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>>> JULY 26, 2022 MEETING OF
THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN
SERVICES MEETING WILL COME TO
ORDER.
IT'S 9:33 A.M.
I'M LISA HERBOLD THE CHAIR OF
THE COMMITTEE.
CLERK, PLEASE CALL ROLE.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> NELSON?
>> PRESENT.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> PRESENT.
>> LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> FOUR PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA LET MY OFFICE KNOW SHE
WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE
MEETING, AND SHE IS EXCUSED.
>>> ON TODAY'S AGENDA, WE WILL
HEAR A PRESENTATION ON GUN
VIOLENCE PRESENTATION.
THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF
PRESENTATIONS THAT KING COUNTY
PUBLIC HEALTH HAS PUT TOGETHER
FOR US.
THIS TIME OUR FOCUS WILL BE ON
HEARING FROM THE REGIONAL
DOMESTIC FIREARMS UNIT, AND THE
HARBOR VIEW MEDICAL CENTER, AND
BEAUTY PASSAGEWAYS, AND IT WILL
BE COORDINATED AND LED BY
PUBLIC HEALTH KING COUNTY, AND
ALSO HEARING, ALSO FROM SEATTLE
KING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH IN
ABORTION ACCESS BRIEFING, AND
THIRDLY, WE ARE GOING TO BE
HEARING THE 2022 MID-YEAR
ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT FROM THE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION,
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL,
AND OFFICE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
IT'S A STATUTORY REQUIRED
REPORT, REFERENCED AS A
REQUIREMENT IN THE 2017
ACCOUNTABILITY LEGISLATION.
WE WILL MOVE FORWARD TO
APPROVING THE AGENDA.
IF NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA
WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, IT'S
ADOPTED.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL TRANSITION
INTO PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WILL MODERATE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIODING.
EACH SPEAKER GIVEN TWO MINUTES
TO SPEAK.
ALTERNATING BETWEEN VIRTUAL AND
IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTERS,
BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY IN-PERSON
PUBLIC COMMENTERS.
I WILL CALL ON EACH SPEAKER BY
NAME, AND IN THE ORDER IN WHICH
THEY REGISTERED ON THE COUNCIL
WEBSITE AND SIGNIN FORM.
IF YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED YET
TO SPEAK, BUT YOU WOULD LIKE TO
DO SO, YOU CAN SIGN UP BEFORE
THE END OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD.
YOU WILL HEAR A PROMPT, AND
ONCE YOU HEAR THAT, STAR SIX TO
UNMUTE YOURSELF.
PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKING BY
STATING YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM
IN WHICH YOU ARE ADDRESSING.
THE SPIKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME
WHEN TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT OF
THE ALLOTTED TIME.
ONCE THEY HEAR THAT TIME, WE
ASK YOU TO WRAP UP YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENTS.
IF SPEAKERS DON'T END AT THE
TIME PROVIDED, THE MIC WILL BE
MUTED AFTER TEN SECONDS TO
ALLOW US TO HEAR FROM THE NEXT
SPEAKER.
AFTER YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR
COMMENT, WE ASK YOU TO
DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE AND
ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE VIA
THE SEATTLE CHANNEL OR THE
LISTENING OPTIONS ON THE
AGENDA.
TODAY WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE
SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE WILL GET RIGHT INTO THAT.
HOWARD GAIL FOLLOWED BY TAMMY
HEADRICK.
HOWARD?
HOWARD, ARE YOU WITH US?
>> HELLO?
THIS IS HOWARD GAIL WITH
SEATTLESTOP.ORG ON THE FAILED
POLICE SYSTEM.
THE FIRST ITEM CONCERNING GUN
VIOLENCE PREVENTION, THE CORE
OF WHICH, FIGURING OUT WAY TO
TEACH YOUNG PEOPLE THREATS
CANNOT AND ULTIMATELY SHOULD
NOT BE RESOLVED WITH A GUN.
THE THIRD ITEM, THE MID-YEAR
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT
WITH CLAIMS AND STATISTICS TO
OBSCURE THE FACT THAT OVER THE
LAST DECADE, THE SPD HAS HARMED
AND KILLED MORE PEOPLE THAN THE
DECADE PREVIOUS.
WHILE YOU TELL FOLKS THE ANSWER
TO THE CONFLICT AND FEAR IS NOT
A GUN, YOU STILL PAY AND TRAIN
YOUR POLICE AS WE LEARNED THREE
WEEKS AGO FROM THE KING COUNTY
INQUEST JURY DETERMINING WHAT
LED TO THE KILLING OF SHERLINA
LYLES, YOU DETERMINE YOUR
POLICE TO DO THAT, END ANY
THREAT BY TERMINATING THE LIFE
WITH A FIREARM, AND TO HAVE THE
SUPPOSED ACCOUNTABILITY LABEL
THE MURDER PROPER.
IN THE COMING YEARS THERE WILL
BE 15 MORE.
15 MORE KING COUNTY INQUESTS
INTO THE SPD KILLINGS OF THE
LAST FEW YEARS.
THE JURY WILL COME TO ONE OF
ONLY TWO POSSIBLE CONCLUSIONS.
THE SPD EITHER KILLED ACCORDING
TO TRAINING AND POLICY OR THE
SPD VIOLATED THE TRAINING AND
POLICY.
EITHER IS A DIRECT CONDEMNATION
OF THE FAILED ACCOUNTABILITY
SYSTEM, WHICH FOR DECADES
TRAINS POLICE THAT THREATS ARE
TO BE MET WITH A GUN, WITH
DEADLY FORCE RAPIDLY AND AS
COMPLETELY AS POSSIBLE
EXTINGUISHING A PERSON'S LIFE,
BUT SURE, GO AHEAD THIS MORNING
AND TELL US HOW YOU WOULD LIKE
TO REDUCE THE GUN VIOLENCE OF
OTHERS WHILE YOU PAY FOR AND
SANCTION YOUR OWN GUN VIOLENCE
AND THEN COVER UP WITH SELF-
SERVING STATISTICS AND
PRETENSE.
IF YOU WANT TO END GUN
VIOLENCE, START WITH THE POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY THAT DOZENS OF
CITIES HAVE EMBRACED POST
GEORGE FLOYD BY CREATING DIRECT
COMMUNITY CONTROL OF POLICE
DISCIPLINE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY
POLICE POLICY.
>> THANK YOU.
CLERC, CLERK, CAN WE HAVE MORE
VOLUME?
>> YES.
>> TAMMY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
OLIVIA.
TAMMY?
SEEING YOU AS NOT PRESENT.
JUST GOING TO CALL FOR YOU ONE
MORE TIME.
TAMMY HEADRICK?
STILL NOT SEEING YOU AS
PRESENT.
OLIVIA STAFSATIA?
>> OLIVIA?
ARE YOU WITHIN HEARING RANGE?
CAN YOU BECOME PRESENT?
NOT SEEING ANY CHANGES IN THE
STATUS OF EITHER TAMMY OR
OLIVIA, AND THOSE ARE OUR LAST
TWO SPEAKERS THAT WERE SIGNED
UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
LOOKING AT THE TOP OF THE
PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU CAN WELCOME
TO SPEAK AT THIS AFTERNOON'S
FULL COUNCIL MEETING.
WE WILL END PUBLIC COMMENT AND
MOVE INTO THE ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA TODAY.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ IN
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE?
>> ONE, GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION
FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE WILL START WITH THE
INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKERS, IF
FOLKS COULD BRIEFLY STATE YOUR
NAME AND AFFILIATION, THAT'S
FANTASTIC.
REALLY SO PLEASED TO BE JOINED
BY REPRESENTATIVES BY A VARIETY
OF AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS
WORKING ON PREVENTING GUN
VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND
AGAIN, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
BEING WITH US AND A SPECIAL
THANKS TO PUBLIC HEALTH FOR
PUTTING TOGETHER THE PANEL ON A
SHORT TIME LINE.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M SANDRA SHANAHAN WITH THE
REGIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
FIREARMS ENFORCEMENT UNITED.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE
HERE TODAY.
>> AND I'M DR. DEEPIKA NEHRA
FROM HARBORVIEW MEDICAL CENTER
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY.
>> I'M DOMINIC DAVIS, CEO AND
FOUNDER OF COMMUNITY
PASSAGEWAYS.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
I WILL JUMP RIGHT IN.
I WILL GO FIRST TO GET IT OUT
OF THE WAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO I WANTED TO FIRST OF ALL
THANK THE CITY AND THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE FOR THE SUPPORT FOR THE
WORK WE DO IN THE CITY.
I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO
HSD WHO HAS BEEN THE STRONGEST
GOVERNMENT SUPPORTER OF THE
WORK WE ARE DOING IN THE CITY
THROUGH SCSI AND THE REGIONAL
APPROACH.
THEY HAVE BEEN SUPER STRONG IN
SUPPORTING US IN EVERY
DIRECTION THAT WE NEED THEM TO
SUPPORT US IN.
I WANT TO THANK THEM, AND I
WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR
MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE
RESOURCES TO GET THIS THING OFF
THE GROUND AND DO THE WORK IN
THE CITY AND REGIONALLY.
I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL,
AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE
COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERING AND
HOPEFULLY OKAYING THE NEXT
ROUND OF FUNDING SO WE CAN
CONTINUE DURING THE WORK.
I'M JUST GOING TO BE PROACTIVE
AND SAY THANK YOU FOR MAKING
SURE WE GET MORE FUNDING TO DO
THE WORK.
AS I TALK ABOUT DOING THIS
WORK, WHAT I'M REALIZING
THROUGH THE DATA AND WHAT WE
ARE SEEING, THE AGE DEMOGRAPHIC
12 TO 24 YEARS OLD, THOSE
SHOOTINGS AND THE
VICTIMS AND PERPETRATORS HAVE
DROPPED.
IT'S THE COLLABORATION TOGETHER
TO ADDRESS THAT AGE
DEMOGRAHIC, AND NOW WHAT WE
ARE SEEING IS AN UPTICK IN --
53% UPTICK IN 25 TO 40-YEAR-
OLDS BEING AFFECTED BY GUN
VIOLENCE ON ONE SIDE OR THE
OTHER.
WE ARE SEEING IT HIT PRETTY
HARD, ACTUALLY, AND THE LAST
COUPLE OF MONTHS, THERE HAS
BEEN A LOT OF RETALIATION AND
BEEFS IN A SERIES OF SHOOTINGS
GOING
ON THAT IS RIGHT NOW 35 TO 30
AGE DEMOGRAPHIC, AND WE ARE
REALLY WORKING WITH THE
VICTIMS.
WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DOES
IT LOOK LIKE TO SCALE UP, BUILD
CAPACITY, AND PUT MORE
RESOURCES IN PLACE TO HELP THAT
AGE DEMOGRAPHIC NOW.
WE WANT THOSE NUMBERS TO GO
DOWN.
I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT
OURSELVES AND SAY WE ARE BEING
PRETTY SUCCESSFUL AT THIS WORK
IF WE CAN NOW ADDRESS THE NEED.
THE NEEDS SHIFT, AND THE
PENDULUM SHIFTS, AND I WANT TO
ADDRESS THE SITUATION THAT WE
ARE DEALING WITH THIS UPTICK.
I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN HAVE A
GOOD CONVERSATION, A CONTINUING
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT DOES
THIS LOOK LIKE?
US, THE COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS
AND ALL OF THE COLLABORATIVE
PARTNERS THROUGH SCSI AND THE
REGIONAL APPROACH, WE ARE ALL
WILLING TO SIT AT THE TABLE TO
WORK TOGETHER TO HAVE A
CENTERED FOCUS TO DEAL WITH THE
25-YEAR-OLD TO 40-YEAR-OLD
DEMOGRAPHIC.
I WANTED TO SAY THAT QUICK.
I KNOW I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF
TIME, BUT I WANT TO LEAVE TIME
FOR QUESTIONS IF ANYBODY HAS
ANY.
>> THANK YOU, COACH DOM.
I THINK THE REMARKS YOU'RE
MAKING REALLY DO A GOOD JOB OF
CREATING CONTEXT FOR THE WORK
THAT IS YET TO BE DONE.
THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH GOOD WORK
FOCUSING ON THE PREVENTION OF
YOUTH VIOLENCE THAT WE HAVE NOW
IDENTIFIED, THROUGH THE WORK,
AN UNDERSERVED AND DIRECTLY
IMPACTED POPULATION, AND WE
HAVE TO, I THINK, REALLY THINK
ABOUT HOW WE CAN USE WHAT WE
HAVE LEARNED, AND THE MODELS
THAT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL FOR
OTHER COHORTS, AND SHIFT THAT
TO THE AREAS WHERE WE ARE
SEEING INCREASES IN VIOLENCE.
SO APPRECIATE YOU CREATING THAT
FRAMEWORK FOR THIS DISCUSSION.
NOT SEEING ANY HANDS.
MOVING ON.
>> DR. NEHRA, IF I COULD INVITE
YOU NOW.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY HI,
EVERYONE.
I HAVE SLIDES, BUT I THINK I
WILL JUST TALK IT MAY BE TOO
MUCH OF A BOTHER TO SHARE THEM.
I'M ONE OF THE TRAUMA SURGEONS
AT HARBORVIEW AND THE HOSPITAL
LEAD FOR THE VIOLENCE
PREVENTION EFFORTS.
A FEW THINGS, NUMBER ONE, WHAT
OUR GOAL HAS BEEN WITH THE
WORK.
TOUCHING ON SORT OF WHO WE ARE
MAKING TACT WITH AND WHAT WE
ARE DOING WITH THE VIOLENCE
INTERVENTION WORK RIGHT NOW,
AND THEN SORT OF AT THE END
TALK FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES
ABOUT WHERE WE ARE FALLING
SHORT AND WHERE WE FEEL LIKE WE
NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO
BUILD AND EXPAND ON THE EFFORT.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
ALL SEEN THE GUN VIOLENCE HAS
INCREASED IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND
WE FELT IT AT HARBORVIEW.
USUALLY SEEING 300 TO 350
PATIENTS INJURED BY GUN
VIOLENCE A YEAR, UNTIL 2020 AND
2021, TWO OF THE MOST VIOLENCE
YEARS IN HARBORVIEW HISTORY.
THE MOST NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS
IMPACTED OR INJURED BY GUN
VIOLENCE.
IT'S AWFUL.
IN 2020 OVER 400, AND IN 2021,
WE SAW OVER 500 INDIVIDUALS
INJURED BY GUN VIOLENCE WHO
WERE CARED FOR AT HARBORVIEW
ALONE.
THAT'S AFTER EXCLUDING SELF-
INFLICTED AND ACCIDENTAL
INJURIES, SO A REAL PROBLEM
I FEEL VERY PRIVILEGED WE HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO PARTNER WITH
SEATTLE KING COUNTY PUBLIC
HEALTH AND THE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS AND REGIONAL
PEACEKEEPERS COLLECTIVE IN
TRYING TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY
TO REALLY DEVELOP THE VIOLENCE
INTERVENTION PROGRAM.
THIS IS A PILOT EFFORT.
WE ARE JUST STARTING IT, AND WE
HAD TO SAY, WHERE DO WE WANT TO
START?
WHO DO WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN SORT
OF REASONABLY START WITH?
OBVIOUSLY KNOWING THAT WAS NOT
GOING TO BE SORT OF WHERE WE
ENDED, AND IN DOING SO, WE SAID
OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE
COMMUNITY ARE IMPORTANT, AND WE
WANT TO FOCUS ON KING COUNTY.
A LOT OF THE PATIENTS INJURED
BY GUNS DO COME FROM KING
COUNTY.
BY NO MEANS, ALL OF THEM, BUT A
DECENT SUPPORT OF THEM.
FOCUSING ON THE YOUTH AS DOM
WAS POINTING OUT, AND SO WHAT
WE USED TO DO, WE WOULD TAKE
THE INDIVIDUALS INJURED BY GUN
VIOLENCE AND SAY, OKAY, WE ARE
GOING TO FIX YOUR MEDICAL
PROBLEMS, AND WE WILL DO YOUR
OPERATIONS, AND WE WILL GET YOU
OUT OF THE HOSPITAL, AND WE GOT
REALLY GOOD AT GETTING PATIENTS
BETTER FROM THEIR INJURIES AND
SUCCESSFULLY DISCHARGED FROM
THE HOSPITAL, BUT WHAT WE WERE
NOT DOING WAS FINDING WAYS TO
SUPPORT THE INDIVIDUALS AFTER
DISCHARGE, AND IT'S NOT THAT WE
WERE NOT TRYING.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO
PROVIDE THAT INTENSE WRAP
AROUND TYPE OF SUPPORT THAT THE
INDIVIDUALS NEEDED.
I THINK WE KNOW THAT THE
INDIVIDUALS STRUGGLE WITH
MENTAL HEALTH, SOCIAL
REINTEGRATION, SUBSTANCE ABUSE,
AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS THEY
NEED HELP FROM, AND WE REALLY
FELT LIKE BY TAKING THESE
INDIVIDUALS AND REALLY
DISCHARGING THEM BACK INTO THE
COMMUNITY WITHOUT REALLY SORT
OF RESOURCES AND SUPPORT TO BE
ABLE TO STAY SAFE AND FIND
VIABLE ALTERNATIVES TO
VIOLENCE, WE WERE MISSING THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BREAK THE CYCLE
OF VIOLENCE.
I THINK THE POINT OF CONTACT IN
THE HOSPITAL IS REALLY AN
IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY THAT IF
WE DO THE RIGHT THINGS AND
APPROACH IN THE RIGHT WAY, WE
HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
A DIFFERENCE.
--
>> I'M SORRY.
>> ALSO IN THE COMMUNITIES.
--
>> SORRY.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M WONDERING, CAN WE PAUSE FOR
A MOMENT AND PULL UP THE
PRESENTATION?
>> SURE, SURE.
>> I THINK PEOPLE ABSORB
INFORMATION DIFFERENTLY, AND
SOMETIMES IT'S HELPFUL.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO RUN IT, WE
CAN RUN IT ON OUR END.
>> I BET I CAN DO IT.
>> THANK YOU.
IT JUST KIND OF HELPS, AGAIN,
ALLOW THE VIEWING AUDIENCE AND
MYSELF, TO BE HONEST, ABSORB
SOME OF THE INFORMATION.
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> IS THAT COMING UP FOR YOU?
>> YES.
I DON'T KNOW WHY IT WON'T LET
ME SCROLL THROUGH.
ONE SECOND.
>> IT WAS GOOD.
OKAY, SO THIS KIND OF SHOWS
WHAT I WAS TOUCHING ON, THAT
REALLY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN
THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT
WE CARE FOR WHO WERE INJURED BY
GUNS IN 2020 AND 2021.
LIKE I SAID, WE FELT LIKE WE
WERE TREATING AND RELEASING
PATIENTS AFTER INJURIES AND
MISSING THE IMPORTANT
OPPORTUNITY TO BREAK THE CYCLE
OF VIOLENCE.
THAT'S WHERE SORT OF THE
VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM
THAT WE PARTNERED WITH FOR THE
REGIONAL PEACEKEEPERS
COLLECTIVE AND COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS REALLY SORT OF
CAME FROM.
SO WHAT WE SAID WAS, OKAY, WE
ARE GOING TO PARTNER TOGETHER
AND FIND A BETTER WAY TO
DISCHARGE THE PATIENTS FROM THE
HOSPITAL, WITH SORT OF INTENSE
SUPPORT STRUCTURES AND SUPPORT
SYSTEMS BUILT IN TO PLACE.
WE CAN'T DO THIS FOR EVERYBODY,
STARTING OFF, AND WE ARE GOING
TO START OFF WITH THE SORT OF
GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WE FEEL
LIKE WE CAN HAVE AT GREATEST
IMPACT WITH AND REASONABLY
START WITH.
WE FOCUSED ON 12 TO 24-YEAR-
OLDS BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY ARE
AN AGE CORE COMMONLY INJURED BY
GUN VIOLENCE.
WE FELT LIKE WE HAD THE RIGHT
COMMUNITY SUPPORT IN PLACE TO
BE ABLE TO HELP THESE
INDIVIDUALS AFTER DISCHARGE,
AND WE ALSO HAVE BEEN ONLY SORT
OF FOCUSING ON KING COUNTY
RESIDENTS BECAUSE OF OUR
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, REALLY
WANTING TO START IN OUR
COMMUNITY BEFORE TAKING ON
SOMETHING BIGGER OUTSIDE OF
KING COUNTY.
SO WHAT IN PRACTICE THIS LOOKS
LIKE.
SOMEONE COMES IN TO HARBORVIEW,
INJURED BY GUN VIOLENCE.
THEY COME IN, WILL BE ADMITTED,
AND YOU TAKE CARE OF THEIR
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL PROBLEMS.
WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE, WE ARE
GOING TO APPROACH THAT
INDIVIDUAL, AND WE ARE GOING TO
TALK TO THEM.
WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE PEER
SUPPORT.
THE PEER SUPPORT IS GOING TO BE
PROVIDED, NOT BY ME AS THEIR
SURGEON, FOR EXAMPLE, BUT A
CREDIBLE MESSENGER, SOMEONE WHO
HAS BEEN THERE AND GETS IT, AND
THEY CAN EMPOWER AND ALLOW THEM
TO SEE THE OPPORTUNITIES AND
PATH TO CHANGE.
WE WERE REALLY LUCKY TO HIRE
PAUL CARTER AS THE FIRST
VIOLENCE INTERVENTION
SPECIALIST.
PAUL IS EXACTLY THAT, AN
AMAZING CREDIBLE MESSENGER AND
SURVIVED GUN VIOLENCE HIMSELF
AND GETS IT.
I THINK THE YOUTH THAT PAUL
SEES FEELS LIKE THEY CAN RELATE
TO PAUL AND TRUST PAUL.
PAUL PROVIDES PEER SUPPORT AND
ALSO INTRODUCES THE VIOLENCE
INTERVENTION PROGRAM AND OFFERS
IT TO INDIVIDUALS.
IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO
PARTICIPATE, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
IN PRACTICE, WHEN THEY ARE
DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL,
WE ARE NOT DISCHARGING THEM
WITHOUT SORT OF THE SUPPORT
STRUCTURES IN PLACE.
WE ARE PROVIDING WRAP AROUND
SUPPORT STRUCTURES AND SUPPORT
SYSTEMS THROUGH THE WORK THAT
DOM AND COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS
AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE
DOING.
PAUL ACTUALLY PASSES THAT
INDIVIDUAL AND EVERYTHING THAT
HE KNOWS ABOUT THEM AND THEIR
NEEDS AND SORT OF WHAT THEY
HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH OFF
TO OUR OUTREACH WORKERS IN THE
COMMUNITY, AND THEY SORT OF
PICK UP FROM THERE AND DO ALL
THE HEAVY LIFTING, MEANING
MAKING HOUSE VISITS, MAKING
SURE THE INDIVIDUALS ARE ABLE
TO GET TO THEIR APPOINTMENTS
AND GET THE CARE THEY NEED,
TRYING TO GET THEM MENTAL
HEALTH SUPPORT.
YOU NAME IT, PROVIDING
EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR
CRITICAL NEEDS THEY HAVE.
THEY ARE BEING DISCHARGED NOW
WITH REAL SUPPORT IN PLACE, AND
I THINK THIS IS THE MODEL THAT
WE WANT TO BUILD ON.
WE THINK THE MODEL WORKS, AND
WE THINK IT ALLOWS US TO REALLY
SORT OF TAKE WHAT IS HAPPENING
IN THE HOSPITAL AND USE IT AS
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR POSITIVE
CHANGE.
SO FAR IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS OF
HAVING THE PILOT PROGRAM GOING,
PAUL HAS APPROACHED 52 YOUTH,
AND 35 HAVE AGREED TO THE
SUPPORT SERVICES AND BEEN
CONNECTED WITH OUR COMMUNITY
PARTNERS.
>> QUESTION.
>> YEAH.
>> SO THE MODEL AS DESCRIBED,
IT DESCRIBES AN INTERACTION IN
THE HOSPITAL SETTING BETWEEN
PAUL AND THE PERSON INJURED BY
GUN VIOLENCE, BUT WE HAVE ALSO
HEARD REFERENCE TO WRAPAROUND
SERVICES AND SUPPORT FOR FAMILY
MEMBERS,
AND DOES THAT ONLY HAPPEN IF
THE PATIENT, THE INJURED
PATIENT AGREES TO SERVICES, OR
IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE
INSTANCES IN THIS CASE,
APPROXIMATELY 17 INCIDENTS THE
INJURED PERSON DID NOT SEEK
SERVICES.
IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
PAUL'S ENGAGEMENT WITH FAMILY
MEMBERS?
>> I THINK PAUL SORT OF, YOU
KNOW, MAKING THE FIRST POINT OF
CONTACT WITH THE INDIVIDUALS,
BUT IF THE INDIVIDUAL IS NOT
INTERESTED BUT PAUL KNOWS FROM
TALKING TO THEM THEY HAVE
SIBLINGS OR FAMILY MEMBERS WHO
MIGHT BE, HE ABSOLUTELY COULD
CONNECT THEM TO THE COMMUNITY
PARTNERS IN THE SAME WAY.
DOM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT
TO ADD TO THAT.
>> YEAH, I DID WANT TO
INTERRUPT, SO THANK YOU FOR
LEADING ME IN FOR THAT.
YEAH, BASICALLY WE DO WORK WITH
THE FAMILY MEMBERS, AND WE DO
PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THE FAMILY
THAT ARE OPEN TO THE SERVICES,
AND I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
THERE WAS A FAMILY WHO HAD A
HOUSE THEY LIVED IN SHOT UP,
AND THE YOUNG PERSON THAT HAD
BEEN SHOT, HE DIDN'T WANT OUR
SERVICES, BUT THE FAMILY WANTED
TO RELOCATE.
WE RELOCATED MOM AND THE KIDS,
THE SIBLINGS, GOT THEM IN A
HOTEL, A SAFE ENVIRONMENT UNTIL
WE FOUND A LONGER TERM LIVING
SITUATION FOR THE FAMILY AND
GOT THERAPY FOR THE KIDS.
RIGHT?
THERAPY FOR THE FAMILY, AND WE
DO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE FOR
FAMILIES, EVEN IF THE
INDIVIDUAL DOES NOT WANT IT, WE
ARE DOING A HOLISTIC APPROACH
TO DEAL WITH THE TRAUMA CAUSED
BY THE ACTUAL GUN VIOLENCE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> PERFECT EXAMPLE.
THANK YOU, DOM.
SO WE THINK IT'S A GREAT
COLLABORATIVE START.
I CAN'T STRESS HOW IMPORTANT
THE COLLABORATIVE APPROACH IS.
THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES WE NEED
TO EXPAND AND BUILD ON THE
WORK.
I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON A FEW OF
THOSE THINGS.
IF WE LOOK AT JUST 2021 AND THE
PATIENTS WE SAW AT HARBORVIEW
INJURED BY GUN VIOLENCE, AND I
COULDN'T HAVE PLANNED THIS
BETTER, PLAYING EXACTLY INTO
WHAT DOM WAS TALKING ABOUT ON
THE COMMUNITY SIDE.
I THINK HARBORVIEW IS JUST A
REFLECTION OF THAT.
YES, A LOT OF OUR PATIENTS ARE
IN THAT 12 TO 24-YEAR-OLD AGE
GROUP, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE
25-YEAR-OLD TO 40-YEAR-OLD
GROUP, THE NEXT TWO COLUMNS,
THEY TOGETHER, THEY ARE
ACTUALLY A GREATER PROPORTION
OF THE OVERALL COHORT THAN THE
12 TO 24-YEAR-OLDS.
WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN THAT 25
TO 40-YEAR AGE GROUP SEEN AT
HARBORVIEW FOR INJURIES RELATED
TO GUN VIOLENCE.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE NOT ACTUALLY
LABEL TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO
THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
I THINK MANY OF THEM WOULD
REALLY BENEFIT.
I THINK THAT THE OTHER
DEMOGRAPHICS ARE PROBABLY NOT
GOING TO SURPRISE FOLKS, BUT
JUST TO POINT IT OUT, MOST OF
THE PATIENTS WE SEE INJURED BY
GUN VIOLENCE ARE MALE, ALMOST
90%, AND MOST ARE DEALING WITH
BASELINE SORT OF SOCIAL
DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND
LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
REFLECTED BY THE INSURANCE
STATUS, AND MOST ARE NOT
INSURED OR PUBLICALLY INSURED.
IT SPEAKS TO THE DETERMINANTS
AT THE CORE OF SOME OF THIS.
MOST ARE INDIVIDUALS OF COLOR,
AND THAT IS, AGAIN, NOT
TERRIBLY SURPRISING, AND SO, I
THINK IN EXPANDING THE PROGRAM,
YES, I THINK THAT THERE IS A
HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND TO
BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT
SERVICES TO THAT SORT OF 25 TO
40-YEAR-OLD AGE GROUP.
I THINK ON THE LOWER END, WE
ARE CAPTURING ALMOST EVERYBODY.
VERY FEW PATIENTS, LUCKILY,
YOUNGER THAN 12 YEARS OF AGE,
AND WHEN WE DO, WE TRY TO SORT
OF INCORPORATE THEM INTO THE
PROGRAM BECAUSE THERE'S SO FEW
OF THEM.
BUT THE 25-YEAR-OLD TO 40-YEAR-
OLD AGE GROUP REALLY NEEDS TO
BE INCORPORATED, AND WE NEED
SUPPORT TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND TO
THEM.
I DO THINK THAT AT HARBORVIEW
WE SEE A LOT OF PATIENTS
OUTSIDE OF KING COUNTY WHO ARE
INJURED IN HIGH RISK COUNTIES,
YAKIMA, PIERCE, AND ET CETERA.
WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND TO
THOSE COUNTIES ALSO.
THAT REQUIRES COMMUNITY
PARTNERS IN THOSE COUNTIES AND
SORT OF BUILDING THE PROGRAM UP
OVER TIME SO THAT WE CAN
ACTUALLY PROVIDE SUPPORT
SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS CARED
FOR AT HARBORVIEW WHO LIVE IN
THOSE COUNTIES AND ALSO SO WE
CAN BE AN EXAMPLE AND HELP THE
LEVEL TWO TRAUMA CENTERS TAKING
CARE OF SOME OF THE PATIENTS
LESS SEVERELY INJURED FROM
THOSE COUNTIES ALSO.
I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I
THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT
MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT IS
IMPORTANT AFTER THIS.
THE VIOLENT INJURY IT HAS ON
ONE'S MENTAL HEALTH IS
PROFOUND.
FINDING COMPETENT SUPPORT IS
REALLY HARD.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY
NEED TO WORK ON AND NEED TO
EXPAND.
LASTLY, I WILL JUST SAY THAT,
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF
MEDICAL CONDITIONS WE THINK OF
AS COMPLEX MEDICAL CONDITIONS,
AND WE PROVIDE
MULTIDISCIPLINARY CARE.
YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH CANCER
AS ONE OF THOSE, ONCOLOGISTS,
SURGEONS, AND DIFFERENT DOCTORS
WITH COLLABORATIVE CARE.
WE NEED TO THINK OF TRAUMA AS A
COMPLEX MEDICAL CONDITION AND
PROVIDE NEED TO PROVIDE
MULTIDISCIPLINARY CARE AT THE
HOSPITAL, AND THEN BUILD A
MULTIDISCIPLINARY CLINIC AT
HARBORVIEW SO WE ARE NOT TAKING
OUT STABLES AND SENDING THEM ON
THEIR WAY.
WE ARE ABLE TO INTEGRATE INTO
THE OUTPATIENT CLINIC VISIT
THEIR SUGICAL CARE, MENTAL
HEALTH COUNSELING, SOCIAL WORK
CASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT AND ALL
OF THE THINGS THAT ARE CRITICAL
TO THE HEALING OF THE
INDIVIDUAL, AND I THINK THAT
REQUIRES SUPPORT AND RESOURCES.
THEN, I THINK WE CERTAINLY HAVE
ROOM TO SORT OF EXPAND ON OUR
PROGRAM EVALUATION WITH THE
BUILDOUT OF PROGRAMS.
I WILL STOP THERE.
I WENT OVER THE FIVE OR SEVEN
MINUTES I HAD, BUT THANK YOU,
EVERYONE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A STEP
BACK.
CAN YOU PLEASE DESCRIBE THE
GOALS OF THE PROGRAM?
I WAS READING THE PRESENTATION
LINKED ON THE AGENDA, TALKING
ABOUT GUN REMOVAL, AND IS THAT
--
>> THAT'S ANOTHER PRESENTER.
>> OH.
>> THIS IS THE FOCUS ON THE
HOSPITAL PROGRAM.
>> GOTCHA.
>> I THINK WE CAN STILL FOCUS
ON WHAT YOUR QUESTION IS STILL
VALID, WHAT THE GOALS ARE OF
THE PROGRAM, JUST NOT REFERENCE
TO THE PRESENTATION.
>> BY TARGETING PEOPLE INJURED
BY GUN VIOLENCE, WHAT IS THE
OUTCOME THAT YOU'RE WORKING FOR
WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH THESE
FOLKS?
HOW DO YOU DETERMINE IF IT'S
SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THERE HAS
BEEN MENTION OF EXPANDING THE
PROGRAM?
>> I CAN START WITH THAT, AND
DOM WILL FILTRATE HIS WAY IN.
I THINK THERE'S SEVERAL GOALS
OF THE PROGRAM LIKE THIS.
NUMBER ONE, WE KNOW THE
INDIVIDUALS AFTER AN INJURY
LIKE THIS ARE HIGH RISK OF
REINJURY AND DEATH BUSINESS
REINJURY.
40% ARE REINJURED WITHIN FIVE
YEARS, AND 20% DIE FROM THOSE
INJURIES.
ONE OF THE GOALS IS TO DECREASE
DEATH DUE TO VIOLENT INJURY TO
KEEP THE YOUTH SAFE.
THAT'S ONE GOAL.
THE OTHER GOAL IS REALLY TRYING
TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES AND
ALTERNATIVES TO VIOLENCE.
WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN
PRACTICE, MAKING SURE THE YOUTH
ARE BACK IN SCHOOL OR WE HELP
WITH CVs AND JOBS THAT CAN BE
SOURCES OF INCOME AND SORT OF
ECONOMIC STABILITY THAT ALLOWS
THEM TO SORT OF MOVE AWAY FROM
VIOLENCE.
IT CREATES SORT OF SAFE SPACES,
COMMUNITIES, ET CETERA, AND
TRYING TO WORK ON THAT.
I CAN CERTAINLY GO ON WITH
REGARDS TO SEVERAL OTHER END
POINTS AND GOALS, BUT I THINK
KEEPING THE YOUTH SAFE AND
HELPING THEM FIND ALTERNATIVES
TO VIOLENCE THAT ARE VIABLE ARE
THE BIG GOALS.
DOM?
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SAY
ANYTHING.
>> OKAY, SO BASICALLY I KNOW
WHAT COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS
DOES, AND THIS SOUNDS LIKE YOU
AREN'T -- IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE
TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THE GOALS
AND MISSION OF COMMUNITY
PASSAGEWAYS, WHICH I TOTALLY
SUPPORT, AND YOU'RE DOING SO BY
IDENTIFYING PEOPLE THAT ARE
INJURED WHO ARE HIGHLY LIKELY
TO BE INVOLVED AGAIN IN GUN
VIOLENCE, OKAY, THANKS.
>> AND ROUNDING US OUT TODAY,
SANDRA SHANAHAN, DELIGHTED TO
TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN.
>> AND THIS IS THAT
PRESENTATION.
>> GOTCHA.
>> YES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE.
IT'S A REAL HONOR TO BE HERE,
AND I THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY, AND TO BE
ALONGSIDE SUCH ESTEEMED
PANELISTS.
I'M SANDRA SHANAHAN.
I HAVE TO SAY IT'S WITH THE
CITY AND COUNTY'S PARTNERSHIP
FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THAT
HAVE ENABLED US TO IMPLEMENT
LAWS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO
REDUCE FIREARM RISKS ON
PROTECTION ORDERS, AND WITH
YOUR SUPPORT AND LEADERSHIP,
OUR UNIT LEADS THE NATION IN
EFFORTS TO INVESTIGATE AND
LAWFULLY DISARM THOSE WHO ARE
AMONG THE MOST AT RISK OF
FIREARM VIOLENCE, SPECIFICALLY
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENDERS AND
PEOPLE WHO POSE AN EMINENT RISK
OF HARM TO SELF-AND OTHERS.
THIS INVESTMENT HAS LED TO LIFE-
SAVING INTERVENTIONS AND SYSTEM
REFORMS PROMOTING PUBLIC
SAFETY.
SO OUR UNIT WORKS UPSTREAM, AND
WE TRY TO IDENTIFY AND
INTERVENE ON HIGH-RISK FIREARM
CASES.
WE FOLLOW THE RESEARCH OF DR.
FREDERICK ARRA AND DR. FRED
AROLIE AND MANY OTHER EXPERTS
WHO USE THE PUBLIC HEALTH
APPROACH TO HARM REDUCTION.
WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT THE BEST
AVAILABLE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT
THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN
PREVENTING INTIMATE PARTNER
VIOLENCE AND INTIMATE PARTNER
HOMICIDE ARE REMOVING THE
FIREARM FROM THE SITUATION.
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG ECHOED
TALKING POINT FOR THE
WASHINGTON STATE COALITION FOR
THE LAST 20 YEARS.
IF WE COULD GET FIREARMS AWAY
FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
OFFENDERS, WE COULD REALLY HAVE
AN IMPACT.
IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ALL
KNOW THAT FIREARMS IN A
SITUATION WHERE THERE IS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCREASES THE
RISK OF HOMICIDE BY 500%.
WHEN WE HAVE A UNIT THAT IS
HONORED TO WORK IN THIS SPACE,
WE GET TO KNOW THE FOLKS THAT
COME BEFORE US, AND WHAT WE
HAVE FOUND IS THAT DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE OFFENDERS ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY ARMED IN THE
COMMUNITY COMPARED TO THE
GENERAL PUBLIC, ON A LOCAL AND
NATIONAL LEVEL.
THAT MEANS PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST
LIKELY TO -- ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY ARMED IN THE
COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE ALSO FOUND THAT PEOPLE
WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONVICTED
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENSES
ARE OVERREPRESENTED AS
DEFENDANTS IN BOTH CHARGED
HOMICIDE AND ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE
CASES.
THEY USE FIREARMS 70% OF THE
TIME, AND THEY KILL
ACQUAINTANCES, STRANGERS, IN
ADDITION TO INTIMATE PARTNER
AND FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD
MEMBERS.
SO THE RISKS OF OUR DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE OFFENDERS ARE NOT JUST
INWARD, BUT OUTWARDLY FOCUSED.
WE BELIEVE BY FOCUSING
SPECIFICALLY ON DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE OFFENDERS, WE ARE
ENGAGING IN REALLY COMPETENT
RISK MANAGEMENT.
THE OTHER THING, WE WILL HEAR A
LOT OF FOLKS TALKING ABOUT
FIREARM VIOLENCE AS IF THEY ARE
MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE CATEGORIES.
PEOPLE, AND THE REALITY IS THAT
THESE THINGS ARE INTERCONNECTED
ON SOME LEVEL, AND THAT'S WHY,
HAVING A REGIONAL AND
MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH,
IT'S SO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT IF
WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE AN
IMPACT.
THIS GRAPHIC DOES NOT EVEN
BEGIN TO TALK ABOUT THE APPLIED
SIDE OF THE EQUATION OR
OVERSATURATION OF FIREARMS IN
OUR COMMUNITY.
ONE THING I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT,
AND WE WON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME
TO GO THROUGH THIS
UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE SO MANY
MYTHS IN OUR SOCIETY AROUND
FIREARMS.
THE PERVASIVE MYTHS ARE
POWERFUL, AND THEY STUNT
ACTION.
FOR EXAMPLE, EVERYBODY HERE ON
THIS CALL, AND IN THE CHAMBERS
HAS HEARD SOMEONE SAY, YOU KNOW
IF YOU TAKE THE ABUSER'S GUN
AWAY, HE WILL USE SOME OTHER
WEAPON.
THAT'S BEEN STUDY AT MICHIGAN
STATE UNIVERSITY.
THEY FOUND THERE'S NOT A
SUBSTITUTION EFFECT.
WHEN YOU DISARM A DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE OFFENDER, TAKE THE
FIREARM, THE OVERALL INTIMATE
PARTNER HOMICIDE RATE GOES
DOWN.
WE KNOW THAT'S ALSO SIMILAR FOR
SUICIDE.
SUICIDE IS AN IMPULSIVE ACT,
AND WHEN YOU REMOVE THE MOST
LETHAL MEANS LIKE FIREARMS, YOU
CAN REALLY HAVE AN IMPACT.
WE HAVE HEARD A LOT OF TALK
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS
ABOUT JUST ARMING VICTIMS TO
EVEN THE
PLAYING FIELD.
THE REALITY IS HAVING A FIREARM
WHEN THERE IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
INCREASES RISKS.
I DON'T THINK AN ABUSER IS
GUN. TO SAY, OH, THAT'S NOT MY
I WON'T USE IT.
