC ON THIS.
EARLIER I THINK SOME TIME LAST
YEAR THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE
CPC WAS TO DO A SENTINEL REVIEW
ON ANOTHER ALLEGATION OF POLICE
MISCONDUCT.
AND I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THEY
ARE ALIGNED, THAT THIS IS THE
APPROPRIATE OPPORTUNITY TO
INAUGURATE A CITY SENTINEL
REVIEW WITH COMMUNITY.
>> WELL, I WOULD PREFER TO SET
UP A COMMUNITY PROCESS WITH A
TRIAL RUN WITH SOMETHING SO
CRITICAL BUT I DON'T THINK WE
HAVE THAT LUXURY.
I THINK WE'RE AT A MOMENT RIGHT
NOW WHERE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
IN THE REVIEW IS -- JUST HAS TO
HAPPEN.
SOME OF THIS IS OUT OF NECESSITY
WE'RE USING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
DEVELOP AND CONDUCT OUR FIRST
SENTINEL EVENT REVIEW.
REALLY HARD TO HAVE OUR FIRST
ONE BE SOMETHING OF THIS
MAGNITUDE AND OF THIS IMPORT TO
EVERYONE, BUT I THINK -- I DON'T
SEE ANY OTHER WAY, REALLY, TO
REVIEW THIS INCIDENT.
>> THANK YOU.
SO, COUNCILMEMBER -- OR COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ AND THEN I'LL
LET -- IF OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS
HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE OIG
PRESENTATION, I'M GOING TO GO
RIGHT TO COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT,
WHO IS TRYING TO WRAP UP HER
TIME WITH US IN THIS COMMITTEE
MEETING.
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> I ALREADY ASKED MY QUESTION.
>> OH, YOU DID?
THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS RELATED
SPECIFICALLY TO THE OFFICE OF --
I'M SORRY.
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S
PRESENTATION, EITHER ABOUT THE
2019 ANNUAL REPORT OR THEIR
PLANS FOR SENTINEL REVIEW?
LET'S SEE.
OKAY.
GREAT.
SEEING NONE.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> LOOKS LIKE SHE MIGHT BE GONE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL, MY APOLOGIES TO
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR -- THANKS TO
BOTH OF YOUR TEAMS, I SHOULD
SAY, FOR JOINING US TODAY AND
ALLOWING US TO BOTH DO A 2019
LOOK BACK AS WELL AS A
FORWARD-LOOKING REVIEW OF YOUR
WORK AND ITS CRITICAL NATURE IN
LIGHT OF RECENT EVENTS OF THE
LAST FEW WEEKS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
RECOGNITION THAT THE WORK THAT
YOU DO HAS TO BE -- HAS TO BE
NIMBLE AND HAS TO BE IN RESPONSE
TO WHAT PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCES ARE
IN REAL TIME AND THAT MIGHT MEAN
MAKING CHANGES FROM WHAT YOU
PREVIOUSLY HAD AS A PLANNED 2020
WORK PLAN AND I THINK THAT
REALLY SHOWS AS ORGANIZATIONS
AND AS STAKEHOLDERS IN POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY, YOU ARE NOT TONE
DEAF.
YOU'RE NOT JUST MOVING FORWARD
WITH THE WORK THAT YOU HAD
PLANNED TO DO IN 2020.
YOU'RE MAKING ACCOMMODATIONS TO
ADDRESS WHAT THE DEMANDS OF
COMMUNITY ARE TODAY IN THIS
MOMENT.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, AGAIN,
YOU'RE JOINING US HERE TODAY,
YOUR WORK AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
>> THANK YOU, MANAGER.
APPRECIATE IT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND IF THERE NO MORE
COMMENTS, IT IS 12:54 P.M. AND
THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.