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>>> THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMITTEE
WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT'S 9:33 A.M. MAY 12th, 2026.
I'M BOB KETTLE.
PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
>>
PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA.
>> HERE.
>> CHAIR
KETTLE.
>> HERE.
>> THERE ARE FIVE MEMBERS
PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU.
WE HAVE FIVE PRESENT AND A GUEST
ATTENDEE TODAY.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK HAS
JOINED US AND I BELIEVE ONE
MORE JOINING US IN THE NOT TOO
DISTANT FUTURE.
I WANT TO START OFF CHAIR
COMMENT TODAY.
FIRST, I DO HAVE A COMMENT I WAS
GOING TO READ TO THIS
MORNING, BUT I WANTED TO
START WITH THE
FACT OF WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN
OUR CITY.
AND I WANT TO SAY, 18.
18 IS THE YEAR THE YOUNG MAN
A SENIOR AT RANEAR HIGH
SCHOOL THAT WAS SHOT OVER THE
WEEKEND SHOT IN THE HEAD AND
THUS FAR
SURVIVING. I DON'T HAVE DETAILS
ON HIS
CONDITION.
FIRST THING I THOUGHT OF,
REPRESENTATIVE GABBY GIFFORDS
I MET AGAIN LAST SUMMER, THE
IMPACT IS IMMENSE AND WHAT'S
IN FRONT OF THIS YOUNG MAN
IS INCREDIBLE BASED ON HER
EXPERIENCE. AND SO WE THINK OF
HER.
WE THINK OF GUN VIOLENCE AND
ONE REASON WE HAVE TAKEN IT UP
AS AP
TOPIC OF THE COMMITTEE AND
PART OF OUR STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK
PLAN.
CHIEF BARNES HAS A LOT OF
EXPERIENCE IN THIS AREA.
DR. HUNT.
OUTSIDE EXPERTS.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA IS WORKING
THAT AND WE'RE DOING OUR
PIECE HERE ON THE COMMITTEE AS
CHAIR WITH MY TEAM.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
GUN VIOLENCE, REMEMBER, 18.
19.
19 IS THE AGE OF THE WOMAN AT UW
THAT WAS KILLED OVER THE
WEEKEND.
19 YEARS OLD.
JUST STARTING HER STUDIES AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
WHAT THIS HIGHLIGHTS, TOO, AND
IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT NOT TO
COMMENT WHEN YOU FIRST GET
REPORTS, MY UNDERSTANDING BASED
ON UW STATEMENT WAS THAT
THIS YOUNG WOMAN WAS PART OF THE
LBGTQ PLUS COMMUNITY.
WE OFTEN HAVE MEMBERS OF THE
LBGTQ HERE, COMMUNITY
AND PARTICULARLY AT COUNCIL.
I'VE TALKED MANY TIMES
WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY TO THE
TRANS FOLKS WHO COME TO OUR
MEETINGS AND TALK ABOUT THEIR
CONCERNS.
THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR
PUBLIC SAFETY, UNEMPLOYMENT IN
THE COMMUNITY, ACROSS THE BOARD.
BUT ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY
SIDE WE ARE A WELCOMING CITY AND
THAT
COMMUNITY IS FLEEING THE REST OF
THE COUNTRY DUE TO THE HATE THAT
THEY'RE BEING SUBJECTED TO
IN VARIOUS STATES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
THEY COME HERE AS A
REFUGE, IF YOU WILL.
TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN AT UW,
WITH THIS 19-YEAR- OLD, IS
CONCERNING FOR
MANY REASONS. FOR THE PERSON
HERSELF
BUT FOR THE BROADER COMMUNITY
AND OUR
CITY.
LASTLY, 20.
20 IS THE AGE OF THE YOUNG MAN
WHO WAS KILLED AT THE TAP
ROOM IN NORTH SEATTLE.
JUST FOUND ONE MORNING
AFTER WORKING AT HIS PLACE
OF EMPLOYMENT AT THE TAP ROOM
FOUND DEAD BY A WORKER COMING IN
THE NEXT MORNING.
RECENT GRADUATE OF NATHAN
HILL HIGH SCHOOL.
THESE THREE INDIVIDUALS,
THESE THREE PEOPLE, 18-YEAR-
OLD,
19-YEAR- OLD, 20-YEAR- OLD, IS A
STARK REMINDER THAT WE HAVE A
LOT OF WORK TO DO IN THIS CITY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO
DO ON THIS COMMITTEE AND
COUNCIL AND IT TOUCHES SO MANY
DIFFERENT
AREAS AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
I THINK WE SHOULD REFLECT ON
THIS, 18, 19, 20.
I'M STILL GOING TO READ THE --
MY CHAIR COMMENT BECAUSE IT'S
REALLY, IT'S CONNECTED IN
A SENSE IN SOME WAYS.
THE RECENT ARRESTS OF A
SECOND SUSPECT IN THE ASSAULT OF
A
77-YEAR-OLD MAN NEAR
THIRD AVENUE AND PINE WHERE I
WAS
YESTERDAY, ACTUALLY, I
WAS AT THAT McDONALD'S MEETING
WITH
COMMUNITY, IS A SIGNIFICANT
MILESTONE. THIS DEVELOPMENT
HIGHLIGHTS THE
CRITICAL PUBLIC SAFETY
VALUE OF THE REALTIME CRIME
CENTER AND
THE CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION
CAMERA PROGRAM.
IT'S HIGHLY PROBABLE THIS
ARREST WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE REALTIME
CRIME
CENTER.
GIVEN THE BRAZEN AND
CALLOUS NATURE OF THE ATTACK OF
A
77-YEAR- OLD ON THIRD AND PINE
IS LIKELY THESE INDIVIDUALS
HAVE COMMITTED ACTS BEFORE AND
WOULD
HAVE CONTINUED TO DO SO IF
NOT FOR THIS TOOL AND BEING
ARRESTED.
THE ANALYST STAFF AT
THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER
PROVIDED CONTRIBUTION TO SEATTLE
SAFETY THAT EXCEEDS THE COST OF
THEIR
SALARIES AND THE CENTER ITSELF.
THEIR WORK IS A FORCE
MULTIPLIERMULTIPLIER
DEMONSTRATES HOW
TECHNOLOGY CAN ENHANCE THE COP
ON THE
STREET. WE'RE MAKING
SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS TO ACHIEVE
OUR GOALS,
SPEAKING OF COPS ON THE
STREET, OUR GOAL OF ACHIEVING
1,250
OFFICERS, 1250, BY THE
END OF THE YEAR.
IT IS IMPERATIVE TO --
THESE INVESTMENTS IN PEOPLE AND
THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE SYSTEMS
AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAMS.
WE MUST CONTINUE OUR FORWARD
PROGRESS ON PUBLIC SAFETY.
AFTER SAYING THAT, YES, WE'VE
MADE PROGRESS, BUT AS I
STARTED WITH OUR 18, 19,
20-YEAR-
OLDS, THERE'S STILL WORK TO BE
DONE.
SO THANK YOU.
NEXT, IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION
THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
>> MAY I HAVE A POINT
OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, CHAIR?
>>
YES.
>> I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR YOUR WORDS THIS
MORNING. TWO OF THOSE
INDIVIDUALS WERE
IN MY DISTRICT AND THERE ARE NO
WORDS WHEN ANYONE IS
KILLED, PARTICULARLY A YOUNG
PERSON WHO'S JUST STARTING OUT
IN THEIR
LIFE, AND AS NOT ONLY
THE COUNCILMEMBER WHO REPRESENTS
THAT DISTRICT, BUT AS A MOTHER
OF TEENAGERS MYSELF, I
CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE, I HAVE A
COLLEGE STUDENT COMING THIS WEEK
HOME
FROM COLLEGE, I AM THRILLED
AND THERE IS -- THERE ARE
PARENTS SOMEWHERE NOT GETTING
THEIR CHILD BACK AT THE END OF
THEIR
SEMESTER THIS YEAR.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY IF PEOPLE
HAD NOT SEEN SEATTLE "TIMES"
THIS
MORNING THEY HAVE MADE AN
ARREST IN Q'S HOMICIDE.
WE DON'T HAVE MORE
INFORMATION ON THAT, BUT AN
ARREST HAS BEEN
MADE. AND I WILL CONTINUE, I
WILL
KEEP YOU POSTED, CHAIR, AND ANY
OF
MY COLLEAGUES THAT WANT TO
KNOW ABOUT THE -- WHEN AN ARREST
IS MADE IN THE KILLING OF A
UW TRANS WOMAN.
AND I REALLY WANT TO APPRECIATE
UW HAS BEEN A GREAT
PARTNER, KEPT ME POSTED ON
WHAT'S
HAPPENING, THEY'RE AN
INVALUABLE
PART OF OUR -- THE DISTRICT THAT
I'M SO LUCKY TO REPRESENT AND
I KNOW THAT THAT COMMUNITY
IS REALLY SUFFERING RIGHT NOW
ANDAND UW HAS A NUMBER, A HELP
LINE
FOR THEIR STUDENTS TO CALL IF
THEY SHOULD NEED COUNSELING,
HELP FOR IMMEDIATE COUNSELING
HELP. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY
THAT,
CHAIR, THIS MORNING, TO
COLLEAGUES UP HERE, TO MEMBERS
OF THE AUDIENCE AND
ANYONE THAT'S WATCHING, THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
>> YES.
VERY IMPORTANT, COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD.
PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD RELATE TO
ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA OR
WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE
COMMITTEE. CLERK HOW MANY WITH
THE
ADDITION OF MR. GAYLE, HOW
MANY COMMENTATORS OR SPEAKERS
ARE
SIGNED UP TODAY?
>> WE HAVE EIGHT IN PERSON AND
THREE REMOTE.
>> OKAY.
EIGHT AND THREE.
EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO
MINUTES.
WE WILL START WITH THE IN-
PERSON SPEAKERS.
CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ
THE PUBLIC COMMENT
INSTRUCTIONS.
>> THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD WILL BE MODERATED IN
THE FOLLOWING MANNER UP TO 60
MINUTES.
SPEAKERS CALLED IN WHICH THEY --
IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY
REGISTERED.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN
TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT.
SPEAKERS MICS WILL BE MUTED IF
THEY DO NOT END TO ALLOW US
TO GO ONTO THE NEXT SPEAKER.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
OPEN.
THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE
LIST THE FIRST IN-PERSON SPEAKER
IS
I THINK IT'S CRAIG THOMPSON
WHO SIGNED UP FIRST.
KIND OF CONFUSING.
>> GOOD MORNING, MR. THOMPSON.
>> GOOD MORNING.
BEAUTIFUL MAY MORNING OUTSIDE.
I HOPE YOU ALL GET OUTSIDE
TO ENJOY IT AS MUCH AS THE REST
OF US WILL.
ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT HAS BEEN
IGNORED IN IN THE
ONGOING CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT
TO
DO ABOUT HOMELESS ADDICTS
ININ IS HOW DO WE
TRANSITION THESE INDIVIDUALS
BACK
INTO SOCIETY IN A HUMANE AND
GOOD
WAY?
NOW, THERE IS A FACILITY THAT
EXISTS IN COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA'S DISTRICT THAT PROVIDES A
MODEL
FOR SUCH A FACILITY.
AND THAT IS A SECURE
COMMUNITY TRANSFER FACILITY.
IT COULD BE A MODEL FOR CREATING
A SECURE AND
NONINCARCERATED REHABILITATION
YET
NOBODY IN THIS ROOM TODAY CAN
ACCESS IT
BECAUSE IT IS AN
ONGOING DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
SITE.
HOWEVER, I WROTE AN ARTICLE FOR
PACIFIC PUBLISHING RIGHT
BEFORE IT OPENED AND WAS GIVEN
FULL
ACCESS TO THAT FACILITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER TO YOU,
COUNCILMEMBERS, THAT INFORMATION
SO THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY
SEE WHAT THE LAYOUT OF SUCH
A FACILITY COULD BE THAT
WOULD HELP PEOPLE GO THROUGH
WITHDRAW, COUNSELING, MEETING UP
WITH
PERSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS
OR SPONSORS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO
COULD HELP THEM MAKE THAT
TRANSITION ON TO A BETTER PATH.
