.
>> THE COMMITTEE MEETING WILL
COME TO ORDER.
IT'S 9:37 A.M. , DECEMBER
9th,
2025. I'M ROBERT KETTLE, THE
CHAIR
OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>>
HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON.
>>
HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON.
>>
HERE.
>> CHAIR
KETTLE.
>> CHAIR, THERE ARE FOUR MEMBERS
PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION,
THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING AND SEEING NO
OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS
ADOPTED.
THIS MORNING FOR CHAIR
COMMENT I WANTED TO START THIS
IS OUR
LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR, AND
IT'S
ALSO OUR LAST MEETING OF THIS
TERM OF THE COUNCIL, THE
TWO YEARS OF THIS TERM OF
THE COUNCIL.
AND I JUST WANTED TO
SAY THANK YOU AND A NOTE OF
GRATITUDE.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
THIS PRODUCTIVE TERM, FOR
ALL INVOLVED WHO
HELPED CARRY OUT OUR STRATEGIC
FRAMEWORK PLAN
FOR A SAFER SEATTLE TO ADVANCE
OUR
MISSION OF CREATING A SAFE
BASE IN
OUR CITY. I REALLY WANT TO SAY
THANK
YOU TO OUR CENTRAL STAFF
PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM STARTING
WITH DIRECTOR BEN NOBLE BUT ALSO
MR.
GREG DOSZ, AND I ALSO WANT
TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO ANNE
GORMEN
WHO WAS LONG-TERM SERVING ON
THE PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM
WITH CENTRAL STAFF.
I RESPECT YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO
THE COMMITTEE ROOTED IN
THE PROFESSIONALISM AND
EXCELLENCE THAT YOU BROUGHT
EVERY DAY.
IT DEFINITELY MADE A DIFFERENCE.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK
OUR COMMITTEE CLERK, MY POLICY
DIRECTOR, MR. BRENT LOWE WHO WAS
ALSO AIDED AT TIMES BY MR.
REBECCA AND MS. SARAH HAMON
FROM MY OFFICE.
THANK YOU TO THE CITY
CLERK'S
TEAM. I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR
SECURITY TEAM, ALL THOSE
THAT HELP US EACH DAY HERE IN
PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE.
AS YOU KNOW SOMETIMES
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE CAN
BE, I GUESS, SOME PEOPLE WOULD
SAY
SPICY, SO
I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE
SECURITY TEAM. I ALSO SUPPORT
THE ADMINISTRATIVE HELP THAT WE
ALSO
GET FROM CHRIS AND -- FROM THE
SECOND FLOOR HERE.
I DO WANT TO TAKE IT BACK
TO
CENTRAL STAFF. I NOTICED MR.
DIRECTOR
NOBLES HAD SOME DEPUTY DIRECTORS
ALL THE TIME, BUT I WANT TO
THANK
THEM, TOO, AND PARTICULARLY
FOR THEIR BUDGET SUPPORT.
WE DO A LOT IN PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE, BUT BUDGET
COMMITTEE IS ALSO IMPORTANT
RELATED TO
PUBLIC SAFETY.
THEREFORE, I ALSO WANT TO GIVE
A SHOUT OUT TO THE FORMER
DIRECTOR
AND TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO CONGRATULATE HER ON BEING
NAMED THE NEW CITY BUDGET
DIRECTOR.
I'LL NEVER FORGET MY
FIRST MEETING WITH HER WHO WAS
REALLY
OUR BUDGET GURU BEFORE SHE
LEFT AND BEFORE NOW COMING BACK.
AND I REMEMBER HER ASKING ME
IF I WAS GOING TO KEEP THE
PROVISO ON SPD SALARIES.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW I HAVE A
REPUTATION WORKING WITH
PUBLIC SAFETY, WORKING WITH
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SO
FORTH, AND
I THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO LOOK
TO
DROP IT.
AND I SAID, NO.
PROBABLY TO THE CHAGRIN OF THE
DEPUTY MAYOR'S TEAM AND THE
DEPARTMENT I SAID NO.
WE HAVE A DIVIDED GOVERNMENT.
IT'S MUCH LIKE OUR
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHERE THE
EXECUTIVE HAS ITS
RESPONSIBILITIES
WITH EXECUTIVE DUTIES, BUT WE
HAVE OURS AND WE NEED TO PROTECT
THAT AND IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF
THAT.
YES, I TOLD HER THAT AND I
RECOUNTED MY LAST ASSIGNMENT IN
THE NAVY I WAS A LEGISLATIVE
LIAISON TO CONGRESS.
SO ANY TIME THE NAVY WANTED
TO MOVE
RECONNAISSANCE INTELLIGENCE
SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM MONEY
FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER I HAD
TO COORDINATE THAT WITH THE
ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEES OF THE
HOUSE AND SENATE TO THEM TO GET
THEIR PERMISSION.
AND I'M SAYING, WELL, WHAT'S
GOOD FOR CONGRESS IS, YOU KNOW,
WHAT'S GOOD FOR US, TOO.
AND THAT WAS WHAT WE LOOKED
AT, SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK
HER ON
THE POINT RELATED TO
BROVISOES AND REALLY RESPECTING
EACH BRANCH HERE IN THE CITY.
LASTLY I ALSO WANT TO THANK
MY VICE CHAIR, WHO'S TRAVELING
IN.
HE'S PROBABLY ON TRANSIT RIGHT
NOW.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND OTHER
COMMITTEE MEMBERS INCLUDING
COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH
AND COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
AND I SHOULD ALSO ADD
COUNCILMEMBER CATHY MOORE WITH
US DURING THIS TERM, AND I DO
APPRECIATE THE REGULAR VISITS OF
MEMBER RINCK AND
OTHERS. PASSING 34 PIECES OF
LEGISLATION THIS TERM.
A MAJORITY CAME OUT
OF COMMITTEE -- WELL, TWO
PIECES THE SELECT LABOR
COMMITTEE WHICH
IS LED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT
BUT ALSO THE
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
WHICH
ALSO HAD SOME PIECES OF
LEGISLATION, NOT TO MENTION
PARKS AND PUBLIC
UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY.
THERE WERE SOME TECHNOLOGY
BILLS SMALL ONES THAT WERE DONE
OUT
OF COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH'
S
COMMITTEE. THIS IS SOMETHING
WE'RE GOING
TO SPEAK TO RECENTLY
TODAY BECAUSE I HAVE PRESS
RELEASES
TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE
ACTIONS TAKEN
THAT RELATE TO SOME OF THE
LEGISLATION THAT WE'VE DONE.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY ONE
LAST THING IS EACH OF US TOOK A
NOTE ON THE ELECTED SIDE 06 OUR
COLLEAGUES, AND THIS IS
ACROSS ALL BRANCHES OF THE
CITY
GOVERNMENT. AND WE TOOK THAT
OATH TO THE
CONSTITUTION, WHICH I DID MANY
TIMES IN MY NAVAL SERVICE, BUT
THIS TIME
I ALSO -- AND WE TOOK THE OATH
TO THE WASHINGTON
STATE CONSTITUTION AND
IMPORTANTLY
TO THE CITY CHARTER AND
THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A
MOMENT TO REFLECT ON THAT.
WE TOOK AN OATH TO THE CHARTER
AND THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF SEATTLE.
OKAY, THAT'S THE END OF
THE CHAIR COMMENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND AGAIN
THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE
INVOLVED AND TO INCLUDE OUR
NEWEST MEMBERS IN THE PUBLIC
SAFETY
ARENA, WHICH WE'LL HEAR FROM
TODAY.
OKAY, CLERK, HOW MANY
SPEAKERS -- WE
OPENED PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD,
AND THEY
SHOULD RELATE TO TODAY'S
AGENDA AND THE PURSUE OF THIS
COMMITTEE.
BUT, CLERK, HOW MANY MEMBERS DO
WE HAVE SIGNED UP TODAY?
>> WE HAVE 15 IN- PERSON AND ONE
ONLINE.
>> OKAY, 2 MINUTES UNDER OUR NEW
RULES, AND LET'S START WITH --
LET'S JUST RUN THROUGH THE
IN-PERSON.
>> THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD WILL BE MONITORED IN
THE FOLLOWING MANNER.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
UP TO 60 MINUTES.
SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN WHICH
THE ORDER THEY
REGISTER
IMMEDIATE. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A
CHIME
WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT OF
THEIR TIME.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW OPEN.
WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE
FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
THE FIRST IN- PERSON SPEAKER IS
ARI.
>> HELLO, EVERYONE.
GOOD MORNING.
I'M AN EDUCATOR WORKING WITH
HORN OF AFRICA SERVICES TOGETHER
WITH THEIR YOUTH COORDINATOR.
FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS
WE'VE RUN A PROGRAM FOR SEATTLE
TEENS FOCUSED ON REDUCING GUN
VIOLENCE. I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD
OF THE WORK
OUR STUDENTS HAVE DONE.
THEY SPENT A YEAR FOCUSING
ON THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF GUN
VIOLENCE AND THEIR IMPACT
ON FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.
THE FOLLOWING YEAR THEY
EXAMINED GUN LAWS AT BOTH THE
NATIONAL
AND STATE LEVELS AND DUG INTO
THE ROOT CAUSES OF GUN VIOLENCE.
AND THIS YEAR THEY'VE TURNED
TO THE HARDEST QUESTION OF ALL
--
HOW DO WE ACTUALLY MAKE
CHANGE HAPPEN BOTH AT THE
NATIONAL
AND LOCAL LEVELS?
THAT IS WHAT BRINGS US HERE
TODAY.
AS YOU KNOW, GUN VIOLENCE IS
AN EPIDEMIC IN AMERICA AND
SEATTLE IS NOT IMMUNE.
FOR SOME GUN VIOLENCE
IS SOMETHING THEY JUST READ
ABOUT.
FOR MANY PEOPLE IN OUR
CITY INCLUDING THE STUDENTS WITH
ME
TODAY, IT IS A LIVED REALITY.
THEY ATTEND SCHOOLS
WHERE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN SHOT.
ONE STUDENT LIVES IN A
HOME THAT WAS RIDDLED WITH
BULLETS
FROM STRAY
GUNFIRE. SEVERAL FAMILIES WHO
LOST A
LOVED ONE.
MANY ARE SPARED FROM THIS RISK.
OTHERS OFTEN LOWER INCOME,
OFTEN HOME TO IMMIGRANT
FAMILIES, ARE
NOT SO SO FORTUNATE.
THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE WHOSE
LIVES ARE BEING TURNED
UPSIDE, THESE ARE CITIES MY
STUDENTS
CALL HOME.
DESPITE THOSE CONSTRAINTS
MY STUDENTS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
A
NUMBER OF PROPOSALS THEY BELIEVE
COULD MAKE A MEANINGFUL
DIFFERENCE AND WHICH WE
BELIEVE ARE WITHIN THE CITY'S
REACH.
ADDITIONALLY THEY HAVE FOCUSED
ON IDEAS THAT UPLIFT
OUR COMMUNITIES
THROUGH ADDRESSING ROOT CAUSES
AND BREAKING THE
FUNDAMENTALLY NEGATIVE
CYCLES THAT LEAD TO GUN
VIOLENCE. SOON YOU'LL BE HEARING
FROM
THREE OF OUR STUDENT GROUPS
EACH WORK ON A POLICY BRIEF.
EACH GROUP
HAS SELECTED A REPRESENTATIVE TO
SPEAK ON
THEIR BEHALF.
WE'LL KEEP OUR REMARKS BRIEF
OUT OF RESPECT FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH
FOR LISTENING AND THANK YOU
FOR CONSIDERING OUR IDEAS.
WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US IN
MAKING
SEATTLE A SAFER CITY FOR ALL
ITS STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS.
THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
THE STUDENTS.
AS YARD NATDED, COORDINATED,
YES, IF YOU HAVE
SIX -- THREE STUDENTS, YOU HAVE
SIX MINUTES AND
YOU CAN HAVE THEM COORDINATE IN
THAT PERIOD OF
TIME.
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE --
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS -- AND ON BEHALF
OF MY TEAMMATES WE THANK
YOU ALL FOR HAVING US AND
ALLOWING US
TO SPEAK ON A LIFE OR DEATH
ISSUE.
THIS ISSUE BEING GUN VIOLENCE.
GUN VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO BE A
SERIOUS AND WIDESPREAD ISSUE.
IT RUINS LIVES, WEAKENS
FAMILIES, AND CREATES AN
UNBEARABLE FEAR WITHIN
NEIGHBORHOODS.
BEYOND THIS IMMEDIATE EFFECT, IT
LIMITS ACCESS
TO EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
MUCH OF THIS VIOLENCE IS
NOT RANDOM.
IT STEMS FROM DEEPER, SOCIAL,
AND ECONOMIC INAEQUALITIES.
SEATTLE SPECIFICALLY CONTINUES
TO EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT LEVELS
OF GUN VIOLENCE WITH A
66% INCREASE IN GUN VIOLENCE
INCIDENTS FROM 2021 AND 2023.
AND MORE THAN 2,800 GUN
VIOLENCE INCIDENTS REPORTED IN
THIS CITY
DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.
GUN VIOLENCE IN MANY COMMUNITIES
IS DEEPLY LINKED TO THE CYCLE
OF POVERTY, LIMITED JOB
OPPORTUNITIES, AND BARRIERS TO
EMPLOYMENT. THESE ISSUES PRODUCE
VARIOUS ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS AND A
LACK OF
ACCESS TO SUSTAINABLE CAREERS
OFTEN LEAVING INDIVIDUALS
VULNERABLE TO CRIMINAL
ACTIVITY AND VIOLENCE IN ORDER
TO
SURVIVE.
ALTHOUGH CURRENT POLICIES HAVE
BEEN ENFORCED, THEY TEND
TO FOCUS HEAVILY ON LAW
ENFORCEMENT
AND PUNITIVE MEASURES
WHILE DISREGARDING THESE
UNDERLYING
ROOT CAUSES, EVENTUALLY ALLOWING
THE CYCLE OF POVERTY TO
CONTINUE.
>> AFTER RESEARCHING THE
ROOT CAUSES OF GUN VIOLENCE, WE
FOUND
GUN VIOLENCE IS OFTEN
CONCENTRATED IN POOR AREAS
AND IS A RESULT OF THE CYCLE
OF POVERTY.
ONE WAY WE
CAN TARGET THIS IS OPENING UP
FREE SKILLS TRAINING
CENTERS FOR PEOPLE TRAPPED IN
POVERTY.
BY PROVIDING THESE
RESOURCES, VICTIMS TRAP IN THE
CYCLE WILL
HAVE A CHANCE TO LEARN
NEW SKILLS THAT WILL OPEN JOB
OPPORTUNITIES. ONCE THEY'RE IN
THE
WORKFORCE, FINANCIAL STABILITY
INCREASES THROUGH STEADY
EMPLOYMENT, EXPERIENCE,
NETWORKING,
BUILDING A RESUME, AND ET
CETERA. THIS BOOSTS FINANCIAL
STABILITY, ULTIMATELY BREAKING
THE POVERTY
CYCLE, WHERE REGULAR INCOME
COVERS ESSENTIALS LIKE
HOUSING
AND FOOD. IT REDUCES DESPERATION
THAT DRIVES CRIME, ENABLES
FAMILY MOBILITY THROUGH SAVINGS
AND
BETTER EDUCATION AND
CUTS CONDITIONS LIKE
INEQUALITY FUELING VIOLENCE.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR
YOUR
TIME. WE HOPE YOU CONSIDER
THE PROBLEMS OF GUN VIOLENCE
AND WORK TOWARDS SOLUTIONS SUCH
AS
INTERVENING IN THE CYCLE
OF POVERTY WITH SKILLS TRAINING
PROGRAMS. THANK YOU
AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> NEXT UP
AZAR.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
I'M HERE TODAY WITH MY
COLLEAGUES.
WE ARE A PART OF GUN
VIOLENCE REDUCTION PROGRAM LED
BYHORN HORN
OF AFRICA SERVICES AS A PART OF
OUR WORK.
AS A PART OF OUR WORK WE'RE
HERE TODAY TO SHARE CONCERNS
AND IDEAS WITH THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT AND GROWING ISSUES OF
GUN VIOLENCE IN
OUR COMMUNITY. BEFORE WE TALK
ABOUT THIS
ISSUE I WANT TO ASK YOU TO
IMAGINE
SOMETHING. IMAGINE LOSING A
FRIEND,
A FAMILY
MEMBER, OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE TO
GUN VIOLENCE AND
THEN FEELING LIKE NO ONE IS
THERE
TO HELP PROTECT OR BRING
JUSTICE.
IN THAT MOMENT ANGER AND FEAR
CAN QUICKLY TURN INTO SOMETHING
DANGEROUS.
THE BELIEF THAT THE ONLY WAY
TO FEEL SAFE AGAIN IS TO STRIKE
BACK. FOR MANY YOUNG PEOPLE IN
OUR CITY THIS ISN'T IMAGINARY.
RETALIATION IS A PAINFUL
REALITY AND IS OFTEN WHERE THE
CYCLE
BEGINS. ACCORDING TO THE CITY OF
SEATTLE
BETWEEN 2013 AND 2024, SHOOTING
RELATED INCIDENTS ROSE AT AN
ALARMING RATE.
SHOTS FIRED REPORTS INCREASED BY
194%, AND THE NON-
FATAL SHOOTINGS BY 150%.
AND THE FATAL SHOOTINGS BY 220%.
GUN VIOLENCE IN SEATTLE IS
SEATTLE
TIED TO GROUP OR GANG RELATED
CONFLICTS. WHEN ONE PERSON IS
HARMED
OTHERS MAY FEEL PRESSURED TO
RESPOND,
CREATING A CYCLE OF REVENGE.
AND AS WE KNOW A BULLET DOES
NOT
DISCRIMINATE. INNOCENT PEOPLE,
FAMILIES, AND
ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS CAN
BE IMPACTED AT A SINGLE ACT OF
RETALIATION.
>> ONE STRATEGY TO REDUCE GUN
VIOLENCE ROOTED
IN RETALIATION IS TO INVEST IN
COMMUNITY HUBS.