I HAVE TO SAY FOR MY 20 YEARS
OF WORKING DIRECTLY WITH
SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
WHO PETITION FOR PROTECTION
ORDERS, I CAN COUNT ON LESS
THAN TWO HANDS HOW MANY
SPECIFICALLY SOUGHT OUT A
FIREARM.
WHEN YOU START TO LOOK AT CASES
WHERE WOMEN HAVE USED FIREARMS
OR LETHAL FORCE TO PROTECT
THEMSELVES, THE LETHAL OUTCOMES
ARE NOT GOOD.
SO HOW WE DO THIS, WE OPERATION
AND DEESCALATE THE SITUATION BY
SAFELY AND LAWFULLY DISARMING
THE INDIVIDUAL.
WE DO THIS ACROSS A MULTITUDE
OF CASES.
OUR PRIMARY CASES ARE WE SCREEN
ALL SUPERIOR COURT PROTECTION
ORDER PETITIONS TO LOOK FOR ANY
ALLEGATIONS OF FIREARMS.
WE ALSO REVIEW ALL THE SHOTS
FIRED REPORTS ACROSS KING
COUNTY, LOOKING AT FELONY AND
MISDEMEANOR FIRST APPEARANCE
CASES HIGHLIGHTING SEXUAL
ASSAULT, HATE CRIMES,
HARASSMENT, AND FELONY DUI, AND
THEN A PROTECTION ORDER INBOX
AND DO DIRECT OUTREACH TO THE
COMMUNITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
TO IDENTIFY THE RISK.
WE GATHER AS MUCH INTELLIGENCE
AS POSSIBLE FROM RECORD
SEARCHES, FROM VICTIMS,
SURVIVORS, FAMILY MEMBERS, AND
LOVED ONES TO GET AS MUCH
INFORMATION AS WE CAN ABOUT THE
FIREARM, SPECIFICALLY WHEN WERE
THEY LAST SEEN?
WHERE ARE THEY?
ANY SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS?
WE SHARE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT
TO PROMOTE THE SAFE RECOVERY,
AND WE ALSO SHARE IT WITH THE
COURTS TO HELP THEM IN THEIR
ASSESSMENT OF WHETHER SOMEONE
IS IN COMPLIANCE OR NOT, AND
HOW DID THE ENABLING ORDER THAT
ALLOWS FOR THE WORK, THE ORDER
TO SURRENDER PROHIBITED
WEAPONS.
THOSE ARE AVAILABLE ACROSS ALL
OF THE CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
PROTECTION ORDERS.
>>> THE OTHER MAIN BODY OF WORK
THAT WE WORK ON, THEY ARE
EXTREMIST PROTECTION ORDERS.
UNLIKE OTHER PROTECTION ORDERS
THAT PROHIBIT SPECIFIC CONDUCT
AND CONTACT, EXTREMIST
PROTECTION ORDERS ARE
SINGULARLY FOCUSED ON
TEMPORARILY REMOVING A FIREARM
FROM A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN
DETERMINED BY A JUDGE TO BE AN
EMINENT RISK OF HARM TO
THEMSELVES OR OTHERS.
SO WE KNOW FROM RESEARCH THAT
THEY ARE A KEEP UPSTREAM
RESPONSE TO PREVENT THE MOST
FIREARM VIOLENCE.
THE OTHER THING THAT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT, WE HAVE HEARD A LOT
OF THIS LATELY BECAUSE OF THE
MASS TRAGEDIES THAT HAVE
OCCURRED, PEOPLE, BEFORE AN
ATTACK, THEY OFTEN SHARE THOSE
RISKS WITH OTHER PEOPLE OR IN
POSTS.
SO WE HAVE A WINDOW OF
OPPORTUNITY, UP TO 80% OF CASES
TO INTERVENE AT THE RIGHT POINT
IN TIME TO PREVENT FIREARM
VIOLENCE.
I WANTED TO JUST SHARE, WE HAVE
HAD SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL
RECOVERIES OVER THE LAST
SEVERAL YEARS, AND THIS IS OUR
KIND OF ORIGINAL SERGEANT, NOW
A LIEUTENANT IN THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND SHE WAS
TALKING TO THE MEDIA ABOUT WHAT
THINGS LOOKED LIKE BEFORE OUR
UNIT, AND THAT WAS, A YEAR AGO,
NONE OF THESE GUNS WOULD HAVE
BEEN RECOVERED.
WE WOULD HAVE NEVER GOTTEN A
SEARCH WARRANT OR LOOKED TO SEE
IF THERE WAS AN ORDER TO
SURRENDER WEAPONS ISSUED, AND
SO WE JUST SCREEN APPROXIMATELY
OR REVIEW APPROXIMATELY 14000
CASES EVERY SINGLE YEAR, AND I
JUST WANTED TO SHARE A HANDFUL
BEFORE I CLOSE.
SO OUR DETECTIVES ON OUR CASES
HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN SEVERAL
REALLY IMPORTANT RECOVERIES.
ONE INVOLVING A SEXUAL ASSAULT
PROTECTION ORDER AGAINST A MAN
ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING
HIS GIRLFRIEND'S MINOR CHILD,
AND THEY RECOVERED 50 FIREARMS.
AT A TIME OF HEIGHTENED RISK
WHEN SOMEONE IS BEING
INVESTIGATED FOR CHILD SEXUAL
ASSAULT.
OUR EXTREMIST PROTECTION ORDER
AND ADVOCATES AND DEPUTIES WORK
HARD TO PREVENT THE PURCHASE OF
FIREARMS OR REMOVAL OF FIREARMS
WHEN PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING
SUICIDAL IDEAS.
THEY HAVE GOTTEN GUNS WHEN
SOMEONE THREATENED TO SHUT DOWN
THE SEA-TAC AIRPORT WITH A MASS
VIOLENCE INTERVENE.
THEY INTERVENED TO STOP AN
ARMED CONFLICT THAT WAS
THREATENED AGAINST THE COURT.
THEY HAVE ALSO WORKED IN CASES
INVOLVING EMPLOYER -- THREATS
TO EMPLOYERS.
WE HAVE HAD SOME PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
CASES THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL, WE
ASSISTED THE SURVIVOR AS SHE
WAS GETTING HER PROTECTION
ORDER, A FIREARM INTERVIEW WITH
HER, AND FOUND OUT HER PARTNER
WAS THREATENING TO COMMIT A
MASS ATTACK IF SHE WERE TO
LEAVE HIM.
HE WOULD COME HOME FROM WORK,
PUT ON HIS BALLISTIC VEST AND
SIT ON HIS FRONT WINDOW AND
TRAIN HIS RIFLE ON PEOPLE AS
THEY WALKED BY.
WE WERE ABLE TO INTERVENE WITH
HER AS SHE ACCESSED THE
PROTECTION ORDER ADVOCACY
PROGRAM AND SHARE THE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FIREARMS
WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT SO THEY
COULD IMMEDIATELY RECOVER THEM
AT THE TIME OF SERVICE.
EXCUSE ME.
AND THEN WE ALSO -- THIS IS
JUST AN EXAMPLE OF OUR WORK
ORIGINATING IN THIS REGION, BUT
TAKES US FAR AND WIDE THIS IS A
SITUATION WHERE SOMEONE FLED AN
ABUSIVE SITUATION IN ANOTHER
STATE, COME HERE, GOT A
PROTECTION ORDER, AND WE WORKED
WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE
OTHER JURISDICTION TO GET THE
FIREARMS RECOVERED.
SO ALL OF THIS TO SAY THAT THIS
WORK REQUIRES TREMENDOUS
ATTENTION TO DETAIL,
COLLABORATION, COORDINATION,
NETWORKING, AND REALLY LEANING
IN TO PRACTICAL WAYS TO DISARM
PEOPLE LAWFULLY AND SAFELY.
THESE ARE JUST A HANDFUL OF
METRICS WE HAVE CAPTURED OVER
THE YEARS, AND I'M HAPPY TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS OR PRESENT AT
ANOTHER TIME WHEN THERE'S MORE
TIME.
I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYONE
KNOW THAT THE POWER POINT DOES
INCLUDE ALL OF THE SYSTEMIC
GAPS THAT EXISTED BEFORE THE
UNIT WAS PUT IN PLACE AT THE
END IF YOU WANTED TO GET THAT
INFORMATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> SANDRA, I MAY HAVE NOT HEARD
CORRECTLY.
YOU MADE REFERENCE AND QUOTED
AN INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED IN THE
EXTREMIST PROTECTION ORDER
PROTECTION PROGRAM AS SAYING
THAT PRIOR TO SOME EVENT OR
SOME CHANGE, AND I DON'T THINK
IT WAS THE ENACTMENT OF THE
POLICY, IT SOUNDED LIKE YOU
SAID SOMETHING HAS CHANGED IN
THE IMPLEMETATION OF THE
POLICY?
THAT'S RESULTED IN MORE GUN
RECOVERY?
CAN YOU LET US KNOW A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT THAT?
>> Y, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO THE PERSON I FEATURED WAS
OUR SERGEANT WHO WAS IN OUR
UNIT INITIALLY.
WHAT SHE WAS COMMENTING ON IS
THAT WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT LAW
CHANGE IN 2014 THAT ENABLED
PROTECTION ORDERS TO ALSO
PROHIBIT FIREARM POSSESSION.
PEOPLE WHO WERE RESTRAINED BY
PROTECTION ORDERS WERE ALSO
REQUIRED TO SURRENDER THEM.
NOTHING HAPPENED.
FIREARMS WERE NOT BEING
RECOVERED, AND WHAT SERGEANT
KIM WAS SPEAKING ABOUT IS THAT
PRIOR TO THE FORMATION OF THIS
CITY-COUNTY COLLABORATION, WITH
THE UNIT DEDICATED TO
SUCCESSFULLY AND LAWFULLY
DISARMING PEOPLE AS COURT
ORDERED, NO ONE WAS GETTING THE
FIREARMS OUT OF THE DANGEROUS
SITUATIONS.
IT'S ONLY BEEN SINCE THE
FORMATION OF THE UNIT IN
JANUARY OF 2018 THAT WE HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO REALLY WORK ON
IMPLEMENTING THE LAWS, FULLY.
WE BELIEVE THAT THAT HAS HAD A
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON PUBLIC
SAFETY, BOTH WITHIN THE
SITUATIONS OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE, AND ALSO TO THE
BROADER COMMUNITY.
I HOPE THAT CLARIFIES THAT
POINT.
>> IT DOES, DEFINITELY.
I REMEMBER AN ARTICLE A LITTLE
WHILE AGO IN THE SEATTLE TIMES
ABOUT THE EXTREMIST PROTECTION
ORDER, AND THAT AFTER THE ORDER
IS EXPIRED, THERE WAS SOME
QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT
THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME
ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT AT THE
EXPIRATION OF THE EXTREMIST
PROTECTION ORDER, BEFORE A
PERSON IS ALLOWED TO LEGALLY
OWN GUNS AGAIN.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHETHER, AND
I THINK THE ARTICLE IS PROBABLY
OVER A YEAR OLD.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT THE ORDERS JUST
EXPIRE AS INDICATED BY THE DATE
IN THE ORDER OR WHETHER OR NOT
THERE IS ANY SORT OF ADDITIONAL
OVERVIEW OR SCRUTINY OF WHETHER
OR NOT SOMEBODY IS ACTUALLY
READY TO HAVE THE RIGHTS
RESTORED.
>> I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT
QUESTION.
I APPRECIATE YOU ASKING THAT.
WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE THAT IS
BODY FUNDED, AND WE ARE
GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS SHE DOES, SHE
DOES OUTREACH TO ALL
PETITIONERS ON THE ORDERS
BEFORE THEIR EXPIRATION TO GET
A SENSE OF WHETHER PEOPLE FEEL
LIKE THEY MAY WANT TO PURSUE A
RENEWAL, AND THEN IT'S ALSO
SCREENED WITH OUR DEPUTIES WHO
HANDLE THE PROTECTION ORDERS
AND HAVE EXPERTISE, AND THEY
TRY TO GET A SENSE OF, IS THIS
A SITUATION WHERE THE RISK HAS
BEEN REDUCED AND THE ORDER CAN
EXPIRE ON ITS OWN?
OR DO WE NEED TO NEED TO
DETERMINE IF IT SHOULD BE
RENEWED.
EVERY YEAR WE HAVE A CERTAIN
PERCENTAGE OF CASES THAT ARE
RENEWED BECAUSE THE RISKS
APPEAR TO BE ONGOING, AND WE
HAVE GONE BACK SUCCESSFULLY,
AND IN OTHER SITUATIONS, IF THE
RISKS HAVE SUBSIDED, THOSE
ORDERS EXPIRE ON THEIR OWN.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER
PROHIBITIONS AGAINST THAT
PERSON POSSESSING OR FIREARMS,
LIKE NO OTHER CRIMINAL
CONVICTIONS OR PROTECTION
ORDERS, THEY ARE ABLE TO GO
HAVE THEIR FIREARMS RETURNED
AND RELEASED TO THEM.
>> THANK YOU.
>> DEFINITELY ARE INVESTING IN
THAT OVERVIEW BECAUSE WE DON'T
WANT ANYBODY TO SLIP THROUGH
THE CRACKS, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO
HONOR WHEN THE RISKS HAVE
SUBSIDED, THEY CAN GO ON TO GET
THEIR ITEMS BACK.
>> THERE'S NOT ONLY THE
CAPACITY AMONG THE STAFF TO
HAVE A PROCESS TO REVIEW
WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS STILL A
RISK THAT IS EVIDENT, BUT THERE
IS A PLACE IN COURT TO OPPOSE
THE RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AS
WELL IF THERE IS FOUND TO STILL
BE RISK?
>> WELL, FOR THE EXTREMIST
PROTECTION ORDER, THE
PETITIONER PARTY COULD COME
BACK AND TRY TO RENEW NO MATTER
WHAT, AND THEY COULD TRY TO
ARGUE THAT THE ORDER SHOULD BE
EXTENDED FOR ANOTHER YEAR, BUT
THE RESTORATION OF RIGHTS THAT
ARE RELATED TO CONVICTIONS, ET
CETERA, THAT'S A VERY DIFFERENT
PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> FIRST I WANT TO SAY I REALLY
COMMEND YOUR WORK.
IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THIS SHOULD
HAVE BEEN HAPPENING ALL ALONG,
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU -- THIS IS NOT YOUR
JURISDICTION, BUT YOU MENTIONED
YOU SCREEN CASES IN SUPERIOR
COURT, AND I'M WONDERING IF
THERE'S A SIMILAR APPROACH OR
ANY OF THAT WORK BEING DONE
WITHIN SEATTLE AT MUNI COURT
BECAUSE THERE IS A BACKLOG OF
CASES, AND THERE ARE, LET'S SEE
971 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES,
AND 455 HARASSMENT CASES, AND
117 THAT INVOLVE WEAPONS
CHARGES.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE WEAPONS
CHARGES -- I DON'T KNOW HOW
MANY OF THE WEAPONS CHARGES ARE
OVERLAID ON TOP OF THE DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE CASES THAT WOULD THEN
BE ELEVATED FOR THE KIND OF
INTERVENTION, BUT IS THERE ANY
EFFORT OR THOUGHT OF DOING THAT
WITH THOSE BACKLOGGED CASES AS
WELL?
>> YES, SO, AGAIN, I'M SORRY I
DIDN'T DO THE WHOLE BACKGROUND,
BUT WE ARE A COLLABORATION
BETWEEN THE SEATTLE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, KING COUNTY
PROSECUTING OFFICE, SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND KING
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
ONE OF THE COCHAIRS OF OUR
UNITED, CRYSTAL KURLEY IS BASED
IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
AND AS IS OUR ADVOCATE AND
ANOTHER FIREARM ENFORCEMENT
ADVOCATE AND DEPUTY PROSECUTOR.
WE HAVE PEOPLE LOOKING
INTERNALLY AT SEATTLE, THE CITY
OF SEATTLE CRIMINAL CASES TO
ADDRESS FIREARM ISSUES.
I APOLOGIZE FOR NEGLECTING TO
MAKE THAT MORE CLEAR.
WE ARE WORKING IN TANDEM ON
THOSE CASES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> LET'S SEE IF THERE'S ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM
COLLEAGUES BEFORE MOVING ON.
NOT SEEING ANY.
I SEE A HAND UP?
>> CHAIR HERBOLD AND MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR HAVING US TODAY, AND
THANK YOU FOR THE PANELISTS FOR
AGREEING ON SUCH SHORT NOTICE
TO STEP FORWARD.
I'M THE STRATEGIC ADVISER FOR
THE KING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH
REGIONAL APPROACH, AND I WANTED
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LIAISON TO
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FIRST EVER
APPOINTED FOR ADDRESSING GUN
VIOLENCE AND ALSO RENEE HOPKINS
THE CEO OF THE ALLIANCE FOR GUN
RESPONSIBILITY PARTNERED WITH
US TODAY TO MAKE SURE THE PANEL
WAS ROBUST, AND WE WANT TO MAKE
OURSELVES ONGOING, CHAIR
HERBOLD FOR ANY FURTHER
QUESTIONS OR WAYS TO SHED LIGHT
ON THE MULTIDIMENSIONS OF THE
ISSUE.
>> I SEE DANITA WITH US.
SHOULD WE MAKE SPACE FOR
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
?
>> I DON'T HAVE MUCH MORE TO
SAY THAN WHAT HAS BEEN
PRESENTED.
I WANT TO THANK THE PANELISTS
FOR BEING HERE, AND ALSO DOM
DAVIS AND DEEPIKA FOR
HIGHLIGHTING THE 25-YEAR-OLD TO
40-YEAR-OLD RANGE.
IT'S A GAP IN SERVICES THAT I
HAVE POINTED OUT SINCE STARTING
IN MY POSITION.
IT'S A HIGH PRIORITY OF THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, AND ALL THE
WORK OF THE PEACEKEEPER
COLLECTIVE, I STRONGLY SUPPORT.
THESE ARE MY PEERS IN THIS
WORK.
SANDRA I HAVE NOT MET YET, BUT
I HOPE TO COLLABORATE MORE ON
HOW WE COULD AMPLIFY THE ROLES,
AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME
FEDERAL FUNDING TO AMPLIFY THE
EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDERS.
WE ARE A RED FLAG STATE, AND
THERE ARE SOME WAYS IT'S BEING
PRIORITIZED MUCH BECAUSE A LOT
OF PEOPLE ARE NOT AWARE OF IT.
A PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN IS
ON MY RADAR TO ELEVATE THOSE
EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDERS
AND THE UNIT IN GENERAL AND HOW
TO KEEP OUR LOVED ONES AND
COMMUNITIES SAFE.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR
PARTICIPATING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
JUST TO PUT A FINER POINT ON
IT, I'M HEARING THAT WHAT IS
MISSING AS FAR AS THE ABILITY
TO EXPAND THE HOSPITAL-BASED
PROGRAM IS FUNDING FROM THE
REGIONAL PARTNERS, IS THAT
TRUE?
>> THAT IS TRUE.
WE ARE CURRENTLY CONTRACTING
WITH PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE KING
COUNTY TO RAMP UP THE PILOT AS
DEEPIKA MENTIONED.
OUR GOAL IS TO SUSTAIN THAT AND
EXPAND IT PER THE DATA AND
FEEDBACK WE HAVE GAINED DURING
THE PILOT PHASE.
WITH ARE ALSO PARTNERING IN THE
NATIONAL WORK A HOBBY ALLIANCE
FOR INTERVENTIONS, SETTING THE
GOLD STANDARDS FOR THIS AND
PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR HOW WE
THINK ABOUT RAMPING IT UP, AND
WE ALSO HOPE TO COLLABORATE,
CITY, STATE, COUNTY, AND
ULTIMATELY THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO
DRAW DOWN THE DOLLARS AS THIS
IS A PROVEN BEST PRACTICE AND
EVIDENCE-BASED BEST PRACTICE.
WE HOPE TO DRAW RESOURCES TO
EXPAND IT TO BE AVAILABLE TO
EVERYBODY, AS YOU HAVE OFTEN
SAID, CHAIR HERBOLD, YOU HOPED
TO SEE EVERYONE AFFECTED BY GUN
VIOLENCE HAVE THIS AVAILABLE AT
THE HOSPITAL.
WE ARE HEARING FROM OTHER
COUNTIES AND HOSPITALS IN THE
REGION WHO ARE HOPING TO EXPAND
THIS AND REALLY PROVIDE THE
SUPPORTS BEING CALLED FOR.
>> I'M HAVING MY BUDGET
PRIORITIES MEETING WITH SENIOR
DEPUTY MAYOR TODAY, AND I
APPRECIATE THIS.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> I'M SORRY.