THANK YOU.
WHO SHOULD I GIVE
THE INFORMATION TO?
I'LL SEND IT TO BOB.
OKAY.
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE GABRIEL
DIAZ TO BE FOLLOWED BY KELSEY
BURNS.
>> HEY THERE FOLKS.
MY NAME IS GABRIEL DIAZ, AND
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT
VIOLENCE AGAINST TRANS FOLKS.
WE HAVE TO START BY HONORING
THE STUDENT AT UW.
EPIDEMIC AND ANOTHER LIFE
LOST IS WAY TOO MANY.
HOWEVER, WE CAN'T TALK
ABOUT VIOLENCE AND HARASSMENT
WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT THE WAY
SPD HAS
VICTIMIZED THE SAME
COMMUNITY AND WE TALK ABOUT
POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY, WE TALK ABOUT
HOW WE WANT TO BE A GOOD
CITY OUR POLICE NEED TO BE
HELD ACCOUNTABLE BUT THAT'S
BULLSHIT.
WE CHOSE NOT TO.
WE COULD HAVE HELD
THEM ACCOUNTABLE DURING THE
CONTRACT,
BUT WE CAPITULATED AND GAVE
THEM EVERYTHING.
YOU WOULD HAVE INVITED
THE VICTIMS TO SPEAK WHICH IS
WHY
I DEMAND THAT MYSELF AND
KELSEY WHO WERE VICTIMS IN --
VICTIMIZED THAT DAY HAVE A
SEAT AT THE TABLE TO DISCUSS
THIS.
IF THE FORCE BELIEVES THEY
CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT THEY
WILL AND WE HAVE THE PEOPLE
WHOSE
JOB IT IS TO HANDLE THESE
INTENSE PROTESTS TELLING PEOPLE
THEY'RE THERE TO FUCK PEOPLE
UP.
WE HAVE TRANS WOMEN MACED IN
THE FACE ON THE GROUND,
OFFICERS FIRED SO MUCH PEPPER
SPRAY
AND SPRAY INTO THE AIR
A COUNCILMEMBER WHO SHOWED UP
AN HOUR AFTER IT WAS DEPLOYED
CHOKES ON IT.
SURELY YOU HAVE TO THINK
ABOUT HOW BAD THAT WAS
AFTER EVERYBODY -- AFTER HOW
AWFUL
THAT DAY WAS SOME
ACCOUNTABILITY THERE WOULD
BE THAT OFFICERS WOULD BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE NO.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS
ARE WE NEED MORE CULTURAL
TRAINING.
500 MILLION ISN'T GOING TO CUT
IT.
THERE HAS BEEN ONE OFFICER
THAT RECEIVED A WRITTEN
REPRIMAND, NOT THE OFFICER THAT
SAID
SPD WAS THERE TO CAUSE VIOLENCE,
NOT THE OFFICER WHO SHOT THE
BACK, WHO PUNCHED MULTIPLE
PEOPLE
AS THEIR ARMS WERE RESTRAINED,
THE VICTIMS OF THAT DAY CRY
OUT YOU TO DO MORE, HOLD THESE
PEOPLE ACCOUNTABILITY FIRE
THESE OFFICERS BECAUSE THIS WILL
HAPPEN AGAIN.
I STOOD IN FRONT OF YOU AND
SAID, THE MAJORITY OF
THIS COUNCIL VOTED FOR MORE
INNOCENT
EXCUSE ME VOTED MORE DEAD AND
INJURED INNOCENT CIVILIANS.
I NEVER IMAGINED IT WOULD BE
ME BUT HERE WE HAVE.
THE FINAL QUESTION, HOW
MUCH BLOOD WILL BE ON YOUR
HANDS BEFORE YOU DECIDE ENOUGH
IS
ENOUGH AND FIGHT BACK.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
MR.
DIAZ.
>> NEXT UP KELSEY
BURNS FOLLOWED BY CEDAR
BEAUSHAY.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS KELSEY BURNS.
I AM A SEATTLE RESIDENT.
THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME
I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
AT CAL AND HERE.
SPD BEAT ME, GAVE ME
A CONCUSSION AND ARREST ED ME
ON FALSE CHARGES NEARLY A YEAR
AGO.
THIS VIOLENCE IS NOT ISOLATED.
IT IS PART OF A PATTERN OF
BEHAVIOR, CYCLE OF VIOLENCE
BY OUR POLICE, CITY AND
COUNTY, THAT OFTEN TARGETS
SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES AND THEN
EXERTS
BULLSHIT ON TRANS PEOPLE WHO
END UP IN SOLITARY.
THIS PROCESS IS DESIGNED TO
DEHUMANIZE EVERYONE.
MORE SO FOR TRANS PEOPLE.
ILLUSIONS OF ACCOUNTABILITY
WITH FORMER COPS WON'T GIVE US
THE CHANGE THAT THE CITY NEEDS.
STOP PROTECTING SHITTY COPS
WITH SPD CONCESSIONS EVERYWHERE.
AND MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE SYSTEMS OF ACTUAL
ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE NEED INDIVIDUAL REPERCUSSIONS
FOR OFFICERS.
OFFICERS NEED TO BE FIRED OR
BEHAVIOR.
THESE REVIEW PROCESSES THAT GO
ON JUST A BUNCH OF FORMER
PROSECUTORS AND COPS NOT
INVOLVING COMMUNITY VOICES
THOSE IMPACTED ARE NOT GOING TO
CUT
IT.
MONTHS LONG PDR REQUESTS ARE NOT
GOING TO CREATE A SYSTEM OF
ACCOUNTABILITY.
I KNOW AT LEAST THREE
PEOPLE THAT GOT CONCUSSIONS ON
MAY 24th.
THAT'S JUST THE ONES THAT I
AM PERSONALLY AWARE OF.
FROM ONE DAY OF EXCESSIVE POLICE
VIOLENCE.
THIS NEEDS TO STOP.
WE NEED YOU TO ACT.
WHEN WE ARE MAKING
THESE DECISIONS ABOUT
NEGOTIATING
WITH, YOU NEED TO REPRESENT US.
WE NEED TO CREATE
ADDITIONAL SYSTEMS OF
ACCOUNTABILITY BECAUSE THE
CURRENT ONES ARE NOT
WORKING. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT UP CEDAR BEAUSHAY FOLLOWED
BY CASTLE HIGHTOWER.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS CEDAR.
THROUGHOUT MOST OF MY LIFE,
I AMONG TO A WEALTHIER FAMILY
WHO WAS QUITE PRO POLICE.
THAT CHANGED AFTER I SERVE IN
YEARS AND ONE
OF MY FRIENDS WAS DRIVEN OVER BY
POLICE DURING A PROTEST.
AS AS FAR AS THE CRISIS
GOES WE HAVE SIX MONTHS OF FOOD
LEFT
DUE TO 70% OF OUR FARMERS NOT
BEING ABLE TO AFFORD TO GROW
THEIR
CROPS. THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE
WE SEEM TO HAVE NO SHORTAGE
OF FUNDS WHEN IT COMES TO
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN
SEATTLE.
SO IN SIX MONTHS WE WILL HAVE A
HEAVILY MILITARIZED POLICE
AND NO FOOD AND SUPPLIES DUE TO
THE CRISIS AND THE MASS
SURVEILLANCE CENTERS YOU KEEP
BUILDING.
THIS WILL CREATE AS WE'VE
SEEN IN L.A. WE HAVE SEEN
NUMEROUS
POLICE GANGS THAT HAVE BRANCHED
OFF FROM THE POLICE FORCE
WITH THE POLICE ON A REGULAR
BASIS AND IF WE ARE FOLLOWING IN
THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE ROMAN
EMPIRE WHICH WE SEEM TO LOVE TO
DO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A
HEAVILY
MILITARIZED POLICE FACTION
THAT HAS NO ACCOUNTABILITY THAT
HAS ALL THE FUNDING WHILE WE
STRIP MORE FUNDING FROM PROGRAMS
AND FROM
OUR FOOD SUPPLY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS CASTLE.
I'M HERE IN SOLIDARITY
WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
BRUTALIZED, SURVIVORS OF POLICE
BRUTALITY.
MY BROTHER HERBERT HIGHTOWER JR.
WAS MURDERED BY SEATTLE
POLICE SINCE THAT TIME, SINCE
BEFORE THAT TIME, WE HAVE
CONTINUED
TO FAIL SURVIVORS.
WE HAVE CONTINUED TO
FAIL SURVIVING FAMILY MEMBERS,
POLICE MURDER AND POLICE
BRUTALITY.
WE'RE ASKING FOR A VOICE.
THE PRESENTATION YOU'RE GOING
TO SEE TODAY DOES NOT INCLUDE
THE VOICES OF SURVIVORS.
THAT'S NOT OKAY.
ON TOP OF US, CONTINUING TO NOT
HOLD THE POLICE WHO
BRUTALIZED AND MURDER US
ACCOUNTABLE.
ON TOP OF THE CONTINUED
REFUSAL TO GRANT ANY LEVEL OF
RESOURCES SO PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN
BRUTALIZED. I CONTINUE TO SAY
THIS TO YOU
ALL, YOU TREAT SURVIVORS,
SURVIVING FAMILY MEMBERS, AS
IF THEY ARE GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN
INNOCENT.
BUT YOU TREAT
THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO
BRUTALIZE US AS
IF THEY ARE INNOCENT UNTIL
PROVEN GUILTY.
IT'S EXHAUSTING.
IT'S FRUSTRATING.
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE HERE.
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PLEAD
WITH YOU ALL TO GIVE US A VOICE
WHEN
IT COMES TO OUR OWN TRAUMA.
WHEN IT COMES TO OUR OWN LIFE
EXPERIENCES.
WE DON'T NEED REPRESENTATIVES
TO SPEAK FOR US.
WE CAN SPEAK FOR OURS.
WE DON'T NEED REPRESENTATIVES
TO
SPEAK FOR US.
WE CAN SPEAK FOR OURSELVES.
THE QUESTION IS, ARE YOU WILLING
TO LISTEN?
WITH YOU WILLING TO CENTER OUR
VOICES?
ARE YOU WILLING TO HOLD THE
POLICE ACCOUNTABLE?
ARE YOU WILLING TO CREATE THE
BASIC RESOURCES SO OUR LIVES
ARE NOT RIPPED APART BECAUSE OF
THE
ACTIONS OF AA EMPLOYEE?
LISTEN TO US.
CENTER OUR TRAUMA.
STOP GIVING REPRESENTATIVES
TO DO IT FOR
US.
>> THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE AVERY SUMMERS
TO BE FOLLOWED BY JC SAUNDERS.
>>.
>> I'M AMY SUMMERS WITH
CITIZENS GROUP P 4 AND WE'VE
HEARD
THIS MORNING MORNING ABOUT THAT
OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM IS
WORKING EFFECTIVELY WITH THE
EXAMPLE THAT COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE OFFERED OF THE REALTIME
CRIME SYSTEM AND ALSO WAYS THAT
THE
SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING AND
THE DEEP PAIN THAT -- FOR PEOPLE
IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE IN THE CITY HAVE DEVELOPED AN
ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE
CAPABILITY THAT BRINGS US IN
REACH OF
BEING AT THE NATIONAL FOREFRONT
IN TERMS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING
IN TERMS OF REAL
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND PUBLIC
SAFETY BUT WE HAVE A SITUATION
WHERE WE
STILL NEED TO NEGOTIATE
CONTRACTS WITH OUR POLICE
UNION AND THE END OF 2027 SEEMS
VERY
FAR AWAY, BUT WE KNOW FROM PAST
HISTORY THOSE CONTRACT
NEGOTIATIONS TAKE A LONG
TIME AND THAT WE HAVE SEEN THE
UNION WILL USE TIME TO GIVE
THEM GREATER LEVERAGE IN THOSE
NEGOTIATIONS.
AND SO WE WOULD URGE YOU
TO BEGIN NOW NEGOTIATING BOTH
THE MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS WITH
SPMA AND THE SPA CONTRACT TO
GET AHEAD OF THAT TIMING ISSUE
AND TO PURSUE REAL SUPPORT FOR
THE
CARE, CAPABILITY THAT IS
SO VITAL TO ACHIEVING THE KIND
OF
SYSTEM THAT COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE OUTLINED AT THE BEGINNING
OF TODAY'S MEETING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK
YOU.
