GOOD AFTERNOON THIS IS MOSQUEDA
CHAIR OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE,
WELCOME TO OUR MEETING AT
SEPTEMBER 30th, 2021, 2:00.
I'M TERESA MOSQUEDA, CHAIR AND
WE WILL START SESSION TWO OF
TODAY'S AGENDA.
AGAIN.
MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL.
[ ROLL CALLED ]
SEVEN PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MADAM CLERK AND ADDITIONAL
COUNCILMEMBERS CALL PLEASE NOTE
THEIR APPEARANCE.
WE EXPECT ALL NINE THIS
AFTERNOON.
WE WANT YOU TO THANK YOU FOR
COMING BACK ON THIS THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AS WE GO TO THE
BUDGET THAT HAS BEEN
TRANSSENDED BY THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE.
THANKS TO GEORGE NOBEL FOR
STAYING WITH US THROUGHOUT THE
NEXT SESSION AS WELL AS
TOMORROW AS THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AS WELL.
WE ARE HALFWAY THROUGH OUR
BUDGET WITH EACH OF THE
PRESENTATIONS AND THIS
AFTERNOON WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE
TO TALK TO VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS
AS WE CONSIDER ITEMS RELATED TO
PUBLIC SAFETY AND TRANSITIONING
TO THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
WE WILL HAVE A HARD STOP AT
FIVE P.M.
FOR FOLKS THAT HAVE ADDITIONAL
ITEMS AFTER FIVE P.M.
WE WILL MAKE SURE TO GET YOU
OUT OF HERE BY FIVE.
TOMORROW MORNING AT 9:30 A.M.
I DID WANT TO SAY THANKS TO ALL
OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS THIS
MORNING, WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER
OF QUESTIONS AND WE KNOW THERE
ARE QUESTIONS THAT ARE NOT ON
THE RECORD YET FOR SOME OF THE
OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND PEOPLE
MAY HAVE QUESTIONS AFTER.
AS YOU IN YOUR OFFICE CONSIDER
QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE OR THE
DEPARTMENT AND ANTICIPATION OF
THE UPCOME DELIBERATIONS AS WE
AMEND THE PUBLIC PLEASE DO KNOW
THAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN
COLLECTING THOSE QUESTIONS.
I USE HOME SERVICES AS AN
EXAMPLE AND TO SAY THERE WERE A
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS FOR
COUNCILMEMBERS AND MYSELF THAT
DIDN'T GET TO ASK.
WE WANT TO COMPILE THOSE IN ONE
PLACE AND TURN IT TO OUR BUDGET
FROM CENTRAL STAFF AND TO
REMIND US OF THE PROCESS FOR
SUBMITTING YOUR QUESTIONS SO WE
CAN COMPILE IT ONE PLACE.
>> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN MOSQUEDA.
AS A REMINDER IN GENERAL IF YOU
HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
PROPOSED BUDGET, YOU SEND THOSE
QUESTIONS TO THE LEAD CENTRAL
STAFF ANALYST IF YOU ARE UNSURE
SEND THEM TO MYSELF OR PATTY
AND WE WILL GET THEM TO THE
RIGHT PLACE.
WE HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE WITH
THE BUDGET OFFICE AND EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT TO MANAGE THOSE
QUESTIONS AND HAVE A SHARED
RESOURCE FOR COUNCILMEMBERS AND
THEIR STAFF TO HAVE ACCESS TO
THEM.
SPECIFICALLY I WILL SEND OUT AN
EMAIL TODAY GIVEN A NUMBER OF
QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE WERE NOT
ABLE TO ASK TO STREAM LINE
QUESTIONS.
I WILL SEND OUT AN EMAIL ASKING
PEOPLE TO JUST RESPOND AND
COMPILE THOSE TO THE ANALYST TO
GET ANSWERS IF THAT WORKS FOR
YOU CHAIRMAN MOSQUEDA.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
SEEING THE QUESTIONS ALREADY
ARE PLACED ON A LIST OF
QUESTIONS WILL HELP.
AND THAT WE WILL ANTICIPATE
ANSWERS TO THOSE.
THANKS ALLEY FOR REMINDING US
OF THAT AND BEFORE THE NEXT
ITEM I WANT TO WELCOME VICE
MEMBER HERBOLD.
THANK YOU MADAM CLERK CAN YOU
READ ITEM NUMBER FOUR FROM
SESSION TWO ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
>> ITEM FOUR COMMUNITY SAFETY
AND COMMUNITY LEAD INVESTMENTS
FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSIONS.
>> OKAY.
AGAIN WE HAVE A LARGE PANEL.
JULIE CLINE AND RICK BROWN,
FROM THE HUMAN SERVICES DOESN'T
AND CSCC, WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE
YOU WITH US AND THE CHIEF FROM
THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WELCOME AND MELISSA LOCKHART
FROM CIVIL RIGHTS.
WELCOME DIRECTOR LOCKHART AND
DIRECTOR RICCO DELL RELO FROM
THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT.
O PCD AND OFFICE OF PLANNING
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND
AGAIN THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
DIRECTOR NOBLE FOR BEING WITH
US.
WE DO NOT HAVE SLIDES STARTING
FOR CENTRAL STAFF.
APPRECIATE THE LAST
PRESENTATION BUT WE WILL GO TO
THE NORMAL PRACTICE OF
DIRECTORS AND THE DEPARTMENTS
REPORT OUT FOR THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2022.
BEFORE I GO TO YOU DIRECTOR
NOBLE I WANT TO WELCOMAL
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU.
CHAIRMAN MOSQUEDA.
MOVING TO THE NEXT SLIDE WE
HAVE BROAD FOLKS HERE BECAUSE
OF PRESENTATION TODAY PER YOUR
REQUEST COVERS TWO BROAD TOPICS
ONE IS COMMUNITY LED INVESTMENT
AND BUDGET ACTION FOR
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETS AND THE
STRATEGIC INVESTMENT FUND AND
EQUITABLE COMMUNITY INITIATIVE
TASK FORCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THOSE ITEMS
AND WOULD YOU COMMUNITY LED
INVESTMENT AS A CATEGORY AND
SWITCH TO TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY
SAFETY.
SOME OF THOSE INVESTMENTS ARE
ALSO COMMUNITY DRIVEN BUT NOT
EXCLUSIVELY SO THAT IS A LARGE
CAST OF CHARACTERS ON A RANGE
OF TOPICS BUT LOOK FORWARD TO
THAT.
WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT TO
DIRECTOR LOCKHART TO PAWK ABOUT
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING.
DIRECTOR LOCKHART.
>> THAT, YOU.
THE CITY IS PARTICIPATING ON A
NEW PARTICIPATORY PROCESS.
PP FOR SHORT.
IT GIVES THE CITY OVER HOW THEY
SPEND A PORTION OF THE BUDGET
AND PLAY A ROLE IN MONITORING
THE PROCESS FOLLOWING THE
ALLOCATION OF FUNDING.
IN THIS CASE THE 2021 BUDGET
INCLUDING $21.8 MILLION FOR PP
AND HISTORIC TO WHICH THE
MAYOR'S 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET
ADDS ADDITIONAL $30 MILLION.
MAKING THE COMBINED INVESTMENT
OF OVER $50 MILLION ONE OF THE
LARGEST PARTICIPATORY BUDGET.
IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE
TRANSFORMATIVE AND A RESULT OF
SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY
ORGANIZING OUT OF THE PROTEST
BY THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD
AND BY MINNEAPOLIS POLICE
OFFICERS AND IN MAY OF 2020.
FOLLOWING HIS MURDER THERE WERE
CALLS TO DEFUND POLICE AND FOR
VICTIMS OF BLACK VIOLENCE.
LOCALLY THESE CALLS RELATED IN
NUMEROUS PROPOSALS FROM BLACK
AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF COLOR
ON POLICE BUDGET AND REINVEST
FUNDING AND HOUSING EDUCATION
AND HEALTH CARE DIRECTORIALLY
TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
URN SEATTLE THIS WAS THE
PARTICIPATORY PROCESS AS WELL
AS OTHER INVESTMENTS THAT WILL
BE DESCRIBED BY OTHERS IN THE
PRESENTATION THIS AFTERNOON.
SO WHAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED
SINCE THIS PROCESS TO CONTRACT
WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
PARTICIPATORY PROCESS.
TO FULFILL THIS FOR THE
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING THAT LED
TO THIS, WE STARTED BY MEETING
WITH SOME OF THE ADVOCATES TO
HEAR THEIR CONCERNS AND IDEAS.
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF HIRING
PROCESSES FOR THE THREE
POSITIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN
THIS PROPOSE TOLD MANAGE THE
BODY OF WORK AND WE HOPE TO
HAVE THE NEW STAFF ON BOARD BY
THE END OF OCTOBER.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THIS TIME LINE IS AVAILABLE ON
OUR WEBSITE AND WILL BE
CONTINUALLY UPDATED.
WE ARE WORKING ON NEXT TIMIZING
THE RSVP LANGUAGE FOR THE
OUTSIDE ADMINISTRATOR AND PLAN
TO ISSUE THE RSVP BY THE END OF
THE YEAR.
WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR ON BOARD
IN 2022 WE ANTICIPATE THE
PARTICIPATORY PROCESS WILL
BEGIN AND THAT IS THE UPDATE ON
THE PARTICIPATORY PROCESS
BUDGETING.
THANK YOU.
>> QUESTIONS FOR THE CHAIR.
ARE WE DOING THIS INDIVIDUALLY
OR ALL TOGETHER?
>> I BELIEVE WE SHOULD DO IT
ALL TOGETHER AS WE HAVE DONE IT
ALREADY AND HEAR FROM
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD BEFORE WE
GO TO QUESTIONS THAT SHE WILL
START WITH AND THEN OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS.
LET GO THROUGH THIS AND THEN WE
WILL GO TO COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> WE WILL COME BACK AND TALK
ABOUT STATUS AS WELL.
>> CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME OKAY?
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
EXCELLENT.
OUR EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE TEAM LEANED TO THE
STRATEGIC FUND PROCESS.
WE STOOD UP WITH COMMUNITY AS
ADVISEMENT GROUP THAT
ESTABLISHED PRIORITIES FOR THE
RP CONSISTENT WITH THE
PARAMETERS FOR HOW THE FUND WAS
ESTABLISHED.
AND THAT SAME COMMUNITY
ADVISORY GROUP REVIEWED
APPLICATIONS.
WE HAVE SUCH AN OVERWHELMING
RESPONSE OVER A HUNDRED
APPLICATIONS WE BROKE THEM OUT
TO FOUR SUBGROUPS THAT REVIEWED
A SMALLER NUMBER OF
APPLICATIONS AND CREATE ADD
SHORT LIST AND THAT WAS BROUGHT
TOGETHER AND REVIEWED BY THE
GROUP.
THE FOCUS WAS ON REAL ESTATE
OPPORTUNITIES VERSUS HOUSING
AND CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY
SPACE TO COMBAT DISPLACE MANY
AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY
RELATIONS AND BROKE COMMUNITY
WEALTH.
AS ALL OF YOU KNOW THE BUDGET
IN 2021 WAS 30 MILLION AND WE
ADMINISTERED THAT PROCESS IN
COORDINATION WITH A NUMBER OF
OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND WITH
COUNCIL.
THE 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET
INCLUDES ANOTHER 30 MILLION
WHICH WOULD BE SPLIT, 14
MILLION TO GO TOWARDS THE TEAM
AND 16 MILLION TO GO TOWARDS
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING.
>> LET ME SAY A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THAT, IF I COULD DIRECTOR
FERNANDO.
>> YES.
ABSOLUTELY.
2021 THESTREAM INVESTMENT FUND
WAS FUNDED FROM THE ONE TIME
PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF THE
LOCALLY KNOWN AS THE MERCER
MEGA BLOCK.
THAT WAS ONE TIME SOURCE OF
FLOODING AND COMMUNITY INTEREST
AND THE BENEFITS AND THE LIST
OF PROJECTS WE SAW COME
FORWARD.
THERE WAS A DESIRE TO CONTINUE
INVESTMENTS OF THIS FORM ON AN
ONGOING BASIS.
AND WHAT WOULD SAW WAS THERE
WAS SIGNIFICANT OVERLAP BETWEEN
THAT INTEREST AND THE COUNCIL'S
INVESTMENT ON THE EDI FUND AND
HOUSING BEING CALLED OUT AS
JUMP START PRIORITY.
THE BUDGET PROPOSES TO DO IS
THE DIRECTOR DESCRIBES THE
STRATEGIC INVESTMENT FUND
PROPOSAL CAME ALONG THE LINES
OF EDI PROJECTS IN THE
COMMUNITY ASSETS OF VARIOUS
FORMS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO
ACQUIRE PROPERTY FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
SO BUDGET -- RATHER THAN
CONTINUE THE PROGRAMS WHAT THE
BUDGET PROPOSES TO DO IS TAKE
$14 MILLION AND PUT IT AS
ONGOING SUPPORT FOR EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE FOR THE
ASSET SIDE OF THE INVESTMENTS
AND THESE PROJECTS.
THAT WILL BE ADDED TO THE BASE
LEVEL FUNDING COMING FROM THE
SHORT-TERM RENTAL PACK PUSHING
THE FUNDING FOR UDI NORTH OF 20
MILLION NOW.
VERY SIGNIFICANT AND VERY
IMPORTANTLY ONGOING
INFORMATION.
AND THE REMAINDER, THAT WAS
CALLED OUT THIS MORNING FROM
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING GOES
TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PARTICULARLY PROJECTS THAT ARE
FOCUSED ON DISPLACEMENT.
STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES TO
ACQUIRE LAND AND POTENTIALLY
BUILD PROJECTS THAT CAN
MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF
DISPLACEMENTS IN COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR CONSISTENT WITH WHAT IS
THE GOAL OF THE STRATEGIC
INVESTMENT FUND.
WE ARE FINDING A WAY TO MAKE
THIS ONGOING PROGRAM AND TO
STREAM LINE IT SOMEWHAT BY
PLACING IT IN THE TWO
DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE CORRESPOND
TO THE PRINCIPLE AND THE
FUNDING TARGETS.
THAT IS THE BUDGET BACKGROUND.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE
COMMENTS AS TO WHERE THINGS ARE
NOW.
>> I DO.
AND I WOULD ALSO THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT TO NOTE.
AS YOU MADE REFERENCE TO CLOSE
$20 MILLION WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT THE 2022 ALLOCATION SEP
DOLLARS, WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSION
INTERNALLY IN THE OFFICE AROUND
IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK
AT THE TIER TWO APPLICANTS THAT
WERE IDENTIFIED IN BOTH THIS
YEAR'S BDI PROCESS AND AS WELL
AS THIS YEAR'S STRATEGIC
INVESTMENT FUND PROCESS.
AND IN CONTEMPLATING A ONE R P
IN 2022, COULD OUR PRIMARY
OUTREACH BE THOSE TWO TIER
APPLICANTS.
WE CAN'T GET AHEAD OF THE
COMMUNITY HOWEVER WE COULD
ESTABLISH A NEW PROCESS NEXT
YEAR AND I THINK THERE'S SOME
THOUGHT THAT WE NEED TO PUT
INTO THAT SINCE WE HAVE TWO
BODIES MAKING DECISIONS THIS
YEAR.
THE STRATEGIC INVESTMENT FUND
AND THE ADVISORY FORCE AND WHAT
IS THE RELATIONSHIP WE WANT TO
SET UP NEXT YEAR.
WE NEED TO HEAR FROM THE
COMMUNITY TO GET THEIR INPUT
BEFORE WE MAKE ANY DECISION IN
THAT REALM BUT I KNOW THERE WAS
SUPPORT AROUND COGNITIVE
SUPPORT FOR THE TIER TWO
APPLICANTS.
THE STATUS THAT YOU ALL KNOW
AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
I SHOULD SAY THANK YOU TO THE
CAG, TO THE EDI ADVISORY BOARD
AND TO STAFF AND TO COUNCIL,
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AT LEAST 13
PROJECT AWARD RELATED TO THE
SEP STRATEGIC FUNDS AND WILL
ANNOUNCE THEM ON A ROLLING
BASIS AS CONTRACTS ARE IN PLACE
SO WE DON'T COMPLICATE OR MAKE
PROBLEMATIC THE CURRENT REAL
ESTATE NEGOTIATIONS UNDER WAY.
AND I THANK YOU, OF COURSE, TO
ALL OF YOU AS THE PASSING OF
THE LEGISLATION THIS WEEK SO
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND I THINK THAT COVERS MY
REMARKS.
>> AT THE END, WE CAN MOVE TO
THE NEXT SLIDE.
>> ALL RIGHT, MY SLIDE IS
FAIRLY EASY.
A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE
ARE AT TO THE EQUITABLE AN
COMMUNITY TASK FORCE.
I THINK ALL OF YOU KNOW BETWEEN
THE COMMUNITY LEADERS MEETING
FROM OCTOBER TO JUNE.
DEVELOPED THEIR RECOMMENDATION
AND THE AREA OF SMALL BUSINESS
EDUCATION AND HEALTH AND
HOUSING.
AND THE 2021 BUDGET AND
INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY 30
MILLION FOR THESE ENDEAVORS AND
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED 2022
BUDGET INCLUDES ANOTHER 30
MILLION AND ONGOING INVESTMENT
THAT WILL GO THROUGH
DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO
IMPLEMENT THE TASK FORCE
RECOMMENDATION.
>> WHERE IS IT AT?
LET'S GO GET IT.
>> PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> SO THE STATUS UPDATE IS THE
DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING WITH
THEIR TASK FORCE MEMBERS THAT
MADE THAT PARTICULAR
RECOMMENDATION TO EITHER PUT
OUT AN RS P AND ADD FUNDING TO
EXISTING CONTRACTS OR IN SOME
CASES HIRE A CONSULTANT TO DO
MORE RESEARCH.
THAT IS MY UPDATE.
>> OKAY.
SORRY I CAN'T KEEP SMILING FROM
THAT.
INTERFERENCE.
I'M TONYA KIM ACTING DIRECTOR
OF THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT AND I'M JOINED TODAY
BY MY COLLEAGUE, WITH MY
COLLEAGUE, REX BROWN THAT IS
THE LEADER OF OUR NEW DIVISION
SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES
AND I WILL HAVE HIM PRESENT ON
THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES BUT
WANTED TO REMIND THE PUBLIC OF
OUR NEW DIVISION AS A REMINDER
THE SAFE ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY
WAS CORRECTED IN RESPONSE TO
THE FRAMEWORK THAT MICHAEL HAS
ALREADY DESCRIBED THE 2020
BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST AND,
OF COURSE, THE WORK DONE BEFORE
THAT AS WELL.
AND ENSUING COMMUNITY ADVOCACY
EFFORTS THAT URGE THE CITY TO
FOCUS ON BLACK INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE OF COLOR AND SHIFT
SAFETY INVESTMENTS INTO
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
WE ALL AGREE THAT PEOPLE THRIVE
WHEN THEIR LIVES ARE FREE FROM
VIOLENCE.
AT THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT THROUGH THIS
DIVISION WE ARE INVESTING IN
VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND
COMMUNITY SAFETY.
OUR MAYOR'S OFFICE ON SEXUAL
VIOLENCE WHICH IS OUR GENDER
VIOLENCE GROUP AND CRIME
SURVIVER SERVICES WITH TWO
UNIQUE TEAMS INSIDE OF THAT.
CRIME VICTIM ADVOCATES AND
VICTIM SUPPORT TEAMS.
ANDLY HAVE REX TALK ABOUT THESE
IN MORE DETAIL WHAT OCCURRED
2021 AND WHAT IS AHEAD IN 2022.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> MY NAME IS REX BROWN AND WE
HAVE A NUMBER OF
ACCOMPLISHMENTS ALREADY FROM
2021.
AND THE FIRST OF WHICH BEING AS
PART OF THE COMMUNITY WORK
GROUP HSD HIRED ITS FIRST
DIRECTOR OF THE SAFETY
COMMUNITY DIVISION AND YES,
THAT'S ME.
THE VICTIM ADVOCACY WORK WAS %
MOVED OUT OF THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO FORM A NEW UNIT
CRIME SURVIVAL SERVICES WITH
HSD SAFE AND THRIVING
COMMUNITIES DIVISION.
HSD IN INVESTED THE $10.4
MILLION AS COMMUNITY INPUT
CONSISTENT FOR COMMUNITY
SAFETY.
IN THIS RS THERE WERE 78
APPLICATIONS AND 33 APPLICANTS
WERE RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING.
BY THE WAY, HALF OF -- 17, MORE
THAN HALF ARE AWARDED THE FIRST
TIME AWARDEES THAT ALIGNS WITH
THE DESIGN AND INTENT OF THE RS
P TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY LED
SOLUTIONINGS ALLOWING COMMUNITY
AGENCIES FOR INVESTMENT.
IN GENERAL THEY ARE PROVIDING
SERVICES TO INCLUDE ACTIVATING
STRATEGIES AND DE-ESCALATION
REPORTS IN RESPONSE TO SHOTS
FIRED AND CHASE MANAGEMENT AND
CRIMINAL LEGAL SERVICES AND
FAMILY SUPPORT TO PREVENT YOUTH
FROM ENTERING THE LEGAL SYSTEM
IN THE FIRST PLACE AND TO
SUPPORT END BASED VIOLENCE.
HSD HAS INVESTED $500,000 IN
THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL PEACE
KEEPER COLLECTIVE PILOT
PROGRAMING TO INCREASE
AWARENESS AND GUN VIOLENCE.
STC ISSUED A $300,000 R SP TO
REDUCE VIOLENCE TOWARDS THE
ASIAN AMERICAN AND SPECIFIC
ISLANDER COMMUNITY AND EIGHT
CONTRACTS CURRENTLY BEING
EXECUTED BY HSD.