WHEN I ASKED MY QUESTION BEFORE
ABOUT THE PROGRAM, I ASKED WHAT
ARE YOUR METRICS FOR SUCCESS,
OR HOW DO
YOU KNOW IT'S WORKING?
>> I'M SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER, IS
THAT QUESTION FOR ME?
>> NO, THAT WAS FOR THE
PRESENTERS OF THE FIRST
HOSPITAL-BASED PROGRAM.
I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WAS
TALKING ABOUT WHEN SHE TALKED
ABOUT EXPANDED FUNDING.
WERE YOU REFERRING TO THAT ONE?
>> YEAH, AND IN RESPONSE TO THE
QUESTION OF SORT OF WHAT ARE
THE METRICS WE ARE USING, RIGHT
NOW WE ARE IN A PILOT PHASE.
WE JUST LAUNCHED THE PROGRAM
OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS, AND
WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING OUR
CONTACT RATES, LIKE THE
PERCENTAGE WHO MEET CRITERIA
úAND WE CAN MAKE CONTACT WITH,
AND THEN ENROLLMENT IN THE
PROGRAM.
WORKING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS
TERMS OF HOW WE ARE SORT OF
DOING WITH MEETING THE NEEDS
AND KEEPING THESE YOUTH SAFE.
I THINK NUMBER ONE, WE DO A
NEEDS ASSESSMENT AT THE
HOSPITAL TO IDENTIFY WITH THE
INJURED INDIVIDUAL TO SEE THEIR
GREATEST NEEDS AND THEN MEET
THEIR NEEDS.
NUMBER TWO, THE MEASURE OF
RESILIENCE AND PTSD, LOOKING AT
THOSE MEASURES OVER TIME.
NUMBER THREE, LIKE I SAID,
TALKING TO THE YOUTH ABOUT SORT
OF WEAPON CARRIAGE, SAFETY,
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO
KEEP THEM SAFE AND DECREASE
THEIR LIKELIHOOD OF DEATH AND
REINJURY DUE -- OR DEATH DUE TO
REINJURY.
LASTLY, LIKE I SAID, WE ARE
LOOKING AT SORT OF TRACKING AND
KEEPING AN EYE ON THINGS FOR
SIX MONTHS, A YEAR, AND THEN
EVEN OUT FURTHER AFTER THE
INJURY TO LOOK AT HOW WE ARE
DOING WITH GETTING THESE YOUTH
BACK IN SCHOOL OR VIABLE JOBS.
THAT'S THE OTHER MAIN METRIC.
>> THANKS.
>> CAN I HAVE ONE MORE METRIC?
>> WE ARE KEEPING THEM ALIVE.
THAT'S THE METRIC.
IF THEY ARE ALIVE, THEN WE DID
A GOOD JOB.
>> COULDN'T AGREE MORE.
THANK YOU, DOM.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MUCH APPRECIATED.
THANK YOU FOR THE IMPORTANT
WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING, AND
THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO
ELEVATE THE NEEDS OF VICTIMS
AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AND
OUR COMMUNITIES IN DEVELOPING
AND CREATING COMPREHENSIVE
COMMUNITY SAFETY.
REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING
THAT EVERYBODY IS DOING.
I KNOW IT'S REALLY HARD AND
TRAUMA-INDUCING WORK.
I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.
>>> CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ
IN ITEM NUMBER TWO?
>> COMMITTEE ITEM NUMBER TWO,
ABORTION ACCESS FOR BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO MOVING ON TO THE NEXT
AGENDA, I WANT TO AGAIN THANK
THE FOLKS FROM PUBLIC HEALTH
FOR JOINING US.
IF WE HAVE GOT A COUPLE OF
PEOPLE HERE WITH US FROM
SEATTLE KING COUNTY PUBLIC
HEALTH, AND IF YOU COULD
INTRODUCE YOURSELVES, AND THEN
I WILL OFFER A COUPLE OF VERY
SHORT INTRODUCTORY REMARKS AND
HAND IT BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR HERBOLD,
I'M HEATHER MASON WITH PUBLIC
HEALTH SEATTLE KING COUNTY, THE
FAMILY PLANNING MANAGER.
I BELIEVE I'M THE ONLY ONE
PRESENTING TODAY.
I WILL SHARE MY SCREEN IF
THAT'S OKAY.
I HAVE SLIDES TO SHARE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU.
>> SO, REALLY, AGAIN I WANT TO
APPRECIATE THAT MY COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES HAVE SHARED MY SENSE
OF URGENCY IN RESPONDING TO THE
SUPREME COURT'S DISASTROUS
DECISION IN REMOVING A PREGNANT
PERSON'S RIGHT TO BASIC HEALTH
CARE.
REALLY FEEL APPRECIATIVE THAT
WE LIVE IN A REGION AND STATE
THAT IS COMMITTED TO PRESERVING
AND EXPANDING ABORTION ACCESS.
I WANT TO LIFT UP THAT IN
WASHINGTON STATE 62% OF PEOPLE
ARE IN FAVOR OF HELPING
PREGNANT PEOPLE FROM OUT OF
STATE COME
HERE FOR A SAFE ABORTION.
SEATTLE KING COUNTY PUBLIC
HEALTH HAS BEEN DOING SO MUCH
TO ENSURE RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS
TO ROBUST, COMPREHENSIVE,
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE, AND
IN THE WAKE OF DOBS, THEY HAVE
BEEN ACTIVE IN IDENTIFYING NEW
WAYS TO PROTECT AND EXPAND
ABORTION ACCESS.
I INVITED PUBLIC HEALTH TO
PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE MANY
WAYS THEY ARE ACTIVE IN THE
SITE AS COUNCIL CONSIDERS THE
WAYS THAT WE CAN, OURSELVES,
TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT AND
INCREASE ABORTION ACCESS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS
MORNING.
>> YES, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME
TO SPEAK TO OUR PUBLIC HEALTH
SEATTLE KING COUNTY SEXUAL
HEALTH AND SEXUAL AND
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES
AND OUR SUPPORT AND ACCESS TO
ABORTION SERVICES INCLUDING THE
COORDINATION ACROSS HEALTH CARE
SYSTEMS AND WITH COMMUNITY
PARTNERS, MORE SO THAN EVER
BEFORE NOW WITH THE OVERTURNING
OF ROE V. WADE.
THANK YOU, CHAIR HERBOLD, FOR
THE INVITATION.
JUST AS A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF
WHAT SERVICES WE ALREADY
PROVIDE PERTAINING TO SEXUAL
AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
SERVICES.
WE DO HAVE FOUR FAMILY PLANNIC
CLINICS ALL LOCATED OUTSIDE OF
SEATTLE, MOSTLY IN SOUTH KING
COUNTY WHERE THERE IS A LOT
MORE DISPARITIES, AND WE
PROVIDE FULL SCOPE SERVICES, SO
STI, CONTRACEPTIVE, PREGNANCY
TESTING, EMERGENCY
CONTRACEPTION, CERVICAL AND
BREAST CANCER WELLNESS, AND
THEN SOME OTHER PROGRAMS THAT
PROVIDE SEXUAL REPRODUCTIVE
HEALTH SERVICES.
THE HEALTH CLINIC KNOWN AS THE
STD CLINIC ACROSS FROM
HARBORVIEW PRIMARILY FOCUSING
ON SEXUALLY-TRANSMITTED
INFECTIONS AND HIV SERVICES AND
PROVIDES CONTRACEPTIVE SERVICES
AS WELL.
PRIMARY CARE CLINICS LOCATED IN
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE, BELLEVUE, AND
AS WELL THE SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH
CENTER NETWORK LOCATED IN
SEATTLE AND OTHER PARTS OF KING
COUNTY, EXPANDING UP INTO THOSE
AREAS, AND OUR MEDICAL MOBILE
VANS THAT SERVE SEATTLE AS WELL
AS PARTS OF KING COUNTY PROVIDE
SOME PLANNING SERVICES IN THE
CONTEXT OF PRIMARY CARE, AND
LASTLY, WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HUMAN HEALTH
SERVICES, THE COMMUNITY SERVICE
OFFICES, KNOWN AS THE CSOs AND
NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP
WORKING WITH PUBLIC HEALTH
NURSES PROVIDE FAMILY PLANNING
SERVICES, ALL OF WHICH PROVIDE
PREGNANCY TESTING, OPTIONS,
COUNSELING, AND REFERRAL TO
ABORTION SERVICES.
MORE SPECIFICALLY OUR ABORTION
SERVICE ACCESS, WE DO PROVIDE
ACROSS ALL OUR SYSTEMS
NONDIRECTIVE VOLUNTARY
PREGNANCY OPTIONS COUNSELING WE
ARE FERALS FOR ALL OPTIONS
INCLUDING COMPREHENSIVE
REFERRAL PACKETS AND ADDITIONAL
WARM HANDOFF SUPPORT TO
ACCESSING ABORTION CARE.
WE WORK WITH OUR CLIENTS TO
SUPPORT ENROLLMENT IN THE
PREGNANCY MEDICAID PROGRAM TO
COVER THE COSTS OF ABORTION
SERVICES OR CONNECTING THEM
WITH THE NORTHWEST ABORTION
ACCESS FUND IF NEEDED, AND IN
THE WAKE OF THE ROE V. WADE
DECISION, WE HAVE UPDATED OR
CREATED A WHOLE NEW PUBLIC
HEALTH WEBSITE, SPECIFIC FOR
FOLKS TO ACCESS AROUND ABORTION
SERVICES, AND IT'S AVAILABLE AT
KINGCOUNTY.GOV/ABORTION, AND
LASTLY, IN THE WAKE OF THE
DECISION, WE HAVE BEEN
CONDUCTING A LOT OF INTERNAL
PRESENTATIONS ACROSS ALL OF THE
PROGRAMS WITHIN PUBLIC HEALTH
THAT ARE RELEVANT TO SUPPORT
ABORTION INFORMATION AND ACCESS
AS WELL AS COMMUNITY-BASED
PRESENTATIONS.
BEFORE WE TALK MORE
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE DOBS
DECISION AND OVERTURNING OF ROE
V. WADE AND THE IMPACT AND WAYS
IN PROTECTING ACCESS TO
ABORTION SERVICES, I JUST WANT
TO GROUND US IN REPRODUCTIVE
JUSTICE, THE FRAMEWORK WITH
WHICH WE WORK FROM.
I WANT TO THANK AND ACKNOWLEDGE
SISTER SONG, A NATIONAL
REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE
ORGANIZATION OUT OF ATLANTA,
GEORGIA, FOR THIS DEFINITION.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO READ
OUTLOUD THE HUMAN RIGHT TO
MAINTAIN PERSONAL BODILY
ATONMY, HAVE CHILDREN, NOT HAVE
CHILDREN, AND PARENT CHILDREN
IN A SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE
COMMUNITIES IS THE FRAMEWORK
WHICH WE WORK UNDER, AND
CLEARLY OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE
FURTHER DEVASTATES MANY
PEOPLE'S LIVES, AND IT HAS
TRAUMATIC IMPACTS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND LOCALLY.
IT CREATES REPRODUCTIVE
INJUSTICE.
SO WITH THE SCOTUS DECISION
OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE, I
ALWAYS WANT TO POINT OUT, THIS
HISTORICAL MOMENT IN TIME, AND
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE
SUPREME COURT HAS RESCINDED AN
INDIVIDUAL RIGHT IN ITS
ENTIRETY.
IT IS PRETTY ASTOUNDING, AND I
ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
UNFORTUNATE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
IT'S GOING TO HAVE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
THE INSTITUTE HAS ESTIMATED,
BASED ON THEIR ASSESSMENTS THAT
AT LEAST 26 STATES ARE CERTAIN
OR LIKELY TO BAN ABORTION, AND
WITH THAT, WE KNOW AT LEAST 22
OF THOSE 26 STATES, THE
ABORTION BANS WILL BE TOTAL OR
NEAR TOTAL ABORTION BANS.
IN THE CASES OF INCEST OR RAPE,
ABORTIONS ARE STILL PROHIBITED.
THIS IS A HUGE IMPACT AS YOU
CAN SEE ACROSS OUR COUNTRY, AND
THE OTHER AREA WITH THIS I
WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT, AND
YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY SEEN IN
SOME NEWS COVERAGE AS OF LATE,
THAT THIS ALSO IMPACTS
MISCARRIAGE MANAGEMENT AND
ECTOPIC PREGNANCIES, AND
THERE'S FEAR AND CONFUSION
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT PLACES
WHERE ABORTIONS ARE BANNED, IF
THERE IS SERVICES FOR THE
CONDITIONS, AND THESE
CONDITIONS CAN BECOME LIFE
THREATENING WITHOUT TIMELY
ACCESS TO CARE.
IT'S ALSO ANOTHER CONCERN HERE.
>> ABORTION ACCESS IS NOT ONLY
A LEGAL BATTLE, A POLITICAL
GAME OR BASED ON RELIGIOUS
BELIEFS IT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH
ISSUE WITH A DEEP, NEGATIVE
IMPACT ON OUR POPULATIONS.
WE KNOW FROM MANY STUDIES THAT
RESTRICTING ACCESS TO ABORTION
RESULTS IN THE EROSION OF THE
HEALTH OF WOMEN, TRANSFOLKS,
AND NONBINARY PEOPLE,
ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH LOW
INCOMES AND BLACK AND
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
IT WILL EXACERBATE THE
DISPARITIES AND THE HEALTH AND
WELL BEING OF LARGE GROUPS OF
POPULATIONS WE WANT TO PROTECT
AND SERVE.
WE ALSO KNOW IT IMPACTS
MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH.
THE STUDIES CONDUCTED ONLY WITH
WOMEN, AND I'M REFERRING TO
WOMEN IN THESE CASES.
WOMEN LIVING IN STATES WITH
LESS RESTRICTIVE HEALTH
POLICIES ARE LESS LIKELY TO
GIVE BIRTH TO LOW WEIGHT
BABIES.
THE BIRTH OUTCOME AND HEALTH
AND WELL BEING OF INFANTS IS
IMPACTED WHEN WE HAVE
RESTRICTIVE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
POLICIES.
CONVERSELY LESS RESTRICTIVE,
HEALTHIER OUTCOMES.
RESTRICTIVE ABORTION LAWS
CAUSING A HIGHER RATE OF
ABORTION MATERNAL DEATHS,
DEEPLY CONCERNING, ESPECIALLY
WHEN WE ALREADY HAVE SUCH HIGH
DISPARITIES, ESPECIALLY FOR
BLACK WOMEN AROUND MATERNAL
DEATHS AND MANY OF THE PLACES
WHERE THEE IS GOING TO BE
ABORTION BANS, THERE'S LARGE
PORTIONS OF BLACK AND AFRICAN
WOMEN, AND WE ALSO KNOW THEY
AFFECT THE ECONOMY, TOO.
HAVING DELAYED ACCESS TO
ABORTION CREATES MORE COSTLY
HEALTH CARE SERVICES,
CONVERSELY HAVING A TIMELY
ACCESS TO SAFE ABORTION, IT
REDUCES MEDICAL COSTS FOR
HEALTH SYSTEMS.
UCSF CONDUCTED A TEN-YEAR STUDY
WITH 1,000 WOMEN ACROSS THE
COUNTRY TO UNDERSTAND THE
IMPACT OF WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE
TO BE DENIED ABORTION ACCESS,
AND IN THAT, THEY FOUND THAT
WOMEN WERE MORE LIKELY TO
EXPERIENCE AN INCREASED
HARDSHIP, WITH INSECURITY
LASTING YEARS, AND ALL OF THESE
IMPACTS HAVE POTENTIALLY LIFE-
LONG AND LONG-TERM IMPACTS.
THEY ARE ALSO MORE LIKELY TO
EXPERIENCE PHYSICAL VIOLENCE
FROM THE PERSON THEY GOT
PREGNANT WITH.
PREGNANCY IS A HIGH-RISK TIME
PERIOD OF INTIMATE PARTNER
VIOLENCE.
MORE LIKELY TO RAISE CHILDREN
OR THE CHILD ALONE WITHOUT A
PARTNER OR FAMILY MEMBER.
MORE LIKELY TO HAVE MORE
SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS AND
LOWER LEVEL OF MATERNAL
BONDING.
ONCE AGAIN A LIFE-LONG IMPACT
THAT IS SIGNIFICANT WHEN BEING
DENIED AN ABORTION.
AND THEN NOW I WANTED TO TALK
ABOUT POTENTIAL LOCAL IMPACTS
OF KING COUNTY AND SEATTLE.
THE INSTITUTE DOING ASSESSMENTS
IDENTIFYING 385% OF PEOPLE WHO
COULD GET PREGNANT BETWEEN 15
AND 49, NOW WITH ROE V. WADE
BEING OVERTURNED, THE CLOSEST
PROVIDER IS IN WASHINGTON
STATE.
THAT'S NOW BASED ON THE
SURROUNDING STATES WHERE THERE
ARE ABORTION BANS PROPOSED OR
ENACTED.
THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
PEOPLE THAT POTENTIALLY COULD
COME TO OUR REGION FOR ABORTION
ACCESS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
SERVICES ARE NOT OVER CAPACITY
AND IT ALSO DOES NOT IMPACT THE
ABILITY OF OUR OWN RESIDENTS IN
KING COUNTY AND SEATTLE TO HAVE
ACCESS, TIMELY ACCESS TO
ABORTION SERVICES.
--
>> TIMELY ACCESS?
>> SO SORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> I WAS JUST UNDERSCORING YOUR
POINT.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
YES, EXACTLY.
RIGHT.
AND THEN ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE
HAD A HISTORY.
THIS IS NOT NEW TO SEATTLE TO
HAVE FOLKS COMING FROM OUT OF
STATE.
WHAT WE ANTICIPATE IS A LARGE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING AND
ALSO COMING WITH MORE MEDICAL
COMPLICATIONS BECAUSE OF THE
DELAY IN TRAVELING AND SETTING
SERVICES.
SEATTLE HAS A VERY GOOD
ABORTION ACCESS SYSTEM IN
PLACE.
IT'S MORE THAN LIKELY GOING TO
NEED FURTHER SUPPORT TO
ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS THAT ARE
AHEAD.
WE DO PROVIDE LATER TERM
ABORTIONS AND HAVE A REALLY,
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR
CONTRIBUTING TO THIS, A
PSYCHOLOGICALLY AND PHYSICALLY
SAFE PLACE FOR THE SERVICES TO
COME.
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
I WANT TO NOTE THE OTHER
DELAYED ACCESS TO ABORTION
SERVICES TO KEEP AN EYE ON AS
WELL, IS THAT NOW IN KING
COUNTY AND IN SEATTLE, WE HAVE
A LARGER NUMBER OF RELIGIOUSLY
AFFILIATED HOSPITALS THAT DON'T
PERFORM ABORTION SERVICES, AND
THIS WAS NOT THE CASE TEN YEARS
AGO.
SO WE ARE SEEING A SHIFT IN
ACCESS TO SERVICE IN SOME OF
OUR HOSPITAL SETTINGS THAT WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN
NAVIGATE AND ALSO MITIGATE THE
IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITIES AS
WELL.
WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT WAYS IN
WHICH OUR ABORTION PROVIDERS,
VOLUNTEERS, AND PATIENT GOING
TO THE CLINICS CAN BE PROTECTED
FROM ADDITIONAL VULNERABILITY
TO VIOLENCE AND LAWSUITS FROM
OUT-OF-STATE ABORTIONS.
I KNOW THERE'S EFFORTS MADE AT
THE STATE AND COUNTY AND CITY
LEVEL THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT
BRIEFLY FOR SOME POLICIES, AND
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR
BEING PART OF THAT EFFORT.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE ARE
WATCHING AND CONCERNED ABOUT,
WHICH IS WHY WE ARE DOING
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL
PRESENTATIONS AND OUTREACH IS
AROUND CONFUSION.
FOLKS IN KING COUNTY AND IN
SEATTLE ARE AFRAID THEY CANNOT
ACCESS SERVICES, AND THEY THINK
THAT ABORTION SERVICES ARE NO
LONGER LEGAL HERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF FEAR AND
CONFUSION THAT THE RULING HAS
CREATED.
WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT FOLKS
HAVE THE RIGHT INFORMATION AND
KNOW THAT WASHINGTON STATE
ABORTIONS ARE STILL SAFE AND
LEGAL AND ACCESSIBLE.
WE WANT TO HELP SUPPORT THE
ACCESS.
>> QUESTION HERE.
>> YES, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU.