>> OKAY.
WHAT HAPPENED NEARLY ONE YEAR
AGO IN CAL ANDERSON WAS NOT
AN
ANOMALY. THE [ INAUDIBLE ] HAS
BEEN BANNED SINCE 2020, YET IN
LESS THAN ONE YEAR I HAVE
PERSONALLY
EXPERIENCED AND WITNESSED
ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS
THE NECK KNEEL.
THIS IS ME ON MAY 19th
ARRESTED FOR BURGLARY ON THE
OUTSIDE OF THE CONVENTION
CENTER AFTER BEING PEPPER
SPRAYED BY SPD
THUGS.
I NEVER ENTERED THE BUILDING.
THIS WAS COVERED BY
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA AND YET TO
THIS DAY, TO THIS DAY THERE HAS
BEEN NO OPA INVESTIGATION.
I AM STILL WAITING FOR
FUCKING BODY CAM FOOTAGE SINCE
NEARLY
A YEAR SINCE MAKING A REQUEST
FOR
IT. DAYS LATER WE SAW THE SAME
SPD PIGS KNEELING ON SOMEONE
ELSE'S NECKS AT CAL, ANDER AND
THUGS DID IT AGAIN LAST MONTH.
SAME TACTICS OF DEPLOYING
CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND
THEN SNATCHING PEOPLE AND
KNEELING
ON THEIR FUCKING NECKS.
THOSE OF US WHO ARE SPEAKING OUT
AGAINST HATE AND BIGOTRY AND
FUCKING GENOCIDE ARE DOING YOUR
JOB.
WE'RE DOING YOUR JOB!
HAVE ANY OF YOU PUBLICLY
CONDEMNED THE GENOCIDE AND LOCAL
COMPANIES PROFITING OFF THE
SLAUGHTER OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN?
NONE OF YOU WERE THERE
SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THE HATE
AND
BIGOTRY AT CAL ANDERSON ON MAY
24th.
SHOULD WE STOP TEACHING OUR
KID ABOUT THE TRAIL OF
TEARS, STONEWALL AND EVERY CIVIL
AND HUMAN RIGHTS STRUGGLE
BECAUSE LACKEYS ON THIS CITY
COUNCIL WON'T EVEN DO THE BASIC
OF
THEIR JOB IN RAISING THEIR
VOICE AGAINST HATE AND EVIL?
RATHER YOU JUST TURNED AROUND
AND REWARDED THESE THUGS
BY GIVING THEM FUCKING PAY
INCREASES.
THE LEAST THIS COUNCIL CAN DO
IS DIVERSE FROM HALF A
BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET
OF [ INAUDIBLE ] THUGS TO
RESOURCES FOR
VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
WE DEMAND COMMUNITY
LED OVERSIGHT BECAUSE UNTIL THAT
HAPPENS, THIS IS GOING
TO
CONTINUE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO WHAT WE HAVE ON THIS
BOARD AND WITNESSED SPD VIOLENCE
IS HAPPENING EVERY FUCKING WEEK.
WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR A SYMBOL
IB
GESTURE.
WE'RE DEMANDING REINVESTMENT
INTO THE LIVES OF
PEOPLE IMPACTED BY VIOLENCE.
>> THANK
YOU.
>> HOWARD GILL IS OUR -- TO
BE FOLLOWED BY SHAWN.
HOWARD FIRST.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THIS MORNING YOU'LL
BE DISCUSSING THE POLICE
VIOLENCE
THAT RESULTED IN 23
UNCONSTITUTIONAL ARRESTS
AND MANY INJURIES TO PROTESTERS
AT
CAL ANDERSON PARK MAY 24th LAST
YEAR.
SPD LIEUTENANT MATTHEW
SPEAKING TO AT LEAST TEN OTHER
OFFICERS WAS CAPTURED ON BODY
CAMERA
SAYING, QUOTE, WE'RE GOING
IN THIS TIME WITH AGAINST
BLAZING ALL OUR PIECES IN PLACE.
WE ARE PAST TALKING TO PEOPLE.
WE ARE HERE TO FUCK PEOPLE UP.
WE ARE DONE WITH THESE GUYS
AND THE SHIT THAT THEY'RE DOING
UNQUOTE.
THE OIG REPORT TO BE
PRESENTED TODAY DESCRIBES A
FASHION STATING THAT THIS WAS
SIMPLY AN
INTERACTION, QUOTE, BETWEEN
SPD OFFICERS SAYING IT WAS TIME
FOR A STRONGER POLICE RESPONSE.
DUE TO ESCALATING
CRIMINAL CONDUCT.
THIS IS ABSURD.
THE OIG WRONGLY ASSUMES THIS
WAS A CAUSE RATHER THAN AN
OVERT INDICATION OF HOW DEEP AND
WIDESPREAD SPD'S BELIEFS ARE
BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THAT
DAY.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT ONE BAD
OFFICER.
BECAUSE NOT A SINGLE
OFFICER OBJECTED TO THAT INSANE
RANT.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT POLICY
BECAUSE CULTURE EATS POLICY
FOR BREAKFAST EVERY
DAY. THE OIG HAS ASSERTED THAT
THIS EVENT WAS A ONE OFF
ABERRATION, YET THREE DAYS LATER
SPD OFFICERS DISPLAYED THE SAME
BEHAVIOR.
EXTREMELY BIAS POLICING IN
FAVOR OF RIGHT WING
PROVOCATEURS, AT LEAST EIGHT IN
FRONT OF CITY
HALL.
YOU ARE GIVEN THE POWER TO
MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS.
THAT IS HOW
REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY WORKS.
BUT THE KEY HERE IS INFORMED.
YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT
TO MAKE ARBITRARY
UNINFORMED DECISIONS LIKE, FOR
EXAMPLE, THE
ONE YOU MADE LAST YEAR WITH THE
LEGISLATION FOR HOUSING
WHICH STATE HEARING BOARD
FOUND VIOLATED STATE LAND USE
RULES
AND IN A FEW HOURS YOU WILL
BE REPEALING THAT LEGISLATION.
AND YOU ARE SURE AS HELL
NOT GIVEN THE RIGHT TO GASLIGHT
THE PUBLIC THEIR TAX DOLLARS
$20.
8 MILLION THIS YEAR ALONE FOR
THE
OIG, AND THE USE OF DEADLY FORCE
INVESTIGATION YOU'RE
GOING TO HEAR FROM TODAY ALL
WHILE
RETRAUMATIZING
THE PEOPLE YOU HAVE INJURED WITH
YOUR FAILED
POLICIES AND ACCOUNTABILITY
MEASURES.
THANK YOU.
[ INAUDIBLE ].
>> YOUR TIME IS DONE.
>> LET US SPEAK.
>> MR. GILLEY.
MR. GILLEY.
>> SHAWN --
>> WE DESERVE A VOICE!
>> PLEASE RESPECT HIS VOICE.
THANK YOU.
>> I'M SHAWN.
I LIVE ON BEACON HILL.
ABOUT EIGHT YEARS.
I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THE PARKS THAT ARE UNSAFE FOR
WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
BECAUSE OF THE ADDICTS WHO
ARE OVER TAKING THE PARKS.
THE DOG PARK AND THE --
THERE'S -- THERE'S -- THERE'S
A CAMP OUTSIDE THE DOG PARK
ON BEACON HILL THAT I'VE
SENT PICTURES TO THE COPS,
CALLED
THEM, AND THEY CONSTANTLY SELL
FENTANYL DAY IN AND DAY OUT IF
YOU GO DOWN THE BIKE
TRAIL AROUND THERE, THERE'S 25
TO
50 ADDICTS IN VARIOUS STATES
OF BEING HIGH.
THEY NEED TO --
I'M NOT SAYING WE NEED TO THROW
THEM IN JAIL.
WE NEED HELP.
SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE.
THEY'RE A DANGER TO US.
I WAS A HOMELESSNESS ADDICT
AND WHAT GOT ME CLEAN WAS
ACCOUNTABILITY AND THERE'S
NO ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN THESE
PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO SMOKE IN
FRONT
OF SCHOOLS, KIDS.
THEY LASH OUT.
YOU KNOW, THERE HAS TO BE
SOMETHING PUT IN PLACE FOR
THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE
--
HAVE HAD IT AND THEY'RE GOING
TO
START TAKING THINGS INTO THEIR
OWN HANDS.
SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THAT FAR.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> REMOTE.
>> FIRST REMOTE SPEAKER IS LUCKY
JORDAN.
PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 WHEN
YOU
HEAR THE PROMPT. YOU HAVE BE
UNMUTED.
>> YOUR MONOLOGUE
PROMOTING POLICING AND MASS
SURVEILLANCE.
POLICE ARE MURDERS AND
POLICING INCREASES MURDER AND
COMMUNITY VIOLENCE WE NEED
LEADERS
WITH WILL WELL EDUCATED.
CLEARLY YOU ARE UNABLE TO GO
GET EDUCATION ON YOUR OWN.
YOU'RE QUICK TO DISSOLVE KCRA.
WHAT ABOUT SPD WHICH EXISTED
SINCE 1869.
SPD COST US $30 MILLION
WHEN A POLICE OFFICER DOING 75
AND A
25 WITH NO SIREN KILLED A
23-YEAR- OLD SPEAKING OF YOUR
18, 19, 20, 23-YEAR- OLD IN
2023.
HOW MUCH ARE WE PAYING FOR SPD
OFFICER CRASHING INTO
AN ELECTRICAL POLL WITH NO
LIGHTS AND SIRENS SUSPENDED FOR
ONE
DAY.
WHAT HAS BEEN THE IMPACT
ON FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST
THEIR LOVED ONES.
PEOPLE BRUTALIZED AT CAL
ANDERSON SUFFERING FROM
BRAIN
INJURIES. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
CONNECTION BETWEEN UNHOUSED
FOLKS, POLICING
AND PRISONS.
JIM CROW AND THE WAR ON DRUGS
HAVE BEEN POLICING AND
INCARCERATION IN AMERICAN
HISTORY.
THE TEXT OF THE 30th
AMENDMENT SLAVERY IS STILL
ALLOWED
TO THINGS DAY AS A PUNISHMENT
FOR
CRIME.
HUNDREDS OF BLACK
PEOPLE FORCED INTO SLAVERY DUE
TO POLICING AND
INCARCERATION.
DURING THE WAR ON DRUGS
THE PRISON POPULATION INCREASED
TO 2
MILLION AND PRISON LABOR
PRODUCES $11 BILLION OF VALUE.
THIS IS ABOUT MONEY.
THE ESTIMATED COST
OF THE WAR ON DRUGS IS OVER A
TRILLION
DRUGS AND CARRIED OUT BY SPD.
THE REAGAN OFFICIALS AND CIA
BOTH ADMITTED TO BEING
COMPLICIT AND INTENTIONAL IN
BRINGING
COCAINE INTO THE UNITED
STATES AND USING THE WAR ON
DRUGS AS
A RACIAL TACTIC.
REGARDING THE CURRENT
OPIOID CRISIS IT WAS CAUSED BY A
SACKLER FAMILY PHARMA
DOCUMENTED BY SOURCES YOU CAN
STREAM IT ON
NETFLIX, BOB KETTLE.
WHAT YOU SEE IS THE
IMPACT OF POLICE SUPPORTING THE
RACIST
AND -- OF THE RICH AND POWERFUL
AND THEY WILL NOT SOLVE THE
PROBLEM BUT YOU CAN START
TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES TAKE
THE FIRST STEP BY SUPPORTING
THE PROGRAM NOW, CONVENE A
COMMITTEE OF AND FUND RESOURCES
FOR VICTIMS OF POLICE VIOLENCE.
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE DAVID AMES.
>> THANK YOU DAVID AMES.
77-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS ATTACKED AT
PINE IS PROOF THAT THE
POLICE CHIEF AND THE TRANSIT ARE
FAILING TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE
IT SAFE IN AND AROUND TRANSIT
ORIENTED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
IT'S LIKE YOU SHOULD BE
ALLOWED TO COME OUT OF THE
WEST LOBBING TUNNEL WITHOUT
BEING BOTHERED BY
40 JUNKIES AND HOP ON A BUS AND
HAUL ASS TO SEATTLE CENTER.