THE 2021, $600,000 FOR GENDER
BASE VIOLENCE RESPONSE SERVICES
WAS IMPROVED AND WE HAVE
PROCEEDED WITH CONTRACTING OUT
AGENDA BASED VIOLENCE CLIPPER
FUND.
COUNSEL AND MAYOR'S OFFICE.
APPROVED, THANK YOU THE $1.5
MILLION FOR REENTRY PROGRAMMING
BASED ON THE EQUITABLE
COMMUNITY INITIATIVE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
STC IS ON TRACK FOR AN 2021RS P
AND WE ANTICIPATE EIGHT
CONTRACTS WITH MAXIMUM AWARD
AMOUNTS OF 225 TO $250,000.
ALSO, THE LEAD CONTRACT HAS
TRANSTERRED TO STC TO INCLUDE
AN ADDITIONAL $3 MILLION AS
BEING FINALIZED.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO WAYS 2022 LOOK LIKE?
WELL OUR PRIORITIES WERE ON THE
RACIAL JUSTICE STAFF TEAM
PARTICIPATING IN A SERIES OF
MEETINGS WITH HSD EXECUTIVE
TEAM WITH MORE THAN 2025 BUDGET
PROPOSALS FROM HS D WAS
REVIEWED.
ADDITIONALLY HSD ENGAGED IN
FEEDBACK AND IDENTIFIED IT.
AFTER COMPLETING ANALYSIS AND
ANY SUBSEQUENT TO ENGAGEMENT
WORK THE DIVISION UTILIZED THE
DATA TO INFORM THE
PRIORITIZATION OF THE 2022
BUDGET REQUEST THAT WERE
SUBMITTED TO THE EXECUTIVE TEAM
FOR REVIEW.
THE PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED FOR
SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES
ARE AS FOLLOWS, THE 2022 BUDGET
PRIORITIZES THE MAYOR'S 2021
INVESTMENT AND OF $10 MILLION
AND COMMUNITY SAFETY CHRISTMAS
BUILDING TO CONTINUE THROUGH
2022 AS ASSOCIATED STAFFING FOR
DEPARTMENT SAFE AND THRIVING
COMMUNITIES.
THAT'S ONGOING.
$1.5 MILLION FOR THE PUBLIC
HEALTH, SEATTLEKI COUNTY
REGIONAL PEACE KEEPERS
COLLECTIVE.
ONE MILLION TO SUPPORT VICTIMS
OF JIM BASED VIOLENCE AND THE
ADDITION OF TWO VICTIM
ADVOCATES.
400 THAT YOU SAID ADDRESSING
ANTI AGING HATE CRIMES AND
$300,000 FOR SERVICES TOWARDS
AMERICAN, INDIAN, LATIN
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
IN ADDITION MUCH OF THE WORK IS
GOING ON NOW AND BEGINNING OF
DISCUSSIONS WITH RELATIONSHIP
TO THE STC AND OFFICE OF CITY
AUDITORS.
WE ARE PARTNERING TO PRODUCE A
REPORT BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS
FROM THE OCA'S 2015 SUPPORT ON
STREET OUTREACH.
THIS WILL INFORM HSD'S WORK
WITH SAFETY AWARD CREASE FOR
EXTERNAL EVALUATION EFFORT OF
THAT IMPLEMENT IN 2022.
THIS INCLUDES THIS SLIDE.
AND I'D LIKE TO RETURN TO THE
FACILITATOR.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I CAN JUMP IN DEPUTY MAYOR
WASHINGTON.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
WE HAVE INTERIM DIRECTOR CHRIS
LUMPBART FOR THE COMMUNITY
SAFETY SAFETY.
NEW DEPARTMENT AND WE HAVE
CHIEF HERALD SCOTT FROM THE
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
BOTH WHO HAVE BEEN INTEGRAL IN
AN ALTERNATE 911 RESPONSE MODEL
THAT WE INCLUDE IN THE SEATTLE
FIRE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET.
WE'RE QUITE EXCITED ABOUT THE
PILOT THAT WE ARE HOPING TO
OPERATIONIZE AT THE BEGINNING
OF 2022.
I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT TO
CHIEF SCROGGINS TO DISCUSS THE
RESPONSE MODEL AND HOW IT FITS
INTO HIS UNIT.
CHIEF.
>> SURE.
THANK YOU, JULIE AND THE
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR
ALLOWING US TIME TO TALK IT
THROUGH WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT
HERE.
WHAT WE SIZE A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE IN NEED.
BUT WE NEED TO TAKE THE TIME TO
SEE WHAT THEY NEED.
THE CALLS COME THROUGH THE 911
DISPATCH CENTER AND CHIEF
LOMBARD WILL TALK ABOUT AND THE
PROTOCOL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THESE ARE NOT PEOPLE
CALLING FOR A MEDICAL RESPONSE
OR ANY TYPE OF CRITICAL
EMERGENCY LIKE THAT.
THESE ARE THE WELFARE CHECK
CALLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT MAY NOT SOUND LIKE A LOT BUT
THIS EQUALS ALMOST 7000 TIMES A
YEAR AND MAYBE A BIT MORE, JUST
OVER 4100 CALLS ANGELLY AND
2800 WELFARE CHECKS ANNUALLY
AND A FEW OTHERS THAT CAN BE
ADDED IN THERE AS THE MODEL
UNFOLDS.
THEY ARE NOT THE MEDICAL
EMERGENCIES OR ACUTITY
EMERGENCIES.
WE HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO TALK
TO OUR PIERCE AND TALK TO
WASHINGTON D.C. AND TO SEATTLE
AND OREGON AND TO TALK TO OR
STUDY WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
AND SO THAT LED TO OUR THOUGHT
PROCESS IN COMING UP WITH WHAT
WE THINK IS APPROACH FOR
HELPING YOU US THROUGH THIS
CHALLENGE IS THAT IN FRONT OF
US.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE WOULD LIKE
TO DO IS HAVE PEOPLE ON THE
GROUND TO HAVE A CONVERSATION
AND BUILD A RELATIONSHIP AND TO
OFFER REFERRALS TO OFFER
SHELTER AND TO OFFER -- GET IN
THE NAVIGATION PROCESS AND THEY
CAN GET HELP IN CONNECTING THEM
WITH PROVIDERS.
AND THESE ARE NOT THOSE 911
EMERGENCIES OR LOW ACUITY
EMERGENCIES WHERE WE NEED THAT
TYPE OF RESOURCE TO PU THESE
ARE 7000 OTHER CALLS THAT COME
IN THE SYSTEM PRETTY
CONSISTENTLY.
WE ARE IN THE DESIGN PROCESS
AND CHIEF LOMBARD WILL TALK
ABOUT THE PROTOCOLS THAT GOES
HAND IN HAND TO WHAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT AND I WILL PASS
IT TO CHIEF LOMBARD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THERE IS SOME DISCUSSION WITH
COUNCIL AS FAR AS THE WISE THE
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT
LAUNCHING THIS UNIT.
WE ARE SIX MONTHS AWAY TO
CONSIDERING DOING THIS.
WE HIRED OUR FIRST HR DIRECTOR
AND STILL TRYING TO -- STILL
OUTSOURCING THE PAYROLL AND
ADDITIONAL HR.
AND WE DON'T HAVE A FLEET
MANAGER AND KNOWING HOW
IMPORTANT THIS IS TO US AND
IMPORTANT THIS IS TO COUNCIL,
WE WOULD NOT EVEN BEGIN THIS
INITIATIVE FOR NO LESS THAN SIX
TO NINE MONTHS AWAY AND IT
WOULD STILL TAKE TIME STARTING
AT THAT POINT.
THIS IS WHY MANY OF YOU
RECEIVED A LETTER FROM JOINTLY
AUTHORED FROM CHIEF SCROG GIRNS
AND MYSELF POINTING OUT THE
FACTS IF WE WANT TO GET IT
GOING THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO
LAUNCH IT.
SO CHIEF SCROGGINS PORTS ON THE
PROTOCOL SYSTEM, ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE FOUND SO FAR
THIS YEAR IN ANALYZING HOW THE
CALLS ARE SCREENED AND TRIAGED.
THERE'S SOME CONSISTENCIES AND
THIS HAS TO TO WITH JUST THE
TURNOVER DISPATCHERS AND HOW
OFTEN AND HOW FAST WE CAN TRAIN
THEM AND THE FACT THAT WHEN
BEAM ARE CALLING 911 THEY ARE
NOT CONSISTENT SAYING I'M A 40-
YEAR-OLD MALE HAVING CHEST
PAIN.
THEY ARE TRAUMATIZED AND
UNFAMILIAR WITH WHAT IS GOING
ON.
IT MAKES FOR DIFFICULT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS BETWEEN
OUR CALL TAKER.
THE HOLE IS THAT WITH THE
PROTOCOL SYSTEM THAT YOU
AUTHORs IN THE Q2 SUPPLEMENTAL
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
THAT.
WE HAVE FOUND A PROTOCOL
AGAINST ALL DISPATCHERS TO
ALLOW US TO DO EXHIBIT
QUESTIONING AND TO WIDE OUT
WHAT IS NOT MEDICAL.
A FIRE DEPARTMENT CALL AND WEED
OUT AN SPD ISSUE.
CRIMINAL IN NATURE AND IDENTIFY
THAT CATEGORY IN BETWEEN.
THE DEEP THAT CHIEF SCROGGINS
JUST REFERRED TO AND SO ALL
DISPATCHERS CAN ASK THE SAME
KIND OF QUESTIONING AND WE
BELIEVE IT WILL HELP THE BIAS
FOR SCREENING AND IMPROVE THE
CONSISTENCY.
SO THE FACT IS THAT CHIEF
SCROGGINS OR JULIE?
>> YES.
I WILL JUST ADD.
AS WE DESIGN THIS, YOU KNOW WE
ARE GOING TO TURN TO WHAT I
WOULD CALL OUR REGIONAL EXPERT
IN JOHN AIRENFIELD AS WE PUT
THE DESIGN FOR THIS PROGRAM TO
COME TOGETHER THAT IS A GOOD
PLACE TO START BECAUSE IT IS
TIED IN WITH OUR EMOTIONAL
HEALTH UNIT.
OUR HIGH EQUALIZER INDIVIDUAL
AND FACILITY PROGRAM AND HEALTH
ONE PROGRAM AND THERE'S CASE
MANAGER SIDE AND JOHN AND HIS
TEAM ARE TIED TO PUBLIC
PARTNERS AROUND THE COMMUNITY
SO THEY WILL BE WORKING TO
REDUCE DUPLICATION OF OTHER
SERVICES OFFERED.
THAT'S ANOTHER KEY WE ARE
FOCUSING ON.
I WILL STOP THERE AND HAND IT
BACK TO JULIE.
>> THANKS, CHIEF AND DIRECTOR
LOMBARD.
THE MAYOR'S 2022 PROPOSED
BUDGET INCLUDES OVER $2 MILLION
FOR THIS NEW PROGRAM.
AND WE WILL BE THE NEXT
ADMINISTRATION CAN BE POISED TO
DECIDE ONCE THIS IS UP AND
RUNNING AND SEE HOW THIS IS
WORKING AND THE NUMBER OF CALLS
WHETHER OR NOT EXPANSION IS
WARRANTED AND HOW QUICKLY THAT
CAN HAPPEN IN 2022.
>> OKAY.
>> NEXT SLIDE.
SOME OTHER ADDITIONAL, NOTABLE
INVESTMENTS FOR THE MAYOR'S
2022 BUDGET IN THE POLICE AND
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM FOR
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT THERE
IS ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN 2022
FOR A CASE MANAGER AND SEAT
COMMUNITY COURT THAT IS A
DIVERSION COURT.
AND THERE IS SOME FUNDING
SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED FOR THE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION
PROCESS DIVERSIONARY PROGRAM AS
WELL.
I WOULD ADD THIS IS NOT
ADDITIONAL OR NEW MONEY.
THIS IS MONEY FROM THE HUMAN
SERVICES DIVISION SORT OF POT
OF MONEY FOR THESE TYPES OF
PROGRAMS THAT WERE SPECIFICALLY
DIRECTING TOWARDS THE DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROCESS
AND DOUBLE THE CURRENT FUNDING
TO SUBSIDIZE ELECTRIC HOME
MONITORING FOR PRESENTENCE AND
WE CAN TRY TO KEEP AS MANY
FOLKS OUT OF JAIL AS POSSIBLE.
FOR THE CITY'S ATTORNEY 1.5
FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES ARE BEING
ADD FOR $252,000 FOR DIVERSION
FOR YOUNG ADULTS AND ADDING
ADDITIONAL 145,000 IN 2022 FOR
THE FIREARMS SURRENDER PROJECT
WITH THE INCREASE IN GUN CRIMES
AND GUN VIOLENCE.
WE FELT THAT WAS A WORTHWHILE
AND WORTHY INCREASE INVESTMENT
THERE.
SPECIFIC TO THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
THE 2022 BUDGET OF MAYOR DURKAN
PROVIDES DECISION SERVICE
UNITS, UNSWORN SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES WHO ARE
KEY IN THE COMMUNITY
INTERACTION AND THE COMMUNITY
PHASE FOR THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
AND WE ARE ALSO INCLUDING MONEY
FOR VIDEO ANALYSTS FOR POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY TO GIVE THEM
ADDITIONAL CAPACITY AND
ADDITIONAL ABILITY TO ASSESS
VIDEO.
A HUGE AMOUNT OF VIDEO THAT
OFFICE OF THE POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY HAVE TO GO
THROUGH AND ANALYZE AND SLICE
TOWNSHIP USABLE SECTIONS
INCLUDING BODY WORN VIDEO AND
POLICE OFFICER DASHCAM VIDEO.
THERE'S ALSO INCLUDED SOME
FUNDING FOR HIRING BONUSES TO
ASSIST WITH RECRUITMENT OF
ADDITIONAL OFFICERS AS I'M SURE
YOU ARE ALL AWARE I HAVE
PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL BEFORE
WE ARE IN A SWORN STAFFING
CRISIS AND THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
AND IN ORDER TO GET UP TO
MINIMUM STAFFING LEVELS TO BE
DILIGENT AND THOUGHTFUL AND
DELIBERATE ABOUT HIRING AND
RECRUITING AND MOST OF THE
JURISDICTION AROUND SEATTLE AND
WASHINGTON STATE, THE LARGE
ONES OFFERS THESE HIRING
BONUSES.
NECESSARY FOR US TO STAY
COMPETITIVE FOR THE BEST
CANDIDATES.
AND ALL OF THOSE ITEMS TOGETHER
TOTAL AND SOME ADDITIONAL AD
HOC ITEMS THE MAYOR'S BUDGET
INCREASES THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT 2022 BUDGET BY
$248,000.
>> WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN
ENTIRE SESSION TO THE LAST HALF
OF THIS SESSION FOCUSED ON SPD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YES.
>> THERE IS ANOTHER WHOLE
PRESENTATION ON THAT SO PLEASE
NOTE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON
SPD PLEASE HOLD THOSE SPECIFIC
TO THE DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURES
FOR THE UPCOMING PRESENTATION
THAT WE WILL START IN 45
MINUTES.
>> THESE WERE MEANT TO GIVE
EVERYONE A SAMPLING OF THE
RANGE OF ITEMS IN THE MAYOR'S
BUDGET.
THANK YOU.
ANY CLOSING WORDS?
>> I SEE NONE.
I DO WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO
THE CHAIR PUBLIC --
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND VICE
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE AND FOR
A REMINDER FOR TODAY'S
DISCUSSION THE LADDER HALF WILL
BE FOCUSED ON SPD AND WE WILL
TAKE COMMENTS ON THE COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND WE KNOW THERE IS A
LOFT OBVIOUSL MEMBERS THAT
CREATE SOME OF THESE
ALTERNATIVE FUNDING STRATEGIES
AND THE ALTERNATIVE SERVICE
STRATEGIES AND COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD APPRECIATE YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON THE EFFORTS.
FOCUS ON COMMUNITY SAFETY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I AM WONDERING.
THIS MAY NOT BE A PROBLEM FOR
ANYBODY ELSE BUT ME.
COULD WE MAYBE THINK ABOUT
QUESTIONS ACCORDING TO THE
SECTIONS THAT WERE -- CAN WE DO
THE BUDGET QUESTIONS FIRST AND
THE STRATEGIC FUND NEXT.
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT IS GOING
TO BE GOING ALL OF THE PLACE.
AND I WON'T BE ABLE TO KEEP
TRACK OF THE QUESTIONS I WANT
TO ASK.
>> THAT'S A GREAT THING.
WHY DON'T YOU KICK US OFF.
>> THE PARTICIPATORY PROCESS.
THAT IS IN COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES' WHEELHOUSE.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC
COMMENTS ABOUT THAT.
>> AND MADAM -- COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES YOU ARE ON MUTE AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD IF YOU
WANTED ANY COMMENTS YOU ARE
WELCOME TO DO THAT AT THIS
TIME.
>> I DO.
I I HAVE COMMENTS ON THE HSD
SAFETY AND THRIVING DIVISION
AND RESPONSE MODELS SOME
QUESTIONS.
AND I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD
INDICATE AND IN CASE THERE WERE
QUESTIONS ON THE THREE BULLETS,
ALL THREE OF THEM ARE IN
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES'
WHEELHOUSE.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, PLEASE
TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU.
WELL, I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS.
I FEEL I LIVE AND BREATHE PB
RIGHT NOW BUT I WANT TO GIVE MY
GRATITUDE TO THE STAFF AT OCH
THAT HAVE TAKEN GREAT PAINS TO
MAKE SURE THEY ARE ENGAGING
WITH COMMUNITY AND WITH FOLKS
THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THE
PROCESS.
MAYBE NOT SO INTERESTED BUT
WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT
THIS PROCESS IS INTENDED TO BE.
THEY ARE BEING DELIBERATE AND
INTENTIONAL ABOUT REACHING OUT
TO FOLKS TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT
THERE IS A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING
AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY ARE
TURNING A COMMUNITY DEMAND AS
DIRECTOR LOCKHART SAID TO AXLE
PROCESS THAT CITY WILL BENEFIT
FROM IN THE FUTURE.
SO I AM GLAD TO HEAR THAT STAFF
IS ENGAGED AND AND FOLKS COMING
ON BOARD AT THE END OF OCTOBER
AND I WANT TO APPRECIATE THE
ACKNOWLEDGMENT FROM THE
EXECUTIVE OFFICE THAT THIS
SHOULD BE A PART OF THE REGULAR
BUDGETING PROCESS FOR NOW ON.
WE ARE TRYING TO GROW THIS AND
I AM THINKING OF THIS FIRST
YEAR AS SORT OF TEST CASE TO
SEE WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T
WORK AND HOW WE DO THE PROCESS
AND I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE
PROCESS AND LOOK FORWARD TO
INCORPORATING THIS AS A REGULAR
WAY OF DOING BUSINESS SO WE CAN
SHARE POWER AND DECISION MAKING
WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
PROCESS.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, I JUST
WANT TO PAUSE WITH THE
ORIENTATION THAT YOU GAVE.
I SAW A HAND FROM COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
WANT TO MAKE SURE YOUR HAND WAS
NOT RELATED TO THESE FIRST
THREE BULLETS AND IF SO WE WILL
PUT YOU IN THE CUE FOR THE NEXT
ITEM.
>> I'M FOR THE NEXT ITEM MADAM
CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> ALL RIGHT.
GREAT.
AS FAR AS FRAMING REMARKS AND I
WILL HAVE QUESTIONS AS WELL AS
THE SPD BUT FIRST OFF I WANT TO
APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE
DEPARTMENT IN CONCEIVING OF AND
SETTING UP THIS NEW FAITH AND
THRIVING COMMUNITY DIVISION IN
RESPONSE TO THE NEED TO IMPROVE
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND THRILLED
THAT WE HAVE DIVISION DIRECTOR
REX BROWN ON BOARD AND THANKS
TO THE STAFF FOR YOUR COMMENTS
ON THIS SHORT PERIOD OF TIME
AND APPRECIATE HEARING
INSPECTOR BROWN ABOUT THE FACT
THAT LEAD FUNDING, THE
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR 2021 IS
IMMINENT.
AND THE AMENDMENT IS UNDER WAY
AND IT IS GREAT TO HEAR THAT.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS
RELATED TO THIS PARTICULAR
DIVISION.
AND I THINK WE WILL GET, IF IT
IS OKAY WITH YOU, WE WILL GET
THE QUESTIONS I HAVE AND WE
WILL MOVE ON, IS THAT OKAY?
>> THAT'S GREAT.
>> WE HAVE HEARD OBVIOUSLY FROM
CENTRAL STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY
SAFETY INITIATIVE.
$4 MILLION THAT COUNCIL
PROVIDED IN 2020 TO ESTABLISH
AND OPERATE THE SAFETY HUB IN
SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHICAL AREA AND
FUNDING WAS CARRIED FORWARD TO
2021 BECAUSE IT WAS NOT SPENT
IN 2020 AND CURRENTLY
SUPPORTING THE HUB.
WE HAVE INFORMED YESTERDAY AND
I WAS HEARING THAT WE COULDN'T
FIND IT IN THE BUDGET AND WE
BELIEVE IT WAS IN THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET AND I LEARNED
THAT IS NOT THE CASE AND
LOOKING TO SIGNAL MY BELIEF
THAT REALLY HIGH PRIORITY FOR
ME AND HOPEFULLY FOR MY
COLLEAGUES ON THE 2021 BUDGET.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND
APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE
FUNDING AND MAYOR'S PROPOSED
BUDGET FOR THE ONE CALL PILOT
THAT WAS ONGOING PILOT CRISIS
CONNECTION.
AGAIN.
IT IS REALLY CRITICAL TO
REIMAGINING COMMUNITY SAFETY
WORK AND THEN FOR FOLKS THAT
DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, IT IS
A DEDICATED LINE FOR THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT AND OTHER EMERGENCY
MEDICAL RESPONDERS FOR MEDICAL
ALERT CRISIS.