THESE HUBS WILL SERVE AS
LOCAL ACCESSIBLE CENTERS WHERE
YOUNG YOUTH AND COMMUNITY
MEMBERS
CAN FIND SAFETY, SUPPORT,
AND CONNECTION.
COMMUNITY HUBS OFFER SOCIAL
SERVICES, EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES AS SPACES TO EXPRESS
EMOTIONS
AND BUILD HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS.
THEY STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY
RESILIENCE, PROVIDE POSITIVE
OUTLETS, AND HELP PREVENT
ISOLATION. COMMUNITY HUBS PLAY A
CRITICAL ROLE IN PREVENTING GUN
VIOLENCE RETALIATION BY ACTING
AS
CENTRAL POINTS FOR COMMUNITY
VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAMS,
WHICH EMPLOY A PUBLIC HEALTH
APPROACH TO DE-ESCALATE
CONFLICTS,
CHANGE SOCIAL NORMS SURROUNDING
VIOLENCE AND PROVIDE
ESSENTIAL SUPPORT SERVICES.
THEIR EFFECT STEMS FROM
THEIR DEEP INTEGRATION WITHIN
THE
COMMUNITY AND THE USE OF A
TRUSTED, CREDIBLE TEAM.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND
ATTENTION TODAY.
WE HOPE
THAT YOU CONSIDER COMMUNITY HUBS
AS A MEANINGFUL
STEP TOWARDS BREAKING CYCLES
OF RETALIATION AND REDUCING
GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU AND WE HOPE YOU HAVE
A GOOD
DAY.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL.
NEXT
UP.
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE HOWARD
GAYLE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
REGARDING THE POLICE UNION
CONTRACT THAT WAS DISCUSSED
HERE YESTERDAY, WHEN SOMEONE HAS
TO MAKE STRONG MAN ARGUMENTS
AND PATENTLY FALSE CLAIMS YOU
KNOW THAT THE FACTS AND REASON
AREN'T ON THEIR SIDE.
JUST A FEW EXAMPLES FROM
YESTERDAY.
THERE WAS A DISCUSSION
REPEATEDLY ABOUT
CONFIDENTIALITY IN NEGOTIATION,
REPEED
NOTIONS MADE THAT IS STATE LAW.
THAT IS PATENTLY FALSE.
IT IS SMC CODE.
IT IS NOT STATE LAW.
AGAIN, STATEMENTS MADE
ABOUT HAVING TO HAVE
NEGOTIATIONS, THAT THAT'S THE
ONLY PATH
FORWARD, NOT HAPPENED
IN WASHINGTON, D.C. , NOT
HAPPENED IN NEWARK, NOT HAPPENED
IN NASHVILLE.
AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN
2017 WHEN MAYOR MURRAY ACTUALLY
DECIDED THERE WOULD BE
AN EXECUTIVE ORDER FOR BODY
CAMERAS.
IN FACT, IN NEW YORK THERE'S
THE TAYLOR LAW, WHICH IS VERY
SIMILAR TO THE PUBLIC
EMPLOYEE LABOR RELATIONS LAW WE
HAVE
IN
WASHINGTON STATE. AND REPEATEDLY
COURTS HAVE FOUND
THAT IT IS OKAY FOR TOWNS
AND CITIES TO CLEARLY WRITE
THEIR OWN LAWS WITHOUT
BARGAINING
WHEN IT COMES SPECIFICALLY
TO DISCIPLINE AND
ACCOUNTABILITY.
LASTLY, I WANT TO SAY
TWO THINGS.
AGAIN, THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION
YESTERDAY WAS REALLY STUNNING.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, YOU TALKED
ABOUT SUBPOENAS.
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY
SUBPOENAS WERE PUT
SPECIFICALLY IN THE 2017
LEGISLATION.
IT HAS TO DO FROM
GETTING TESTIMONY FROM PEOPLE
WHO
ARE NOT MEMBERS OF
THE SPD, FROM FAMILY AND
FRIENDS.
SO THAT'S A
TOTAL MISUNDERSTANDING AM.
THE OTHER THING IS THERE'S BEEN
A DISCUSSION ABOUT
ARBITRATION AND MITIGATING OR
MODERATING
THE LAWS THAT WE HAVE OR THE
RULES IN THE CONTRACT.
THAT WAS NOT PART OF 2017.
2017 WAS ABOUT HAVING THE
PUBLIC SAFETY CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION, WHICH WOULD OBVIATE
THE NEED
TO HAVE ARBITRATION, WHICH
ALWAYS
FAVORS POLICE. SO, AGAIN, THE
AMOUNT
OF DISINFORMATION WAS
STUNNING YESTERDAY.
I ASK EVERYBODY TO READ
THE ARTICLE IN THE URBANEST.
GO TO THE URBANEST. ORG, IN
WHICH I DETAIL ALL THESE THINGS,
WHICH ARE QUITE CONTRARY TO THE
SUPPOSED FACTS PUT OUT HERE
YESTERDAY.
>> THANK YOU, MR. GAYLE.
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE A WILL
O.
>> MY NAME IS WILL, THE
TOWN DRUNK AND HERE SPEAKING
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
LONG TIME LISTENER, THOUGH.
BIG FAN OF EVERYONE.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE
WORK YOU DO.
I WAS RESEARCHING ALL OF THIS
YESTERDAY.
I WAS SITTING JUST BACK
HERE YESTERDAY DURING COUNCIL
BRIEF AND LOOKING AT THIS BOG
AND
THINKING AS A UFCW 3,000
MEMBERS MAYBE I SHOULD QUIT MY
JOB IN
THE GROCERY STORE I WORK AT AND
JOIN THE POLICE BECAUSE
THEY'RE BEING PAID A LOT BETTER
THAN
WE
ARE. WE TALK ABOUT UNION
CONTRACTS
A LOT AND THE TRANSPARENCY OF
THEM, THE TRANSPARENCY OF
GOVERNMENT PAY, AND I, YOU KNOW,
HAVE LIVED IN SEATTLE FOR
ABOUT A DECADE NOW, AND I'VE
SEEN PEOPLE COMING INTO THE
CITY,
23-YEAR- OLDS MAKING $150 A
YEAR IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND
I KNOW THAT'S HOW WE KIND OF
THINK ABOUT HOW WE PAY
GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES LIKE COPS.
AND NOW THAT -- THAT PRIVATE
SECTOR IS MAKING A LOT LESS
MONEY, AND WE'RE THINKING
ABOUT SHOULD WE BE PAYING COPS
$150
A YEAR AS 25-YEAR- OLDS,
WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE MAKING
ON
THE NEW BOG CONTRACT.
AND DON'T AGREE OR DISAGREE
WITH THE PRACTICE, BUT I AM
THINKING HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE
SETTING COP PAY MOVING FORWARD
IN
SEATTLE? YOU KNOW, IN BOSTON,
NEW
YORK, AND IN DALLAS, TEXAS
THEY'RE PAYING COPS ABOUT
$80,000 A
YEAR. AND THEY END TO HAVE A
BETTER
RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR
COPS IN THEIR CITY AND
GOVERNMENT. AND I WOULD LOVE TO
HAVE THAT
RELATIONSHIP WITH COPS IN OUR
CITY.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU
DO.
>> THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
FIRST-TIME COMMENT. APPRECIATE
IT.
NEXT
UP.
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE -- AND I'M
NOT SURE WHO'S GONE YET, SORRY.
ALI ABDI.
HAMAZ, ALREADY GONE.
OKAY, I'LL MOVE ONTO THE NEXT
ONE.
STEVE.
>> LAST TIME I CAME HERE I
RECENTLY HAD BEEN, I
GUESS THE BEST TERM ASSAULTED,
AND I
STILL HAVEN'T GOT ANY STRAIGHT
ANSWERS
OUT OF THE CITY. WHAT IS THE
STANDARDS FOR AN
ASSAULT, AND WHAT IS
THE STANDARDS FOR ARREST?
THEY SEEM TO BE IN THE VAPOR.
I TRIED OPA, AND THEY --
THEIR RESPONSE WAS I WANTED THE
PERSON
ARRESTED.
AND I'M LIKE THAT'S JUST
UNREASONABLE.
WHEN PEOPLE PUT HANDS ON ME,
I'M OLD, I'M NOT YOUNG.
I'M NOT THE MEANEST IN THE
VALLEY ANYMORE.
I'M NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO,
SAY, YOU GIVE ME A BAD TIME,
COME
ON, LET'S GO.
I'M OLD.
I DON'T HEAL PROBABLY AS EASY
AS I DID WHEN I'M YOUNG.
I'D LIKE TO SEE A CIVIL SOCIETY
IN SEATTLE. I'D LIKE TO GET SOME
STRAIGHT ANSWERS.
I'D LIKE TO SEE PEOPLE WHO
BEFORE THEY START
SHOOTING PEOPLE HAVE SOME
CONSEQUENCES, AND I'M NOT
SEEING THAT IN
SEATTLE.
THE LAST THREE TIMES I
CALLED THE SPD 911, WHICH IS I
UNDERSTAND NOT RUN BY THEM
RIGHT NOW, TWO OUT OF THREE
TIMES
WHEN THEY ACTUALLY WERE THERE,
I FLAGGED DOWN SEPARATE
OFFICERS.
THAT MEANS 2 OUT OF 3 TIMES
THEY DIDN'T SHOW, AND I THINK
THAT'S
UNACCEPTABLE.
AND ONE TIME THEY DID
SHOW, WHICH IN THE CAMPAIGN,
SO THERE WAS NO INCIDENT REPORT,
AND THEY
DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO TALK
TO ME.
THEY DID CLEAR THE FOLKS AWAY,
BUT THAT WAS IT.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE A CITY
WHERE THINGS ACTUALLY WORKED.
WE NEED TO RESTORE THE
SQUADS THAT USED TO TAKE CARE
OF PROBLEMS WITH THE
ELDERLY, PROBLEMS WITH RAPE,
PROBLEMS
WITH CAR PROWLS AND STEALING.
I'D LIKE TO SEE SEATTLE
RETURN.
>> THANK
YOU.
>> THANK
YOU.
>> NEXT UP --
YEAH, BOTH
WORK.
>> HELLO, EVERYONE.
GOOD MORNING.
I'M REPRESENTING -- HERE WITH
ME
TODAY
AND MYSELF. WE'RE HERE TO TALK
TO YOU
ABOUT A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT NEEDS
TO
BE
ADDRESSED IN OUR COMMUNITY --
GUN VIOLENCE. WE WANTED TO TALK
ABOUT HOW
GUN VIOLENCE IMPACTS THE LIVES
OF MANY IN THE SEATTLE,
LINCOLN COUNTY AREA.
FOR THE AMOUNT OF GUN VIOLENCE
THE CITY EXPERIENCES, THIS TOPIC
IS NOT STRESSED ENOUGH.
SEATTLE HAS EXPERIENCED 45
DEATHS, 145 PEOPLE SHOT, AND
848 SHOTS FIRED IN KING COUNTY
THIS YEAR ALONE.
GUN VIOLENCE IS ALSO THE LEADING
CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN
IN
AMERICA. LET HE REPEAT IT'S THE
NUMBER ONE LEADING CAUSE OF
DEATH
FOR
CHILDREN IN AMERICA. THIS SHOULD
BE FRIGHTENING FOR
PARENTS, ADMINISTRATORS,
AND ESPECIALLY POLITICIANS.
THIS EPIDEMMING CAN BUILD
FROM LESS FORTUNATE COMMUNITY
HAVING LESS ACCESS TO RESOURCES
LIKE
WELL- FUNDED SCHOOLS.
EDUCATION
PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES, AND THIS
IS
VERY CRUCIAL IN MAKING PLACES
LIKE SEATTLE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT
FOR
US AND THE NEXT GENERATION.
OUR SOLUTION WE BELIEVE WILL
HELP REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE IS
PROVIDING SCHOOL- BASED
EDUCATION
PROGRAMS ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE
TO HIGH SCHOOLS.
THIS COULD LOOK LIKE CLASSES
AND ASSEMBLY- BASED SEMINARS ON
GUN
VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS ACROSS
WASHINGTON. THE TOPICS COULD
RANGE ON DISCUSSING THE
PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS GUN
VIOLENCE
CAN
PRODUCE. THESE CLASSROOMS AND
SYSTEMS
OF SPECIFIC EDUCATION ARE
NEEDED BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF
AWARENESS ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE AND
RELATED ISSUES IS AN UNDERLYING
CAUSE.
ON THIS NOTE WE'D LIKE
TO MENTION SOME OF THE WORK DR.
GREGORY ENGEL HAS DONE, AN
EPIDEMIOLOGIST AND
LOCAL ADVOCATE WORKING TO REDUCE
GUN VIOLENCE BY OFFERING
EXACTLY THESE KINDS OF LESSONS.
MYSELF AND OTHERS AT HORN
OF AFRICA SERVICES WERE
FORTUNATE TO HEAR FROM HIM AND
PRESENT --
SORRY, WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH
TO HEAR FROM HIM AND HAVE
HIM PRESENT ON THE SUBJECT, BUT
MOST
OF THE KIDS OUR AGE IN THIS
AREA DON'T
GET THE SAME OPPORTUNITY. IN
SUMMARY TO HELP RESOLVE THE
DESTRUCTIVE GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR
COMMUNITY, THE IDEAS SHARED
ARE NECESSARY FOR THE
IMPROVEMENT
OF OUR SAFETY AND FOR OUR LIVES
IN THE LONG RUN.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND
ATTENTION.
>> I THINK NEXT UP WE HAVE --
OKAY, SORRY.
I THINK THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR
IN-PERSON. AND WE HAVE DAVID
HAYNES.
>> BEFORE WE YOU GO, I WANT TO
DOUBLE-
CHECK, EVERYONE HAD THE
STUDENTS. THE HORN OF AFRICA
SERVICES GROUP, CAN YOU STAND UP
AND
EXPLAIN -- ACTUALLY EXPLAIN
THE GROUP AGAIN FOR
EVERYBODY'S EDUCATION AND THE
SEATTLE
CHANNEL. IF YOU CAN JUST SAY
AGAIN YOUR
GROUP.
YES, SIR, YOU COME UP, TOO.
JUST EXPLAIN YOUR
ORGANIZATION, YOUR SCHOOL, AND
THEN
THE PROGRAM YOU'RE LOOKING TO
DO.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
FOR HORN OF AFRICA SERVICES.
AND, FIRST OF ALL, I REALLY
WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK
YOU, THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS
THIS PROGRAM WE EDUCATE OVER
1,000 FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE THIS IS
A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THIS
YEAR, BUT WE GRADUATE
ANOTHER THREE GROUPS LIKE THIS,
AND
IT MEANS A LOT IN OUR COMMUNITY
AND THE AREA.
SO I REALLY THANK YOU
TO CONTINUE TO FUND OTHER
ASPECTS
TO EDUCATE THE YOUNG
PEOPLE ESPECIALLY WHAT THEY FIND
OUT IN
THEIR RESEARCH.
AND YOUNG PEOPLE GET
EDUCATED, THE FAMILY GET
EDUCATED ABOUT
GUN VIOLENCE, SO THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>> MR.
CHAIR?
>> YES, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ?
>> CAN I DO A POINT OF PRIVILEGE
BRIEFLY?
>>
YES.
>> I VERY SELDOM DO THIS, BUT
I WANT
TO THANK THE STUDENTS AND THE
TEACHER, THE SIX
STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY JUST GAVE
US
A MASTER CLASS
IN PUBLIC COMMENT.
IT WAS CLEAR, IT WAS CONCISE, IT
WAS INFORMATIVE, AUTHENTIC,
INTELLIGENT, RESPECTFUL
KIND, AND I LEARNED SO MUCH
TODAY FROM
THOSE STUDENTS AND THEIR
POWERFUL, POWERFUL PUBLIC
COMMENT TODAY. WHAT REALLY STUCK
OUT TO ME WAS
TALKING ABOUT THE PROTECTION
AND JUSTICE FOR THEIR COMMUNITY,
AND THE FACT THEY BROUGHT
STATISTICS AND FACTS AND ALSO
TALKED
ABOUT DR. GREGORY, I JUST WANT
TO SAY
I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE
YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT
THIS MORNING. I KNOW IT TAKES A
LOT TO COME
DOWN HERE, BUT WELL-
DONE,
WELL-DONE. SO THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIR
AND THANK YOU, STUDENTS.
AND I DIDN'T GET THE TEACHER'S
NAME FOR THE HORN OF
AFRICA OR THE OTHER GENTLEMAN.
THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE'RE SET.
I LOVE THE NUMBERS BY DR. HUNT
HERE. YOU CAN TALK ABOUT STATS
AND
NUMBERS, YOU'RE GIVING HIM A
RUN FOR HIS MONEY.
SO DR. HUNT, LATER ON IN
THE AGENDA WE'LL BE SPEAKING
TO NUMBERS.
AND JUST TO REFLECT, BY THE
WAY, IN TERMS OF THE
RETALIATION PIECE AND THE SKILLS
TRAINING AND THE SEMINARS ON GUN
VIOLENCE, THESE ARE THINGS
THAT WE'RE LEARNING.
AND AS YOU'LL SEE AS YOU
STATED, WE'RE INCORPORATING GUN
VIOLENCE MORE AND MORE.
AND IMPORTANTLY AS I LIKE
TO CALL IT, THE SEAM BETWEEN
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN
SERVICES OR HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS
OR PUBLIC HEALTH, YOU KNOW,
THESE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN
TRADITIONAL
PUBLIC SAFETY
AND THESE OTHER AREAS ARE SO
IMPORTANT,
AND YOUR STUDENTS WERE REALLY
KIND
OF SPEAKING TO THAT
BECAUSE ADDRESSING THIS, YOU
KNOW,
HELPS THE BIGGER PUBLIC SAFETY
PICTURE, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
OKAY, NOW TO OUR ONLINE
COMMENTER.
>> YES, OUR LAST
REMOTE COMMENTER IS DAVID
HAYNES.
>> THANK YOU, DAVID HAYNES.