WE HAVE EVIL RUNNING
AROUND CONDUCTING UNCIVIL WAR
ON COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE
CHIEF
ACTS LIKE HE'S GOT BETTER
THINGS
TO DO.
NOBODY WANTS TO HOLD HIM
ACCOUNTABLE.
THAT SAID, GOD BLESS THE
POLICE WHO PROTECTED THOSE
CHRISTIANS AT THAT MAYDAY RALLY
AND GOD
DAMN ARGUE IRRATIONAL
VIOLENT PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT
ALL INCLUSIVE MEANS YOU
PURPOSELY
DISCRIMINATE AND HATE INNOCENT
CHRISTIANS.
THOSE COPS PROTECTED
THOSE PEOPLE FROM ALL KINDS OF
EVIL
VIOLENCE AND BECAUSE THEY WERE
STOPPED, THE PROTESTERS,
NOW THEY WANT TO CHANGE THEIR
TUNE AND ACT LIKE THEY'RE
INNOCENT.
IT'S SHAMEFUL.
BUT IT'S SHAMELESS IN SEATTLE
BECAUSE YOU'RE THE PRIDE OF THE
DENY.
LIKE YOU ALL NEED MENTAL
HEALTH, MAN.
YOU ALL NEED TO CHECK YOURSELF
AND STOP DOING DRUGS AND ALCOHOL
AND EAT HEALTHIER FOODS.
WE HAVE A SERIOUS SOCIETAL
IMPLOSION, WICKED CORROSION
AND YOU HAVEN'T ADDRESSED
THE PUBLIC SAFETY THAT COMES
FROM THE EVIL
PREDATORY CRIMINALS YOU ACT
LIKE THE COPS THE BIGGEST
PROBLEM LIKE YOU'RE
WATCHING TOO MANY MOVIES OR
SOMETHING MAN.
WE NEED TO WIPE OUT THE DRUG
PUSHERS.
WE NEED TO LIKE TRESPASS ALL THE
JUNKIES AND INTERROGATE
THEM CIVILLY AND MAKE THEM
BREAK THEIR ADDICTION INSTEAD
OF MOVING THEM INTO A HOUSE SO
THEY
CAN [ INAUDIBLE ]
TREATING PEOPLE AND PRIORITIZING
THE
SELF- DESTRUCTIVE WHILE --
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST %
INNOCENT HOMELESS CITIZENS.
GOD BLESS THOSE COPS
WHO PROTESTED THOSE CHRISTIANS
AND
YOU PEOPLE --
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU EVERYONE.
I WANTED IT NOTE I
APPRECIATE ALL THE PUBLIC
SPEAKERS
IN- PERSON
AND REMOTE AND I WOULD ASK LIKE
IN THE SECOND
AGENDA ITEM WHEN WE HAVE
OUR ACCOUNTABILITY
PARTNERS AS MR. BURNS WAS
SPEAKING
TO, CURRENT SYSTEMS
AND ACCOUNTABILITY ARE NOT
WORKING.
SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE SPOKEN
TO. AS BEING -- AS MS.
HIGHTOWER MENTIONED BEING VOICES
OF THE
SURVIVORS.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO
CONSIDER. AND [ INAUDIBLE ].
AND -- AND -- EVERYBODY,
EVERYBODY.
AND MS. SUMMERS, THANK YOU
FORFOR SPEAKING.
MR. GAYLE, FOR BRINGING UP THE
QUOTE.
I THINK IT IS THE QUOTE IS
THE QUOTE TO YOUR POINT.
IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING
THAT COULD BE SPOKEN TO.
I REALLY APPRECIATE REPRESENTING
FOR NORTH BEACON HILL.
SPEAKING AS A FORMER ADDICT AND
SPEAKING TO ACCOUNTABILITY AND
I OFTEN DON'T SAY THIS
BUT MR. HAYNES MADE A VERY
GOOD POINT ABOUT SPD AND KING
COUNTYCOUNTY
SHERIFF. MORNING I WAS AT
THIRD AND PINE AT THE
McDONALD'S SEEING LITTLE KIDS
AND ONE OF THE -- WE DISCUSSED
IS
THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN SPD AND
THE KING COUNTY SHERIFFS AND
SECURITY TEAMS AND WHAT WE
COULD DO BETTER IN THOSE AREAS
THAT
WE HAVE.
I WAS THERE BY THE WAY WITH KING
COUNTY COUNCILMEMBER ROD AND
MEMBERS OF KING COUNTY MEMBER
TERESA'S OFFICE AS WELL.
I APPRECIATE EVERYONE COMING
TODAY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE'LL MOVE TO OUR FIRST ITEM OF
BUSINESS.
WILL THE CLERK READ AGENDA
ONE INTO THE RECORD.
>> THE REVIEW FOR THE MAYDAY
2025.
>> OKAY.
WE HAVE DEPUTY INSPECTOR
GENERAL PEREZ- MORRISON AND
DEPUTY CHIEF
UNDERWOOD JOIN US AT THE TABLE
AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND OIG
LISA JUDGE.
>> HEAR FROM THE VICTIM
WITHOUT HEARING FROM THE
VICTIMS.
[ INAUDIBLE ].
>> MR. GAYLE, THE AGENDA IS THE
AGENDA. SIT DOWN.
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR
THE RECORD.
>> GOOD MORNING.
DEPUTY CHIEF YVONNE
UNDERWOOD SEATTLE POLICE.
>> THANK
YOU.
>> LISA JUDGE INSPECTOR GENERAL
FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
>> MR. CHAIR, POINT OF ORDER.
MR. CHAIR, POINT OF ORDER.
WE CAN'T HEAR WITH MR.
GAYLE IN THE BACKGROUND
SCREAMING I
WOULD LIKE TO PUT ON THE RECORD
THAT HE IS BEING DISRUPTIVE PER
THE COUNCIL RULES.
THIS IS HIS FIRST STRIKE.
AND IF IT COMES TWO THERE
WILL BE THREE MORE BECAUSE THIS
IS BEYOND DISRESPECTFUL.
IT'S THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE.
WE HAVE PRESENTERS IN FRONT OF
US.
AND WE CAN'T HEAR WITH MR.
GAYLE
IN THE BACKGROUND
SCREAMING.
>> COUNCILMEMBER I CANNOT WORK
ANYMORE.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS
DISRESPECT.
THE VICTIMIZED SILENT AND
GIVING A SEAT TO THE VICTIMIZER.
THAT'S DISRESPECTFUL.
>> I PROMISE YOU
NOTHING --
>> MR. GAYLE YOU HAD YOUR
MOMENT TO SPEAK AND NOTED
BY COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
THANK YOU, YOU TOO MR.
DIAZ.
SECURITY, PLEASE ASK THEM TO BE
QUIET.
THE VOICES OF THOSE
REPRESENTING -- THANK YOU.
[ INAUDIBLE ].
[ INAUDIBLE ]
.
>>
SPEAK FOR VICTIMS.
>> OKAY.
>> PEOPLE ARE --
>> MS. SAUNDERS.
MR. GAYLE.
MR. GAYLE, IT IS NOT HAPPENING.
THE MEETING AGENDA IS SET.
PLEASE
SIT DOWN.
>>
NO.
>> SECOND TIME.
>> NO.
>> SO WHERE IS THE SEAT AT THE
TABLE?
>> MS. SAUNDERS.
YOU'RE ALSO BEING WARNED.
YOU'VE BEEN
WARNED.
SIT DOWN.
>> [ INAUDIBLE
].
>> GIVE THEM A
SEAT.
>> WE'LL HAVE A RECESS
FOR TEN MINUTES.
>> YEAH, TAKE A RECESS.
>> OKAY.
THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WILL
COME BACK TO ORDER.
OKAY.
PLEASE PRESENT YOURSELF AND
START THE PRESENTATION.
>> START FROM THE
BEGINNING, YES.
>> YVONNE UNDERWOOD,
SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
>> INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR PUBLIC
SAFETY.
>> CHRISTINE,
SUPERVISOR OF OFFICE OF
INSPECTOR GENERAL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> [ INAUDIBLE ].
>> MR. -- MR. DIAZ, YOU HAVE
BEEN NOTED BEFORE BY THE
PRESIDING OFFICER OF DISRUPTIVE
BEHAVIOR.
YOU ARE NOW ENGAGING IN
DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR.
IN -- WITH COUNCIL RULES.
>> MR. DIAZ, YOUR FAILURE
TO COMPLY WITH COUNCIL RULES
AND DELAYING THE ORDERLY
PROGRESS
OF THIS MEETING, PURSUANT
TO COUNCIL RULES I'M EXCLUDING
YOU FROM FURTHER PARTICIPATION.
PLEASE STEP AWAY FROM THE --
FROM THE FRONT HERE.
AND --
>> PLEASE TAKE
YOUR SEAT.
>> NO!
>> YOU ARE ENGAGING IN
DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR AND IT'S
NOT
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE COUNCIL
RULES.
YOUR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH
COUNCIL RULES IS DELAYING THE
ORDER WILL I PROGRESS OF THIS
MEETING.
PURSUANT TO COUNCIL RULES
I'M EXCLUDING YOU FROM FURTHER
PARTICIPATION.
PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEAT.
YOUR SEAT.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, IT'S VERY
IMPORTANT FOR THE
INFORMATION AND FOR THE
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS TO
PRESENT.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE
OIG TO --
>> IT IS MORE IMPORTANT
HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO --
>> MR. DIAZ, YOU ARE
AGAIN FOR THE THIRD TIME,
ENGAGING
IN DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR.
COUNCIL RULES.
SECURITY.
>> WE'RE HERE TO --
>> SECURITY, PLEASE, MR. DIAZ
TO HIS SEAT.
>> NO.
I WILL NOT BE BETRAYED
AND I WILL BE HEARD WHETHER YOU
LIKE IT OR NOT.
>> YOU ARE SILENCING VICTIMS.
YOU ARE SILENCING VICTIMS.
>> FOR THE PUBLIC, FOR THE
PUBLIC VIEWING PUBLIC AND THE
PUBLIC HERE, THIS MEETING IS
DESIGNED TO GIVE VOICE TO
THE ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS WHO
ARE
CHARTERED, WHO ARE
COMMISSIONED, WHO ARE CREATED TO
GIVE
AND REPRESENT THOSE IN
COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE THREE
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS AND
THEY'RE HERE TO BE
HEARD.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'RE
NOT BEING HEARD.
IMPORTANT THAT, MS.
SAUNDERS, YOU ARE BEING
DISRUPTIVE
IN DELAYING THE ORDERLY
PROGRESS OF THIS MEETING.
PURSUANT TO RULES I'M -- PLEASE
SECURITY ESCORT MS. SAUNDERS
TO HER SEAT.
>> WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
I WON'T.
MY -- MY NUMBER ONE MISSION
HERE, MY NUMBER ONE GOAL HERE
IS TO GIVE VOICE TO
THE ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS TO
SHOW
SUPPORT FOR THE ACCOUNTABILITY
PARTNERS, OF THE SENTINEL
REVIEW.
MR. DIAZ, YOU HAVE
DISRUPTED THE VIEW MANY
TIMES.
>> YOU
WANT TO TALK ABOUT
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS I
AM YOUR ACCOUNTABILITY
PARTNER WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR
NOT.
>> COMMITTEE, WE ARE GOING INTO
RECESS FOR
TEN MINUTES AND THEN WE'RE GOING
TO GO REMOTE.
>>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>>
HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>>
HERE.
>>
CHAIR KETTLE.
>> HERE.
>> THERE ARE FOUR MEMBERS
PRESENT.
[ INAUDIBLE ].
>> SOME OTHER PIECES TO
INCLUDE FRONT LINE
INVESTIGATIONS WHICH
CAME OUT OF THE LABOR AGREEMENT.
AND WE DO THAT IN SUPPORT OF
OUR ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS TO
GIVE THEM VOICE AS THEY LOOK
TO REPRESENT AND ENGAGE
THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S
VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEY DO
AND IMPORTANT WE AS A COMMITTEE
GIVE
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO OUR
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS.