FOR SOMEBODY FOR THE FIRST
RESPONDERS TO CALL AND TO GET
REFERRALS, SAY, A POLICE
OFFICER CALLS THE ONE CALL
PILOT, WHEN THEY ARRIVE ON THE
SCENE AND CAN BE CONNECTED WITH
THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EXPERT
AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE AROUND
THAT PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL'S
NEED.
IT IS IMPORTANT EFFORT.
AND ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL YEAR
AS THE PILOT FOR THEIR
EVALUATION.
SO REALLY PAYS THAT IS
INCLUDED.
AND LASTLY I WANT TO MAKE NOTE
THAT THERE IS AN IMPORTANT
PRIORITY FOR ME AND THIS
COUNCIL, WE HAVE ON TWO
CONSECUTIVE YEARS.
WELL, I THINK IT WAS ACTUALLY
IN TWO YEARS OVER A THREE-YEAR
PERIOD OF TIME MAYBE, EXPRESSED
OUR INTENTION TO FUND LEAD TO
SCALE.
WE HAVE PASSED LEGISLATIVE
INTENT AND FUNDING IN THE 2021
BUDGET WAS ABOUT $6 MILLION AND
WE ADDED 3 MILLION.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ADDED
THREE MILLION EARLIER.
AND LAST FRIDAY MY SAFETY
SERVICES COMMITTEE HEARD A
PRESENTATION ON THE STUDY THAT
WAS REQUESTED BY A STATEMENT OF
INTENT AND WHAT IT WOULD TAKE
TO FUND THE LEAGUE EXCEPT WHAT
ARE CALLED VERY QUALIFYING
REFERRALS.
AND WHAT THE FUNDING WOULD NEED
TO GET TO SCALE BY 2023 AND HOW
CLOSE TO THIS COMMITMENT IN
2019 WHEN WE PASS REVOLUTION
31916.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
CONVERSATIONS BY COLLEAGUES ON
THE RIGHT WAY TO SCALE AND
LATER IN THE BUDGET CYCLE IN
2023 BUT FOR RIGHT NOW MY
QUESTION IS HOW MUCH BUDGET IS
PROPOSED FOR THE 2023 BUDGET?
>> DIRECTOR NOBLE I SAW YOUR
HAND.
I THOUGHT YOU HAD A
CLARIFICATION.
BUT LET'S TAKE THE LEAD ANSWER
FIRST.
>>LET NOT ALL SPEAK AT ONCE.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF HE DOES.
WE CAN RETURN WITH DETAIL.
>> IT IS THE BASE BUDGET WITH
THE AWI.
>> I WILL TRY TO GET THAT FOR
YOU.
>> SO NO INCREASE OVER WHAT WAS
APPROVED LAST FALL FOR 2021.
>> CORRECT.
>> OKAY.
AND WE WILL CHECK BECAUSE WE
WANT TO BE SURE GO AHEAD.
>> 6.3 MILLION, OUR FINANCE
PEOPLE ARE LISTENING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> DIRECTOR NOBLE DID YOU HAVE
SOMETHING TO SAY.
>> YES.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD IS
POINTING THIS OUT.
BUT THIS WAS AN OVERSIGHT AND
NOT A CONSCIOUS CHOICE.
WE HAVE A PATH GIVEN THE AMOUNT
OF FUNDING AND ADDITIONAL
FUNDING PROVIDED A LITTLE BIT
OF RESERVE THAT WE'RE HOLDING I
BELIEVE WE HAVE A PATH FORWARD
TO FUND THAT AND WE WILL
PROVIDE TO IT CENTRAL STAFF AND
CORRECTIONS TO THE BUDGET.
AND THAT WAS NOT INTENDED.
THERE IS A LOT FOR THE BUDGET.
AND AGAIN I THINK WE HAVE A A
PATH FORWARD.
>> APPRECIATE IT.
>> ALLEY, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING
TO ADD?
>> I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT WE THOUGHT WE HAD CORRECT
INFORMATION AND I APOLOGIZE AND
SENT IT OUT TO EVERYONE AND
CLARIFIED IT.
AND ALL OF COMMITTEE WITH
OPTIONS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD MORE
COMMENTS ON THAT ITEM FROM YOU?
OKAY.
COLLEAGUES ANY THING
ADDITIONAL.
WOULD YOU MIND PUTTING UP SLIDE
NUMBER ONE, ONE MORE TIME?
>> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS.
THRIVING SAFE COMMUNITIES AND A
FULL PAGE ON SLIDE NUMBER SIX,
ANY DECISION COMMENTS ON
THRIVING SAFETY COMMUNITIES?
>> PATTY, WOULD YOU MIND GOING
TO SLIDE NUMBER NINE.
SLIDE NUMBER NINE THAT IS THE
ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE MODEL AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD BACK TO
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK TO YOU INTERIM DIRECTOR
LOMBARD AND SCROGGINS FOR YOUR
WORK TO STAND UP THE COMMUNITY
CENTER AND APPRECIATE THAT
BUDGET DOCUMENTS SAYS THAT THE
DEPARTMENT ENVISION PROVIDES
COMMUNITY BASE SERVICES AND
SOLUTIONS TO COMMUNITY SAFETY
CHALLENGES AND WANT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT WHILE THE
DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY HOME TO
911 DISPATCH IT IS MY VISION
AND ONE THAT WE SHARE THAT THE
NEW DEFENDANT IS THE HOME OF
SOLUTIONS FOR COMMUNITY SAFETY
CHALLENGES.
I APPRECIATE HOW THAT IS BEST
TO WORK WITH THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT GIVEN SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES FOR SPD AND REALLY
HOPING THAT WE CAN CHART A PATH
TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR THE
HOME OF THE TRIAGE ONE RESPONSE
UNIT.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT IT WOULD
TAKE MORE TIME IF IT WAS
DEVELOPED OUT OF CSCC.
I HAD PREVIOUSLY A FEW WEEKS
AGO REQUESTED TWO DIFFERENT
TIMELINES.
A TIMELINE IS TRIAGE ONE IS
BEING STOOD UP AND A TIMELINE
FOR IFFIRE IS STANDING IT UP.
I BELIEVE WHAT CENTRAL STAFF
HEARD IT WON'T TAKE MORE TIME
BUT MORE RESOURCES FOR IT TO BE
STOOD UP BY CSCC BECAUSE OF
MANY OF THE THINGS THAT YOU
IDENTIFIED AROUND THE HUMAN
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE
IN PLACE OVER IN YOUR SHOP.
WANTING TO PROVIDE THAT FOR
SOME FRAMING AND GLAD WE ARE
ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE
MANY NEW PRO TO COM SYSTEMS AND
I HEAR FOLKS SAY SETTING UP THE
SYSTEM GOES WITH THE
DEVELOPMENT OF TRIAGE ONE BUT
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT NEW
PROTOCOL SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE IN
PLACE AND PEOPLE NEED TO BE
TRAINED ON IT BEFORE WE ARE
ABLE TO TRIAGE ONE.
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THE
COUNCIL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
WORK WITH YOU TO FUND THAT
ELEMENT SOONER.
THIS YEAR INSTEAD OF WAITING
FOR THE PASSAGE AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2022
BUDGET IN JANUARY.
A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, IF I
MAY.
BACK IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET WE
HAD ASKED A QUESTION AROUND
WHETHER OR NOT THERE WERE
BENEFITS OR COSTS OF MERGING
AND OR COLOCATING THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT, 911 CENTER AND THE
CSCC CALL CENTER.
AND THE EXECUTIVE RESPONSE
CONCLUDED THAT WOULD TAKE
ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY IN PUT AND
A MILLION DOLLAR ENDEAVOR AND
FURTHER NOTE THAT CONSOLIDATION
IS NOT FEASIBLE IN THE SHORT OR
IMMEDIATE TIME AND POSSIBLY ONE
LOCATION TO BE OUT OF SERVICE
FOR ANY REASON AND I AM JUST
WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT THE
BUDGET INCLUDES ANY FUNDING FOR
TECHNICAL AND OPERATION STUDY
FOR THE ANSWERS TO SOME OF
THESE QUESTIONS AND WHETHER OR
NOT SUCH A STUDY COULD INCLUDE
FURTHER EXPLORATION OF
INTEGRATION OF THE CALL CENTER.
THAT IS ONE QUESTION AND THEN
THE QUESTION I ASKED ABOUT THE
NICK, JR. BRIEFING RELATES TO
THE FACT THAT THERE WAS SOME
DISAGREEMENT FROM EXECUTIVE
ABOUT THE CONTENT OF THE NICK
JUNIOR CONCLUSION AND THERE WAS
A DESIRE OF THE EXECUTIVE TO
CHECK SOME OF THE NICK JUNIOR
ASSUMPTIONS AROUND CALL SITES
AND AGREEMENT THAT 28 CALL
SITES DID NOT NEED SPD RESPONSE
AND THERE WAS REFERENCE TO THE
FACT THAT IN I THINK THE TERM
WAS VERY NEAR TERM WE COULD
LOOK AT ALTERNATE FOR SP D FOR
THOSE CALL TIMES.
THAT IS CALLS FOR SERVICE AND
IT COUNTS FOR 23,000 SERVICE
HOURS BUT WHAT WE HAVE WITH
TRIAGE ONE IS A SMALL FRACTION
OF THOSE 142 SERVICE HOURS.
I AM JUST WONDERING TO
UNDERSTAND AGAIN CONSIDER THAT
THIS 12% WAS IDENTIFIED AS A --
THAT WE COULD IDENTIFY AN
ALTERNATIVE IN THE NEAR TERM
FOR THAT 12%, WHAT IS OUR PLAN
-- I THINK IT IS SIX TIMES THE
NUMBER OF SERVICE HOURS THAT
TRIAGE IS PLANNING ON TAKING
UP?
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER FOR
YOUR QUESTIONS AND YOUR
OBSERVATIONS ON THE GROWTH AND
THIS EXTENSION CENTER.
WE HAVE LEARNED PHENOMENAL
LESSONS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS
FROM THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
OF THE TRIAGE ONE SYSTEM, WHAT
IT TOOK TO GET IT OFF OF THE
GROUND AND WHAT MADE IT WORK
AND CLICK.
AND HOW IT HAS BEEN EXPANDING
AS YOU KNOW OR AS
COUNCILMEMBERS KNOW WE ARE
GETTING READY TO LAUNCH THE
THIRD OF THE HELP ONE UNITS
STARTING THIS FALL AND WHAT NOT
AND PHENOMENAL FEEDBACK AND
LESSONS LEARNED.
SO OUR APPROACH IS TO FOLLOW
THE SAME CALL, WALK, RUN TYPE
APPROACH.
WE AGREE THAT THERE WILL MOST
LIKELY BE MORE THAN THE
APPROXIMATELY 7000 CALLS
IDENTIFIED IN THE PERSON
DOWNTOWN IN THE WELFARE CHECKS.
BUT BEYOND THOSE TO RELATE TO
THE 91 CALLS FOR NICK JUNIOR
WORK, SOME WILL BE A LITTLE
MORE NUANCE AS FAR AS THE KIND
OF NEUTRAL AND KIND OF LIKE
MAYBE TRIAGE ONE IN POLICE, WE
FIGURE WITH THE 7000, THAT
THOSE WERE VERY CLEAR-CUT.
AND ONES THAT WE KNOW TODAY
WITH HIGH LEVELS OF CONFIDENCE
THAT FALL IN THIS MIDDLE
TERRITORY.
ANDEAN GOING BACK TO THE CRAWL
WALK RUN APPROACH, IN THE SCALE
ABILITY FOR GETTING THE PROGRAM
UP AND RUNNING AND BEING ABLE
TO IDENTIFY STUFF THAT WE KNOW
RIGHT NOW TODAY THAT WE COULD
START SENDING TRIAGE UNITS TO
GO INVESTIGATE AND THAT IS WHY
WE LIMITED IT TO THE TWO CALLS.
IT WAS NOT TO BE INCLUSIVE BUT
TO GET THE PROGRAM UP AND
RUNNING.
>> SO THIS $2,150,000, IS THAT
JUST FOR THE CRAWL COM POE
INCIDENT OR IS THAT FOR A
CRAWL, WALK, RUN OR SCALING
UNDER.
>> I WOULD SAY THAT IS THE
CRAWL WALK PORTION OF IT.
AS WE GET INTO A COUPLE OF
THESE UNITS OUT THERE AND THE
CRAWL WALK PORTION, WE WILL
LEARN EXPONENTIALLY WITH THE
TRIAGE AND THE HEALTH PROGRAM,
THE TWO MILLION WILL GET US THE
FIRST -- WE BUDGETED THE FIRST
THREE UNITS OUT THERE AND I
THINK BY THAT POINT WE WILL
DEFINITELY BE TRANSITIONING TO
THE RUNNING PHASE AND KEEP
USING THE ANALOGY TO IDENTIFY
THE CALLS WE HAVE AND WHAT MORE
CHRISTMAS THEY CAN TAKE AND
PAIR OFF THE ADDITIONAL CALL
TYPES.
THE PROTOCOL SYSTEM THAT WE
HAVE STARTED TO WORK ON IS AN
EXAMINATION OF THE DIFFERENT
CALL TYPES THAT SPD HAS WITHIN
THE CAD SYSTEM.
CURRENTLY THERE IS OVER 300
DIFFERENT CALL TYPES AND YOU
REFERENCED 98 OF THEM AND THIS
IS EXCESSIVE FOR WHAT OTHER
DEPARTMENTS IN THE REGION HAVE.
PART OF THE PROTOCOL SYSTEM
WOULD DO A DEEP SCRUB TO FIND
OUT HOW MANY OF THE DIFFERENT
TYPES THAT WE HAVE ARE
REDUNDANT AND HOW MANY ARE
NUANCES OF EACH OTHER AND WHAT
NOT.
>> WE GOT THE LIST.
THERE IS A LOT OF THEM.
IT IS 28 CALL TYPES.
THAT BOTH MICK, JR. AND THE
EXECUTIVE AGREE DON'T NEED
POLICE.
WE HAVE CENTRAL STAFF THAT HAVE
MADE A REQUEST FOR THE NAMES OF
THOSE 28 CALL TYPES.
JUST SO WE CAN BE A THE SAME
PAGE AND MY OTHER QUESTION WAS
ABOUT THE EFFICIENCIES,
LOCATING THEM, IS THERE ANY
RESOURCES TO STUDY THAT ISSUE?
>> I WILL DEFER TO DIRECTOR
NOBLE BUT I BELIEVE WE DID NOT
INCLUDE THAT.
LOOKING IN THE REGION, SOUTH
911 AND DOWN IN PIERCE COUNTY
JUST BUILT A BRAND NEW
FACILITY, $65 MILLION AND THEY
CONSOLIDATED SEVERAL OF THE
PSAPS.
WE KNEW NUMBERS TO ANY
CONSOLIDATION WOULD PUSH CLOSE
TO THE ONE HUNDRED MILLION
RANGE.
AND TAKEN I WILL DEFER TO
DIRECTOR NOBLE BUT I DON'T
BELIEVE WE HAD BUDGETED FOR A
STUDY ON THAT.
>> DIRECTOR NOBLE, DO YOU WANT
ME TO ADDRESS THAT?
>> PLEASE.
>> SO COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD,
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS SORT
AFTER PREREQUISITE IN OUR
DETERMINATION TO BEGIN SUCH A
STUDY WAS TO HAVE CSCC HAVE
THEIR FEET UNDER NEM BE STOOD
UP AND HAVE THEM OPERATIONAL AS
A SOLO UNIT FOR A WHILE TO MAKE
ASSESSMENT OPERATING ON BEST
FACTS SO WE UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE
DEPARTMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND
POTENTIALLY, IF THERE WAS
INTEREST THEN TALK ABOUT
FUNDING A STUDY FOR
CONSOLIDATION.
WE DIDN'T THING IT WAS A
RESPONSE MODEL THAT WAS SET UP
FOR THE PROTOCOL SYSTEM.
THAT WAS A REALISTIC THING FOR
2022 TO ESPECIALLY PUT IN THAT
THE BUDGET.
I THINK WE WANTED CSCC TO FIELD
THEMSELVES MORE AND BEFORE WE
TWO DOWN THAT ROAD.
I HOPE ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION
AND NOW THE 28 CALL TIMES.
THE CSCC AND THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT ARE GOING TO WORK
CLOSELY IN FIGURING OUT, YOU
ARE RIGHT, TRIAGE ONE IS A
SMALL PORTION OF THOSE
POTENTIALLY AND THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING
CURRENTLY AND I BELIEVE IN
THEIR PRESENTATION DR. FISH LER
BE ON AND CAN GIVE YOU MORE
DETAILS BUT DOING A RISK
TROPHY' TO FIGURE OUT OF THE 28
CALLS HOW WE USE THE NEW
PROTOCOL SYSTEM TO DRILL DOWN
AND IDENTIFY WHICH OF THE CALLS
DO NOT NEED A SWORN OFFICER.
THE NICK JUNIOR REPORT WAS THE
TEN THOUSAND FOOT INITIAL BLUSH
OF THE TYPES OF CALLS THAT WE
SHOULD BE LOOKING AT.
AND SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
HAS TAKEN THAT LIST AND RUNNING
WIT TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.
THAT IS GOING TO INVOLVE
SPEAKING WITH THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THERE ARE
STATUTES THAT LIM WHO CAN AND
CAN'T RESPOND TO CERTAIN TYPES
OF CALLS.
AND IT WILL TAKE US DELVING
INTO THE CALL TIMES.
DISTURBANCE, A LOT OF THEM
DON'T NEED A SWORN OFFICER TO
RESPOND AND A LOT OF THEM DO
AND WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW
TO PARSE OUT WHICH ONES ARE
WHICH TO IDENTIFY WHAT THIS
UNIVERSE IS BUT SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON THAT
WITH THE HELP OF CSC C AND THE
NEW PROTOCOL WILL BE HELPFUL.
IF YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS I
WOULD DEFER YOU TO DR. FISHER.
<< I SPOKE TO DR. FISHER
PERIODICALLY.
I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT
THERE IS A SET OF CALLS THAT
THERE IS AGREEMENT WITH NICK,
JR. THAT THEY WERE DOING THE
RISK ASSESSMENT ON AND I WAS
UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WAS
NOT THE CASE FOR THE 28 CALLS.
FOR THE 28 CALLS IT WAS WE
AGREE THOSE ARE CALLS THAT WE
WANT TO DO THE RISK ASSESSMENT
BECAUSE THE NICK JUNIOR
APPROACH DID NOT SAY 12% THAT
IS WHERE THERE IS AGREEMENT.
THE NICK JUNIOR REPORT SAYS 50%
OF CALLS AND SPD WAS LIKE I'M
NOT QUITE SURE THAT IS GOING TO
WORK.
I WILL DIRECT THOSE QUESTIONS
MORE TO DR. FICKER.
>> I THINK THIS IS A GOOD SIGN
FOR THE ISSUE THAT WILL COMING
UP.
OBVIOUSLY MEMBER LEWIS, YOU
HAVE YOUR HAND E YOUR HAND UP.
GO AHEAD.
I WOULD JUDGE ASK IF THESE ARE
CITY EMPLOYEES INSTEAD OF BEING
PROVIDER BASED LIKE STAR OR CA
HOOTS OR SOME OF THE OTHER
RESPONSE SYSTEMS.
AND I BRING THAT UP JUST
BECAUSE THE LOW ACUITY RESPONSE
THAT COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
I WERE IN CITED THAT THERE WERE
ADVANTAGES TO HAVING A NONUNION
FORMED RESPONSE THAT CAN HELP
PUT FOLKS MORE AT EASE WHEN
THEY RESPOND AND IT DOESN'T
FEEL AS SORT OF OFFICIAL AND
THAT CAN BE HELPFUL TO BE
RAPPORT WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE
RESISTANT.
AND LOOKING AT A WAY TO EMULATE
THAT KIND OF DIVISION AND IN
THE ALTERNATIVE IF WE COULD
HAVE ANOTHER CONTRACT TO
RESPOND TO GO INTO OUR
CORNUCOPIA OF RESPONSE OPTIONS
RESPONSE TO TREE AM ONE AND
PERHAPS AS WE CONTINUE TO DO
THE ANALYSIS THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD JUST DISCUSSED IN
REGARDS TO CONTINUING TO
ANALYZE DIFFERENT CALLS.
I WANTED TO THROW THOSE
QUESTIONS OUT AND TO SEE TO
WHAT EXTENT THIS IS CONSIDERED.
>> THANKS, IF CHIEF SCROGGINS
OR LOMBARD WANT TO WEIGH IN,
THAT IS GREAT.
WE ARE WORKING ON THE STAFFING
APPROACH FOR THE TRIAGE TEAM
WITH LABOR AND IMPORTANT THAT
WE WORK WITH LABOR ON IT AND
DEVELOPING WHO THE FOLKS ARE
THAT ARE GOING TO BE STAFFING
THE TRIAGE TEAM.
SO I'M -- WITHOUT -- I THINK
THERE IS A LOT MORE
NEGOTIATIONS THAT WE NEED TO
WORK CLOSELY ON WITH THE
DEVELOPMENT TEAMS AND I WILL
LEAVE IT AT THAT.
>> I THINK WE WERE LOOKING
REGARDLESS.
WHETHER IT IS -- DEPENDING ON
WHICH LABOR ORGANIZATIONS WE
WERE TRYING TO SHOOT FOR THEM
BEING CITY EMPLOYEES ONE WAY,
SHAPE, FORM OR ANOTHER.
TO YOUR POINT COUNCILMEMBER, WE
NOTICE THAT THE CA HOOTS
PROGRAM, THAT IS ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE HEARD AS WELL,
WHETHER IT WAS VOLUNTEER OR
WHETHER IT WAS CONTRACTING OUT
THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR THEM
TO MAINTAIN THE CONSISTENCY
THAT WE ARE HOPING FOR IN
SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH INTERIM
DIRECTOR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS
SLIDE.