THERE'S A LOT OF SYMPATHY FOR
EVIL, PREDATORY DRUG
PUSHERS WHO ARE THE PROLIFIC
REASON
WHY THERE'S SO MUCH
GUN VIOLENCE. AND YET WE HAVE
ALL THESE
ADULTS BETWEEN 18 AND 27 THAT
GET LISTED AS YOUNGSTERS LIKE
YOUTH,
AND THEY'RE MISGUIDING
THE YOUTH.
AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE
HAVE
THE PROPER TOOLS FOR CRIME
FIGHT [THE PROPER INTERPRETATION
OF
POLICIES, AND SO I THINK WE
NEED AN INVESTIGATION OF THE USE
OF THE RESOURCES IN SEATTLE
BECAUSE THE POLICE CHIEF
UTILIZED AN
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN TO TAKE
ALL THESE EVIL LOWLIVES FROM
HELL FROM OPERATING WITHIN THE
ALLEY WAYS OF DOWNTOWN, AND HE
DISPERSED THEM AND MOVED A LOT
OF THEM DIRECTLY OUT OF
THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY
COUNCIL'S
BOUNDARIES, WHICH IS NOT
AN ELECTED BODY.
AND THERE NEEDS TO BE
AN INVESTIGATION OF THAT
POLITICAL FAVOR BECAUSE THEY
DROVE A
LOT OF THESE PEOPLE UP INTO BELL
TOWN, AND THEY'VE
EXACERBATED THE CRISIS.
AND THEY'VE SPREAD THEM TO
OTHER
AREAS BECAUSE WHEN THEY WERE ALL
CONSOLIDATED THE POLICE CHIEF
DISPERSED THEM ALL, AND THE
NONPROFITS HAVE FAILED
TO ADDRESS THE DIFFERENT LEVELS
OF CONCERN AND CRISIS WITHIN
PEOPLE'S PROBLEMS WHETHER
IT'S BEHAVIORAL CRISIS, DRUG
TREATMENT, PROPER PUNISHMENT AND
CRIME, TIT HAS NEVER
BEEN QUESTIONED TO FIND OUT
WHERE
THEY KEEP GETTING THE DRUGS
AND WHO KEEPS BUYING THEIR
STOLEN
GOODS.
THEY JUST ARE ALLOWED TO MOVE
AROUND AND THEN THEY
MANIPULATE THE CRIME HOT SPOTS.
HOW MUCH RESOURCE AND
MONEY HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM
THE CRIME
FIGHTING TOOLS REGARDING THE
DRUG PUSHERS VERSUS HOW
MUCH MONEY HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM
THE BUDGET TO PAY COPS
OVERTIME DOING WHAT COPS DO NOT
NEED TO
DO, WHICH IS ACTING LIKE
A SECURITY GUARD AT A
PRIVATE EVENT, ENJOYING
THEMSELVES AT
A FOOTBALL OR
BASEBALL GAME, AND GETTING A
$250 BONUS FOR SHOWING
UP TO WORK.
NOT TO FIGHT CRIME BUT TO MAKE
OVERTIME, EARMARKED BY THE
POLICE CHIEF WHOSE EFFORTS
SEEM TO CREATE AN EASIER
PAYDAY FOR A
MAJORITY OF THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT SO THEY DON'T HAVE
TO EMPLOY AND SHUTDOWN THE
EVIL BLACK AND BROWN DRUG
PUSHERS CONDUCTING AN UNCIVIL
WAR ON
THE
COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU, MR. HAYNES.
OKAY, PUBLIC COMMENT HAS
EXPIRED. WE'LL NOW PROCEED TO
THE
ORDER
OF BUSINESS. MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC ARE
ENCOURAGED TO WRITTEN COMMENT.
WE'LL MOVE ONTO OUR FIRST
ITEM OF BUSINESS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS INTO
THE
RECORD?
>> APPOINTMENT 3378 THE
REAPPOINTMENT OF RICHARD
GREENE TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY
CIVIL
SERVICE
COMMISSION.
>> THANK YOU.
DIRECTOR
SCHEELE, WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN US
WITH
YOUR
COLLEAGUE. AND GO AHEAD AND
INTRODUCE
YOURSELF, PLEASE, FOR THE RECORD
AND THEN START YOUR --
BASICALLY YOUR PRESENTATION,
YOUR
REMARKS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR KETTLE.
MY NAME IS
ANDREA SCHEELE. I'M THE
DIRECTOR OF THE
PUBLIC SAFETY CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION.
I'M HERE WITH SARAH BUTLER.
WE ARE HERE -- THANK YOU
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
OF COMMISSIONER RICHARD GREENE
FOR
REAPPOINTMENT TODAY
FOR A SECOND TERM TO THE PUBLIC
SAFETY
CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION. FORTUNATELY
FOR RICHARD BUT
UNFORTUNATELY FOR US HE IS
TRAVELING TODAY, SO HE WAS NOT
ABLE TO JOIN US IN PERSON.
COMMISSIONER GREENE WAS FIRST
APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
IN 2023, AND SINCE THAT TIME HE
HAS SERVED AS CHAIR IN BOTH 2024
AND 2025 WITH THE COMMISSION.
DURING HIS FIRST
TERM COMMISSIONER GREENE
PROVIDED STRONG AND STEADY
LEADERSHIP THROUGH A PERIOD OF
SIGNIFICANT GROWTH AND
REALIGNMENT IN THE
CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT.
UNDER HIS COMMISSIONERSHIP
THE DEPARTMENT HAS EXPANDED
ITS CAPACITY TO SUPPORT
POLICE APPLICANTS THROUGHOUT
THE TESTING AND HIRING PROCESS,
IMPROVED EFFICIENCY
IN DELIVERING BY WEEKLY
POLICE
ELIGIBLE REGISTERS TO THE
SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, TRANSITIONED FROM A
BIANNUAL
TO ANNUAL FIREFIGHTER
APPLICATION AND TESTING CYCLE,
ALSO DEVELOPED IN 2025 -- WE
DEVELOPED AND LAUNCHED A
NEW FIRE EXAM TO SUPPORT THE
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND THROUGHOUT THAT TIME
THE COMMISSION CONTINUED
PERFORMING ITS CORE
RESPONSIBILITIES,
OVERSEEING PROFESSIONAL
EXAMS FOR THE RANKS OF THE
SEATTLE POLICE AND POLICE
DEPARTMENT
AND CONDUCTING ITS
OWN QUASI-JUDICIAL FUNCTIONS
RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY CIVIL
SERVICE
APPEALS. COMMISSIONER GREENE HAS
BEEN
A THOUGHTFUL, COLLABORATIVE,
AND MISSION- FOCUSED
LEADER CONTRIBUTING TO AN
EFFECTIVE
AND RESPONSIVE PUBLIC SAFETY
CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM FOR THE
CITY
OF SEATTLE.
I RESPECTFULLY
PRESENT COMMISSIONER GREENE
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND
REAPPOINTMENT TO THE PUBLIC
SAFETY
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION FOR
ANOTHER TERM STARTING JANUARY 1,
2026, AND TO CONCLUDE DECEMBER
31,
2028. THANK YOU
ALL.
>> THANK YOU
SO MUCH AND APPRECIATE YOUR
REMARKS.
AND I'M SORRY MR. GREENE'S NOT
HERE, BUT YOU HAVE A GREAT
RUN- DOWN PLUS WE HAVE
THE APPLICATION PACKAGE.
I ALWAYS GO TO MY VICE CHAIR
IF THERE'S ANYTHING FOR MY
COLLEAGUES TO INCLUDE.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ,
ANY QUESTIONS?
NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS.
I DO NOTE -- I'M SORRY,
DID YOU -- I RECOGNIZE A LOT OF
THE
POINTS THAT YOU WERE SPEAKING TO
WITH MR. GREENE BECAUSE THESE
ARE THE DIFFERENT THINGS
WE'VE BEEN WORKING -- IT KIND
OF
GOES TO WHAT MY OPENING COMMENT
OR CHAIR COMMENT OVER THE COURSE
OF
THE TWO TERMS, AND I HAVE
YOUR PRESS RELEASE FROM NOVEMBER
17th
TALKING ABOUT THE -- AS OF
OCTOBER 31st 1,182
CANDIDATES HAVE PASSED THE CIVIL
SERVICE EXAM FOR POLICE
OFFICERS.
APPARENTLY THE HIGHEST
NUMBER EVER RECORDED AT LEAST
SINCE
2012.
>> THAT'S
CORRECT.
>> AND THAT RPASSED LAST
YEAR'S NUMBER OF 63 -- 163.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO MOVEMOVE
FORWARD?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR KETTLE.
I KNOW A LOT OF THE THINGS
THIS COUNCIL HAS DONE THIS YEAR
AND
THE COMMITTEE HAS DONE
HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THAT SUCCESS
FOR THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
YOU HAVE CONTINUED TO
PUT, YOU KNOW, YOUR EFFORT AND
APPROVAL TOWARDS MAKING SURE
THE POLICE OFFICERS ARE
COMPENSATED ADEQUATELY FOR THE
DIFFICULT
AND SKILLED WORK THAT THEY DO.
YOU ALL HAVE SUPPORTED
OUR DEPARTMENT IN ADDING
POSITIONS AND ENSURING THAT WE
ARE
RESOURCED TO DO THE WORK FOR
BOTH THE SEATTLE POLICE AND
THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I WILL MENTION THE SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT APPLICATION WINDOW
CLOSED RECENTLY, AND WE ARE ON
PACE TO HAVE A VERY LONG LIST
FOR THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS
QUITE
YET, AND THE TESTING CYCLE
WILL NOT CONCLUDE UNTIL MARCH,
BUT
IT'S LOOKING VERY POSITIVE
ON THAT FRONT AS WELL.
SO I WOULD SAY TO CONTINUE
DOING WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND
WHAT YOU
ARE DOING IS TO RECOGNIZE WHAT
SEATTLE'S PUBLIC
SAFETY PRIORITIES ARE AND TO
CONTINUE
TO SUPPORT THOSE IN THE
WAYS THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO DO
SO.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAS JUMPED ON
MY SCREEN HERE.
COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> I DID HAVE A QUESTION.
THIS IS FOR THE NEW COMMISSIONER
WE'RE GOING TO BE CONSIDERING
TODAY. ARE THERE ANY
INITIATIVES,
IMPROVEMENTS, IDEAS THE
COMMISSION WILL BE TAKING UP?
I'M NOT SURE HOW YOUR WORK FLOW
PROCEEDS, OR IF YOU'RE JUST
HEADS DOWN ON THE WORK YOU
HAVE RIGHT AT YOUR -- RIGHT ON
YOUR
LAP, SO I'M JUST
WONDERING WHAT'S NEW FOR THE
COMMISSION COMING FORWARD?
AND I ASK THAT BECAUSE THERE WAS
A HUGE SHIFT IN THE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE THAT WERE APPLYING TO
SPV AND WHO HAVE BEEN HIRED,
RIGHT?
IT'S ESTIMATED WE'LL END
THE YEAR WITH A NET POSITIVE
ABOUT
94. I AM WONDERING FROM YOUR
PERSPECTIVE AND FROM
THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE
COMMISSIONERS WHAT -- TO WHAT DO
YOU OWE
THAT SIGNIFICANT JUMP, AND THEN
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS
YOU'LL BE
DOING IN THE COMING YEAR
TO SUPPORT AN ADEQUATE FLOW
OF APPLICANTS THAT ALSO ARE GOOD
APPLICANTS THAT MEET
OUR REQUIREMENTS AND ALLOW US
TO PICK FROM THE VERY
BEST.
>> THANK YOU FOR THOSE
QUESTIONS, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> I HEARD TWO QUESTIONS.
TO WHAT DO I CREDIT -- WHAT DO
I CREDIT FOR THE INCREASE IN
2025, AND WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT
FOR
2026 FOR COMMISSION WORK?
FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE
PUBLIC COMMISSION SPECIFICALLY.
I THINK THAT WE -- WE HAVE
SOME PEOPLE IN THE ROOM HERE
TODAY IN ADDITION TO YOU ALL WHO
CAN
BE CREDITED FOR A LOT OF THE
WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS
INCREASE.
I THINK WE GET A NEW CONTRACT
IN 2025 APPROVED RETROACTIVELY.
I HEARD THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT
THE EVEN NEWER CONTRACT
YESTERDAY, SO I THINK CONTINUING
TO PAY OFFICERS FOR THEIR WORK
IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
I THINK THE CULTURE AROUND
PUBLIC SAFETY HAS CHANGED.
I MEAN WE CAME OUT OF A
VERY INTENSE TIME PERIOD IN
2020,
AND TIME HAS PASSED, AND THE
PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS ARE BEING
LOOKED
AT DIFFERENTLY AND ADDRESSED
DIFFERENTLY. WE HAVE THE CARES
DEPARTMENT
NOW, WHICH CAN TAKE SOME OF THE
WORK THAT SEATTLE POLICE
OFFICERS HAVE
DONE HISTORICALLY AND PUT IT IN
THEIR -- ON
THEIR PLATE SO THAT OFFICERS CAN
FOCUS
ON THEIR VERY IMPORTANT
PUBLIC SAFETY WORK.
I THINK THESE THINGS ARE
ALL ATTRACTIVE TO CANDIDATES
AND POTENTIAL RECRUITS.
SO CONTINUING TO DO THAT VERY
IMPORTANT WORK IS IMPORTANT.
I THINK WE HAVE MADE A LOT
OF PROGRESS.
THEY'RE GETTING IN THE
DOOR
FASTER. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A
FOCUS ALSO
IN TRAINING AND MAKING
SURE THAT'S DONE EFFICIENTLY
AND OFFICERS ARE ABLE TO
COMPLETE THEIR FIELD TRAINING.
SO CONTINUING IN THOSE EFFORTS
IT'S -- THERE'S NO MAGIC WAND.
IT'S JUST HARD, FOCUSED WORK
AND
CONTINUING TO REEVALUATE WHAT IS
APPROPRIATE AND NEEDED BY OUR
COMMUNITY.
AND THEN PUT OUR NOSE TO THE
GRIND STONE AND DO
IT.
>> I THINK THAT WHAT YOU
ARE TRYING TO SAY IS -- AND I
HATE
TO USE THIS ANALOGY IN THIS
SITUATION, BUT THERE IS NO ONE
SILVER BULLET,
RIGHT?
>> THAT'S EXACTLY
RIGHT.
>> SO IT'S
MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.
COUNCIL BILL 120676 WHICH
TURNED INTO ORDINANCE 120676,
WHICH I
PUT FORWARD AND WE PROCESSED
IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE DID MODIFY THE HIRING
PROCESSES
AND THE RECRUITING PROCESSES.
IT TOOK TWO POSITIONS THAT
WERE RECRUITERS OUT OF SDHR AND
PUT
THEM INTO SPD SO THEY ARE MORE
ACCESSIBLE BY THE ACTUAL PEOPLE
THAT ARE HELPING THE POTENTIAL
RECRUITS GO THROUGH THE
PROCESS, SO I THINK THAT WAS
A POSITIVE -- THAT WAS A
POSITIVE
CHANGE, AND ALSO THE FACT
WE ADDED AN FTE TO HELP ACTUALLY
PROCESS THOSE APPLICATIONS
AS THEY CAME IN SO THAT
PEOPLE COULD GET A
PERSONALIZED E-MAIL OR PHONE
CALL OR SOMETHING
THAT BASICALLY SAID THANK YOU
FOR
APPLYING TO THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, WE'LL BE HELPING
YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS.
THAT'S WHAT EVERY OTHER
JURISDICTION WAS DOING, AND I'M
GLAD WE ARE NOW FINALLY DOING
THAT AND WE HAVE THE RESOURCES
AVAILABLE BECAUSE OTHER
JURISDICTIONS WERE BEATING US TO
THE REALLY, REALLY MOTIVATED
AND HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE
CANDIDATES.
SO I WAS JUST -- SO I
ALWAYS LIKE TO TALK TO THE
PERSON
WHO'S THE CLOSEST TO THE
PROCESS TO
SEE WHAT'S WORKING AND WHAT
ISN'T AND KEEP UP WITH WHAT
IS WORKING.
THERE WAS, AS YOU KNOW, AND
I'M NOT GOING TO REVISIT THIS.
AND DO STILL BELIEVE
THAT OFFERING THE EXAM THAT
OTHER JURISDICTIONS OFFER SO
THAT WHEN
OFFICERS WANT TO APPLY TO
OR POTENTIAL OFFICERS, POTENTIAL
RECRUITS WANT TO APPLY TO
A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
JURISDICTIONS, THEY TAKE
ONE TEST AND THE RESULTS ARE
SENTSENT TO
CITIES. THERE WAS A LETTER THAT
WAS
SENT BY THE MAYOR ON MAY 23rd
THAT WAS AT THE TAIL END
OF THIS PROCESS TO APPROVE THE
LEGISLATION I JUST REFERRED
TO THAT BASICALLY SAID WE
STRONGLY REQUEST THE COMMISSION,
THE PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMISSION CONSIDERED CHANGING
THE EXAM. DOESN'T REALLY
MATTER.
THAT'S YOUR BAILIWICK, BUT I
DO WANT TO ALWAYS MAKE SURE
WE'RE ON TOP OF WHAT IS
WORKING,
AND BECAUSE THIS COULD BE A
BLIP,
AND, YOU KNOW, IT DOES --
BECAUSE OF ALL THE FACTORS
YOU JUST MENTIONED -- CULTURE,
PROCESSES, AND THEN I DON'T
KNOW WHAT THE THIRD ONE WAS, BUT
WE CAN'T ALWAYS BE EXPECTING
TO HAVE THIS INFLOW OF
APPLICATIONS
AND
INTEREST, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE
WE AT LEAST KEEP THE
THINGS THAT ARE HELPING US
ADEQUATELY
STAFF OUR POLICE
DEPARTMENT GOING
FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENTPRESIDENT
NELSON, I AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT
THAT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU.
LOOKING ABOUT, I DON'T SEE
ANYTHING, AND I'LL ADD
LEADERSHIP TO YOUR LIST, BY
THE
WAY. OKAY, I MOVE THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION
OF
APPOINTMENT 3378.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED
TO RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION OF
THE APPOINTMENT.
