9:40 A.M. APRIL 29, 2025 . I AM
THE CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE AND WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL.
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> THE COUNCILMEMBER IS EN ROUTE
AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA MAY BE
JOINING IN AND WE WILL KEEP OUT
AN EYE TO SEE IF SHE DOES AND WE
ALWAYS WELCOME NON-COMMITTEE
MEMBERS TO WORK MEETING. IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING
AND SEEING NONE, IT IS ADOPTED.
STARTING OFF WITH THE CHAIRS
REPORT, I WILL STORE -- START
WITH SAYING NEARLY 15 MONTHS AGO
WE SAID TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
GIVE US ONE YEAR. OBVIOUSLY, 15
MONTHS AGO WE HAD A LOT OF
TROUBLES ACROSS MANY FRONTS AS
IT RELATES TO PUBLIC SAFETY. ONE
OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WAS
THE STAFFING LEVELS WHICH WAS A
BIG CHALLENGE. THAT IS WHAT WE
SAID NEARLY 15 MONTHS AGO. WHAT
WE HAVE BEEN DOING AS A
COMMITTEE AND ON THIS COUNCIL IS
TO HAVE THIS IDENTIFIED AS
PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES. ONE OF
THEM WAS SPD STAFFING. AND THEN
WE TOOK ACTION IN DIFFERENT
WAYS. TIED TO THIS COPPER TO
EARLY GIVEN TO THE TOPICS OF
TODAY'S MEETING IS TO MAKE
SURE, AS I SAID YESTERDAY IN THE
PRESS CONFERENCE, WORKING WITH
THE ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS TO
MAKE SURE WE HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL
POLICING. WE HAVE BEEN DOING
THIS WORK NOT JUST ON THE
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNER SIDE BUT
ACROSS THE BOARD AS IT RELATES
TO THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK PLAN
AND BRINGING ON MORE POLICE INTO
OUR FORCE. YESTERDAY, I DID HAVE
A COMMENT IN THE PRESS STATEMENT
THAT SAID THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT SUCCESSES SIGNIFICANT
AFTER THE CHALLENGES WE AND SO
MANY OTHER CITIES HAVE FACED
WITH POLICE RECRUITMENT AND AT
THE COMMITTEE CHAIR, POLICE
STAFFING AND RETENTION MAKE UP
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
PILLARS IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY
APPROACH AND AFTER PASSING MORE
THAN ONE DOZEN PUBLIC SAFETY
BILLS LAST YEAR, I AM PLEASED TO
SEE THE IMPACT THAT WE AS A CITY
HAVE TO HELP TAKE RESIDENTS FEEL
SAFE. AND RESIDENTS ACROSS OUR
CITY. IN MY REMARKS AT THE PRESS
CONFERENCE, I ALSO NOTED THAT
THE ECUTIVR AVE OUR ROLE AS WEL
SHOWING LEADERSHIP AS I NOTED
YESTERDAY. IT ISN'T JUST
REGARDING POLICE HIRING CREATING
AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS
SUPPORTIVE WHILE MAINTAINING
ACCOUNTABILITY IN OUR
CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING
APPROACH. THAT IS WHAT I SAID.
IT IS ABOUT THIS COUNCIL SHOWING
UP AT ROLL CALL AT COMMUNITY
MEETINGS AND ON THE STREET AND
ENGAGING COMMUNITIES ACROSS OUR
CITY TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC
SAFETY CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE.
I ALSO NOTED IT IS ABOUT PASSING
LEGISLATION THAT CAN ASSIST THE
MAYOR, SET UP OUR CITY FOR
SUCCESS. ONE OF THE GOALS FOR ME
ON THIS COMMITTEE IS TO HELP SET
UP ENTITIES THAT ARE WITHIN THE
PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM FOR SUCCESS
AS OPPOSED TO FAILURE.
OFTENTIMES, WE HAVEN'T DONE A
GOOD JOB IN TERMS OF HELPING THE
ORGANIZATIONS WE HAVE OVERSIGHT
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR. I HAVE
BEEN NOTED AND THINK THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT HAVE CAME OUT OF THE
COMMITTEE SHE SHARES AND ALSO
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
BECAUSE THERE ARE A FEW THAT
CAME OUT OF HER COMMITTEE SO IT
HASN'T JUST BEEN THE PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE. IT HAS BEEN A
TEAM EFFORT ACROSS COMMITTEES
AND THIS COUNCIL. IT DOES SHOW
THAT WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT WHILE
WE ARE NOT IN THE CHAIN OF
COMMAND OF THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT THAT WE ALSO HAVE OUR
LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES.
THESE RESPONSIBILITIES ALSO
PERTAIN TO OVERSIGHT. I DO THINK
THAT IS A GREAT SEGUE TO WHAT
TODAY'S MEETING IS BECAUSE PART
OF THE OVERSIGHT IS WORKING WITH
THE ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS AND
THEIR OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITIES
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING
IT BETTER AND SMARTER FOR OUR
CITY. SO WITH MY CHAIR COMMENT
COMPLETE, WE WILL OPEN THE
HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND
THEY SHOULD RELATE TO THE ITEMS
ON TODAY'S AGENDA OR WITHIN THE
PURVIEW OF OUR COMMITTEE. HOW
MANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP FOR
TODAY?
>> CURRENTLY, WE HAVE THREE
IN-PERSON SPEAKERS AND ONE
REMOTE SPEAKER.
>> OKAY. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE
TWO MINUTES AND WE WILL START
WITH THE IN PERSON SPEAKERS.
PLEASE READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT
INSTRUCTIONS.
>> THE . WILL BE MODERATED IN
THE FOLLOWING MATTER. IT IS UP
TO 60 MINUTES AND SPEAKERS WILL
BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH
THEY REGISTERED. THEY WILL HEAR
A CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT
OF THEIR TIME. THE MICROPHONES
WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DON'T AND
THEIR COMMENT WITHIN THE
ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO
CALL IN THE NEXT WEEK. THE . IS
NOW OPEN AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH
THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
THE FIRST IN PERSON SPEAKER IS
AGNES GOVERN. TO BE FOLLOWED BY
AMY SUMMERS AND HOWARD GAIL.
>>> GOOD MORNING. I AM AMY
SUMMERS AND AGNES GOVERN WE ARE
WITH PERSISTENT PEOPLE FOR
PROGRESS AND WITH A COMMITTEE
THAT WORKS ON THE CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM. BOTH OF US WILL PRESENT
QUESTIONS TODAY ABOUT WHAT WILL
HAPPEN ONCE THE CONSENT DECREE
ENDS. WOULD LIKE TO THINK THIS
COMMITTEE AND COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE FOR THE COMMITMENT TO
EXERTING LEADERSHIP AND YOUR
COMMENTS ABOUT HOW IMPERATIVE IT
IS TO SET UP ORGANIZATIONS FOR
SUCCESS WHEN IT COMES TO
CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING. IF WE
LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF
JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE EXITED
FROM THE -- CONSENT DECREES, IT
ISN'T AN OPTIMISTIC PICTURE.
THE SPIRIT OF SETTING PEOPLE UP
FOR SUCCESS, I THINK WE HAVE A
CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT
HERE IN OUR INQUIRIES TODAY OF
THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, COUNCIL
AND OVERSIGHT AGENCIES. WE ARE
NOT CONFIDENT TODAY THERE IS
COORDINATED PLANNING GOING ON
FOR WHO WILL TAKE OVER THE ROLES
ENSURING WE CONTINUE TO HAVE AN
OPERATIVE SYSTEM FOR OVERSIGHT
FOR POLICING. WE WOULD LOVE TO
HEAR FROM THE COUNCIL ABOUT WHAT
PLAN IS TAKING PLACE NOW PRIOR
TO THE END OF THE DISSENT --
CONSENT DECREE AND IT WILL
OUTLINE THE ROLES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES AND SUSTAINING
COMMITMENTS MADE DURING THE
PERIOD OF FEDERAL OVERSIGHT.
SECOND, WE ARE SURPRISED THAT
THE LEGISLATION PASSED EIGHT
YEARS AGO BY THE COUNCIL WAS
SIGNED INTO LAW BY THE MAYOR
THAT HAS BEEN ENACTED INTO THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE AND LIKE
ALL OTHER LEGISLATION THAT HAS
BEEN PASSED, REFERRING TO THE
2017 ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE
125315. THE QUESTION IS WHEN
THAT WILL FINALLY BE INCLUDED
INTO THE MUNICIPAL CODE SO THE
PUBLIC STAFF AND MEDIA CAN BE
AWARE OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY
REQUIREMENTS WHICH HAVE BEEN
ENACTED AND REMAINED TO BE
ENACTED EIGHT YEARS AFTER THAT
ORDINANCES PASSAGE. WITH THAT I
WILL YIELD TO AGNES GOVERN.
>> THANK YOU, COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
FOLLOWING THE LINE OF
ACCOUNTABILITY ON ITEM 3, WHEN
THE COUNCIL APPROVED IN THE
MAYOR SIGNED A CONTRACT EARLIER
THIS YEAR THAT DIDN'T INCLUDE
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTABILITY
REQUIREMENTS, REMARKS WERE MADE
BY BOTH THE MAYOR AND THE
COUNCIL THAT
ISSUE. THE QUESTION IS WHERE DO
THESE NEGOTIATIONS CURRENTLY
STAND IN TERMS OF THE
NEGOTIATION PROCESS , AND WHEN
MIGHT THE PUBLIC SEE THE RESULTS
OF THESE NEGOTIATIONS ? THIS
WOULD ALLOW US TO SEE WHAT THE
PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY PROVISIONS
HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATED WITH. AND
IN 2020 AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN A
PREVIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY CHAIR AND
THE PREVIOUS MAYOR, THE ROLES OF
THE OIG AND OPA AND CPC AS WELL
AS COUNCIL STAFF WERE EXPANDED
IN TERMS OF THEIR PARTICIPATION
IN NEGOTIATIONS AND ALSO
PROMISED AND I QUOTE THAT ONCE
THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS ARE
COMPLETE AND CONTRACTS RECTIFIED
-- RATIFIED THE UNION AND
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS AND
REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CITY
COUNCIL WILL PROVIDE INPUT
BY THE LA WHEN WILL
IT BE ISSUED ? THANK YOU FOR
THIS OPPORTUNITY.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS HOWARD
GAIL.
>> GOOD MORNING. I DO HAVE MUCH
TO SAY ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE
FAILURE OF THE CPC AND THE WHOLE
CONSENT DECREE MANDATED YEARLY
TOWNHALL TO HEAR FROM THE
COMMUNITY AND MY INABILITY TO
PROVIDE 80 MINUTES WITH THE
PUBLIC COMMENT OVER THE LAST TWO
YEARS BECAUSE THE CPC IS ONE OF
THE ONLY SEATTLE COMMISSIONS
THAT PROHIBIT PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE FIRST SLIDE IN THE
PRESENTATION CLAIMS THERE IS UP
LIMITING ACCOUNTABILITY BUT A
TOPLINE CONCLUSION FROM A JUNE
22 REPORT COMMISSIONED BY THE
CPC AT A COST OF TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THAT WOULD
BE THIS REPORT HERE SAID, THE
ENGAGEMENT OF THE PUBLIC AS A
SUBJECT OF MUCH CRITICISM
REGARDING WHO ENGAGES AND HOW.
CPC'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO
DATE IS LACKING DEPTH AND IT IS
VIEWED AS UNINVOLVED AND
DISCONNECTED FROM THE COMMUNITY
ONLY ENGAGING IN CERTAIN VOICES
THEY AGREE WITH AND
TRANSACTIONAL ENGAGEMENT. THE
CPC HAS GONE FROM EXCLUDING THE
COMMUNITY IT IS SUPPOSED TO
REPRESENT TO BEING HOSTILE AND
ATTACKING THE COMMUNITY AS THEY
DID IN 2023 WHEN THEY ACTUALLY
ATTACKED A PERSON IN THE
COMMUNITY WHOSE BROTHER WAS SHOT
AND KILLED BY SEATTLE POLICE.
THEY ACTUALLY VERBALLY ATTACKED
THAT PERSON AND DEMEANED THEM.
IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, TWO OF
6 JURORS IN THE COUNTY INQUEST
FOUND THAT JERROD KELLER'S USE
OF DEADLY FORCE IN THE 2018
KILLING OF [ INAUDIBLE ] WASN'T
LEGALLY JUSTIFIABLE AND WAS IN
FACT CRIMINAL. BASED ON THE
JURORS COMMENTS AT THAT TRIAL,
AT LEAST FIVE AND POSSIBLY ALL
SIX JURORS FOUND IT EASY TO
OFFICER KELLER AND ALL THE OTHER
OFFICERS ON THE SCENE AND THEIR
ACTIONS CAUSE THE UNNECESSARY
KILLING BUT THE MUCH CELEBRATED
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM OF THE
POLICE FOUND THE KILLING TO BE
LAWFUL AND PROPER. HOW IS IT
POSSIBLE THAT THE POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM COULDN'T
RECOGNIZE THIS FAILING TO
RECOGNIZE THIS BY JURORS.
FINALLY, LAST MONTH THE SPD
KILLED THE 19th PERSON IN LESS
THAN 14 YEARS OF BRANDISHING A
WEAPON OR HAD NO WEAPON AT ALL
AND 14 OF ITS PEOPLE WERE
CLEARLY EXPERIENCED IN SEVERE
MENTAL HEALTH CRISES BUT EVERY
ONE OF THESE WAS DEEMED LAWFUL
AND PROPER. THE CPC WAS SILENT
AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE CASES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE FIRST REMOTE SPEAKER IS
VALERIE SCHWARTZ THAT . YOU HAVE
BEEN UNMUTED.
>> HELLO. THIS IS VALERIE'S
WARRANT DISTRICT 2. ANYTHING
THAT CARES SHOULD LOOK
CRITICALLY AT HER SYSTEM AND ASK
IF IT OFFERS WHAT COMMUNITIES
AND TAXPAYERS WANT IN
ACCOUNTABILITY. TO THE CONTRARY,
RECENT ARTICLES PUBLISHED THAT
HARD-PRESSED ND
THE FAÇADE OF BUREAUCRATIC
PROCESS ARE ACCOUNTABILITY
SYSTEM SPREADS WHAT CRITICS CALL
PROPAGANDA. INACCURATE TALKING
POINTS THAT SPUR TO INCREASE THE
POLITICAL POWER OF THE POLICE AT
THE EXPENSE OF PUBLIC
INFORMATION AND UNDERSTANDING.
AND AN ARTICLE THERE, THE
FEDERAL MONITOR, HAD PERSONAL
CONTRACTS WITH THE SEATTLE
POLICE EXECUTIVE AND USED PUBLIC
RECORDS REQUEST TO REVEAL WHAT I
WOULD DESCRIBE AS CRONYISM
RATHER THAN THE OBJECT GIVE
MONITORING THAT THE PEOPLE OF
SEATTLE WERE PROMISED AND HAVE A
RIGHT TO EXPECT AFTER ALL WE
PAID FOR THIS VERY EXPENSIVE
ONLINE REFORM PROCESS UNDER THE
CONSENT DECREE. PLEASE SPEND A
FEW MINUTES READING THE ARTICLE
AND ANOTHER ENTITLED LITTLE
FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT OF POLICE
FEDERAL MONITOR WHICH FOUND NO
NORMAL TAX RECORDING PROCEDURES
FOR OVER 635,000 DOLLARS IN
CONSULTANT FEES PAID BY THE
CITY. IT IS DEMORALIZING TO SEE
THIS FROM THE FEDERAL MONITOR
OVER THE YEARS AND HAS BEEN
DISAPPOINTING [ INAUDIBLE ]
RIGOR, AND TRANSPARENCY INTO
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FROM
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS WITH
OIG, OPA, AND CPC. AS SEATTLE
MOVES THEY COULD BEST SERVE THE
PEOPLE OF THE CITY BY NOT
REPEATING TALKING POINTS. AND
ALSO NOT ACCEPTING SUPERFICIAL
DECLARATIONS OF REFORM VICTORY
AND ACTUALLY ENGAGING CRITICALLY
AND WHAT IS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE
THE ENORMOUS CHANGES WE NEED AND
STILL HAVE NOT ACHIEVED IN
POLICING. THANK YOU. KER IS
DAVID HAYNES.
>> THINK YOU . MAKE NO MISTAKE
SEATTLE 2012 POLICE REFORM IS
THE MAIN REASON WHY AMERICA
CITIES HAVE IMPLODED BECAUSE
IT'S TREASONOUS AND
UNCONSTITUTIONAL REFORM THAT
STILL EXISTS REPEAT OFFENDERS
CONNECTED TO THE UNDERWORLD AND
PRIORITIZING THEM FOR HOUSING
SERVICES FIRST. WHY IS IT THAT
THE COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION
ONLY SEES THE OVER DRAMATICALLY
ACT LIKE THE BIGGEST THREAT TO
THE COMMUNITY AS THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND WHERE IS THE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION
APPOINTED REPRESENTATIVES WHO
ARE PROACTIVELY AND CONSTRUCT OF
LEAP CRITICIZING THE POLICE TO
PERFECT THE CRIME-FIGHTING
ABILITY? IF YOU GO BACK 12 YEARS
WHEN THE GEORGE SOROS SPONSORED
[ INAUDIBLE ] AT LEAST A
PETITION TO BROWBEAT A COP AND
THE ONLY WAY THAT THEY WOULD
EVER SIGN OFF ON REFORM WAS BY
SAYING THE COP SABOTAGED HIMSELF
AND TAKE WAY TOOLS THAT HELPED
HIM TARGET ACTUAL CRIMINALS. THE
CPC WOULD ASK HOW THE POLICE
WOULD GO ABOUT PROFILING A
CRIMINAL AND SAY THEY CAN'T DO
THIS AND THAT ANYMORE OR WE
WON'T AGREE TO ANYTHING. I KNOW
THAT THE COUNCILS OF THE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION
DOESN'T HAVE A BOAT COVER THEIR
INFLUENCE IS SHAKING DOWN THE
POLICE WHO CAPITULATED TO
APPEASE THEM AS SUCCESSFUL. NOW,
WILL SABOTAGE OF REFORM WAS THE
WITH ATTORNEY AND THE MAYOR. AND
THE PEDOPHILE ED MURRAY. BELIEVE
IT OR NOT, BRUCE HARRELL, THE
EX-COUNCILMEMBER AND HIS DEPUTY
MAYOR TIM BURGESS WHO LITERALLY
VOTED TO RELEASE DRUG PRESSURES
FROM JERRELL AND COUNCIL HASN'T
FIXED THAT LOT AND VIRTUE
SIGNALING AND MESSAGING AND
GIVING PERCEPTIONS OF PUBLIC
SAFETY AND DURING YOUR UPCOMING
WALK THROUGH SECOND AND L
STREET, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, A
LATINO CARTEL UNDERWORLD
ATTEMPTS TO CONTROL THE
WATERFRONT UP TO AND BEYOND
SECOND AVENUE AND THE BLACK DRUG
PUSHING UNDERWORLD CONTINUES TO
CONTROL THIRD AVENUE FROM CEDAR
ALL THE WAY DOWN TO PIONEER
SQUARE, WHICH HAS ESCALATED
VIOLENCE AND RUIN THE ECONOMY.
YET YOU STILL ALL REFUSE TO STEP
ON THE DRUG PUSHERS BECAUSE YOU
ARE AFRAID MAYBE IT WILL
BACKLASH ABOUT WANTING TO
ACTUALLY IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY
AND SHUT DOWN THESE EVIL
PREDATORS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL
REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
>> THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC COMMENT
HAS EXPIRED. WE WILL PROCEED TO
ITEMS OF BUSINESS. THE MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO
SUBMIT WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS
ON THE SIGN-UP CARDS WHICH ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE PODIUM OR EMAIL
THE COUNCIL. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON
TO OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS
AND WILL THE CLERK READ ITEM 1
INTO THE RECORD.
>> APPOINTMENT 3129, APPOINTMENT
OF KEN NSIMBI AS A MEMBER OF
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION FOR
A TERM OF DECEMBER 31 2026.
>> THANK YOU. I ALSO WANTED TO
NOTE THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH IS HERE.
>> ALL RIGHT. WOULD THE CPC TEAM
PLEASE JOIN US AT THE TABLE AND
ECI AMEH WOULD YOU DO THE
INTRODUCTIONS .
>> COUNCILMEMBERS CUT THIS IS MY
SECOND TIME GETTING TO GREET YOU
IN THE LANGUAGE OF NIGERIA AND
GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS MORNING. WE
ARE HERE FROM THE COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION AND VERY VERY
EXCITED . THIS AGENDA HAS A LOT
OF ITEMS THAT ARE DEEPLY
IMPORTANT AND PERSONAL TO US AND
ONE OF OUR GREATEST JOYS OF THE
OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER A
COMMISSIONER FOR APPOINTMENT .
IN THIS CASE , KEN NSIMBI IS
ACTUALLY AN APPOINTEE SO WE
APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL CHAIR FOR
THIS APPOINTMENT. ONE OF THE
MANY THINGS THAT WE REALLY VALUE
IN COMMISSIONERS IS A DEEP SENSE
OF COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY. AND
KEN NSIMBI IS THAT BRINGING OVER
25 YEARS OF VERY DEEP-ROOTED
YOUTH ADVOCACY, RACIAL EQUITY
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCACY WITH
MANY DIFFERENT DIVERSE
COMMUNITIES INCLUDING IMMIGRANTS
AND REFUGEES . HE IS TRILINGUAL
SPEAKING ENGLISH, SWAHILI AND
THE GONDOLA. SO THE OPPORTUNITY
TO REPRESENT MANY OF THE DIVERSE
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE PART OF
SEATTLE IS A HUGE GAIN FOR THE
COMMISSION AND HE ALSO WORKED
FOR KANE COUNTY AND WORKED WITH
THE KANE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE
WORKING ON PROGRAMS FORMALLY
KNOWN AS ZERO YOUTH DETENTION
BUT ALSO DIVERSION PROGRAMS AND
ALTERNATIVES TO YOUTH DETENTION.
WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO
WORK WITH HIM ON THIS
COMMISSION. AS YOU KNOW, AS I
PRESENTED IN FEBRUARY, THE
COMMISSION PRESENTED A GAP
ANALYSIS THAT LOOKED AT MAKING
SURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE THAT WE
ARE APPOINTING COMMISSIONERS WHO
REPRESENT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT
AREAS OF SEATTLE THAT SHOULD BE
REPRESENTED ON THE COMMISSION.