WE ONLY HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE AND
WE ABOUT ON TIME AND WE HAVE 20
MINUTES TO THE REMAINING HOUR-
AND-A-HALF ABOUT SPD.
>> I THINK COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
POINT I WOULD LIKE A RESPONSE
THAT THESE ARE CITY EMPLOYEES
THEN I THINK THERE ARE BENEFITS
FOR THEM TO BE CITY BEES
BECAUSE OF THE STABILITY OF THE
WORK FORCE THAT CITY OF SEATTLE
CAN OFFER.
BUT WHAT I HEARD WHEN PEOPLE
SHOW UP IN UNIFORMS EVEN IF
THEY ARE NOT POLICE UNIFORMS,
THAT MIGHT CREATE BARRIERS TO
DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP AND WANT
TO HAVE SOME ACKNOWLEDGMENT
THAT WE ARE HEAR THAT AND THAT
IS SOMETHING THAT IS PART OF
THE CONVERSATION IS HOW PEOPLE
IF THEY ARE CITY EMPLOYEES
PRESENTING ON THE SCENE.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL RESPONSE?
>> ALL THINGS ON THE TABLE AND
WE NEED TO WORK WITH THE UNIONS
THIS IS THEIR CURRENT BODY OF
WORK ON WHAT THAT WILL LOOK
LIKE AND HOW WE WILL MOVE
FORWARD WITH THIS.
>> I WILL ASK ONE FINAL
QUESTION ON THIS SLIDE.
I WANT TO KNOW HOW QUICKLY THE
MENTAL HEALTH CALLS WILL BE
SORTED OUT?
TO A NONSPD RESPONSE?
>> AGAIN, THE PROTOCOL SYSTEMS,
WE ANTICIPATE MAYOR ASSIGNS IN
THE LAST TWO WEEKS THE DO THAT
GIVES US THE FUNDING FOR THE
PROTOCOL SYSTEM.
AND SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO I
BELIEVE IT IS THE CITY RULES
AND RATES ONE MONTH BEFORE WE
CAN ACTUALLY START WORKING ON
THAT BEYOND CONCEPTUAL IDEAS.
WHEN WE WORK ON THE PROTOCOL
AND THE MENTAL HEALTH IT WILL
BE PART OF THE PROTOCOLS AND
WHAT WE CAN IDENTIFY AND
WORKING WITH THE PROGRAM THAT
HAS CASE MANAGEMENT AND SOME OF
THE CITY DEPARTMENTS TO FIND
AND IDENTIFY THOSE MENTAL
HEALTH PRACTITIONER RESOURCES
TO ASSIGN THE CALLS TO.
AND PLENTILY THERE ARE NOT A
WHOLE LOT OF RESOURCES THAT ARE
DISPATCHABLE FROM THE 911 PASTE
THAT WILL HAVE SOME KIND OF
MOBILE COMPUTER IN THE VEHICLE
WAITING FOR A MENTAL HEALTH
CALL TO GO TO.
WE ARE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH
THAT AS WELL AND TO TRY TO FIND
HOW DO WE BEST ASSIGN AND MATCH
UP THE INCOMING CALLS FOR HELP
WITH THE APPROPRIATE RESOURCE
THAT EXISTS AND IF DOESN'T TRY
TO BETTER SCOPE THAT CALL.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT AND LOOK
FORWARD TO HEARING MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE
PROTOCOLS.
FOR MENTAL HEALTH CALLS.
LET'S MOVE TO THE LAST SLIDE
AND SEE WHAT ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS WE MAY HAVE.
ALL RIGHT.
SO MAYBE JUST THE FIRST TWO
CATEGORIES IF WE CAN PUT SPD
QUESTIONS FOR THE NEXT
PRESENTATION TO COME AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, YOUR UP.
>> THANK YOU.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE
PROJECT AND THE DIVERSION
PROGRAM IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE.
I JUST WANT TO REFERENCE THAT
AND THERE IS A REQUEST THAT I'M
AWARE OF FROM JUDGE EISENBERG
AT SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT FOR
THIS PROGRAM AND MY
UNDERSTANDING BEING FUNDED.
IT IS A COURT PROGRAM AND BEING
FUNDED THROUGH HSD.
AND IT IS NOT MY QUESTION BUT
CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG WHEN I
GET MY QUESTION OUT.
I AM CURIOUS HOW WE WILL MAKE
THE CONNECTION OF THIS PROJECT
AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE
RECEIVED FROM THE CRIMINAL
SYSTEM TASK FORCE ON DIVERSIONS
GENERALLY.
THEY HAVE PRINCIPLES THAT THEY
WOULD LIKE US TO APPLY FOR THE
PROGRAM AND AVOIDING THE
COERCIVE FILING PART OF THE
CONTINUUM AND NOT
REPRESENTATION AN EXPANSION OF
THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM.
IF YOU ARE ADDING FUNDING FOR
THIS PROJECT AND HAVING THE
SOURCE OF THE FUNDING COME FROM
SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM IS IMPORTANT FOR
THE TASK FORCE.
JUST REQUESTING THAT THIS
PROGRAM HAVE THESE PRINCIPLES
EMBEDDED AND JUST WANT TO NOTE
THAT SLIDE INDICATES THAT THEY
HAVE 350,000 IN THE PROPOSED
BUDGET AND THE NOTATION AND
BUDGET DOCUMENT NOTIFIES A
COMPETITIVE DIVERSION PLAN, ARE
THEY BEING ASKED TO APPLY FOR
THEIR FUNDING THROUGH A
COMPETITIVE RSP OR IS THE
FUNDING GUARANTEED AND IS THE
MAXIMUM REWARD BE THE REQUESTED
AMOUNT?
I WILL PAUSE ON THAT QUESTION.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF REX IS STILL
AVAILABLE OR NOT.
I AM NOT COMFORTABLE TOTALLY
ANSWERING THAT QUESTION BECAUSE
I DON'T THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER
TO IT.
I WILL HAVE TO CIRCLE BACK
AROUND ON THAT.
MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS WAS
NOT ASKING THEM TO APPLY FOR AN
RS P AND DIRECTED FUNDING IS MY
UNDERSTANDING BUT WE WILL FIND
OUT THE ANSWER.
>> REX IS HERE WITH US.
>> HE MAY KNOW.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I THINK THERE IS A SMALL ERROR
HERE AND WE HAVE HAD SOME
CLARIFICATION FROM CPO AND I
WOULD LIKE TO GET BACK TO YOU
LATER ON THAT JUST TO MAKE SURE
WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
FIGURE IT OUT TOGETHER.
>> AND I WILL GET BACK TO YOU.
>> IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION
CAN YOU MAKE IT SHORT?
WE WANT TO GET TO THE PRESIDENT
BEFORE THE 3:30 MARK.
>> THE PREFILING VERSION FOR
YOUNG ADULTS, WE RECEIVED A
PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY
OFFICE AND THE CITY A COUPLE
WEEKS AGO AND THIS WAS THE
PRESENTATION WAS ON A TOOL KIT
ON EXPANDING THE EXISTING -- AN
EXISTING TYPE OF PROGRAM THAT
DOESN'T HAVE TO BE 180 BUT A
PROGRAM LIKE CHOOSE 180 AND
EXPANDING IT TO ADULTS OVER 25.
JUST WANTING TO KNOW WHY THE
FUNDING FOR THAT WAS NOT
INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET
CONSIDERING THE WORK THAT THE
CITY IS DOING ON THAT
EXPANSION.
>> RESOURCES ARE LIMITING AND
PLACED ON THE AVAILABLE
RESOURCES AND GIN THE UPCOMING
ELECTION AND THERE IS A NEW
CITY ATTORNEY AND WASN'T CLEAR
WHAT THE DIRECTION WOULD BE
FROM THE CITY'S ATTORNEY OFFICE
MORE GENERALLY GOING FORWARD
AND BEYOND.
THAT MAY BECOME MORE CLEAR AND
IN A DIFFERENT POSITION.
WE WERE FACED WITH THAT
UNCERTAINTY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ AND
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> MY QUESTION DOVETAILS
DOVETAILS NICELY FROM DIRECTOR
NOBLE'S RESPONSE SO I WAS -- AS
WE LOOK AT THIS SLIDE, WE SEE A
FEW THINGS THAT FAIRLY
CHARACTERIZED AS BEING IN THE
AREA OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION OR
VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION.
WAS WONDER FIGURE THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE OR ANY OF THE AGENCIES
HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
WHETHER IT WOULD BE MORE
APPROPRIATE TO HOUSE SOME OF
THE PROBLEMATIC AREAS IN A
DIFFERENT AGENCY AND A STAND
ALONE AGENCY.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN CONJUNCTION
WITH SOME OF THE PROGRAMMING
THAT IS ALSO DESIGNED TO ENGAGE
IN VIOLENCE PREVENTION THAT
CURRENTLY LIVES IN THE OFFICE
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL
ASSAULT.
>>
>> I DON'T THINK WE HAVE HAD
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT A STAND
ALONE UNIT FOR THESE ITEMS.
AND THE DIVISION AND I WILL LET
DIRECTOR TONYA KIM WEIGH IN ON
THAT, THE NEW DIVISION OF HSD
AND TO HOLD A LOT OF THESE
TOGETHER THERE.
I THINK THAT IS WHAT YOU MEANT
COUNCILMEMBER IF I'M NOT
UNDERSTANDING YOUR QUESTIONS
DIRECTLY AND DIRECTOR KIM
ANYTHING TO ADD.
>> IF WE THINK ABOUT THE
SYSTEMS WE ARE WORKING WITH AND
THE PROVIDERS AND VICTIMS AND
SURVIVORS IT REALLY FITS NICELY
WITH OUR MISSION AT THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS
THE OTHER COLLECTION OF SAFETY
INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAVE.
OFTEN TIMES THESE ARE THE SAME
INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES CROSS
CUTTING MULTIPLE AS MUCH AS
AREAS AND BY HAVING THEM
TOGETHER WE ARE BEING EFFICIENT
AND SUPPORTING OUR PROVIDERS
AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS A
WHOLE.
SO I THINK THAT UNDER REX'S
LEADERSHIP AND THE TEAM FRANKLY
BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A ONE
PERSON INITIATIVE, THAT'S THE
IN TENT OF THE WORK THAT WE ARE
DOING AND GOING BACK TO THE
DVIP.
THE GENDER BASE VIOLENCE
TEAMWORKS COLLABORATIVELY WITH
MULTIPLE FOLKS AND THE COURTS
AS WELL AS PROSECUTING
ATTORNEYS, ET CETERA.
SO WE ARE STARTING TO STREAM
LINE THE RELATIONSHIPS AND MOVE
THESE TOGETHER.
>> THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
IS CURRENTLY HOUSING THIS
PRETRIAL DIVERSION.
FOR YOUNG ADULTS AND THE
FIREARM SURRENDER PROGRAM.
AND SOME OF THE REGIONAL
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FUNDING.
AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT
I'M RAISING IS RATHER GIVEN THE
STREAM LINING OF THE WORK THAT
YOU JUST REFERENCE DIRECTOR KIM
IF IT WOULD BE A WORTHWHILE
EXERCISE TO EXPLORE WHETHER WE
CAN CREATE MORE MORE EFFICIENCY
BY REHOUSING SOME OF THESE AND
SORT OF REBRAND IT OR CALL IT
SOMETHING ELSE AND MORE
REFLECTIVE OF THE BODY OF WORK
THAT IS AROUND VIOLENCE
PREVENTION.
>> IT IS ALWAYS PROSECUTE TO
SEE WHERE WE CAN STREAM LINE IT
AND BE COST EFFECTIVE.
I THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO
LOOK AND I AM SUPER MISSION
FOCUSED AND HAPPY TO TAKE ON
BODIES OF WORK THAT IS REALLY
ABOUT THE HUMAN SERVICES AND
SOCIAL SERVICES AND THAT
NETWORK OF SAFETY WHERE IT
MAKES SAFE AND OPEN TO HAVING
THAT CONVERSATION.
>> SO I AM CLEAR THERE IS NOT
CURB CONVERSATIONS BEING HAD IN
THAT PARTICULAR VAIN.
>> NOT AT THAT 30,000 LEVEL.
>> I WANT TO GO TO CENTRAL
STAFF TO AN AREA THAT I'M
INTERESTED IN IDENTIFYING A
MECHANISM ON WHICH THAT
ANALYSIS CAN BE SUPPORTED AND
FACILITATED SO WE CAN HAVE A
CLEAR SENSE OF HOW WE CAN
CONTINUE TO SHORT THE PROGRAM
IN A WAY THAT WILL BE
INSTITUTIONALIZED AND HAVE GOOD
SYNERGY WITH THE HUMAN SERVICES
COMPONENT THAT ARE PART WORK.
THANK YOU.
MADAM CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
I SEE YOUR UP NEXT.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THIS IS JUST BRIEFLY IN
RESPONSE TO WHAT DIRECTOR NOBLE
SAID ABOUT EXPANDING THE SCOPE
OF PREFILED DIVERSION IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE REPORT THAT
WE GOT IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE A FEW WEEKS AGO AND
THE POTENTIAL UNCERTAINTY ABOUT
LEADERSHIP CHANGE IN THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
I DO BELIEVE THAT PER THE CHART
THE COUNCIL CAN DESCRIBE
ADDITIONAL DUTIES TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
WE COULD HAVE COMPANION
LEGISLATION TO MAKE THE
PREFILING DIVERSION JUST A
PERMANENT THING WE DO OTHER
THAN AN ADDITIVE PROGRAM THAT
CITY ATTORNEY HOLMES HAS
PURSUED IN THEIR TIME IN THE
OFFICE.
AND WAS JUST RAISE THAT IF THE
BUDGETING PROCESS IS BEING
IMPACTED BY POTENTIAL
UNCERTAINTY ABOUT TURNOVER.
THERE MAY BE A WAY FOR THE
COUNCIL TO INSTITUTALLIZE IT.
A LOT OF THE WORK IN THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WILL BE BASED
IN SOME KIND OF REFILING SYSTEM
RATHER THAN THE HISTORIC WAY,
MISDEMEANOR PROSECUTIONS HAVE
BEEN DONE.
WANTED TO FLAG THAT IF THAT
MIGHT HAVE INFLUENCE ON HOW WE
GO FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS FOR BRINGING YOUR
KNOWLEDGE FROM THAT DEPARTMENT
AS WELL WITHYOU.
I MADE A NOTE OF IT AND WE WILL
FOLLOW UP ON THAT I'M SURE.
THANKS FOR THAT FLAG.
I TO HAVE ONE QUESTION AND I
SEE TWO HANDS UP SO I WANT TO
MAKE SURE I DON'T CUT OFF ANY
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I WILL ASK ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC
HOME MONITORING.
ON THE ELECTRONIC MONITORING
THE LAST BULLET ON THE LEFT-
HAND SIDE, CAN YOU WALK US
THROUGH WHAT WILL BE THE
ELECTRICAL FUNDING WITH THE
ELECTRIC HOME OPTIONS IN
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT OR IS
THIS FOR SECURING MORE UNITS.
>> WE WILL BE ABLE TO SUBSIDIZE
MORE PEOPLE TO MAKE IT AN
OPTION FOR FOLKS THAT COULD NOT
OTHERWISE AFFORD IT.
I DON'T BELIEVE BUT WE WILL
HAVE TO SPEAK TO SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL COURT THAT IT
INVOLVES PURRING ANY ADDITIONAL
EQUIPMENT AND EXPANDING THE
MONEY AVAILABLE TO SUBSIDIZE TO
ALLOW PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THAT IN LIEU OF SECURED
DETENTION.
>> THIS IS A REQUEST OF THE
COURT THE WAY JULIE HAS
DESCRIBED.
>> I OBVIOUSLY DEFER TO THE
FOLKS WORKING IN THE FIELD FOR
A LONG TIME THAT ARE ON COUNCIL
HERE AND PART OF A PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMISSION.
I WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING
MORE ABOUT IF IT IS EXPANDING
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH
ACCESS OR EXPANDING THE
SUBSIDES FOR THE EXISTING
FOLKS.
THANKS FOR GETTING BACK TO US.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT DID YOU HAVE
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
JUST GO AHEAD.
>> THIS IS -- I THINK THE MY
MISS TAL COURT, I AM SURE THEY
ARE LISTENING AND CUEING UP AN
EMAIL WITH THE STATISTICS THAT
THEY HAVE AVAILABLE BUT THIS
CAME TO LIGHT IN 2017.
I CAN'T REMEMBER CA IT IS
CALLED.
THE JOINT CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SOMETHING OR THE OTHER AND SORT
OF ONE OF THE POINTS OF
INFORMATION THAT WAS AVAILABLE
THAT CAME OUT OF THAT WAS MY MY
UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION
THAT WE HAVE THIS ELECTRONIC
HOME MONITORING PROGRAM THAT
DOES IN FACT ALLOW PEOPLE TO
AVOID ACTIVE INCARCERATION AND
I ALSO LEARNED IN THAT PROCESS
THERE WAS A HUGE AMOUNT OF
INEQUITY WHO COULD ACCESS THE
HOME MONITORING PROGRAM THAT
COMES AT A COST AND FOR THOSE
THAT HAVE MEANS OBVIOUSLY THEY
ARE ABLE TO BUY INTO THIS
OPTION AND SEE INSIDE OF THE
JAIL BUT FOR POOR FOLKS
ESPECIALLY THOSE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS, THIS WAS NOT
AVAILABLE TO THEM UNLESS THE
COURT HAD THE FUNDS NECESSARY
TO LETS THEM LIVE FREE.
SO WHAT WE WERE SEEING IS FOLKS
OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE TO BE
RELEASED ON THEIR OWN RECOG
ENTRANCE BUT NEEDED TO BE
MONITORED BECAUSE OF APPLICABLE
STATE STATUTES AND THEY WERE
INCARCERATED BECAUSE AFTER LACK
OF MEANS.
ULTIMATELY THE SYSTEM CHANGE
AND IT IS TO VERY OUR
LEGISLATURES ADVOCATE FOR
REFORM IN THIS AREA TO BE SO
PUNITIVE AND NOT REQUIRE
SURVEILLANCE.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALLOW
AGAIN IN THE INTERIM ALLOW FOR
THOSE YOU DO NOT HAVE THE
RESOURCES AND BE RELEASED FROM
JAIL ON THIS MONITORING
PROGRAM.
AND THE ABILITY TO DO SO.
FUNDING THIS PROGRAM WHILE WE
WAIT FOR THE STATE REFORMS TO
OCCUR IS THE POOREST OF THE
POOR TO INTERACT WITH MUNICIPAL
COURT TO BE DETAINED IN JAIL
UNTIL THEIR CASE IS ADJUDICATED
AND WE HAVE A HUGE BACKLOG OF
THESE CASES.
I WANTED TO GIVE HISTORY AROUND
HOW THIS CAME ABOUT AND I'M
SURE THAT COURT IS WILLING TO
PROVIDE US WITH MORE ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT WHO IS
ACCESSING THE SUBSIDIZED
PROGRAM AND WHAT OUTCOMES THEY
ARE SEEING AS A RESULT.
I IN GENERAL DO NOT LIKE
SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMS BUT THE
ISSUES THAT THERE ARE STATE
LAWS FOR PARTICULAR CHARGES IF
PEOPLE ARE RELEASED.
THAT IS THE LONG GAME IN TERMS
OF LEGISLATURE IN THIS AREA.
I THINK.
>> APPRECIATE THAT AND THANK
YOU FOR THE BACKGROUND AND THE
FOLLOW-UP AND THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF FOLKS TO SUBSIDIZE IT
FURTHER THAT IS AN IMPORTANT
GOAL.
COUNCILMEMBER DO YOU HAVE ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS?
COLLEAGUES I AM NOT SEEING ANY
ADDITIONAL HANDS.
>> WAIT.
I DID.
I AM SO SORRY.
>> NO PROBLEM.
>> AND I KNOW WE ARE ONE MINUTE
OVER.
I WILL MAKE THIS AS FAST AS I
CAN WHEN I PULLED UP MY NOTES.
I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CSOS.
SHOULD I HOLD FOR SPD OR ASK
NOW.
>> I WOULD ASK THAT YOU HOLD
THAT.
>> THEN I AM DONE.
>> WE WILL HOLD THAT LAST BOX
UNDER SP D FOR SPD TO COME IN.
I WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS PART
OF THIS BROAD PANEL AND THANKS
TO COUNCILMEMBERS HERBOLD AND
MORALES FOR YOUR COMMENTS AS
WELL AND I KNOW THAT MUCH OF
THE SIX OR SEVEN BULLETS IS
SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL IS
TRACKING.
WE WILL MOVE TO THE LAST ITEM.
WE HAVEN'T HOUR-AND-A-HALF FOR
THIS.
I WOULD ASK MADAM CLERK TO READ
THIS.
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> OKAY.
WONDERFUL.
SO WE DO HAVE WITH US CHRIS
FISHER AND WE HAVE ANGELA
SOCHO AND DIRECTOR NOBLE.
WE HAVEN'T HOUR-AND-A-HALF FOR
THIS PRESENTATION AND WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS
THEIR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS IN
GAN AFTER THE PRESENTATION WE
WILL HEAR FROM COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ HAS THE
FIRST QUESTION ABOUT CSOS AND
LET'S GO AHEAD AND KICK IT OFF.
WELCOME CHIEF DIAZ.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU
CHAIRWOMAN MOSQUEDA AND OTHER
COUPLE MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR MY VISION OF
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
FOR 2022.
WHEN I SPOKE TO YOU LAST YEAR
DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS ABOUT
MY PLANS FOR THE DEPARTMENT I
HIGHLIGHTED MY PRINCIPLES AND
SISTER I-CENTERING OUR WORK ON
HUMANITY AND COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT AND MORE RALE AND
STEWARDSHIP AND COCREATED A NEW
MODEL.