ARE THERE ANY
FINAL COMMENTS? HEARING --
SEEING NONE, NO
FINAL COMMENTS?
OKAY, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL AND RECOMMENDATION
CONFIRM THE
APPOINTMENT?
>> COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>>
YES.
>>
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>>
AYE.
>> CHAIR KETTLE.
>> AYE.
>> THERE ARE FIVE IN FAVOR AND
NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE CONFIRMATION BE SENT
TO CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SCHEELE.
AND PLEASE GO BACK TO THE
COMMISSION AND PASS OUR
REGARDS FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE AND CONTINUE TO DO THE
GREAT
WORK. KEEP CHARGING, KEEP THE
PRESS
ON.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
HAVE A GREAT DAY.
>> WE'LL NOW MOVE ONTO
OUR SECOND ITEM OF BUSINESS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEM NUMBER 2 INTO THE
RECORD?
>> SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
END OF YEAR DATA
REVIEW.
>> OKAY.
WELCOME, DR. HUNT,
AND WHOEVER ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO
BRING UP
WITH YOU.
DR. HUNT, I WAS HOPING THAT THE
STUDENTS WOULD STILL BE HERE
TO KEEP YOU ON YOUR TOES WITH
THE NUMBERS AND FACTS AND
FIGURES, BUT THEY HAVE
MOVED ON.
>> SO DID I.
I WISH THEY HAD STAYED, YES.
I ACTUALLY WANTED TO MEET THEM.
ALL RIGHT, IF YOU CAN
INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND IF YOUR
COLLEAGUES INTRODUCE THEMSELVES
AS
WELL, AND THEN JUST BEGIN
WITH YOUR PRESENTATION.
I THINK EVERYTHING'S SET
THERE.
>> LEE HUNT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF PRIME COMMUNITY
HARM REDUCTION FOR THE SEATTLE
POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
>> SENIOR DIRECTOR
FOR PERFORMANCE, ANALYTICS, AND
RESEARCH.
>> THE PRESENTATION TODAY IS
AA LEVEL SUMMARY OF THE SIX
TOPICS ON THE SCREEN PROVIDING
A PREVIEW OF A MORE
COMPREHENSIVE REPORT IN
FEBRUARY.
THE WORK THIS YEAR HAS
BEEN GUIDED BY DEPARTMENTAL
PRIORITIES AND THE SEATTLE
CENTER POLICING PLAN.
THE CRIME STATISTICS PRESENTED
TODAY ARE OF SEVEN
SIGNIFICANT CATEGORIES THROUGH
THE END OF
NOVEMBER.
WE ALSO EVALUATED
NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCE OFFICER
90- DAY
PILOT, WHICH WE'LL DISCUSS
BRIEFLY.
AND THEN I'LL PROVIDE
AN EXAMPLE -- EXCUSE ME.
I'LL PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF OUR
REALTIME CRIME
CENTER ACTIVITIES.
THE PLANNED SCHEDULE FOR
REPORTING OUT ON THE
2025 NATIONAL INCIDENT-
BASED REPORTING STATISTICS IS
AS FOLLOWS.
WE'RE GOING TO DO A PRELIMINARY
REPORT EARLY IN JANUARY.
WE KNOW THAT REPORTS ARE
STILL COMING IN A FEW DAYS OR A
WEEK INTO THE NEW YEAR
ALONG WITH THE PROCESSING TIME
FOR THE
RECORD STAFF TO PROCESS THEM
AND CATEGORIZE
THEM APPROPRIATELY. WE ARE
PLANNING TO PUT A
FULL NEIGHBORS REPORT OUT IN
FEBRUARY
FOR YOU AND THE PUBLIC.
JUST TWO QUICK SUMMARY SLIDES TO
REMIND EVERYONE
OF OUR PRIORITIES IN TERMS OF
THE
MISSION, VISIONS, AND
VALUES OF THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
THESE ARE OUR GUIDING
PRINCIPLES, AND WE
STRIVE ALWAYS TO LOOK TO PREVENT
CRIME
AND LOOK TO BUILD THOSE
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.
OUR ABILITY TO PREVENT CRIME
IS ENHANCED THROUGH THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS MUCH LIKE
WE HEARD
THIS MORNING FROM THE STUDENTS
FROM THE HORN OF AFRICA
SERVICES.
AND WE WILL PARTNER WITH
ANYONE, COMMUNITIES, BUSINESSES,
NONPROFITS, SERVICE
PROVIDERS, AND CERTAINLY OUR
OTHER CITY
DEPARTMENTS TO WORK
SYSTEMATICALLY AND IN CONCERT
TO REDUCE HARM AND PREVENT
CRIME.
I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT WHILE
THE CONSENT DECREE HAS
CONCLUDED, WE CONTINUE TO BE
REFORMED ORIENTED. THERE'S
CONTINUED
ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE
LEGISLATIVE
AND EXECUTIVE BRANCHES, THE
OFFICE
OF INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR PUBLIC
SAFETY, THE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION, AND
THE OFFICE
OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
SO WE FEEL THAT WE HAVE
GOOD ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS,
AND
WE WORK STRONGLY WITH ALL OF
THESE.
LASTLY, WE CONTINUALLY
EVALUATE OURSELVES AND STRIVE
FOR
IMPROVEMENT. ONE WAY IS TO
EVALUATE EVIDENCE- BASED
PRACTICES AND
ADOPT THOSE APPROPRIATE TO
SEATTLE. AND I SHOULD POINT OUT
THAT
THE GENTLEMAN TO MY RIGHT
IS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE
FOREMOST EVIDENCE- BASED
POLICING CRIMINOLOGISTS IN THE
COUNTRY.
WE'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO
HAVE HIM AND MANY OF HIS TEAM
ALSO HERE SUPPORTING THIS
DEPARTMENT AND THE RESIDENTS OF
SEATTLE.
WE CANNOT REDUCE HARM
AND PREVENT CRIME ON OUR OWN.
IT'S ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS, AND
I'LL USE THAT TERM OVER AND
OVER
THROUGHOUT MY MANY YEAR
CAREER
HERE IN SEATTLE. IT'S ALL ABOUT
PARTNERSHIPS
AND COORDINATED RESPONSES
AND PROGRAMS.
SO THE SEATTLE CENTRIC
POLICING PLAN WE PUT TOGETHER
AND SHARED
EARLIER TODAY IS
OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO REACH OUT
AND WORK WITH ANY ORGANIZATION,
NON- PROFIT,
COMMUNITY GROUP. AND MORE
IMPORTANTLY THIS
PLAN IS DYNAMIC.
IT'LL EVOLVE OVER TIME AND
EVOLVE OVER TIME AS INPUT FROM
OUR PARTNERS
HAPPEN. IN TERMS OF CRIME
STATISTICS FOR
THE FIRST 11 MONTHS OF
2025 WE'VE HAD ACROSS SEVEN
CATEGORIES OF CRIME, WHICH I'LL
DISPLAY HERE IN A SECOND,
MORE THAN 3,800 LESS VICTIMS
OF
CRIME. THE DECLINE OF HOMICIDES,
WHICH WE HAVE A 36% REDUCTION AS
OF
LAST WEEK, SHOOTINGS, AGGRAVATED
ASSAULTS, AND ROBBERIES
ARE DOWN.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT
REPORTING IMPROVED OR LOWER
NUMBERS, IT'S RECOGNIZING THAT
MORE PEOPLE
ARE ALIVE.
IT'S ALSO RECOGNIZING
WITHOUT OUR LEVEL ONE TRAUMA
CENTER
HERE IN SEATTLE, THESE NUMBERS
MIGHT
BE VERY DIFFERENT.
WE RECOGNIZE IT'S NOT JUST
ABOUT THE HOMICIDES BUT ALSO
THAT THE
NONFATAL INJURY SHOOTINGS
COULD HAVE A DIFFERENT RESULT
WITHOUT THE GOOD EMERGENCY CARE
WE
HAVE HERE IN THE CITY, SO WE
LOOK AT OUR NONFATAL INJURY
SHOOTINGS
JUST AS SERIOUSLY AS WE WOULD A
HOMICIDE, AND YOU CAN SEE
THAT WE'VE HAD A 28% REDUCTION
IN
NONFATAL SHOOTINGS, AND GOING TO
OUR HOMICIDES,
THE LAST YEAR THAT WE SEE
AS COMPARABLE FOR THE NUMBERS
OF HOMICIDES SO FAR THIS YEAR IS
2019. OUR AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS
HAVE
DECLINED AS WELL -- AS WELL
AS OUR ROBBERIES.
AND THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE,
AND THE TWO AREAS THAT I'M
MOST LITERALLY BLOWN AWAY BY IS
THE REDUCTION
THAT WE'RE SEEING, AND THIS IS
PROBABLY A BAD METAPHOR
TO USE.
I APOLOGIZE. IS THE REDUCTION
WE'VE HAD
IN STOLEN CARS AND BURGLARIES.
28% AND A 5% REDUCTION IN 11
MONTHS. WE HAVE SEEN A DECREASE
IN
THESE THREE CATEGORIES AND HAVE
YET
TO FIND IT AT THIS POINT
IN TIME. WE'RE LOOKING
TO SEE WHAT'S DRIVING THOSE.
WE KNOW THERE'S A NUMBER
OF DIFFERENT EXPLANATIONS IN
TERMS
OF CHANGES IN DEMOGRAPHICS, JOB
UNEMPLOYMENT, THE FACT THAT
OUR OFFICES HAVE NOT BEEN DOING
MORE
PROACTIVE WORK IN
THESE AREAS WHERE BURGLARIES ARE
OCCURRING AND CAR THEFT IS
OCCURRING, WE'RE ALSO EDUCATING
THE
PUBLIC TO NOT BE A VICTIM OF
THOSE
CRIMESCH
CRIMES.
THE HOMICIDE CLEARANCE
RATE FOR THIS YEAR WE'RE AT 83%
RIGHT NOW
FOR THE YEAR.
WE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THOSE
ONGOING OPEN CASES.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE SLIDE THAT
IN 2024 AND IN 2023 OUR
HOMICIDE CLEARANCE RATES WERE 57
AND 49.
SLIGHTLY BEFORE THOSE SAME
YEARS FOR THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE ABOVE
THE PRIOR YEAR NATIONAL AVERAGES
FOR
OUR -- OUR CLEARANCE RATES.
AND, AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST
ABOUT THE
NUMBERS GOING DOWN, IT'S ABOUT
THE PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES
AREARE IMPACTED BY HIGH LEVELS
OF
HOMICIDE, AND ALSO THE FACT
THAT WE CONTINUE THROUGH OUR
HIGH
CLEARANCE RATES TO
BRING CLOSURE TO THOSE PEOPLE
WHO HAVE
LOST LOVED ONES, EVEN CASES THAT
HAVE BEEN OPEN 31 YEARS.
IN THE CASE OF TONIA
FRASIER, WHERE WE SOLVED THAT
CASE
WITH THE ASSISTANCE
OF TECHNOLOGY ASSISTING US.
IF YOU REVIEW THE CHART
AND THIS IS ON HOMICIDES.
THE GREEN VERTICAL BARS ARE THE
ACCOUNTS FOR THIS YEAR.
THE RED LINES ARE THE
ACCOUNTS FOR LAST YEAR, 2024.
AND THE BLUE DASHED LINE IS
A FIVE- YEAR AVERAGE.
AND WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE IS
WE ONLY HAD ONE MONTH THIS YEAR
THAT SURPASSED LAST YEAR,
AND THAT WAS MARCH.
AND SEATTLE BEING A
NORTHERN CITY MUCH LIKE WHERE
COUNCILMAN KETTLE AND I BOTH
FROM, FROM
THE WESTERN BUFFALO AREA.
YOU GET FIVE REALLY NICE
MONTHS, AND EVERYTHING HAPPENS.
AND SO ALL OF OUR ACTIVITY GOES
UP, AND WHAT WE SEE IS
STRONG SEASONALITY AND INCREASES
IN CRIME ACROSS MULTIPLE,
MULTIPLE CATEGORIES.
AND WHAT WE FOUND THIS YEAR IS
WE ARE NOT SEEING THE
SEASONAL SPIKES IN MULTIPLE
CATEGORIES
THIS YEAR.
SO WHILE THE NUMBERS IN MAY
AND JUNE ARE SLIGHTLY
HIGHER, YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE
WELL BELOW
OUR FIVE-
YEAR AVERAGE. AND WE SEE THIS IN
SEVERAL
CATEGORIES.
OUR BURGLARIES, FOR
EXAMPLE, THIS YEAR MAY AND JUNE
TYPICALLY LOOKING AT THE BLUE
AND
RED LINES ARE ALMOST HIGHER
MONTHS
OR IN TERMS OF THE FIVE-
YEAR AVERAGE.
THIS YEAR IT'S OUR LOWEST TWO
MONTHS, MAY AND JUNE.
AGAIN, WE DID CRIME
PREVENTION AND PROACTIVE PATROL
TO
ASSIST IN THIS.
TOUCHING ON NONFATAL
SHOOTINGS, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A
33% REDUCTION IN NONFATAL
SHOOTINGS.
AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK THERE'S NO
SEASONAL HIGH THIS YEAR.
AND I HAVE A STRONG
SUSPICION, AND I SUSPECT THAT
THE AFTER
HOURS NIGHTLIFE ORDINANCE
ASSISTED IN THAT REDUCTION.
IF YOU LOOK TO THAT CHART
PREPARED BY THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SHOWS THE
ACCOUNT OF
NIGHTLIFE SHOOTINGS AFTER
2:00 A.M. PRIOR TO THE
ORDINANCE BEING ENACTED WHERE IT
SAYS 18,
AND THEN WHERE AFTER THE
ORDINANCE WAS ENACTED WHICH WAS
6. SO JUST A 66% REDUCTION
OF SHOOTINGS AFTER 2:00 A.M.
IN NIGHTLIFE
AREAS. SO THAT CLEARS AN EXAMPLE
OF
WORK WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
DEMONSTRATE BASED ON
LEGISLATIVE.
MOVING ONTO THE POLICE
NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCE CENTER.
YOU KNOW, EVIDENCE-
BASED RESEARCH SHOWS THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICERS THAT ARE
ASSIGNED TO
DISTINCT AREAS PROVIDE
BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY AND
DEMONSTRATE
REDUCTIONS TO CRIME AND HARM.
AND CHIEF BARNS ASKED US TO
EVALUATE OFFICERS.
SO WE HAD A 90- DAY EVALUATION
WHERE TWO OFFICERS VOLUNTEERED
TO WORK IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCE CENTER
PILOT.
PARKS DEPARTMENT WAS KIND
ENOUGH TO GIVE US OFFICE SPACE.
AND PERFORMANCE AND
ANALYTICS DID AN ANALYSIS OF
THE ACTIVITIES OF THE OFFICERS
45
DAYS, AND THEN AFTER THE 90- DAY
PILOT, WHETHER THERE
WAS SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.
AND INDEED, WE SAW
DIFFERENCES IN EVENTS AND
PROPERTY CRIMES.
AND OUR VIOLENT CRIME WAS SO
LOW WE COULDN'T GET A
STATISTICAL
MEASURE ON THAT.
THE NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW WE
HAD SO FEW VIOLENT CRIMES IN THE
MAG NUSSEN PARK AREA.
THE IMPORTANT THING IS
THEY BUILT RELATIONSHIPS
WHILE THEY WERE IN THAT AREA,
AND THROUGH
PROACTIVE PATROLS THEY
RECOVERED MULTIPLE FIREARMS AND
EVEN LOCATED A HOMICIDE SUSPECT
AT
THAT TIME.
IN THE PRIOR AREA OF MAGNUSON, I
DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE
LOWER LEFT AND THREE
RED ARROWS. THE ARROW ON THE
LEFT WHICH
IS JULY IS PRIOR TO THE START
OF THE 90-
DAY PILOT. THE MIDDLE AREA IS
THE
FIRST MONTH OF THE PILOT, AND
THE
RIGHT-HAND ARROW IS THE LAST
MONTH OF THE PILOT.
YOU CAN SEE THE ACCOUNTS OF
OUR PROPERTY CRIME AND THE LOW
LEVEL
GOING FROM 3 TO 1 ON OUR VIOLENT
CRIMES WENT DOWN DURING THEIR
90- DAY PILOT.
IN ADDITION FOR MAGNUSON
PARK, IT WAS ALSO ON A PARK
SAFETY
SUMMER PLAN, YOU'LL NOTICE
ON THE LOWER RIGHT WE ONLY HAD
ONE SHOT FIRED AT THE PARK SO
FAR THIS YEAR, AND THAT
OUR ROBBERIES WERE DOWN 86%.
MOTOR VEHICLE
THEFT, WHICH FOLLOWED OUR
CITYWIDE TREND
WAS DOWN 65%.
LARCENY AND THEFT, THAT'S THEFT
FROM AUTOS.
PEOPLE PARK THEIR CAR AT THE
PARK, GO FOR A RUN, AND
FORGET TO TAKE OUR HIDE
THEIR
VALUABLES. AND PEOPLE WILL COME
BACK
AND OFTEN FIND THEIR CARS
BROKEN
INTO. WE LIKE TO ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE
TO -- TO REMOVE THEIR
VALUABLES, OR AS THE OLD SAYING
IS TAKE
IT, HIDE IT, AND LOCK IT.
REDUCE YOURSELF FROM BEING
A
VICTIM. IN TERMS OF THE RTCC, 66
CAMERAS WERE APPROVED FOR
INSTALLATION.
AT THIS POINT WE HAVE 62 UP
AND FUNCTIONING.
IN THE THREE AREAS NORTH
AURORA, CHINA TOWN,
INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT, AND DOWNTOWN
BUSINESS THIRD AVENUE CORRIDOR.
WHAT
WE'RE SHOWING YOU ON THIS MAP,
AND IT MAY TAKE A MINUTE
TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT I'M
TALKING ABOUT IS THE GREEN
SQUARES IS A
DENSITY MAP FOR THE LAST FOUR
YEARS OF CITIZEN 911 CALLS
FOR THE NORTH HALF OF THE CITY.