SO IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT GAP
ANALYSIS, WE HAVE ALSO FOUND HIM
TO BRING MANY OF THE SKILLS THAT
ADDRESS THE AREAS OF THAT GAP
ANALYSIS. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
TWO COCHAIRS TO SPEAK MORE ON
THIS TO YOUR. I WILL
PASS IT OVER.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO
SPEAK . WE DID HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DO AN INTERVIEW
WITH HIM AND HEAR HIS PASSION
AND LOVE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND I
HAD MULTIPLE BOUTS OF WHAT THE
TEAM NEEDS AND HE MEETS A LOT OF
THAT. WE DO HAVE A CLEAR
DIRECTION OF WHAT THE CPC WANTS
TO DO AND GO AND EVERYTHING HE
TALKED ABOUT IN HIS PASSION AND
LIVED EXPERIENCE WAS REALLY
GROUNDBREAKING AND FOR WHAT WE
WANT TO ACTUALLY DO AND STEER
THE DIRECTION IN . I AM EXCITED
FOR HIM TO BE APPOINTED HERE AND
GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP
OUT THE CPC FOR WHERE IT NEEDS
TO GO IN THE FUTURE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM JOEL
MERKEL COCHAIR OF THE POLICE
COMMISSION AND A COCHAIR SINCE
2022. I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF
COMMISSIONERS COME AND GO WITH A
LOT OF NEW COMMISSIONERS
APPOINTED. I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF
THE ARK OF THE CPC OVER THE LAST
TWO YEARS. I AM VERY EXCITED
TODAY FOR THIS NOMINATION
BECAUSE ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT ASSETS OF THE CPC IS
OUR COMMISSIONERS AND ESPECIALLY
THEIR CONNECTION TO COMMUNITY
AND THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE. WHEN
WE HAVE INTERVIEWED CANDIDATES
RECENTLY, YOU KNOW, THIS ONE
JUST JUMPED OUT IN TERMS OF ALL
OF THOSE THINGS THAT HE IS
OFFERING, PARTICULARLY THE LIVED
EXPERIENCE AND THE DEEP ROOTS TO
THE COMMUNITY. AND PARTICULARLY
INTERESTED IN THE WORK HE HAS
DONE ON ZERO YOUTH DETENTION AND
ALL THE CONNECTIONS IN THE
COMMUNITY WITH CRIMINAL JUSTICE
AFFECTED YOUTH. I AM GRATEFUL
THAT THE COUNCIL IS PUTTING HIS
NAME FORWARD AND NOMINATING HIM.
I AM THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO WORK
WITH HIM MOVING FORWARD AS A
COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NOW, I GUESS THE FLOOR IS
YOURS. PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF
AND YOUR BACKGROUND AND WHAT YOU
LOOK TO ACHIEVE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I ALSO WANT
TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE
COUNCILMEMBERS FOR HAVING ME. I
DO NEED TO GET THROUGH
EVERYTHING BECAUSE THOSE ARE
VERY GENEROUS WORDS TO WHAT I
DO. MY NAME IS KEN NSIMBI, A
LOCAL HERE IN SEATTLE COMING IN
FROM KENYA . I AM INDEED VERY
PASSIONATE ABOUT COMMUNITY
BECAUSE THE REASON I AM SITTING
IN FRONT OF YOU HERE TODAY AND
AT THIS RATE POSITION IS BECAUSE
OF WHAT COMMUNITY HAS DONE FOR
ME , A SINGLE MOM AND AN AFRICAN
BOY LANDED HERE IN 2001 WITH HIS
SIBLINGS. WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT
YOU GUYS HAD SNOW HERE BECAUSE I
AM NOT USED TO THAT WEATHER AND
TOUCHED DOWN. WHEN WE GOT HERE,
WE GOT TO EXPERIENCE WHAT THE
AMERICAN DREAM LOOKS LIKE. PART
OF THAT I AM 6'3" AND
DREADLOCKS WHICH DOESN'T GET ME
THAT FAR I HAVE COME TO FOUND
OUT BECAUSE OF MY LOOK. THEY GET
TO KNOW ME AND THEY KNOW THE
HEART, BUT IF YOU SEE ME,
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT BRINGS UP A
LOT OF THINGS FOR PEOPLE. AND
WHEN YOU KEPT HEARING THE
COMMISSIONERS REFER TO A LIVED
EXPERIENCE, THAT IS MY STORY.
WHEN IT COMES TO BEING STOPPED
OR BEING PUT AT GUNPOINT AND
BEING HARASSED AND THEN THEY
FIND OUT WHO YOU WORK WITH OR
THEY FIND OUT WHO YOU ARE OR
FIND OUT YOU DON'T HAVE A
SINGLE TICKET ON YOUR RECORD.
BUT OVER AND OVER HAVING TO GO
THROUGH THAT AND THEN WORKING
WITH THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN
THAT WE DO SERVE WEATHER IT BE
IN JUVENILE DETENTION OR JUST
HOMELESS YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS
I HAVE WORKED WITH FOR ABOUT SIX
YEARS AND GETTING TO SEE THE
ANXIETY THAT HAPPENS WITH THEM
WHEN THE POLICE WALK IN THE ROOM
FOR WHETHER IT IS A SMALL
DISTURBANCE OR WHATEVER THE CASE
MAY BE AND LET ME INTRODUCE
THIS. I WAS EXCITED WHEN THIS
OPPORTUNITY CAME UP. I HAVE SEEN
COMMUNITY POLICING AND WORKING
CLOSELY WITH COMMUNITY WORK
EXTREMELY WELL . THAT IS MY
VISION AND MY GOAL AND TO
CONTINUE THE GREAT WORK BEING
DONE ON THE COMMISSION. I DO
THINK WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER
THAN DIVIDED. AND BEING ABLE TO
SPEAK AND BEING ABLE TO WORK
UNDER THAT AND ADVOCATE INTO THE
COMMUNITY I WORK WITH. CURRENTLY
CUT THE BIGGEST ONE IS THE
IMMIGRANTS POPULATION THAT IS
ALSO FACING SOME TENSION . BUT
THEN ALSO BEING ABLE TO COME
THROUGH AND SHARE THE EXPERIENCE
AND BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH ALL
OF THE SIDES IN UNISON TO CREATE
A SAFE AND A THRIVING COMMUNITY
IS WHAT I DESIRE. IT IS WHAT HAS
GOTTEN ME TO WHERE I AM AT. IT
IS WHAT I HAVE SEEN HELP
SUCCESSFUL YOUNG PEOPLE AND JUST
CHANGING THE NARRATIVE OF WHAT
THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. SO I AM
NOW GOING TO STOP AND GO FURTHER
WITHOUT TAKING ANY TIME. BUT
THINK YOU FOR THE INVITATION,
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I WILL
MAKE THE WHOLE GROUP PROUD
BECAUSE I'M EXCITED TO CONNECT
MY COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AND
BUILD THOSE RIDGES THAT ARE
BEING BUILT THIS PAST STATYOU.
>> THINK YOU . AS USUAL, CUSTOM
ON THE COMMITTEE, I TURNED TO MY
VICE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR SAKA, TO
START UP WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AND
THANK YOU AND HOW DO YOU
PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME ?
>> KEN NSIMBI. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I DO
APPLAUD AND COMMEND YOUR
DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO
SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY, OUR
COMMUNITY, IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE. THIS IS TOUGH WORK. IT
IS TREMENDOUSLY IMPACTFUL WORK
AS WELL. AND SO, I DO APPLAUD
YOUR SERVICE . AND ALSO YOUR
SACRIFICE. YOU WILL LEARN THAT
SERVICE REQUIRES SACRIFICE. SO I
JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. I DO
APPRECIATE YOUR IMMIGRANT STORY
WHICH IS THE AMERICAN STORY. I
TOO AM A PROUD SON OF A NIGERIAN
IMMIGRANT SO I GUESS THAT MAKES
ME FIRST-GENERATION. I DO
UNDERSTAND FIRSTHAND THE
STRUGGLE AND SORT OF FORCED
ASSIMILATION AT TIMES AND KIND
OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. IN ANY
EVENT, I DO APPRECIATE THE DEPTH
AND BREADTH OF YOUR EXPERIENCES
AND PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL
COMMUNITY. AND IMPORTANTLY LIVED
EXPERIENCES. I THINK THE
COMMISSION WOULD BE WELL SERVED
WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS
BODY. BECAUSE YOUR PERSPECTIVE
MATTERS WITH THE DIRECT LIVED
EXPERIENCES. SO , I WILL STOP
THERE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
>> THINK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA. COUNCIL PRESIDENT?
>> THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP.
AND I AM VERY INTERESTED IN THE
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT YOU
BRING. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT
OUR YOUTH AND HOW WELL THEY ARE
BEING SERVED BY THE PROGRAMS WE
HAVE TO DIVERT FROM VIOLENCE AND
INTERRUPT THE SCHOOL TO PRISON
PIPELINE. I THINK THIS IS AN
AREA THAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
TO FOCUS ON. I DO NOTICE ON YOUR
RESUME THAT YOU MANAGE , YOU
DID, MANAGE A CONTRACT BUDGET OF
$2.4 MILLION OF DAY-TO-DAY
SUPERVISION AND MONITORING YOUTH
PROVIDER PARTNERS AND ALIGNMENTS
BETWEEN 15 KANE COUNTY HOUSING
SITES. THAT IS A LOT. I DON'T
KNOW VERY MUCH ABOUT THAT AND I
KNOW MORE ABOUT THE SEATTLE
HOUSING AUTHORITY. SO I'M NOT
SURE WHAT PROGRAMS THEY OFFER.
WE IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE HAVE A
LINE ITEM IN THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT WHICH IS COMMUNITY
SAFETY INITIATIVE WHICH IS WHERE
THESE DIVERSION PROGRAMS LIVE
AND I AM WONDERING IF YOU HAVE
EVER COORDINATED WITH THE
CONTRACT PROVIDERS WE WORK WITH
AND WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE THERE
TO FORM A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE
HOUSING AUTHORITY PROGRAMS AND
WHAT SEATTLE IS ENGAGED IN.
>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
FORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF MY ROLE
AT KING COUNTY HOUSING, I WAS
OFFERED A POSITION AT KING
COUNTY AND IF YOU HAVE SEEN ON
MY RESUME THE CONTRACT MANAGER
AND THE MANAGER FOR SCHOOL TO
PRISON PIPELINE. WITH THAT, IT
WAS A BIGGER BUDGET. IT ALSO
EXPANDED MY NETWORK WITH
PROVIDERS. WITH THAT ONE COW WE
WERE ABLE TO DIRECTLY FUND 12
ORGANIZATIONS THAT FIVE OF WHICH
DID DIVERGENT PROGRAMS. THAT IS
COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS. SO I DO
HAVE ALL OF THOSE CURRENT THE
RIGHT NOW IN RELATIONSHIP TO BE
ABLE TO BRING THOSE WITH ME ONTO
THIS COMMISSION. SO I DID THAT
FOR TWO AND HALF YEARS BEFORE
THEY PULLED ME INTO THE
EXECUTIVE OFFICE. SO I AM VERY
CLOSELY KNIT -- ON THIS TEAM
CALLED THE KAREN CLOSURE TEAM WE
ALSO PARTNER WITH IN THE DETENT
OR YOUTH DETENTION. THE ALL
CROSS LINES AND WE ARE VERY
STRONGLY PARTNERED WITH THEM IN
BEING ABLE TO CREATE HEALING
CIRCLES IN COUNTY DETENTION. I
THINK WE HAVE 65 YOUNG PEOPLE
THERE THIS MORNING BECAUSE I DO
GET A REPORT AS TO HOW MANY. WE
ARE ABLE TO SIT DOWN WITH THEM
IN A BIWEEKLY CADENCE AND ASK
THEM WHAT DO THEY WANT TO SEE OR
WHAT TYPE OF PROGRAMMING OR WHAT
TYPE OF SUPPORT THEY NEED TO SEE
FOR THEM NOT TO BE COMING BACK
TO JUVENILE DETENTION. THESE ARE
RELATIONSHIPS AND PROVIDERS WE
HAVE THAT ARE CLOSELY KNIT. I AM
VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE JUMPED
INTO THOSE RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH
MY CURRENT WORK WITH KING
COUNTY.
>> YES. THAT IS THE KIND OF
RESPONSE I WAS HOPING FOR.
BECAUSE THE WORK IN THE REGION,
NO MATTER WHICH JURISDICTION IS
PAYING THEM .
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WANTED TO
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND
YOUR COMMITMENT AND SERVICE.
HOPEFULLY I DO SAY THIS RIGHT.
THE SUN I HAD A COACH FROM KENYA
ONE OF THE BEST REBOUNDERS,
BRENDA , AND SHE WAS PHENOMENAL.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO THIS
WORK AND I THINK IT IS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU
HAVE THAT YOUTH COMPONENT HE
SAYS WELL AS WE TALK ABOUT THE
PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION
STUFF THAT WE NEED HERE IN
SEATTLE. I DO WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND SERVICE.
AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH YOU ON THE COMMISSION.
>> THINK YOU , COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH. I DO SEE YOUR
BILINGUAL TOO.
>> JUST ONE OR TWO WORDS.
>> ANY OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS?
OKAY. I DO NOT SEE ANYTHING ON
THE SCREEN HERE. SO AS CHAIR I
USUALLY GO LAST AND ANY
QUESTIONS FOR MY COLLEAGUES THAT
MAY JUMP IN. THREE THINGS THAT I
AM NOTING AND REVIEWING YOUR
RESUME AND YOUR BACKGROUND AND
THEN YOUR COMMENTS TODAY AND
COMMENTS I GOT FROM MY STAFF AND
THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH MY
TEAM AS PART OF THIS NOMINATION
PROCESS. FIRST IS THE
IMMIGRATION THAT YOU TALKED
ABOUT LANDING AND SEEING SNOW
AND LIKE COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, I
AM A FIRST GENERATION AMERICAN
AND VERY DIFFERENT IN MANY WAYS.
MY PARENTS ARE FROM ENGLAND. BUT
AT THE SAME TIME, THERE ARE A
LOT OF SIMILARITIES. BUT THEY
LANDED FIRST AT JFK AND THEN
WESTERN NEW YORK. THE AMOUNT OF
SNOW WITH MUCH HIGHER. BUT I
HAVE LEARNED FROM HAVING
IMMIGRANT PARENTS AND SEEING
OTHER IMMIGRANT FAMILIES. I DO
KNOW THE DRIVE THAT COMES FROM
THAT, THE DRIVE OF ACHIEVING THE
AMERICAN DREAM. I HAVE SEEN IT
HERE WITH CONTRACTORS AND SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS, WHO ARE REALLY
WORKING HARD TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE. SO IDENTIFYING AND
RECOGNIZING THAT COMMONALITY AND
I DO SEE IT IN YOUR RESUME. THE
QUESTION I DO HAVE, THE FIRST
QUESTION I HAVE IS THE DEPTH AND
BREADTH OF EXPERIENCE AND I SEE
THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB WHERE MY
DAUGHTER PLEASE BASEBALL AND
LITTLE LEAGUE AND THEN I SEE
CROSSES ALL OVER. CAN YOU SPEAK
TO BEING IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF
KING COUNTY, BUT ALSO SEATTLE,
AND HOW DOES THAT INFORM YOUR
POSITION OR HELP YOU IN TERMS OF
COMING INTO THIS POSITION?
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I WILL
TALK ABOUT THE BALLARD BOYS AND
GIRLS CLUB. I WAS COACHED THERE
FOR THREE YEARS AND THAT WAS
ACTUALLY MY FIRST JOB IN THE
UNITED STATES. IT HOLDS A
SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART. AND
YOU DID MENTION BALLARD AND THE
BELLEVUE AREA WORKING WITH THE
IMMIGRANTS OF SEATTLE, WHICH I
HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MY TIME
BECAUSE WHEN I WAS WORKING FOR
THE NEW HORIZONS YOUTH AND YOUNG
ADULT HOMELESS SHELTER ON THIRD
AVENUE IS WHERE I SPENT ABOUT
SEVEN YEARS GOING THERE. SO
BEING ABLE TO -- I WAS THEN
WORKING FOR KING COUNTY AND THE
HOUSING AUTHORITY WHICH ARE 15
SITES I MENTIONED SPREAD ALL THE
WAY FROM SHORELINE ALL THE WAY
DOWN TO AUBURN SO YOU SEE ME
DRIVING ACROSS THAT ANY GIVEN
DAY DOING THAT AND THE
IMPORTANCE OF THAT WAS GETTING
TO SEE THE DIFFERENT NEED BASED
ON DIFFERENT AREAS THAT IN
SEATTLE I HAVE SEEN THAT YOUNG
PEOPLE EVEN FROM OUTSIDE FROM
WHETHER IT IS SOUTH OR NORTH
CONGREGATE FROM THE DEBIT I SEE
ESPECIALLY WORKING IN THE
JUVENILE DETENTION WHETHER YOU
COME IN TO DOWNTOWN FOR WHATEVER
ACTIVITIES AND A LOT OF THE
THINGS HAPPEN HERE. THIS IS
LOCALLY. SO BEING ABLE TO SEE
DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS AND
DIFFERENT BEHAVIORS IN YOUNG
PEOPLE, ENCOUNTERING DIFFERENT
CHIEFS AND DEPUTY CHIEFS I WORK
WITH CLOSELY, ESPECIALLY THE
DIVERSION PROGRAM I AM PROUD OF
, THE ONE IN SOUTH CENTER MALL
EVERY YOUNG PERSON CAUGHT TAKING
SOMETHING TO AVOID THEM GETTING
A RECORD, ONE OF MY PROGRAMS IS
CONTRACTED WITH A PROVIDER THERE
WHERE THE OFFICER TAKES THEM TO
THE NONPROFIT AND THEY ARE ABLE
TO WORK OFF VOLUNTEER HOURS OR
WRITE AN APOLOGY TO THE STORE
AND NOT GET THEIR NAME ON THE
RECORD THAT YOUNG. WE SEE THAT
ONCE THE RECORD STARTS BUILDING,
IT GOES DOWNHILL. AND SIMILARLY
BEING AN ADVOCATE TO THE
HOMELESS AND YOUNG ADULTS AT THE
DOWNTOWN SHELTER AT NEW
HORIZONS, WE ARE ABLE TO BE THE
BRIDGE BETWEEN THEM AND THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT OR BEING ABLE TO
SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF AND ALSO
HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD WHEN
COMFORTABLE AND APPROPRIATE. SO
TOUCHING ON THESE AREAS GAVE ME
THE SKILL AND ABILITY TO BE ABLE
TO KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE AND
BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH SEVERAL
DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS AND BOTH
IN THE POLICE AND COMMUNITY WISE
AND THE LEADERS SURROUNDING IN
ORDER TO COME TOGETHER AT THE
TABLE. THAT GOES FAR BECAUSE
WHEN YOU'RE ADVOCATING FOR A
YOUNG PERSON OR I SHOW UP AND I
HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
CHIEF OR DEPUTY CHIEF, THAT GOES
DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE I BELIEVE ME
THEY SHOULD BE THE YOUNG PERSON
BUT THEY SEE ME AND THEY HEAR MY
ADVOCACY FOR THE YOUNG PERSON
AND OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE AND JUMP --
IN GENERAL. SO HAVING THAT
BACKGROUND HAS HELPED ME THE
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING AND BEING
ABLE TO BRIDGE THOSE GAPS THAT
ARE MUCH-NEEDED.
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU FOR
THAT. YOU KNOW, LAST PART IS,
AND I WILL MAKE A STATEMENT. I
AM REALLY INTERESTED IN
COMMUNITY SAFETY. THERE ARE
THREE PIECES FOR THIS YEAR THAT
I AM LOOKING TO DO WITH THE
COMMITTEE IS ADDRESSING
ORDINANCES AND THE LIKE WHICH IS
ON TODAY'S AGENDA LATER. THE
OTHER PIECE IS A FUNCTIONAL
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM BECAUSE
WE DO HAVE PROBLEMS, WHICH PLAYS
INTO OTHER ISSUES LIKE I SAID IN
MY COMMENT ABOUT RECRUITMENT AND
RETENTION OF OFFICERS. THE THIRD
ONE IS COMMUNITY SAFETY. IN A
WAY IT IS ANOTHER LEVEL OF
ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE. WE DO TEND
TO FOCUS A LOT ON THE CARE
DEPARTMENT AND HEALTH ONE AND 99
AND CSO'S AND SPD, BUT WE ALSO
NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THIS OTHER
VERSION OF ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE
WHICH WE CALL COMMUNITY SAFETY.
WE WILL ALSO HAVE AN UPCOMING
MEETING SO PART OF ME WANTS TO
INVITE YOU TO THAT MEETING TO
SIT THERE BECAUSE I WOULD BE
INTERESTED IN YOUR THOUGHTS OF
THE PRESENTATION. BECAUSE IT IS
THAT IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU FOR
COMING TODAY AND FOR BRINGING
YOUR EXPERTISE AND YOUR
EXPERIENCE. WITH THAT , I WOULD
LIKE TO NOW , PENDING ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS MOVE THE COMMUNITY
RECOMMENDS CONFIRMATION OF
APPOINTMENT 3129 AND IS THERE A
SECOND ?
>> SECOND.
>> SO MOVED. AND RECOMMEND
APPOINTMENT AND WE ALREADY HAD
OUR APPOINTMENT. ANY ADDITIONAL
SECONDS? I DON'T SEE ANY. WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE
AND RECOMMENDATION TO AFFIRM THE
APPOINTMENT.
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> FIVE IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED. EXPECT GREAT.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT
3129, MR. KEN NSIMBI. YOLANDA HO
-- ACTUALLY OUR BILINGUAL
COUNCILMEMBER , COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH WILL DO THAT. THE
MOTION CARRIES ON THE
RECOMMENDATION THAT IT WILL BE
CONFIRMED IN WILL BE SENT TO THE
MAY SIX MEETING. SO THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE SECOND
ITEM OF BUSINESS AND WILL THE
CLERK READ ITEM 2 TO THE RECORD?
>> APPOINTMENT 3128 OF
APPOINTMENT ECI AMEH AS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
SEATTLE POLICE COMMUNITY
COMMISSION.
>> THANK YOU FOR STAYING WITH
US, DIRECTOR. YOU MAY HAVE TO
GET COCHAIR MERKEL APPEAR.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE HIM?