THIS YEAR IS SPECIAL.
WE'RE DOING IT ON A ONE- YEAR
NOT QUITE ANNIVERSARY OF THE CAL
ANDERSON PROTESTS AND
IT'S IMPORTANT ALSO IN TERMS OF
THE MECHANISMS OF THE
ACCOUNTABILITY
PARTNERS TO SHOW, YOU KNOW,
LIKE THE SENTINEL EVENT REVIEW
AND
THE PIECES THAT CAME OUT OF THAT
AND TO GIVE IT A PUBLIC
HEARING AND TO DO SO IN PERSON
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOU GET
BETTER ENGAGEMENT BACK AND
FORTH,
FOLLOW- UPS, QUESTIONS
AND WE WILL DO THIS REMOTELY,
BUT
IT'S NOT QUITE THE SAME.
THAT'S THE UNFORTUNATE THING
IN TERMS OF TODAY'S
DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR OCCURRING
IN CHAMBERS BECAUSE IT TAKES
AWAY FROM
THE ABILITY TO GET A PROPER
HEARING, A BETTER HEARING OF THE
SENTINEL
EVENT REVIEW TO HEAR BETTER
FROM OUR ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS
AND TO SPEAK AND FOR THOSE
OTHERS
TO LISTEN AS WELL BECAUSE
NOT EVERYBODY IN CHAMBERS WAS
BEING
DISRUPTIVE.
MANY WERE NOT.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD TO
MOVE AWAY FROM -- WOULD BENEFIT
THEM.
>> WITH THAT SAID WE WILL NOW
MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST ITEM OF
BUSINESS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ AGENDA
ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD.
>> [ INAUDIBLE ].
>> I DO BELIEVE IS SET THERE IN
THE SAM SMITH ROOM.
CAN YOU INTRODUCE
YOURSELF AND
ONCE SET PROCEED WITH YOUR
PRESENTATION.
>> DEPUTY UNDERWOOD
SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
>> LISA JUDGE.
>> CHRISTINE VERBHIS,
SUPERVISOR.
>> SIENA MILLER, SENIOR
POLICY AT OFFICE
OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AGAIN, PLEASE PROCEED WITH YOUR
BRIEFING.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR.
THANK YOU COMMITTEE MEMBERS
AND EVERYONE FOR HAVING US HERE
TODAY.
I THINK IN LIGHT OF HOW
WE STARTED OFF IN COUNCIL
CHAMBERS, I DO WANT TO PREFACE
THIS
BY SAYING ALL OF THE
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS HAVE
DIFFERENT AND
VARYING ROLES IN
THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
IS CHARGED WITH
SYSTEMIC OVERSIGHT OF THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
THE OFFICE
OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS IS
INNOVATIVE, IT'S NEW, IT IS A
FORWARD- LOOKING PROCESS.
IT'S A PROBLEM SOLVING
PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN REALLY DO
A
ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS OF AN EVENT
THAT WENT WRONG THAT HAD RESULTS
THAT WE NEVER WANT TO REPLICATE
AGAIN, LOOK AT THE
SYSTEMIC CONTRIBUTORS TO THAT
AND
TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT
BETTER
NEXT TIME.
SO THIS IS NOT ABOUT HOLDING
INDIVIDUALS ACCOUNTABLE.
I THINK OPA IS THE OFFICE
THAT'S CHARGED WITH THAT
RESPONSIBILITY.
I THINK THE FOLKS SPEAKING THIS
MORNING HAVE, YOU KNOW,
THEY WANT TO BE HEARD AND THEY
WANT TO HAVE VOICE AND THAT IS
UNDERSTANDABLE AND DESIRABLE
AND I THINK WE HAVE
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS WHO
COULD SET UP
PROCESSES SO THAT VICTIMS COULD
SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES AND
HAVE VOICE IN THE PROCESS.
THIS
PARTICULAR PROCESS, HOWEVER,
EVEN THOUGH IT
DID INVOLVE COMMUNITY
PARTICIPANTS WHO WERE INVOLVED
IN CAL
ANDERSON WHO WERE
THERE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN ARRESTED
OR
INJURED, WAS NOT ABOUT
RETRIBUTION AND
ACCOUNTABILITY. IT'S ABOUT
PROBLEM SOLVING
AND LOOKING
FORWARD. JUST WANT TO ADD TO THE
OPENING REMARKS AND TURN IT TO
CHRISTINE TO DISCUSS THE
PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIR
KETTLE, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
ABOUT THE SENTINEL EVENT REVIEW
OF MAY
24th, 2025.
INSPECTOR GENERAL JUDGE DID AN
OVERVIEW, BUT I WANT TO GIVE
YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE GOING
TO TALK ABOUT TODAY GIVING YOU
AN
OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE
SENTINEL REVIEW IS, THE EVENT
THAT
WAS REVIEWED AND THEN THE
OUTCOME AND CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
AND
RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO A SENTINEL REVIEW IS A
COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO
IDENTIFY ROOT CAUSES OF
INCIDENTS AND
DESIGN SYSTEMIC IMPROVEMENT
TO PREVENT REOCCURRENCE.
THE PURPOSE IS NOT IT ASSIGN
BLAME FOR INDIVIDUAL CULPABILITY
FOR ACTIONS TAKEN DURING
THE INCIDENTS REVIEW.
THE GOAL IS TO DEVELOP CONSENSUS
AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE PANEL DID
AS INSPECTOR GENERAL JUDGE
MENTIONED
CONSIST OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
EX- SPD
PERSONNEL.
THERE
WERE SIX COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SOME
OF THEM WERE
IMPACTED AND THERE ON THE
DAY AND SOME
REPRESENTED ORGANIZATIONS THAT
REPRESENTED IMPACTED INDIVIDUALS
AND IN
TERMS OF WHO WAS THERE FROM SPD,
THERE WAS A SERGEANT, THERE
WERE LIEUTENANTS AND THEN
DEPUTY CHIEF UNDERWOOD WITH US
AS WELL.
OIG INITIATED THE SENTINEL EVENT
REVIEW TO IDENTIFY
THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
THAT RESULTED IN THE ESCALATION
OF TENSION AND THE CONFLICT
ARREST AND USE OF FORCE ON MAY
24
th, 2025.
FINALLY, WE DID HAVE A REPORT
THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN FEBRUARY
OF THIS YEAR
AND THAT SUMMARIZED THOSE
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS AND
DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS.
SO TO LOOK AT THE METHODOLOGY
AND HOW THE SENTINEL REVIEW
HAPPENED AND WHAT THE
EVENTS WERE THAT LED UP TO IT,
BEGAN DATA COLLECTION
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE
EVENT
OIG BEGAN REVIEWING NEWS
MEDIA, VIDEO FROM OFFICERS WHO
WERE
THERE THAT DAY, SPD
DOCUMENTATION AND
REPORTS AS WELL AS THE OPA
COMPLAINTS.
WE CONDUCTED AN ANALYSIS WITH
PROFESSOR -- WHO HAS WORKED
WITH SPD MANY YEARS AND A
MANAGEMENT
EXPERT AND
IDENTIFIED FACTORS RELATED TO
SPD'S PREPLANNING
AND REALTIME -- THAT CONTRIBUTED
TO THE ESCALATION.
WE ALSO GATHERED PERSPECTIVES
FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS
SO COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION,
CPC, COLLECTED TESTIMONIES
FROM IMPACTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS
THAT WE REVIEWED AND THEN
PROVIDED
TO PANELISTS WHILE THEY WERE
THERE
SO THEY COULD HEAR
FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT
WERE THERE THAT DAY AND
IMPACTED BEYOND THE PEOPLE THERE
ON THE
PANELS.
I MENTIONED WHO WAS ON THE
PANEL AND
REPRESENTED. I WILL ADD
INSPECTOR
GENERAL JUDGE WAS THERE AND THAT
IT WAS
FACILITATED BY JOHN HOLLOWAY AN
EXPERT JUSTICE SENTINEL REVIEWS.
THE PANEL REVIEW THAT
ACTUALLY OCCURRED WAS THREE
SESSIONS OVER THE COURSE OF THE
THREE DAYS IN
NOVEMBER. THERE WERE FOUR
INCIDENTS
I'LL TALK ABOUT SHORTLY THAT
WERE TO BE REVIEWED.
THE PANEL GOT THROUGH
THREE OF THE INCIDENTS BUT
DISCUSSIONS WERE THOROUGH, VERY
ROBUST AND, AS A RESULT, WE
WEREN'T ABLE
TO COVER EVERYTHING THAT WAS --
EVERYTHING FROM THAT EVENT
AND FROM THE DAY AND OIG PLANNED
TO SCHEDULE AT LEAST ONE MORE
PANEL.
HOWEVER, BEFORE WE WERE
ABLE TO DO THAT, THERE WAS A
BREACH
OF CONFIDENTIALITY AND THE
GROUND
RULES THAT PANELISTS AGREED
TO WHEN THEY DECIDED TO BE PART
OF THE PANEL AND SO THE PANELS
WERE UNABLE TO CONTINUE AFTER
THIS.
SO OIG WITH PROFESSOR STOT
DID COMPLETE AN EVALUATION OF
THAT FINAL INCIDENT AND DO
INCLUDE THAT IN THE REPORT AND
AN
APPENDIX. WE WANTED TO
DISTINGUISH
IT BECAUSE THE PANELS WERE NOT
ABLE TO REVIEW IT.
AND THEN THE FINAL OUTCOME.
THE OUTCOME OF THIS REVIEW
PANELS WERE 66
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS THAT LIKELY
PLAYED
A ROLE IN THE NEGATIVE OUTCOMES
OF
FORCE, ARRESTS AND
FURTHER DISTRUST AND 24
RECOMMENDATIONS DISCUSSED BY THE
PANEL.
I DO WANT TO MENTION
THAT PART OF THAT FINAL PANEL
THAT WE
WEREN'T ABLE TO HAVE WAS HOPING
TO HAVE THE GROUP
COME TO AN AGREEMENT ABOUT WHAT
THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
WERE AND WHAT THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS
WERE BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T ABLE
TO
MEET THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND
FACTORS -- BUT THEY DID --
WE WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE ALL
THE DISCUSSIONS THAT
HAPPENED DURING THE EVENT,
DURING THE PANELS.
THE EVENT THAT WAS
REVIEWED, IT WAS A RALLY AT CAL
ANDERSON
ON MAY 24th, 2025.
I AM GOING TO BACK UP AND TALK
ABOUT WHAT LED UP TO THE EVENT.
SO APRIL 8th, THE SEATTLE
PARK AND RECREATION GRANTED A
PERMIT TO MAYDAY USA FOR A
#DON'T
MESS WITH OUR KIDS RALLY.
MAYDAY USA IS A
FUNDAMENTALIST CHRISTIAN GROUP
THAT PROMOTES
ANTI- LBGTQ PLUS,
ANTI-ABORTION VIEWPOINTS AND [
INAUDIBLE ]
SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE
OF BIOLOGICAL GENDER.
SPD WAS -- TO THE RALLY
UNTIL MAY 14th WHEN THEY
BEGAN INTELLIGENCE GATHERING.
ON MAY 21st SPD HAD THEIR
INITIAL PLANNING MEETING AND THE
POLICE OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT TEAM REFERRED TO AS
POET, ALSO
SUGGESTED TO THE RALLY
ORGANIZERS TO MOVE THE EVENT
FROM CAL ANDERSON PARK
TO WESTLAKE PARK, BUT
THE ORGANIZERS
DID NOT. THE COMMUNITY DID
EXPRESS CONCERN BEFORE THE EVENT
HAPPENED AND THEY WONDERED WHY
THE CITY WOULD PERMIT THIS EVENT
IN A HISTORICALLY LBGTQ PLUS
NEIGHBORHOOD. HUNDREDS ATTENDED
THE RALLY RALLY
ATTENDED AS
COUNTER DEMONSTRATORS TO PROTEST
THE
EVENT.