AND THE DARKER, THE BRIGHTER
THE COLOR, THE HIGHER THE
DENSITY
OF THE 911 CALLS.
THE DASHED
LINES THAT YOU'RE SEEING ALONG
NORTH AURORA AND
THE THIRD AVENUE CORRIDOR
AND THE CID, THOSE ARE THE
VIEW SHED.
THAT'S THE AREA THAT THE
CAMERAS CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHERE
THEY'RE
PLACED. WE DON'T VIEW THE WHOLE
CITY.
WE ACTUALLY ONLY VIEW 1.40
SQUARE MILESCH THOSE 62
CAMERAS COVER 1. 14% OF THE LAND
AREA
OF THE CITY.
IT'S A VERY SMALL AREA
THAT THESE CAMERAS ACTUALLY
COVER.
IN THOSE LAND AREAS PART OF THE
RATIONALE FOR PLACING
THOSE CAMERAS WAS DOING AN
ANALYSIS
OF WHERE WE SEE HIGHER LEVELS
OF VIOLENT CRIME OR CRIME
DENSITY
IN GENERAL.
AND SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT
IS THAT THESE THREE LOCATIONS
FOR
OUR CAMERAS ACCOUNTS FOR 20% OF
OUR VIOLENT CRIME IN THE CITY
OCCURS IN THOSE THREE AREAS.
AND 10% OF ALL CRIME OCCURS
IN THOSE THREE AREAS.
SO THEY'RE PLACED IN AREAS
WHERE WE'RE SEEING DENSITIES OF
CRIME.
THE -- THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL
YOU APPROVED THE PLAN
AND FUNDING FOR THE RTCC AND OIG
AND ITS CONTRACT RESEARCH
AT UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
WILL
CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THE
RTCC OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
WE CURRENTLY HOLD
MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH THE OIG
AND
THE RESEARCH TEAM, AND WE ARE
COLLECTING DATA AND REPORTS FOR
ANALYSIS FOR THE RESEARCHERS TO
UTILIZE. THE ONE THING I WANT TO
STRESS ABOUT THE RTCC IS
THAT ONLY THE ANALYSTS,
THE TECHNOLOGY TEAM THAT
SUPPORTS THEM, AND THEIR
SUPERVISORS HAVE ACCESS TO
THE CAMERAS.
IT'S A CLOSED SYSTEM.
NO ONE VIEWS THE IMAGES OUTSIDE
THE CENTER.
IN FACT, I THINK RIGHT NOW,
DOUG, YOU'RE THE ONLY
SWORN PERSON IN THE DEPARTMENT
THAT CAN ACCESS THE CAMERAS ON
THE
PLATFORM?
>>
CORRECT.
>> THE OTHER THING I WANT TO
STRESS IS THAT OUR
ANALYSTS DON'T SIT THERE
MONITORING CAMERAS, WATCHING
PEOPLE, WATCHING CARS, WATCHING
THINGS GOING ON.
THEY ARE ON STANDBY.
THEY DO SOME
OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE WORK.
THEY'RE ON STANDBY
UNTIL REQUESTED BY AN OFFICER
OVER
THE RADIO OR A CARES 911
DISPATCHER
FOR ASSISTANCE. THE ANALYSTS
DOCUMENT ALL THEIR WORK IN THE
FORM OF CRIME
REPORTS, AND THOSE ARE STORED
IN OUR RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
AS PART OF THE CRIME EVENT.
AND IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO
GO
OUT TO THE POLICE BLOTTER ININ
LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, YOU'VE
SEEN
SOME EXAMPLES OF THE WORK THAT
RTCC HAS BEEN DOING
PARTICULARLY THE ONE WHERE THIS
ELDERLY WOMAN WAS HIT IN THE
HEAD WITH A
BAT WITH A CREW ON THAT.
THE RTCC CAUGHT THE
IMAGE OF THAT INDIVIDUAL
IN THE DESCRIPTION, AND
THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS LATER
ARRESTED FOR THAT.
SOME METRICS THAT WE HAVE.
THE RTCC THROUGH NOVEMBER HAS
SUPPORTED 956 CRIME EVENTS.
THOSE CRIME EVENTS, LIKE THE
EXAMPLE I SHOWED YOU,
RESULTED IN 509 OR 50% OF THOSE
CRIME
EVENTS HAD AN ASSOCIATED ARREST.
EITHER THROUGH THE ON VIEW WORK
OF THE RTCC
ANALYSTS WORKING WITH THE
OFFICERS AND THE
DISPATCHERS IN COORDINATION
OR BECAUSE ENOUGH OF
THE DESCRIPTION INFORMATION
WAS PROVIDED THAT PROBABLE CAUSE
WAS
ISSUED TO BE BE ABLE TO
ARREST THAT PERSON AT A LATER
TIME OR LATER DATE.
FOR ME THE IMPORTANT THING
IS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ASSIST
OVER
1,000 VICTIMS IN THIS PROCESS.
THE LAST NUMBER IN TERMS OF THE
VIDEO EVIDENCE --
12,000 -- OVER 12,000 CLIPS OF
VIDEOS HAVE BEEN
PROCESSED, SAVED, UP LOADED
INTO EVIDENCE.COM AND ATTACHED
AND
REFERENCES TO ACTIVE CRIME
REPORTS.
I WILL ALSO SAY THAT
THE DURATION OF THE VIDEO THAT
IS STORED ON THE CAMERAS IS FIVE
DAYS. SO IF A DETECTIVE OR
OFFICER
SAYS, HEY, I WANT TO GO BACK
AND LOOK FOR SOMETHING THAT MAY
BE
ON THIS CAMERA SIX DAYS, SEVEN
DAYS, 30 DAYS LATER, IT WON'T
BE THERE.
IT WILL HAVE BEEN DELETED.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT I'LL
MENTION IS THAT WE
HAVE PRIVACY -- PIXILATION OR
PRIVACY
SCREENS ON ALL OF THE
CAMERAS. SO IF IT HAPPENS TO PAN
BY OR
IN FRONT OF AN APARTMENT
BUILDING,
ALLOSE THOSE WINDOWS ARE
PIXILATED OUT.
WE CAN NEVER LOOK INTO A
WINDOW FOR A PRIVATE SPACE.
IT'S PUBLIC SPACE ONLY.
THE TYPE OF WORK THAT THE
RTCC IS DOING, AND JUST POINT
OUT THE
PERCENTAGE OF THEIR EFFORTS,
44% IS ASSOCIATED WITH VIOLENT
CRIMES. THEIR AGGRAVATED
ASSAULTS,
WHICH WAS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS
WOMAN WHICH WAS STRUCK IN THE
HEAD, WAS AN EXAMPLE OF ASSAULT
OFFENSES AND OUR
HOMICIDES. IN FACT, THE TEAM HAS
WORKED
ON ALL HOMICIDES SINCE
AUGUST,AUGUST,
THEY ARE GREAT ASSETS TO
THE DETECTIVES HELPING THEM OUT.
LASTLY IS HIRING STATISTICS.
A RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT,
WE CURRENTLY AS
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON SAID, YES,
WE HAVE
AN INCREASE OF 94 OFFICERS AS OF
LAST WEEK. COMPARED TO LAST
YEAR, AT
THE END OF LAST YEAR WE ONLY HAD
ONE, A NET INCREASE OF
ONE
OFFICER. SO WE HIRED 159 WITH --
LAST YEAR WE HAD 70 HIRED.
AND WE'VE HIRED MORE OFFICERS.
I'VE ASKED THE HR TEAM TO
GO BACK AND LOOK TO SEE WHEN
WE'VE HIRED THIS MANY OFFICERS.
AND AT ABOUT 15- PLUS YEARS
WE
STILL HAVEN'T FOUND THIS LEVEL
OF HIRING, THIS NUMBER IN ONE
YEAR. WE'VE HAD, AND IT'S
INTERESTING TO FOLLOW THE PRIOR
-- THE PRIOR
PEOPLE.
WE'VE HAD ALMOST
3,900 APPLICANTS THAT MET THE
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS THAT WE
COULD
GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
AND THEN THIS YEAR WE'VE HAD
65 SEPARATE COMPARED TO LAST
YEAR AT 79.
SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME, AND WE'LL TAKE
ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY
HAVE.
>> THANK YOU, DR. HUNT.
AND THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN,
FOR JOINING DR. HUNT.
I'M WRITING MY NOTES, BUT
AS ALWAYS I START WITH MY --
FIRST
BEFORE I SAY ANYTHING I'D LIKE
TO WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA
WHO'S AN HONORARY MEMBER OF
THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
BUT I'LL GO AS TRADITION
DICTATES TO MY VICE CHAIR
COUNCILMEMBER SACCA.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I JUST
WANT TO THANK YOU, DR.
HUNT, AND YOUR TEAM HERE
FOR BEING HERE TODAY, FOR
SHARING
YOUR INSIGHTS AND KNOWLEDGE
WITH US AND BEING SO WILLING TO
DIVE
SO DEEP INTO THIS NITTY-
GRITTY DATA AROUND THE -- AROUND
THE DEPARTMENT AND THE IMPACTS
THAT WE -- WE ALL SEE AND
EXPERIENCE ON THE STREETS OF THE
CITY OF
SEATTLE.
SO THANK YOU
SO MUCH. REALLY, REALLY
INSIGHTFUL
WORK AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
ALL FOR BEING HERE.
THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU,
VICE CHAIR. COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>>
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU,
DR. HUNT.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
I'M SO SORRY, I FORGOT
YOUR NAME --
>>
LAUREN.
>> LAUREN?
NICE.
THANK YOU FOR
YOUR PRESENTATION. I APOLOGIZE.
I WAS WRITING DOWN NAMES.
I HAD A QUICK QUESTION,
AND THANK YOU FOR THE
OVERALL
PRESENTATION. I LOVE DATA, AND
SO IT
WAS REALLY REFRESHING TO GET
NUMBERS AND DATA AND INFORMATION
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS
ASKING INSTEAD OF HEARING THE
QUALITATIVE, YOU KNOW, ANALYSIS,
THEY WANT THE
QUANTITATIVE, AND I THINK
THEY PAIR VERY WELL TOGETHER, AS
YOU WALKED US THROUGH SOME OF
THE EFFORTS OF OUR SPD AND THE
STRATEGY BEHIND IT, WHICH
IS
GREAT. ONE OF THE THINGS WHICH I
THINK IS IMPERATIVE, IMPORTANT,
AND THE REALTIME CRIME CENTERS,
IT'S ON THE RECORD, I VOTED
FOR
CAMERAS. VERY SUPPORTIVE OF IT,
AND
TALKED TO COMMUNITY FOLKS
WHO HAD SOME RESISTANCE AND
WANTED TO KNOW MORE INFORMATION.
AND I THINK THE BIGGEST THING TO
HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND
STUFF, MAKING A PALATABLE
OUTREACH
SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, LIKE,
HEY, THESE ARE WHEN THE CAMERAS
ARE
COMING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR
TIME LINE POTENTIALLY TO
BE INSTALLED OR WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE
MEASURES THAT CITY COUNCIL
PASSED.
THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING
TO PROTECT YOU.
JUST YOU SAYING THAT
THE LIEUTENANT IS THE ONLY
SWORN OFFICER THAT HAS ACCESS
TO CERTAIN INFORMATION,
LIKE, PEOPLE JUST DON'T KNOW
THAT.
AND DO THEY DO NOT
WATCH THE SEATTLE CHANNEL.
HI, MOM, BUT THEY --
PEOPLE WATCH THE SEATTLE
CHANNEL,
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS TO MAKE
IT
PALATABLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA,
MEETINGS, INFORMATION CAN HELP
TONE THE CONVERSATION DOWN
SO MUCH WHEN WE'RE GOING OUT
INTO
COMMUNITY, WHEN WE'RE RECEIVING
E- MAILS, WHEN PEOPLE READ
BLOGS, WHEN PEOPLE SEE TWEETS,
WHEN
THEY SEE ALL THIS STUFF
BECAUSE
I GET INFORMATION AND I FEEL
CONFIDENT ABOUT WHAT I KNOW
AND I'M ARTICULATING TO PEOPLE
PEOPLE
STUFF, BUT I THINK
THERE'S ANOTHER FORM OF
COMMUNICATION
SPD CAN DO WITH OUTREACH
TO THE COMMUNITY SO WE CAN HAVE
THESE
CONVERSATIONS, AND NOT
MICROCONVERSATIONS WITH
NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE THIS IS
IMPORTANT BUT A BROADER
SENSE WHERE IT'S PALATABLE
WHERE WE AS
COUNCILMEMBERS CAN
TAKE INFORMATION AND SAY, HEY,
HERE'S THIS WEBSITE.
HERE'S THIS 2- MINUTE VIDEO,
WHATEVER IT IS THAT'S
PALATABLE
FOR PEOPLE. I JUST WANT TO THROW
THAT
OUT THERE BECAUSE I THINK
TECHNOLOGY GIVES SO MUCH ANGST
AND
ANXIETY, AND IT WOULD JUST BE
HELPFUL TO
THE PUBLIC TO HAVE
THAT INFORMATION ABOUT -- YOU
KNOW, JUST A
2-MINUTE RUN-DOWN ABOUT OUR
TECHNOLOGY CRIME CENTER AND
WHAT IT
DOES. SO ANYWAYS I JUST WANTED
TO POINT THAT OUT.
AND THEN ALSO I'LL BE DOING A
DEEP DIVE INTO THE PRESENTATION
BECAUSE I LIKE THE --
WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS
OF
MAGNUSON PARK AND THAT 90-
DAY, AND THAT DATA YOU ALL HAD.
KIND OF JEALOUS.
IT WAS IN COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA'S NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH
WAS GREAT. ABSOLUTELY NEEDED IT.
BUT DOING A DEEP DIVE AND
SAYING, HEY, WE TESTED IT
OUT AND THIS SMALL THING, THIS
IS WHAT WE SAW, AND WE WANT
TO RESEMBLE THAT ACROSS A CITY
OR PUT THOSE IN
NEIGHBORHOODS I THINK IS REALLY
KEY.
SO JUST THANK YOU.
I'LL BE DOING A DEEP DIVE
AND WORKING WITH SPD ON
THE COMMUNICATION PIECE JUST TO
THE COMMUNITY ON A CERTAIN
HOT BUTTON TOPICS THAT MAKES
IT PALATABLE.
BECAUSE THE REALITY IS -- LOOK
AT THIS.
IF PEOPLE STILL END
UP WITH THE SAME TYPE OF
REACTION
TOWARDS SPD OR TOWARDS THINGS
THAT
WE'RE DOING BUT WITH THE PROPER
INFORMATION, I'M FINE WITH
THAT.
I CAN
LIVE WITH PROPER INFORMATION OUT
THERE,
WITH TRANSPARENT INFORMATION OUT
THERE, AND THE FACTS AND DATA
WHERE YOU KNOW WHAT, THEY END
UP AT THE SAME
CONCLUSION, THAT'S FINE.
BUT WHEN IT'S MISINFORMATION.
WHEN IT'S A CERTAIN ANGLE,
WHEN THERE'S A CERTAIN
NARRATIVE GOING OUT THERE,
THAT'S WHEN
IT BECOMES TROUBLESOME BECAUSE
THEN IT GOES DOWN THIS RABBIT
HOLE AND THERE'S ADDED
INFORMATION AND ADDED LAYERS,
AND YOU GET
JUST, LIKE, A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT NARRATIVE. SO I CAN
LIVE WITH INFORMATION
THAT'S TRANSPARENT, THAT'S
PALATABLE FOR
PEOPLE TO HAVE, AND IF THEY GET
TO THE SAME
CONCLUSION, THAT'S FINE.
BUT JUST SO THAT INFORMATION IS
OUT THERE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
I HAD A PRESS STATEMENT GO OUT A
LITTLE OVER AN HOUR AGO --
THIS EVENING MY INTERVIEW WILL
BE RELEASED.
WE HAVE TO REACH OUT IN MANY
DIFFERENT WAYS, MRS.
HOGGINGSWORTH, BECAUSE
OTHERWISE WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY
GETTING --
WE NEED TO GET THAT
RIPPLE EFFECT, THAT SECOND ECHO,
THIRD ECHO IN TERMS OF
WHAT'S HAPPENING.
WITH THAT, NEXT UP IS
COUNCIL
PRESIDENT
NELSON.
>> CAN YOU PLEASE BRING UP
THE SLIDE IF THERE IS ONE ABOUT
CAR
THEFT, PLEASE?
IF THERE'S A SLIDE ON
IT.
MAYBE YOU JUST MENTIONED IT. I
WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT IS --
LET'S SEE --
>> SECOND FROM THE
BOTTOM.
>> OKAY.
23% REDUCTION IN CAR THEFT.
WHEN PEOPLE HEAR THAT THEY
THINK GREAT, YOU
KNOW, THAT'S GREAT FOR THE
PEOPLE THAT HAVE
CARS, BUT I JUST ALWAYS WANT TO
--
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WHY
THIS
IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE WHAT IS
DONE WITH THOSE CARS AFTER
THEY'RE STOLEN.
CARS ARE USED TO DRIVE
THROUGH THE FRONT OF SMALL
BUSINESSES TO
GET THE ATM IN THE BACK AND
OTHER THINGS. SO STOLEN CARS ARE
USED
TO COMMIT CRIMES, AND SO IT IS
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE
THIS REDUCTION.
WOULD I BE CORRECT IN
ASSUMING THE REDUCTION IS IN
PART DUE
TO EXPANDED USE OF AARP?
NO, IS THAT WHAT IT'S
CALLED?
>>
ALPR.
>> IT'S NOT OLD
PEOPLE BUT --
>> AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE
READERS.
>> AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE
READERS,
YES.
>> WE HAVE NO INDICATION AT THIS
POINT THAT THE ALPRs
REDUCED CARS BEING STOLEN.