>> I THINK YOU CAN HANDLE IT
YOURSELF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I
WILL DO AS I AM INSTRUCTED FROM
THE CLERKS. I MOVE THAT THE
COMMUNITY RECOMMENDS
CONFIRMATION APPOINTMENT 3128
AND IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> A MOVE AND A SECOND TO
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENT . COMMENTS FIRST WE
START WITH YOU , DIRECTOR.
>> AGAIN THE LAST TIME I WAS A.
AND GREETED YOU THAT WAY MY MOM
WATCHED THE HEARING LATER AND
SAID YOUR FIRST WORD IS GOOD BUT
THE OTHER NEEDS WORK. SO I SAY
THIS TO THE CAMERA. I WILL START
WITH CULTURE IN TERMS OF
INTRODUCTIONS. AGAIN MY NAME IS
ECI AMEH CUT THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE SEATTLE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION.
CULTURE IS REALLY AT THE ROOT OF
MY STORY. I AM THE DAUGHTER OF
TWO NIGERIAN IMMIGRANTS WHO CAME
TO THE UNITED STATES AS
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. DURING
THAT TIME, IT WAS EVEN HARDER
THAN IT IS NOW TO MAKE THAT
JOURNEY FROM A SMALL VILLAGE IN
NIGERIA ALL THE WAY TO THIS BIG
UNIVERSITY. THE KIND OF ETHIC
THEY INSTILLED IN ME IS THE
REASON I AM SITTING UP HERE
TODAY. MY FATHER CAME HERE AND
GOT TWO ENGINEERING DEGREES FROM
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON,
AERONAUTICAL AND INDUSTRIAL
ENGINEERING. DURING THAT TIME
THAT HE WAS STUDYING AS A
STUDENT, WE WERE STILL IN
NIGERIA. HE DROVE A CAB FROM
6:00 P.M. UNTIL 6:00 A.M. AND
THEN ATTENDED CLASSES DURING THE
DAY TO MAKE SURE HIS FAMILY
COULD MAKE IT HERE AND BE A PART
OF THIS OPPORTUNITY. EVEN THOUGH
WE TRAGICALLY LOST HIM IN 2022,
HE WOULD BE SO PROUD TO SEE THIS
MOMENT RIGHT NOW. LET'S FACE IT
, HE KNEW IT WAS COMING. THIS IS
EXACTLY WHAT HE BUILT ME UP FOR.
SO I SAY THAT TO SAY THAT MY
CULTURE AND THAT STORY OF
IMMIGRATION AND COMING HERE FOR
OPPORTUNITY BUT ALSO COMING HERE
TO DEEPLY INVEST IN COMMUNITIES
SO EVERYBODY CAN ENJOY THAT SAME
OPPORTUNITY IS MY PASSION AND
WHAT DRIVES ME . PROFESSIONALLY,
I AM AN ATTORNEY AND SPENT MOST
THE DECADE OF MY CAREER IN
OLYMPIA STATE GOVERNMENT. I HAVE
WORKED FOR THREE OR FOUR
DIFFERENT STATE AGENCIES, BUT I
STARTED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES AND
RAN THE STATEWIDE PROGRAM ON
RACIAL DISPROPORTIONALITY
FOCUSING ON THE CHILD WELFARE
SYSTEM AND ITS PIPELINE TO THE
JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM BECAUSE
THEIR CROSSOVER POPULATIONS. I
MOVED ON AND BECAME THE CHIEF
LEGAL OFFICER FOR THE DEPARTMENT
OF COMMERCE AND HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT ALL
OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH
GOVERNMENT IMPACTS THE MANY
SYSTEMS THAT THE COMMUNITIES
EXPERIENCE AND INTERACT WITH.
PART OF THE JOURNEY FOR ME
COMING FROM BEING AN ATTORNEY AT
ALL THE DIFFERENT PATHS YOU CAN
GO ON THAT WAY AND THE DIRECT
REPRESENTATION PATH BUT REALLY
WHAT LED ME TO GOVERNMENT WITH
THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT
SYSTEM. IT ISN'T JUST THIS CASE
IS CLOSED AND MOVE ON TO THE
NEXT ONE BUT REALLY LOOKING MORE
DEEPLY AT WHAT IS DRIVING THOSE
CASES IN THE FIRST PLACE. I AM
ABOUT SYSTEMS CHANGE. I AM ALSO
ABOUT ANTIRACIST AND PRO- EQUITY
PRINCIPLES EMBEDDED IN
GOVERNMENT AND THAT IS WHAT THE
COMMUNITIES DESERVE. COMMUNITIES
HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY
DISENFRANCHISED PARTICULARLY
BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES AND
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
COMMUNITIES WITH MANY OTHER
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES
DISENFRANCHISED FROM THE
SERVICES THAT THE GOVERNMENT HA
REALLY IMPORTANT THAT AS A
GOVERNMENT WE EMBODY THOSE
ANTIRACIST PRINCIPLES WHICH
MEANS MAKING SURE THAT COMMUNITY
HAS A FRONT SEAT AT THE TABLE.
EQUITY PRINCIPLES SAY THAT THOSE
THAT ARE MOST IMPACTED BY THE
DECISION-MAKING OF GOVERNMENT
SHOULD HAVE A VOICE AND IT. ALSO
OFTEN HAVE THE BEST SOLUTIONS.
SO IF YOU ARE MOST IMPACTED BY
POLICING, YOU'RE ALSO THE
PERSON WHO HAS THE BEST
SOLUTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO
DO IN TERMS OF THAT. THAT IS
REALLY THE MISSION OF THE CPC. I
AM REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE
TODAY. IT IS MY SECOND TIME WITH
THE CITY OF SEATTLE IN THE FIRST
TIME I SERVED AS THE DEPUTY
DIRECTOR OF THE SEATTLE OFFICE
FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IN 2020. THIS
WAS FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS WE
ATTENDED MEETINGS ABOUT
SOMETHING CALLED CORONAVIRUS. WE
DIDN'T EXACTLY KNOW WHAT THAT
WAS. WITHIN TWO WEEKS CUT WE
REFOCUSED ON SENDING OUR ENTIRE
WORKFORCE HOME. AND THEN AT THE
CIVIL RIGHTS OFFICE IN SEATTLE,
WE HAD TO QUICKLY PIVOT TO
RESPOND TO WHAT THE NATION
CALLED ITS RACIAL RECKONING
AROUND POLICE BRUTALITY AND
RACISM BUT WAS REALLY SOMETHING
THAT COMMUNITIES HAD KNOWN AND
EXPERIENCED FOR A LONG TIME
BEFORE THAT. I MOVED TO KING
COUNTY THEN AND SPENT TIME IS
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE
OFFICE OF EQUITY, RACIAL, AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE AND A PART OF
MAKING SURE THE OFFICE WASN'T
JUST A FUNCTIONAL OFFICE IN KING
COUNTY BUT WAS ALSO CODIFIED
INTO THE COUNTY CODE AS A
PERMANENT ENTITY. HERE AT THE
CPC, ONE OF MY FOCUSES HAS BEEN
BUILDING A HIGHLY FUNCTIONAL AND
HEALTHY ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE.
THE CPC, ABOUT 6 TO 8 MONTHS AGO
WHEN I CAME ON BOARD WAS IN A
STATE OF DEEP TRANSITION. WE HAD
ALMOST A 100% TURNOVER OF STAFF.
AND NOW, THE ORGANIZATION IS
HIGHLY FUNCTIONAL , HEALTHY,
ENGAGED, PASSIONATE , INVESTED
IN COMMUNITY, AND CROSS
FUNCTIONAL. BUT I WILL HAVE MORE
TIME TO TALK ABOUT THEM. BECAUSE
I WILL BE UP HERE AGAIN IN A
MOMENT FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
LET ME GET BACK TO ME. I WILL
JUST TALK FOR A MOMENT BUT IF
YOU HOLD AND THEN I YIELD TO ANY
QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. RIGHT NOW AS
THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE CPC, I HAVE BEEN FOCUSED
ON GLOBAL RELATIONSHIPS MEANING
INTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS
CITY GOVERNMENT AND EXTERNAL
RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNITIES.
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT BUILDING
RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNITY AND
GOVERNMENT, I THINK OFTEN THE
REAL CHALLENGE IS TO REACH PAST
THE COMMUNITIES THAT ALREADY
HAVE ACCESS. SO THE FOLKS WHO
ARE MOST IMPACTED BY POLICING IN
SEATTLE, QUITE FRANKLY, HAVE THE
HARDEST TIME MAKING IT TO A 9:30
A.M. PUBLIC MEETING TO SHARE
THEIR COMMENTARY ON HOW THEY ARE
IMPACTED AND THEY HAVE A HARD
TIME MAKING IT TO OUR 9:00 A.M.
PUBLIC MEETING RIGHT FRANKLY
ALTHOUGH WE DO ALLOW FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT. IT IS A CHALLENGE TO BE
ABLE TO REACH TO THOSE FURTHEST
FROM JUSTICE. SO THAT REALLY IS
OUR MISSION RIGHT NOW ON MEETING
COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY ARE AT.
ANOTHER PRIORITY FOR ME IS
RIGHTSIZING OUR RESOURCES. THE
MONEY NEEDS TO FOLLOW THE
MISSION. RIGHT NOW, IN SEATTLE,
WE ARE IN YET ANOTHER BUDGET
DEFICIT SCENARIO. I DO THINK, AS
I WILL SHARE WITH YOU MORE LATER
IN THIS PRESENTATION, I THINK
THAT RIGHT NOW IT'S A TIME
WHERE INVESTMENTS ARE GOING TO
COMMUNICATE OUR VALUES. THIRD ,
MAKING SURE WE CENTER COMMUNITY
AND ACCOUNTABILITY AS SEATTLE
LOOKS AT THE POSSIBILITY OF A
POST CONSENT DECREE FUTURE. WHAT
DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO MAKE SURE
THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IS
STRONG ENOUGH TO STAND ON ITS
OWN WITHOUT OVERSIGHT? THAT
MEANS ENSURING THAT THE
COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO HAVE A
VOICE AT THE TABLE. THOSE ARE
SOME OF MY PRIORITIES. I WILL
STOP HERE AND YIELD TO ANY
QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK
YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE
YOUR COMMENTS. I THINK MOST OF
US HAVE INTERACTED WITH YOU IN
MANY WAYS AND OBVIOUSLY I HAVE
HAD MANY MEETINGS WITH YOU IN MY
OFFICE. BUT I WILL SHIFT TO MY
VICE CHAIR . ANY QUESTIONS ,
VICE CHAIR SAKA?
>> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU,
DIRECTOR COPPER STEPPING UP AND
WILLINGNESS TO SERVE A NEW ANY
MORE FORMALIZED APPROVAL
CAPACITY. AND THANK YOU FOR
SHARING MORE ABOUT YOUR OWN SORT
OF BACKGROUND AND JOURNEY AND
YOUR IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE. IT IS
VERY IMPORTANT. THAT IS THE
AMERICAN STORY. I AM GLAD YOU DO
UNDERSTAND WHO YOU ARE , WHERE
YOU COME FROM, AND, BECAUSE
MAINTAINING THAT, AS YOUR FOCUS
AND YOUR NORTH STAR, WILL HELP
TUNE OUT -- FOCUS ON WHAT REALLY
MATTERS MOST. BECAUSE THERE IS
ALWAYS A LOT GOING ON. AND YOU
HAVE TO NAVIGATE A LOT OF
DIVERGENT VIEWS AND OPINIONS
EVEN AND LISTEN TO THE MALL. BUT
ALSO STAIN TRUE TO YOUR NORTH
STAR, WHATEVER IT IS, IS VERY
IMPORTANT . SO THANK YOU FOR
YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE AND,
YES, ABSOLUTELY, YOUR LATE
FATHER WOULD BE TREMENDOUSLY
PROUD OF YOU AND YOUR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND YOUR
ACHIEVEMENTS AND EVEN BEING HERE
TODAY. MY FATHER , AGAIN, IS A
NIGERIAN IMMIGRANT SO I AM A
FIRST GENERATION AMERICAN AND I
THINK THAT IS WHAT MAKES ME.
BUT, IN ANY EVENT, AND HE
UNFORTUNATELY IS IN SOMEWHAT
ALIEN HEALTH HIMSELF AS OF LATE,
THEY DID HAVE A CHANCE TO PICK
HIS BRAIN AND BETTER UNDERSTAND
HOW HE CAME FROM NIGERIA
ULTIMATELY TO THE UNITED STATES.
IT IS JUST AN EXCELLENT STORY .
TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT,
ENDED UP THAT HE HAD A ONE-WAY
TICKET TO THE UNITED STATES ON A
STUDENT VISA IN LEGOS AND ENDED
UP IN NEW YORK. THE FIRST PERSON
, HIS PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT
HE WAS GOING TO STAY WITH TO GO
TO SCHOOL, APPARENTLY NO LONGER
LIVED THERE. AND SO KNOCKING ON
THE DOOR OF THE PERSON WHO
DIDN'T EVEN LIVE THERE ANYMORE.
HIS BACKUP WAS IN MINNEAPOLIS.
SO HE GOT A ONE-WAY TICKET FROM
NEW YORK CITY TO MINNEAPOLIS.
AND DIDN'T EVEN HAVE AN EXACT
ADDRESS BUT JUST A NAME OF HIS
BACKUP PLAN. HE DID GET INTO A
CAB IN THE MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL
AIRPORT IN THE CAB DRIVER IS
LIKE WHERE YOU WANT TO GO? AND
HE SAID, I WANT TO MEET MY
FRIEND AND HERE IS HIS NAME. AND
HE IS LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHO
THAT IS, BUT I DO KNOW IN
MINNEAPOLIS THERE IS A 15 STORY
APARTMENT BUILDING WHERE A LOT
OF AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS LIVE . AND
HE TOOK HIM THERE. LOW AND
BEHOLD THAT WAS THE PLACE WHERE
HIS BACKUP ENDED UP LIVING. SO
HE DID STAY WITH HIM AND WENT TO
SCHOOL WHERE HE LATER MET MY
LATE MOTHER. IN ANY EVENT, THE
IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE IS REAL AND
IMPORTANT. IT IS AN IMPORTANT
PART OF OUR COLLECTIVE IDENTITY
AND NOT JUST YOUR OWN
INDIVIDUALLY AND NOT JUST YOUR
OWN AS PART OF THE BROADER
NIGERIAN COMMUNITY AND JUST
YOURS BUT PART OF THE AFRICAN
COMMUNITY. OR THE BROADER
DESCENDENTS -- OR PEOPLE OF
AFRICAN DESCENT. SO, YES, YOUR
LATE FATHER WOULD BE
TREMENDOUSLY PROUD OF YOU. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO
SERVE. I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT KIND OF SOME OF YOUR
GOALS FOR THE ORGANIZATION. AND
SPECIFICALLY WHAT YOU WOULD HOPE
TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE NEAR TERM,
LET'S SAY, SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR
IF CONFIRMED TO THIS
APPOINTMENT. WHAT WOULD YOU HOPE
TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE NEXT SIX
MONTHS TO A YEAR IN THE
SHORT-TERM OR LONG-TERM FAITH 3
TO 5 YEARS ASKED WHAT WOULD YOU
SPECIFICALLY HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH?
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION
AND INC. YOU FOR YOUR STORY AS
WELL . IT IS SHOCKING HOW MANY
SIMILARITIES THERE ARE ABOUT
JUST AS A PRACTICAL ASPECT, THE
IMMIGRATION JOURNEY. MY FATHER
ALMOST DIDN'T MAKE IT TO
SEATTLE BECAUSE HE WAS
PRONOUNCING IT AS CETYL AT THE
AIRPORT. ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR
YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE SHORT
AND LONG-TERM PRIORITIES FOR THE
ORGANIZATION. YOU ARE FORCING ME
TO GIVE SOME SPOILERS IN THE
PRESENTATION COMING UP LATER BUT
IT IS GOOD STUFF AND I WILL
SHARE IT NOW AND LATER AS WELL.
WE ARE FOCUSING ON A PLAN FOR
EXPANDING THE INFLUENCSESSBECAU
TRANSITION THAT CPC WAS AND AS I
CAME IN AND THE ABILITY TO DO
THE ROBUST LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY
WOULD LIKE TO IS A HIGHLY
FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION. IN
SPITE OF THAT, WE WERE STILL
ABLE TO DO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT
DURING THE STATE LEGISLATIVE
SESSION AND THE POLICY TEAM
REVIEWED 37 DIFFERENT BILLS
RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM BECAUSE
THE CHARGE IS A BROAD AND WE
WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO BUILD
OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE
2026 SESSION AND ALSO WE DO WANT
TO MAKE SURE AND I WAS REFERRING
EARLIER TO THE RIGHTSIZING OF
RESOURCES AND MAKING SURE THAT
WE ARE ABLE TO FULFILL
OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE
ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE. AND
THAT 86 PAGE ACCOUNTABILITY
ORDINANCE COST CPC HAS OVER 33
DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITIES. WE
ARE THE SMALLEST OF THE
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS. AND NOT
A LITTLE BIT BUT QUITE A BIT .
SO MAKING SURE WE HAVE
SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS TO BE ABLE
TO MEET THOSE OBLIGATIONS AND
LOOKING AT HOW TO THE
PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE OTHER
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS ENSURE
WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AS WE
SHOULD IN ORDER TO MEET THOSE
OBLIGATIONS AND LOOKING AT THE
OVERLAP BETWEEN OUR
RESPONSIBILITIES AND THE
RESPONSIBILITIES OF OIG, OPEN PA
AND FPD AS PARTNERS AND HOW CAN
WE DO THIS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE
MET TOGETHER AND ONE EXAMPLE IN
ADDITION IS THE SPECIAL SAUCE IS
OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WHICH
IS WHAT WE DO. THE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT WORK THAT CPC DOES
PAYS DIVIDENDS FOR THE ENTIRE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. WHEN WE
ARE OUT THERE, WE BRING FEEDBACK
TO SPD AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
THERE IS A WAY IN WHICH OUR TEAM
CAN MEET NEEDS THAT OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS MAY NEED OUR
SUPPORT IN DOING BETTER AND ALSO
WAYS THEY CAN SHARE RESOURCES IN
ORDER TO MEET THOSE AS WELL. WE
DO WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR WEBSITE
IS MAINTAINED IN TERMS OF THE
POLICY WORK WE ARE REQUIRED TO
MAINTAIN AND IN SOME CASES
MAKING SURE IT'S PUBLICLY
ACCESSIBLE AND ACCURATE AND THE
ACCURACY OF THAT DATA AND
INFORMATION RELIES ON THE STRONG
PARTNERSHIPS TO VALIDATE WHAT IT
IS WE ARE OBLIGATED TO REPORT
UNDER THE ORDINANCE. ALSO WANT
TO MAKE SURE WE ARE DEVELOPING
BOTH MATERIALS BUT ALSO POLICY
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE
RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY
CONCERNS AND NEEDS THAT THEY
HAVE PRIORITIZED TO US. THAT IS
IN ESSENCE BUILDING AN EFFECTIVE
FEEDBACK LOOP BETWEEN THE
ENGAGEMENT TEAM AND POLICY TEAM
AND MAKING SURE THAT WHEN ALL OF
THAT HAPPENS WE ARE TELLING A
STORY AND MAKING SURE WE CREATE
NOT JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN
INSIGHT FROM THE COMMUNITY BUT
ALSO MAKING SURE IT IS AMPLIFIED
IN GOVERNMENT AS PART OF OUR
ROLE. LASTLY, I WOULD SAY THAT
WE ARE FOCUSED ON A CONTINUED
REVIEW OF PUBLIC SAFETY
POLICIES. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF
THEM THAT HAVE RISEN TO THE
FOREFRONT AS THE CROWD
MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE HAS SHIFTED
OFF OF OUR PLATE AND HAS GONE
INTO EFFECT BUT WHEN IT CAME TO
THAT THEY INFLUENCED ALMOST
EVERY AMENDMENT THAT BECAME PART
OF THAT LEGISLATION AND WE ARE
PART OF THAT AND PROUD OF THAT.
WE ARE LOOKING TO MOVE TO OTHER
POLICY REVIEW, FOR INSTANCE THE
LEGISLATION BEING INTRODUCED
TODAY WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE
INVESTIGATION ORDINANCE, WHICH
MENTIONS CPC ALTHOUGH THEY ARE
OTHER THINGS BUT MAKING SURE WE
SET UP A SYSTEM IN WHICH WE CAN
HAVE EFFECTIVE PUBLIC SAFETY
POLICY REVIEW AFFECTING BILLS OF
IMPORTANCE TO US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO I ALWAYS HAVE TO REMIND
MYSELF HOW UNIQUE THE CPC IS AS
AN INDEPENDENT BODY AND THE
APPOINTMENT OF THE DIRECTOR IS
AT THE DISCRETION OF THE
COMMISSIONERS. WE SERVE AS SORT
OF A -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY
CHECK THE BOX SORT OF FUNCTION
YOUR APPOINOF THE
COMMISSION AND REQUIRES
CONFIRMATION FOR THE FIRST TERM.
BUT YOU CAN BE RECONFIRMED FOR A
SECOND TERM BY THE COMMISSION.
THAT REALLY DOES ENABLE A LEVEL
OF INDEPENDENCE OF YOU AND THE
BODY. I ALWAYS LIKE TO THINK OF
THE ACTION TODAY AS A
DEMONSTRATION OF TRUST AND
RESPECT FOR THE CPC ITSELF AND
ALSO THE FACT THAT YOUR
AUTHORITY AND THE SKILLS THEY
SEE IN YOU TO PUT BEFORE US IN
THIS REALLY IMPORTANT WORK. I
ALWAYS DISLIKE TO SAY THAT I DO
RECOGNIZE THAT . SO WHEN YOU
MENTIONED SOMETHING THAT I WAS
INTERESTED IN BECAUSE CONTINUING
ON THIS FRAME OF INDEPENDENCE,
LET'S SEE. WELL, CHAPTER 329,
330, SAID CPC IS A SELF
GOVERNING AND FUNCTIONALLY
DEPENDENT AND THEY MAY ADAPT
BYLAWS TO GOVERN ITS OWN
ACTIVITIES. AND AT THE NECKLACE
AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CAN DO. AND
WHEN IT COMES TO POLICY, YOU
REALLY DO WAY IN -- WEIGH IN AND
YOUR ROLE TO BE A BRIDGE BETWEEN
THE COMMUNITY AND POLICYMAKERS
IN THE CITY. LET ME SEE IF I CAN
FIND THIS. IT SAID THEY SHALL
REVIEW AND PROVIDE INPUT TO OPA,
OIG, AND SPD INCLUDING THE CITY
COUNCIL AND MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCIL INCLUDING POLICIES AND
PRACTICES OF SIGNIFICANCE TO THE
PUBLIC CONSISTENT WITH THE
PURPOSES OF THIS CHAPTER. SO YOU
WON'T BE AT THE TABLE AS WE
DISCUSS THE DRAFT LEGISLATION AT
THE END OF THIS MEETING, BUT I
WANTED ASK IF YOU HAVE BEEN
ENGAGED OR HAS CPC BEEN ENGAGED
IN PROVIDING FEEDBACK ON THAT
LEGISLATION OR CRAFTING IT UP TO
ITS POINT?