ON THE DAY THERE WERE
16 REPORTED CASES OF FORCE
THAT INCLUDED CROWD MANAGEMENT
TACTICS LIKE -- AS WELL AS
INDIVIDUALLY RECORDED USES OF
FORCE AGAINST INDIVIDUALS
LIKE PEPPER BALL OR PEPPER
SPRAY.
THERE WERE 23 ARRESTS.
THERE WAS ONE OFFICER INJURY
AND THEN THERE WERE SIX
OPA INVESTIGATIONS THAT
RESULTED.
AFTER THE EVENT THE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS ORGANIZES
DENOUNCED SPD
HANDLING AND CALLED FOR THE
CITY TO REVIEW THE
PERMITTING PROCESSING AND USE OF
FORCE BY
SPD.
THE INCIDENTS THAT WERE
CONSIDERED, OIG IDENTIFIED
FOUR KEY ASPECTS OF THE DAY'S
EVENTS TO REVIEW BY THE PANEL.
THE FIRST IS INCIDENT WAS THE
PROCESS OF GRANTING A PARK
USE PERMIT TO A FUNDAMENTALIST
RALLY IF AN LBGTQ NEIGHBORHOOD
AND
THE SHORE TIME SPD HAD TO
PREPARE.
THE CITY PERMITTING PROCESS
THAT RESULTED IN THE
FUNDAMENTALIST RALLY IN A
HISTORICALLY LBGTQ
PLUS NEIGHBORHOOD AND
SPD'S PLANNING AND
ENGAGEMENT INCLUDING THE EARLY
ENGAGEMENT
EFFORTS BY THE POET TEAM.
THE SECOND INCIDENT WAS
THE ATTEMPTED ARREST OF A
COUNTERDEMONSTRATOR FOR
MISDEMEANOR PROPERTY DESTRUCTION
AND 11 ADDITIONAL ARRESTS.
THE THIRD EVENT WAS THE USE
OF BICYCLE FENCING TO CREATE
A COUNTER DEMONSTRATION
ZONE AS WELL AS THE ESCALATION
OF
CONFLICT, ARRESTS, AND USES
OF FORCE RELATED TO THAT
BARRICADE.
THE FOURTH EVENT AS I
MENTIONED WAS NOT ABLE TO BE
REVIEWED
BY THE PANEL AND THAT WAS
REVIEWED BY OIG PROFESSOR STOT
AT THE
END OF OUR REPORT AND THAT
INCIDENT
WAS THE CONTINUED CROWD
CONTROL POSTURE OF SPD AFTER
THE CONCLUSION OF THE MAYDAY USA
RALLY.
WHEN THE PANELISTS MET
THEY IDENTIFIED 66
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS ACROSS THE
INCIDENTS
THEY WERE ABLE TO REVIEW
AND FELL INTO FOUR CATEGORIES.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW
THOSE WEREN'T BROKEN DOWN BY
PANELISTS INTO THESE FOUR
CATEGORIES
BUT AS OIG WAS REVIEWING THEM
THEY
FELL INTO THESE BROADER
AREAS AND SOME OF THE
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS FALL INTO
MORE THAN ONE.
THE FIRST ONE WAS CITY PROCEDURE
AND THE LACK OF
INFORMATION SHARING BETWEEN CITY
DEPARTMENTS THAT DELAYED SPD
AWARENESS OF THE PLANNED RALLY.
SO THE COORDINATION BETWEEN CITY
DEPARTMENTS LIMITED SPD
ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE OF THE
PERMITTED
RALLY AND HINDERED PLANNING
EFFORTS.
THE CULTURAL CONTEXT.
HISTORICAL LACK OF TRUST
BETWEEN SPD AND THE LBGTQ PLUS
COMMUNITY AND THAT'S RESULTED
IN LIMITED
ENGAGEMENT AND
POTENTIAL FEEDBACK WHERE THE
COMMUNITY CAN
CONVEY THOSE CONCERNS.
AND THE CULTURAL
SIGNIFICANCE OF CAL ANDERSON FOR
LBGTQ
AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF FEDERAL
ACTIONS THAT THREATENED
TRANSGENDER RIGHTS AND LACK OF
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THAT
CONTEXT BY -- THE FOURTH
CATEGORY
IS ANTICIPATORY DEFENSIVENESS.
ONE OF THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
IS THAT SPD, THE PANELISTS
FOUND THAT SPD ASSUMES BLACK
BLOC
AND ANTIFA ARE
ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATIONS INTENT
ON
INCITING DISORDER AND CRIMINAL
ACTIVITY.
ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THESE
GROUPS ARE VIOLENT AND INTEND
ON CONFRONTATION LED SPD TO
MISJUDGE THE MEANING
FOR SIGNIFICANT CROWD CONTROL
TACTICS. THE FINAL CONTRIBUTING
FACTOR
WAS THIS IDEA OF
DIFFERENTIATION.
SO SPD PERCEIVED MINOR ACTS OF
PROPERTY DAMAGE AS AN
INDICATOR OF -- NECESSITATING A
-- FROM
A PEACEFUL PROTEST POSTURE.
ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT MOTIVATION
OF ATTENDEES -- A BREAKDOWN
OF COMMUNICATION AND HAMPERED
THE
ABILITY OF POET AND CRG,
THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE GROUP,
TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL
INSTIGATORS.
SO THE ULTIMATE OUTCOME OF
THE PANELISTS WERE 24
SUGGESTED RECOMMENDATIONS TO SPD
AND
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
THESE ALSO FALL INTO FOUR
CATEGORIES.
THE FIRST BEING COMMUNITY --
ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS
TO INCREASE PREEVENT ENGAGEMENT
BY ESTABLISHING RELATIONSHIPS
AND CONSISTENT LINES
OF COMMUNICATION WITH
COMMUNITY MENSCHES OF
ORGANIZATIONS.
ADDRESSING THE LACK OF TRUST IN
SPD BY VARIOUS
COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS THE
EQUITY IMPACTS OF
SPD OUTREACH AND
INTELLIGENCE GATHERING PROCESS.
THERE WERE
SEVEN RECOMMENDATIONS THAT FELL
INTO THIS CATEGORY.
THE SECOND IS
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS IMPROVING
SPD INTELLIGENCE BEYOND OPEN
SOURCE SOCIAL MEDIA BY WORKING
WITH COMMUNITY TO GAIN
DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF
CULTURAL CONTEXTS AND CONCERNS
AND
ACKNOWLEDGING THE NEED FOR
SPD -- MINDSET WHEN RESPONDING
TO DEMONSTRATIONS BY
MINIMIZING THE BELIEF THAT
PROTESTERS
WORK AS A UNIFIED OPPOSITIONAL
GROUP
RATHER THAN AN
ADVERSE POPULATION OF
INDIVIDUALS
WITH VARIOUS REASONS FOR
ATTENDING AND FINE
RECOMMENDATIONS
THAT FEEL INTO CATEGORY.
COMMUNICATION.
ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS
WAS TO PRIORITIZE RESPONSIVENESS
TOTO COMMUNITY REQUESTS
FOR INFORMATION
INCLUDING ARTICULATION OF
PROBABLE
CAUSE WHEN ARRESTS ARE MADE
AND PROVIDING REASONS FOR
ISSUING DIRECTIVES OR ORDERS.
ALONG THE SAME LINES IS
TO IMPROVE THE ABILITY OF SPD TO
SAFELY FACILITATE CROWD EVENTS
BY
BUILDING TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS
WITH A DIVERSE
SET OF IS INDIVIDUALS AND
COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS PRIOR TO EVENTS.
FINALLY, THE -- WE'LL SAY THERE
ARE FIVE RECOMMENDATIONS IN
THAT
CATEGORY. SO FINALLY THERE ARE
TACTICS CATEGORY AND THAT IS
BASED ON
PRIORITIZING TARGETED ARRESTS OF
AGITATORS RATHER THAN TAKING
ACTIONS THAT SERVE TO ESCALATE
THE LARGER CROWD.
IMPROVING SPD CROWD
MANAGEMENT TACTICS PRIORITIZING
DIALOG POLICING AND
TARGETED ENFORCEMENT TACTICS TO
--
BEFORE I HAND IT OVER TO DEPUTY
CHIEF
UNDERWOOD I WANT TO SAY
HOW GRATEFUL OIG IS TO
THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY SPD
POWERS THAT PARTICIPATED
IN THE PANELS IN GOOD FAITH
WITH THE GOAL OF IMPROVING
POLICE PROTEST RESPONSE IN
SEATTLE.
WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THERE WERE REALLY GREAT
CONNECTIONS
AND UNDERSTAND THROUGH THE PANEL
SESSIONS AND [ INAUDIBLE ]
I JUST WANT TO SHARE A QUOTE A
PANELIST GAVE US PERMISSION TO
SHARE.
THEY SAID I'M HAPPY WITH
SMALL SHIFTS AND EVEN HAVING ONE
OR TWO PEOPLE SEE FROM OTHER
PERSPECTIVES.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY ALL WE
CAN REALISTICALLY ASK FOR IN
THIS LONG GAME OF TRYING TO
REBUILD.
I THINK SAAR DID A GOOD JOB OF
CREATING -- THANK YOU.
>> THANKS.
YEAH.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD A COUPLE
COMMENTS.
I THINK IT IS, YOU KNOW,
JUST GIVEN THE COMMENTS THAT WE
HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC AS THE
MEETING
BEGAN, CHARACTERIZING THIS AS
A REPORT THAT CONDONES SPD
ACTIONS AND THINKS THAT THIS WAS
JUST
A ONE OFF, I DON'T THINK IS
ACCURATE.
BUT [ INAUDIBLE ] PROCESS
THAT IS ONLY INITIATED WHEN WE
ALL COME TOGETHER AND
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SOMETHING WENT
WRONG. SOMETHING WENT REALLY
WRONG IN
A WAY WE DON'T WANT TO
REPLICATE
AGAIN.
WE START WITH THAT BASELINE
AND IN TERMS OF THIS JUST BEING
SOMETHING WHERE SPD NEEDS
TO HAVE CULTURAL AWARENESS
TRAINING, THAT ALSO
REALLY MINIMIZES WHAT HAPPENED
AND
WHAT WENT WRONG.
THIS WAS ON THE EVE OF
PRIDE, PRIDE MONTH, AND, YOU
KNOW, THE
HISTORICAL CONFLICT
BETWEEN POLICE AND THE QUEER AND
THE
BLACK AND TRANS
COMMUNITY THAT IS -- PRIDE
CELEBRATIONS WAS NOT
REALLY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT HERE
AND THAT THE
HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THIS
WAS HAPPENING WASN'T TAKEN
INTO ACCOUNT IN THE PLANNING
AND PREPARATION AND
JUST UNDERSTANDING THE
DYNAMICS THAT WERE SET TO HAPPEN
AT THIS
EVENT.
IT'S MORE THAN JUST
CULTURAL AWARENESS TRAINING.
WITH THAT, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL
TO DEPUTY CHIEF YVONNE
UNDERWOOD TO SHARE
SPD'S PERSPECTIVE AND THEIR
RESPONSES TO US.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I WANT TO THANK THE PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR HAVING US
TODAY, AND I APPRECIATE
OIG INCLUDING US IN THIS
PROCESS.
I DID FEEL IT WAS A VERY GOOD
PROCESS.
IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SPD
TO REALLY TRY TO BUILD
RELATIONSHIPS AND -- SOME OF
OUR MISTAKES IN
THIS. IT WASN'T OUR BEST WORK
THAT
DAY.
AS AN AGENCY THAT'S
ALWAYS CONTINUING TO TRY TO
IMPROVE OUR
PROCESSES AND LOOK OUR HOW
WE HANDLE EVENTS ESPECIALLY
CROWD MANAGEMENT IT WAS A
GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO
THAT.
WE WERE DISAPPOINTED
THAT THERE WAS A BREACH OF
CONFIDENTIALITY.
WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE
PARTICIPATED FULLY IN
THIS PROCESS AND I ALSO WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE OFFICER
THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS
PROCESS THEY WENT IN, THEY WERE
VERY CANDID WITH INFORMATION.
THEY OWNED THEIR PIECE OF THIS.
I'M NOT GOING TO GET TOO FAR
DOWN THE ROAD.
THERE ARE OPEN ACTIVE
OPA COMPLAINTS REGARDING
THIS INCIDENT THEY'RE STILL
GOING THROUGH AT THIS TIME.