AT THIS POINT THE ALPR
SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IN OUR
PATROL
VEHICLES GETS AN ALERT AFTER THE
CAR'S BEEN STOLEN AND PUT
INTO THE NATIONAL FBI DATABASE
FOR
STOLEN VEHICLES, SO IT'S NOT
PREVENTATIVE IN THAT SENSE.
I CAN SAY THAT WE HAVE A --
WITHIN THE COUNTY BOTH THE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE AS WELL AS
OUR REGIONAL POLICE PARTNERS,
WE HAVE A TEAM THAT WORKS
AT LOOKING AT STOLEN CARS
ACROSS THE COUNTIES BECAUSE
PEOPLE
ARE STEALING CARS IN SEATTLE
AND DOING THINGS OUTSIDE OF
SEATTLE AND
VICE VERSA. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT
THE NETWORK
OF CAR THEFT BEHAVIOR AND
RINGS THAT ARE OCCURRING.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THE
NUMBERS TODAY TO TELL
YOU WHAT THE ARRESTS ARE ON
THAT.
WE CERTAINLY WILL LOOK TOTO
THAT NEXT YEAR AS PART OF THE
FULL REPORT, BUT I THINK
THAT THE EDUCATION AROUND
PEOPLE LOCKING THEIR CARS,
TAKING
THEIR VALUABLES OUT OF IT, AND
I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE YOU CAN
PARK UNDER A STREETLIGHT OR IN
A GARAGE OR OFF STREET, THAT'S
THE
BEST.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN'T OR
HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT,
BUT THE BEST YOU
CAN DO TO KEEP FROM GETTING YOUR
CAR STOLEN, THE
BETTER.
>> OKAY, SO IT'S HELPING
YOU IDENTIFY STOLEN CARS BUT NOT
ACTUAL CAR THEFT.
BUT IT COULD BE A
CULTURE CHANGE OR MORE EDUCATION
GIVEN
TO PEOPLE ABOUT WHERE TO PARK.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING
TO EXPLAIN IT
BY.
>> I THINK IN ADDITION
THE LEGISLATION THAT PASSED WITH
KIA AND HYUNDAI FOR
THE IGNITION TROUBLE IS PART OF
THIS.
SO THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE
BY THE LEGISLATURE HAS HELPED
REDUCE THE
NUMBERS.
>> I THINK IT WAS OUR
CITY ATTORNEY THAT
BASICALLY PROHIBITED -- YOU'RE
NODDING.
THERE'S A NOD FROM FROM AN
AUDIENCE MEMBER WHO KNOWS ABOUT
THIS.
WE TOOK
HYUNDAI TO COURT. CAN YOU
EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED
THERE?
>> IF MY MEMORY IS CORRECT
THEY BOTH IDENTIFIED IT WAS
EXTREMELY EASY TO PUNCH
IGNITIONS
AND STEAL THE CAR AND HAVE
ACCESS
TO IT, WHICH LED TO THE POT SHOP
ROBBERIES, BURGLARIES LIKE YOU
MENTIONED, DRIVE BY SHOOTINGS,
ET CETERA. SO THE LEGISLATURE
REQUIRED THEM
TO DO A RECALL TO FIX
THE IGNITION ISSUES.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT FOR
RIGHT NU.
I MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER
QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE LEADERSHIP,
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
DR. HUNT, PAGE NUMBERS.
NUMBER 1, I'M SORRY.
BECAUSE OF THIS WHEN WE
PRINTED OUT WHAT WAS POSTED
ONLINE, MY
PRINTOUT STOPS ON THE -- AND I
NUMBERED THEM FOR MYSELF, WOULD
BE PAGE 12 IS THE
MAGNUSON. IT STOPS THERE.
13, 14, 15, AND 16 AND
COMES BACK FOR THE LAST PAGE ON
HIRING
STATS, WHICH WOULD BE IF YOU
HAD PAGE NUMBERS, PAGE 17.
LET ME TELL YOU WHY IT'S
DRIVING ME INSANE.
I WANTED TO LOOK -- I WANTED
TO GO BACK TO THE MAP AND WRITE
ON
IT, BUT I DON'T HAVE IT
BECAUSE IT WASN'T POSTED, SO
PERHAPS WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT
GETS
POSTED FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO
STILL PRINT
STUFF OUT AND USE A PEN
AND PAPER.
CAN WE GO TO I THINK IT WOULD
BE MY PAGE 13 BUT IT'S THE
AURORA MAP.
OKAY.
SO THIS IS WHERE I WANTED TO
FOCUS IN.
IF YOU COULD GIVE -- I KNOW
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT AND
I WANT TO APPRECIATE
WHAT COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH
SAID ABOUT WE'VE GOT TO SEE THE
FACTS BEFORE WE DEVELOP QUOTE-
UNQUOTE FEELINGS.
WE'VE GOT TO START WITH
THE FACTS AND AGREED UPON FACTS
IN WHICH WE CAN LEGISLATE AND
MOVE POLICY FORWARD AND
ALSO
CHALLENGE THOSE FACTS, QUESTION
THEM, BE CRITICAL THINKERS
OF THOSE FACTS.
SO WHAT I WOULD ASK YOU TO DO
IS I SEE WHERE IF YOU COULD
EXPLAIN
JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR ME
WHEN WE LOOK AT SOUTH OF THE
SHIP CANAL, YOU HAVE THE RED
SQUARE OR THE GREEN SQUARES.
YOU HAVE A COUPLE RED ONES
IN THERE AND ORANGE, AND THEN
WE HAVE AURORA.
I DON'T SEE A WHOLE LOT ON
LAKELAKE
CITY, SO I WANTED TO FOCUS.
CAN YOU JUST GIVE ME AN
IDEA ABOUT CITIZEN CALLS,
DENSITY MAP, AND AREAS WITH
CAMERAS?
SOME
OF THEM ARE DIFFERENT SHADES OF
GREEN. DOES THAT MATTER?
OR AM I JUST NOT READING THIS
RIGHT?
>> SURE.
SO THESE ARE RELATIVERELATIVE
CURRENT
DENSITIES. I APOLOGIZE FOR THIS
STATISTICAL TERM.
THEY DO MATTER RELATIVE TO
THE TYPE OF BEHAVIOR
CONCENTRATED
HERE. THEY DO INDICATE --
>> EXCUSE ME, CAN YOU BRING
THE MIC CLOSER TO YOU,
PLEASE?
>> BUT ALSO WHAT
YOU'RE OBSERVING THERE IS SORT
OF
THE DENSITY IN
CONTEXT. SO AS THOSE COLORS GET
DARKER, IT BASICALLY MEANS
THERE'S A HIGHER CONCENTRATION
OF THAT
ACTIVITY IN THOSE
AREAS.
>> AND I WAS MISSING THAT.
OKAY, NOW I CAN SEE IT.
SO, AGAIN, BECAUSE I WAS
TRYING TO FRANTICALLY GOING
THROUGH
MY PAPER TRYING TO MATCH YOUR
SCREEN. AND SINCE I DIDN'T HAVE
PAGE
NUMBERS, I COULDN'T LINE THEM
UP. SO WHAT IS THE -- SO
WHAT ARE THE OTHER RED COLORS
THEN IN
ORANGE AND
YELLOW?
>> CORRECT.
THE RED WOULD BE THE HIGHEST
DENSITY, THEN THE LIGHTER THE
COLOR WOULD BE
LOWER DENSITIES. SO THIS IS THE
VIOLENT
CRIME THAT I'M SHOWING.
IT'S NOT ALL CALL TO SERVICE.
SO THESE ARE DENSER AREAS
WITHINWITHIN THIRD AVENUE
CORRIDOR AND THEN THE
SURROUNDING
AREAS SHOWING YOU WHERE WE GET A
LOT OF VIOLENT CRIME OCCURRING
AT THOSE ADDRESSES AND THEN
HOW IT -- HOW IT -- THE SURFACE,
IF YOU WILL, THE DENSITY AS IT
MOVES AROUND AND SPREADS OUT AND
DISSIPATES INTO VERY LOW
DENSITY.
>> WHAT IS THE REDDEST?
WHAT WOULD BE THAT -- AND
I DON'T WANT TO CALL ANYBODY
PARTICULARLY, I DON'T SEE IT
ON MY
SCREEN?
>> YOU'VE GOT THE RED SCREEN
IN THE CENTER HERE.
THESE ARE RELATIVE DENSITIES
WAITING -- IT'S JUST A WAY
TO SAY ACROSS THIS SPACE THINGS
ARE
MORE CLUSTERED AROUND HERE AT
GREATER DENSITIES OR HIGHER
NUMBERS.
THERE
ISN'T A VALUE ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS.
>>
OKAY.
>> TO NOTE THIRD PIKE AND
PINE.
>> I
APOLOGIZE.
>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING
AT.
THANK YOU, CARE.
SO LET ME -- YEAH, IT WOULD
BE NICE TO POINT THOSE OUT
BECAUSE AS POLICY MAKERS AND
WE'RE LOOKING AT PUBLIC SAFETY
AND MOVING RESOURCES NOT JUST
TO ARREST PEOPLE, OBVIOUSLY, BUT
FOR OTHER SERVICES AS WELL.
IS THERE -- THIS MAY
SOUND LIKE A
STUPID QUESTION. I APOLOGIZE.
ON THE CAMERA STUFF, IS THERE --
IS THERE ANY TYPE OF
INFORMATION ABOUT WHEN
YOU'RE TAKING -- IS THERE MORE
CAMERA ACTIVITY
AT NIGHT THAN DURINGDURING DAY?
BECAUSE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT
HOW THINGS ARE LOWER NOW WHEN
WE PASS THE LEGISLATION
REGARDING
NIGHTLIFE. IS THE CAMERA
OPERATING
WHERE YOU'RE CATCHING WHAT YOU
NEED IN
THE NIGHTTIME RATHER THAN THE
DAY?
>> I DON'T THINK WE'VE ACTUALLY
LOOKED AT TIME OF DAY YET.
THAT'S A VARIABLE THAT I
THINK THE UNIVERSITY OF
PENNSYLVANIA
CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT IS THE
TEMPORAL ASPECT AS WELL AS
THE DAY OF WEEK.
BUT WE'VE NOT ACTUALLY LOOKED
AT TO SEE WHETHER WE'RE
GETTING MORE ACTIVITY AT NIGHT
OR
DURING THE DAYTIME
HOURS.
>> LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
DO YOU THINK THAT MATTERS?
FOR US? AS POLICY
MAKERS UNDERSTANDING PUBLIC
SAFETY AND TEMPORAL
AS YOU SAY, TIME OF
DAY, AND WHETHER IT'S NIGHTTIME
OR
DAYTIME.
>> I DON'T THINK IT MATTERS.
LOOKING AT THIS DENSITY MAP
ON THE SCREEN, IT IS INCLUSIVE
OF
ALL TIMES OF DAY.
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THE
RED AREAS REGARDLESS OF THE
TIME, WEEK OR DAY FOR THE LAST
FOUR
YEARS THE DENSEST AREAS ARE
IN THAT PIKE PINE
AREA.
>> AND I WOULD SAY SORT
OF GENERALLY SPEAKING YOU
HAVE CONSIDERED THE TEMPORAL
COMPONENTS OF THIS TYPE
OF
BEHAVIOR WITH REGARD TONIGHT
LIFE ENFORCEMENT.
FROM A TACTICAL PERSPECTIVE,
IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO
MAKE POLICY AND LEGISLATE AROUND
THE
24- HOUR CLOCK.
TO
THE EXTENT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY
TO REGULATE USE OF
SPACE, I THINK THAT HAS BEEN
REGULATED BY
THIS COUNCIL. AND COUNCIL IN THE
PAST
ALSO CERTAINLY PROVIDING FOR
VARIOUS TYPES OF SERVICES OR
SEPTED
INTERVENTIONS THAT MAY
NECESSARILY INCLUDE THE ADDITION
OF
LIGHTING OR THINGS THAT PROVIDE
FOR BETTER MANAGEMENT
OF THAT SPACE DURING LOW LIGHT
AREAS I THINK ARE
GENERALLY OBSERVED.
SO TO THAT EXTENT IT
DOES MATTER, AND I THINK YOU
HAVE TAKEN THAT INTO ACCOUNT IN
THE
PAST.
>> I WAS THINKING ABOUT WHEN
YOU ACTIVATE SPACE WITH LIGHTS
AND YOU DO THE
ARCHITECTURAL, YOU KNOW, THE
THINGS THAT
LIGHT UP. THAT'S WHAT I WAS
GETTING AT
AS WELL.
AND WOULD THIS
INFORMATION COME WITH THE
CARE TEAM?
>> WE DO WORK WITH CARE AND ALSO
WITH PARKS AND WITH MAYORS
OFFICE AND TRY TO BE
A GOOD PARTNER PROVIDING THESE
DATA.
I THINK WITHOUT STEPPING ON
DR. HUNT'S
TOES, SPEAKING GENERALLY I THINK
POLICING DATA IS ABOUT
POLICING, BUT IT CAN BE A
GREAT WAY TO BRING AROUND A LOT
OF DIFFERENT RESOURCES WITHOUT
ADDRESSING A FORWARD ENFORCEMENT
APPROACH, AND THAT'S REALLY THE
POWER OF THE POLICE DATA
AND THESE
ANALYTICS.
>> WITHOUT GETTING INTO THE
NIGHT ISSUE AND NIGHTLIFE, I
GET
THAT. BUT THE DAYTIME
ISSUE WITH REGARDS TO CARE WHERE
IT'S
ABOUT DEESCALATION, MENTAL
HEALTH, THOSE KIND OF ISSUES
THAT'S
WHAT I WAS GETTING AT FROM A
POLICY MAKERS PERSPECTIVE.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ. I WOULD SAY WHEN IT
COMES TO
TECHNOLOGY, WE HAVE TO BE READY
24/7.
BUT AS WE LOOK AT ISSUES,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, LAST
WEEK I GAVE TWO INTERVIEWS
RELATED
TO AFTER HOURS ESTABLISHMENTS
AND CHRONIC USAGE
PROPERTIES, WHICH IS SHOWING UP
IN
DIFFERENT PLACES.
AND SO WE AS POLICY MAKERS
DO NEED TO UNDERSTAND, YOU
KNOW, THE TIME OF DAY PIECES.
BUT THE TECHNOLOGY PIECES
HAVE TO BE AT THE READY 24/7.
AND TO THAT LAST POINT,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, YOU
KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING IN TERMS
OF WORKING WITH THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, MR. SCOTT
LINDSEY
NOTED THAT THIS IS WHERE IT'S
ALL
HANDS ON DECK. FOR EXAMPLE,
AFTER THE
AFTER HOURS ESTABLISHMENTS AND
CHRONIC USAGE PROPERTIES, WE'RE
NOW WORKING WITH FAS IN A WAY WE
NEVER DID BEFORE.
BRINGING ALL THESE PIECES
TOGETHER, THROW IN PARKS,
THROW IN SOME OF THESE OTHER
DEPARTMENTS, THESE
NONTRADITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEES CAN HAVE AN IMPACT
ON WHAT WE'RE DOING WITHIN
PUBLIC
SAFETY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
QUESTION,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I'M
SHIFTING TO OUR
HONORARY COMMITTEE MEMBER,
COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH,
I SEE YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP,
AND I WOULD DEFER TO YOU FIRST
BECAUSE YOU'RE ACTUALLY ON
THIS COMMITTEE AND I'M HAPPY TO
--
>> SHE'S ALREADY TALKED ONCE.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR
BEING HERE.
I WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR,
AND AS THIS
IS THE LAST PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR, I
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
ALWAYS WELCOMING THOSE WHO ARE
NOT
ON THIS COMMITTEE TO JOIN.
YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I CARE
ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS TO THE DISTRICT
THAT I
REPRESENT. AND I WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR
ALL YOUR WORK THIS PAST YEAR
AND THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS
YOU'VE BEEN CHAIR TO GIVE FOCUS
TO, YOU KNOW, THE BEST WAYS THAT
WE CAN
PROVIDE LEGISLATIVE HELP
TO ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFETY IN
OUR CITY WE ALL LOVE.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
FOLKS FEEL SAFE, FOLKS ARE
GETTING
THE SERVICES THEY NEED, AND
WE'RE DOING PUBLIC SAFETY IN A
RESPONSIBLE WAY THAT'S
REALLY MEETING THE NEEDS OF ALL
OF OUR
CONSTITUENTS, NOT SOME OF OUR
CONSTITUENTS.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOUR
LEADERSHIP FOR THAT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR
BEING HERE.
I IN PARTICULAR AM VERY GRATEFUL
FOR THE EFFORTS AT
MAGNUSON PARK.
YOU ALL KNOW SINCE I'VE GOT
HERE
I'VE BEEN REQUESTING
ASSISTANCE AND REACHING OUT TO
THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE, WHO I SEE
HERE TODAY. DEPUTY MAYOR
BURGESS,
SARAH SMITH, AND OF COURSE
NATALIE ANDERSON WHO'S NOT HERE
TODAY HAS BEEN A REALLY GREAT
PARTNER IN PROVIDING AND HELPING
PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY --
ADDRESSING PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE
DISTRICT IN
PARTICULAR TO MAGNUSON PARK.
AND OF COURSE I WOULD BE REMISS
IF I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE FORMER
NORTH PRECINCT CAPTAIN WHO
STARTED THIS CONVERSATION
WITH ME WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE
LAST
YEAR, AND IT WAS REALLY SHE
WAS FIRST PRESSING FOR A
SUMMER SAFETY ACTIVATION AT
MAGNUSON BECAUSE WE HAD NOT HAD
ONE.
THERE WERE ISSUES AT THE
PARKS THEN
AND, YOU KNOW, THESE ISSUES HAVE
-- ARE SPREADING TO ALL THE
PARKS ACROSS THE CITY.
AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE USING
DATA TO REALLY -- AND YOU
CAN SEE THE DATA FROM THE
MAGNUSON SLIDE.