IN THE FACE OF HISTORIC LOSS OF
OFFICERS, 300 IN THE LAST 21
MONTH AND THE ONGOING PANDEMIC
I WILL REPORT THAT WE MADE
SIGNIFICANT PROCESS IN EACH OF
THESE AREAS ALONG WITH KNOWING
THAT WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO DO.
AND IN A TUMULTUOUS YEAR WE
BEGAN OPERATING IN THE BUDGET
AND WE WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS
FUTURE NEEDS.
WE RESTARTED OUR HIRING AND
WHILE WE DID NOT REACH OUR
AMBITIOUS 2021 GOAL WE MADE
PROGRESS AND CONTINUED TO HIT
RECORD LEVELS OF DIVERSITY.
CLOSE TO 40% MINORITY HIRES AND
TO PERCENT FEMALE.
WE ARE PRIME FOR EXCEPTIONAL
HIRING IN 2022 AND EXTENDED
ACCESS FOR THOSE THAT REMAIN
WITH US AND CONTINUE TO DO ALL
WE CAN TO MAKE IT A BETTER
PLACE TO WORK.
WE BUILDING TRUST AND
CONVERSATIONS AND OPENING
HONEST DIALOGUE AND READY FOR
THE LUNCH OF A NEW MODEL WITH
THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE.
THERE IS REAL WORK STILL TO BE
DONE AND I NEED TO BEGIN WITH
DISCUSSION FOR MEMBERS OF THE
DEPARTMENT AND FOR HARD WORK
AND SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY.
OFFICERS AND STAFF ARE
INCREDIBLE.
THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC MOST
ARE ON THE FRONT LINES RISKING
THEIR LIVES AND HEALTH OF THEIR
LOVED ONES LIKE SO MANY OTHER
FIRST RESPONDERS.
WE HAVE ASKED THEM TO JAPPED
TAKE CHANGE AND THEY HAVE
RESPONDED SUCCESSFULLY AND I
CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR
THEIR COMMITMENT.
IN A FEW MINUTES THERE WILL BE
PROPOSED ACTION FOR 2022 AND
THIS PROCEEDSAL HIGHLIGHTS HOW
WE PLAN TO MOVE THE DID
DEPARTMENT FORWARD IN 2022 AND
NOT LOSING SITE OF THE LESSONS
LEARNED.
BEFORE WE GET TO SPECIFIC ES I
WANT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A
GENERAL OVERVIEW FOR MY VISION
OF THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IN 2022 AND THE
FUTURE.
SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISING AS WE
FOCUS ON THREE AREAS.
RESPONDING TO AND PREVENTING
VIOLENT CRIME AND THE LOSS OF
LIFE.
WORKING TO RETAIN EXCEPTIONAL
OFFICERS AND CONTINUE TO
AGGRESSIVELY HIRE AS MANY
QUALIFIED OFFICERS AND
IMPLEMENT A NEW APPROACH FOR
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND
POLICING AND GROUNDED IN REAL
RELATIONSHIPS AND OFFICERS ARE
DOING WORK AND RESPONDING TO
AND PREVENTING VIOLENCE RIGHT
NOW.
WE ARE ON PACE TO TAKE OVER ONE
THOUSAND GUNS OFF OF THE STREET
AND RECOVERED 2500 SHELL
CASINGS AND CONNECTING THESE
EVENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHO IS
DRIVING THE VIOLENCE AND WHO'S
AT RISK AND WHERE THE CRIME
GUNS ARE COMING FROM.
SAVING LIVES AND EXPANDED THE
EMT PROGRAM AND OFFICERS
ARRIVING ON VIOLENCE AND INJURY
AND APPLYING TOURNIQUETS AND
PERFORMING CPR.
ON THE FRONT LINES OF OVERDOSE
CRISIS AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE
MORE INDIVIDUALS THAT DIED OF
OVERDOSES OF FENTANYL THAN IN
ALL OF 2020 AND OFFICERS ARE ON
THE SCENE ADMINISTRATING THE
DRUGS.
WE HAVE OVER 100 POUNDS OF METH
RECOVERED AND 700 POUNDS OF
HEROIN AND COCAINE.
WE HAVE A PRIORITY THAT WE ARE
WORKING TO KEEP AMAZING
OFFICERS AND BRING ON MORE
QUALIFIED RECRUITS.
IT TAKES A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER
OF OFFICERS TO SAFELY RESPOND
TO SHOOTINGS AND TO HOLD THOSE
THAT DIRECTLY DISCHARGE DOZENS
OF ROUNDS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
AND DISRUPT THE NETWORKS FOR
THE ADDICTIONS.
THE CREATION OF THE TRIAGE TEAM
AND EXPANSION OF THE AS MUCH AS
OFFICER PROPOSALS WILL PROVIDE
ASSISTANCE AND ALLOW FREEING UP
OFFICERS TO RESPOND TO
EMERGENCY CALLS.
THOUGH IN PRACTICE THIS IS
HAPPENING ALREADY GIVEN OUR
STAFFING CONSTRAINTS AND THE
PROPOSALS WILL FILL CAPACITY
RATHER THAN INCREASE CAPACITY.
WE HAVE OR IMPLEMENTING AS MANY
RETENTION STRATEGIES AND WILL
CONTINUE TO NEED NEW IDEAS AND
SUPPORT TO HAVE SUFFICIENT
NUMBER OF PERSONNEL TO DO THIS
WORK.
THOSE ARE MY OPERATIONAL
PRIORITIES SAVING LIKES AND
ANSWERING CALLS AND HAVING
ENOUGH PERSONNEL TO DO THE WORK
AND DO IT SAFELY AND A MOMENT
FOR THE LONG TERM WELLNESS.
FUNCTIONALLY MY FOCUS AS A NEW
FOUNDATION FOR HOW WE APPROACH
PUBLIC SAFETY.
THIS APPROACH IS CENTERED ON
ROUND THREE PRIMARY TEN AND
THES.
RELATIONAL POLICEN AND OFFICER
WELLNESS AND GROWTH MIND SET.
I BELIEVE THIS IS A MAP FOR
MORE COMPREHENSIVE KNOWN AS
RELATIONAL POLICING.
IT MEANS OFFICERS AND,
DETECTIVES AND COMMAND STAFF
ARE COMMITTED TO ESTABLISHING
REAL AND MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS
WITH THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE.
AND IN PRACTICE THIS MEANS SPD
WILL SHARE MORE WITH THE
COMMUNITY AND TAKE THE LEAD.
THIS BUDGET SUPPORT EFFORTS TO
REORIENT HOW WE APPROACH
ENGAGEMENT.
WE WILL LAUNCH A PREALASKA
TRAINING FOR RECRUITS AND
CONNECTING THEM TO COMMUNITY
AND PROVIDING A FOUNDATION OF
CARE AND PRINCIPLES OF DE-
ESCALATION.
NO OTHER DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING
INTO THIS TRAINING.
WE WILL PROVIDE EVERY MEMBER OF
THE DEPARTMENT WITH OUTWARD
TRAINING AND SETTING US UP TO
EMBRACE LEARNING AND COMMITMENT
TO BETTERING THE AGENCY AND THE
COMMUNITY.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AND
OUR SERVICE ENGAGEMENT.
FINALLY THE DEPARTMENT IS
CONTINUING TO WORK PRODUCTIVE
WITH OUR ACCOUNTABILITY
PARTNERS, THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE AND THE FEDERAL
MONITOR.
THIS PROPOSAL TO CONTINUE THIS
WORK AND TO ALLOW SP D TO
MAINTAIN THE COMMITMENT TO
ONGOING ACCOUNTABILITY AND
TRANSPARENCY.
JUST AS WE REQUIRE EMPLOYEES TO
TAKE ANNUAL TRAINING, WE MUST
INVEST IN THESE EFFORTS TO
ENSURE THEY ARE ON PACE WITH
BEST PRACTICES.
IN THE MIDST OF CHALS I REMAIN
OPTIMISTIC AND THE MEMBERS OF
SPD HAVE SHOWN THEY CAN
ACCOMPLISH WHATEVER MEG WE GIVE
THEM IF WE HAVE THE TOOLS
NECESSARY.
THIS BUDGET CONTINUES THE HARD
WORK WE HAVE DONE IN 2021 AND
ALLOWS US TO START A NEW
PROJECT AND EXPAND EXISTING
EFFORTS FOR 2022.
I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ANGIE SOSHI
TO WALK US THROUGH THIS.
THANK YOU.
>>> THANK YOU, CHIEF.
IF I COULD HAVE THE OPERATOR OF
THE SLIDE DECK GO FORWARD.
SHOULD I PAUSE TO GIVE -- I
DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANY
QUESTIONS.
>> I WILL GO THROUGH THE SLIDE
AND COME BACK TO QUESTIONS.
>> PERFECT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> TO THE 2022 PROPOSED CHANGES
INCLUDE REQUESTS AND OPERATING
CHANGE REQUESTS AND AS NOTED IN
THE PRIOR PRESENTATION THE
PROPOSED BUDGET IS ABOUT 2-AND-
A-HALF MILLION DOLLARS MORE
THAN THE 2021 ADOPTED BUDGET.
TO SUMMARIZE AT A HIGH LEVEL WE
FINALIZE THE TRANSFER OF THE
PARKING ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
AND THE CALL CENTER.
WE HAVE MADE CORRECTIONS AND
ALLOCATED COSTS SPECIFICALLY
THE ALLOCATED COSTS FOR I.T.
THERE WAS A REDUCTION IN 2020
AND WE HAVE HAD STANDARD COST
CHANGES AND THIS REDUCES BY 3.7
MILLION THE AMOUNT NEEDED TO
FINANCE THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
INVESTMENT THAT YOU GOT A
PREVIEW AND VIDEO ANALYSTS IN
THE OFFICE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE CITYWIDE
LANGUAGE PREMIUM.
ADDITIONALLY TWO MILLION WAS
TRANSFERRED FROM SPD AND TWO
SPD FROM FINANCE GENERAL
RESERVE AND PAID PARENTAL LEAD
BACK FILL AS MANY OF YOU MAY
RECALL, HISTORICALLY WE
REQUESTED THE FUNDING FOR THE
MENTAL PROCESS AND THAT TOTAL
EXPENSE HAS REMAINED CONSISTENT
IN RECENT YEARS AND WE FEEL
CONFIDENT IN THE BUDGET AND
APPROPRIATING THE SUPPLEMENTAL
AS WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY.
FINALLY WE REVERSED ONE TIME
REDUCTIONS TIED TO COVID-19
SUCH AS OVERTIME AND TRAINING
THAT WAS LIMITED BY TRAVEL
RESTRICTIONS AND TRANSLATIONS
AND ALSO PORTIONS OF THE
EXECUTIVE FIVE PERCENT CUT IN
THE BASELINE PROCESS.
AND INLINE WITH THAT.
AND WE OPTED NOT TO REQUEST NEW
FUNDING FOR SOME THINGS AND
UNCOVERING THEM AND MANY OF THE
CHANGES ARE NEUTRAL AND WE WILL
DISCUSS WHERE THERE ARE POLICY
IMPLICATIONS AND WE WILL TRY
AND GO TO GREATER DETAIL THERE
BUT AGAIN THE CHANGE REQUESTS
ARE PRIMARILY TECHNICAL IN
NATURE BUT WANT TO GIVE
EVERYONE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK
QUESTIONS AS NEEDED.
>> AS A REMINDER WE WILL TAKE
QUESTIONS AT THE END.
>> I DO SEE COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS' HAND.
DID YOU HAVE A CLARIFICATION OR
CAN YOU HOLD YOUR QUESTIONS FOR
THE CUE?
>> JUST QUICK AND I THINK IT
WOULD BE APPROPRIATE MADAM
CHAIR.
YOU DECIDE FIT IS TOO LONG AND
CUT ME OFF OR PUNT IT.
BUT CRACKEN GAMES.
MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IS WE GET
GAMES COMPENSATED FROM THE
SPORTS TEAMS AND I WANTED TO
CHECK IN AND SEE WHAT THE CASE
IS ON THAT GIVEN THAT YOU JUST
SAID YOU WEREN'T REQUESTING
MONEY FOR CRACKING GAMES.
>> YES.
FOR THE SPORTING EVENTS THOSE
ARE GOVERNED BY CONTRACTS.
THE REIMBURSEMENT CONTRACTS AND
THE MAJORITY ARE REIMBURSE TO
THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND.
THEY ARE IN THE SECOND STEP
THAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS THAT IT
CORRESPONDS WITH EXPENDITURES
BECAUSE WE HAVE RESTORED EVENT
OVERTIME AND THERE'S
UNCERTAINTY AROUND THE AMOUNT
OF OVERTIME THAT IS NEEDED FOR
EVENTS IN 2022 WE HAVE OPTED TO
NOT REQUEST SPECIFIC
APPROPRIATION FOR THE CRACKING
GAMES AND I WANTED TO FLAG THAT
AS IT IS RELEVANT FOR THE
OVERTIME DISCUSSION
SPECIFICALLY.
>> TO CLARIFY THAT POINT.
JUST BECAUSE SPD GETS PAID
DOESN'T MEAN THEIR BUDGET
INCREASES, THE BUDGET
AUTHORITY, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY
THEY CAN SPEND REGARDLESS OF
WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM.
A CONTRACT WITH OUTSIDE AGENCY
REQUIRES INCREASE BUDGET
AUTHORITY IN ORDER TO SPEND THE
PROCEEDS IF YOU WILL.
SO THAT IS THE FURTHER
EXPLANATION OF ANGELA'S POINT.
JUST IN CASE THAT HELPS.
>> THANKS, BEN.
>> AND WE ALSO HAVE -- THAT IS
OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY FUND THAT IS
A SEPARATE FUND IN S DOT AND
OPERATING FUND THAT WE CHARGED
TO THAT AND THE REVENUE COMES
FROM THE AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC
SAFETY PROGRAM AND OUR OFFICERS
THAT REVIEW THOSE TICKETS AND
SIGN OFF ON THOSE, THEY CHARGE
THEIR TIME TO THAT PARTICULAR
FUND AND IT IS NOT A GENERAL
FUND.
APPROPRIATION FOR US AND LASTLY
THE FULL TIME EQUIPMENT CHANGE
LINE AS I NEEDED EARLIER WE DID
FINALIZE THE TRANSFER OF THE
ENFORCEMENT IN THE CALL CENTER
IN THE 2022 BUDGET AND SO WHAT
YOU ARE SEEING THERE IS A
REDUCTION TIED TO THE TRANSFER
OF THE PERSONNEL IN THOSE TWO
SECTIONS.
>> WE CAN JUMP TO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
THE ITEM ONE HERE, TH
COMMUNITY SAFETY INVESTMENT
$3.7 MILLION REDUCTION TO SPD'S
BUDGET TO FINANCE THE NEW
TRIAGE TEAM AND THE REGIONAL
PEACE KEEPERS COLLECTIVE.
ITEM 2 ON THAT 5th ITEM IS A
BUDGET NEUTRAL ITEM AND
TRANSFER OF AVAILABLE FUNDING
FROM THE SALARY LINE TO THE
CONTINUING INVESTMENT IN
TECHNOLOGY ITEM IN THE
DEPARTMENT.
AND WE HAVE DISCUSSED IN THE
2021 MID YEAR PROCESS AND
FURTHER DETAILS AVAILABLE.
COVERS A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT
WE HAVE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY
AND HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
OR TO GO INTO GREATER DETAIL OR
TO GO INTO DISCOVERY AS
REQUESTED.
GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE WE HAVE
AN AD OF $1.3 MILLION.
NOT TRULY AN AD, A TRANSFER OF
DEPARTMENT BUDGET FROM SALARY
TO THE EXPANSION OF THE
COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM IN
2022.
I WILL NOTE THAT THIS DOES
REQUIRE ONGOING INVESTMENT
BECAUSE WE ARE ONLY ACCOUNTING
FOR THE 2022 BUDGET NEED AND
THIS WILL NEED TO BE REVISITED
IN THE 2023BIENUM AND LASTLY WE
HAVE THE PROGRAM THAT IS A
TRANSFER OF DEPARTMENT BUDGET
FOR OFFICER POSITIONS THAT WILL
NOT BE ABLE TO FILL IN 2022 WE
WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THE
INCENTIVES.
FOR HIRINGS.
THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION AROUND
LANGUAGE IN THE BUDGET BOOK.
WE APOLOGIZE.
BUT THIS IS STRICTLY HIRING
PROGRAM AND DOES NOT INCLUDE
RETENTION BONUSES OF ANY KIND.
NEXT SLIDE.
HERE WE HAVE $157,000 BEING
ADDED TO THE DEPARTMENT'S
BUDGET TO FUBBED A FULL TIME
VIDEO CONTENT CREATOR AND
COVERED IN THE LAST SESSION ON
A REQUEST OF OPA SUBMITTED ON
BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE RACIAL EQUITY EFFORTS.
THE CHIEF WENT INTO DETAILS ON
THE STUFF WE ARE DOING AT A
HIGH LEVEL.
BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT MADE -- I
HAVE SINCE EARLIER BEEN AN
ACTIVE PARTICIPANT ON THE
DEPARTMENT'S CHANGE TEAM.
WE REALLY ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS
TO COLLABORATE WITH OUR CHANGE
TEAM THROUGH THE BUDGET
PROCESS.
AND I WAS ENCOURAGED TO
NAVIGATE THAT DIFFERENTLY THAN
IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
CONFIDENTIALITY AROUND THE
BUDGET AND OPEN INVITATION TO
ENGAGE THE CHANGE TEAM IN THE
DIFFERENT WAY THIS YEAR AS A
RESULT I STARTED TO GO TO THE
MONTHLY MEETINGS AND WE DIDN'T
HAVE THE BULL OUR BUDGET WAS
TECHNICAL IN NATURE AND I DID
NOT BORE THE CHANGE TEAM
MEMBERS WITH THOSE BUT I DO
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUAL
COLLABORATION WITH THEM ON
BUDGET ITEMS.
I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
TO GIVE THAT PERSPECTIVE AS WE
ARE NAVIGATING VARIOUS POLICY
DECISIONS.
SPECIFICALLY.
AND THESE BULLETS TAKE ON THE
THINGS WE ARE DOING FOR RACIAL
EQUITY.
THEY ARE NOT TIED TO ANY NEW
BUDGET PROPOSALS.
>> REAL QUICK I THINK I FORGOT
TO MENTION THIS.
THIS INTERACTION WITH THE
FINANCIAL OPERATIONS OF THE
DEPARTMENT AND CHANGING TO
SOMETHING THAT WE SPECIFICALLY
ENCOURAGE THIS YEAR, AND THE
DEPARTMENT DOES THAT IN VARYING
DEGREES.
NOT TO DIMINISH THE WORK BUT TO
KNOW THAT WAS A GENERAL EFFORT
RECOGNIZING THAT IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT WE BUILD THE
BUDGET WITH THIS IN MIND AND
NOT JUST REVIEW THEM AFTER THE
FACT IF YOU WILL.
AGAIN CREDIT SPD AND TO LET YOU
KNOW THAT WAS DONE ON AN
EXECUTIVE SIDE.
>> GREAT.
JULIE.
ANYTHING ELSE?
>> THAT WRAPS UP MY OVERVIEW
HAPPY TO GO TO THE Q AND A
UNLESS CHRIS FISHER HAS
SOMETHING HE WANTS TO ADD
BEFORE WE GO TO THE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS.
>> I AM NOT SEEING DR. FISHER
POP UP SO WE WILL MAKE SURE TO
NOTE IT AS NECESSARY.
WE WILL DO COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD AND COUNCILMEMBER
PRESIDENT AND IF THERE IS ANY
ADDITIONAL HANDS PLEASE RAISE
THOSE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WANT TO START WITH OPENING
REMARKS.
THANKING SP D STAFF FOR THE
PRESENTATION TODAY.
I WANT TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE
BEEN VERY FOCUSED OVER THE LAST
YEAR-AND-A-HALF ON ADDRESSES
USE OF FORCE INCIDENTS
ASSOCIATED WITH POLICING
PROTESTS AND WE HAVE BEEN
FOCUSED ON INCORPORATING
ALTERNATIVES TO POLICING AS WE
DISCUSSED DURING THE COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND COMMUNITY LED
INVESTMENTS PRESENTATION. I
REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPENNESS
OF CHIEF DIAZ AND THE
RECOGNITION THAT SWORN OFFICERS
MAY NOT BE ALWAYS THE BEST
RESPONSE IN SOME SITUATIONS.
IT IS A CHALLENGING YEAR-AND-A-
HALF AND I DON'T WANT TO LOSE
SIGHT THAT OFFICERS LIKE OTHER
WORKERS HOSE JOB IT IS TO WORK
WITH THE ESTABLISH HAVE
EXPERIENCED STRESS AND TRAUMA
ASSOCIATED WITH SERVING THE
PUBLIC DURING COVID.
I APPRECIAE THE SERVICE OF
OFFICERS THAT HAVE STUCK WITH
SEATTLE DESPITE THE CHALLENGES
AND I RECOGNIZE THE SHORTAGE OF
OFFICERS IS SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCE 911 PRIORITY RESPONSES.
THESE ARE RESPONSES THAT HAVE A
STANDARD GOAL OF SEVEN MINUTES.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE
INVESTMENTS TO ADDRESS THE REAL
WORKLOAD CHALLENGES FOR SWORN
OFFICERS AND I BELIEVE WE CAN
DO SO BY QUICKLY AND CAREFULLY
POLICE RESPONSES.
WE HAVE SEEN A STAGGERING
INCREASE IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
VIOLENCE.
SUICIDE, GUN VIOLENCE.
I HAVE HEARD THE CHIEF SAYS
SOCIAL INTERACT IS PERISHABLE
SKILL AND THIS IS TRUE.