THEY REALLY PARTICIPATED
FULLY AND I REALLY APPRECIATED
THEM DOING THAT.
WITH THAT SAID, I'M JUST
GOING TO GIVE YOU A HIGH- LEVEL
OVERVIEW OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE HAVE GONE OVER THESE ONE
BY ONE AND WE'RE WORKING TO TRY
TO TRACK THESE AND DOCUMENT
HOW WE'RE GOING TO IMPROVE OPA
GOING
FORWARD.
FIRST THE COMMUNITY [ INAUDIBLE
] WE FULLY
ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT THERE IS, YOU KNOW,
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN THERE.
THERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF TRUST
BETWEEN SOME MEMBERS OF
THE COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT. WE'VE REALLY TRIED
TO ACTIVELY
TAKE A, YOU KNOW, SOLID ROLE IN
MEETING WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS IN
THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE DOING MONTHLY COMMUNITY
WALKS. WE'RE MEETING WITH [
INAUDIBLE ]
RIGHTS GROUP, MEETING WITH
GSBA AND OTHER LBGTQ PLUS
COMMUNITIES
EITHER MONTHLY OR QUARTERLY
TRYING TO CONVEY TO BUILD ON
THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.
WE'VE SCHEDULED SEVERAL
COFFEE WITH COPS WHERE WE'RE
INCLUDING
OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORT OFFICERS
IN THAT TO JUST TRY TO GET
OUT MORE IN THE COMMUNITY TO TRY
TO ESTABLISH THAT TRUST.
WE'VE ALSO WITH COMMUNITY --
RECOMMENDATIONS IS TO TRY
TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON OUR CROWD
MANAGEMENT POLICIES.
WE'VE ASKED OIG TO
CONSIDER PUTTING UP OUR CROWD
MANAGEMENT POLICY ON THE WEBSITE
SO
THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE EQUAL
ACCESS TO
THAT. WE'VE ALSO REALLY FOCUSED
ON OUR
POET TEAM.
OUR POLICE OUTREACH ENGAGEMENT
TEAM AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THEY'RE ADDING
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION EVERY
TIME WE HAVE A
SIGNIFICANT CONVENIENT THAT
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THEY'RE PROVIDING THAT CULTURAL
DIVERSITY PIECE AND PROVIDING
COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES IN THAT.
WE'VE ALSO APPOINTED A FULL-
TIME LBGTQ LIAISON, SO THAT'S A
GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
BRIDGE THAT GAP WITH COMMUNITY
WITH THAT OFFICER.
REGARDING THE
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS PIECE, WE
ARE GOING TO
BE DOING SOME ADDITIONAL
TRAINING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO
DO TRAINING ON A YEARLY BASIS.
STATE MANDATED TRAINING
WE'RE GOING TO ADD TOTO
EVERYBODY'S TRANSCRIPT SO THEY
CAN
PARTICIPATE IN THAT SURROUNDING
COMMUNICATION, RACE
AND DIVERSITY TRAINING.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH
BEFORE THE BADGE TO FINDFIND
LIAISON
WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT CAN
A TALK TO THE STUDENTS BEFORE
THEY
ARE STARTING
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SO
WE'RE
WORKING ON THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN ALSO JUST CONTINUING
TO USE POET TO TALK ABOUT
EVENT LOCATION HISTORY AND
MAKING
SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF
THE
HISTORY.
THAT WAS A PROBLEM IN THIS
EVENT, THAT THE OFFICERS DIDN'T
FULLY UNDERSTAND
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CAL ANDERSON
PARK SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
WE'RE INCLUDING THAT
INFORMATION ON PROTESTS MOVING
FORWARD.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT REVISING OUR
LANGUAGE WITH OUR BRIEFINGS.
WE HAVE THAT SITUATION IN WHICH
WE USE BLACK BLOC AND ANTIFA
IN A NEGATIVE CONTEXT AND TRIED
TO
FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT WE
CAN COME UP WITH DIFFERENT
VERBIAGE WHEN WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT SPECIFIC GROUPS OF
PEOPLE,
WHETHER THAT'S BAD ACTORS,
AGITATORS AND WE'RE STILL
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE
GOING TO
LABEL THEM MOVING FORWARD.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO
CONTINUE CROWD MANAGEMENT
TRAINING RIGHT
NOW.
WE DO THAT ON A YEARLY BASES.
WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING OUR
CRISIS INTERVENTION AND
DEESCALATION
TRAINING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE, YOU
KNOW, EDUCATING OUR OFFICERS
ON HOW WE WANT THEM TO DEAL WITH
THE PUBLIC IN THE FUTURE.
COMMUNICATION PIECE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE USING CLEAR DIRECTIONS
WHEN WE'RE PROVIDING
INFORMATION TO THE CROWD, YOU
KNOW, ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT CAME UP WAS
WE'RE GIVING COMMANDS TO MOVE
BACK
IN THIS SPECIFIC INCIDENT,
IT WASN'T A CLEAR DIRECTION, SO
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE
TRAINING OUR OFFICERS TO GIVE
CLEAR
DIRECTIONS ON WHERE THEY
WANT THEM TO GO, WHAT THEY WANT
THEM TO DO, AND ALSO THEN
PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE
COMMUNITY WHEN IT'S SAFE AND
FEASIBLE
TO DO SO.
REGARDING ARRESTS AND WHY
WE'RE ARRESTING PEOPLE AN
COMMUNICATE MORE WITH THE
COMMUNITY.
TACTICS.
WE, OBVIOUSLY, WANT
TO PRIORITIZE TARGETED ARRESTS
ARRESTS
ANY TYPE OF BAD ACTORS.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT,
BUT WE'RE HONING IN ON FOCUSING
ON
SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE,
YOU KNOW, COMMITTING CRIMES THAT
WE WANT TO FOCUS ON.
WE'RE REVIEWING
DEPARTMENT POLICIES AND TACTICS.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OUR
CROWD MANAGEMENT POLICY TO SEE
IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN
CONTINUE TO UPDATE THAT AS
NEEDED.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE ARE
MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE HAVE
MULTIPLE ARRESTS THOSE ARE ALL
DOCUMENTED
APPROPRIATELY AND
THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE BEING
CHARGED
FOR THAT ACTUAL CRIME
THEY'VE COMMITTED.
AGAIN, WITH OUR TRAINING, WE ARE
TRYING TO UP STAFF OUR
POLICE OPERATION ENGAGEMENT TEAM
AND FORMALIZE THE TRAINING IN
THE CURRICULUM AND UP STAFFING
THAT
UNIT. WE'RE ALSO DOING SOME
COMMANDER TRAINING FOR INCIDENT
COMMAND
SYSTEM FOR OUR
LIEUTENANTS, CAPTAINS AND CHIEFS
TO GET THEM
TRAINED ON ADDITIONAL
INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM
TRAINING.
AND SO WE'RE JUST REALLY
HAPPY TO BE PART OF THIS PROCESS
AND TO WORK IN THE FUTURE -- WE
MAY
HAVE.
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE
TO ACKNOWLEDGE SPD IS, YOU
KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, A
CRITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNER
AND THEY WERE REALLY GENUINE IN
THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THIS
PROCESS AND THEIR DESIRE TO
IMPROVE AND
NOT HAVE A SITUATION LIKE THIS
HAPPEN AGAIN.
I THINK ONE OF THE
OVERARCHING PRINCIPLES THAT WE
ALL
AGREE ON AND WHAT I THINK HAS
EMERGED AS
PERHAPS THE MOST
IMPORTANT DYNAMIC TO MANAGE IN
THESE THINGS IS THE LEGITIMACY
ANDAND
THE PUBLIC IS VIEWING THE
ACTIONS OF POLICE OFFICERS HERE
AT SPD AS LEGITIMATE OR NOT
LEGITIMATE AND SO THAT'S
WHY THAT DISCUSSION OF TACTICS
OF
DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN
PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING
TO CAUSE REAL HARM AND, PERHAPS,
DANGER TO FOLKS VERSUS, YOU
KNOW, THE CROWD IN GENERAL IS SO
CRITICAL AND I THINK THAT BROKE
DOWN HERE.
THERE WASN'T DIFFERENTIATION
AND
THEY DIDN'T FOCUS ON
SERIOUS CRIMES AND WE CAN SEE
THE
DEEV LUTION OF THE ACTIONS
TURNED TO THE CROWD VIEWING SPD
AS NOT
LEGITIMATE AND SO I KNOW
THAT SPD HAS A COMMITMENT TO
MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE
TAKING APPROACHES IN
FACILITATING
CROWDS, KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE
THAT SEEKS TO DIFFERENTIATE,
PEOPLE THERE TO HURT PEOPLE, AND
CAUSE
REAL HARM FROM THOSE OF
OUR COMMUNITY WHO JUST WANT
TO GATHER AND EXPRESS
THEMSELVES.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP.
THANKS TO ALL THE HARD WORK THAT
OIG PUT IN AND I WILL TAKE ANY
QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, IG JUDGE AND
DEPUTY CHIEF
UNDERWOOD. I APPRECIATE THE RUN-
THROUGH
AND THE VARIOUS POINTS MADE.
I WILL QUICKLY GO TO MY
VICE CHIEF AND/OR OTHER
COLLEAGUES WHO JUMPED ON.
COUNCILMEMBER FOR THE
RECORD COUNCILMEMBER LIN HAS
JOINED
US AND I WANTED TO NOTE
THAT
NONCOMMITTEE MEMBERS BUT ALWAYS
WELCOME TO ATTEND
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND FOSTER
ARE ON BOARD
AS
WELL. AND SO VICE CHAIR, ANY
QUESTIONS?
>> YEAH, THANK YOU CHAIR.
FIRST OFF WANT TO THANK OIG, THE
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS,
BUT ESPECIALLY OIG FOR DRIVING
THIS AND DOING THE WORK, TAKING
THE LABORING ORDER TO COMPLETE
THIS IMPORTANT REVIEW AND
SHARING YOUR FINDINGS WITH US
TODAY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
I THINK EVEN IN THE ABSENCE OF
A SENTINEL EVENT REVIEW, ONE
THING THAT WAS IMMEDIATELY CLEAR
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, COUPLE
THINGS,
ONE, THE CITY SHOULD NOT
EVER ENGAGE IN
UNCONSTITUTIONAL VIEWPOINT
DISCRIMINATION
AND SORT OF CHERRY- PICK
WHICH PERSPECTIVES WE CHOOSE TO
PERMIT AND HIGHLIGHT AND ONES
WHICH WE
DON'T.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S A
BEDROCK PRINCIPLE OF OUR
DEMOCRACY, OF COURSE.
THAT SAID, WE ALSO SHOULD
BETTER PLAN AND, YOU KNOW,
FIGURE OUT
BETTER MORE OPTIMAL
SIGHT DECISIONS FOR THESE EVENT,
EVENT OF THIS NATURE SHOULD
NEVER HAVE BEEN HELD AND
HISTORIC CAL
ANDERSON PARK FOR ALL PEOPLE BUT
ESPECIALLY AND INCLUDING OUR GAY
AND TRANS COMMUNITY.
SO THAT WAS AN
IMPORTANT LEARNING NUMBER ONE
FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE.
I NOTED THAT SO LOOKS LIKE THERE
WASN'T ANY REPORTS AVAILABLE ON
SAAR, BUT I DID SCOUR AND
FIND ON OIG'S WEBSITE THE
ACTUAL
REPORT, SO A LOT MORE FULSOME
THAN THE SLIDE DECK SHARED HERE
TODAY, SO I HAVEN'T HAD A
CHANCE
TO THOROUGHLY REVIEW THIS
YET, BUT I DO APPRECIATE ITS
EXISTENCE.
JUST QUICK QUESTION REGARDING SO
LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS --
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT SLIDE,
MAYBE
MY COLLEAGUE WILL
COMMENT ON IT, I DON'T KNOW
WHICH SLIDE IT
IS, BUT THE ONE THAT BEGINS WITH
THE HEADING
RECOMMENDATION, THERE ARE NO
SLIDE NUMBERS BUT THE
ONE TOWARDS THE END THAT BEGINS
WITH THE HEADING RECOMMENDATION.