BUT JUST IN TERMS OF WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN THE SUMMER MONTHS,
AND I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY --
THIS SLIDE IS PARTICULAR TO
MAGNUSON IS PROBABLY
NOT DISSIMILAR TO WHAT'S
HAPPENING AT OTHER PARKS ACROSS
THE
CITY AND WHY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
AND SPD AND PARKS PARTNERED TO
DO THIS SUMMER ACTIVATION SAFETY
PLAN FOR ALL THE PARKS IN THE
CITY. AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR
THAT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK
CURRENT NORTH PRECINCT CAPTAIN
GEORGE
DAVIDSON, WHO'S BEEN SUCH
A STRONG PARTNER IN ADDRESSING
PUBLIC SAFETY NOT JUST AT THE
PARK BUT IN OTHER AREAS OF
THE DISTRICT LIKE THE
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT THAT'S HAD
HISTORICALLY HIGH NUMBERS OF
CRIME INCIDENTS
RELATED TO DRUGS, AND
ALSO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE SEEN
WITH
SMALL BUSINESS PUBLIC SAFETY
ISSUES
IN VIEW RIDGE AND WEDGEWOOD AND
SAND POINT. AND I VERY MUCH
APPRECIATE CAPTAIN DAVIDSON'S
FOCUS.
WE MEAD REGULARLY, AND I
THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT.
RELATIONSHIPS MATTER,
PARTNERSHIPS MATTER AS WE'RE
ALL
WORKING TO ADDRESS
THESE ISSUES. I'M REALLY
GLAD TO HEAR YOU TALK ABOUT WORK
WITH CARE
BECAUSE THAT IS A DEPARTMENT --
WE ALL
AGREE ON ALTERNATIVES
TO POLICING TO REALLY HELP OUR
NEIGHBORS, ESPECIALLY OUR
UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS THROUGHOUT
THE CITY, AND HOW TO
BEST PROVIDE CARE FOR FOLKS
AND CONNECT THEM TO SERVICES
INCLUDING HOUSING AND
MENTAL HEALTH AND DRUG
ADDICTION
SERVICES. IN PARTICULAR I WANT
TO THANK
OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT, SARAH
NELSON, WHO'S BEEN SUCH A
STRONG ADVOCATE FOR THE
ADDICTION
SERVICES. THIS IS REAL.
PEOPLE NEED SERVICES TO BE ABLE
TO GET BETTER AND THEN BE
ABLE TO SOLVE SOME OTHER ISSUES
IN THEIR LIVES THAT COME
FORTH BECAUSE OF ADDICTION
ISSUESISSUES
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, FOR
THAT MATTER.
SO I'M TRYING TO HIT ALL THE
POINTS,
BUT IN PARTICULAR I'M JUST
REALLY -- I'M SO
GRATEFUL FOR THE ACTIVATION AT
MAGNUSON PARK.
I KNOW THAT DATA WENT INTO WHY
THIS 90- DAY
PILOT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK
CHIEF
BARNES BECAUSE HE'S BEEN A
GREAT PARTNER, TOO, AND HE
LOOKED
AT CRIME STATISTICS TO SAY
LET'S TRY THIS PILOT AT
MAGNUSON
PARK AND SEE HOW IT GOES, AND WE
CAN HOPEFULLY SCALEUP ACROSS
THE CITY.
IN PARTICULAR MAGNUSON, I HAVE
A LOT OF FOLKS LIVING AT MAGNUON
PARKS.
THERE AREN'T A LOT OF PARKS
WHERE FOLKS ARE ACTUALLY LIVING
IN THE PARK, BUT THIS IS ONE.
AND ONE THAT COMES CLOSE I
CAN THINK OF IS DISCOVERY PARK,
AND IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE
SAME. IN THIS SCENARIO
THEY ARE LIVING IN THE PARK, AND
THE
FOLKS LIVING AT THE PARK WITH MY
CONSTITUENTS AS WELL AND
THEY'RE EXPERIENCING THESE
PUBLIC SAFETY
ISSUES IN GREATER NUMBERS EVEN
THAN SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, BEING A
PARK, EVERYONE FROM ACROSS THE
CITY COMES TO THE PARK, AND
EVERYONE
IS IMPACTED WHEN THERE'S CAR
THEFT, WHICH I
APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER --
COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON, YOU
TALKING ABOUT THE FACT AND
BRINGING
FOCUS WHY SHOULD WE CARE
ABOUT THAT?
BECAUSE CARS ARE BEING
USED IN OTHER CRIMES INCLUDING
TRAFFICKING -- HUMAN
TRAFFICKING, WHICH IS
SOMETHING THAT WE ALL CARE
ABOUT. SO
THIS IS WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT.
AND OF COURSE
SOLVING FOR SOME OF THE VIOLENT
CRIME AT THE
PARK.
I'VE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS AT
THE PARK WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
THIS.
AND OF COURSE BEING A MOM
I CARE VERY MUCH ABOUT KIDS,
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF KIDS AND
TEENAGERS LIVING AT THE PARK,
AND WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT WHERE
THEY'RE LIVING IS SAFE.
SO I IN PARTICULAR CARE ABOUT
MAGNUSON PARK FOR MANY, MANY
REASONS, NOT THE LEAST OF
WHICH PEOPLE ARE LIVING THERE
WITH
THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEY DESERVE
TO HAVE A SAFE SPACE.
AND LIKE I SAID EARLIER,
OF COURSE, EVERYONE WHO'S
LIVING AT
THE PARK DESERVES TO HAVE A
SAFE SPACE AT THE PARK AND
THE NEIGHBORS AS WELL.
I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND SPD AND PARKS AND
THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS HAS ALSO
BEEN A STRONG PARTNER.
THIS HAS REALLY BEEN A
STRONG COLLABORATION ACROSS
CITY DEPARTMENTS TO REALLY
BRING FOCUS AND GET THINGS
BETTER
AT THE PARK.
AND I HAVE HEARD FROM
CONSTITUENTS IN THE
DISTRICT INCLUDING THE PARK WHO
FEEL LIKE
THEY'RE SEEING A DIFFERENCE.
AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY
I APPRECIATE WHEN A
MOBILE PRECINCT HAS BEEN
STATIONED AT
THE PARK. I KNOW IT HAS NOT BEEN
OFTEN BECAUSE IT GOES ALL ACROSS
THE
CITY, AS WELL IT SHOULD
BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT PUBLIC
SAFETY IN
OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY,
NOT JUST MY OWN DISTRICT.
AND THE FOLKS THAT THE POLICE
OFFICERS THAT STATION -- OR
ARE STATIONED AT THE MOBILE
PRECINCT
ALSO VERY MUCH CARE.
I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS
ISUMER APPRECIATE ABOUT CHIEF
BARNES, AND THIS IS NO
DISRESPECT
TO OTHER CHIEFS WE'VE HAD,
I APPRECIATE THEIR PARTNERSHIP
AS
WELL. BUT I KNOW I'VE HAD
EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH
CHIEF
BARNES, AND YOU DR. HUNT, ABOUT
COMMUNITY POLICING AND
THE IMPORTANCE OF
COMMUNITY
POLICING. BECAUSE WE REALLY --
IT
SHOULD BE A PARTNERSHIP.
IT IS NOT US VERSUS THEM.
WE ARE ALL IN THIS
TOGETHER. THIS CITY IS FOR ALL
OF US,
AND WE REALLY NEED TO WORK
STRONGLY
TOGETHER TO BRING POSITIVE
OUTCOMES TO OUR CITY AND TO
ALL LIVING AT THE CITY NOT
JUST THOSE I I SAID EARLIER, SO
THIS
FOCUS ON COMMUNITY POLICING IS
IMPORTANT TO ME AND
THESE
ACTIVATIONS IN MY MIND PROVIDE
THAT.
INCLUDING MOBILE POLICING TO
ON A SUNDAY I ANNOUNCED SHOWED
UP JUST TO SAY HELLO, AND I
WAS VERY WELCOMED BY THE
OFFICER WHO WAS THERE AND HIS
PARTNER.
AND THEY WERE VERY HAPPY TO
HAVE THE CONVERSATION, AND THEY
CARED ABOUT THE FOLKS
LIVING AT THE PARK AND VISITING
THE
PARK, AND I APPRECIATED THAT.
AND I LIKED THE UH- UH
NOUNCED BECAUSE I WAS GETTING
THE
TRUE WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE
GROUND WITH OUR OFFICERS.
AND OUR VERY MUCH APPRECIATE OUR
OFFICERS GIVING STRONG ATTENTION
NOT JUST THE PARK BUT
OTHER AREAS IN THE DISTRICT AND
ACROSS THE CITY.
AGAIN, THANK YOU, CHAIR,
FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
THANK YOU HAD FOR YOUR
STRONG PARTNERSHIP.
YES, LET'S SCALE THIS TO
OTHER PARKS AND NEIGHBORHOODS IN
THE CITY BECAUSE WHAT WE KNOW IS
WHEN THERE'S OFFICER
PRESENCE, WHEN YOU SEE OFFICERS
AND
THEY HAVE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS
WITH COMMUNITY, WE GET
BETTER OUTCOMES ALL THE WAY
AROUND.
AND THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT,
AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE ALL
TRYING
TO SUPPORT UP HERE.
AND LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO THANK
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, FOR YOUR
VERY IMPORTANT COMMENTS
ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND
COMMUNICATION. BECAUSE WE ARE
PRIVY
TO INFORMATION UP HERE.
AND I ALWAYS SAY TO THE FOLKS
WATCHING THAT WE ARE
MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON DATA
AND BASED ON STRONG
INFORMATION BECAUSE WE DO CARE.
I'M NOT A RUBBER STAMPER,
AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE WOULD
ACCUSE ME OF THAT THESE PAST TWO
YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE.
I DO NOT RUBBER STAMP, AND I
DO
VERY MUCH CARE. SO I WANT
POSITIVE OUTCOMES
ALL THE WAY AROUND FOR
EVERYONE LIVING IN THIS CITY,
AND I
WANT A POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT
LOOKS LIKE OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE
CITY
AND THAT RESPECTS OUR
NEIGHBORSNEIGHBORS IN THE CITY
AND THAT WANT TO
BE STRONG ADVOCATES FOR OUR
COMMUNITY IN THE CITY, WHICH
IS WHY I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE
THE COMMUNITY POLICING APPROACH
TO -- TO POLICING.
SO COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH,
YOUR COMMENTS
ABOUT COMMUNICATION ARE SO
IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF THE FOLKS
DON'T KNOW
WHAT'S HAPPENING, THEY'RE
RELYING ON EITHER
MISINFORMATION OR NO
INFORMATION, AND THAT'S
REAL. AND SO I DO THINK THAT WE
CAN ALWAYS DO A BETTER JOB OF
COMMUNICATING. AND I THINK IN
PARTICULAR WITH
THESE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES
VERY DIFFICULT ISSUES RELATED TO
POLICING, THAT
WE CAN DEFINITELY -- THE CITY AS
A WHOLE AND SPD CAN DO A BETTER
JOB COMMUNICATING BECAUSE IT'S
GOING TO BE ADVANTAGES
FOR EVERYONE INCLUDING
THE DEPARTMENT REALLY.
AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THE DEPARTMENT IS SET UP FOR
SUCCESS AS MUCH AS EVERYONE
WHO'S LIVING
IN THE CITY BECAUSE I KNOW
THAT MY INTERACTIONS WITH MANY
AT
THE DEPARTMENT ARE POSITIVE
INTERACTIONS, WHERE PEOPLE
WANT TO -- OFFICERS WANT TO BE
GOOD COMMUNITY OFFICERS.
AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE DOING BETTER
COMMUNICATION SO THAT WHEN WE'RE
MAKING THE
DECISIONS THE PUBLIC CAN SEE
WHY WE'VE MADE THE DECISIONS
AND THAT IT IS ACTUALLY BASED
ON DATA, AND THESE ARE
WELL- INFORMED DECISIONSCH
AND THEY TO YOUR
POINT, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH,
CAN DECIDE THEY DON'T AGREE.
THAT'S OKAY.
I MEAN, I'M HERE FOR ALL OF IT.
WE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE.
I'VE ONLY SAID THAT ABOUT
A MILLION TIMES SINCE I'VE BEEN
HERE, AND WE'RE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT
ARE WELL-INFORMED AND FOR THE
GOOD OF EVERYONE LIVING HERE
AND NOT JUST SOME PEOPLE
LIVING HERE.
ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR LETTING
ME TAKE UP THIS MUCH SPACE,
CHAIR.
AND THANK YOU
FOR LETTING ME PARTICIPATE.
>> THANK YOU. AS A REMINDER, WE
DO HAVE
ONE MORE AGENDA ITEM.
COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
I'LL BE SUPER SUPER QUICK.
EVERYONE WATCHES YOU.
I APOLOGIZE.
THAT'S THE FIRST THING.
I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT
WATCHING INFORMATION AND
UNDERSTAND
WHAT IT MEANS, JUST WANTING TO
GET MORE PEOPLE TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
BUT I DO WANT TO SAY AND
JUST FOR THE RECORD BECAUSE I
TALKED ABOUT REALTIME CRIME
CENTER AND
CAMERAS AND SUPPORTING
CAMERAS TO HELP SOLVE THE
VIOLENT
CRIME THAT HAPPENS IN OUR CITY.
THERE IS NOT ONE
COUNCILMEMBER, AND I THINK I CAN
SPEAK FOR
EVERYONE, THAT SUPPORTS ANY
TYPE OF FEDERAL OVERREACH INTO
OUR
CAMERAS. AND I THINK THAT'S THE
WAY IT WAS SPUN, AND JUST A LOT
OF
MISINFORMATION OUT THERE.
I GET IT.
IT'S A VERY SENSITIVE TOPIC,
AND
I KNOW THAT A LOT OF
COUNCILMEMBERS ARE ALWAYS
CONSTANTLY THINKING ABOUT HOW DO
WE PROTECT FOLKS ON BOTH
SIDES TO THE CRIME THAT WE'RE
EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW IN REAL
LIFE, THAT WE GET
THAT INFORMATION FROM, THAT WE
SEE
A LOT OF COUNCILMEMBERS GET
THAT INFORMATION TO THE
POTENTIAL THREATS OF WHAT WE'VE
HEARD.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT
FOR THE RECORD THAT I -- I
SUPPORT SUPPORT WHAT WE'RE
DOING,
WHERE WE'RE HEADING AND TRYING
TO
MAKE SURE WE DETER THE MOST
VIOLENT
CRIME THAT WE'VE SEEN IN
OUR CITY AND THE INFORMATION
THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY GETTING
THAT A
LOT OF
PEOPLE DON'T GET UNLESS THEY
MIGHT HAVE THE CITIZEN APP
AND THEY SEE DIFFERENT
STUFF GOING ON.
AGAIN, IT'S A PRIME EXAMPLE OF
PALATABLE INFORMATION TO PEOPLE
TO UNDERSTAND.
SO JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT
OUT THERE JUST FOR THE RECORD.
THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> SO IN THE
GOVERNANCE ACCOUNTABILITY AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE,
LET'S EMPHASIZE THE "A" IN
THERE, THE
ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE
MIDDLE NAME.
IN MARCH THIS REPORT WAS
PRESENTED.
I ASKED THE AUDITOR
TO LOOK AT GUN VIOLENCE AND WHAT
WE CAN
BE DOING BETTER, AND THIS REPORT
IS ENTITLED FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND
ADDRESS CURRENT GUN VIOLENCE
PATTERNS IN
SEATTLE. PLEASE READ THIS.
AND PROBABLY YOUR
LEADERSHIP ALREADY HAS.
ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT
I PERSONALLY --
NOT PERSONALLY -- I
OUT OF COMMON SENSE THINKS WOULD
BE A
FRUITFUL AVENUE IS IT NOTES SPD
DOES
NOT CURRENTLY INVESTIGATE FATAL
OVERDOSES AS CRIMES AND
DOES NOTE OTHER CITIES WHO DO
SO.
ON PAGE 22 TO 23
INDICATED THERE'S A FEDERAL
STATUTE THAT
ALLOWS FOR INDICTMENTS AND
PROSECUTIONS FOR ILLEGAL
DRUG
DISTRIBUTION THAT RESULTS IN
FATAL OVERDOSES.
MANY OTHER CITIES DO WORK
WITH THE DEA TO DO THIS.
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT
CONNECTING THE DOTS, AGAIN?
BECAUSE DRUG DISTRIBUTION
RINGS ALSO SHED LIGHT HOW ARE
GUNS GETTING INTO THE CITY
BEING DISTRIBUTED, ET CETERA.
THIS IS A REQUEST TO GO AHEAD
AND DIG INTO THIS REPORT
BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE SOME GREAT
RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND I HAVE IN MY LIMITED
OVER THIS PAST YEAR INTERACTION
WITH THE ADMINISTRATION
THAT CHIEF BARNES HAS PUT
TOGETHER,
I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH
THE LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM
AND JUST FRESH, NEW
PERSPECTIVE THAT IS BROUGHT TO
THE CITY AND WHAT
WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.
JUST PLUGGING THIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
LOOKING OVER THAT.
ONE OTHER THING.
DID
BRING UP A GOOD QUESTION I WOULD
LIKE THE
ANSWER TO. HOW IS ASSAULT
DEFINED?
>> WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU ON
THAT BECAUSE THERE'S ASSAULT AS
DEFINED BY THE FBI FOR
REPORTING PURPOSES, AND THEN
THERE'S STATE
STATUTE RELATED TO
ASSAULT.
>> THE DEFINITION IS
UNWANTED PHYSICAL TOUCH.
THAT'S THE DEFINITION OF
ASSAULT.
>> CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN,
PLEASE?
>> UNWANTED PHYSICAL
TOUCH.
>> OKAY, GOT IT.
AND I FINALLY -- NOT
FINALLY, BUT I DO WANT TO READ
FROM
THAT ARTICLE BECAUSE WHEN I READ
THAT
ARTICLE THAT WAS REFERENCED,
I SENT IT TO
THE CHAIR. BUT THIS IS ABOUT THE
75-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO
WAS ATTACKED.
THE ARTICLE IN MY NORTHWEST
DOES -- IT WAS PUBLISHED
THREE DAYS AGO BASICALLY SAID A
BUNCH OF BYSTANDERS SAW A GUY
SWINGING A STICK WITH A NAIL AND
THEN CALLS CAME IN 5 MINUTES
AFTER.