>> OKAY. LET ME SAY THIS. THE
CPC HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
REVIEW THE LEGISLATION. I THINK
ONE OF THE THEMES THAT IS BOTH A
CHALLENGE AND A NECESSARY PART
OF OUR OPERATION IS WE REQUIRE
SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER TO DO OUR
JOB RIGHT. THE REASON IS THAT
WHEN WE PROVIDE COMMENTARY ON
LEGISLATION THAT WE PROVIDE THE
POLICY REVIEW AND ANALYSIS AND
NOT ON OUR OWN BEHALF AND NOT
WHAT DC THINKS ABOUT THE
LEGISLATION OR WHAT TARYN OR
DANNY THINKS BUT IT IS ABOUT
WHAT DOES THE COMMUNITY THINK
AND US MAKING SURE WE AMPLIFY
THAT VOICE . THE REVIEW PROCESS
FOR LEGISLATION REQUIRES TIME
FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THE
NECESSARY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THAT USUALLY IS A THREE-PART
PROCESS. IT IS REALLY HARD TO GO
TO THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY
FOLKS OPERATING IN SURVIVAL
MODE, THOSE FOLKS I MENTIONED
EARLIER WHO ARE FURTHEST FROM
JUSTICE MOST IMPACTED BY POLICE.
YOU CAN'T GO WITH THEM WITH A
COMPLEX PIECE OF LEGISLATION AND
SAY WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THIS OR
DO YOU SEE THIS SUBSECTION HERE
AND HERE ARE THE REQUIREMENTS
AND PROCESSES THAT IS RIGHT NOW
AND HERE IS WHAT THIS WOULD BE
DOING DIFFERENTLY. IT IS A
NECESSARY PIECE OF PUBLIC
EDUCATION THAT INVOLVES MAKING
THAT ACCESSIBLE USING THE
CULTURALLY COMPETENT AND
RESPONSIBLE TERMS MAKING SURE WE
BUILD AN UNDERSTANDING AROUND
WHAT THIS MEANS AND HOW IT
IMPACTS COMMUNITIES. THAT IS THE
FIRST PART. WE THEN LISTEN AND
WE HEAR HOW IT AFFECTS THEM IN A
PRACTICAL WAY AND TAKE THAT
INFORMATION AND DO THE THIRD
PART WHICH IS AMPLIFY THAT AND
MAKE SURE WE ARE REPRESENTING
THAT AND INCLUDING THAT IN
LEGISLATION AS WE PROVIDE THAT.
I CAN'T SAY THAT THE TIMELINE
PROVIDED FOR THE REVIEW OF THAT
LEGISLATION ALLOWED US TO DO
THAT AS WE WOULD LIKE TO. SO
THERE ARE TIMES THAT WE DO THE
BEST WE CAN UNDER THE
CIRCUMSTANCES. I THINK ALSO IT
IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE SAW THE
APPOINTMENT OF KEN NSIMBI TODAY,
IT IS ONE OF THE REASON OUR
COMMISSIONERS ARE SO
SPECIFICALLY CHOSEN AS FOLKS WHO
REPRESENT COMMUNITY AND THEY
THEMSELVES HAVE BEEN DEEPLY
IMPACTED BY POLICE AND BECAUSE
OFTEN IT IS THEM WHEN WE LACK
TIME TO BE ABLE TO GO TO BROADER
COMMUNITIES AND COLLECT THE TYPE
OF A DEVELOPED INPUT WE WOULD
LIKE TO. SO DID IT ALLOW US TO
DO WHAT CPC WOULD CALL THE GOLD
STANDARD OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
AND REVIEW? NO. I CAN'T TELL
YOU THAT IS THE CASE BUT DID WE
DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND WORKING
ON THE POLICE PRACTICES TAKING
THE LEGISLATION AS WE HAD IT TO
UNDERSTAND CAREFULLY WHAT MEANT
AND TO STAFF THEM WITH POLICY
TEAMS UNDERSTANDING OF
RECOMMENDATIONS AND BRING BACK
SOMETHING USEFUL IN MOVING
FORWARD ? YES, WE DID.
>> THINK YOU FOR THAT NUANCED
AND THOROUGH ANSWER. I WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT
I DIDN'T ASK THAT QUESTION TO
HIGHLIGHT ANY -- I WILL JUST SAY
IT IN MORE PLAIN ENGLISH. I JUST
WANTED TO MAKE SURE -- I HAVE
OFTEN TRIED TO ELEVATE THE ROLE
OF THE CPC AS A POLICYMAKING
INFLUENCING BODY. I ALWAYS
RECOGNIZE THE BARRIERS YOU HAVE
BECAUSE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO GO
OUT AND GET INPUT FROM THE
COMMUNITY AND THAT IS A BIG
TASK. I AM NOT TRYING TO
IDENTIFY ANY FAULTS OR SHORT
COMING IN YOUR PROCESS BUT
ALWAYS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOUR INPUT IS WHATEVER IT MAY BE
AND HOWEVER YOU GET IT AND
HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES IS
FACTORED INTO THE LEGISLATIONS
THAT WE END UP ADOPTING.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
THAT IS HOW I TAKE IT. I THINK
PART OF THAT ANSWER IS MEANT TO
SHARE THE TRANSPARENCY OF WHAT
WE NEED IN ORDER TO DO OUR JOB
WELL AND PART OF IT IS WHAT YOU
JUST DEMONSTRATED , WHICH IS WE
NEED THE SUPPORT OF ALL OF YOU
ON THE DAIS TO ASK THOSE
QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE HAVE BEEN
MEANINGFULLY INCLUDED AND IN
SOME CASES HELPING US TO
ADVOCATE FOR THAT INCLUSION AND
HOW IT'S TIMELY IN ORDER TO DO
THE WORK WE DO. I DO APPRECIATE
THAT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS ? VICE CHAIR?
>> THANK YOU. I WANTED TO
AMPLIFY AND SAY KUDOS TO
SOMETHING YOU HEARD ME SAY A
MOMENT AGO ABOUT THE SCOPE OF
THIS WORK AND WHAT IT IN TEARS
-- ENTAILS OR DOESN'T AND YOU
DON'T GO TO COMMUNITIES WITH A
50 PAGE DOCUMENT AND SAY, HEY,
IS THIS OKAY TO YOU? THERE IS A
HEAVY EDUCATION PIECE WHERE
ESSENTIALLY YOU EXPLAIN THE
PRINCIPLES INVOLVED . AND THEN
THAT IS A CRITICAL FIRST STEP .
IDEALLY YOU ALSO T UP SOME
OPTIONS AND DO THE DIFFICULT
WORK OF LIKE HERE ARE THE
PRINCIPLES INVOLVED AND THE
EDUCATION PIECE BUT HERE ARE
SOME OPTIONS AND IF YOU DON'T
LIKE THIS HERE ARE TWO OR THREE
OPTIONS AND KIND OF GOING FROM
THERE. BUT IT IS VERY VERY
DIFFICULT IMPORTANT WORK. YOU
DON'T SHOW UP TO ANY
COMMUNITIES AND SAY HERE IS THIS
PIECE OF LEGISLATION AND TELL ME
WHAT YOU THINK. COUNTERPRODUCTIV
E. IT DOESN'T RECOGNIZE THE
WORK INVOLVED TO CURATE THE BEST
OUTPUT. ANYWAY , KUDOS TO YOU
FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT AND I
KNOW THAT IS WHAT YOU DO EVERY
DAY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. IF I MAY ADD, WE
ALSO SERVE AS A RESERVOIR OF
COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND CONCERN.
A LOT OF WHAT WE DO IS LISTEN.
WE ARE NOT ALWAYS IN THE
COMMUNITY PRESENTING BRINGING
OUR OWN WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT
THIS. SOMETIMES WE JUST NEED TO
LISTEN AND MAKE CONNECTIONS AND
I WILL SHARE WITH YOU LATER THAT
WE DIDN'T EVEN NECESSARILY ASK
FOR THIS. THAT IS A RESERVOIR.
YOU CAN ASK MY COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT TEAM, ASK THEM IN THE
LAST MONTH WHAT ARE THE SEAMS
YOU HAVE HEARD FROM COMMUNITIES
AND THEY CAN ROLL IT OFF LIKE
THIS FOR YOU. OFTENTIMES IT PUTS
US IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO
SAY IS WE SEE SOMETHING COMING,
THIS IS ALREADY WHAT WE HEAR
FROM COMMUNITIES. IT GOES BOTH
WAYS. YOU ARE RIGHT, THERE IS A
NECESSARY PUBLIC EDUCATION PIECE
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A SPECIFIC
PIECE OF EDUCATION.
>> THANK YOU .
>> THANK YOU. THIS IS A QUESTION
FOR YOU TODAY ON PROCESS. I AM
MINDFUL THAT WE DO HAVE A CPC
PRESENTATION TODAY BUT MINDFUL
THAT WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF
OTHER PRESENTERS. SO WOULD YOU
PREFER FROM A STANDPOINT A
PROCESS THAT WE ASK HER
QUESTIONS OF THE CPC NOW OR DO
WE INTEND TO HAVE THE
PRESENTATION?
>> THE PRESENTATION.
>> OKAY.
>> AND TO THAT POINT,
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE?
>> I WILL BE BRIEF. I WANT TO
SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
WORK WE DID TOGETHER ON THE
WEAPONS LEGISLATION AND I DO
APPRECIATE THAT AND IT WAS A
SHORT TIMELINE . TO YOUR POINT,
OF FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY
AND IT SEEMED LIKE YOU HAD A
RELATIVELY GOOD HANDLE ON THAT
AND THE NUANCE OF THAT . YES. IT
IS A TOUGH POSITION YOU ARE IN.
I DO APPRECIATE THE WORK WE DID
TOGETHER AND THE DISCUSSIONS AND
VARIOUS POINTS OF FINDING COMMON
GROUND AND TO ME THAT IS
INDICATIVE OF A STRONG LEADER
THAT YOU HAVE INFORMATION AND
THAT WILLINGNESS TO BE OPEN TO
DIFFERENT QUESTIONS AND POINTS
OF VIEW AND FIND A PLACE WHERE
WE CAN BEST SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT .
>> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR
ALL OF YOUR TIME DURING THAT
PROCESS. WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE
IT .
>> OKAY. NO QUESTIONS FROM ME. I
DO APPRECIATE THE POINT AT
LOOKING AT SYSTEMS. I SAID I
STARTED TO BE ENGAGED IN
DECEMBER OF 22. I KNOW WHERE THE
ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN AND WHERE
IT IS NOW. SO THAT IS A STEP
FORWARD. A FEW STEPS, MANY
STEPS. AND THE KEY IS TO
CONTINUE THAT MOVEMENT FORWARD.
SO, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
ROLAND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE
APPOINTMENT.
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> THERE ARE FIVE IN FAVOR AND
NONE OPPOSE. EXPECT THE
COMMUNITY RECOMMENDS
CONFIRMATION OF 3128 AND THE
MOTION CARRIES AND A
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE
APPOINTMENT BE CONFIRMED WILL BE
SENT TO THE MAY SIX CITY COUNCIL
MEETING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NO
NEED TO GO ANYWHERE BECAUSE WE
WILL QUICKLY GO INTO THE
QUESTION ABOUT THE THIRD ITEM
BUSINESS AND WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE READ ITEM 3 INTO THE
RECORD .
>> POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
PARTNERS UPDATE.
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. UNLESS
YOU HAVE A PREARRANGED
ARRANGEMENT, AND WE WILL HAVE
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL JUDGE,
DIRECTOR AND DIRECTOR GLENN AND
MR. MAXEY THE CHIEF OPERATING
OFFICER FROM THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT JOIN US. WE WILL
START WITH OIG AND THEN OPA BUT
PLEASE GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES FOR THE RECORD AND WE
WILL TURN IT OVER TO OIG. AND IF
EVERYBODY CAN INTRODUCE
THEMSELVES FOR THE RECORD AND WE
WILL START WITH YOU GENERAL
JUDGE.
>> I AM THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE POLICE
COMMISSION, ECI AMEH.
>> GOOD MORNING I AM THE GENERAL
FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, LISA JUDGE
AND GOOD MORNING THE SUN.
>> GOOD MORNING POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY, BONNIE GLENN. O
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BRIAN
MAXEY.
>> INSPECTOR, OVER TO YOU AND WE
WILL START WITH THE OFFICE OF
INSPECTOR GENERAL.
>> GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING
MR. CHAIR AND SAY GOOD MORNING
TO THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, THINK
YOU FOR GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY
TO COME BEFORE YOU AND GIVE
UPDATES ON OUR WORK. I WANT TO
GET US STARTED. THE DEPUTY
INSPECTOR GENERAL WILL BE
TALKING TO YOU ABOUT A NUMBER OF
PROJECTS WE DO HAVE ONGOING WITH
OIG AND WRAP IT UP A BIT. I
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE WILL
TALK ABOUT ONGOING PROJECTS AND
EXPECTED TIMELINES FOR OUR WORK
WITH THE 2024 ANNUAL REPORT
PUBLISHED THIS MORNING. YOU ALL
SHOULD BE RECEIVING A COPY OF
THAT WITH A WRAP UP OF WHAT WE
DID LAST YEAR. THERE ARE SOME
HIGHLIGHTS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
A LITTLE BIT TODAY BECAUSE THEY
HAVE A HIGH DEGREE OF COMMUNITY
INTEREST AND IMPLICATIONS FOR
THE NEARING OF THE CONSENT
DECREE. I WILL SAY WE WILL TALK
ABOUT CROWD MANAGEMENT EFFORTS
WE HAVE ONGOING AT OIG AND
COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS WITH CROWD
MANAGEMENT FRONTS PARTICULARLY
WITH FISA -- FIFA MANAGEMENT AND
WE HAVE THE REAL-TIME CRIME
CENTER WITH SPD AND ENHANCED
COLLABORATION WITH OUR PARTNERS
AND BOTH INTERNALLY AND
EXTERNALLY IMPROVING
TRANSPARENCY. ALSO A LITTLE BIT
OF A NOTE ON THE ORGANIZATION OF
OIG. WE HAVE COLLAPSED A FEW OF
OUR TEAMS AND ONE OF THE
COMPLIANCE FOLK'S WHO ARE AT TA
DUTIES AND THE POLICY AND
RESEARCH FOLKS THAT ARE NOW ONE
TEAM SO THEY CAN BE A SUPER
GROUP OF STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OR
POLICY RESEARCH OR ANALYSIS OF
SPD SYSTEMS. WITH THAT I WILL
TURN IT OVER.
>> I WILL GET STARTED WITH THE
WORK OF THE COMPLIANCE AND
POLICY TEAM. THERE ARE RECURRING
PROJECTS INCLUDING THE [
INAUDIBLE ] OBSERVATION AND
CONTINUED OBSERVATION AND
ASSESSMENT WHERE COMPLETING AN
UPDATED MEMO THAT WILL BE
RELEASED IN MAY AND WE FIND THE
REVIEW BOARD CONTINUES TO BE AN
IMPORTANT INTERNAL REVIEW OF THE
USE OF FORCE. WE ARE ALSO
WORKING ON AN EQUITY ASSESSMENT
WHICH IS REVIEWING CURRENT
EFFORTS THAT SPD IS UNDERTAKING
FOR A MORE EQUITABLE WORKPLACE
INCLUDING REVIEWING CURRENT
EFFORTS AND THEY ARE UNDERTAKING
THE CURRENT MANUALS AND
DOCUMENTS CREATED BY SPD TO
IDENTIFY BARRIERS AND POTENTIAL
AREAS OF GROWTH AND CHANGE TEAM
MEETING ATTENDANCE AND A REVIEW
OF THE 3530 EFFORTS. THE
CIVILIAN STAFFING ASSESSMENT IS
REQUIRED BY ORDINANCE AND WE
HAVE PUBLISHED ONE REPORT AND A
MEMO ABOUT STAFFING . THIS YEAR
WE IDENTIFIED ADDITIONAL WAYS TO
COMPLETE THE ASSESSMENT FOR A
MORE ROBUST WORK AND LOOK INTO
THAT AND IT WILL INCLUDE
INTERVIEWS WITH INVESTIGATORS TO
INCLUDE THEIR PERSPECTIVES ON
THE IMPACT OF THIS OVERSIGHT
MODEL. WE ALSO CONTINUE TO
REVIEW AND IDENTIFY ANY AREAS OF
IMPROVEMENTS IN DATA ANALYTICS
WHICH INCLUDES DATA PROVIDED TO
YOU AS WELL AS THE ACCESSIBILITY
TO COMMUNITY OF THEIR DATA
DASHBOARDS. WE ALSO MONITOR
BILLS THAT AFFECT OVERSIGHT AND
OTHER PROJECT AREAS OF INTEREST
FOR THE OFFICE AND NEW PROJECTS
INCLUDING ALTERNATIVE RESPONSES
TO CRISES COMING OUT OF THE
CRISIS ASSESSMENT FROM 2024 AND
WE WILL TAKE A LOOK INTO CARE TO
PROVIDE INFORMATION AND CONTEXT
TO COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL
REGARDING THE GOALS AND MISSION
OF CARE AND AS MENTIONED BY THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL JUDGE, WE ARE
WORKING ON CROWD MANAGEMENT
WORKING WITH INTERNATIONAL
PROFESSOR WHO WAS IN TOWN RIGHT
NOW FOR OBSERVATIONS WITH THE
SPD RESPONSE TO THE MADE A
PROTEST ON THURSDAY. HE IS ALSO
INVOLVED IN HELPING SPD AND THE
CITY OF SEATTLE AND PREPARING
FOR THE WORLD CUP . WE ALSO HAVE
A PROJECT INVOLVING OFFICER
INVOLVED COLLISION REVIEW
PROCESS PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF
SPD POLICIES FOR INVESTIGATIONAL
REVIEW AND EXPLORATORY
COLLECTIONS AND SUMMARIZED TEST
PRACTICES A FOR COLLISION
REVIEWS. AND THEN ALSO THE
MAPPING PROJECT IS TO CREATE AN
ACCESSIBLE MAP FOR PEOPLE TO SEE
THE STRUCTURE OF SPD AND HOW
STAFFING IS LAID OUT . THE
AUDITS TEAM IS WORKING ON A
VEHICULAR PURSUITS AUDIT
CURRENTLY DRAFTING A REPORT THAT
IS EXPECTED MIDYEAR AND LOOKING
AT OUT COMES , ARRESTS,
COLLISIONS, TERMINATIONS AND
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS. THE
EXTENDED LEAVE USAGE PRIOR TO
RETIREMENT HIS CONCLUDING THE
FIELD NOW EXPECTING THAT QUARTER
3. THERE WAS A SLIGHT DELAY DUE
TO SYSTEM TRANSITIONS. WE ARE
PROCESSING COST AND INCENTIVE
LEADING TO A GENERAL PRACTICE OF
BURNING SICK TIME PRIOR TO
RETIREMENT. WE ALSO ARE ENGAGING
IN A PEER REVIEW WITH THE
ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
AUDITORS REQUIRING A [ INAUDIBLE
] REVIEW BEING PERFORMED EVERY
THREE YEARS AND WE PASS THE
FIRST ONE IN 2022. WE ARE ALSO
WORKING ON THE ANNUAL
SURVEILLANCE USAGE REVIEW ,
WHICH INVOLVES NEW TECHNOLOGY
INCLUDING HOSTAGE NEGOTIATIONS
AND REVIEW OF PREVIOUS
TECHNOLOGIES. WE ALSO HAVE THE
BIANNUAL 1412 IN FEBRUARY AND
ANOTHER ONE EXPECTED AND QUARTER
3. WE HAVE AN OPEN
RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL
THE UPDATE THE ORDINANCE TO
REFLECT MODERN-DAY INFORMATION
SHARING AND VALUES OF THE CITY.
>> IF I COULD JUMP IN, THAT
RELATES TO THE INTELLIGENCE
ORDINANCE AND THE COLLECTION OF
USE AND RETENTION OF
INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION.
>> WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON THE
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ORDINANCE
, PARTNERING WITH THE UNIVERSITY
OF WASHINGTON ALCOHOL AND DRUG
ABUSE INSTITUTE WITH A MAIN
FOCUS ON HOW THE THREAT OF HARM
ASSESSMENT IS WORKING IN
PRACTICE. WE ARE PENDING DATA
ACCESS FOR THE RESEARCH TEAM
THAT IS DUE IN DECEMBER OF 2025.
WE HAVE ALSO BEEN WORKING ON A
SURVEILLANCE PILOT PROGRAM
PARTNERING WITH UNIVERSITY OF
PENNSYLVANIA CRIME AND JUSTICE
POLICY LAB, WORKING CLOSELY WITH
SPD IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER LEADING
TO AN EVALUATION OF HOW
EFFECTIVE THE CCT E ON THE
READER EXPANSION AND THE
REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER ITSELF
ARE. THAT ASSESSMENT IS DUE
DECEMBER OF 2026. WE HAVE
STARTED A TASER EFFECTIVENESS
AUDIT COST STILL IN THE
PRELIMINARY PHASE, SO THERE IS
NO OBJECTIVE DEFINED YET AND WE
ARE SURVEYING THAT ISSUE. DO
CONTINUE TO DO THAT
CERTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION
REVIEW AND PROGRAMMATIC REVIEWS,
CHIEF OF POLICE INVESTIGATIONS.
NEW PROJECTS ARE THE REFERRAL
SYSTEM AND DOCUMENTATION SYSTEM
AND THE CONTACTS TRACKING SYSTEM
WHICH ALL THREE OF THOSE HAVE
THE GOAL OF US BETTER TRACKING
CONTACTS WITH OPA AND THE WORK
IN GENERAL. AND THEN WE HAVE
REPORTS ON UPCOMING [ INAUDIBLE
].
>> THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION
THROWN AT YOU IN A VERY SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME. SO THANK YOU ,
DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR
DOING THAT. JUST SOME OTHER
THINGS THAT DON'T NEATLY FALL
INTO ONE OF THESE PREVIOUSLY
DISCUSSED CATEGORIES BUT OUR
ONGOING PROJECTS AND WORK THAT
WE HAVE IN THE HOPPER . AS I
SAID, 2024 ANNUAL REPORT WAS
PUBLISHED TODAY AND ANOTHER
REPORT FORTHCOMING IS AROUND THE
CONCEPT OF EXCITED DELIRIUM . IT
HAS BECOME A NATIONAL ISSUE IN
NATIONAL OVERSIGHT. EXCITED
DELIRIUM HAS BEEN USED PROBABLY
FOR A FEW DECADES NOW TO
DESCRIBE A CONSTELLATION OF
THINGS THAT MAY BE EXPERIENCED
BY SOMEBODY THAT CAN LEAD TO
DEATH IN A FAIRLY SHORT PERIOD
OF TIME. THERE IS A LOT OF NEW
THINKING RESEARCH AROUND THIS.
WE HAVE DONE A SURVEY OF
JURISDICTIONS AND HAVE SOME
ONGOING WORK AND ISSUED SOME
RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND NOT USING
THAT TERM OR TERMS LIKE THAT BUT
TAKING A MORE INDIVIDUAL
APPROACH WHEN THEY ENCOUNTER
FOLKS WHO MAY BE EXPERIENCING
SOME SORT OF MEDICAL CRISIS THAT
WAS PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED AS
EXCITED DELIRIUM AND AS THE
DEPUTY EXPECT HER -- INSPECTOR
GENERAL REPORTED WE HAVE AN
OBLIGATION TO REPORT ON CLAIMS
AND LAWSUITS SPECIFICALLY WITH
ACTIONS. WE DO A BREAKDOWN AS WE
ARE REQUIRED TO DO IN THE ANNUAL
REPORT ITSELF, BUT WE WANTED TO
DO A DEEPER DIVE INTO THIS AND
LOOK AT SOME OF THE MORE
DEFINABLE CONTRIBUTORS TO WHY
SPD HAS CLAIMS FILED AGAINST
THEM AND WITH THE BIG
CONTRIBUTORS ARE AND WHAT WE CAN
DO TO MITIGATE SOME OF THOSE IN
THE FUTURE. THIS WOULD BE A MORE
EXTENSIVE REPORT ON THE CLAIMS
LAWSUITS ISSUE. WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON A SLIGHT REVISION OF
THE ORDINANCE RELATED TO
INVESTIGATIONS INVOLVING THE
CHIEF OF POLICE THAT WE WILL BE
TALKING ABOUT WITH YOU IN THE
NEXT ITEM BEFORE THE COUNCIL. I
WILL LET'S MR. MAXEY WEIGH IN
ON THIS AND IT SAYS USE OF FORCE
POLICY REVIEW BUT IT IS ABOUT
CROWD MANAGEMENT AND THE POLICY
THAT WE HAVE ALL BEEN WORKING ON
IN THE WAKE OF THE PASSAGE OF
THE LETHAL WEAPONS ORDINANCE. SO
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO
TALK REALLY QUICKLY ABOUT THE
ENGAGEMENT WE HAVE BEEN DOING.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
OPPORTUNITY. AFTER THIS BODY
WITH THE UPDATED CROWD
MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AND THE
GUIDANCE -- MANDATES AROUND
THESE IN REAL TIME AND THOSE
BEING DEVELOPED AND AFTER THE
PASSAGE OF THAT, WE DID REVISE
THE CROWD MANAGEMENT POLICY AND
MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AS
A RESULT AND ACTUALLY HAD ALL
THE FORCE RELATED ITEMS OUT OF
OUR 8300 USE OF FORCE POLICY
INTO THE CROWD MANAGEMENT POLICY
FOR THOSE TOOLS ONLY AVAILABLE
FOR CROWD MANAGEMENT. THIS
CONSOLIDATES THE ROLE OF CROWD
MANAGEMENT INTO ONE POLICY
RATHER THAN SPREADING IT ACROSS
MANY TO BE CROSS-REFERENCED. AS
PART OF THAT, WE ENGAGED WITH
THE CPC AND OPA AND OIG AND I
THINK TWO OR THREE FACE-TO-FACE
MEETINGS IN THE DOWNSTAIRS
CONFERENCE ROOM. WE ALSO GOT
WRITTEN FEEDBACK AND DID OUR
BEST TO INCORPORATE AS MUCH AS
WE CAN , THE POLICY POSTURE IS
IF THERE IS SOMETHING IMPORTANT
TO ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS OR
THE COMMUNITIES THEY REPRESENT
CUT IF WE CAN GET A YES ON THAT,
WE WILL DO THAT AS LONG AS IT
DOESN'T IMPACT OPERATIONAL
REQUIREMENTS. WE HAD A VERY
COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO THIS
AND WORKED TO INCORPORATE ALL OF
THE FEEDBACK WE HAVE RECEIVED.
WE ARE NOT DONE . THIS POLICY
HAS BEEN TRANSMITTED AND
MONITORED . WE HAVE RECEIVED
THEIR INITIAL FEEDBACK AND
INCORPORATED THAT AND WE WILL BE
NOW ENGAGING WITH THE PARTNERS
AGAIN PRIOR TO FINALIZATION OF
THIS POLICY. FOR EXAMPLE THE CPC
HAS COMMENTS THEY WANT TO BRING
TO US AND WE ARE EAGER TO HEAR
THEM.
>> ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF
THE ORDINANCE THAT THIS BODY
PASSED WAS THAT SPD AND OIG WORK
TOGETHER TO ASSESS PROTEST
INCIDENTS WHERE THERE MAY HAVE
BEEN ISSUES OF PUBLIC CONCERN.
WE HAVE DONE THE FIRST ROUND OF
THAT. IT WAS A HIGHLY
COLLABORATIVE PROCESS WITH SPD.
I BELIEVE SOME OF THE FEEDBACK
HE GAVE YOU AND THE RESULTS OF
OUR WORK MADE IT INTO THIS CROWD
MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AND INTO
STRUCTURAL CHANGES THAT THEY
HAVE MADE WITH REGARD TO USE OF
A TEAM OUT WITH SOME KIND OF
STRUCTURAL CHANGES THAT I THINK
WILL MITIGATE THE LIKELIHOOD OF
THESE INCIDENTS HAPPENING AGAIN.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A TEASER
BECAUSE I THINK WE WOULD LIKE TO
COME BACK AT SOME POINT AND USE
MORE DETAIL OF WHAT THAT PROCESS
LOOKS LIKE . LASTLY I DO WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAVE BEEN
EXCITED ABOUT AND ARE READY REA
AND COLLABORATION AND
TALKING WITH OPA ABOUT HOW TO
GET OUT THERE AND TAKE THE SHOW
ON THE ROAD AS THE THREE-PART
TOOL WE HAVE A NEW COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT PERSON MEETING
REGULARLY WITH CPC AND OPA AND
WE DO HAVE SOME IDEAS IN THE
HOPPER. VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT
AND ALSO WORKING ON THE INTERNAL
SYSTEMS TO MAKE THEM MORE EASILY
NAVIGABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE
PUBLIC . WE HAVE AN INTERNAL
MAPPING LINK ON THE WEBSITE NOW
WHERE YOU CAN GO IN IT MAKES IT
EASIER TO FIND A REPORT THAT YOU
WANT TO SEE AND HOW OUR WORK IS
ORGANIZED. BUT OUR WEBSITE WILL
BE UPDATED . IT IS AWFUL RIGHT
NOW. THAT IS SOME OF THE WORK
THAT OUR FOLKS ARE DOING. SO
THAT IS IT FOR THE UPDATE FOR
OIG. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS,
I CAN ENTERTAIN THEM NOW OR AT
THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU, INSPECTOR GENERAL
JUDGE. I WANT TO MOVE THROUGH
THESE INDIVIDUALLY. BUT IF THERE
IS A DIRECT QUESTION TO THIS
BRIEF, WE CAN DO THAT OR GO TO
THE NEXT. OKAY. LET'S GO TO
OPA.
>> ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT .
>> SORRY , COUNCILMEMBER MOORE?
WITH THE DISSENT TO CREATE
ENDING CAN YOU SPEAK OF THE WORK
THAT YOUR OFFICE WILL BE DOING
THAT THEY PREVIOUSLY HAVE DONE
DURING THAT DECREE?
>> THEIR WORK WAS LARGELY
FOCUSED ON USE OF FORCE AND
BIAS. WE HAVE A VERY STRONG
PRESENCE IN SPD'S USE OF FORCE
INVESTIGATION AND REVIEW
PROCESSES. I DO GET CALLS
WHENEVER THERE IS A TYPE III USE
OF FORCE AND SCREEN IT WITH THEM
TO SEE IF IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR
OIG TO GO TO THE SCENE AND WE GO
TO THE OFFICE OF INVOLVED
SHOOTINGS AND ATTEND EVERY FORCE
REVIEW BOARD AND GIVE TIMELY
FEEDBACK ON ISSUES. WE ISSUE
PERIODIC REPORTS ABOUT OUR WORK
WITH FRB AND THEIR PROGRESS,
PROCESS, AND ALL OF THAT . WE
ALSO OVERSEE OPA SO FROM THAT
ANGLE WE ALSO GET TO SEE ISSUES
WHERE THE FORCE HAS TURNED INTO
A COMPLAINT OR DISCIPLINE OR
SOMETHING. WE ARE ABLE TO TRACK
FORCE AND THAT CONTEXT AS WELL
WITH REGARD TO BIAS AND THE
DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL
MENTIONED A FEW PROJECTS WE HAVE
ONGOING. WE AREN'T DOING A
CHUNKY ASSESSMENT OF THIS OR
THAT, BUT WE DO HAVE THESE
PILLARS OF THE CONSENT DECREE
THAT WE TRY TO INFUSE OUR WORK
IN AND A VARIETY OF OTHER
CONTEXT SO WE ARE HITTING MORE
THAN JUST ONE TOPIC WITH A
PARTICULAR PIECE OF WORK. WE
HAVE GOT SOME WORK WE ARE NOT
READY TO ROLL OUT YET THAT IS A
FOLLOW-UP TO THE 30 BY 30 AND
GENDER EQUITY WITHIN THIS. AND
WE DO HAVE THE EQUITY ASSESSMENT
PROJECT GOING ON. WE DO HAVE A
VARIETY OF WAYS THAT WE ARE
TRYING TO STILL LOOK AT ISSUES
OF INTERNAL BIAS WITHIN SPD AND
WHEN WE DO REVIEWS OF USE OF
FORCE NUMBERS OR CRISIS NUMBERS
, WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING THERE
FOR DISPARITY AND HIGHLIGHTING
THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL . ANYTHING
YOU WANTED TO ADD IN?
>> SO THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY
IS THAT WE DID A USE OF FORCE
ASSESSMENT THAT STUCK VERY
CLOSELY TO WHAT THE PREVIOUS
MONITORING TEAM IS DOING AND WE
DID A CRISIS ASSESSMENT IN THE
SAND ROLE IN
OTHER PROJECTS. WHEN I SAID
ABOUT THE ONGOING EFFORT I
THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE A
DIFFERENT DIVE OF LOOKING AT
DISPARITY SO PROJECTS LIKE THAT
THAT ARE TAKING THOSE
ASSESSMENTS BUT TAKING THEM A
STEP FURTHER.
>> I WILL SAY THAT THAT DECREE
WAS NARROW AND LOOKED AT PATROL
OPERATIONS LARGELY AND MOSTLY
WITH THOSE LIMITED ISSUES. WE DO
HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SYSTEMIC
OVERSIGHT OF THE ENTIRE
DEPARTMENTS WE HAVE PROJECTS
THAT ARE KICKING OFF NOW THAT
ALSO FOCUS ON INVESTIGATIONS.
AND INTERVIEWING AND
INTERROGATION AND BUILDING A
ROBUST TRAINING AND POLICY
PROGRAM AROUND THAT. AND WE HAVE
BEEN ASKED TO WORK WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE TRACKING
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SEXUAL
ASSAULT WORK THAT THEY HAD SOME
FOLKS DO SOME WORK AROUND AFTER
ISSUES CAME TO LIGHT YEAR OR SO
AGO WITH REGARD TO
INVESTIGATIONS OF ADULT SEXUAL
ASSAULT. SO WE ARE EXPANDING THE
WORK WILL KEEPING THOSE CORE
CONCEPTS AND PILLARS OF THE
CONSENT DECREE ALIVE IN THE WORK
WE DO. I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR
QUESTION.
>> IT DOES. THANK YOU. I GUESS
TO THAT YOU DO HAVE QUITE A
WORKPLAN HERE, WHICH IS GREAT,
JUST WONDERING , ARE YOU FEELING
COMPETENT THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE
TO MAINTAIN THAT REALLY
IMPORTANT FOCUS THAT THE CONSENT
MONITOR BROUGHT TO THIS WORK ?
>> YES. THAT IS ESSENTIALLY ONE
OF THE MAIN REASONS THAT OIG WAS
CREATED. WE ARE ALWAYS MINDFUL
OF THAT OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE
THAT ONGOING FIDELITY TO CONSENT
DECREE GAINS . THAT IS ONE OF
OUR PRIORITIES IN OUR MISSION .
YES.
>> AND ONE MORE QUESTION . UNDER
THE NEW PROJECTS, YOU TALK ABOUT
ASSESSMENT OF SPD OFFICER
INVOLVED COLLISIONS REVIEW
PROCESS. AND I DO THINK THAT IS
BEEN GOING ON SINCE I GOT HERE,
WISHES A YEAR AND A HALF AGO
NOW. JUST CAN YOU GIVE ME AN
UPDATE ON WHERE YOU ARE AT IN
THE PROCESS AND HOW WE ARE GOING
TO GET THIS ISSUE ADDRESSED?
>> SURE .
>> SO WE ARE WAITING CURRENT TO
PUBLISH THE LAWSUITS REPORT AND
WE HAVE THE COLLISIONS REPORT
READY TO GO ERATIONS
WHICH ARE READY TO GO WAITING
REVIEW AND PUBLICATION.
>> EXCELLENT.
>> THERE WILL BE ONGOING WORK
WITH THE COLLISION REVIEW
PROCESS ITSELF. THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT NEEDED ATTENTION
WHEN I GOT HERE. WE JUST DIDN'T
HAVE THE STAFFING AND RESOURCES
TO GET THERE. WE HAD OTHER
THINGS THAT ALWAYS ROSE A LITTLE
BIT HIGHER IN TERMS OF PRIORITY
. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT
TO TALK ABOUT THE COLLISIONS OR
THE COLLISION REVIEW BOARD OR
NOT, MR. MAXEY ?
>> I AM HAPPY TO ADDRESS THIS.
WE DEVELOPED A VERY ROBUST FORCE
REVIEW BOARD AND WE BRING
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS TOGETHER.
IT IS A FOCUSED PROCESS. WE HAVE
OPA AND OIG IN THE ROOM TO HELP
IDENTIFY ISSUES IF WE ARE NOT
CATCHING THEM. THE POINT WAS TO
DEVELOP A STRONG SYSTEM OF
INTERNAL ACCOUNTABILITY SO WE
WERE NOT ONLY REVIEWING FORCE
AND MAKING SURE IT WAS WITHIN
OUR POLICY AND VALUES BUT
EDUCATING PEOPLE WHO COME TO THE
BOARD ON HOW TO DO THAT. SO IT
IS A MAJOR EDUCATIONAL FEATURE.
THE COLLISION REVIEW BOARD
ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS
TOUCHED PREVIOUSLY BY THE
CONSENT DECREE. I THINK
EXPERIENTIALLY WHAT WE SEE AT
SPD IS THE FOCUS OF THE CONSENT
DECREE WAS RELATIVELY NARROW.
THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO DO BUT
THE FOCUS WAS PRETTY NARROW. WE
HAVE DONE OUR BEST TO EXCEED
THOSE REQUIREMENTS AND AS THE
PROJECT WENT ON, IT EXPANDED TO
ENCOMPASS NEW WORK. AS WE HAVE
TRANSITIONED TO MORE OF AN
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNER OVERSIGHT
SYSTEM WITH THE OIG PRIMARILY
DOING THE SYSTEMIC ANALYSES OF
THE SAME SORT THE MONITOR DID,
WE SEE AN EXPANDED FOCUS. I DO
THINK INITIALLY TO YOUR QUESTION
AT LARGE, WE ARE SEEING MORE
ENGAGEMENT ON A WIDER VARIETY OF
TOPICS THEN WE DID IN THE WANING
YEARS OF THE CONSENT DECREE. IN
MANY WAYS, THERE IS A RENEWED
FOCUS ON REFORM AND CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT AT THE DEPARTMENT
WHICH WE DO REALLY VALUE. ONE OF
THE THOUGHTS, AND A LOT OF WORK
TO DO THIS AROUND THE COLLISIONS
IS TO FOLD IT INTO AN
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD AND
HAVE THE SAME ROBUST STRUCTURE
WHERE WE BRING IN THE SUBJECT
MATTER EXPERTS FROM ACROSS THE
DEPARTMENT TO LOOK AT THIS
CURRENTLY THE WAY IT IS
STRUCTURED IS A CHAIN OF COMMAND
REVIEW, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT
A LITTLE BIT MORE BANDWIDTH
AROUND IT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS
PROPER FOCUS THERE.
>> THANK YOU. IT IS VERY
IMPORTANT WORK. I DO APPRECIATE
THE WORK BEING DONE AND THE
THINKING AROUND THAT .
>> THANK YOU , COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE . DIRECTOR?
>> FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO SAY
THAT WE HAVE BEEN AT WORK THAT
IS ROBUST AND ALSO DURING THIS
TRANSITION ABLE TO HAVE A
RETREAT WITH THE OFFICE AND TALK
ABOUT GOALS WE WANTED TO DO TO
BUILD UPON THE WORK, GOOD WORK,
THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE OFFICE
AND IMPROVE NOT ONLY INTERNALLY
BUT ALSO THINGS WE ARE DOING
WELL WITH THE NEXT LEVEL TO GO.
ONE OF THE THINGS I AM REALLY
PROUD OF, AS MANY OF YOU MAY
KNOW WHEN THEY DID THE AWARD FOR
NATIONAL FOR OUR WORK JUST THIS
LAST YEAR. AND ONE OF IT WAS THE
COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND WE ARE
VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE GENEVA
TAYLOR, WHO IS THE COMMUNITY OUT
REACH AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
MANAGER WHO IS WORKING WITH HER
STAFF SERENA DUNCAN AND BUILDING
THAT EVEN MORE. WHY IS THAT
IMPORTANT? WHY IS OPA, MOSTLY
INVESTIGATIVE, INVOLVED IN THAT?
IT IS INVOLVING COMMUNITY TRUST
AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND THAT SYSTEM AND ALSO,
IN ADDITION TO THAT, MAKING SURE
THAT THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE
TALKING TO OR AT LEAST HAVE AN
IDEA WHEN THEY ARE FILING A
COMPLAINT AND WE HAVE BEEN VERY
FORTUNATE ABOUT THAT. I WILL BE
TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MORE
OF THAT WORK WE HAVE BEEN DOING.
BUT , AGAIN, FIRST FOCUSING ON
RELATIONSHIPS INTERNALLY WITH
EACH OTHER AND I WILL PULL OUT A
FEW THINGS WE DID FOR THE
GUIDING PRINCIPLES. ONE OF THE
THINGS WE DID WAS TO MAKE SURE
ABOUT BUILDING TRUST. WE TALKED
ABOUT TRUST INTERNALLY I DIDN'T
REALLY LIKE THIS ONE IT WASN'T
THIS BUT WE GOT YOU. AND ANY
GIVEN DAY THERE IS ALWAYS SO
MUCH TO DO AND HOW WE WORK
TOGETHER NOT ONLY WITH TRUST AND
MAKING SURE THERE ARE PEOPLE
WITH RESPONSIBILITY BUT MAKING
SURE GUARDRAILS ARE IN PLACE TO
MAKE SURE WITH TIMELINES AND
THINGS LIKE THAT AND TRUST WITH
EACH OTHER. AND ALSO BUILDING
TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITY. AND,
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE IS
ALSO REGARDING RESPECTFUL
COMMUNICATION AND WHAT DOES THAT
LOOK LIKE INTERNALLY AND
EXTERNALLY ABOUT LISTENING AND
MAKING SURE TO ASSUME GOOD
INTENTIONS AND LEAVE SPACE FOR
BEING OPEN TO COURAGEOUS
CONVERSATIONS. THE OTHER PART IS
I WOULD SAY WE HAVE ALSO HAS
OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SAID BEING
INVOLVED IN THE LEGISLATIVE
PROCESS AND THE MANAGEMENT
ACTION RECOMMENDATIONS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT I WILL TURN TO
MY NEXT SLIDE , IF YOU COULD .
FOR MOST PEOPLE HERE, MOST
PEOPLE KNOW OUR MISSION BUT
SOMETIMES THEY DON'T . I WANT
TO MAKE SURE WE TALK ABOUT THAT
AND MAKE SURE EMPLOYEES ACTIONS
COMPLY WITH LAW AND POLICY BY
CONDUCTING THOROUGH AND TIMELY
INVESTIGATIONS AND RECOMMENDING
IMPROVEMENTS TO POLICIES AND
TRAINING, ENGAGING AND
COLLABORATIVE ISSUES THAT
PROMOTE SYSTEMIC ADVANCEMENT. IT
IS A REMINDER THAT IT'S NOT
ONLY IN REGARDS TO THE LOSS --
LAWS ABOUT THE POLICY. WE HAVE
BEEN AT THE TABLE. IT IS BEEN
NICE TO BE THERE AND WORK WITH
SPD AND ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS.
ALSO WHEN WE GO OUT AND TALK TO
COMMUNITY, WE CAN BUILD THAT IN.