I WANT TO NOTE THAT -- I WANT
TO LIFT UP THE FACT THAT THE
DEPARTMENT HAS PROPOSAL TO
SUPPORT THIS THROUGH SHIFTING
OF $3.5 MILLION OF SPD'S BUDGET
TO SUPPORT THE ROLLING
ALTERNATIVES AND REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT THEY ARE
PROPOSING TO DO SO FOR THE 2022
BUDGET.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS ON
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE
2022 BUDGET.
YOU KNOW THE PRESENTATION WE
JUST SAW, IT LOOKS LIKE -- AND
AS I UNDERSTAND THAT
PRESENTATION IT IS DESIGNED TO
HIGHLIGHT THE MAJOR CHANGES IN
THIS BUDGET OVER THE PREVIOUS
YEAR'S BUDGET AND TO SHOW CUTS
AND ADS AND IT LOOKS LIKE MOST
OF THE THINGS THAT WERE ADDED
WERE FROM SALARY SAVINGS AND
THE EXCEPTION WAS THE OPA
REQUEST NOT CLEAR TO ME WHERE
THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS ARE BEING
ALLOCATED IN THE SPD BUDGET.
THE THINGS WE WENT OVER IT IS
NOT ADDED MONEY BUT REALLOCATED
FROM SALARY SAVINGS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET AS
YOU MENTIONED ABOUT A MILLION
INCREASE.
THAT'S ONE ISSUE.
IT APPEARS THAT THE MAYOR'S
RESTORED BUDGET STORES AND THIS
IS WHERE WE CAN FIND THE ADS
AND STORES THE CUTS MADE IN THE
2021 BUDGET AND THE OVERTIME
BUDGET FROM RESTORES 2.6
MILLION OVERTIME TO THE LEVEL
OF 29.
6 MILLION AND RESTORES 4.1
MILLION TO CIVILIAN FUNDING AND
RESTORES 175,000 TRAVEL AND
ENTERTAINING THAT THE COUNCIL
HAD CUT AND RESTORES $300,000
OF DISCRETIONARY PURCHASES.
THERE WAS RESTORATION OF THREE
MILLION OF THAT AND THE COUNCIL
PROVIDED MOST OF THAT ALTHOUGH
NOT ALL.
IT IS JUST BACKGROUND.
MY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ARE WHAT
WERE THE DECISIONS TO RESTORE
THE TRAVEL AND TRAINING AND THE
DISCRETIONARY PURCHASE AND THE
OVERTIME BUDGET, WERE THEY
BASED ON ANALYSIS AND SPECIFIC
ESTIMATES?
WAS THERE EVENT OVERTIME.
WAS THERE A LOOK AT THE
TRAINING BUDGET THAT WAS MISSED
IN 2021 THAT REQUIRED
RESTORATION OF THE FULL BUDGET.
WANT TO UNDERSTAND THOSE
PARTICULAR CUTS.
I WILL GO DOWN THE LINE.
WE RESTORED THE REDUCTION FOR
THE OVERTIME WITH THE IDEA WE
WOULD NEED THE FUNDING AS THE
CITY REOPENS AND THE NUMBER OF
EVENTS FOR THE WORK INCREASES
BEEN WE KNOW THE SEAHAWKS HAVE
RETURNS AND THE CONCERTS AND
THINGS ARE STARTING TO BE ADDED
TO THE SCHEDULE AND WE EXPECT A
RECOVER.
IN 2019 WE WORKED OVER 600
EVENTS ON OVERTIME.
AND I DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW
IF REQUESTING ADDITIONAL.
22 OF THE KRAKEN WILL BE
WORKED IN 2022.
THEY ARE SCHEDULED. I WOULD SAY
FROM AN ESTIMATE STANDPOINT, WE
EXPECT FULL RECOVERY AT SOME
POINT AND IT SEEMED REASONABLE
TO REQUEST THE RESTORATION OF
THE EXISTING OVERTIME BUDGET
BUT DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE
PARKING ENFORCEMENT OVERTIME
THAT WAS TRANSFERRED
SPECIFICALLY FOR SPECIAL EVENTS
TO SDOT.
WHEN YOU ADD THAT 6.4 MILLION
TO THE 2021 PROPOSED BUDGET, IT
ONLY GETS YOU PARTWAY TO THE 29
MILLION. THE REMAINING 2 MILLION
IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE PAID
PARENTAL LEAVE TRANSFER FROM
FINANCE GENERAL.
IN TALKING, WE DECIDED IT WAS
APPROPRIATE TO DEPART FROM THAT
PAST PRACTICE, THE SUPPLEMENT
OF APPROPRIATING THE
SUPPLEMENTAL PROCESS.
ORIGINALLY THE IDEA IS WE WANT
TO KNOW THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES
UNTIL LATE IN THE YEAR.
WE HAVE SEEN VERY CONSISTENT
EXPENDITURES FROM 1.8 TO $2
MILLION EACH YEAR FOR PAID
PARENTAL LEAVE BACKFILL.
THAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THAT $2
MILLION. IN RETROSPECT, I
SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED THAT IN A
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT WE
JUST WENT THROUGH BECAUSE I
THINK IT IS REFLECTIVE OF NEW
MONEY THAT IS NOT NEW GENERAL
FUND MONEY, BUT MONEY THAT IS
BEING APPROPRIATED TO SPD IN A
DIFFERENT FASHION THAN IT HAS
PREVIOUSLY.
I WOULD SAY THE 2 MILLION IS
TRULY AN ADD TO OUR BASE
BUDGET.
ADDITIONALLY WE HAD LANGUAGE
PREMIUM STIPEND OF ABOUT
$19,000.
THERE WERE ALSO BASELINE
ADJUSTMENTS THAT WERE A TRUE
ADD TO THE BUDGET FOR THE AGILE
WAGE INCREASES RESTORED
CITYWIDE FOR SELECT EMPLOYEES.
THOSE WERE PUT ON HOLD IN 2020.
THERE ARE A LOT OF NET CHANGES
IN THE BUDGET. THE RESTORATION
OF THE SALARY AND BENEFIT COST
BUDGET FOR POLICE OFFICERS IS
ALSO INCLUDED AND DOES ACCOUNT
FOR THE SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR
SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE DID
HIGHLIGHT.
NORMALLY WHEN WE ARE
REPURPOSING FUNDING WITHIN THE
BUDGET, WE ARE TRYING TO THINK
OF THE BEST WAY TO REPRESENT
THAT IN THIS PRESENTATION.
IT DID MAKE IT CONFUSING THOUGH
IN ACCOUNTING FOR NEW ADS AND
REPURPOSING MONEY.
I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD,
YOUR ATTENTION TO THE BSL AND
TRANSFER OF MONEY BETWEEN BSL'S
, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE
ACCOUNTED FOR THAT AS WELL.
PAST PRACTICE YOU WOULD OFTEN
WORK THAT OUT THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR AND NOT NECESSARILY
PRESENT THOSE TRANSFERS OR BUILD
THOSE INTO THE BUDGET. WE TOOK
A DIFFERENT APPROACH THIS YEAR
AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE
CAPTURING THE BUDGET FOR ITEMS
LIKE THE TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS
AND MOVING THAT MONEY AROUND IN
THE BUDGET PROCESS AS OPPOSED
TO REVISITING THAT MIDYEAR,
LIKE WE DID IN 2021.
IT DOES MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE
COMPLICATED THOUGH TO UNPACK
EVERYTHING THAT IS IN THE
BUDGET.
AS FAR AS THE TRAVEL TRAINING
AND EQUIPMENT SUPPLY BUDGETS
THAT WERE RESTORED, WE DO KNOW
THAT TRAVEL AND TRAINING HAS
BEEN LIMITED DUE TO COVID.
THE REFERENCE TO THAT IN THE
CHANGE REQUEST, WE DID NOT DO
AN ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE
SPECIFICALLY HOW THAT
ADDITIONAL FUNDING WOULD BE
SPENT IN OUR STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT RESPONSE.
WE TRY TO EXPLAIN HOW THE MONEY
IS ALLOCATED AND USED, BUT IT
CAN BE UNPREDICTABLE.
WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW THE
CERTIFICATIONS ARE OFTEN TIED TO
RECERTIFICATION'S AND THE NEED
TO NEW CERTIFICATIONS AND
PERSONNEL MOVEMENT IN THE
DEPARTMENT.
I WOULD SAY FOR THE TRAVEL AND
TRAINING, WE DID NOT DO A
TRAINING BY TRAINING ANALYSIS
BUT WE KNOW WE HAVE SEEN
LIMITED TRAVEL THIS YEAR DUE TO
COVID.
FOR THE EQUIPMENT SUPPLY BUDGET,
THAT WAS RESTORED. WE HAVE
DEFERRED COSTS TIED TO, YOU KNOW
, HOLDING OFF ON FURNITURE
REPLACEMENT, FACILITY CHANGES
AND THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE
DONE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
YEARS.
WE HAVE TRIED TO BE MINDFUL OF
EXPENDITURES GIVEN THE REVENUE
CRISIS AND UNCERTAINTY OF THIS
YEAR'S BUDGET. THERE ARE
DEFERRED EXPENSES. WE ALSO HAVE
SOME ITEMS, THE LESS LETHAL
TOOLS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE THINGS
WE ARE CONTEMPLATING PURCHASING
IF THE BUDGET ALLOWS FOR IT.
I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW
THAT $300,000 IS PLANNED FOR
2022 AT THIS POINT.
>> IF I COULD ADD SOME COMMENTS
. WHEN THOSE REDUCTIONS WERE
TAKEN, WE DIDN'T THINK THEY
WERE NECESSARILY GOING TO BE
ONGOING, RIGHT?
MY INSTRUCTIONS WERE AS COVID
HIT, LET'S HOLD ALL OF THE CASH
WE POSSIBLY CAN. IT WOULD
LIKELY BE DEFERRED TO
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES IN THE
FUTURE.
JUST ANOTHER POINT ABOUT THE
OVERALL INCREASE IN THE BUDGET,
IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE
THERE ARE CENTRAL COST CHARGES,
LIKE THE HR FUNCTIONS, THE
VEHICLE CHARGES THAT ARE PASSED
THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT THAT ARE
ALSO DRIVING INCREASES.
WE USE THAT STRUCTURES OF THE
DEPARTMENTS CAN FACE THOSE
COSTS DIRECTLY AND THEY CAN
SPREAD THOSE COSTS A COST
ACROSS OUR GRANT DOLLARS IN THE
CITY DOESN'T BEAR ALL OF IT.
GRANTS ARE DESCRIBED AS
OVERHEAD COSTS. THAT IS ANOTHER
FACTOR OUTSIDE OF THE
DEPARTMENT'S CONTROL. IT IS
TRUE OF EVERY DEPARTMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ. WE WILL
COME BACK TO COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD AT THE END HERE.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
JUST REALLY QUICKLY, I HAD SOME
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CSO'S. CAN
YOU JUST LET ME KNOW HOW MANY
OF THE CURRENT 18 FULL-TIME
EQUIVALENTS ARE CURRENTLY
FILLED?
>> THE LAST I CHECKED, WE HAD
EIGHT CSO VACANCIES, ALL OF
WHICH ARE IN AN ACTIVE HIRING
PROCESS.
10?
11 OF THE 18 ARE CURRENTLY
FILLED.
>> OKAY.
AND WINDOWS SPD ANTICIPATE THE
REMAINING SEVEN WILL BE FILLED?
BY WHEN?
>> THEY HAVE HELD INTERVIEWS
AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A NUMBER
OF CANDIDATES IN THE BACKGROUND
PROCESS THAT CAN TAKE ANYWHERE
FROM TWO TO FOUR MONTHS,
DEPENDING ON THE PROCESS.
THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING FROM HR
, THAT ALL OF THE POSITIONS
HAVE CANDIDATES IDENTIFIED. WE
ARE JUST AWAITING THE RESULT OF
THE BACKGROUND.
>> OKAY.
AND CAN YOU GIVE ME A GENERAL
SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, SORT OF
FROM RECRUITMENT, YOU KNOW,
HIRING TO SORT OF, YOU KNOW,
YOU ARE IN PLACE AND YOU ARE
OPERATIONAL?
WHAT IS SORT OF THE AVERAGE
LENGTH OF TIME?
>> FOR CSO?
>> YES.
>> I AM GOING TO SEE IF CHRIS
HAS AN ANSWER TO THAT.
>> IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU COULD
JUST TAKE NOTE OF IT AND LET US
KNOW.
THAT'S FINE.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
>> UNLESS DR. FISHER HAS THE
ANSWER?
>> BEST TO CONFIRM THAT.
I COULD GUESS, BUT IT'S BEST TO
CONFIRM.
>> I WOULD WELCOME THE
OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN THOSE
DETAILS.
AND THEN CAN YOU JUST REMIND US
SORT OF WHAT FUNCTIONS ARE SPD
PRIMARILY UTILIZING THE CSOS AT
THE MOMENT ? ARE THERE MODELS
ON HOW YOU'RE USING THE CSO'S?
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY DEVIATIONS
FROM THE ORIGINAL PLAN. IT IS A
MIX OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT, FOLLOW-UP VIA
PATROL CONTACT FOR INITIATION
AND I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE
ASSISTED SPECIAL PROJECTS. NO
MAJOR DEVIATION FROM THE
ORIGINAL PLAN.
I KNOW THERE WAS A SPECIAL
EMPHASIS ON YOUTH SERVICES AND
YOUTH ENGAGEMENT.
>> IS THERE ANY WAY TO
DETERMINE OR IS SPD AT ALL
TRACKING HOW CSOS ARE HELPING
TO REDUCE -- WELL, I GUESS
FREEING UP MORE OFFICER TIME SO
OUR SWORN OFFICERS CAN FOCUS ON
HIGHER PRIORITY CALLS?
IS THAT INFORMATION YOU ALL ARE
TRACKING IN ANY MANNER OR HAVE
HAD OBSERVATIONS ABOUT?
>> I WILL CUT TO CHRIS ON THIS
ONE FROM A TRACKING STANDPOINT.
IF WE ARE DOCUMENTING THAT
ANYWHERE.
>> I THINK 50% OF THEIR TIME IS
GOING TOWARD RESOURCE
ENGAGEMENT WERE THERE HELPING
ON PATROL OR ON OTHER PROJECTS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN THEY ARE
HANDING OFF A CALL SO THE
OFFICER CAN LEAVE THE SCENE. IT
IS A GOOD THING TO CHECK. WE
WILL WORK WITH THE DATA TEAM TO
SEE IF WE CAN PULL THAT OUT AND
GET A SENSE OF THAT.
I KNOW THAT WAS SOMEWHAT
LIMITED DURING COVID.
JUST BECAUSE OF WHERE WE WERE
TRYING TO USE THEM AND NOT
EXPOSE THEM UNNECESSARILY TO
EXTRA PERSON TO PERSON CONTACT,
BUT AS THINGS HAVE REOPENED, I
THINK THAT IS A GOOD PLACE TO
LOOK IN THE DATA TO SEE HOW
WELL WE CAN TRACK THAT AND IF
WE ARE NOT ABLE TO TEASE THAT
OUT. THEY DO THIS OVER RADIO.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TEASE THAT
OUT BUT IT IS A GOOD THING FOR
US TO CHECK ON, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> GREAT.
GRATEFUL WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO
IDENTIFY THAT DATA POINT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
AND THEN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET
INCLUDES AN ADDITION OF SIX
COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS FOR
A TOTAL OF 24.
I WAS JUST WONDERING WHERE THAT
NUMBER CAME FROM AND WHETHER OR
NOT THE DEPARTMENT HAS
ADDITIONAL CAPACITY TO, YOU
KNOW, INCREASE THE CSO UNIT AT
A MORE PERHAPS DRASTIC PACE.
>> WHEN WE DEVELOPED THIS
PROPOSAL, IT WAS IN CONNECTION
WITH THE REIMAGINING COMMUNITY.
WE TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION AT
THE TIME THAT WE HAD A NUMBER
OF VACANCIES IN THIS AREA AND
WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE
PUTTING FORTH A REALISTIC
PROPOSAL IN TERMS OF HOW MANY
WE COULD ACTUALLY ONBOARD.
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS ARE, YOU
KNOW, IDENTIFYING FACILITY AND
SPACE FOR THEM, VEHICLES,
MAKING SURE THEY HAVE THE
EQUIPMENT AND WE HAVE THE
CAPACITY TO ACTUALLY ONBOARD.
I WOULD SAY THAT THE SIX WAS
CONSERVATIVE. WE WOULD LOVE TO
HAVE MORE CSO'S OUT THERE, BUT
THE SIX WAS MEANT TO BE A
REALISTIC ADDITION.
WE WOULD START PURSUING THAT
IDEALLY IN 2021 TO MAKE SURE
THEY WERE FULLY ON BOARDED BY
2022.
>> DR. FISHER, ANYTHING TO ADD?
>> NO.
ANGELA DID A GREAT JOB.
>> OKAY.
THAT IS HELPFUL INFORMATION.
YOU KNOW, THE LAST QUESTION ON
CSOs , EVEN DURING OUR MIDYEAR
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET WE HAVE HAD
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT -- AND IT
REALLY IT IS A POLICY QUESTION.
THERE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS ON
WHERE THE CSOs SHOULD RESIDE.
I HAVE HEARD THROUGH THE
GRAPEVINE, BUT NOT DIRECTLY
FROM YOU ALL ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
SORT OF YOUR THINKING ABOUT
WHERE THE CSOs ARE MOST
APPROPRIATELY HOUSED. I DID
JUST WANT TO ASK THE QUESTION
ON THE RECORD ABOUT, YOU KNOW
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU
ALL VERY MUCH BELIEVE THAT THE
CSO FUNCTION SHOULD REMAIN
WITHIN THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
THE ALTERNATIVE IS TO, YOU
KNOW, CONTINUE TO ALLOW THERE
TO PERHAPS BE A RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE CSOs AND SPD BUT
HAVE THE FUNCTION HOUSED IN A
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT, MOSTLY
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND COMMUNICATIONS. I
JUST WANTED TO HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR DIRECTLY
FROM THE DEPARTMENT ABOUT YOUR
PERSPECTIVE AS IT RELATES TO
THAT POLICY QUESTIO.
>> YEAH. I AM HAPPY TO TAKE
THAT.
I THINK THERE ARE PLENTY OF
STAKEHOLDERS THAT NEED TO
PARTICIPATE IN THIS DISCUSSION.
JUST HIGH LEVEL WHETHER THE
CSOs WORK AT SPD OR NOT, THERE
IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A BODY OF
WORK THERE.
THERE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A
POLICE OFFICER TO ENCOUNTER
INDIVIDUALS WHO, YOU KNOW,
THROUGH THE VARIOUS CONTACTS
WHETHER IT IS THROUGH 911,
THROUGH AN ON VIEW WHO NEED
FOLLOW-UP WHO NEED ASSISTANCE,
WHO NEED SOME KIND OF SUPPORT
THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT --
IMMEDIATE SUPPORT, I SHOULD
SAY.
THESE OFFICERS AREN'T ABLE TO
PROVIDE THAT DUE TO STAFFING
CONSTRAINTS, THE NEED TO GO TO
ANOTHER CALL. CSOs ARE
PROVIDING , YOU KNOW, SUPPORT,
TRANSPORTATION. THEY ARE
ASSISTING AT CRIME SCENES.
THEY HAVE ACCESS TO AREAS AND
INFORMATION THAT WOULDN'T
NECESSARILY BE AVAILABLE TO THEM
ABSENT, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS AN
MLA WITH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION
OR AGENCY.
THERE IS NOT ONLY AN EFFICIENCY
TO HAVING THEM, BUT IT IS A
RELATIONSHIP PIECE TOO.
HAVING A CSO IS HAVING A
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE POLICE
OFFICERS. I THINK THERE IS A
MUTUAL BENEFIT THERE.
THERE IS A COMFORT IN THE
RELATIONSHIP AS WE WERE
ESTABLISHING THIS PROGRAM.
WE FELT HE TRANSFER THE
WORKLOAD TO ANOTHER ENTITY OR
ANOTHER PROFESSIONAL WITHIN THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THAT RELATIONSHIP HAS LEARNING
POTENTIAL.
WE CAN SEE THE CSOs ENGAGING
WITH POLICE OFFICERS. WE ARE
DEMONSTRATING DIFFERENT SKILL
SETS, SHARING INFORMATION THAT
MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE AVAILABLE
. THE ACCESS TO THE LISTED
LOGISTICAL PIECE BUT THE MORE
HOLISTIC PIECE OR HAVING THESE
INDIVIDUALS WORK ALONGSIDE THE
POLICE, RECOGNIZING THAT THEY
ARE PROVIDING A DIFFERENT
SERVICE. THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT
SET OF TRAINING, DIFFERENT
SKILL SET THAT WE THINK TRULY
COMPLEMENTS THE WORK OF THE
POLICE OFFICERS.
>> I WOULD JUST ADD, I THINK, A
LOT OF THEM DIDN'T FEEL THAT
THEY SIGNED UP TO BE THIS
RESOURCE IN A POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
TARGETING BACK TO THE 2019
INNOVATION TEAM HIRING A
RETENTION ANALYSIS, ONE OF THE
SUGGESTIONS WAS A CIVILIAN
PATHWAY TO HIRING AND I THINK
WE HAVE SEEN A COUPLE OF CSOs
FROM THEIR EXPERIENCE MAYBE
WANTING TO APPLY TO BE A SWORN
POLICE OFFICER. I THINK WE HAVE
SEEN FROM THE FOLKS WHO HAVE
SIGNED UP TO BE CSOs THAT A
CERTAIN NUMBER OF THEM HAVE
REALIZED MAYBE THEY WANT TO
SERVE IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY
BUT THEY MAY NOT HAVE EVER
THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AND THEY MAY
NOT HAVE THE EXPOSURE. I KNOW
ANGELA DID A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT
OF WORK, AND SO MANY OTHERS TO
STAND UP AGAINST THE CSO
PROGRAM.
THAT PROJECT REALLY SHORT OF
SHOWED THE COMMUNITY WHEN THEY
WERE DOING THIS OUTREACH.