BASICALLY IT SAID THAT AFTER
THE CALLS CAME IN, THERE WAS A
VIOLENT ATTACK BY SOMEONE,
AND THE --
HOLD ON. I'M TRYING TO FIND IT.
WITHIN MINUTES THIS PERSON IS
PREVIOUSLY KNOWN TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT AS A VIOLENT PERSON
AND ALSO A CONVICTED FELON
FOR ASSAULT.
BASICALLY THE -- IT
WAS BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS VIEWING
THE RTCC
CAMERAS THAT YOU WERE ABLE
TO LOCATE THAT PERSON.
OFFICERS WERE
DISPATCHED. KING COUNTY SHERIFF
OR THE
DEPARTMENT DID RESPOND AND THAT
PERSON WAS TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY BEFORE THE PEOPLE COULD
GET HURT.
SO, AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE ALWAYS HAVE TO TALK ABOUT
WHY WE'RE DOING SOMETHING AND
ITS POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE IMPACTS
ON OUR CITY AND ON OUR PEOPLE,
AND SO I DO AGREE THAT
IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO
BETTER WITH THE
PUBLIC ABOUT OUR INITIATIVES
AND THE RESULTS THAT THEY ARE
PRODUCING, SO THANK YOU
VERY
MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT UP. AND
WE ALWAYS HAVE TO -- IT'S A
TWO- WAY STREET WITH OUR
CONSTITUENTS AND WHAT
WE'RE DOING AND HEARING
COMPLAINTS
AND THEN COMPLAINING OURSELVES.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
KEEP
IT UP.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
ALL RIGHT, REALLY QUICK.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH
THE POSTING OR WHATEVER.
IN FACT, I INVITE YOU TO STAY
FOR IT BECAUSE I
CAN RUN THROUGH IT REALLY SUPER
FAST.
GOING THROUGH YOUR BRIEFING
CONSENT DECREE, MOVING
FORWARD WE HAVE TO CONTINUE WITH
THE
IMPROVEMENTS STEPPING
FORWARD, AND THAT'S GOT TO BE
PART OF OUR
MESSAGING.
CRIME STATS, YOU TALK ABOUT
NONFATAL SHOOTINGS AND THE
IMPACT OF, YOU KNOW, OUR
HOSPITAL SYSTEM, HARBOR VIEW.
I WANT
TO GO TO HARBOR VIEW BECAUSE
HARBOR VIEW PLAYS
INTO THAT BUT ALSO PLAYS INTO
OTHER ISSUES.
I'D LOVE TO MEET WITH THEM,
LOVELOVE
GET YOUR THOUGHTS. HOMICIDE 83%,
WHAT'S DRIVING
THAT? IS THE TECHNOLOGY
PIECE ASSISTING IN THAT?
LOVE TO LEARN MORE.
WHY THAT DELTA BETWEEN WHAT
WE'RE DOING AND THE NATIONAL
NUMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR THE 911 DENSITY
MAP.
I TALK TO MY COLLEAGUEALIZE THE
TIME ABOUT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY
CHALLENGES AROUND THE CITY.
AS YOU SEE FROM THE MAP D7, I'M
EXTREMELY BUSY DISTRICT
REP, NEVER MIND REALTIME CRIME
SAFETY
CHAIR. THEY TALK ABOUT REALTIME
CRIME
CENTER, AND ALSO TALK ABOUT
ALPR AND WHAT IT'S DONE AND
MAKES
A DIFFERENCE.
I WAS GOING TO MENTION THE
74-YEAR- OLD WOMAN IN THAT
CASE, BUT I REALLY -- I REALLY
AM
VERY INTERESTED IN THESE
NUMBERS.
AND THESE NUMBERS ARE
SO KEY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF
MACHINATIONS GOING ON OUT
THERE, AND WE HAVE TO CUT
THROUGH
THAT WITH THE DATA SETS.
LOVE YOUR RECRUITMENT AND
RETENTION. RETENTION IS SO
IMPORTANT.
I TALKED TO A SENIOR OFFICER
WHO SAID TO ME HE IS RETIREMENT
ELIGIBLE, BUT HE IS STAYING ON
PARTLY BECAUSE OF WHAT'S BEEN
HAPPENING OVER THE LAST
TWO YEARS, WHICH GOES TO MY
CHAIR COMMENT AT THE VERY
BEGINNING.
AND NOTED PRECINCT VISITS.
AS I MENTIONED TO DR. SCHEELE
FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY
SERVICE COMMISSION AT THE END OF
THE DAY
IT'S ALSO LEADERSHIP, WHICH
IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING, DR. HUNT,
BUT ALSO CHIEF BARNES AS
MENTIONED BY MY COLLEAGUES GOING
OUT
INTO THE COMMUNITY.
PARTICULARLY COMING FROM THE
OUTSIDE TAKES TIME, SO I
REALLY APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP
THAT HE'S DOING.
AND SO THANK YOU.
ONE NOTE, TOO, IN TERMS
OF VISITING HARBOR VIEW, I
ALSO WANT TO GO BACK
TO THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER AND
MEET WITH
YOU,
LIEUTENANT. WITH THAT, CAN YOU
MOVE TO IT
THIRD ITEM OF BUSINESS.
WILL THE CLERK READ ITEM
NUMBER 3 INTO THE RECORD?
AND THIS WILL BE SUPER QUICK
BECAUSE IT'S OUR PUBLIC SAFETY
STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK REVIEW.
YEAH, THEY'RE GOOD.
I ASKED THEM TO STAY SO THEY
CAN WATCH.
>> PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK REVIEW.
>> OKAY, BRING THE SLIDES
UP REALLY QUICK.
AND COLLEAGUES, THIS IS JUST
A QUICK REVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE
AND
SOMETHING TO PONDER OVER
THE NEXT WEEK OVER BREAK, AND
THEN WE'LL CONFIRM AGAIN ONCE
WE'RE INTO THE NEW
YEAR. SO MISSION VISION
STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR A SAFER
SEATTLE.
NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS OUR MISSION.
BOTTOM LINE IT'S ABOUT
CREATING A SAFE SPACE THROUGH
THOSE
PIECES OF ENGAGEMENT, POLICY
DIRECTION AND OVERSIGHT.
OUR VISION, WE TALKED
ABOUT I HAD A MEETING RECENTLY
WITH SOUND TRANSIT AND KING
COUNTY
METRO. I'VE BEEN TO THE ART
SCHOOL.
CHILDREN NEED TO BE SAFE AS
THEY GO TO SCHOOL.
BUSINESSES NEED TO BE
OPERATE WITHOUT HAVING PRIVATE
SECURITY.
EVERY TIME I NEED A BUSINESS I
SAY THANK YOU IF YOU
HAVE PRIVATE SECURITY.
AND WE NEED TO RESPOND.
THIS IS WHERE THE
ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE PIECE COMES
IN THERE WITH THAT LAST SEGMENT
OF
THAT SENTENCE OF THAT VISION.
NEXT SLIDE.
THESE ARE THE -- YOU KNOW, THE
PERMISSIVE ENVIRONMENT
THAT HAPPENS IN OUR CITY WHERE
WE
JUST ALLOW THINGS TO HAVE
HAPPEN AND TOOK ON A LIFE OF ITS
OWN,
AND THAT BECAME THE CONNECTIVE
TISSUE BETWEEN A LOT OF
OUR CRIME ISSUES, THE
PERMISSIVENESS
WE ALLOWED.
AND THERE'S DIFFERENT
REASONS FOR THAT, BUT WE GOT TO
A
POINT THAT WAS THE COMMON THREAD
THROUGHOUT
OUR PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES WAS
THIS
PERMISSIVE ENVIRONMENT.
SO HOW CAN WE ADDRESS THAT?
THIS IS WHAT WE DID TWO YEARS
AGO.
BEGINNING JANUARY 24
POLICE STAFFING WAS HUGE.
AS YOU KNOW WE WERE DOWN SO
MANY OFFICERS, BUT THE LEGAL
TOOLS, THIS IS WHERE YOU SEE
AFTER HOURS ESTABLISHMENTS, .
WE ALSO SAW WHAT VACANT
LOTS WERE DOING TO
OUR COMMUNITIES AND
NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE FIRST BILL WAS THE VACANT
BUILDING ABATEMENT.
HE'S TAKEN OUT 130, AND THAT'S
MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR OUR
COMMUNITIES. GRAFFITI MEDIATION.
I KNOW SOME ALOVE GRAFFITI,
AND IT'S DIFFERENT WHEN IT'S A
PIECE
OF ARTWORK, BUT WHEN
IT'S DAMAGING PUBLIC PROPERTY,
THAT'S SOMETHING VERY
DIFFERENT.
FIFTH, PUBLIC HEALTH.
CAN'T SUCCEED IN PUBLIC
SAFETY IF YOU DON'T SUCCEED IN
PUBLIC
HEALTH, AND REALLY IMPORTANT THE
COUNTY AND STATE NEED TO DO
THEIR JOBS.
I MENTION KING COUNTY
METRO, KING COUNTY SHERIFF.
ALL
THESE DIFFERENT PIECES NEED TO
COME TOGETHER.
NEXT SLIDE. FOR OUR
COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
NINE ENTITIES THAT
REPORT TO US.
THESE ARE THE NINE.
YOU CAN SEE OUR
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS
WITH YOU. WE ALSO HAVE FIRE AND
RESCUE, AND I'LL ALSO ADD
ALTERNATIVE
RESPONSE WITH OUR FIRE
DEPARTMENT. AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS IS
VERY IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS
AS WELL.
UNDERLYING THIS FROM
OVERSIGHT, WE HAVE THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FROM CITY
MUNICIPAL
COURT.
NEXT SLIDE. THESE ARE SOME OF
THE
HIGHLIGHTS THAT HAVE BEEN
MENTIONED,
AND WANT TO TALK TO THESE
DIFFERENT
POINTS. NOT NOW, BUT WE'VE BEEN
REALLY PUSHING IN A LOT OF
DIFFERENT
WAYS. I MENTIONED FAST EARLIER,
GRAFFITI IS ANOTHER WAY, TRYING
TO HIT THINGS FROM A
CIVIL PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE WE
HAVE TO
PUT ALL CARDS ON THE TABLE
WHAT WE'RE TRYING
TO DO. THESE ARE SOME OF THE
HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE'VE DONE OVER
THE TWO
YEARS, AND SHOWN ANOTHER WAY.
CLERK, PLEASE NEXT SLIDE. WE
HAVE OUR
ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
I THINK THIS GETS UNDER -- IT'S
UNFORTUNATE. I THINK WE'VE DONE
A LOT,
AND THERE'S STILL MORE WORK TO
BE
DONE, BUT THERE'S
NO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ALL THE
WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE, THAT'S
UNFORTUNATE.
AND THIS GOES TO A LOT
OF DIFFERENT PLACES WHETHER
IT'S
OIG, OPA AND THE LIKE.
AS YOU'LL SEE LATER TODAY
ALSO WITH THE AGREEMENT.
NEXT SLIDE.
A LOT OF THEM RELATE TO
PILLAR ONE AS IT RELATES TO
SPD STAFFING AND THE LIKE BUT
ALSO
A LOT WITH TECHNOLOGY.
AND THEN THOSE OTHER
PIECES, TOO, THAT WE HAVE IN
HERE.
SOME DO SHOW UP TWICE LIKE CC
TV AND RTCC, AND I RECOGNIZE THE
CHALLENGES SOME FOLKS HAD
WITH THAT.
BUT THERE WAS A LOGIC
BEHIND THIS.
AND ALL THESE BILLS ARE PART
OF THE STRATEGY.
YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS
COME TOGETHER.
AND THEY DO REINFORCE EACH
OTHER. AS I MENTIONED WITH THAT
ONE EXAMPLE WITH THE AFTER HOURS
AND
THE CHRONIC NUISANCE PROPERTIES.
NEXT SLIDE. SO LEARNING WHAT
WE'VE
BEEN DOING OVER TWO YEARS POLICE
STAFFING IS STILL THERE.
I SAY THESE PILLARS ARE
NOT RANKED
ORDER, BUT OBVIOUSLY POLICE
STAFFING IS HUGE.
INSTEAD OF SAYING LEGAL
TWOS I SEE FUNCTIONAL CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM IS SO IMPORTANT.
AND AS WE HAD THE KIDS
TODAY, THE STUDENTS REALLY GUN
VIOLENCE
REDUCTION PREVENTION
AND COMMUNITY
SAFETY, AND THIS IS REALLY
IMPORTANT IN THE SENSE
OF
ADDRESSING THE SEAM BETWEEN
PUBLIC SAFETY AND SOME OF THESE
AREAS
LIKE HUMAN SERVICES. I TOOK TWO
OF THOSE BULLETS --
TWO PILLARS AND
COMBINED THEM THROUGH THIS IDEA
OF
URBAN BLIGHT REMEDIATION LIKE
VACANT
LOTS AND GRAFFITI AND
THE CONTINUED COLLABORATION
BETWEEN COUNTY AND STATE.
NEXT SLIDE.
IS THAT THE
LAST SLIDE? I BELIEVE IT IS.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT TO PUT
OUT THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK WITH
THE STAFF AND MY COLLEAGUES,
BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
THE PUBLIC
TO KNOW. AND SITTING HERE
THINKING
THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
YOU, DR. HUNT, AND TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO
DO AS
A COMMITTEE AND TO PRESS
FORWARD.
AND SO, COLLEAGUES,
WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THIS AND
THEN
WE'LL CONTINUE ON IN 2026.
AND SO ONE LAST THING
I WANT TO DO, I KNOW MY VICE
CHAIR'S JUST
WALKED OUT, BUT I JUST WANT TO
SAY BRAVO ZULU TO OUR
COUNCIL PRESIDENT SARAH NELSON.
THAT'S NAVY SPEAK, ACTUALLY
NATO FOR A JOB WELL-DONE.
SHE HAS SERVED BEFORE WE ARRIVED
WITH EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE RIGHT
NOW, AND SHE'S WORKED HARD IN
THE FACE OF
SOME CHALLENGING
HEAD WINDS. BUT NOW OVER THE
LAST TWO
YEARS SHE'S CONTRIBUTED TO WHAT
WE'VE
DONE ON PUBLIC SAFETY. AND SO
SINCE THIS
IS YOUR LAST COMMITTEE MEETING,
AND JUST WANT
TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR ALL THE WORK
YOU'VE DONE ON PUBLIC SAFETY.
IT'S MEANT THE DIFFERENCE
IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE
SEEING ON OUR STREETS.
AND, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY ONE LAST
WORD, YOU HAVE THE FINAL WORD
TODAY.
>> WOW.
THANK YOU FOR THAT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. YES, I -- WHEN
YOU MENTIONED THE
HEAD WINDS AND THE FIRST COUPLE
OF YEARS, IT WAS TRUE WE'VE
HAD A CULTURAL SHIFT BETWEEN
THE FIRST TWO YEARS THAT I WAS
ON COUNCIL TO THE
SECOND, AND THAT HAS LARGELY TO
DO WITH
THE COUNCILMEMBERS WHO WERE --
THE DISTRICT REPS WHO WERE
ELECTED
IN 2023, PARTNERS WITH ME IN
REALLY FOCUSING ON WHAT WAS MOST
IMPORTANT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS --
PUBLIC SAFETY, HOMELESSNESS, AND
HOUSING. AND WE ARE CUSED ON
THAT.
I WOULD SAY THAT NEVER --
I WOULD SIMPLY ASK THAT
WE CONTINUE TO ENLIST THE WORK
OF OUR AUDITOR AND INDEPENDENT
BODY WHO IS OUR
ACCOUNTABILITY
PARTNER IN THIS CITY. THERE IS
SO MUCH WORK THEY
HAVE DONE TO IDENTIFY WHAT IS
WORK IN
OTHER CITIES AND WORK WE CAN
BORROW AND IMPLEMENT IN OUR
CITY WITH NO COST WHATSOEVER IN
PART
BY USING THE -- OUR
FEDERAL PARTNERS AT THE DEA AND
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WHO
ALSO
HAVE RESOURCES THAT WE CAN
PUT IN PLACE.
ONE NOTE ON OFFICER SALARIES.
IT IS TRUE THAT -- WE HEAR OFTEN
THAT SOME OF THE WORK WE HAVE
DONE, YOU KNOW, PAYING OFFICERS
MORE. BUT WHAT WE FORGET IS THAT
ALSO THIS IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE
CITY
IN THE STATE, AND IN
SEATTLE WE ARE DEALING WITH THE
ISSUE
OF CHRONIC
HOMELESSNESS IN PART DRIVEN BY
THE DRUG TRADING,
IN PART DRIVEN BY SO
MANY CAUSES. WE HAVE A LOT OF
RESOURCES
RIGHT HERE TO USE AT OUR
DISPOSAL TO
CONTINUE, CHAIR, TO ADDRESS
THE PERMISSIVE ENVIRONMENT.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY WHEN
I FIRST HEARD YOU SAY THAT
PHRASE, I THOUGHT YOU CAN'T
REALLY
SAY PERMISSIVE ENVIRONMENT
IN SEATTLE BECAUSE IT SOUNDS --
IT CAN SOUND PATERNALISTIC.
IT CAN SOUND OLD SCHOOL.
BUT, IN FACT, YOUR REPETITION
OF IT
HAS REALLY LED TO POLICY CHANGES
AND A REPETITION WE
HAVE TO CHANGE HOW WE LOOK AT
CRIME, HOW WE LOOK AT PUBLIC
SAFETY.
IT'S MUCH BIGGER THAN THE
LAWS WE IMPLEMENT.
IT'S HOW WE COORDINATE AS A
CITY
BODY THE AUDITOR,
DEPARTMENT, EVERYTHING TO
DELIVER A
SAFER AND A PROSPEROUS AND
EQUITABLE CITY.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE
WORK YOU HAVE DONE THIS
YEAR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> AND LAST YEAR.
ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE REACHED
THE END OF TODAY'S MEETING
AGENDA.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS
TO COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
BEFORE
WE ADJOURN?
EXPECTING NONE.
HEARING