SO WHAT ABOUT FOLKS COMING IN
TO WASHINGTON STATE BECAUSE
THEY KNOW THAT THERE'S ACCESS
HERE, BUT WHO END UP EITHER IN
CLINICS OR HOSPITALS LOCALLY
THAT DO NOT PROVIDE
COMPREHENSIVE REPRODUCTIVE
HEALTH CARE?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
>> WHAT CAN WE DO TO ADDRESS
THAT MISINFORMATION THAT CAN BE
PERPETUATED BY THE HOSPITALS
AND CLINICS, AND WHAT CAN WE DO
TO COMBAT IT?
>> YEAH, THANK YOU.
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I WILL SAY ONE THING FOR SURE,
WHICH WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS
DIRECT FOLKS TO THE NORTHWEST
ABORTION ACCESS FUND, FOR
EXAMPLE.
THAT'S THEIR ROLE.
IT'S TO HELP NAVIGATE OUR
SYSTEMS AND HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
THAT WILL GET THEM TO THE
APPROPRIATE PLACE WHERE THEY
CAN ACCESS COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SYSTEMS OR
SERVICES, EXCUSE ME.
THE OTHER PIECE IS, I THINK,
REALLY INFORMATION CAMPAIGN,
PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS,
ANOTHER AREA TO HELP FOLKS
UNDERSTAND WHERE SERVICES ARE
AND ARE NOT AVAILABLE.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE THINK
WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE STATE
OF WASHINGTON REALLY TAKE THE
LEAD ON JUST BECAUSE OF THE
BREATH OF IT, AND IT WOULD BE
REALLY HELPFUL, AND ALSO
LOCALLY HOW WE CAN FURTHER
SUPPORT THE PUBLIC AWARENESS
CAMPAIGNS, I THINK THAT'S
ANOTHER HELPFUL APPROACH.
POLICYWISE, IT'S VERY
COMPLICATED FOR TRANSPARENCY
AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF WHAT
SERVICES ARE PROVIDED OR NOT
PROVIDED AND IN SOME CASES
MAYBE DECEPTIVE PRACTICES WITH
CERTAIN ENTITIES AROUND WHAT
THEY PROVIDE AND IN ACTUALITY
ARE PROVIDING MORE BIASED CARE
THAN WHAT THE PATIENT OR THE
PERSON WAS SEEKING OUT.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I THINK IT'S AN ONGOING
CONVERSATION.
WE ARE IN THE CONVERSATIONS
WITH SOME KEY STAKEHOLDERS,
SUCH AS LEGAL VOICE AND OTHER
FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT
OTHER CITIES AND STATES ON SOME
POLICIES AND WAYS, AND WE CAN
COME BACK AND TALK FURTHER
ABOUT THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE THE FULL
ASSESSMENT YET.
I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT
QUESTION WE SHOULD CONTINUE
DISCUSSING.
IT APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.
LASTLY I WANT TO MAKE THE POINT
HERE, TOO, AS OTHER ENTITIES
ARE SEEING ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
AND WE ARE STARTING TO HEAR
LOCALLY, PEOPLE SEEKING OUT
CONTRACEPTION.
PREVENTION IS A GREAT TIME TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE THINKING
AND GETTING FOLKS IN TO
SERVICES WHERE THEY HAVE FULL-
SCOPE CONTRACEPTIVE SERVICES,
ESPECIALLY FOR EMERGENCY
CONTRACEPTION.
WE ARE WANTING THESE SERVICES
DEEPLY PROTECTED HERE, AND WE
KNOW THAT THIS IS THE NEXT
PHASE OF POTENTIAL BANS IF YOU
WILL, OR PREVENTING ACCESS TO
CONTRACEPTIVE SERVICES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY
EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION, WHICH
IS A RESOURCE WE HAVE AVAILABLE
TO IMMEDIATELY PREVENT A
PREGNANCY ONCE -- AFTER THE
FACT, THE SEXUAL INTERCOURSE,
AND SO THOSE ARE SOME OF OUR
IMMEDIATE KIND OF POTENTIAL
IMPACTS WE ARE KEEPING EYES ON
AND UNDERSTANDING AND TRYING TO
MITIGATE.
SOME OF THE WAYS WE ARE TRYING
TO MITIGATE THESE, THESE
POTENTIAL IMPACTS HERE LOCALLY,
WITH INITIAL RESPONSE BY KING
COUNTY AND SEATTLE, AND KING
COUNTY COUNCIL DID JUST
RECENTLY PASS $500,000 FUNDING
TO GO TO THE NORTHWEST ABORTION
ACCESS FUND, AND SEATTLE IS
PROPOSING TO ALSO SUPPORT THE
NORTHWEST ABORTION ACCESS FUND
WITH $250,000, AND WE SEE THIS
AS AN ESSENTIAL ORGANIZATION IN
OUR COMMUNITIES, AND THEY
COORDINATE TRAVEL, LODGING,
SERVICES, SUPPORT SERVICES FOR
PEOPLE SEEKING BOTH LOCALLY AND
OUT OF STATE ABORTION SERVICES.
AND THEN THE OTHER AREA THAT WE
ARE ESTABLISHING IS AN
EMERGENCY FUND HERE IN PUBLIC
HEALTH, AND THAT IS TO HAVE
TIMELY ACCESS TO FINANCIAL
RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE
COMMUNITIES WHERE BARRIERS ARE
COMING UP.
IT'S -- AS OF YET, IT'S A
LITTLE TOO SOON TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT THE BARRIERS ARE, BUT WE
ARE IN CONNECTION WITH ABORTION
PROVIDERS, HOSPITAL HEALTH CARE
SYSTEMS, AND COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS AND
ANTICIPATED NEEDS TO SUPPORT
THEM WHEN BARRIERS ARISE OR
IDEALLY PRIOR TO THE BARRIERS
PRESENTING THEMSELVES.
LASTLY, SUPPORTING THE POLICIES
TO MAINTAIN ABORTION RIGHTS AND
SAFETY WHICH I ALSO WANT TO
THANK COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
MORALES FOR YOUR RECENT
PROPOSALS AS WELL FOR THE CITY
PROTECTIONS THAT WE REALLY
APPRECIATE.
SOME OF THOSE INCLUDE MAKING,
SEEKING OR OBTAINING ABORTION
SERVICES A PROTECTIVE CLASS AND
ALSO COTIFY THE STATE AND LOCAL
CODE TO PROTECT HEALTH CARE
FACILITIES.
WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER
LEGAL PROTECTIONS FROM OTHER
STATES ABORTION BANS, AND THIS
IS WHERE STATES ARE LOOKING AT
HOW TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF
EXTRADITION, FOR EXAMPLE, OF
PROVIDERS FOR OTHER FINANCIAL
OR LEGAL IMPACTS TO OUR
PROVIDERS, AND SO FAR THAT IS
INCLUDING DIRECTIVES LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT TO NOT COOPERATE
WITH OUT-OF-STATE
INVESTIGATIONS, AND EXECUTIVE
ORDERS NOT TO USE GOVERNMENT
RESOURCES TO COMPLY WITH OUT-OF-
STATE ABORTION BANS OR
INTERFERE WITH ABORTION ACCESS.
THOSE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF
THE CURRENT OR ENACTED
POLICIES.
THINGS ARE MOVING QUICKLY AS
YOU CAN IMAGINE, AND MORE
POLICIES ARE COMING EVERY DAY
NOW.
AND THIS IS THE END OF WHAT I
HAVE PRESENTED, AND I WILL HOPE
THE FLOOR FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
>> CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE BILL THAT WAS IN THE
STATE LEGISLATURE LAST SESSION,
AND VERY LIKELY IN THIS
UPCOMING SESSION RELATED TO THE
HOSPITAL MERGER LIMITATIONS.
AGAIN, AS MENTIONED, A LARGE
NUMBER OF HOSPITALS DO NOT
PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE
SERVICES, AND I THINK THE
NUMBER IS ALMOST 50% OF
HOSPITAL BEDS ARE NOT AVAILABLE
FOR THOSE SERVICES, AND I AM
JUST WONDERING IF YOU CAN TALK
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
PRACTICAL IMPACT OF THE BILL,
SHOULD IT PASS?
>> YEAH, SO, YES, UNFORTUNATELY
IT DIDN'T PASS LAST YEAR AS YOU
STATED.
WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT MAYBE MORE
LEGISLATION WILL COME FORWARD
THIS SESSION AS YOU INDICATED.
THE IMPACTS, DIFFERENT
QUESTIONS THERE.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE POLICY,
THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION FROM
LAST YEAR, IT WAS REALLY TRYING
TO ENFORCE MORE ACCOUNTABILITY
AND TRANSPARENCY, AND IN THE
HOSPITAL SYSTEM THROUGH THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S
PROCESSES OF THESE HOSPITALS,
AND IN HOPES THAT IT WILL
CREATE AWARENESS AND THAT IT
WON'T DELAY CARE FOR FOLKS
úINADVERTENTLY GOING SOMEWHERE
WHEN THEY CAN'T GET THE CARE
THEY ARE SEEKING OUT.
WE ARE -- I HAVE YET HEARD FROM
SOME OF OUR KEY STAKEHOLDERS
HOW THEY ARE INTENDING TO
FURTHER ADVANCE HOSPITAL
MERGERS AND POLICY.
IT IS, LIKE I MENTIONED
EARLIER, COMPLICATED, AND YET
THERE ARE
SOME WAYS WITH LICENSING,
CREDENTIALING, AND OTHER
REGULATION MECHANISMS WITH
WHICH ACCOUNTABILITY AND
TRANSPARENCY COULD BE
HIGHLIGHTED AND COMMUNICATED,
AND I HAVE YET TO
SEE SOME OF THE LEGISLATION
ALSO REQUIRE STILL ACCESS TO
CARE BY THE ENTITIES OUTSIDE OF
THE SYSTEM BY ACCESSING
SERVICES ELSEWHERE.
I HAVE HEARD RUMBLES THERE MAY
BE POLICIES TO FURTHER SUPPORT
PATIENTS.
>> I THOUGHT THE BILL, MAYBE
YOU SAID IT AND I MISSED THIS.
I THOUGHT THE BILL WAS INTENDED
TO ACTUALLY IN AREAS THAT DON'T
HAVE ADEQUATE ACCESS TO
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH TO ACTUALLY
BLOCK THE MERGERS IN THOSE
INSTANCES?
>> I HAVE NOT READ THAT IN THE
BILL -- I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND
REREAD IT.
WHEN I WAS REVIEWING IT A YEAR
AGO, IT WAS REALLY FOCUSED ON
-- I DID NOT SEE BLOCKING
LANGUAGE.
>> THAT MAY JUST BE WISHFUL
THINKING ON MY PART.
>> I MAY NOT BE REMEMBERING AS
WELL AS I SHOULD.
WE ARE PREPARING FOR
LEGISLATIVE SESSION NOW,
REVIEWING THAT BILL IN
PARTICULAR, WORKING WITH
PARTNERS IN HOW TO STRENGTHEN
IT, AND YOU HAVE PROPOSED A
GREAT STRENGTH FOR THAT BILL AS
WELL.
AT THIS POINT.
>> FANTASTIC.
>> I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
INFORMATION TO GIVE YOU MORE.
I APOLOGIZE AT THIS POINT.
>> ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> ARE WE AT THE END OF YOUR
PRESENTATION?
>> WE ARE.
>> OH, MAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
BEING WITH US TODAY.
I APPRECIATE LEARNING MORE
ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
EMERGENCY FUND THAT THE COUNTY
AND HOW IT CAN ADDRESS SOME OF
THE NEEDS THAT AREN'T CURRENTLY
BEING MET AND APPRECIATE THE
ONGOING CONVERSATION AS THE
CITY OF SEATTLE LOOKS FOR WHERE
WE CAN INTERJECT NOT JUST
FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMS
THAT IMPACT SEATTLE AND COUNTY
RESIDENTS AND FOLKS WHO ARE
COMING HERE, BUT ALSO TO THE
EXTENT THERE'S REGULATORY
REFORM THAT WE CAN
DO, LIKE THE TWO BILLS THAT
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND I ARE
SPONSORING, AND ALSO WHETHER OR
NOT -- I'M VERY INTERESTED IN
REQUIRING HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
TO BE MORE ACTIVE IN PROVIDING
ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT THE
LIMITATIONS OF THEIR SERVICES
AND USING OBLIGATIONS UNDER
CONSUMER PROTECTION TO MAKE
SURE THEY ARE NOT ENGAGING IN
DECEPTIVE PRACTICES.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING
ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU
AND OTHER PARTNERS AROUND THAT
WORK.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE
DOING.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU ARE
ALL DOING AS WELL.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND THE
ONGOING CONVERSATION
OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME
TODAY.
BYE.
>>> OKAY, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
THREE.
>> 2022 -- EXCUSE ME, 2022 MID-
YEAR ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT
BRIEFING FOR DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AGAIN, WE HAVE A PANEL OF
PRESENTERS, AND REALLY
APPRECIATE BEING JOINED BY THE
THREE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
BODIES.
THE OFFICE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY, THE COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION, AND THE
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
TO PROVIDE A MID-YEAR UPDATE,
AND THIS IS AS MENTIONED
EARLIER, A REPORT REQUIRED BY
THE 2020 ACCOUNTABILITY
LEGISLATION.
PRESENTERS, INTRODUCE YOURSELF,
NAME AND AFFILIATION, AND THEN
AFTER YOUR INTRODUCTIONS, WE
WILL TAKE A PAUSE, AND I HAVE A
COUPLE OF FRAMING SUGGESTIONS
TO MOVE FORWARD, AND THEN I
WILL JUST PASS IT OFF TO YOU TO
GIVE YOUR PRESENTATIONS.
>> NAME AND AFFILIATION PLEASE,
THANK YOU.
>> I CAN START.
I'M NIA FRANCO SENIOR POLICY
ADVISER FOR THE COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M MIROSLAVA MEZA THE DEPUTY
INSPECTOR GENERAL.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M LAUREN CAPUTO A DATA AND
POLICY ANALYST AT THE OFFICE OF
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
>> FANTASTIC, THANK YOU.
REALLY THE ONLY THING THAT I
WANTED TO JUST SAY IS THAT FOR
THE VIEWING PUBLIC, WE ARE
GOING TO TAKE PRESENTATIONS IN
THE FOLLOWING ORDER, HEARING
FROM THE COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION FIRST, AND THEN WE
WILL HEAR FROM THE OFFICE OF
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, AND THEN
FINALLY WE WILL HEAR FROM THE
OFFICE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
TAKE IT AWAY.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SHARE
MY SCREEN.
THERE WE ARE.
ALL RIGHT, SO AS I STATED, I AM
THE SENIOR POLICY ADVISER FOR
THE COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE
THIS MORNING TO PRESENT OUR MID-
YEAR REPORT ON BEHALF OF THE
CPC.
THE FIRST THING I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT IS OUR STATE LEGISLATIVE
AGENDA FOR 2022, WHAT OUR
PRIORITIES WERE, AND SOME OF
THE SUCCESSES WE SAW DURING THE
PROCESS.
SO IN 2022 OUR PRIORITIES WERE
TO -- WHAT WE WANTED TO
ADVOCATE FOR WAS TO ALLOW
INDIVIDUALS HELD ACCOUNTABLE
FOR ACTIONS, PROHIBIT TRAFFIC
STOPS FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS,
BAN THE USE OF TEAR GAS IN
WASHINGTON STATE, REMOVE
ARBITRATION AS A ROUTE OF
APPEAL FOR MISCONDUCT, AND
REMOVE ACCOUNTABILITY
PROVISIONS FROM THE BARGAINING
PROCESS.
DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION,
SOME ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES WERE
TO SIGN IN PRO OR AGAINST
CERTAIN PIECES OF LEGISLATION
THAT THE COMMISSION VOTED TO
SUPPORT OR OPPOSE.
WE ALSO SUBMITTED WRITTEN
STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION OF THE LEGISLATION,
AND THEN WE ALSO, WHEN WE WERE
ABLE TO, HAD COMMISSIONERS
DELIVER TESTIMONY IN COMMITTEE
HEARINGS, AND DURING THE
SESSION, THE CPC INTERACTED
WITH NINE BILLS, FIVE OF WHICH
WE SUPPORTED, FOUR OF WHICH WE
WERE OPPOSED TO.
SOME OF THE NOTABLE LEGISLATIVE
OUTCOMES DURING THE SESSION
WERE THE PASSAGE OF HOUSE BILL
1719, ADDING CLARIFICATIONS
AROUND SOME OF THE CHANGES MADE
DURING THE LAST LEGISLATIVE
SESSION ON ALLOWING DEPARTMENTS
TO ACQUIRE AND USE LESS LETHAL
WEAPONS, AND HOUSE BILL 1735
CLARIFICATIONS THAT OFFICERS
COULD CONTINUE TO RESPOND TO
CALLS INCLUDING A MENTAL HEALTH
COMPONENT IN THE ABSENCE OF
CORESPONDERS.
THIS YEAR WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER
OF PUBLICATIONS IN THE FORM OF
STATEMENTS, LETTERS, AND EVEN
AN OP-ED WE SUBMITTED AND HAD
PUBLISHED IN THE SOUTH SEATTLE
EMERALD.
THE STATEMENTS AND LETTERS
COVERING TOPICS SUCH AS THE
CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, SOME
CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS AROUND
SPD DATA AROUND CRISIS
INTERVENTION.
WE ALSO SUBMITTED A LETTER TO
OUR ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS,
FOCUSING ON THE CPC'S
PERSPECTIVES ON WHAT IT WOULD
TAKE TO REACH TRUE
ACCOUNTABILITY WITHIN THE
SEATTLE RELATED TO POLICE
OVERSIGHT, AND THEN
ADDITIONALLY WE DID PEN AN OP-
ED THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE
SOUTH SEATTLE EMERALD FOCUSING
ON SPD'S RESPONSE TO PEOPLE'S
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND
OFFERED RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW
WE THOUGHT THAT SPD COULD LOOK
TO HOLD OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE
AND TRY TO ENSURE THE DEADLY
OUTCOMES DO NOT CONTINUE.
THIS YEAR THERE WERE PLENTY OF
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
THAT WE FACED.
THE COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS
CONTINUED TO BE A CHALLENGE.
WE WERE ABLE TO FLIP THAT INTO
OPPORTUNITIES IN TERMS OF
MAINTAINING AND HOLDING EVEN
MORE VIRTUAL COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS DURING
ZOOM.
WE ALSO CONTINUED TO HAVE
COMMISSIONER VACANCIES.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE
APPOINTING BODIES TO GET THOSE
VACANCIES FILLED.
SOME OF THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
WE HAVE HAD IS WE WERE ACTUALLY
ABLE TO BRING ON NEW
COMMISSIONERS AND NEW STAFF
MEMBERS THIS YEAR.
WE ALSO TOOK AN OPPORTUNITY
WITH AN OPENING WE HAD IN THE
POLICY SECTION TO RESTRUCTURE
THE POLICY TEAM AND FLIP ONE OF
OUR POLICY ANALYST POSITIONS
INTO A DATA AND POLICY ANALYST
TO FOCUS ON DATA AND RESEARCH
HAVING TO DO WITH A LOT OF
DATA.
AND THEN AS I STATED EARLIER,
WE CONTINUED OUR ONGOING
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, MEETINGS
AND ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO, AS
RESTRICTIONS BEGAN TO LIFT, GO
OUT TO SOME OF THE COMMUNITY
EVENTS WHERE IT WAS SAFE TO DO
SO.
THE CPC ALSO MAINTAINED OUR
FIVE WORK GROUPS.
FOR THIS YEAR, BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH, AND WITHIN BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH, WE FOCUSED ON OFFICER
MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS, AND
SPD'S RESPONSE TO MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS, AND
>> THE APPEALS PROCESS, WE WERE
ABLE TO START THAT WORK AT THE
BEGINNING, AT THE END OF LAST
YEAR AND WE HAVE RAMPED IT UP
DURING THE EARLY HALF OF 2022.
BY HAVING OUR COMMISSIONERS
WORK ON DEVELOPING A WORK PLAN,
THAT LOOKS TO INVOLVE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS THROUGH MEMBERSHIP IN
THE WORKGROUP, AS WELL AS
HOLDING TOWN HALLS AND FOCUS
GROUPS TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT
THAT THE CPC RECOMMENDATIONS
WERE.
IN THE POLICE PRACTICES
WORKGROUP, WE HAVE FOCUSED ON
REVEALING ACTION
RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE HAVE COMPLETED A FEW OF
THOSE REVIEWS AND SENT THEM FOR
FURTHER CONSIDERTION.
FINALLY, WE HAVE THE STATE
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA WORKGROUP
THAT MANAGED ALL OF OUR STATE
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA WORK.
FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND
EVENTS, WE WERE ABLE TO
COLLABORATE AND COHOST,
ALONGSIDE THE SEATTLE MONITOR A
SERIES OF COMMUNITY BRIEFINGS
AND ESTIMATES ON USE OF FORCE,
STOPS AND DETENTIONS AND WE
WERE ABLE TO HOST ADDITIONAL
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS
ON SPECIFIC TOPICS, SUCH AS THE
MICRO COMMUNITY POLICING PLANS.
WE HELD STATE LEGISLATIVE
AGENDA RECAP AND HAD
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE 911
OPERATIONS AND THE DEVELOPMENT
AND BRINGING ONLINE OF THE NEW
980 NUMBER.
WE ALSO HELD ADDITIONAL
MEETINGS TO TALK ABOUT THE
RESPONSE THE CPC PUT TOGETHER
AROUND THEM ASSESSMENTS FROM THE
"MONITOR" AND RECENTLY WE ALSO
HELD A COMMUNITY DISCUSSION
LED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO
HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY
GUN VIOLENCE.
TO DATE, WE HAVE HAD OVER 400
PEOPLE ATTEND OUR COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT EVENTS.
WE ALSO, THIS YEAR, CONSIDER
YOUR THE SEATTLE POLICE
MONITOR, INCLUDING SENIOR
MANAGEMENT ATTENDING THE
METHODS AND ANALYSIS AND
MEETING DEBRIEFS.
SENIOR LEADERSHIP ALSO HAS THE
MONITOR TEAM.
WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO HOLD THOSE
JOINT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
MEETINGS TO OFFER FEEDBACK TO
THE MONITOR ON THE COURT
ASSESSMENTS AND WE SUBMITTED
FEEDBACK ON THE MONITORING
METHODOLOGY.
THIS YEAR, TO WRAP EVERYTHING
UP, OUR PRIORITIES AND
ACCOMPLISHMENTS WERE AS FOLLOWS,
FOR POLICY, WE WERE ABLE TO, AS
I SAID EARLIER, FLIP THAT
POLICY ANALYST POSITION TO BE
MORE DATA AND RESEARCH FOCUSED.
FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE
HELD STRATEGIC PLANNING FOCUS
GROUPS FOR YOUTH ENGAGEMENT, AS
WELL AS CONTINUED OUR VIRTUAL
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS
DURING THE PANDEMIC, AS WELL AS
HAVING MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH
STAKEHOLDERS, PARTNERS AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WE ALSO
INITIATED THE RECRUITMENT
PROCESS FOR A CE SPECIALIST.
WE WILL WAS FILL OUT THE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM.
IN TERMS OF COLLABORATION, WE
HAD A TECHNICAL ADVISOR
INVOLVED IN THE POLICE CONTRACT
NEGOTIATIONS AND WE ALSO
ENGAGED WITH THE SEATTLE POLICE
MONITOR AND OFFERED FEEDBACK ON
THE ASSESSMENTS MONITORING
PLAN, METHOD AND MYTHOLOGY.
WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
RECOMMENDATIONS TRACKER.
WE ELECTED TWO NEW COCHAIRS AND
APPOINTED TWO NEW
COMMISSIONERS.
WE HAVE UPDATED ONBOARDING
PROTOCOLS FOR TRAINING NEW
COCHAIRS AND COMMISSIONERS AND
WE HAVE WRAPPED UP OUR
STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS AND
ARE WORK PLAN TO CARRY OUT THE
WORK IN THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING
DOCUMENT THAT IS BEING
DEVELOPED.
IMPLEMENTATION WILL BEGIN SOON.
THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF THE
PRESENTATION.
>> JUST A COUPLE THINGS.
THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WHEN WILL
THAT BE IN A FORM BUT STILL AN
OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW BEFORE
IMPLEMENTATION?
I HAVE REQUESTING, WITH CPC TO
GET A BRIEFING ON THE STRATEGIC
PLAN.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> I THINK IT IS IN FINAL FORM
NOW.
WHAT I FAILED TO MENTION IS
THAT OUR DIRECTIVE -- OUR
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS TRAVELING
BACK FROM A CONFERENCE.
WHEN SHE RETURNS, I WILL MAKE
SURE THAT IS AT THE TOP OF HER
LIST TO GET THAT SCHEDULED FOR
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
COMPLETED APPEAL PROCESS, FOR
CONTEXT, EMPLOYEES OF THE
DEPARTMENT HAVE THE RIGHT TO
APPEAL THE FINDINGS OF AN
INVESTIGATION AND THE THINKING
WITH THIS APPROACH IS THAT IT
IS EQUITABLE TO ALSO HAVE A
COMPLETED APPEAL PROCESS.
CAN YOU TALK MORE ABOUT, I
THINK I HEARD YOU SAY YOU HAVE
DONE SOME EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT
FOR THE FOCUS GROUPS AS PART OF
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS.
TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.
>> SURE.
WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY STARTED
THOSE EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENTS.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE BEEN MEETING
WITH THE COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE
ON THAT WORKGROUP. WE ARE
DEVELOPING A WORK PLAN, SOME OF
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS
FIGURING OUT WHAT KIND OF
TECHNICAL ADVISORS WE WOULD
NEED.
WE DEFINITELY WANT TO, AS WE GO
FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS, MAKE
SURE WE ARE NOT STEPPING ON ANY
LABOR ISSUES.
WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT HOW WE
CAN INVOLVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
DIRECTLY IN THE WORKGROUP AND
PLANNING TO DO TOWN HALLS AND
FOCUS GROUPS, ONCE WE FULLY
HAVE A WORK PLAN DEVELOPED SO
WE COULD GET A BROAD SWATH OF
INFORMATION FROM COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
WE WANT TO REACH AS MANY GROUPS
AS WE POSSIBLY CAN SO WE CAN
CARRY OUT THAT WORK.
>> THANK YOU.
I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS
APPRECIATION FOR YOUR LIFTING
UP THE ROLE THAT CPC
COMMISSIONERS ARE PLAYING IN
ADVISING THE SYSTEM IN ITS
LABOR NEGOTIATIONS.
WE HAVE SOME LESSONS LEARNED
FROM THE SPA CONTRACT WE WILL
APPLY IN THE DELIBERATIONS
AROUND THIS CONTRACT.
REALLY, I AM EXCITED ABOUT THAT
WORK AND ABOUT HAVING THAT
EXPERTISE AS PART OF THE
NEGOTIATIONS. REALLY, THANK YOU
FOR PARTNERING IN THIS LONG
DESIRED ROLE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO TOUCH
VERY QUICKLY ON THE EFFORTS TO
GET THE CPC VACANCIES FILLED.
CAN YOU GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON
THAT?
HOW MANY DETAILS DO YOU HAVE?
HOW MANY VACANCIES ARE THERE
CURRENTLY?
>> I DO NOT KNOW THAT OFF THE
TOP OF MY HEAD MY.
AS THE CPC WE CURRENTLY HAVE
ONE VACANCY FOR THE PUBLIC
DEFENDER POSITION.
I BELIEVE THERE ARE A FEW FOR
CITY COUNCIL AND FOR THE MAYOR,
AS WELL.
>> YEAH, I HAVE HEARD RUMOR
RINGS OF SOME ISSUES FROM PAST
MEETINGS.
LET'S DEFINITELY WORK TOGETHER
AND IF THERE IS MORE I NEED TO
DO ON MY END, PLEASE DO LET ME
KNOW AND WE WILL GET TO
RECRUITING.
>> SOUNDS GOOD.
I CAN SEND YOU THOSE EXACT
NUMBERS AFTER THE MEETING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE
CPC BEFORE WE MOVE ON?
OKAY.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE OIG
REPORT, THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR
GENERAL.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU,
MADAM CHAIR, AND MEMBERS FOR
HAVING US HERE FOR THE OIG.
>> FOR THIS YEAR, WE ARE STILL
WORKING TOWARD PROJECTS THAT
WERE STARTED IN 2020.
ONE OF THOSE RELATED WAS THE
RESPONSE OF STAFF.
ONE OF THE PROJECTS, ONE OF THE
MAIN RESPONSES TO RELEASING
THAT DURING THE DEMONSTRATIONS
AND EXERCISING OF RIGHTS DURING
2020 WAS THE SENTINEL EVENT
REVIEW.
[ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ]
THIS YEAR WE FINISHED THE
SECOND ONE.
WE COVERED, JUST BEFORE IT WAS
CREATED, WE HAVE PLENTY
RECOMMENDATIONS, 15 FULLY
IMPLEMENTED AND EIGHT ACCEPTED
AND THREE NOT WITHIN SF -- SPD.
THREE WERE NOT IN THE
JURISDICTION BUT WE REFERRED TO
THOSE THAT COULD BE DOING
SOMETHING ABOUT THEM.
>> I AM SORRY.
CAN YOU JUST GET A LITTLE
CLOSER TO YOUR MICROPHONE?
I AM HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING
YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> YES.
SO THAT REPORT WAS CLOSED THIS
YEAR AND AS A COMPANION, IT WAS
A WHITE PAPER WE COMMISSIONED
FROM THE GLOBAL ACADEMY AND HOW
INTERACTION WITH THE COMMUNITY
AND POLICING WORKING AS ONE
ENTITY DURING MASS
DEMONSTRATIONS ALSO FACILITATED
RIGHT.
WE GOT THE SUPPORT OF THAT.
THERE IS A PUBLISHED WHITE
PAPER WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
SPD THAT WERE COMMISSIONED BY
OIG.
THOSE ARE ON OUR WEBSITE RIGHT
NOW.
OUT OF THOSE TWO DOCUMENTS,
BOTH THE SENTINEL EVENT
REVIEW REPORT AND THE WHITE
PAPER, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF
ACCOMMODATIONS, THE
RECOMMENDATIONS WERE SIMILAR.
BASICALLY, SPD RECOMMENDATION
FOR SPD TO CREATE A UNIT OR A
WAY OF HAVING, NOT JUST TACTICS
FOR MANAGING CROWDS AND ALSO TO
FACILITATE.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED BY SPD.
THE SECOND ONE IS THE
COMMITMENT TO TRAINING IN
EMERGING PRACTICES.
WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT IS THERE
ARE MANY THEORIES ABOUT HOW
GROUPS OF PEOPLE, WHEN THEY ARE
EXERCISING THEIR FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHTS, BEHAVE THAT
ARE DATED.
THERE IS NEW SCIENCE ABOUT HOW
ACTUALLY THERE ARE WAYS TO
COMMUNICATE AND ENGAGE AND
CREATE THAT FACILITATION
INSTEAD OF A MANAGEMENT OR
PUBLIC SAFETY ORDER.
THAT IS ALSO SOMETHING IN LIGHT
OF THAT WAS ACCEPTED BY SPD.
ONE THING SPD HAS IMPLEMENTED
WITH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
THE CROWD PSYCHOLOGY REPORT IN
THE SENTINEL EVENT REVIEW IS
THE CREATION OF A COMMUNITY
SERVICES PROGRAM.
THAT ACTIVITY OR ACTION BY SPD
IS NOT ONLY DUE TO THE REPORTS
WE PROVIDED BECAUSE THEY WERE
MANY OTHER INPUTS THAT DID
THAT, TOO.
IT WAS HIGHLY ALIGNED AND PART
OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> I AM SORRY.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE
COMMUNITY TRAINING, I AM SORRY,
THE PRE-ACADEMY COMMUNITY
SERVICE PROGRAM, IS THAT THE
BEYOND THE BADGE PROGRAM, IS
THAT THE RECOMMENDATION?
>> YES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT AS
CONCEIVED BY THE RECOMMENDATION,
IF IT IS SPD'S VISION THAT IS
ALIGNED WITH WHAT THE
RECOMMENDATION WAS.
AND THE SPD DIALOGUE UNIT,
THAT IS INTENDED TO BE OFFICERS
WHO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY FOR
COMMUNICATING AND NEGOTIATING,
SORT OF ON THE GROUND DURING A
PROTEST, IS THAT MORE OR LESS
CORRECT?
>> YES.
ALSO, THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH
COMMUNITIES, NOT ONLY DURING
MASS DEMONSTRATIONS OR ANY
PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION, BUT
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR.
IT IS ABOUT MIXING COMMUNITY
POLICING WITH ACTUALLY CROWD
CONTROL AND COOPERATIONS AND
TACTICS.
>> SO ALSO, WHEN MAYBE PEOPLE
LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR
WORK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO
ARE NOT INVOLVED IN THE EVENT,
THIS UNIT IS TEST WITH
COMMUNICATING WITH THOSE
INDIVIDUALS, AS WELL?
>> YES.
THIS UNIT IS MADE UP OF PEOPLE
WHO BELOW TWO DIFFERENT UNITS.
IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS NOT
JUST PERMANENT.
THESE PEOPLE CONSTANTLY WORK IN
THE COMMUNITY IN THEIR CAPACITY
AND ALSO PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING
ON PATROL OR BICYCLE UNITS THAT
ARE TRAINED TO BE PART OF THE
COMMUNITY AND CONSTANTLY SWITCH
OUT.
>> OKAY.
JUST THE PAGE HERE, I THINK
WHAT YOU ARE INTENDING AND YOU
MAY HAVE SAID THIS, BUT I AM
HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING, THE
SENTINEL EVENT REVIEW IS THE
COORDINATED STAKEHOLDER AND
ENGAGEMENT THAT OIG HAS BEEN
LEADING.
AND THEN THERE WAS A PAPER
THAT WAS COMMISSIONED AND THE
POINT YOU ARE MAKING IS THAT
THERE WERE THESE TWO DIFFERENT
WORK PRODUCTS THAT MADE MANY OF
THE SAME RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO KIND OF CONFIRMING THE
OUTCOMES OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL
PROCESSES.
>> CORRECT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THAT IS EXACTLY IT.
>> MOST OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS
ARE MADE BY STAKEHOLDERS AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT DISCUSS
THE ISSUES AND PROPOSE
SOLUTIONS.
SO, YEAH.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE
CLEVER CASES.
>> WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT.
WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE
WORKGROUPS WHERE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS COME OF THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT MEMBERS FROM
DIFFERENT LEVELS AND OIG
CONTINUE TO ANALYZE THE
PROCESS.
WE ARE IN THE FINAL TWO
SESSIONS AND THE FINAL TWO
SECTIONS.
THAT WILL ANALYZE EVERYTHING
FROM THE C.H.O.P.
PERIOD AND HOW IT AFFECTED THE
COMMUNITY AND HOW, WHAT OUR
PANELISTS WERE TRYING TO LOOK
FOR IS, HOW TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
SAFETY TO COMMUNITY, EVEN WHEN
THERE IS NO POLICE PRESENCE AND
HOW TO AVOID HARM.
FROM THAT ONE, WE FINISHED, WE
HAVE MORE THAN 12 SESSIONS,
EACH ONE A PROXIMALLY THREE
HOURS AND A HALF.
THE REPORT IS BEING WRITTEN.
FOR THIS SECTION, TOO, WE ALSO
HAVE A COMMISSIONED DOCUMENT,
ANOTHER WHITE PAPER.
IT IS A WHITE PAPER THAT IS
ABOUT THE PERSPECTIVES BY
DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY IN SEATTLE, NOT JUST
THOSE THAT WERE TRYING TO
PROVIDE POLICING, BUT ALSO
THOSE THAT WERE PROTESTING AND
THE NEIGHBORS AND BUSINESSES
AND JUST PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN
THE CITY.
WHAT WE GOT IS A WHITE PAPER
THAT IDENTIFIED THE
PERSPECTIVES, FEELINGS AND
SENTIMENT FOR MANY, MANY PEOPLE
BUY INTERVIEWS AND ALSO BY
RETRIEVING INTERVIEWS THAT WERE
PERFORMED AND FOUND BY MEDIA.
THOSE TWO WILL BE PUBLISHED
VERY SOON.
THEY ARE IN THEIR FINAL FORM.
THEY WILL JUST BE REVIEWED BY
THE PANEL.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BE
ABLE TO PRESENT THOSE IN THE
UPCOMING MONTHS.
FINALLY, THERE IS THE LAST
SESSION.
THERE IS THE LAST BIT OF
ANALYSIS.
IT WILL BE THE LAST REPORT, IT
IS RELATED TO BOTH THOSE
REPORTS.
THAT WILL BE HAPPENING IN THE
LAST SEMESTER OF THIS YEAR.
WHEN THAT IS DONE, ONE OF THE
THINGS WE WANT TO DO IS ANALYZE
THE LEARNING.
WE HAVE OR WORK GROUP OF
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUSINESS
MEMBERS, NEIGHBORS AND SPD
THAT HAVE THE AVAILABILITY TO
ANALYZE AND FIND SOLUTIONS.
ALSO, THEY ARE REALLY GOOD IN
FINDING THINGS THAT ARE VIABLE
AND APPLICABLE AND THAT
EVERYONE CARES ABOUT SO WE WANT
TO CONTINUE TO LEARN FROM THAT
AND BRING THEM TO THE TABLE.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM AND
OTHER STAKEHOLDERS ON HOW TO
USE THAT SENTINEL REVIEW MODEL
TO ANALYZE OF THE THINGS BEYOND
POSTTESTS.
WE COULD USE THEM FOR USE AS A
FORCE THAT ARE RELEVANT.
THAT IS BEING WORKED ON THE
NEXT SEMESTER.
>> FOR SOME REASON, I HAD
MISREMEMBERED INCORRECTLY THAT
THE EFFORT WAS ENDING AFTER
WAVE THREE.
GIVEN THAT THESE ARE THE WAVES
DESCRIBED AS TEMPORAL CHUNKS OF
TIME, IF YOU WILL, CAN YOU
DESCRIBE WHAT WAVE FOUR AND
WAVE FIVE IS?
>> YES.
WAVE FOUR AND WAVE FIVE IS THE
PERIOD AFTER C.H.O.P.
WAS NO LONGER IN PLACE.
THERE WAS A PERIOD BETWEEN JULY
4 AND JULY 25 OF 2020, WHERE
THERE WAS SOME ISOLATED
PROTESTS, PARTICULARLY ONE
CLOSE TO POLICE FACILITIES.
THAT IS WAVE FOUR.
AFTER THE SPD ENTERS THE REST
OF THE YEAR, SPD CREATED SOME
NEW UNITS, NEW TRAINING AND
MODIFIED THEIR POLICY . WHAT WE
WANT TO DO IS TO ANALYZE WHAT
HAPPENED AFTER THOSE CHANGES
AND ALSO COUNSELING WITH THAT
AND THE USE OF TEAR GAS AND
MECHANICAL WEAPONS.
WE ARE GOING TO ANALYZE WHAT IS
THE AFTER ALL THOSE
INTERVENTIONS?
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING, IT
IS A POST ACTION OF SOME
INTERVENTIONS BY COUNCIL IN THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE OTHER THING WE ARE
WORKING ON HIS POLICY.
ONE OF THE LEARNINGS FROM 2020
IS THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING IT
A POLICY PROCESS AND NOT JUST A
DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
WE DEVELOPED THIS MODEL THAT
CENTERS ON REDUCING HARM,
DISPARITY AND INCREASING
JUSTICE AND WHAT IT DOES, BY
DOING COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND
REACHING OUT TO EXPERTS AND
STAKEHOLDERS, IT IDENTIFIES
CONCERNS, CREATES WORKBOOKS TO
INTEGRATE THESE PEOPLE THAT
CARE ABOUT THE TOPIC AND ALSO
KNOW ABOUT THE TOPIC AND WE ARE
DOING ROUNDTABLES AND AFTER THAT
PUTTING THEM TOGETHER FOR
PERSPECTIVES AND PUTTING THAT
INTO POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS WE
PROVIDE TO SPD FOR THEIR
ADOPTION.
SO FAR, WE ARE USING THAT
PROCESS AND HAVE FINISHED TWO
DIFFERENT SETS OF POLICY
ANALYSIS FOR SPD.
THE FIRST ONE WAS A DEPARTURE
EUTHANIZATION OF MINOR TRAFFIC
STOPS THAT ENDED UP WITH THE
ADOPTION OF SPD AND MAKING
CHANGES TO THE POLICY.
SOME TRAFFIC STOPS ARE NO
LONGER HAPPENING.
THE SECOND ONE THAT IS ONGOING,
IT IS IN THE FIRST ROUND, IT IS
ALMOST DONE AND BEING
IMPLEMENTED BY SPD.
IT IS ABOUT THE USE OF RUSES
AND DECEPTION BY PATROL.
THERE WERE SO MANY QUESTIONS
AFTER THE FIRST ROUNDTABLE
THAT, YES, STAKEHOLDERS, AND
EVEN SPD HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT
HOW TO CONDUCT POLICY IN
AREAS.
WE ARE FINISHING THE SECOND
ROUND OF ROUNDTABLES AND WE ARE
PREPARING THE FEEDBACK FOR SPD
. THAT WILL BE VERY SOON.