THEY WANTED TO BE IN THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
THEY WANTED THEM TO HAVE THAT
CONNECTION.
I THINK FOR A VARIETY OF
REASONS.
WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT
THE NOTES SAID AS TO WHAT THE
REASONS WERE, BUT I REMEMBER
ONE OF THE BULLET POINTS THAT
CAME OUT FROM THAT ENGAGEMENT
WAS THAT ANGELA AND OTHERS HAD
REALLY HELPED LEAD ABOUT HOW TO
STAND UP TO THE CSO PROGRAM.
>> YEAH, AND I AM FAMILIAR WITH
SOME OF THE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT WORK YOU ALL DID.
THAT WAS DURING THE TIME I WAS
STILL CHAIR OF THE SAFETY
COMMITTEE.
I AM AWARE OF THAT. I JUST ALSO
KNOW THAT THAT WAS THEN AND
THIS IS NOW.
YOU KNOW, I GUESS WHAT THE REAL
QUESTION IS HERE, IS SPD AT A
MINIMUM OPEN TO CONTINUING TO
HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT
POLICY QUESTION THAT I FRAMED UP
? YOU KNOW, I WILL JUST SHARE
THAT I AM INTERESTED IN SORT OF
WRESTLING WITH THAT PARTICULAR
QUESTION TO DETERMINE WHAT THE
ANSWER IS AND I WOULD CERTAINLY
BE INTERESTED TO CONTINUE TO
ENGAGE WITH THE VARIOUS
STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS AREA
INCLUDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
AROUND HOW WE FIND A RESOLUTION
TO THAT OVERARCHING POLICY
QUESTION ABOUT WHERE THE CSOs
ARE MOST APPROPRIATELY HOUSED
WHILE STILL MAINTAINING THE
INTEGRITY THIS IS, WHICH IS TO
PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, ALTERNATIVE
AND RELIEF TO SWORN PERSONNEL
AT SPD.
>> I THINK WE ARE HAPPY TO
ENGAGE IN THAT DISCUSSION AND
JUST HOPE THAT -- I KNOW WITH
SOME OF THE OTHER TRANSFERS AND
FUNCTIONS OUTSIDE OF THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, WE MADE THE
DECISION BEFORE WE ACTUALLY
WORKED OUT SOME OF THE
LOGISTICAL DETAILS.
IN THIS CASE, I THINK JUST --
YOU KNOW, WE ARE WORKING HARD
TO GET THIS GROUP FULLY
OPERATIONAL. MY HOPE WOULD BE
THAT WE COULD ENGAGE THE CSOs
AND EVERYONE ELSE TO WORK OUT
SOME OF THOSE DETAILS BEFORE
ACTUALLY INITIATE ANY SORT OF
TRANSFER.
>> YEAH.
ITHINK WE ARE ALL SENSITIVE TO
THAT AND APPRECIATE THE DESIRE
TO WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION
IN A WAY THAT FACILITATES
RESOLUTION TO THE POLICY
QUESTION PERHAPS BEFORE WE
ENGAGE IN THE MECHANICS OF A
TRANSFER.
I APPRECIATE YOU FINDING THAT
FOR US.
MADAM CHAIR, I DON'T HAVE ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME AN
OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THAT
AREA.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
CHAIR HERBOLD, I DON'T SEE ANY
ADDITIONAL HANDS. COLLEAGUES,
IF YOU HAVE HANDS BEFORE
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD CLOSES
THIS OUT, PLEASE LET US KNOW. I
WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD TO THE
CONVERSATION WE JUST HAD THAT
WHILE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT
TRANSFERRING OUT INDIVIDUALS
COULD BE BETTER POSITIONED IN
NON-SPD ROLES, IT WASN'T DONE
IMMEDIATELY. IT WAS A PROCESS
PUT INTO PLACE SO THAT WE COULD
MOVE INDIVIDUALS ONCE THE
DEPARTMENT HAS STOOD OUT. I
THINK THERE IS A PROCESS
UNDERWAY AND I WOULD APPRECIATE
AGAIN THE INTERIM DIRECTOR
BEING WITH US AS WE TALK ABOUT
THE NEW FUNCTIONS UNDER THE CSC
SEE AND I KNOW THAT WE WILL
CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT WHERE
ADDITIONAL ONES CAN BE PLACED.
I APPRECIATE THE ANSWERS FROM
SOCCI AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ ABOUT WHERE THE
CONVERSATION MAY HAVE EVOLVED.
THERE WAS A POINT IN TIME OF
THE CONVERSATION WITH CSOs AND
I AM COGNIZANT HOW FAST THE
NATIONAL CONVERSATION AROUND
THESE ISSUES HAS CHANGED . I AM
LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING
FEEDBACK FROM THE DIVERSE
STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING LABOR
ABOUT HOW BEST WE CAN PROVIDE
THESE ALTERNATIVES AND WHERE
THEY ARE BEST PLACED.
I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
SLIDE NUMBER FOUR.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT IT UP.
I JUST WANTED TO ORIENT FOLKS
BACK TO THE CSO CONVERSATION WE
WERE HAVING.
THIS BUILD ON THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT'S LINE OF QUESTIONS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS A
FOLLOW-UP ON SOME OF THE CSO
QUESTIONS, I BELIEVE THERE WAS
ADDITIONAL DATA YOU WILL
COMPILE FOR US.
I WANTED TO SPECIFICALLY ASK IF
WE COULD INCLUDE IN OUR FEEDBACK
ABOUT THE PORTFOLIO OF THE WORK
THAT CSOs HAVE, IF WE COULD GET
AN UNDERSTANDING HOW AND WHEN
THEY ARE DEPLOYED AND IF THERE
ARE ANY SPECIFIC RESPONSE
ABILITIES, OR IF THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT IS WRITTEN DOWN
AS A PROTOCOL AND PROCESS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THAT IS
WRITTEN ANYWHERE.
AND THEN THE CSO PORTFOLIO YOU
SORT OF DESCRIBED AS BEING
SIMILAR TO WHAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN
. I WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT IN
WRITING AS YOU THINK ABOUT
RESPONDING TO THE QUESTIONS
THAT THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
ALREADY ASKED.
AND COUNCIL -- I'M SORRY, DR.
FISHER. DID YOU HAVE A
QUESTION?
OH, GREAT.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, I DON'T
WANT TO STEAL WHAT YOU HAVE
BEEN REALLY PRESSING ON, BUT I
WANT TO UNDERSCORE IT, IF I
MIGHT. AS WE WERE PREPARING FOR
THIS PRESENTATION AS WELL ALONG
WITH COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
HERE, I KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CRIMINAL
JUSTICE REFORM, OR NICK JR. AS
WE HAVE BEEN CALLING IT. THERE
HAVE BEEN A SIGNIFICANT
PERCENTAGE OF CALLS THAT WERE
CURRENTLY BEING RESPONDED TO BY
OFFICIALS WHEN IT COULD BE DONE
WITHOUT SPD INVOLVEMENT AND I
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GO BACK TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S LINE OF
QUESTIONING TO EXPLAIN WHETHER
OR NOT THERE IS ANY MOVEMENT IN
THIS PROPOSED BUDGET IN FRONT
OF US TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF
OFFICERS WHO ARE CURRENTLY
RESPONDING TO THAT 12% OF CALLS
WHERE THERE WAS AGREED-UPON
DIFFERENCES OR RESPONSES THAT
COULD BE HANDLED BY AN
ALTERNAIVE RESPONSE STARTING
NOW.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT,
PLEASE DO.
I WANTED TO JUMP RIGHT BACK TO
THE QUESTION YOU HAVE BEEN
ASKING FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS.
>> THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD,
CONSIDERING WE ARE INFLATING
THE UNIVERSE OF CALLS THAT THE
NICK JR. REPORT SAID HEY, WE
THINK THOSE CALLS WERE AROUND
50% AND DON'T NECESSARILY NEED
A POLICE DEPARTMENT OR POLICE
OFFICER RESPONSE.
I AM CONCERNED THAT WE ARE
CONFLATING THAT LARGER
PERCENTAGE WITH THE SMALLER
PERCENTAGE, THE 12% WHICH
REPRESENTS ONLY 28 CALL TYPES
THAT THE EXECUTIVE AGREED WITH
AND SAID WE AGREE THAT IN THE
NEAR TERM, WE SHOULD WORK TO
DIVERT THOSE 140,000 CALLS A
YEAR.
THE TRIAGE ONE PROGRAM AS IT
LOOKS NOW IS PROPOSING TO DIVERT
THINK IT IS ABOUT A FIFTH OR A
SIXTH OF THOSE 140 HOURS OF
CALLS REPRESENTED BY THAT 28
CALL TYPES.
EARLIER JULIE KLINE SAID THEY
WANT TO DO ANALYSIS, BUT MY
UNDERSTANDING WAS YOU WOULD DO
THAT WITH THE UNIVERSE OF CALL
TYPES AND NICK JR. SAID THEY
WERE POSSIBLE TO DIVERT.
THAT IS GREAT WORK HERE I WANT
THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, BUT IF
THERE IS INDEED A SUBSET OF 28
CALL TYPES THAT ARE LOW HANGING
FRUIT THAT WE ALL AGREE DON'T
NEED A SWORN OFFICER RESPONSE,
I WANT TO GET WORKING ON THAT
RIGHT NOW.
THAT IS THE ONLY CLARITY I
WOULD OFFER AND PERHAPS I AM
JUST MAKING THE QUESTION MORE
MUDDY AND I APOLOGIZE IF I AM.
>> NO.
THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA AND
VICE CHAIR HERBOLD. I KNOW YOU
AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS
BEFORE. I WILL TRY TO REEXPLAIN
THE THOUGHT PROCESS. MAYBE THE
THOUGHT PROCESS NEEDS TO BE
DIFFERENT. WHEN WE GOT THE NICK
JR. REPORT, YOU KNOW AS IT
CLEARLY STATES, THEIR ANALYSIS
LOOKED AT THE HIGH LEVEL CALL
TYPE, WHAT THE NAME SAYS AS
WELL AS HOW OFTEN SOMEONE WAS
ARRESTED AND THEY ALSO MATCHED
UP WITH DID THAT CALL TYPES
SEEM TO BE RELATED AND WHETHER
THAT WAS A MISDEMEANOR, FELONY,
OR A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELONY.
THOSE ARE THE FACTORS THEY TOOK
IN WHEN THEY DIVIDED STUFF UP.
WHEN WE FIRST GOT THAT, WE
LOOKED AT IT AND ON THAT SAME
LEVEL, THESE 28 NAMES SOUND
LIKE GENERALLY SOMETHING THAT
THE ONLY QUESTIONABLE ONE WE
HAVE ALWAYS HIGHLIGHTED IS
DISTURBANCE. THAT ONE IS
SLIGHTLY, LOCATED HERE THERE
ARE FOUR DIFFERENT WAYS OF HOW
DISTURBANCE IS LOGGED IN A CALL
. THEY HAVE DIFFERENT SUBTYPES
AND DISTURBANCE IN AND OF
ITSELF IS A VERY BROAD CATEGORY.
BUT THEN AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK
INTO THE REPORT AND AS WE ENGAGE
DR. ALBERT, WE WERE SORT OF
TURNED ONTO THIS IDEA THAT
THERE IS A WAY THAT IT HAS BEEN
DONE IN OTHER COUNTRIES. IT HAS
NEVER BEEN DONE IN THE U.S.,
BUT THERE IS A METHODOLOGY TO
DO IT AND WE HAVE BEEN TALKING
WITH FOLKS WHO CAN SUPPORT US
TO DO THAT WHERE FOR MY SENSE
FROM A METHODOLOGICAL
STANDPOINT, IT MAKES SENSE TO
DO IT TO ALL OF THE CALLS. THE
NUMBER OF CALLS DOESN'T AFFECT
THE ANALYSIS.
YOU RUN THE SAME NUMBERS
THROUGH TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT
AT A MAIN LEVEL MISSING ONE OF
THESE CALL TYPES.
PEOPLE TEND TO GET HURT A LOT.
WHEN OFFICERS GET THERE, THERE
IS SOMEONE INJURED A LOT.
I AM MAKING THOSE UP.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY COULD BE
. THE IDEA IS TO CONSTRUCT HOW
OFTEN, BASED ON DATA, IS THERE
HARM?
THERE IS A WHOLE SCIENCE ON
HARM.
HARM IS NOT JUST TO A PERSON.
THERE IS A BROADER HARM. THAT
IS WHAT WE PREFER TO DO TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE NOT PLACING ANYONE
IN ANY SORT OF UNINTENDED RISK
OR LIABILITY BY SENDING SOMEONE
TO A CALL THAT ON FACE VALUE
AND NAME VALUE SEEMS LIKE IT IS
ALWAYS GOING TO BE SAFE.
IF WE LOOK AT THE DATA, MAYBE
IT IS NOT.
WE HAVE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS
FOR YEARS ABOUT THE WELFARE
CHECKS AND FIRE AND SPD BOTH
AGREED THESE CALLS, WHEN WE GET
THERE, SOMETIMES NO ONE IS EVEN
THERE.
WHEN WE GET THERE, WE ARE NOT
REALLY NECESSARY.
I THINK FROM JULIA'S OTHER
POINT, MAYBE WE CAN -- I NEED
TO TALK WITH OUR DATA FOLKS,
BUT COULD WE DO THIS RISK
ANALYSIS QUICKLY ON JUST THESE
28?
DOES THAT WORK?
WILL THAT SLOW STUFF DOWN, OR
IS NOT REALLY A BIG DEAL?
WE WILL ALSO DO THE LABOR
DISCUSSION AND MISSING PROPERTY
, I BELIEVE THERE IS AN ISSUE
ABOUT OTHER FOLKS TAKING
POSSESSION.
THOSE ARE THE CHECKS WE WANT TO
DO ON THE GROUP.
THEY WERE IN THE NICK JR.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THIS.
FACE VALUE, YEAH I COULD SEE WHY
YOU WOULD ASK. I THINK WE
SHOULD JUST DO THE DUE DILIGENCE
. IF WE WANT TO PUSH FASTER, WE
CAN SEE IF WE CAN ON THESE 28.
THEY LOOK PRETTY SIMPLE.
THAT WAS THE COMPLICATION HERE.
METHODOLOGICALLY, I THINK IT
MAKES SENSE TO APPLY THE PLANS
TO ALL OF THE CALL TYPES BUT IF
YOU WANT TO LOOK AT EACH 28
DIFFERENTLY, WE CAN TRY TO
SUBSET THOSE OUT AND GET A
SENSE.
>> YEAH, AND THAT IS WHAT WE
DISCUSSED LAST TIME WE TALKED.
YOU WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT
WHETHER OR NOT IT MADE SENSE TO
PHASE IT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THERE IS
URGENCY NOT JUST BECAUSE WE ARE
REIMAGINING POLICING AND WE
WANT TO REDUCE POLICE CONTACT
WHEN IT IS NOT NECESSARY, BUT
THERE IS URGENCY BECAUSE THE
NUMBER OF OFFICERS WE HAVE TO
RESPOND TO 911 CALLS IS GREATLY
REDUCED. IF WE COULD GET THEM
OFF OF THOSE CALLS IF THEY DO
NOT NEED TO BE RESPONDING, WE
NEED TO DO THAT QUICKLY.
IN DOING SO, WE CAN REDUCE
THOSE 911 PRIORITY CALL
RESPONSE TIMES AND GET THEM
BACK TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.
>> RIGHT.
TO ONE OF YOUR OTHER AREAS YOU
LIKE TO FOCUS ON, WE HAVE BEEN
PUSHING AND WORKING WITH THE
CSC SEE ABOUT CHANGING THE
LANGUAGE ON THE ONLINE
REPORTING TOOL TO ENCOURAGE
ADDITIONAL ONLINE REPORTING.
THERE IS LANGUAGE ABOUT IF YOU
KNOW A SUSPECT.
YEAH, THE PERSON WAS IN A RED
SWEATER.
THAT DOESN'T HELP. YOU DON'T
KNOW WHO THE PERSON IS.
THAT DOESN'T COUNT. ONE OR TWO
OTHER WORDINGS WHERE WE THINK
YOU MIGHT NOT GET FOLLOW-UP. IF
YOU FILE ONLINE, THERE IS NO
GUARANTEE YOU WILL TALK WITH A
DETECTIVE. THERE IS NO
GUARANTEE YOU WILL TALK WITH A
DETECTIVE IN ANY CASE
NECESSARILY.
I THINK WE WANT TO CLARIFY THAT
TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WHO DON'T
REALLY FEEL THEY NEED TO SEE AN
OFFICER FACE-TO-FACE TO REPORT
ONLINE IF THEY CAN. I THINK
THAT WILL HELP THERE.
I KNOW YOU HAVE TALKED WITH
FOLKS NATIONALLY ABOUT THE
OFFLOAD.
YEAH, I THINK WE ARE VERY OPEN
TO MAKING SURE OFFICERS ARE
GOING TO WHERE THE OFFICERS
NEED TO BE. WE DON'T WANT TO
SEND SOMEONE TO A CALL IN THE
OFFICER NEEDED TO BE AT
ACCIDENTALLY.
WE WANT TO BE DILIGENT BUT
TOTALLY AGREED THAT IT CANNOT
TAKE YEARS. PART OF THIS BUDGET
AND THIS ANALYTIC WORK TO
DEVELOP IT AND TEST IT TO MAKE
SURE IT WORKS. I THINK WE ARE
ON THE SAME PATH.
IT MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
ON THE TIMELINE, BUT I DON'T
THINK IT IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS, ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
I SEE COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
AND COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, YOU
STILL HAVE THE MIC.
DID I CUT YOU OFF?
>> NO, THAT WAS YOUR QUESTION.
>> YOU ARE RIGHT!
THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
AS WE TALKED ABOUT, WE WILL
COME TO YOU AT THE END.
I WILL GO TO COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN AND THEN I WILL COME
BACK.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> THANK YOU.
YOU HEAR ABOUT ALTERNATIVES TO
DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESPONSES
BEFORE WE GOT TO SPD.
I WANT TO REITERATE MY SUPPORT
FOR SCALING UP ALTERNATIVES TO
NOT ONLY PREVENTION, BUT ALSO
EMERGENCY RESPONSES. NOW THAT
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPD'S BUDGET
HERE, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE
ADDRESSED -- BECAUSE I DIDN'T
SEE THIS IN THE POWERPOINT.
IN THE BUDGET IT SAYS THERE IS
A NET LOSS OF 193 OFFICERS
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 2020 AND
WHAT I HAD READ IN VARIOUS
STATEMENTS WAS THAT THEY WERE
TRYING TO -- AND I'M
APPROXIMATING, BUT THEY ARE
HOPING TO HIRE 125 BUT THEY
MIGHT END UP LOSING 90 SO YOU
HAVE A DEBT OF 35
APPROXIMATELY.
WHEN WE SAY A NET GAIN OF 35,
THAT IS FROM THE REVISED AFTER
HAVING LOST 193. IN A WAY, IF
WE COMPARE JANUARY OF 2020 TO
JANUARY 2022, WOULDN'T THAT BE
A NET LOSS EVEN AFTER YOU GAIN
35 NET?
APPROXIMATELY? OKAY. I JUST
WANTED TO SET THAT CONTEXT AND
I DON'T THINK THERE IS A MAGIC
NUMBER FOR THE NUMBER OF
OFFICERS.
AS COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WAS
SAYING, THERE IS COVERAGE. IT
IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THAT
BASIC COVERAGE FOR NOW. BECAUSE
IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO HIRE
OFFICERS, EVEN LATERALS NEED TO
BE TRAINED UP TO THE TRAINING
STANDARDS. COULD YOU TELL ME A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT SPD
WOULD BE DOING TO RETAIN THE
OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE?
THAT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE MOST
EFFICIENT WAYS TO KEEP THE 24-7
911 RESPONSE.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
I THINK YOU DEFINITELY HAD THE
MATH RIGHT.
ANGELA CAN CHECK THE NUMBERS.
PART OF THAT IS THE CAPACITY TO
TRAIN. 125 WOULD BE A RECORD
NUMBER.
WE HAD DEMONSTRATED WE CAN DO
IT WITH THE ACADEMY. THE
UNKNOWN IS HOW MANY PEOPLE
APPLY AND QUALIFY. AS THE CHIEF
HAS SAID, WE HAVE FOLKS THAT
HAVE BEEN WAITING IN THE WINGS.
WE COULD PUSH PEOPLE THROUGH.
OUR HOLDUP IS GETTING ENOUGH
PEOPLE TO APPLY.
I KNOW THAT YOU ASKED ABOUT THE
RETENTION BUT PART OF THE
EQUATION IS GETTING MORE
PEOPLE.
IF WE CAN HIT 125, THAT IS
AMBITIOUS AS THE CHIEF
MENTIONED IN HIS COMMENTS, BUT
IT HAS BEEN RAMPING UP.
IT TAKES TIME TO GET THE
MACHINE RUNNING AGAIN.
WE DO HOPE TO GET THAT NUMBER.
YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT
OF FORMULA TO IT. I THINK AS
THE YEAR HAS GONE ON, WE HAD 15.
THE EARLY SEPARATIONS HAVE
SLOWED DOWN. WE MAY BE BETTER
ABLE TO MORE CLOSELY PREDICT
THE NUMBERS.
WE ARE HAVING MORE FOLKS ABLE
TO RETIRE THAN LEAVING EARLY,
WHICH WAS THE ISSUE IN 2020 AND
THE FIRST HALF OF 2021.
THE ESTIMATE STILL MAY BE HIGH.
WE WILL HAVE TO MONITOR THAT
MONTH-TO-MONTH. IN TERMS OF
RETENTION, ONE OF THE BIGGEST
THINGS AND ITEMS IN THE
RECOMMENDATION FROM THE TEAM
WAS THE WELLNESS SCHEDULE. I
KNOW THE CHIEF AND OTHERS AND
LABOR HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING AN
ALTERNATIVE SHIFT SCHEDULE.