TODAY I KNOW THAT AMY SUMMERS
PRESENTED EARLIER ON THINGS THEY
RECOMMEND WE BRING BACK TO OUR
OFFICE SO I APPRECIATE WHEN WE
COLLABORATE TO DO THAT. IT ALSO
TALKS ABOUT TRAINING AND OTHER
TYPES OF THINGS AND THE VISION
IS TO SAFEGUARD A CULTURE OF
ACCOUNTABILITY WITHIN SPD IN
DIFFERENT CAPACITIES. THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT , MAINLY ROLES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DING TRUST
TO GET THESE IN ORDER TO WORK ON
THOSE AND HOW WE ACTUALLY CROSS
THOSE. ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE
TO REMIND MYSELF WHEN WE GO OUT
IS THIS ISN'T CRIMINAL BUT A
CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS SO
SOMETIMES PEOPLE COME TO US AND
SAY WE HAVE OTHER CAPABILITIES
BUT THIS IS FOR A CIVIL
MISCONDUCT COMPLAINT . BUT ALSO
TO ENHANCE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
CULTURES AND DIFFERENT WAYS THAT
WE CAN IN WHICH TO DO THAT. AND
IF YOU HAVE IDEAS ON POLICIES OR
DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS AND IN
FACT SOMETIMES LIKE IN OUR FORM
MAKING POLICY AND ACTION
RECOMMENDATIONS TALKING ABOUT
THE COLLISION BOARD THAT DOES
THE COLLISION REVIEW AND IT'S
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE
ABOUT WINDOWS IT COMES TO OPA
AND HOW MANY COLLISIONS DOES IT
TAKE BEFORE IT COMES HERE? HOW
DOES LOOK AND HAVE WE HAD
DISCUSSIONS AND THINGS OF THAT
NATURE. IT COULD BE WHEN WE LOOK
AT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY
COME FROM CASES WE HAVE
SOMETIMES FOR THE MANAGEMENT
ALSO KNOWN AS MARS AND LIKE
BICYCLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT
BUT WHEN YOU SEE GAPS IN POLICY,
MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS. WE DO
SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF
WHETHER IT IS SKATEBOARDS OR ALL
KINDS OF DIFFERENT DEVICES USING
THAT. BUT WHERE IS THAT GAP.
OFFICERS DEALING WITH SAFETY AND
HOW TO DO THAT DEALING IN THOSE
CIRCUMSTANCES. RECENTLY A.I. ,
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, HOW
THAT IS ALWAYS GROWING AND SO
FORTH. HOW IS THAT BEING USED IN
FPD AND SOME OF THE BEST
PRACTICES AND LOOK AT THAT AND
HOW IT IS USED. THERE ARE THINGS
LIKE THAT . THERE IS AN EXAMPLE.
ALSO EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY
ABOUT OPA AND WE ACTUALLY
PROVIDE KNOW YOUR RIGHTS WHICH I
HAVE GONE OUT ON SEVERAL OF
THOSE, WHICH HAS BEEN NICE AND
ALSO KNOW YOUR RIGHTS AS A
LITTLE BIT OF THAT AND IT GOES
INTO THE BASICS OF THE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM AND IN
ADDITION TO THAT, PRESENTATIONS
WE HAVE DONE EXTERNALLY AND
INTERNALLY. WE ARE ACTIVE IN THE
COMMUNITY WHETHER IT IS THE
ADVISORY COUNCIL OR THE PRECINCT
COUNCILS . WE HAVE GONE OUT TO
THIS IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND AS
FAR AS THE LEADERSHIP TEAM, I
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW
IT IS CIVILIAN LED. IT IS 31
TOTAL STAFF WE HAVE. AND
INDEPENDENT. REMINDING PEOPLE WE
ARE PHYSICALLY AND OPERATIONALLY
SEPARATELY FROM SPD
ADMINISTRATIVELY. WITH REGARD TO
DATA IS POWERFUL BECAUSE IT
ALLOWS US IN REAL TIME TO GET
POLICE REPORTS AND THINGS SO WE
CAN REVIEW THEM WHEN NEEDED. I
WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I DID
HIGHLIGHT THAT THE INDEPENDENT
STRUCTURES THERE AND ALSO A
HYBRID. WE DO HAVE NINE SWORN
STAFF , PART OF OUR OFFICE . THE
REST ARE CIVILIAN. YOU CAN SEE
THE LEADERSHIP AND THE GENERAL
COUNCIL ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS HAVING TO
DO WITH SOME OF THE DATA. IS IS
DATA THAT WAS PROVIDED FROM OIG
AND THE REPORT PUBLISHED TODAY.
WE WILL HAVE IT MIDYEAR AS WE
GENERALLY DO IF WE WERE ASKED TO
COME BACK AGAIN. WE WOULD HAVE
OUR DATA THAT WE WOULD PRESENT.
IT IS USUALLY CLOSE TO THE SAME
DATA IS NOT VERY VERY CLOSE BUT
I WANTED TO SHARE THAT AND
APPRECIATE SHARING PART OF THAT
DATA. ONE THING ABOUT THIS, THIS
IS DATA PULLED FROM A REPORT.
YOU MAY SEE DIFFERENCES WHEN OPA
PUBLISHES THEIR DATA BECAUSE OF
THE TIMES DURING WHICH THOSE
CASES ARE COUNTED . THEY DO
COUNT THEM DURING INTAKE AND WE
COUNT THEM AFTER WE HAVE GOTTEN
THEM. THERE MAY BE A CROSSOVER
IN YEARS. IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT
THIS DATA AND YOU NOTICE
DIFFERENCES, IT IS PROBABLY
RELATED TO THAT.
>> CORRECT.
>> WHEN YOU PULL THE DATA, WE
WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THOSE AS
A WHOLE. SO IN REGARDS TO THIS
SOME STATISTIC FOR THIS
PARTICULAR PRESENTATION. IT JUST
TALKS ABOUT BASICALLY THE
CLASSIFICATION PROCESS AND ,
UNDER THAT, YOU CAISORY
ACTIONS AND EXPEDITED
INVESTIGATIONS ACCORDINGLY. AND
ALSO JUST TO KNOW THAT AT
DIFFERENT TIMES AND I KNOW YOU
WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS IN THE
CHIEF OF POLICE ORDINANCE. IT
GOES INTO CONTEXT LOGS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT AND I CAN GO
MORE INTO THAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE
THEN. BUT IN ADDITION IT TALKS
ABOUT A PRETTY HIGH PERCENTAGE
OF NUMBERS AND WE DO HAVE A
HARD-WORKING STAFF WITH REGARDS
TO THAT. YOU CAN SEE ON THE
RIGHT-HAND SIDE FOR BEING
OBJECTIVE AND THOROUGH AND
TIMELY WHICH IS IMPORTANT AND
MAKING SURE THAT THE NUMBERS HIT
THAT AND ACTUALLY WORKING WITH
OIG TRACKING ALONG WITH
OURSELVES AND AS SUCH OVERALL IN
THE LAST 2024 WE HAVE DONE VERY
WELL ALWAYS WANTING TO IMPROVE
AND WANTING TO GO DEEPER TO SEE
THE BEST WAY WE CAN SOME OF THE
NOT TIMELY STUFF SOME OF IT IS
THE FIVE DAY NOTICE WHICH IS NO
LONGER THERE AND SOMETIMES THE
CLASSIFICATION SOMETIMES A 180
DEADLINE AS FAR AS THAT AND FOR
THOROUGHNESS SOMETIMES IT IS DUE
TO WITNESSES AND SOMETIMES IF WE
NEED TO GO BACK AND ACTUALLY
LOOK AT ANOTHER WITNESS ALSO FOR
CLASSIFICATION AND MAYBE THERE
IS A CLASSIFICATION TO ADD IS AN
EXAMPLE. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE
THINGS LOOKING AT THE DATA. NEXT
SLIDE. AND FOR A PROJECT UPDATE
CUSTOMER THINGS THAT WE HAVE
BEEN DOING HERE YOU CAN SEE ON
THE RIGHT WHEN WE GOT THE
NATIONAL AWARD ALSO THE ART
CONTEST NOT QUITE READY TO
ANNOUNCE THAT WE DO HAVE A
WINNER AGAIN THIS YEAR THAT WILL
BE ON THE COVER OF OUR REPORT
AND ALSO WE WILL HAVE THAT
AROUND THE CITY BUT ACTUALLY
ENGAGING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT
WHAT DOES POLICING LOOK LIKE .
WE DO HAVE A WINNER THIS YEAR
WHO DID A WONDERFUL ART WHICH WE
WILL SHARE WITH ALL. NEXT, I
WILL GO -- SKIP MEDIATION FOR
MOMENT AND NEXT WE HAVE
COMMUNITY EVENTS AND OUR TABLING
AND ATTENDING VARIOUS COMMUNITY
EVENTS AND PARTNERING. I AM VERY
EXCITED, AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERSHIP
MEETING THAT WE WILL BE WORKING
TOGETHER TO PRESENT JOINTLY AND
WE REPORTED ONCE AT THE NAACP
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING
THAT AGAIN AT DIFFERENT PLACES.
I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT. ALSO
THE NEXT THING IS THE COMPLAINT
IMPACT STATEMENT . I WANTED TO
LET YOU KNOW THAT WE TALKED
ABOUT THAT BEFORE. THAT IS
SOMETHING WE WANT TO FINALIZE.
WE HAD TWO PREVIOUS MEETINGS
WITH THE BARGAINING UNIT IN
REGARDS TO THAT. WE WILL BE
TAKING THE BROADER ROLE WITH
REGARDS TO THAT STATEMENT. IF
YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS,
THE IMPACT STATEMENT THAT IS
SIMILAR TO ALMOST A VICTIM
WITNESS STATEMENT LIKE IF YOU
WERE IN COURT THAT IT DOES ALLOW
IN WRITING A VICTIM TO BE ABLE
TO SHARE IN THEIR OWN WORDS
ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR EVENT IF
THEY WANTED TO WITH THE CHIEF SO
WE ARE ON TARGET WITH THAT AND
WE HAVE MORE MEETINGS TO
FINALIZE THAT HOPEFULLY AND
WORKING WITH THE BARGAINING
UNITS. NEXT, CITYWIDE DIGITAL
ACCESS ASSESS ABILITY PROJECT
AND THE OPA WEBSITE UPDATE FOR
PROCESSING PLAIN LANGUAGE. ONE
OF THE THINGS WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING WITH I.T. IS BEING ABLE
TO USE THE COMPUTER SYSTEM TO BE
ABLE TO IDENTIFY CLASSIFICATION
OF CASES EASILY . WHAT I MEAN IS
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF CLOSE CASED
SUMMARIES BUT ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT HAD HAPPENED IS THAT PEOPLE
WANTED TO PUT KEYWORDS INTO FIND
THINGS SO IT IS IMPORTANT NOT
ONLY INTERNALLY BUT EXTERNALLY.
THAT IS IN THE WORKS AS WELL. I
WILL DO THE ENGAGEMENT AND
PRESENTATION PORTION AND I DO
HAVE A VIDEO. IS THE ENGAGEMENT
AND PRESENTATION. AND ALREADY
THE FORCE REVIEW BOARD
PRESENTATION AND FIELD TRAINING
OFFICE AND PRESENTATION AND WE
HAVE NOT BEEN THERE IN THREE
YEARS. IS PRESENTED TO THEIR
BOARD AND CONTROL TACTICS
TRAINING AND BEFORE THE BADGE
ATTENDING. A NUMBER OF THINGS
GOING OUT AND WORKING WITH SPD
AS WELL AS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO
SHARE WAS THE PRESENTATION I
WANTED TO SHARE THIS VIDEO AND
WE CAME TO YOU BEFORE AND TRIED
TO GROW THE REMEDIATION PROGRAM.
WE HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD AND
HERE IS THE PRESENTATION FROM AN
INCIDENT THAT DID HAPPEN. ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT IS IMPORTANT IS
WE REALLY THINK THAT EVEN THOUGH
YOU CAN HAVE AN INVESTIGATION
THAT THEY ARE IMPORTANT AND
PEOPLE CAN SIT DOWN WITH EACH
OTHER, AND OFFICER AND OBVIOUSLY
A CITIZEN AND WE CONTINUE TO
GROW THIS PROGRAM. I THINK IT
COULD HELP FOR MINOR MISCONDUCT
CASES THAT COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR
THAT. WITH THAT , THANK YOU.
>> [ MUSIC PLAYING ]
>> THE JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE SAFEGUARDING AND THE GOAL
IS TO HELP FOLKS HAVE COMMON
GROUND AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE
HEARING EACH OTHER AND THEIR
PERSPECTIVE AND HAVE AN
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAS
HAPPENED IN THE INCIDENT. A
COMMUNITY MEMBER ACTUALLY CALLED
US BECAUSE IT DIDN'T LIKE THE
WAY AN OFFICER RESPONDED TO A
PRIORITY ONE CALL THAT HAVE AT
THEIR NONPROFIT IN THE SEATTLE
AREA.
>> ACTUALLY THE INCIDENT I WAS
CONCERNED WITH I FELT WAS
SOMEWHAT OF AN INJUSTICE.
INITIALLY, I WAS UNCERTAIN IT
WOULD BE FRUITFUL TO
PARTICIPATE, BUT I DECIDED TO
PROCEED AND I THINK I OWED AT
LEAST TO THOSE WHO EXPERIENCED
MAYBE THE SAME THING IN THE
FUTURE TO SPEAK UP AND SHARE THE
INFORMATION.
>> I WAS HOPING TO MEET AND
LEARN AND LISTEN TO WHAT THAT
PERSON HAD TO SAY AND GET THEIR
PERSPECTIVE AND GIVE THEM MY
PERSPECTIVE AND HOPEFULLY COME
TO SOME TYPE OF A RESOLUTION AND
WORK TOGETHER IN THE FUTURE.
>> IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
EXPLORE WHAT HAPPENED, TALK
ABOUT PROCEDURES THAT ARE IN
PLACE FROM BOTH SIDES BECAUSE
THEY BOTH HAD LEADERSHIP
RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACTS OF
WHAT HAPPENED LANDING ON THEM
DIFFERENTLY. OPA HAS A VERY
IMPORTANT PROCESS THAT PEOPLE GO
THROUGH BEFORE THEY ENTER INTO
REMEDIATION.
>> MAYBE THERE WAS CAUCUSES
PRIOR TO WHERE THEY WERE
TOGETHER AND THEY SAY I AM THE
MEDIATOR AND LET ME WALK YOU
THROUGH WHAT THIS WILL LOOK LIKE
.
>> THE KIND OF ASKED ME TO WALK
THROUGH AND MY CONCERNS WERE TO
EXPRESS MYSELF.
>> THEY LET ME KNOW WHAT THE
PROCESS WOULD INCLUDE AND WHO
WOULD BE IN THE ROOM SO THERE
WOULD BE NO SURPRISES SO I WAS
NOT CAUGHT OFF GUARD AND I COULD
BE COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD.
>> THAT FOUNDATIONAL PIECE
ALLOWS FOR THE MEDIATION TO MOVE
FORWARD IN A WAY WHERE PEOPLE
ARE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THE INTENT
IS AND FEEL SECURE IN THE
SETTING THEY ARE IN.
>> WE HAVE A TRAINING WHERE WE
TALK ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY AND
TALK ABOUT POLICING. WE HAVE TO
MAKE SURE WE FIND IT REALLY GOOD
NEUTRAL THIRD PART REMEDIATION
TEAMS AND WALK PEOPLE THROUGH
THE INCIDENT AND A SKILLFUL AND
INTENTIONAL WAY THAT BRINGS
PURPOSE TO EACH PARTY AND THE
PURPOSE IS TO BE HEARD AND NOT
ONLY BE HEARD BUT UNDERSTOOD.
>> WHEN YOU COME TOGETHER AND
FEELS LIKE IT IS MUTUAL
TERRITORY, YOU CAN BE AUTHENTIC
AND WHEN PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY
ARE ON EQUAL FOOTING, IT IS
EASIER TO CONNECT.
>> ONE REASON THIS IS VOLUNTARY
FOR BOTH PARTIES IS IT BRINGS
PEOPLE TOGETHER WHO REALLY WANT
TO BE THERE. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR
PEOPLE TO BE INVESTED IN HEARING
ONE ANOTHER.
>> KIMBERLY SHOWED UP AND I FELT
LIKE SHE WAS COMING TO ACTUALLY
LISTEN AND LEARN AND TEACH. I
FELT SEEN AND FELT EQUAL.
>> IT WAS INFORMATION THAT EACH
OF US HAD THAT THE OTHER DIDN'T
AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SHARING
HELPED IN THE MUTUAL
UNDERSTANDING AND HELPED TO HAVE
MORE APATHY DURING THAT TIME AND
I BELIEVE IT HELPED THE OFFICER
TO HAVE MORE OF AN UNDERSTANDING
OF WHERE MY PERCEPTIONS WERE AS
THE EVENT UNFOLDED .
>> SOMETIMES YOU DON'T REALIZE
THAT HOW YOU DO YOUR JOB MAY
IMPACT SOMEBODY IN A NEGATIVE
WAY , WHICH IT DID IMPACT
KIMBERLY. IT OPENED UP MY EYES
AND TAUGHT ME THAT MAYBE WE
SHOULD BE CONSIDERATE AB ED NOT
JUST FOCUS ON THAT ONE TASK.
>> ONCE PEOPLE GET IN THE ROOM
AND ARE IN A POSITION WHERE THEY
CAN LOOK AND TALK WITH EACH
OTHER, THEY TALK TO EACH OTHER.
IT'S NOT SOMEBODY SAYING SO AND
SO TOLD ME THIS AND THEY SAID WE
WERE THERE AND THEY KNEW WHAT
HAPPENED. AND THERE IS ONE BIG
OUCH AND ABLE TO SAY THIS
HAPPENED AND THE OTHER PERSON IS
LIKE IT DOES BRING A SENSE OF
JUSTICE IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
THINGS DON'T GET THAT ARE
UNLESS YOU REALLY COMMUNICATE
AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS. WE ARE
REALLY TRYING TO HUMANIZE AND
BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO HAVE
CONVERSATIONS.
>> THE ABILITY FOR OPA AND
SEATTLE TO HAVE THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT ABILITY TO
SEE EACH OTHER AS HUMANS AND
PEOPLE MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. I
HAVE SEEN IT WHEN PEOPLE LEAVE
MEDIATIOON
COMMON GROUND. IT IS SOMETHING
THAT IS MISSING ALL AROUND US.
IF WE GAVE EACH OTHER A LITTLE
BIT OF GRACE, I THINK WE COULD
SOLVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS RATHER
THAN POINTING FINGERS AT ONE
ANOTHER.
>> THANK YOU. IT WAS A LONG TIME
COMING, BUT IT CAME. IT IS
EXCITING WORK AS WE GROW THAT
PROGRAM. I THINK THAT IS WHERE
YOU FIND COMMON GROUND
ESPECIALLY FOR A LOT OF US. ALL
CASES ARE IMPORTANT BUT MINOR
MISCONDUCTS AND THOSE TYPE OF
THINGS, IT COULD BE VERY
HELPFUL.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. WE WILL
ROLL IN STRAIGHT TO CPC.
>> HELLO . IT IS ECI AMEH FOR
THE THIRD OR FOURTH TIME THIS
MORNING. I WILL TAKE A SIP OF
WATER REALLY QUICKLY. I AM THE
INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION. WE
ARE REALLY REALLY GRATEFUL FOR
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO
SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
CPC. I WILL TRY TO GO QUICKLY
BECAUSE WE ARE -- I HAVE SHARED
A BIT EARLIER THIS MORNING. I
WILL SAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AS I DID SHARE EARLIER, THE
SPECIAL SAUCE FOR CPC IS
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE SEE
OURSELVES AS UPLIFTING THAT
COMMUNITY VOICE. CPC STARTED IN
RESPONSE TO MANY PUBLIC CALLS
FOR ACCOUNTABILITY FOLLOWING A
SERIES OF SERIOUS INCIDENTS
INVOLVING SPD BUT THE MOST
NOTABLE ONE WAS THE KILLING OF
AN INDIGENOUS WOODCARVER JOHN
WILLIAMS , WHO WAS ALSO DEAF.
THIS IS EMBEDDED AND HOW SEATTLE
MOVES FORWARD AND THIS IS THAT
ANTIRACIST PRINCIPLE OF SHARING
POWER WITH COMMUNITIES WHICH
MEANS THOSE MOST IMPACTED BY
SOMETHING HAVE THE GREATEST
VOICE. THE TIMELINE , I WILL LET
IT SPEAK FOR ITSELF I WANT
BESIDES THAT CPC DIDN'T JUST
EMERGE. IT WAS BUILT THROUGH
YEARS OF ADVOCACY AND
NEGOTIATION ON THE PART OF MANY
DIFFERENT LEADERS IN SEATTLE.
THE RESPONSIBILITIES EXPANDED IN
2017 AND NOW IT IS A PERMANENT
AND INDEPENDENT BODY UNDER CITY
LAW AND A COMMON MISCONCEPTION
IS WHEN THE CONSENT DECREE GOES
AWAY, CPC GOES AWAY. THAT IS
TRUE. WHEN THE CONSENT DEGREE --
DECREE GOES AWAY OUR ROLE
BECOMES MORE PROMINENT BECAUSE
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE HOW WE MOVE
FORWARD IN OUR ACCOUNTABILITY
SYSTEM. WE ARE GROUNDED IN OUR
PERP THIS. OUR MISSION REFLECTS
NOT A COMMUNITY BASE OR
COMMUNITY INFORMED BUT A
COMMUNITY LED APPROACH LED IN
EQUITY AND JUSTICE. THE LEGAL
MANDATE IS BROAD . THE PURPOSE
OF CPC IS LAID OUT AGAIN AND
THAT LANDMARK 2017
ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE AND
TASKED WITH BRINGING ABOUT A
COMMUNITY LED PERSPECTIVE INTO
POLICING PRACTICES, POLICIES AND
SEVERAL OVERSIGHT DECISIONS. CPC
IS STRUCTURED AS AN INDEPENDENT
COMMISSION AND THE WORK IS
CARRIED OUT BY SEVERAL VOLUNTEER
COMMISSIONERS. THESE ARE FOLKS
WHO ARE GIVING THEIR TIME IS
COMMUNITY LEADERS TO ENSURE THAT
THE COMMUNITY VOICE IS
REPRESENTED IN ACCOUNTABILITY .
I HAVE SHARED WITH YOU EARLIER
THAT CPC HAS MORE THAN 30
SEPARATE RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER
THE ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE .
AND WITH A SMALL BUT MIGHTY SNAP
OF JUST NINE PEOPLE , WE DO HAVE
SOME RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE
COULD USE ALL NINE PEOPLE JUST
TO BE ABLE TO FULFILL THAT ONE
THING UNDER THWHEN
I THINK OF WHAT IT MEANS TO
RIGHT SIZE THE RESOURCES OF THIS
ORGANIZATION, IT IS AN
ORGANIZATION OF HOW BROAD THE
RESPONSIBILITIES ARE UNDER THAT
ORDINANCE AND ONE EXAMPLE THAT
WE ARE TASKED WITH AND THE
ORDINANCES COMPILING AND
MAINTAINING A DATABASE THAT
TRACKS ALL RECOMMENDATIONS MADE
BY CPC, OIG AND OPA AND WHETHER
OR NOT SPD HAS IMPLEMENTED THEM.
YOU THINK ABOUT THE SMALLEST
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNER
SPECIFICALLY CHARGED WITH
ENGAGEMENT AND ALSO CHARGED WITH
THE MAKE ENDS OF A DATABASE THAT
REQUIRES ACCURATE INPUT RELYING
ON ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS. THIS
IS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THIS.
>> THIS IS THE STAFF BEHIND THE
WORK. I HAVE SHARED KIND OF THE
THREE-PART -- I WON'T SAY
THREE-LEGGED STOOL BUT I WILL
SHARE THE THREE PARTS. WE HAVE
THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM,
THE OPERATIONS TEAM, THE POLICY
TEAM. I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM AND
POLICY TEAM EARLIER IN THIS
PRESENTATION BUT I WILL TALK
ABOUT OUR OPERATIONS TEAM. WE DO
HAVE A COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR.
THAT ROLE IS AN UPGRADED ROLE
FROM THE PREVIOUS ITERATION OF
THAT WHICH WAS A COMMUNICATION
ADVISOR BUT AS A SMALL
DEPARTMENT AND ONE THAT HAS SUCH
A SIGNIFICANT RESPONSIBILITY FOR
STORYTELLING. THAT HAS BEEN
REIMAGINED TO TAKE ON RATER
LEADERSHIP CAPACITY IN ORDER TO
SHARE OUR STORY BUT ALSO THINK
ABOUT HOW WE TO DO THAT IN A
MULTIFACETED WAY AND KAREN HAS
BEEN AMAZING AND YOU WILL SEE
THAT WORK IN THE PRESENTATION
AND THROUGHOUT. YOU HAVE DIVINA
MOZER WHO KEEPS THE OPERATIONS
RUNNING. THE OFFICE DOESN'T
HAPPEN WITHOUT HER. ACROSS THIS
TEAM, WE DO HAVE A CROSS
FUNCTIONAL TEAM. MANY OF THE
STAFF ON OUR TEAM OUT OF THE
NINE PEOPLE, SEVEN HAVE BEEN
HIRED IN THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS
ALONE. THIS IS A COMPLETE
REBUILD OF AN ORGANIZATION AND
THE FOLKS WHO ARE COMING WITH A
VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ROLES AND
SKILLS. MANY OF THEM HAVE A
CROSSOVER BETWEEN COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION
SKILLS OR A CROSSOVER BETWEEN
POLICY AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS.
THEY ARE ALSO ABLE TO OUTREACH
THE COMMUNITY IN VERY SPECIFIC
AND UNIQUE WAYS. THE TEAM HAS
MULTIPLE LANGUAGES SPOKEN
BESIDES ENGLISH AND ON OUR TEAM
WE HAVE SPOKEN AND INDONESIAN
LANGUAGE, A NIGERIAN LANGUAGE ,
TONGAN, FARSI AND A FEW OTHERS
AS WELL. I MAY HAVE OTHERS AND I
HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN TO THE
COMMISSIONERS YET AND WE ARE
THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE CONNECT
WITH THE DIVERSE COMMUNITY. AND
I MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE
IMPACT ON THE REVISED CROWD
MANAGEMENT LEGISLATION WHICH IS
SOMETHING WE ARE INCREDIBLY
PROUD OF. WE ARE WORKING RIGHT
NOW TO LAUNCH TRAINING BUILDING
COMMUNITY CAPACITY AROUND THE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. EARLIER,
WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT WE
CAN'T HAND THIS HUGE ORDINANCE
TO COMMUNITIES AND SAY WHAT YOU
THINK ABOUT THAT ? THAT IS NOT
WHERE ARE JOB LIES. THERE IS A
HUGE ROLE IN COMMUNITY CAPACITY
TO ENGAGE GOVERNMENT IN THESE
COMPLEX CONVERSATIONS AROUND
POLICING. WE ARE VERY EXCITED
THAT VERY VERY SOON WE WILL BE
READY TO LAUNCH THIS TRAINING
THAT TALKS ABOUT THE ROLE OF CPC
AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM AS
WE KNOW IT AND WAYS THE
COMMUNITY CAN ENGAGE TO PROVIDE
FEEDBACK. WE ARE SO PROUD THAT
EVEN IN THIS SHORT TIME, WE HAVE
SEEN GOALS IDENTIFIED BY THE CPC
FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS
ACCOMPLISHED IN THE LAST SIX
MONTHS. WE ARE JUST GETTING
STARTED AND JUST GOT FULLY
STAFFED IN FEBRUARY. WHAT YOU
SEE NOW IS THE BEGINNING OF THE
MOMENTUM THAT WE HAVE AND
ANYTHING THAT CAN BE SAID ABOUT
THE CPC A YEAR AGO CAN'T BE
SAID ABOUT THAT OF TODAY. AND I
WANT TO MOVE NEXT TALKING ABOUT
THE COMMISSION BEHIND THE WORK.
AGAIN, COMMISSIONERS ARE
VOLUNTEER LEADERS COMMITTED TO
ELEVATING THE VOICE OF
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE MOST
IMPACTED BY POLICING. THE
RECRUITMENT EFFORTS ARE FOCUSED
ON INDIVIDUALS WILLING TO ENGAGE
HEAVILY IN POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
WORK, DEEPLY ROOTED IN
COMMUNITIES AND REFLECTING A
RANGE OF DIFFERENT LIVED
EXPERIENCES IMPORTANT TO THE
CONVERSATION. OUT OF 15 SEATS ON
THE COMMISSION, FIVE APPOINTED
BY THE MAYOR FIVE APPOINTED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL AND FIVE
APPOINTED BY THE CPC THEMSELVES,
WE HAVE 11 OUT OF 15 OF THOSE
SEATS FILLED AND MANY FILLED IN
THE LAST FEW MONTHS. ONE IS IN
PROGRESS THANKS TO YOUR VOTING
TODAY. THE COMMISSION DOES THIS
WORK THROUGH COMMITTEES AND
WORKING GROUPS AND STANDING
COMMITTEES HAVE A PERMANENT HARD
OF THE CPC STRUCTURE PER ITS
BYLAWS AND WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND ALSO
THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. YOU
WILL SEE WHAT THEIR
RESPONSIBILITIES ARE. WE ALSO
HAVE WORK GROUPS ACTIVE ON A
VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ISSUES AND
PROBABLY THE LONGEST STANDING IS
THE POLICE PRACTICES WORKGROUP ,
MANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS
ENGAGED EITHER WITH YOU DIRECTLY
OR WITH POLICY TEAM ON MANY OF
THE DIFFERENT PIECES OF
LEGISLATION AND POLICY REVIEWED.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL OTHER
ISSUE BASED WORK BELOW ON THE
BOTTOM RIGHT THAT YOU WILL SEE.
>> IN TERMS OF AMPLIFYING
COMMUNITY VOICES, OUR TEAM HAS
EXPANDED ITS REACH SINCE
BECOMING FULLY STAFFED IN
FEBRUARY. YOU WILL SEE THE CHART
ON THE LEFT SIDE THAT IS A
GROWING NUMBER OF CONTACTS THAT
THEY ARE MAKING IN THE COMMUNITY
ON ANY GIVEN DAY OR WEEK. THE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM IS
GOING TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
EVENTS AND SOMETIMES MULTIPLE
EVENTS PER NIGHT AND SOMETIMES
TWO OR THREE SPLITTING THE
RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO COVER
DIFFERENT EVENTS. SINCE
FEBRUARY, WE HAVE REACHED 800
DIFFERENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
29 DIFFERENT EVENTS. WE ARE
STILL COUNTING BECAUSE APRIL
ISN'T QUITE OVER YET. WE ALSO
MAKE SURE THAT COMMUNITY CONCERN
IS INCORPORATED INTO CROWD
MANAGEMENT LEGISLATION. WHEN WE
WORKED ON THAT, WE LAUNCHED A
COMMUNITY SURVEY TO REACH AS
MANY FOLKS AS POSSIBLE AND AT
THE TIME WE ARE WORKING ON THAT
WE ARE GOING INTO THE HOLIDAY
SEASON AND STAFFED WITH THREE OR
FOUR PEOPLE ON OUR TEAM. WE ARE
AT OUR LOWEST POINT OF RESOURCES
BUT WE USED THE WORK WITH OUR
COMMISSIONERS AND SURVEY THAT
HAD 125 COMMUNITY MEMBERS
PARTICIPATE AND GIVE FEEDBACK ON
THE CROWD MANAGEMENT
LEGISLATION.
>> THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT
STORIES COMMY
OUR WORK AND PRIORITIES. IN CPC,
WE ARE FOCUSED ON AMPLIFYING THE
VOICE OF COMMUNITY , REGARDLESS
OF WHAT THAT MESSAGES. ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT IS IMPORTANT TO
NOTICE IS WE ARE NOT
ANTI-POLICE. WE DO HAVE TO SEE
THIS AND SAY THIS MORE OFTEN
THAN YOU THINK. WE ARE PRO
ACCOUNTABILITY AND PRO
COMMUNITY. WHEN WE AMPLIFY THE
VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY, WE SHARE
POSITIVE EXPERIENCES ABOUT WHAT
THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH POLICE
AND SHOWING CRITICAL FEEDBACK
ABOUT ISSUES THAT NEED IMMEDIATE
ATTENTION ON BEHALF OF
COMMUNITIES. I WILL SHARE THIS
STORY ABOUT SAMMY. RECENTLY WE
WENT TO THE OPENING BLESSING
EVENT OF OCEANA NORTHWEST WHICH
IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION
DOING AMAZING WORK IN THE
PACIFIC COMMUNITY THAT ONE OF
OUR COMMISSIONERS IS THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF. AT THE
EVENT, WHEN IT WAS TIME TO EAT,
SOMEBODY CAME UP TO ME AND SAID
CAN I SIT NEXT TO YOU? I HAD
JUST BEEN INTRODUCED OF THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CPC. SHE
PROCEEDED TO TELL ME ABOUT HOW
SHE LIVES BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE
SOUTHWEST PRECINCT. SHE SAID THE
POLICE HAVE BEEN TO HER HOME
SEVERAL TIMES TO RESPOND TO
DIFFERENT INCIDENTS INVOLVING
HER SON, WHO IS SUFFERING FROM
MENTAL HEALTH CRISES. SHE SAYS
THAT IN HER EXPERIENCES, EVERY
TIME SPD SHOWED UP, THEY
EXHIBITED RESPECT AND TREATED
HER SON WITH DIGNITY. AND SOME
OF HER WORST FEARS AS A PARENT
AND HAVING THE POLICE SHOW UP IN
A SITUATION LIKE THAT , SHE WAS
ABLE TO FEEL REASSURED. SHE WAS
SO GRATEFUL AND SPECIFICALLY
NAMED OFFICER LUCAS OF SPD AND
SAID IF SHE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
I WOULD SHARE THE EXPERIENCE
WITH THE UPPER ECHELONS OF THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I
SAID I THINK I CAN DO THAT AND I
PROMISED I WOULD DO THAT FOR HER
TODAY. WE ALSO WANT TO SHARE
CRITICAL FEEDBACK. WHEN WE GO TO
EVENTS, WE HEARD FROM FOR
INSTANCE THE INDIAN ADVISORY
BOARD, WHICH IS ONE THAT IS
CONVENED BY SPD OF NATIVE
AMERICAN COMMUNITY MEMBERS
CONVENED AT DAYBREAK STAR. WE
HEARD COMMUNITY MEMBERS RAISING
CONCERNS ABOUT THE HANDLING OF
BIAS CRIMES AND ISSUES OF SEXUAL
ASSAULT AND , IN PARTICULAR,
SLOW RESPONSE TIMES. THEY HAD
TOLD SEVERAL STORIES AND
PROVIDED OFFICERS WITH INCIDENT
NUMBERS OF SITUATIONS IN WHICH A
SEXUAL ASSAULT HAPPENED IN A
NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND IT
WAS EIGHT OR 12 HOURS BEFORE AN
OFFICER RESPONDED AT THE SCENE.
THEY ALSO SHARED CONCERNS ABOUT
HOW SPD WAS RESPONDING TO
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATIONS AND
A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT
MISSING INDIGENOUS PERSONS ALERT
CASES AND A RECENT SYSTEM
LAUNCHED IN 2022 SO INFORMATION
ABOUT HOW TO LOCATE MISSING
INDIGENOUS PERSONS WHICH, AS
MANY OF YOU KNOW, IS A
SIGNIFICANT ISSUE IN THOSE
COMMUNITIES . ALONG
FRUSTRATION AND MANY IMMIGRANT
AND REFUGEE COMMUNITIES SHAPED
BY BOTH THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE
AND LOCAL AND NATIONAL CLIMATES.
WE ELEVATE ALL OF THOSE STORIES.
WHEN IT DOES COME TO BUILDING
TRUST THROUGH STORYTELLING,
AGAIN, THAT IS THINKING HOW DO
WE HIGHLIGHT OVERSIGHT IN ACTION
AND PUT SEATTLE BACK ON THE
NATIONAL MAP OF ACCOUNTABILITY
WORK . THE VIDEO YOU SEE ON THE
RIGHT IS OUR TEAM AT THE
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
CHIEFS OF POLICE AND OFFICER
SAFETY AND WELLNESS CONFERENCE
IN ANAHEIM EARLIER THIS YEAR. WE
WERE THERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
WELLNESS AND SAFETY PROGRAMS AND
TRAININGS THAT DIFFERENT
JURISDICTIONS ARE OFFERING FOR
POLICE OFFICERS SO WE CAN
EXPLORE COMMUNITY CONCERNS ABOUT
HOW THAT TRAINING IS HAPPENING
IN THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
>> WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT IS NEXT
FOR THE CPC, AGAIN, WE LOOK
AHEAD AT THE POSSIBILITY OF A
POST-CONSENT DEGREE -- DECREE
FUTURE. WE ARE FOCUSING ON
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS,
STRENGTHENING COMMUNICATION,
EXPANDING OUR PRESENCE CITYWIDE
AND DOING THAT THROUGH
CONSISTENT AND CULTURALLY
RESPONSIVE ENGAGEMENT . WE ARE
ALSO LAUNCHING A DISTRICT
LIAISON PROGRAM. THAT LOOKS AT
THE DISTRICTS THAT REPRESENT
SEATTLE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL
DISTRICTS AND MAKING SURE THAT
COMMISSIONERS HAVE A CONNECTION
TO SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES THAT
YOUR CONSTITUENTS MAKE UP SO WE
DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ENGAGE WITH YOU SPECIFICALLY ON
WHAT WE HEAR FROM CONSTITUENTS
AND YOUR DISTRICTS AND ACROSS
THE CITY AS WELL. THE FUTURE
POLICY PROJECTS THAT I MENTION
IS BUILDING OUT THE LEGISLATIVE
REVIEW PROCESS, CONTINUING TO
BUILD THE SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS
FOR ORDINANCE RESPONSIBILITIES
AND ESTABLISHING A STRONG
COMMUNITY FEEDBACK LOOP.
>> I WILL TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT
INVESTING WHERE IT MATTERS. I
SAID EARLIER THAT WE BELIEVE
MONEY IS TIED TO MISSION. AS WE
GO INTO THIS BUDGET DEFICIT
SCENARIO THAT BILLY HAS SEATTLE
AND MANY CITIES, QUITE FRANKLY,
IN CRISIS, WE WONDER AND WE
WORRY ABOUT THE INVESTMENT IN
COMMUNITY LED WORK, PARTICULARLY
WORK THAT CENTERS ANTIRACIST AND
PRO-EQUITY VALUES. WE DO BELIEVE
THAT RIGHT NOW IS THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR SEATTLE TO MAKE
A PUBLIC AND VISIBLE COMMIT TO
COMMUNITY LET ACCOUNTABILITY.
THE BUDGET HAS BEEN CUT . THE
BUDGET HAS BEEN CUT
DISPROPORTIONATELY. AND WE ARE,
UNFORTUNATELY, ANY PHYSICIAN AS
WE GO INTO A DEFICIT POSITION OF
NOT MANAGING FURTHER CUTS. WE
ARE AT A POINT WHERE THE CUTS
THREATEN OUR ABILITY TO BE ABLE
TO ACTUALLY CARRY OUT THE
MISSION CRITICAL FUNCTIONS. SO
IN OUR MENTASKING FOR A
RESTORATION OF CUTS TAKEN IN CA
NEED IN ORDER TO COOPERATE AND
OPERATE. AND HERE THIS SLIDE YOU
SEE HERE, THIS IMAGE OF EQUITY
VERSUS EQUALITY, IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO US. IF YOU LOOK
ACROSS THE CITY BUDGET, YOU CAN
SAY, WELL, THE DEPARTMENTS ARE
BEING ASKED TO TAKE EQUAL CUTS .
EQUALITY ISN'T EQUITY. THESE
THINGS NEED TO BE MADE ON
EQUITABLE BUDGET PRINCIPLES
CONSIDERING THE FACT WE ARE THE
SMALLEST PARTNER AND ALSO
CONSIDERING THE NUMBER OF
OBLIGATIONS WE HAVE UNDER THE
ORDINANCE. SO THAT DECISION CAN
BE MADE WITH ALL OF THAT
UNDERLYING. I WILL STOP THERE
AND YIELD FOR QUESTIONS. I THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR
TIME TODAY.
>> THANK YOU. I DO RECOGNIZE WE
ARE A BIT OVER TIME. BUT
QUESTIONS FOR ALL THREE?
OBVIOUSLY, WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS
FOR OIG EARLIER AND WE HAD SOME
FOR CPC AT THE BEGINNING, BUT
WITH THAT SAID, VICE CHAIR, DO
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OVERALL
MAY BE FOR OPA?
>> THANK YOU. I DO HAVE A
QUESTION FOR ALL THREE. I THINK
I KNOW FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF
CPC THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT FEEL
FREE TO SHARE ANY REVISED
THOUGHTS IF ANY . BUT FOR ALL
THREE ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS,
WHAT DO YOU VIEW AS THE BIGGEST
BARRIER TO YOUR SUCCESS OVER THE
NEXT YEAR ? WHAT IS THE SINGLE
BIGGEST BARRIER TO YOUR SUCCESS?
THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY ISSUE
SPOTTERS IN THE WORLD. WHAT DO
YOU VIEW AS THE BEST SOLUTION OR
PROPOSED SOLUTION? SO, BARRIERS
TO YOUR SUCCESS IN ORGANIZATION
AND SOLUTIONS? BECAUSE IT CAN'T
JUST BE ISSUE SPOTTERS. THANK
YOU.
>> OKAY. ONE OF THEM THAT IS
VERY PARAMOUNT AND LOOKING AT
THE DATA, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
CAME UP IS THAT IT IS
DATA-DRIVEN. IN ORDER TO DO
THAT, WE OFFER A SYSTEM, IA PRO
WHICH IS ANOTHER ACCOUNTABILITY
PARTNER. IT DOES SOME THINGS,
BUT IT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT
TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING
THAT WOULD INTERFACE EITHER WITH
IT OR KEEP TRACK FOR CASE
MANAGEMENT IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE
IN REAL TIME THAT YOU COULD
ACTUALLY SEE THE DATES OF WHEN
THINGS ARE HAPPENING. THERE IS
SO MUCH THAT GOES ON WITH OUR
WORK AND AT TIMES LIMITED BUT WE
HAVE PEOPLE ON ADMINISTRATIVE
LEAVE AND OTHER TYPES OF THINGS
AND SOMETIMES THERE IS CRIMINAL
REFERRALS AND THEY HAVE DATES
AND TIMES AND SO FORTH DONE BY
HAND RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE WHO WORK
VERY DILIGENTLY AND IT WOULD BE
PARAMOUNT IN ORDER TO HELP AND
MAKE SURE LIKE WE HAVE TALKED
ABOUT GUARDRAILS AND THINGS LIKE
THAT TO MAKE SURE IT IS IN
PLACE. THAT IS A MAJOR ONE.
BUDGET, I KNOW WE WILL TALK
LATER ABOUT IT, BUT OBVIOUSLY IN
ORDER TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL AND AGAIN,
THERE COULD BE CUTS BUT IT WOULD
BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO DO
SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT IS THE
SECOND ONE. I THINK THE SUPPORT.
I DO HAVE TO SAY THIS. I AM
BEING REAL AND WE WILL TALK
ABOUT THE CHIEF OF POLICE
ORDINANCE THAT WILL BE ABLE TO
COME TO ALL OF YOU AND THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND PEOPLE TO BE
ABLE TO SAY THAT THERE IS
SOMETHING TO BE ABLE TO SEE IF
WE CAN BRING THAT TO ALL OF YOU
WHICH CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO
MAKE US MORE EFFECTIVE AND
EFFICIENT LIKE THE CHIEF OF
POLICE ORDINANCE.
>> I AM TRYING TO THINK OF
BARRIERS. I CAN THINK OF A
NUMBER OF CHALLENGES. THERE ARE
THOSE THAT CAN BECOME BARRIERS.
I THINK FOR ME PROBABLY THE
PRIMARY ONE IS ALL OF US DO OUR
WORK WITH SPD LARGELY BY
COLLABORATION AND CONSENT. WE
DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY UNLIKE
THE FEDERAL COURT TO FORCE SPD
TO DO ANYTHING. WE HAVE HAD A
NUMBER OF CHANGES IN LEADERSHIP
AT SPD. I THINK NOW WE DO HAVE A
LOT OF WORK TO DO, ESPECIALLY AT
OIG BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP WITH
THE NEW CHIEF OF POLICE AND
MAKING SURE WE HAVE A THAT
SUPPORTS AND COLLABORATION AT
THE HIGHEST LEVEL TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE WORK THAT WE DO IS
IMPORTANT AND THE THINGS WE
BELIEVE SPD SHOULD THINK ABOUT,
PRIORITIZE, IMPLEMENT, ARE
THINGS THE LEADERSHIP WILL DO
MOVING FORWARD. IF WE DO NOT
HAVE THAT , THEN I THINK THE
BABY DID COME BARRIERS AND A
LACK OF AUTHORITY TO PUSH THOSE
THINGS WE THINK ARE IMPORTANT
FOR COMMUNITY AND FOR THE CITY.