HOPEFULLY, THAT WILL BE THE
INPUT FOR THE FINAL DRAFT AND
POTENTIALLY HAVING A DIFFERENT
POLICY BY THE SPD.
>> BEEN TESTED.
I REALLY APPRECIATE OIG 'S
ROLE IN PULLING TOGETHER
STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING SPD ,
SPECIFICALLY, AS IT RELATES TO
THE KNOWN OUTCOME AS WE HAVE
SEEN IT FOR THE D PRIORITIZATION
OF MINOR TRAFFIC STOPS AND I
REALLY APPRECIATE CHIP DIAZ'S
LEADERSHIP IN IMPLEMENTING THE
RECOMMENDATIONS AND I AM ALSO
EQUALLY APPRECIATIVE THAT YOU
HAVE INVOLVED MY OFFICE AND
MYSELF, AS A RELATES
SPECIFICALLY TO THE RUSES AND
DECEPTION POLICIES AND THE
EQUALLY IMPORTANT OUTCOME.
THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST IN
THIS ISSUE.
THANK YOU FOR OIG CONTINUING TO
PUSH BEYOND JUST THE QUESTION
OF THE RUSES, BUT GENERALLY THE
USE OF DECEPTION MORE BROADLY
IN INVESTIGATIVE PRACTICES.
I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
IN OUR ONGOING WORK TO INSTALL
OR INSTILL PUBLIC TRUST IN THE
DEPARTMENT AND POLICING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO THAT TAKES US TO ANOTHER
BODY OF WORK THAT IS THE AUDIT
PART OF THE WORK.
IN THIS ONE, WE HAVE TWO
ONGOING AUDITS.
ONE IS THE COMPLIANCE AUDIT.
THAT IS ABOUT AN ORDINANCE THAT
HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR A YEAR OR
SO.
WE ARE ASSESSING IF SPD IS
FINE WITH THAT AND HOW IT IS
IMPLEMENTED SO FAR.
WE ARE PLANNING TO BE DONE BY
THE END OF THE YEAR WITH THAT
ONE.
THE SECOND ONE, THAT WAS AT THE
REQUEST OF CITY COUNCIL.
THE SECOND ONE IS AN AUDIT FOR
SPD ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AND
USE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE BY
SPD PERSONNEL.
WE ARE IN THE EARLY STAGES.
WE HAVE AN EXPECTED DEADLINE TO
FINISH BY THE FIRST QUARTER OF
2023.
WE HAVE ALSO RECURRING AUDITS
THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
FOR THE PAST, ONE IS CALLED
CHAPTER 1418, SURVEILLANCE
TECHOLOGIES.
THAT IS ABOUT, YEAH,
REQUIREMENT OF ESSENTIALLY
YEARLY THE USE OF SURVEILLANCE
TECHNOLOGIES BY SPD.
WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT IN PAST
YEARS BECAUSE TECHNOLOGIES
WERE APPROVED BY COUNCIL . IT
IS ONE OF THE PACKAGES THAT NEED
AN AUDIT WHEN YOU SEE CHAPTER
14, 18 IN THIS PRESENTATION,
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EIGHT
APPROVED TECHNOLOGIES. THE GOAL
IS TO FINISH BY THE END OF THE
YEAR.
THIS PART OF THE BODY OF WORK
OF AUDITS IS THE MOST INTENSIVE
RIGHT NOW FOR OUR OFFICE.
GIVEN THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT
NEED TO BE ASSESSED, IT ALSO
REQUIRES THE EXPERTISE OF
TECHNICAL ASSESSMENTS.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH
CONSULTANTS.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE AT THE MOST
INTENSIVE PART OF THE WORK FOR
THE AUDITS.
THIS AUDIT WE ARE ALSO WORKING
RIGHT NOW IS CHAPTER 14, 12.
THAT IS ALSO RELATED WITH THE
SURVEILLANCE AND USE OF
INFORMATION.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL BE
ASSESSING IN 2019.
IT IS LESS INTENSIVE, BUT
EQUALLY IMPORTANT.
>> HERE COMES THE OTHER PART OF
OUR WORK.
IT IS OIG'S CHARGED WITH
REVIEWING OPA'S WERE.
ANYTIME THEY FINISH AN
INVESTIGATION, MAYBE FILES AND
HAVE OLD INFORMATION, WE HAVE
TO DECIDE IF IT IS CERTIFIED OR
NOT . IT IS A THOROUGH
OBJECTIVE AND TIMELY.
FTER THIS YEAR WE HAVE OUR
UNIT HAS DONE 57 OF THOSE
INVESTIGATION CERTIFICATIONS.
THE OTHER THING IS THERE IS
SOMETHING CALLED CONTACT LOOKS.
THEY ARE CONTACTS THAT ARE
RAISING ISSUES OR COMPLAINTS
THAT ARE NOT IN THEIR NATURE,
EITHER NOT ABOUT SPD OR
REGARDING SPD PERSONNEL OR THE
INFORMATION IS NOT AVAILABLE TO
IDENTIFY WHAT HAPPENED.
THOSE DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER
WORK.
THE COMPLAINTANT ONLY RECEIVES
A LETTER SAYING THE COMPLAINT
WAS RECEIVED AND REFERRED TO
SOMEONE ELSE AND TO WHOM IT WAS
REFERRED AND IF THERE WAS
NOTHING ELSE TO BE DONE WITH
IT, THE COMPLAINTANT GETS THAT
NOTICE.
IN THE PAST, OIG DID PERSONAL
CAPACITY IN THE PAST YEARS.
WE WILL WORKING IN A SAMPLE
MODE.
SINCE 2022, WE HAVE BEEN
INDIVIDUALLY REVIEWING EACH ONE
OF THOSE.
BOTH THE ONES THAT HAVE TWO
NAMES FOR THEM BUT ALL OF THEM,
WE HAVE BEEN REVIEWING THEM
INDIVIDUALLY UP TO THE SEMESTER
, UP TO TODAY.
WE HAVE NOT DONE THEM
SYNCHRONOUSLY.
STARTING NEXT MONTH, WE WILL
START WORKING WITH A REVIEW OF
THOSE CONTACT LOGS AS THEY
HAPPEN SO WE CAN PROVIDE
FEEDBACK AND IF THERE IS ANY
NEED TO RECLASSIFY THEM OR DO
SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH THEM,
WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO IT LIVE
AT.
>> WE JUST WANT TO TAKE A PAUSE.
I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THE
IMPORTANCE OF THIS ADJUSTMENT
TO YOUR PRACTICES.
WHAT THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR HAS
EXPLAINED IS THAT THE OIG HAS
MOVED FROM A PRACTICE OF, I
BELIEVE, WAS QUARTERLY AUDITING
OF A SAMPLING OF OPA
DISPOSITIONS AS CONTACT LOGS
THERE NOW FROM REVIEWING THEM
ALL . SORT OF AS A BACKLOG BUT
MOVING FORWARD, THEY WILL BE
MONITORING THOSE DECISIONS IN
REAL TIME, SO IF THERE IS A
COURSE CORRECTION THAT NEEDS TO
BE MADE, THE OIG IS POSITION,
IN ORDER TO RECOMMEND THOSE
COURSE CORRECTIONS TO THE OPA,
I REALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ADJUSTING YOUR PRACTICES IN
RESPONSE TO CONCERNS WE HAVE
HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> YES, GOING BACK TO THE
SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES,
THERE ARE EIGHT RIGHT NOW ON
YOUR PLATE.
THERE ARE STILL IN THE PIPELINE
IN MY COMMITTEE.
HOW MUCH, THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT
OF STAFF TIME. WHAT IS INVOLVED
IN THAT OR HOW MANY PEOPLE DO
YOU HAVE DEVOTED TO THAT?
WHEN THESE COME IN A SURGE OUT
OF OUR COMMITTEE, HOW DO YOU
DEAL WITH THAT?
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
IT IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION,
COUNCILMEMBER.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE TESTING IT
FOR THE FIRST TIME HOW TO DEAL
WITH IT.
IT IS THE FIRST SURGE OUR
OFFICE IS WORKING WITH.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID, WE
ARE HIRING A PERSON TO BE THE
FULL-TIME MANAGER OF THAT
PROJECT BUT ALSO, WE ARE WORKING
TO HAVE CAPACITY OF THE UNIT BY
HIRING CONSULTANTS AND
APPROXIMATELY 30% OF ALL THE
AUDIT CAPACITIES WILL ALSO
REFOCUS TO DO THE SURVEILLANCE
WORK.
WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT IS GOING
TO BE AS WE GO BY.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE EIGHT NEW
TECHNOLOGIES THAT LAST -- NEXT
YEAR AND AS YEARS GO BY, WE
WILL HAVE THOSE TECHNOLOGIES WE
HAVE ALREADY REVIEWED IN THE
PAST WITH THE YEARLY CYCLE PLUS
THE NEW ONES THAT WILL CONTINUE
TO COME OUT.
THOSE ARE THINGS WE ARE TRYING
TO WORK ON AND WE HAVE NOT
EXPERIENCED IT YET.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL FOLLOW UP LATER.
>> THE OTHER PART OF THE WORK
IN OPA REVIEWS IS NOT JUST THE
CONTACT LOGS, BUT ALSO OTHER
AVENUES OF RESOLUTION, NOT
NECESSARILY INVESTIGATIONS.
THOSE IN THE PAST ARE UP TO
LAST YEAR.
WE ARE ALSO REVIEWING A SAMPLE
MODE, AS COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
EXPLAINED.
FOR THIS YEAR, WE ARE ALSO
DOING EXACTLY THE SAME THING
WITH CONTACT LOGS . FROM
JANUARY TO NOW WE DID A
QUARTERLY REVIEW, A FULL REVIEW
. STARTING NEXT MONTH, WE ARE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO A CHECK
OF THOSE AND HAVING THE SAME
ABILITY WE ARE EXPECTING WITH
CONTACT LOGS.
SO THAT SOUNDS CRYPTIC BUT
THERE ARE OTHER AVENUES OF
RESOLUTION WE WILL ALSO BE
REVIEWING INDIVIDUALLY AS THEY
HAPPEN SO WE CAN PROVIDE
FEEDBACK TO SPD AND OPA, IF
NEEDED.
AND GOING BACK TO THE OPA WORK,
THAT HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST
CHALLENGE FOR OUR OFFICE,
ESPECIALLY AFTER 2020.
WE ARE A NEW UNIT.
OIG HAS ONLY EXISTED FOR FOUR
YEARS.
THE WORK OF OPA REVIEW, AS WE
KNOW IT, HAS ONLY BEEN IN
PLACE THE LAST TWO YEARS AND A
HALF.
2020 PROVED OUR SYSTEM HAD
CAPACITIES UNDER EXTREME
STRESS.
SO THERE WERE MANY CHALLENGES
ON HOW WE DID THE WORK.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID WAS
COMMISSIONED A STUDY FROM X AND
WHAT WAS NOT WORKING ON HOW WE
DO THE OPA REVIEW AND HOW WE
COULD GET BETTER.
WE WILL HAVE A STUDY SOON.
BASED ON THAT, WE WILL WORK ON
IMPROVING OUR PROCESSES WORK ON
FIXING OUR PROCESSES AND
RESPOND, EVEN DURING LARGE
SURGES OF WORK THAT CONTINUE TO
GO INTO 2021 AND HAS TO BE DONE
AT SOME POINT.
OUR WORK PROCESSES AND POLICIES
AND HOW TO DO THE WORK WILL BE
UNDER REVIEW.
TWO, QUALITY CONTROL, THE
CENTER OF EVERYTHING.
HOW DO WE GET THE CAPACITY TO
BE ABLE TO REVIEW WHAT WE ARE
DOING INTERNALLY.
FINALLY, THAT IS THE STEP WE
ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW, WE ARE
CREATING ALL THIS INFORMATION
AND DOING ALL THIS WORK AND HOW
WE MAKE IT AVAILABLE AND HOW DO
WE CREATE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO
BE MORE TRANSPARENT SO PEOPLE
CAN SEE WHAT WE ARE DOING?
FOR THAT, WE ARE WORKING AND
CREATING A CASE MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE SOFTWARE,
TO PUT THE INFORMATION OUR OPA
TEAM IS CREATING SO WE CAN BE
BETTER AT LETTING THE PUBLIC
AND POLICY HOLDERS AND
STAKEHOLDERS KNOW WHAT IS THE
STATUS OF OUR WORK.
AND, FINALLY, THESE LAST
COLLABORATIONS ARE AT THE HEART
OF EVERYTHING WE DO AT OIG.
IN OUR BODY OF WORK, WE HAVE
CONTINUED TO WORK TO CREATE
ITEMS AND THE MONITORING TEAM.
OUR TEAM ALSO HAS WORK ENGAGED
IN, GETTING FEEDBACK TO THE
PLANNING OF THE SUSTAINMENT
PLAN.
WE HAVE WORK IN THE CORE AREAS
AND ASSESSMENTS.
THE ONES WE HAVE WORKED WITH IS
YOU SO FORTH USE OF FORCE,
STOPS AND DETENTIONS,
DISCIPLINE AND CRISIS
INTERVENTION.
THE ONES THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST
BODY OF WORK BASED ON AUDITS
ARE UNIT CREATED RECENTLY IS
DISCIPLINE AND WE ARE ALSO
WORKING IN PREPARING A USE OF
FORCE REPORT IN COLLABORATION
WITH THE MONITORING TEAM.
THE SECOND BODY OF WORK WE HAVE
ALSO WORKED WITH OUR PARTNERS,
THE MONITORING TEAM, CPC AND
OPA IS THE LATEST AGENDA.
OUR OFFICE WAS HIGHLY
INTERESTED IN THREE ITEMS.
THOSE ITEMS WERE TRAFFIC STOPS,
RUSES AND DECEPTION AND USE OF
FORCE.
IN THOSE THREE AREAS, WE
COLLABORATED WITH DIFFERENT
STAKEHOLDERS AND OUR PARTNERS
BUT WE ALSO WORKED WITH OTHER
DEPARTMENTS, LIKE THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
AND OCR TO IDENTIFY THE NEEDS
AND HOW THOSE ALIGNED. FINALLY,
WE HAD BEEN GETTING TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE ACLU AND
ALSO WE GAVE TESTIMONY TO ONE
OF THOSE STATE LEGISLATIVE
CYCLES THIS YEAR.
WE ARE HOPING TO CONTINUE TO
COLLABORATE, NOT JUST WITH THE
CITY AND STAKEHOLDERS BUT ALSO
WITH THE ACLU AND THE OTHER
ENTITIES IN THE FUTURE.
FINALLY, WE HAVE ALSO BEEN
WORKING IN DATA COLLABORATION.
I KNOW THAT IS A TOPIC THAT IS
HIGHLY ALIGNED BETWEEN THE
THREE ACCOUNTABILITY
DEPARTMENTS.
THAT IS ONE OF THE MAIN TESTS
BY THE COMMUNITY.
HOW CAN WE CREATE DATA THAT IS
RELIABLE AND FAIR AND
ACCESSIBLE.
IN THAT AREA, WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING WITH SPD, OPA AND THE
MONITORING TEAM IN CREATING A
STRATEGY OF HOW TO MAKE PUBLIC
INFORMATION BY OPA AND BY SPD
MORE ACCESSIBLE AND EASIER TO
UNDERSTAND BY THE COMMUNITY AND
ALSO HOW WE MAKE IT MORE
TRANSPARENT.
THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
MONITORING THAT WE WILL
CONTINUE, WE ARE ALREADY
WORKING ON AND WE WILL CONTINUE
TO WORK ON THE REST OF THE YEAR
AND IN THE YEARS TO COME.
JUST TO CLOSE OUT, OUR OFFICE
HAS BEEN LEARNING FROM THE PAST
YEARS THE IMPORTANCE OF
OUTREACH, TO ALWAYS KEEP UP THE
COMMUNITY NEEDS.
THEY ARE THE CENTER OF OUR
WORK.
WE HAVE, WITH MULTIPLE
COMMUNITY GROUPS, THEY DO NOT
DEFINE NEED.
THEY HAVE GIVEN TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE, THE ACLU, THERE
HAVE BEEN MANY OTHER
STAKEHOLDERS. WE HAVE GIVEN
MULTIPLE, MORE THAN 16
PRESENTATIONS REGARDING OUR
POLICY OF WORK AND WE HAVE ALSO
HAVE MORE THAN 20 DIFFERENT
OUTREACH ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING
WITH MOTHERS OF YOUTH THAT HAVE
LOST THEIR LIFE DUE TO GUN
VIOLENCE SO WE CAN LEARN FROM
THEM AND APPLY THAT TO OUR
WORK.
FINALLY, OUR TEAM HAS BEEN
WORKING IN PROVIDING A LEARNING
A PROVIDING ASSISTANCE IN
LEARNING FROM THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS A MIDYEAR REVIEW AND
THE WORK YOU HAVE BEEN DOING, I
DON'T WANT TO SPOIL THE SOUP,
IF YOU WILL PICK UP I DO WANT
YOU TO SAY A LITTLE BIT, I KNOW
THERE IS MORE TO COME LATER,
BUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OIG'S
FUNCTIONS.
THEY ARE VERY MUCH FOCUSED ON
REVIEWING AND CRITIQUING OTHER
PARTS OF THE SYSTEM.
WHAT ABOUT THE EFFORTS THAT OIG
IS ENGAGED IN INTERNALLY AND
WORKING ON CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT FOR YOUR OWN
PRACTICES?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION
BECAUSE ONE OF THE PHILOSOPHIES
OF OIG IS WE ARE ASKED TO BE
THE OVERSIGHT ENTITY BASED ON
CRITERIA AND FOR OPA, WE HAVE
TO DO THE SAME WITH OURSELVES.
THERE ARE TWO THINGS WE ARE
DOING.
ONE IS IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR,
ALL OF OUR AUDIT UNIT AND AUDIT
PRODUCTS WILL BE PEER-REVIEWED
BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
THAT DOES THE PEER REVIEW.
EACH ONE OF OUR AUDITS, OUR
AUDIT WORK, OUR AUDIT PAPERS
ARE FOLLOWING NATIONAL AND
FEDERAL STANDARDS.
BE OTHER AREA WE ALSO NEEDED TO
ASSESS IS OUR OPA WORK.
HOW DO WE DO THAT REVIEW?
FOR THAT, WE HIRED A
PROFESSIONAL, A HIGHLY
RECOGNIZED PROFESSIONAL, THAT
PERFORMED THE AUDIT OF OUR
POLICIES, ISSUES AND PROCESSES
OF TO LAST YEAR.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE
LOOKING FOR IS HOW TO PROCESS
OUR CURRENT STATE.
WE HAVE BEEN RESPONDING TO ALL
THOSE AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY AND
RISK AND ERRORS.
>> THANK YOU.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE
ABOUT THAT SOON.
FANTASTIC.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
NOW, LET'S HANDED OVER TO OPA.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I WILL SHARE MY SCREEN.
HOW ARE WE DOING ON TIME?
SHOULD I? WE ARE PLANNING TO
PRESENT 2021, JUST TO RECAP,
BECAUSE I GENERALLY WOULD
PRESENT AROUND THIS TIME OF
YEAR, WE PRESENT OUR ANNUAL
REPORT FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
DO YOU WANT ME TO SPEED THROUGH
THAT AND GET TO THIS YEAR'S
MIDYEAR REPORT, OR ARE WE OKAY
ON TIME?
>> MAYBE EXPEDITE THE 2021 RECAP
. PERFECT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> AWESOME.
>> IN THE ANNUAL REPORT LAST
YEAR, WE PUBLISH IT IN APRIL,
IT IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE
UNDER THE NEWS AND REPORTS
PAGE.
ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS
TAKEN FROM THAT REPORT.
I WILL TRY TO SPEAK THROUGH
THIS.
WE DO HAVE OUR INTERIM
DIRECTOR, HERE, DR. GRCNNE
PERKINS, TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AT
THE END.
I KNOW SHE HAS A COMMITMENT AT
NOON.
I WILL RUSH THROUGH THE FIRST
HALF OF THIS. WE WILL BE
PRESENTING 2021 ANNUAL REPORT.
THEN WE WILL GO INTO THE
MIDYEAR 2022 PRESENTATION.
EACH YEAR FOR THE PAST FIVE
YEARS, BECAUSE YOU WILL SEE
LATER WHEN I PRESENT 2022'S
DATA, THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS
WE RECEIVED IS DECREASING.
IT WASN'T SURPRISING THAT 2021
WAS A DECREASE OVER 2020
BECAUSE OF THE PROTESTS FROM
2020, THOSE PRODUCED A LOT OF
COMPLAINTS TO HER AWESOME.