I KNOW THE STAFFING IS A
CONSTRAINT TO THAT. THERE IS A
MINIMUM NUMBER OF OFFICERS WE
NEED TO DO THE FOR 10. WE HAVE
TO KEEP THEM MOVING BECAUSE WE
DON'T WANT TO LOSE SO MANY FOLKS
. THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE
ANYMORE.
I THINK WE HAVE HEARD FROM
ENOUGH PEOPLE THAT THE OTHER
MODEL IS A BIG BOOST TO WELLNESS
. WE HAD A BOOST TO RECRUITMENT
AND RETENTION. WE HAVE ALSO
BEEN TRYING TO INCREASE OUR
WELLNESS SERVICES.
WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO HAVE
MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
ACCESS AT ALL OF THE PRECINCTS
SO THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO FIND A
RESOURCE.
THE RESOURCE FIND YOU.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS IN THE
2019 REPORT, REALLY INVESTING
IN THE DEPARTMENT. NOT BUYING
EQUIPMENT. IT WAS REALLY ABOUT
GETTING PEOPLE ACCESS TO
BUILDING THEIR SKILL SET SO
THAT THEY COULD HAVE A VISION
AND CAREER PATH WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT AND POTENTIALLY
AFTER THE DEPARTMENT. A LOT OF
THAT IS HAVING ACCESS TO
TRAINING. AS ANGELA MENTIONED,
YOU HAVE TO HAVE CERTAIN
TRAINING TO DO CERTAIN JOBS.
OUR MAJOR CRASH INVESTIGATIONS,
THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT TRAINING
THAT TAKES TIME AND IS COSTLY
TO KNOW ALL OF THE MATH AND
SCIENCE AND IMPACT AND ANGLE
AND SPEED.
PEOPLE HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED TO
DO THOSE, BUT THERE ARE ALSO
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT AND THE MORE WE CAN
OFFER THAT, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN
DOING, THE MORE WE CAN SHOW THE
EMPLOYEES THAT THE DEPARTMENT
WANTS THEM TO GROW WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT TO GAIN NEW SKILLS.
THE CITY AND THE DEPARTMENT ARE
WILLING TO INVEST IN THAT AND
THAT IS A HUGE PART OF
ATTENTION.
THERE ARE ITEMS THAT CAN HELP
THERE.
WE HAVE BEEN POSTING ON SOCIALS
AND CONTINUE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
WORK IN ANY FIELD, PEOPLE LIKE
TO FEEL VALUED. JUST CONTINUING
THOSE EFFORTS. THE REASON THEY
ARE IN IT IS BEING RECOGNIZED
AND PEOPLE APPRECIATE WHAT THEY
DO.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OF COURSE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, I AM NOT
SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO FINALIZE OUR QUESTIONS HERE
FOR TODAY, YOU'RE MORE THAN
WELCOME TO.
>> JUST REAL QUICK, I AM NOT
GETTING A CLEAR READ OF WHETHER
OR NOT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE
TO IMPLEMENT THIS OR NOT.
IT IS SUCH A HIGH PRIORITY,
RIGHT?
IT HAS BEEN FOR YEARS.
I KNOW CENTRAL STAFF HAS ASKED
LOTS OF QUESTIONS.
WE ARE GETTING MIXED MESSAGES
AROUND THE STAFFING LEVELS
BEING A BARRIER.
ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
AFFORD 410S?
>> I WILL HAVE TO CHECK IN WITH
MY FOLKS.
>> FAIR ENOUGH.
YOU TOUCHED UPON THIS, DR.
FISHER.
I AM A BE GOING TO FRAME IT A
LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGED THE HIRING PLAN
IS COMPLETELY APPROPRIATE.
I JUST WANT TO PUT A LITTLE BIT
OF MEAT ON WHAT IT MEANS TO BE
BASED ON THE YEARS.
I THINK WE HAD ANTICIPATED
SEPARATION OF 85 FULLY TRAINED
OFFICERS IN 2020.
THAT IS LOW, RIGHT?
WE HAVEN'T SEEN A NUMBER AS LOW
AS 85 SINCE 2017.
ON THE HIRING SIDE, THE GOAL IS
125.
THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED EVEN
WHEN WE HAD HIRING BONUSES IN
2019. WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE 108.
GIVEN THOSE TRENDS, WHY WOULD
IT BE -- WHY WOULDN'T IT BE
ADVISABLE FOR US TO HOLD
ANOTHER FIVE OR SO MILLION IN
RESERVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS
WITH THE HIRING PLAN?
>> I THINK IT WOULD START. THE
MOST RECENT NORMAL YEAR, 2018
THERE WERE BROADER ISSUES
AROUND SEPARATIONS.
IN 2019, WE STARTED TO SEE THAT
RECOVER. THE BEGINNING OF 2020,
WE WERE SEEING RECORD LOW
SEPARATIONS UP UNTIL JUNE.
MONTH BY MONTH WE WERE STARTING
TO THINK WE WERE GOING TO HAVE
A RECORD HIRING YEAR IN 2020
UNTIL THE SECOND HALF OF THE
YEAR.
I THINK WE SEE THE UPTICK THAT
WE SAW. HIRING WENT ON PAUSE
AND IT TAKES TIME TO COME BACK.
WE WORKED THROUGH THAT AND THE
PROCESS IS RUNNING AGAIN AND IT
IS ONLINE NOW. INDIVIDUALS CAN
TAKE IT ALL THE TIME INSTEAD OF
WAITING FOR THOSE SESSIONS.
WE HAVE GOTTEN THE ELECTRONICS
OR EXTERNAL BACKGROUND PROCESS
TO SPEED THAT UP.
WE REPORTED HEARING LOTS OF
FOLKS GETTING FRUSTRATED WITH
THE TIME.
I'M NOT SURE IT IS IMPLEMENTED.
I WILL HAVE TO CHECK WITH HR
BUT YOU CAN HAVE THE PLAN
ELECTRONICALLY MANAGED. IT WAS
A LOT OF PAPER. ALSO WITH THE
CHIEF'S PROPOSAL AROUND THIS
RELATIONAL POLICING PRE-ACADEMY
TRAINING WHERE WE WOULD HIRE
PEOPLE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AND
THEY WOULD GO THROUGH THIS
PRETRAINING BEFORE THEY STARTED
THE ACADEMY SO THERE WOULDN'T
BE THIS PAUSE WE LOSE PEOPLE TO
OTHER AGENCIES.
I THINK ALL OF THAT COMBINED
GIVES US THE HOPE THAT WE CAN
HIT THAT NUMBER. THERE IS NO
GUARANTEE. I DON'T THINK WE
HAVE EVER HIT THE EXACT ESTIMATE
. IT IS A FORECAST.
I THINK SEEING WHERE WE WERE,
WE HAD JUST LAUNCHED NEW VERY
TARGETED RADIO ADS ONLINE. I
DON'T HOW MANY PEOPLE LISTEN TO
JUST PLAIN RADIO ANYMORE IN
THIS AGE GROUP, BUT IF YOU ARE
WILLING TO SIGN UP, CHAIRWOMAN
MOSQUEDA WILL TAKE YOU.
I THINK THAT WE ARE DOING WHAT
WE CAN DO TO EXPAND THE REACH.
A SYSTEM IS IN PLACE TO BE ABLE
TO PROCESS MORE AND WE THINK IF
WE CAN WE RETENTION EFFORTS,
UNLESS PEOPLE WANT TO LEAVE
EARLY, I THINK WE MAY HAVE
PUSHED A LOT OF PEOPLE.
IF THEY FOLD EARLY, THEY FOLD
EARLY.
FOLKS ARE IN THAT POSITION AND
THEY THINK ALL OF THAT COMBINES
TOGETHER AND WE THINK IT COULD
BE LOWER AND WE COULD HIT
HIRING NUMBERS THAT ARE LITTLE
HIGHER THAN WE HAVE DONE.
AGAIN, IT IS A FORECAST AND IT
IS AN AMBITIOUS ONE.
WE HOPE WE CAN HIT IT.
>> THANK YOU.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE ADDITIONAL
DETAIL ON THE TECHNOLOGY. WITH
THE $5 MILLION, I WOULD LIKE TO
KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THE
EXPENDITURES ARE NECESSARY OR
WHICH EXPENDITURES ARE HELPFUL
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
ALTERNATIVE POLICE RESPONSE.
THE CONTEXT FOR THAT BEING OF
COURSE WE APPROVE 2.25 MILLION
IN ADDITIONAL TECHNOLOGY FUNDING
JUST A MONTH AGO IN THE MIDYEAR
SUPPLEMENTAL.
I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS $5
MILLION TECHNOLOGY ADD WITHIN
THE CONTEXT OF THINGS WE WANT
TO DO BECAUSE OF POLICY OR HAVE
TO DO. AND LASTLY, WE HAVE
TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
FEELING THAT WE WOULD LIKE A
LITTLE MORE TRANSPARENCY IN THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET.
I APPRECIATE ANGELA'S REMARKS
EARLIER ABOUT TRYING TO GET THE
FUNDS AS WE INTEND TO EXPAND
THEM THIS YEAR RATHER THAN
COMING TO US MIDYEAR AND ASKING
FOR THOSE FUNDS TO BE MOVED.
I DON'T KNOW IF ONE THING IS
LEADING TO LACK OF TRANSPARENCY
IN ANOTHER AREA, BUT
SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE BUDGET
CALLS SALARY SAVINGS, ON THE
PRESENTATION YOU CAN ADD UP THE
THINGS THAT SAY OH, THIS IS
SUPPORTED BY SALARY SAVINGS SO
IT HAS NO IMPACT TO THE BUDGET.
ADDING THAT UP, IT COMES TO
ABOUT $7 MILLION BUT WE DON'T
HAVE ANYWHERE IN THE BUDGET
WHERE IT SAYS THESE WITH A
SALARY SAVINGS IN TOTAL AND
HERE IS HOW WE DECIDED TO SPEND
THEM. THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN
WHAT WE HAD IN THE 2021 BUDGET.
IN THE 2021 BUDGET PROPOSED BY
THE MAYOR, SHE SPECIFICALLY
CALLED OUT $15.8 MILLION IN
SALARY SAVINGS TO BE REDIRECTED
TO OTHER PRIORITIES. I WOULD
REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT TOTAL
NUMBER OF SALARY SAVINGS AND
WHERE IT ALL GOES.
>> WE CAN TOTALLY SEND YOU THE
TECHNOLOGY BREAKDOWN.
JUST FOR HIGH LEVEL RATHER THAN
GOING THROUGH IT NOW, SOME OF
IT IS CONTINUING THE WORK YOU
ALREADY HELPED US FIND. IT
WASN'T GOING TO BE DONE IN THAT
YEAR.
THERE IS MORE TO DO.
A PORTION OF THAT IS VERY
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT HAVING
ANALYTIC CAPACITY AND TOOLS TO
DO THE REPORTING THAT HAS SORT
OF BECOME STANDARD, BUT WE WILL
RELAY THIS ON TO YOU.
THERE ARE A FEW PROJECTS THAT
ARE GOING BEYOND SORT OF WHERE
WE ARE AND TRYING TO PUSH
FORWARD THE WHOLE FEEL ON HOW
WE MEASURE AND MANAGE AROUND
QUALITY, INEQUITY, DISPARITY,
AND REALLY MAKING THOSE
ANALYTICS PART OF OUR
MANAGEMENT STYLE AND MEETINGS.
WE WANT TO BUILD THE TOOLS TO
BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
THAT IS PART OF THAT WORK THAT
WE WANT TO DO.
SOME OF THIS IS DOING RESEARCH
AROUND THIS SORT OF RISK-BASED
DEMAND MODEL ON ALTERNATIVES.
WE WILL SEND YOU THE WHOLE
BREAKDOWN, BUT SOME OF IT IS
CONTINUING THE PROJECTS WE ARE
ALREADY WORKING ON AND SOME ARE
NEW PROJECTS THAT ARE ON OUR
HORIZON THAT WE THINK CONTINUE
TO MOVE US IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
I WILL LET ANGELA HANDLE THE
BUDGET PART.
>> YEAH.
SO YOU ARE CORRECT THAT THERE
IS MUCH MORE SALARY AVAILABLE
THEN REPRESENTED ON THIS
OVERVIEW SLIDE.
I HAVE ALREADY PROMISED A FULL
BREAKDOWN OF HOW THAT MONEY HAS
BEEN REALLOCATED OR REDIRECTED.
IN SOME CASES FOR SEPARATION PAY
AND SOME OF THE ITEMS WE
DISCUSSED AT THE MIDYEAR, THOSE
BENEFIT COSTS DIDN'T REQUIRE A
REDISTRIBUTION. THOSE AREN'T
REPRESENTED BUT A PORTION OF
OUR SALARY SAVINGS, WE ARE
LOOKING AT LIKELY BETWEEN $18
MILLION AND $19 MILLION IN
SALARY SAVINGS NEXT YEAR. A
PORTION OF THAT IS FUNDED IN
COMMUNITY SAFETY INVESTMENTS
THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
I THINK THAT IS ABOUT 3.6
MILLION REDUCED OFF THE TOP AND
FROM THERE, WE HAVE ACCOUNTED
FOR THE FUNDING NEEDED FOR
SEPARATION PAY, THE FUNDING
NEEDED FOR DEFERRED COMP, THE
CIVILIAN PARKS COST, THE
CONTINUATION THAT WE DISCUSSED
AT MIDYEAR. AGAIN, WE WILL
PROVIDE A FULL BREAKDOWN ON HOW
THE MONEY HAS BEEN ALLOCATED IN
THE BUDGET.
BECAUSE THESE ARE TRANSFERS
WHERE WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY NEED
TO TRANSFER MONEY, YOU ARE
CORRECT THAT IT IS NOT CLEARLY
REPRESENTED IN THE BUDGET.
WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSING
HOW WE CAN MAP IT OUT FOR
EVERYONE SO IT IS VERY CLEAR IN
THE SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION WE
PROVIDE.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MADAM VICE CHAIR, I APPRECIATE
YOUR LINE OF QUESTIONS.
ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT ASKED
QUESTIONS TODAY, I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT
AND I WILL HAVE A FEW
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE
QUESTIONS AND DID NOT GET A
CHANCE TO ASK THEM TODAY. IF
YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, WE ARE
HAPPY TO HELP ANSWER THOSE.
I DO WANT TO THANK MEMBERS OF
SPD AND THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE.
I WANT TO REMIND US ALL THAT
THIS IS TOUGH WORK. THIS IS
TRANSFORMATIONAL WORK. THIS IS
WORK BEING DISCUSSED AT THE
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL AND CITIES
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.
WE KNOW THIS CONVERSATION HAS
BEEN EXTRADITED AND REIGNITED
IN MANY WAYS BECAUSE OF HOW
MANY PEOPLE TURNED OUT IN THE
STREETS LAST YEAR.
I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE WHY
WE ARE HAVING THESE
DISCUSSIONS, ESPECIALLY AS WE
THINK ABOUT GEORGE FLOYD AND
BREONNA TAYLOR AND THE
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WE SAW
TAKING TO THE STREETS AND A
CALL FOR A MOMENT OF RACIAL
RECKONING.
WE ARE ALL WORKING TOWARDS A
NATIONAL CONVERSATION THAT IS
PLAYING A VERY LOCALLY ABOUT
HOW WE CAN REIMAGINE PUBLIC
SAFETY AND REINVEST IN
COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES SO
THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO
INTERACT AND ENGAGE IN VIOLENT
SITUATIONS OR INTERACT WITH THE
POLICE IN THE FIRST PLACE SO
PEOPLE HAVE STABILITY, HEALTH,
AND SAFETY.
WE KNOW ACROSS THE NATION THERE
HAVE BEEN GROWING INCIDENCE OF
CRIME AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO
MAKING SURE OUR CITY IS A SAFE
PLACE, A SAFE PLACE FOR
RESIDENTS, SMALL BUSINESSES,
TORRES, AND ESPECIALLY
CENTERING OURSELVES ON MAKING
SURE THIS IS A SAFE PLACE FOR
BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE
OF COLOR TO FEEL SAFE IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES AS WELL. WE HAVE
DONE A NUMBER OF THINGS IN THE
PAST FEW YEARS AND MANY OF THEM
ARE REFLECTED IN OUR DISCUSSION
TODAY.
MOSTLY I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT
TO NOTE THE CONTINUATION OF
THIS COUNCIL WITHIN THE MAYOR'S
BUDGET . WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO
IT AND SOME OF THAT IS
REFLECTED IN OUR DISCUSSION IN
FRONT OF US OF THE BUDGETING
PROCESS, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT
TODAY.
$10 MILLION WENT INTO COMMUNITY
SAFETY. AS WE DISCUSSED
YESTERDAY, THERE IS A
CONTINUATION TO THE TUNE OF $10
MILLION SO MAKING SURE THOSE
INVESTMENTS ARE KEPT WHOLE IN
THE UPCOMING YEAR AND FUTURE
YEAR HAS BEEN GREATLY
APPRECIATED.
WE SAW THE $3 MILLION AND $4
MILLION IN COMMUNITY SAFETY
INITIATIVE, WHICH HAS
ESTABLISHED THREE COMMUNITY
SAFETY HUBS TO ADDRESS ISSUES
OF VIOLENCE WHICH HAS BEEN
PLAGUING OUR NATION. I REALLY
APPRECIATED THE DISCUSSION
TODAY.
WE ARE RIGHTSIZING OUR
INVESTMENTS IN TRADITIONAL
PUBLIC SAFETY.
AS WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS,
THERE ARE STILL NATIONAL
HEADLINES, LIKE THE ONES WE GOT
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES JUST AS
HE BEGAN THIS CONVERSATION AT
3:30 TODAY.
NOTE THE PREVIOUS NUMBER OF
PEOPLE THAT DIED.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT BEING
PUNITIVE IN ANY WAY. IT IS
TRULY ABOUT TRYING TO CENTER
OUR CONVERSATIONS ON HOW TO DO
THAT RIGHT INVESTMENT AND MAKE
SURE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS
ADDRESSED. THAT MEANS FREEING
UP OFFICERS TO FOCUS ON HIGH
ACUITY CASES THAT THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT TALKED ABOUT AND
REDUCING THE NEED FOR OFFICERS
TO HAVE TO SPEND THEIR TIME
SHOWING UP WHEN WHAT THEY
SHOULD BE DOING IS FOCUSING ON
THOSE CASES AND LETTING MENTAL
HEALTH GO TO THE CALLS. WE WILL
CONTINUE THIS WORK. WE KNOW IT
IS TRANSFORMATIONAL AS WE
TALKED ABOUT AT THE BEGINNING
OF THIS MEETING.
IT IS A MOVEMENT, NOT A MOMENT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
UNDERLYING ISSUES AT HIGH RATES
OF INJURY AND VIOLENCE AND ALSO
MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
INVESTING IN SOLUTIONS FOR
GREATER HOUSING STABILITY AND
FOOD SECURITY. WITH THAT, WE
KNOW IT IS GOING TO BE A FEW
TOUGH CONVERSATIONS, BUT I
APPRECIATE YOU FOR BEING HERE.
DR. FISHER, ANGELA SOCCI , WE
KNOW WHERE TO FIND YOU. AS THE
CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY NOTED,
THESE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN
ONGOING AND WE ANTICIPATE THERE
TO BE A BACK AND FORTH DIALOGUE
WITH YOU AS WELL.
ANGELA, WE KNOW HOW QUICKLY YOU
ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING TO
RESPOND TO OUR QUESTIONS.
THERE WILL BE MORE TO COME BUT
THIS IS A GOOD FOUNDATIONAL
UNDERSTANDING FOR US TODAY.
WE CAN ADDRESS THE TRADITIONAL
POLICY CONCERNS AND THINK ABOUT
HOW WE INVEST IN COMMUNITY
SAFETY TO REDUCE INCIDENCE AND
UNSAFE SITUATIONS ACROSS THE
BOARD. THAT IS OUR GOAL.
WE ARE ALSO AWARE THAT THERE
ARE MANY QUESTIONS THAT WEREN'T
ABLE TO BE ASKED TODAY, SO YOU
MAY GET MORE QUESTIONS FROM US,
27.
I WANT TO SEND A REMINDER ON
HOW YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. THE
DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING
QUESTIONS IS TOMORROW, FRIDAY.
WE ARE ASKING YOU TO SEND THOSE
TO PATTY AND ALLIE.
A HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR
PATTY AND ALLIE FOR
COORDINATING THOSE QUESTIONS
AND FOR PATTY FOR BEING WITH US
AND MANAGING THE MATERIALS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALLIE, FOR BEING WITH US AS
WELL AS ALL DAY TODAY AND ALL
DAY YESTERDAY.
WE WILL SEE YOU FOR ONE MORE
ROUND OF SESSIONS TOMORROW
STARTING AT 9:30 A.M.
COLLEAGUES, THERE ARE TWO ITEMS
ON TOMORROW'S AGENDA THAT A
RELATIVELY NEW.
ONE WE NOTED EARLIER THIS
MORNING, WHICH IS MOVING THE
PRESENTATION THAT IS NOT
RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS TO
TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
THAT'LL BE THE LAST ITEM
COVERED.
THE FIRST ITEM COVERED TOMORROW
WAS INCLUDING OP CD, THE OFFICE
OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE AGENDA TOMORROW MORNING.
THEY HAVE REALLY IMPRESSIVELY
PUT TOGETHER A POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION FOR US AND IT IS
ALSO IN YOUR INBOX AND ON THE
REVISED AGENDA.
WE ARE STARTING TOMORROW MORNING
WITH OCPD , WE WILL HAVE THE
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND REC, IT
WILL HAVE A BREAK AND THEN
COVID RESPONSE AND RECOVERY,
FOLLOWED BY THAT FINAL HSD
PRESENTATION.
THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL OF YOUR
WORK TODAY AND THERE IS NOTHING
ELSE.
TODAY'S MEETING IS A JOINT.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.