>> FOR THE COMMUNITY POLICE
DIVISION I THINK THE ASK IN THE
CURRENT BUDGET SCENARIO IS
DIFFICULT, BUT IN LIGHT OF
EVERYTHING, IT IS MODEST , WHAT
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO RESTORE
THE PREVIOUS CUTS AND BE ABLE TO
RUN. WE HAVE A FEW UNFUNDED
MANDATES THAT OF HAPPENED PRIOR
TO OUR TIME AND ONE IS THE
CREATION OF THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR
ROLE ADDED TO OUR ACCOUNT BUT
NOT FUNDED SO THAT PUTS US AT A
DEFICIT AND ANOTHER ONE IS THE
COMMISSIONER STIPEND. WE DO
COMPENSATE COMMISSIONERS FOR
THEIR TIME AND IT'S NOT EVEN
ACTUALLY COMPENSATION MEANT TO
REMOVE THE FINANCIAL BARRIERS
SPECIFIC TO PARTICIPATION WHICH
WAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN
2023 BUT WASN'T FUNDED IN OUR
BUDGET SO WE ARE OPERATING
ALREADY ON A VERY THIN NONLABOR
BUDGET WHICH IS ONE OF THE
CHALLENGES WE HAVE GOING FORWARD
TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PROPERLY
RESOURCING THAT AND THE OTHER
RELIES ON PARTNERSHIP
ACCOUNTABILITY SO WE ALSO ARE
LOOKING TO MAKE SURE
CHIEF OF POLICE. WE ARE BUILDING
THAT NOW BUT THE CONTINUED
COLLABORATION FROM SPD AND ALSO
FROM THE REST OF THE PARTNERS. I
THINK WHEN IT COMES TO SPD IN
PARTICULAR, WE BENEFIT FROM
COMMUNICATION AND, LUCKILY,
BRIAN AND I HAVE HAD
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT IN THAT
RELATIONSHIP . HE DOES
UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF
THAT AND SUPPORTS THE IMPORTANCE
OF THAT. BUT THE ABILITY TO BE
ABLE TO HAVE COMMUNICATION AND
SEE WHAT IS COMING DOWN THE PIKE
, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT COMMUNITY
CONCERNS ARE DRIVING POLICY
CHANGES OR ISSUES THAT SPD IS
WORKING ON SO WE ARE NOT CAUGHT
FLAT FOOTED WHEN THEY COME TO US
LOOKING FOR ADVOCACY ON OUR
PART. I WOULD SAY THOSE ARE SOME
OF THE CHALLENGES.
>> IF I MAY JUMP IN AND I
PROMISE TO KEEP IT SHORT. FOR ME
IT IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. WE
TALK ABOUT THREE ACCOUNTABILITY
PARTNERS AND IN MY MIND THERE
ARE FOUR. SPD IS AT THE TABLE
AND WE ARE COLLABORATING WITH
COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND THERE ARE
SOME EXPECTATIONS OUT THERE THAT
THESE RELATIONSHIPS NEED TO BE
ADVERSARIAL AND UNDER THE THUMB
OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS.
FOR ME THAT IS NOT WHAT IT IS.
CERTAINLY THEY HOLD US TO
ACCOUNT IN A VARIETY OF WAYS
THROUGH INVESTIGATIONS AND
SYSTEMIC RECOMMENDATIONS AND
REFORM. ONE OF THE PRIORITIES
WITH SPD IS IMPROVEMENT
CONTINUOUSLY. IT ISN'T CHANGING
AS THE CONSENT DECREE LEAVES. WE
ARE STILL COMMITTED TO BE A
LEARNING ORGANIZATION PUSHING
INTO THE FUTURE. WE CAN'T DO
THIS ALONE. WE RECOGNIZE THAT
AND NEED OUR PARTNERS TO SEE THE
BLIND SPOTS AND HOLD US
ACCOUNTABLE AND BRING VOICES WE
DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO. WE ARE
COMMITTED AND THE CHIEF IS
COMMITTED TO CONTINUING THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS AND DRIVING
FORWARD WITH CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT IS THE FOURTH
ACCOUNTABILITY PART. THANK YOU.
>> VICE CHAIR? I AM SORRY.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO
PARTICIPATE AND ASK THESE
QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU FOR
COMING TO SHARE MORE ABOUT YOUR
WORK. AT THE TOP, I WANT TO
RECOGNIZE HOW CHALLENGING THIS
TOPIC IS , THIS CONVERSATION. I
TRUST THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON
IN THIS ROOM SEEKS TO IMPROVE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS FOR THE
SAKE OF THE RESIDENTS AND
HEALING FROM HARM THAT HAS BEEN
CAUSED. THERE ARE SOME REALLY
HARD FACTS HERE. 19 PEOPLE WERE
MURDERED SPD OFFICERS ACROSS 14
YEARS IS DEVASTATING AND
UNACCEPTABLE. THIS ALONE, NOT TO
MENTION MISCONDUCT AND CULTURE
CHALLENGES THAT SPD HAS LEFT THE
PUBLIC WITH UNDERSTANDABLE
FEELINGS, CONFUSION E PUBLIC MUT
THAT WRONGDOING, HARM, AND
MISCONDUCT BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. THAT
IS WHY TODAY'S MEETING IS SO
IMPORTANT. WE MUST BE PART OF
THE SYSTEM AND A PATH FORWARD
THAT WILL DELIVER ON
IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM AND I HOPE
WE CAN HAVE A SOLUTIONS ORIENTED
DISCUSSION TODAY AND I WANTED TO
HOLD MY QUESTIONS TO GIVE ANY
PARTNER TO CHIME IN AS
APPROPRIATE . WITH THAT, IN
2018, WASHINGTON PAST INITIATIVE
940 REQUIRING INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATIONS OF USES OF DEADLY
FORCE. IT IS BEEN MY
UNDERSTANDING THAT FOR AT LEAST
A TIME SEATTLE WASN'T
PARTNERING WITH ANY OUTSIDE
AGENCIES TO HAVE THOSE
INVESTIGATIONS CONDUCTED WHEN A
POLICE OFFICER IN SEATTLE USES
DEADLY FORCE. IS THAT CORRECT,
AND DOES SPD HAVE POLICIES AND
PARTNERSHIPS IN PLACE TO CONDUCT
THOSE INVESTIGATIONS?
>> AS PART OF THE STATE LAW,
THEY WERE EXEMPTED FROM THOSE
REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE WE WERE
UNDER FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE. AS
WE MOVE FORWARD, TO EXIT THAT
CONSENT DECREE, WE ARE BUILDING
THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND MAKING
SURE THOSE PROCESSES ARE IN
PLACE WITH REGULAR ENGAGEMENTS
WITH THE COUNTY FIT TEAM AND
WITH THE OFFICE OF INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATIONS. THEY EACH HAVE A
FUNCTION TO PLAY IN THAT . SO,
YES, THOSE WILL BE IN PLACE
PRIOR TO THE EXIT OF THE CONSENT
DECREE. I DO WANT TO CAUTION
THOUGH THAT SOME OF THE
TRANSPARENCY AND SOME OF THE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MAY BE
COMPROMISED AS ENGAGING WITH
THOSE SYSTEMS BECAUSE THEY
CONTROL THE RELEASE OF
INFORMATION AND THEY ADAPT . SPD
AS WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS
PROCESS IS INTO THE OFFICER
INVOLVED SHOOTINGS AND WE HAVE
BEEN PRAISED CONTINUOUSLY FOR
THE RIGOR AND THE AMOUNT OF
INFORMATION AND POLICIES AND
TRAINING . AND FOR THE
TRANSPARENCY. WE WILL ANYTHING
WE CAN TO CONTINUE THAT . WE
WILL BE SUBJECT TO OUTSIDE
FORCES AND SOME AREAS.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT WE
AS ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS, I
THINK , A YEAR AGO, WE MET WITH
THE OFFICE OF INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATION DIRECTOR AND WE
ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT THAT . AND
FOR OPA, WHEN THEY DO COME IN
AGAIN , THAT THOSE WOULD
BASICALLY BE TOLD UNTIL IT IS
DONE. WE WERE TOLD BECAUSE IT IS
CRIMINAL AND WE TALKED ABOUT
SOME OF THOSE CHANGES.
>> I THINK TO THE POINT OF MR.
MAXEY, THERE ARE GOOD THINGS AND
BAD THINGS . THE TOLLING OF THE
ABILITY OF SEATTLE TO LOOK AT
ITS OWN FOLLOWING A POLICIES AND
MAKE DETERMINATIONS ABOUT THAT,
I THINK, IS A NEGATIVE. I THINK
WE WILL HAVE TO BE ADJUSTING THE
EXPECTATIONS AS THESE PROCESSES
MOVE FORWARD AND WHEN THIS WAS
THE PAST, I WOULD HAVE
CHALLENGED ANYBODY TO FIND
ANOTHER AGENCY IN THE STATE THAT
HAD AS ROBUST USE OF FORCE
INVESTIGATION TEAM AS SPD DID AT
THE TIME. I DO THINK THAT
EXEMPTION OF SPD DURING THE
PROCESS WAS HELPFUL TO ALLOW
OTHER JURISDICTIONS TO BUILD
CAPABILITIES AND PARTNERSHIPS ,
AND ALSO TO CREATE TEAMS THAT
HAVE THE ABILITY LIKE SPD AND
THE FIT TEAM TO DO A DEEP AND
THOROUGH INVESTIGATION OF
OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTINGS.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR THOSE
RESPONSES AND CLARIFYING THAT
POINT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE
PUBLIC AND UNDERSTANDING THAT
AND REALLY HEARTENED TO HEAR
THERE IS A PATH MOVING FORWARD
AND WORK BEING DONE AND
PARTNERSHIPS TO MAKING SURE WE
ARE COMPLIANT WITH STATE LAW AND
CONTINUING A DISCUSSION THERE AS
WE NAVIGATE OUT OF THE CONSENT
DECREE. TO THAT END, WE HAD SOME
DISCUSSION ABOUT THE 2017
ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE FOR THE
PURPOSES OF CLARIFICATION, WHAT
ELEMENTS HAVE BEEN ENACTED, AND
WHAT ARE THE REMAINING
COMPONENTS THAT ARE YET TO BE
ENACTED?
>> I THINK WE MAY WANT TO
SCHEDULE AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT
MEETING WITH SEVERAL HOURS SET
ASIDE. IT IS 107 PAGES . YOU
HAVE 30 OBLIGATIONS. I DON'T
HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY THAT OIG
HAS. WHAT I WOULD SAY IS , AND I
HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS
AND PRODUCING MATERIALS SINCE I
STARTED ABOUT THE REALLY CORE
POWERS THAT THE ORDINANCE GIVES
TO THE ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS
THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED IN SOME
FORM OR ANOTHER AND THOSE THAT
HAVE NOT. I THINK GOING LINE BY
LINE IN THE ORDINANCE SAYING DID
WE DO THIS OR THAT , I DON'T
KNOW IF THAT IS PRODUCTIVE
BECAUSE SOME OF THAT WHERE WE
ARE NOW IN 2025 MAY OR MAY NOT
BE DESIRABLE OR HELPFUL. I THINK
THERE ARE SOME CORE PROVISIONS
THAT THE CITY CONTINUES TO
NEGOTIATE ESPECIALLY AROUND AND
I DID ALLUDE TO THIS IN MY
COMMENTS ABOUT NOT BEEN ABLE TO
FORCE THINGS IS SUBPOENA POWER.
ACCOUNTABILITY ENTITIES HAVE TO
BE ABLE TO, WHEN RELATIONSHIPS
ARE NOT GREAT, PLAN FOR
WORST-CASE SCENARIOS AND NOT
RELY ON BEST CASE SCENARIOS. WE
HAVE TO HAVE THE POWER AND
AUTHORITY TO COMPEL THE
PRODUCTION OF EVIDENCE AND THE
COOPERATION OF WITNESSES IN
INVESTIGATIONS AND REVIEWS WE
DO. I THINK THERE ARE THINGS
THAT ARE KEY TO HAVING A REALLY
STRONG ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM
THAT WE DO NEED TO CONTINUE TO
WORK ON AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE
HAVE TO GO LINE BY LINE AND MAKE
SURE EVERYTHING AND THAT
ORDINANCE BECOMES ADOPTED, BUT
THAT IS MY TAKE ON APRIL 29 OF
2025.
>> I WOULD ECHO WITH REGARD TO
THE SUBPOENA POWER AND THINGS OF
THAT NATURE . AGAIN, THERE MAY
BE ANOTHER VENUE WHERE WE COULD
GO EVEN FURTHER, SOME OF THOSE
IDEAS, BUT THAT WOULD BE
SOMETHING WE WOULD BE INVOLVED
IN.
>> I DON'T THINK I CAN OFFER
ANYTHING BETTER THAN THESE FOLKS
HAVE. THERE IS A VERY
COMPLICATED ANSWER THAT IS
LIKELY UNDERLYING YOUR QUESTION.
WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO GO INTO
MORE IN DEPTH CONVERSATIONS WITH
YOU IN YOUR OFFICE OR ANYONE
ELSE INTERESTED IN THAT.
>> CERTAINLY. I WOULD BE
INTERESTED IN THAT CONVERSATION
BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF
INTEREST ABOUT THE STATUS OF
IMPLEMENTATION AND UNDERSTANDING
THERE IS NUANCE BUT I WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING OUR PART
IN THAT REALM. A FEW QUESTIONS
SPECIFICALLY FOR OPA, ARE ALL
CIVILIAN POSITIONS CURRENTLY
FILLED?
>> NO. THERE IS NOT . WE ARE
VERY FORTUNATE IN THE LAST
SESSION THAT WE HAVE NINE SWORN
IN WITH TWO CIVILIAN
INVESTIGATORS AND WE ACTUALLY
HAVE FOR THE OTHER CIVILIAN
STAFF, TWO SUPERVISORS AND THEN
SOME OF THE OTHER MANAGEMENT
FOLKS. SO RIGHT NOW, GIVEN THE
CURRENT FREEZE, AND I WILL SAY
THIS, WE HAVE PUT OUT FOR THAT
POSITION. RIGHT NOW I WILL SAY
WE HAD 211 RESPONSES. RIGHT NOW
IT IS ON HOLD BECAUSE OF BUDGET
CONCERNS AT THIS TIME.
>> GREAT. ANOTHER QUICK
QUESTION. I APPRECIATED THE
VIDEO AND LEARNING ABOUT THE
MEDIATIONS PROCESS. I WONDER IN
THE PAST YEAR HOW MANY
MEDIATIONS WERE CONDUCTED IN
2024?
>> WE DID HAVE ONE MEDIATION IN
2024 AND ONE THAT WOULD ALMOST
TAKE PLACE. THERE ARE A NUMBER
OF FACTORS WHEN WE SET DOWN AND
ONE REASON WE DID THIS VIDEO AND
NOT JUST ONE IN THE SENSE OF
LOOKING AT THIS BUT IT IS A REAL
CASE. LIKE I SAID, PEOPLE COMING
TOGETHER AND WHAT THAT COULD BE
LIKE SO SOMETIMES THERE IS THIS
TREPIDATION THAT BOTH PARTIES
HAVE TO AGREE. I AM SURE WE
COULD GROW THIS AND WE DO HAVE
ONE COMING UP NOW. WE WILL
CONTINUE TO GROW THIS AND THIS
IS ONE AVENUE TO DO THAT.
>> THERE HAS BEEN REPORTED SOME
DISCUSSION ABOUT RETALIATORY
COMPLAINTS AT SPD AND AN
INDEPENDENT REPORT SUGGESTED
THAT OPA TAKE OVER SOME OF THE
EEO COMPLAINTS AND WOULD BE GOOD
TO KNOW HOW MANY MORE STAFF
MEMBERS IT WOULD TAKE TO DO
THAT. AND DO YOU COME BY YOUR
PERSPECTIVE, DO YOU THINK THERE
HAS BEEN A WEAPONIZATION OF THE
PROCESS, AND YOU HAVE ANY
RECOMMENDATIONS TO RENDER THIS?
>> OKAY. CLEARLY, WITH REGARDS
TO OPA, WE DO WORK WITH THE EEO
AND I DID SEE THE REPORT EEO ARE
COMING TO EPA. WE OBVIOUSLY NEED
THE RESOURCES TO DO THAT OR TO
TRANSFER AND A CERTAIN CAPACITY
TO DO THAT. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU
SAY WEAPONIZATION, IT CAN BE
UTILIZED AND I WILL BE HONEST
AND IT CAN GO ONE THAN THE OTHER
AND BACK AND FORTH AND SO FORTH.
IT CAN BE UTILIZED. THAT IS
HONEST, WITH REGARDS TO THAT. I
DO THINK WITH REGARDS TO
RESOURCES, AND I WOULD BE HAPPY
TO DISCUSS FURTHER ABOUT WHAT
THAT LOOKS LIKE TO GIVE AN
ACCURATE RESPONSE TO THE FISCAL
AND WHAT PIECES OR COMPONENTS
AND I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE
LIKE BODY WORN VIDEO, IT TOOK A
WHILE FOR IT TO COME TO US AND
THERE IS STILL A PIECE LEFT TO
DO. SOMETIMES IT IS PIECES BUT
SOMETIMES IT IS ALL OF IT BUT
SOMETIMES THERE IS ANOTHER VENUE
FOR THAT. SO FURTHER
DISCUSSIONS, HAPPY TO DISCUSS.
>> I DO HAVE TWO QUICK
QUESTIONS. TO THAT END ,
PREVIOUSLY, THE CITY HAD ENGAGED
IN WORK RELATED TO AN EFFECTIVE
PERSONS PROGRAM AND PREVIOUSLY A
BUDGET ALLOCATED TO DO THIS
WORK. AND GIVING THE CHALLENGES
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE
FUNDING WHEN AWAY BUT THE
CONVERSATION CONTINUES.
WONDERING FOR YOUR OFFICES AND
MAYBE THIS IS MORE A QUESTION OF
CPC YOUR WORK WITH AFFECTED
FAMILIES AND REVISITING PERHAPS
THIS CONCEPT OF AN EFFECTIVE
PERSONS PROGRAM ?
>> IN A MOMENT I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO OTHERS WHO HAVE A LITTLE
BIT MORE LONGEVITY TO TALK ABOUT
THE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAPPENED
PRIOR TO ME COMING ON BOARD BUT
SINCE I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN
THE CPC, WE HAVEN'T HAD WORK
DIRECTLY WITH AFFECTED PERSONS
AS PART OF THIS VERY SHORT TIME
THAT WE FOCUSED IN REBUILDING
OUR TEAM SO WE CAN HAVE THE
CAPACITY TO DO THAT AND SOME OF
THAT INVOLVES INVESTING IN THE
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR
STAFF AND WE ARE BOTH GROWING
SKILLS TO BECOME MORE TRAUMA
INFORMED AND ALSO THE CRISIS
COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN ORDER TO
ENGAGE APPROPRIATELY AND THESE
PRIORITIES HAVE BEEN BUILDING TO
TAKE OVER THAT WORK AND WE DO
HAVE OTHER PARTNERS PRIOR TO ME
COMING ON BOARD. I AM NOT SURE
IF THERE WAS SOMEBODY WITH MORE
HISTORY.
>> CAN YOU DEFINE EFFECTIVE
ASSISTANCE BUT ONE THING THAT
HAS BEEN HELPFUL IS THE
COMPLAINT NAVIGATOR WITH PEOPLE
COMING IN AND HEARING BACK WE
HAD BIG STRETCHES WHERE PEOPLE
WOULD KNOW THE STATUS OF THE
CASE BESIDE THE COMMUTER --
COMPUTER. AND WE ARE EXCITED
ABOUT THAT AND THE COMPLAINT
IMPACT STATEMENT AND CONNECTING
THEM TO RESOURCES .
>> MY FINAL QUESTION AND MORE
FUN, WHERE CAN THE COMMUNITY
CATCH YOU NEXT? I WANT US AS WE
MOVE FORWARD AND I DO UNDERSTAND
YOU ARE NEW IN THIS ROLE AND
SEEKING TO RELEASE THIS
COMMUNITY WHERE CAN THEY CATCH
YOU NEXT AND WHERE CAN THEY
ENGAGE WITH THEM MOVING FORWARD.
THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION AND WE
HAVE UPCOMING WE HAVE EVERY
COUNCIL THAT THEY HOST AND
SEVERAL COMMUNITY GROUP AND I
ASKED MY TEAM WHERE YOU WILL BE
THIS WEEK. I WAS SAVING THAT FOR
LAST. THE PUBLIC MEETING IS THE
FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH
AT 9:00 A.M. HAPPENING HERE AT
CITY HALL IN ROOM 370. WE DO
INVITE ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
WITH THE MEETING AGENDAS FOUND
ON OUR WEBSITE. WE ALSO HAVE ON
OUR WEBSITE INSTRUCTIONS FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT WHICH IS REQUIRED
AS A COMMISSION OF OUR TYPE WITH
THEM TO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT
AND WE REVIEW THAT THAT COMES
INTO THE EMAIL ABOUT AND WE
SHARE WITH ALL COMMISSIONERS AND
THEY ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS
WELL. AND LIVE STREAMED WHY
THERE -- WHILE THEY ARE
HAPPENING. AND WE ARE REQUIRED
TO HAVE THOSE FOR COMMISSIONS IN
SEATTLE.
>> POINT OF ORDER, CHAIR.
>> THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU FOR
ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO OUR WORK
TOGETHER.
>> THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR
JOINING US TODAY. I AM SAYING
THAT AND EIGHT FINAL TTTOUR NEX
MEETING AND APOLOGIES TO THE
CENTRAL STAFF AND I AM SORRY BUT
IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, WE ARE
ALREADY OVER SO WE HAVE TO SHIFT
ITEM 4 . WE WILL GIVE THEM MORE
TIME TO DISCUSS IT AND WE WILL
HAVE A MORE FULL DISCUSSION IN
THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH, OFF THE
TOP OF MY HEAD IS MAY THIRD
TEAM. SO WITH THAT AS CHAIR WE
HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE
AGENDA AND IS THERE ANY FURTHER
BUSINESS BEFORE WE ADJOURN ?
SEEING NONE , WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THINK YOU