2021 WAS A MUCH SLOWER YEAR.
THERE WAS THE TRANSFER OF 911
AND PARKING ENFORCEMENT OUT OF
SPD.
911 COMMUNICATIONS WITH FIRST
IN THE SPRING OF 2021.
AT THE TIME, OR, PRIOR TO THAT
TRANSFER, THERE WERE SEVEN
CASES THAT INVOLVED DISPATCHERS.
THAT INVOLVED 10 DIFFERENT
COMMUNICATIONS EMPLOYEES.
PARKING ENFORCEMENT LEFT SPD
AND WHEN UNDER SDOT.
AT THAT TIME, THERE WERE 25
CASES INVOLVING 26 OFFICERS.
AFTER THE TRANSFER, ALL
COMPLAINTS ARE REDIRECTED
EITHER TO THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
AND COMMUNICATION CENTER OR TO
SDOT TO HIT OF THOSE
COMPLAINTS.
OPA NO LONGER HAS JURISDICTION
OVER THOSE.
OVER ONE THIRD OF SWORN
EMPLOYEES RECEIVED A COMPLAINT
IN 2021.
A TOTAL OF 505 EMPLOYEES.
YOU CAN SEE MAJORITY OF THEM
JUST RECEIVED ONE COMPLAINT.
SEVERAL EMPLOYEES, AS YOU CAN
SEE, RECEIVED MORE THAN ONE
COMPLAINT.
THE PROPORTION OF CASES
CLASSIFIED FROM FULL
INVESTIGATION HAS INCREASED
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
THIS IS A COMPARISON OF OPA'S
CLASSIFICATION TYPE.
ON THE FAR LEFT YOU SEE THE
THREE BARS SHOWING FULL
INVESTIGATIONS.
38% OF OPA'S CASES IN 2021 WERE
CLASSIFIED AS A FULL
INVESTIGATION WITH AN
ADDITIONAL 14% CLASSIFIED FOR
EXPEDITED INVESTIGATIONS.
OVER HALF OF OUR CASES WENT TO
INVESTIGATION, HIGHER THAN
PREVIOUS YEARS.
THE MOST COMMON ALLEGATION WAS
PROFESSIONALISM.
WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 1485
ALLEGATIONS LAST YEAR.
EACH CASE CAN HAVE MULTIPLE
EMPLOYEES AND MULTIPLE
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST EACH
EMPLOYEE.
THAT IS WHY YOU SEE A HIGH
NUMBER OF ALLEGATIONS COMPARED
TO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES,
WHICH WAS IN THE 500s.
USE OF FORCE ALLEGATION
SPECIFICALLY DECREASED.
IT WAS 60% DECREASE OVER 2020.
OVER 2020 WE HAD 358 EXCESSIVE
FORCE ALLEGATIONS. IN 2021
THERE WERE 140.
FOR THE COMPARISON, IN 2020,
USE OF FORCE ALLEGATIONS WERE
19% OF TOTAL ALLEGATIONS.
IN 2021, USE OF FORCE WAS JUST
9% OF ALL ALLEGATIONS.
A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE THERE.
19 EMPLOYEES WERE DISCIPLINED
FOLLOWING AN OPA INVESTIGATION.
AS YOU CAN SEE, KIND OF IN THE
MIDDLE, THE LITTLE GRAY BAR,
THREE OF THOSE CASES WE
FINISHED OUR INVESTIGATION
AFTER THE TRANSFER OF CERTAIN
CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES, PARKING
ENFORCEMENT AND DISPATCHERS OUT
OF SPD.
THOSE EMPLOYEES WERE NOT
DISCIPLINED BY SPD.
INSTEAD, THE SUSTAINED FINDINGS
WERE REFERRED TO THEIR NEW
UNITS.
BESIDES THAT, THE MOST COMMON
DISCIPLINE YOU WILL SEE IS
WRITTEN REPRIMAND . 26% OF
COMPLETED INVESTIGATIONS
INVOLVED ONE OR MORE SUSTAINED
FINDING.
>> IT IS A LITTLE HIGHER
TYPICALLY, RIGHT?
IN PAST YEARS, I REMEMBER IT
SORT OF HOVERING AROUND 1 IN
FIVE FOR SOME YEARS.
>> I THINK EVEN IN 2018 IT WAS
18%.
EACH YEAR IT HAS GONE SLIGHTLY
HIGHER.
LAST YEAR WAS THE HIGHEST WE
HAVE SEEN IN RECENT YEARS.
ONE CASE CONTAINING TWO
SUSTAINED ALLEGATIONS WAS
OVERTURNED BY THE CHIEF.
MANY OF YOU WOULD RECALL THAT
IS THE PINK UMBRELLA CASE.
THAT IS FROM THE 2020 PROTESTS.
THERE WAS ONE EMPLOYEE, TWO
SUSTAINED ALLEGATIONS.
THAT EMPLOYEE WAS NOT
DISCIPLINED BECAUSE THE CHIEF
OVERTURNED THOSE FINDINGS AND
MADE THEM NOT SUSTAINED BUT
TRAINABLE.
>> ONE OF THE POINT ON THAT IS
JOGGING MY MEMORY ABOUT THIS
PARTICULAR REQUIREMENT.
THERE IS A REQUIREMENT IN THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE THAT
WHEN THE CHIEF OVERTURNS
RECOMMENDED DISCIPLINE THAT
THERE IS A PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
REQUIREMENT.
THROUGH THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR
GENERAL, WE HAVE MADE HER
RECOMMENDATION THAT THERE BE
TRANSPARENCY WHEN THE DISCIPLINE
ORDERED BY THE CHIEF IS OUT OF
RANGE OF WHAT IS RECOMMENDED BY
THE DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE AND I
JUST WANT TO FLAG THAT AS A
HIGH PRIORITY FOR TRANSPARENCY
AND OVERSIGHT OF THE SYSTEM, AS
WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YEP.
>> MOST APPEALS WERE FILED
THROUGH ARBITRATION AND WAS
STILL OPEN.
THIS IS A GRAPH THAT WILL SHOW
ALL APPEALS SINCE 2016.
THAT IS THE EARLIEST OPA HAS
THE DATA FROM THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
I THINK 95% OF APPEALS FILED
FROM 2016 THROUGH 2021 WERE
FILED THROUGH ARBITRATION.
THE FACT THAT 93 OF THOSE ARE
STILL OPEN AND JUST EIGHT ARE
CLOSED IS PRETTY TELLING.
WE ISSUED POLICY
RECOMMENDATIONS ON 22 AREAS OF
SPD POLICIES.
I WILL HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF
THOSE.
HIGH RISK VEHICLE STOPS,
RESPONDING TO SUBJECTS WITH
KNIVES, SURVEILLANCE, AND
USING VEHICLES AS DEADLY
WEAPONS OR USING A VEHICLE TO
RAM A HUMAN BODY AND K-9
DEPLOYMENT.
THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE
AREAS WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON
WITH SPD.
>> AS RELEASED TO THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SUBJECTS
WITH KNIVES, I KNOW THAT SPD
HAS BEEN WORKING ON PILOTING A
PROGRAM AND I KNOW THERE HAVE
BEEN SOME DELAYS BECAUSE THE,
WHEN USED, MAKES A VERY LOUD
NOISE.
IT COULD SOUND TO SOME LIKE A
GUNSHOT.
SPD SAID WE NEED A
MODIFICATION IN THIS PRODUCT
BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO
ESCALATE THINGS.
I BELIEVE MY MOST RECENT INQUIRY
OF THE CHIEF IS THAT BULL WRAP
HAD MADE A MODIFICATION BUT I'M
JUST WONDERING, WHAT CAN YOU
TELL US ABOUT ROLLING OUT THAT
PILOT?
>> ACTUALLY, ALL THE
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS WERE
INVITED TO A DEMO THIS SPRING.
WE GOT TO TEST IT OUT.
DOES MAKE A LOUD NOISE KIND OF
LIKE A GUNSHOT IF YOU ARE NOT
FAMILIAR WITH HEARING GUNSHOTS.
IT COULD SOUND LIKE A GUNSHOT
IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH
YOUR INTENTION IS.
WE GOT TO SEE IT IN ACTION.
I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE SOUND
MODIFICATION TO IT.
I KNOW, IN ADDITION TO THIS
BOLAWRAP DEMO THAT SPD HAS A
NEW EDGED WEAPONS TRAINING THEY
HAVE BEEN ROLLING OUT.
IT HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE MAY.
THEY ARE TACKLING THIS AREA
THROUGH A COUPLE DIFFERENT
TRAININGS, IN ADDITION TO THE
BOLAWRAP, THERE IS THE EDGED
WEAPON TRAINING.
>> ON THE BOLAWRAP, MY QUESTION
IS, WILL THOSE BE, IF YOU KNOW,
WHEN WILL THEY BEGIN
DEPLOYMENT?
>> I AM NOT SURE ABOUT THAT.
SORRY.
IT HAS BEEN, I ANTICIPATE IN
THE 2021 DEMONSTRATION THAT MANY
OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS
PARTICIPATED IN,, I KNOW THERE
WAS ANOTHER ONE THIS PAST
SPRING SO THIS HAS BEEN AN
ONGOING AREA AND JUST REALLY,
LOOK AT THAT.
WE HAVE A COO HERE, MAYBE HE
CAN GIVE US SOME INFORMATION ON
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BOLAWRAP.
>> THANK YOU.
I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST GIVE A
QUICK UPDATE.
WE WERE ACTUALLY FINALIZING THE
POLICY THIS MORNING.
WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS.
WE HAVE THE UNITS READY FOR
DEPLOYMENT.
I KNOW THERE WILL BE A FINAL
PASS BACK THROUGH . WE WILL
JUST ENSURE WE DIDN'T MISS
ANYTHING.
ONCE ALL THAT GETS DONE, WE
SHOULD BE ABLE TO, I MEAN, WE
WILL BE IMPLEMENTING IT
IMMEDIATELY ONCE WE CLEAR THAT
LAST HURDLE.
>> FANTASTIC.
APPRECIATE IT.
THAT IS GREAT.
THANK YOU.
>> WE ALSO UPDATED THE OPA
MANUAL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
SEVERAL YEARS.
IT REFLECTS A LOT OF CHANGES,
INCLUDING CHANGES FROM THE 2017
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
ORDINANCE.
WE COLLABORATED WITH
STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING OIG,
CPC, THE DOJ, SPD, ALL OF THOSE
PARTIES WERE INVITED TO REVIEW
THE ROUGH DRAFT OF IT AND
PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH OIG
BEFORE FINALIZING IT.
THIS MANUAL FORMALIZES
PROGRAMS, POLICIES AND
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES.
IT IS QUITE DIFFERENT THAN OUR
PREVIOUS MANUAL AND WE ARE
QUITE HAPPY WITH THAT.
NOW I WILL MOVE ON TO THE 2022
MIDYEAR DATA.
WE HAVE AN INTERIM
ADMINISTRATION RIGHT NOW, AS
YOU ARE AWARE, THAT STARTED IN
LATE JANUARY.
THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS
CONTINUES TO DECREASE, AS I WAS
SHOWING IN THE FIRST SLIDE.
WE RECEIVED 205 CASES IN THE
FIRST HALF OF 2022.
THAT IS THROUGH THE END OF
JUNE, WHICH WOULD PUT US ON
TRACK TO RECEIVE IN THE LOW
400s, IF WE WERE TO RECEIVE THE
SAME AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS IN
THE SECOND HALF OF THIS YEAR,
WHICH WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE
THAN 100 FEWER COMPLAINTS THAN
LAST YEAR.
THREE QUARTERS OF COMPLAINTS
CAME FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS
THAT WE RECEIVED THIS YEAR.
>> QUICKLY ON THAT, SO THREE
QUARTERS OF THE COMPLAINTS COME
FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT
WOULD LEAD US TO BELIEVE ONE
QUARTER OF COMPLAINTS COME FROM
WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
HOW DOES THAT COMPARE WITH LAST
YEAR'S TRENDS?
IT IS NORMALLY ABOUT ONE THIRD
COMING FROM WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT.
>> THIS IS A DIFFERENT DATA
POINT.
I'M GLAD YOU ASKED.
IT IS A DIFFERENT DATA POINT
AND WEEP PRESENTED IN THE PAST.
WE FOUND A NEW WORKING IN OUR
úDATABASE THAT WOULD ALLOW US T
TRACK AND SEE SPECIFICALLY
COMPLAINTS WITH THE COMMUNITY
MEMBER IS THE SOURCE OF THE
COMPLAINT.
IF YOU CALL, WE PREVIOUSLY
TALKED ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF
EXTERNAL VERSUS INTERNAL
COMPLAINTS.
AN INTERNAL COMPLAINT COULD BE
FORWARDED BY A SPD EMPLOYEE ON
BEHALF OF A COMMUNITY MEMBER.
IN THE PAST WE HAVE CONSIDERED
THAT AN INTERNAL COMPLAINT,
LIKE IF A COMMUNITY MEMBER IN
THE FIELD TELLS AN OFFICER, I
WANT YOU TO FORWARD THIS TO
OPA.
WE HAVE, THAT IN THE PAST AS
AN INTERNAL COMPLAINT.
NOW THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED AN
EXTERNAL OR COMMUNITY MEMBER
COMPLAINT.
IT IS ACTUALLY A HIGHER NUMBER
OF COMMUNITY MEMBER COMPLAINTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS ACTUALLY
DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT WOULD
HAVE BEEN, GIVEN THE OLDER DATA
NOT CALCULATING IT THE SAME
WAY.
I WOULD SAY THIS IS JUST A MORE
ACCURATE NUMBER.
THAT THREE QUARTERS OF
COMPLAINTS ARE NOT FILED BY
OFFICERS COMING FROM AN
OFFICER.
THEY ARE COMING FROM AN SPD
EMPLOYEE.
>> WE HAVE CLASSIFIED 60% OF
CASES FOR INVESTIGATION.
THAT WOULD INCLUDE A FULL
INVESTIGATION AND EXPEDITED.
THAT IS ABOUT 10% HIGHER THAN
WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR, ALTHOUGH
WE ARE ONLY HALFWAY THROUGH THE
YEAR THIS YEAR.
AT THE GRANDMOMMA, WE STILL
HAVE 13 CASES IN INTAKE.
THOSE SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED IN
THE NEXT WEEK.
WE WOULD ASSUME THAT HALF OR
MORE THAN HALF, GIVEN THAT 60%
ARE CLASSIFIED FOR
INVESTIGATION, MORE OF THOSE
WILL GO TO INVESTIGATION, AS
WELL.
SO INVESTIGATION PERCENTAGES
ARE DEFINITELY INCREASING.
7% OF ALL ALLEGATIONS HAVE BEEN
FOR USE OF FORCE THIS YEAR.
IF YOU SEE HERE, USE OF FORCE
IS THE FIFTH MOST COMMON
ALLEGATION WHERE WAS THE THIRD
MOST COMMON LAST YEAR.
LAST YEAR, I THINK I SAID USE
OF FORCE WAS 9% OF ALL
ALLEGATIONS, SO THERE IS A
SLIGHT DECREASE HERE.
WE ALSO WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT
TO TALK ABOUT ABBREVIATED DCM
>> I AM NOT SURE IF YOU ARE
FAMILIAR WITH THOSE.
DUE TO CRITICAL STAFFING
SHORTAGES, PARTICULARLY IN OUR
LEADERSHIP, MANAGERIAL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE, STARTING
JUNE 1 AND GOING THROUGH AT
LEAST OCTOBER 1, OPA WILL BE
ISSUING ABBREVIATED DCMS FOR
NONSUSTAINED CASES.
WITH THOSE LOOK LIKE WILL BE,
IT WILL SAY NOT SUSTAINED
ABBREVIATED ON THE DCM.
SORRY, DCMS ARE DIRECT
CERTIFICATION MEMOS.
THOSE OF THE FINDINGS OF THE
REPORTS.
THAT WILL SAY NOT SUSTAINED
ABBREVIATED AND HAVE A
CONDENSED ANALYSIS OF THE
FINDINGS.
OPA, ONCE WE HAVE THE STAFFING
AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TRAIN OUR
NEW DIRECTOR AND ARE NEW
SUPERVISORS WHO HAVE JUST
STARTED, WE WILL THEN GO BACK
AND REISSUE THOSE FINDINGS WITH
MORE ANALYSIS, EXPANDED
ANALYSIS.
THERE IS CURRENTLY NO IMPACT
AND THERE WILL NOT BE ANY
IMPACT TO SUSTAINED CASES.
THOSE ARE STILL GOING TO HAVE
THE FULL ANALYSIS.
THIS IS IN ALLIANCE WITH THE
OPA MANUAL, WE HAVE MADE SURE
OF THAT.
IT IS JUST DUE TO THE STAFFING
SHORTAGES WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO
WRITE OUT THE FULL ANALYSIS AS
WE USUALLY WOULD.
>> I APPRECIATE, DIRECTOR
PERKINS HAVING INFORMED ME, AS
WELL AS OTHER PARTNERS WITHIN
THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM AND
STAKEHOLDERS BEING INFORMED OF
THIS CHANGE, I WOULD LOVE TO
GET A SENSE OF ANY, I KNOW WHAT
THE REGULAR FULL DCMS LOOKS
LIKE BUT I WOULD LOVE TO GET AN
ID OF WHAT AN ABBREVIATED DCM
LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT IT MEANS TO
HAVE A CONDENSED SUMMARY, I
JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
BASELINE INFORMATION IS
INCLUDED IN THESE ABBREVIATED
DCMS FOR A LATER DATE, IF YOU
COULD FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> YEAH, OF COURSE.
I BELIEVE THAT IS THE END OF
OUR PRESENTATION.
IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN, THE
INTERIM DIRECTOR, DR. PERKINS,
MIGHT STILL BE HERE, IF YOU DID
WANT TO ASK A QUESTION.
>> I WANT TO THANK HER.
[ LAUGHTER ] DIRECTOR PERKINS,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STEPPING
IN.
I BELIEVE IT WAS BACK IN JANUARY
, YOU HAVE BEEN DOING
INCREDIBLY GOOD WORK WITH SO
MANY CHALLENGES AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR ONGOING SERVICE.
OF COURSE, AS ALWAYS, IF YOU
HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD, I WOULD
LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS.
>> I ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES
BUT I COULD TAKE ANOTHER HOUR
IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THOSE
COMMENTS, COUNCILMEMBER 25
HERBOLD.
I WILL TAKE THE LAST MOMENT, IF
I COULD, IF YOU WOULD INDULGE
ME TO THANK LAUREN CAPUTO , WE
HAVE LOST ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER.
SHE HAS BEEN POST.
LAUREN WILL GO BACK TO SPD, HER
ORIGINAL HOME AND THEY WILL
BENEFIT FROM HER DATA.
LAUREN, REALLY, I KNOW HAS
PRESENTED AT THESE
PRESENTATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL
AND HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.
I JUST PUBLICLY WANTED TO GET
THAT ON THE RECORD TO THANK
LAUREN FOR ALL THE WORK AND HER
CONTINUED WORK AT SPD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I DON'T CONSIDER IT POACHING
IF YOU ARE STILL IN THE CITY
FAMILY.
AND STILL FOCUSED ON DOING GOOD
WORK AND PROMOTING
ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY
AND PUBLIC TRUST IN POLICING.
THANK YOU, LORNE. LET'S SEE, WE
KNOW YOU HAVE ACQUIRED A
PERMANENT DIRECTOR.
HIS FIRST APPEARANCE BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR
THE AUGUST 9 MEETING.
WE WILL BE CIRCULATING A
SCHEDULE FOR DISCUSSIONS, AS
WELL AS COLLECTING
COUNCILMEMBER QUESTION THEY ARE
INTERESTED IN POSING TO THE NEW
PERMANENT DIRECTOR OF THE OPA.
WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM MY
COLLEAGUES?
SEEING NONE, THANK YOU, AGAIN,
EVERYBODY, FOR BEING HERE WITH
US.
I JUST WANT TO REMIND FOLKS
THERE IS A NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING
FOR SEATTLE THIS WEEK DUE TO
FORECASTED HIGH TEMPERATURES
ABOVE 90 DEGREES.
TOMORROW TEMPERATURES IN THE
LOW TO MID 90s, ACTUALLY, THEY
WILL BEGIN TODAY AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THE WEEK. PLEASE VISIT
THE CITY'S WEBSITE TO FIND
COOLING CENTER LOCATIONS AND
OTHER RESOURCES.
THE NEXT PUBLIC SAFETY AND
HUMAN SERVICES MEETING IS
SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST
9, 2022 AT 9:49 AM.
BEFORE WE ADJOURN, ARE THERE
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM MY
COLLEAGUES?
I AM NOT SEEING ANY.
THE TIME IS 11:59.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.