IT SAYS THAT THERE WERE
24 SUGGESTED RECOMMENDATIONS
AND THE REPORT IT IS THE MAIN
REPORT, UNDERLYING REPORT, IT
REPORTS TO ADD MORE DETAIL
THERE, HIGH LEVEL SO TWO
QUESTIONS, HIGH LEVEL,
WHAT'S THE STATUS OF
IMPLEMENTATION,
EXECUTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF EACH
AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE 24
RECOMMENDATIONS?
I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE BROKEN
UP INTO FOUR CATEGORIES BROADLY,
WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THOSE
IMPLEMENTATIONS?
QUESTION TWO, DO YOU
ANTICIPATE FAITHFULLY AND
RAPIDLY
IMPLEMENTING THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD REQUIRE
ANY NEW LEGISLATION, LEGISLATIVE
CHANGES, OR EVEN POTENTIAL
RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS
OUTSIDE OF THE EXECUTIVES'
PRINCIPLE
POWERS?
>> SO THERE ARE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS IN THAT QUESTION.
I THINK JUST TAKING YOUR
QUESTION ABOUT WHAT'S THE
STATUS OF RECOMMENDATION, WE
WOULD
BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN AND
PUT TOGETHER A QUICK MEMO TO
GIVE YOU ALL, YOU KNOW, A
BREAKDOWN OF WHAT HAS OCCURRED,
WHAT IS
IN PROCESS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
ONE OF THE BENEFITS WE
LEARNED THIS IN 2021 WITH THE --
THOSE PROTESTS SENTINEL EVENTS
IS
HAVING SPD THERE AS A PARTNER,
THEY CAN START MAKING
CHANGES ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AS
WE'RE
TALKING, TALKING THROUGH THESE
DISCUSSIONS.
THEY TAKE THAT INFORMATION BACK
AND SAY, HEY, THIS CAME UP.
THIS WAS A PROBLEM.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO THIS BETTER.
AND SO MANY OF THE LESSONS THAT
WE WERE LEARNING IN THIS I
THINK WERE BEING TAKEN BACK
AND IMPLEMENTED IN REALTIME BY
SPD. IT'S A REAL
BENEFIT [ INAUDIBLE ] SPD TO
ENGAGE IN THIS PROCESS.
HAPPY TO GIVE YOU ALL A
WRITTEN RUNDOWN OF THE STATUS
WHERE WE'RE AT AND I THINK
PROBABLY THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK
AND
SEE IF THERE ARE THINGS
THAT WE COULD BENEFIT FROM
LEGISLATIVELY.
WE COULD INCLUDE THAT IN THE
MEMO.
>> THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I ALSO WANTED TO SAY WE
JUST PUBLISHED -- IF YOU DON'T
WANT
TO READ ALL 81 PAGES OF THE
ORIGINAL REPORT THERE'S
A QR CODE AT THE -- ON THE SLIDE
OF OUR PRESENTATION TODAY, WE
RELEASED A FOUR PAGER THAT IS
A
SUMMARY OF THE REPORT THAT'S
ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.
>> GREAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
COLLEAGUES, ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
FROM MY COLLEAGUES.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
SORRY. CAN YOU HEAR
ME?
>> I CAN.
GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
THANK YOU ALL FOR
THE PRESENTATION TODAY.
AS I BEGIN MY
QUESTIONING, I WANT TO REMIND
THE COMMITTEE AND
THE PUBLIC THAT I WAS
PRESENT AT THE MAYDAY USA RALLY
AND
COUNTER DEMONSTRATION IN CAL
ANDERSON PARK IN MY COMES ATY AS
A CITY
LEADER TO MONITOR THE SITUATION
GIVEN MY CONCERNS ABOUT AN
ANTI- TRANS EVENT BEING
HELD IN THE HIS TORREY
LBGTQLBGTQ IA
NEIGHBORHOOD.
I KNOW WE MET FOR THE FIRST
TIME AT THIS EVENT WHILE I WAS
TRYING TO ENCOURAGE WIND DOWN.
FOR THE RECORD I WITNESSED
THE SECOND STRING OF ARRESTS
AND WHAT I WOULD CHARACTERIZE AS
A
MISUSE OF PEPPER SPRAY AS A LESS
LETHAL WEAPON.
I WAS IMPACTED BY THAT
MISUSE AND MY SYMPTOM FROM
BREATHING
PEPPER SPRAY DID NOT
FULLY SUBSIDE WITH MY CHEST PAIN
LASTING AT LEAST A WEEK.
WITH THAT IN MIND THANK YOU,
CHAIR, FOR ALLOWING MY
PARTICIPATION TODAY.
AND I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
FIRST OF WHICH IS A
QUESTION RELATED TO SEATTLE
POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S TRAINING BUDGET
AS IT RELATES TO SPECIAL EVENTS.
PERHAPS DEPUTY CHIEF
UNDERWOOD YOU MIGHT BE THE BEST
PERSON
TO SPEAK TO
THIS AN INVITE ANYONE TO ANSWER
THE QUESTION.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING SPD
HAS A YEARLY BUDGET FOR
TRAININGS
OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF
REQUIRED ACCREDITATIONS AND
CERTIFICATES IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YES.
AND THERE IS ROOM IN THIS BUDGET
DECLARED AS PRIORITIES BY
THE CHIEF OF POLICE THAT IS
CORRECT?
>>
YES.
>> THANK YOU.
CAN YOU ALL OR AND THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMIT
TO MAKING A TRAINING FOR SPECIAL
EVENTS OR CROWD MANAGEMENT
POLICIES AS A PART OF
REQUIRED TRAININGS FOR SPD
OFFICERS.
>> WE DO HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW,
MA'AM.
WE HAVE CROWD MANAGEMENT
TRAINING GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
>> OKAY.
I BRING THIS UP --
>> THAT IS PART OF THE BUDGET.
>> AT THIS JUNCTURE AND
GIVEN WHAT WE'VE SEEN, I'M
JUST
FINDING IT INEXCUSABLE WE'VE
HAD
MULTIPLE RECENT INCIDENTS OF SPD
HANDLING EVENTS AND INJURING
PEOPLE. THERE IS DAMAGED TRUST,
A LACK
OF LEGITIMACY IN THE EYES OF
COMMUNITY, AND I'M WONDERING
IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE SPD REALLY INCLUDE HISTORY
AND CONTEXT IN SPECIAL EVENT
LOCATIONS IN THEIR
INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS MOVING
FORWARD.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> IS THAT A CHANGECHANGE YOU
MAKE?
>> YEAH.
>> IF I COULD ADD AN ON
SERVATION AS SOMEBODY
WATCHING THESE THINGS UNFOLD
OVER THE
YEARS, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT
WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND I
THINK THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THERE
ARE ISSUES THAT SPD HAS TO
ADDRESS WITH LABOR CONTRACTS AND
BUDGETS AND THINGS, BUT THE FACT
THAT
THEY HAVE A ROTATION OF
COMMANDERS THAT COME IN.
THE CHIEF AND SPD HAS AN OVER
ARCHING PHILOSOPHY IN EVERYTHING
BUT YOU GET PEOPLE ROTATING
THROUGH AS THE
INCIDENT COMMANDER OR THE
OPERATIONS CHIEF WHO DON'T HAVE
THE GROUNDING THAT, YOU KNOW,
SOME PEOPLE WHO HANDLE MORE OF
THESE
DO.
YOU GET INCONSISTENCY IN HOW IN
THE LEADERSHIP OF THESE AND THAT
SHOWS UP IN HOW OFFICERS
HANDLE THESE THINGS.
ONE OF THE THINGS
OR RECOMMENDATION AND ONE OF THE
THINGS I BELIEVE SPD IS
WORKING ON IS HAVING TRAINING
FOR
COMMAND- LEVEL PEOPLE SO THAT
THEY'RE ALL ON THE SAME
PAGE ABOUT OUR ROLES FOR
PROVIDING SAFETY FOR
DIFFERENTIATION, MAINTAINING
LEGITIMACY SO
WE DON'T HAVE THESE KIND OF
VARYING
RESULTS GIVEN WHO HAPPENS TO BE
ASSIGNED A PARTICULAR PROTEST.
>> WHICH IS SOMETHING
THAT WE ARE WORKING ON
CURRENTLY.
>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING
THAT POINT HEARING THAT TRAINING
FOR
COMMAND- LEVEL OFFICERS
IS SOMETHING
THAT WOULD BE A
MEANINGFUL STEP FORWARD. I JUST
REALLY WANT TO SIGNAL
THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR MY
OFFICE AND THE PUBLIC WHO
CONTINUES TO
RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW SPD
IS CONDUCTING THEMSELVES DURING
EVENTS.
I BELIEVE WE SHOULD CONSIDER
A PRO VICE O ON
SPD'S TRAINING BUDGET TO ENSURE
THIS KIND OF
TRAINING IS HAPPENING AND
WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WITHIN
OUR
POWER TO MAKE SURE THESE
FAILURES DON'T HAPPEN AGAIN
AND I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A
COPY
OF NEXT YEAR'S TRAINING
SCHEDULE TO BE SENT TO US AS A
COUNCIL BODY AND CENTRAL STAFF
AS WELL.
MOVING US TO A SEPARATE NOTE, I
KNOW IN THE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR
SLIDE AS A PART OF THE
PRESENTATION, SPD PERCEIVED
MINOR ACTS OF PROPERTY DAMAGE
AS AN INDICATOR OF LIKELY
CRIMINAL -- NECESSITATING
A VISIBLE DEVIATION FROM A
PEACEFUL PROTEST
RESPONSE POSTURE AND IN A
DIFFERENT
SCENARIO, WHAT WOULD A
PEACEFUL PROTEST RESPONSE
POSTURE LOOK
LIKE?
>> ANSWER THAT --
>> SO IT'S -- THIS WORD
DIFFERENTIATION. IT WOULD BE YOU
WOULD HAVE
OFFICERS MAYBE OBSERVE SOMEBODY
HAVE INTELLIGENCE THAT
SOMEBODY HAS A BACKPACK FULL OF
MOLOTOV
COCKTAILS.
THEY MIGHT MONITOR THAT
PERSON THROUGHOUT THE CROWD AND
AT
AN OPPORTUNE TIME WHEN NOT
GETTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
CROWD PULL
THAT PERSON ASIDE, DO SOME
INVESTIGATION. THEY WOULD
COMMUNICATE WITH THE
CROWD.
MAYBE YOU HAVE SOMEBODY IN
THE CROWD SHOVING PEOPLE
OR ASSAULTING SOMEONE.
YOU IDENTIFY THAT PERSON AND
IN A WAY THAT YOU CAN DO IT
SAFELY, YOU TAKE THAT PERSON OUT
OF
THE CROWD AND LET THE CROWD
CONTINUE ON WITH WHAT THEY'RE
DOING.
THAT'S DIFFERENTIATION.
USUALLY IT SHOULD FOCUS
ON THINGS LIKE THAT ASSAULT OR
THE THREAT OF SOMEBODY STARTING
A FIRE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
NOT RELEASING BALLOONS.
I THINK WHAT HAPPENED AND THIS
LEADS INTO THE INCORRECT
ASSUMPTIONS SPD
WAS MAKING ABOUT BLACK BLOC AND
ANTIFA IN THE
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
PANEL WE HAVE REALLY GOOD
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BLACK BLOC,
IT'S NOT A
GROUP.
IT'S NOT A THING.
IT'S A DEFENSIVE TACTIC.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, JUST
MAYBE EDUCATING SPD OPERATING
ON ASSUMPTIONS FROM 20 YEARS AGO
WITH THINGS ABOUT WHAT IT REALLY
MEANS NOW AND, YOU KNOW,
THAT ANTIFA IS WE SHOULD ALL BE
ANTI-FASCISTS.
IT'S NOT THIS THING.
YOU KNOW, IT IS AN INDICATOR
OF VIOLENCE IN AND OF ITSELF.
IN A WAY THIS SHOULD
HAVE HAPPENED IS, YOU KNOW
THEY RELEASED SOME BALLOONS OR
THEY WERE MESSING WITH THE
BUBBLE
MACHINE. YOU MAYBE KEEP AN EYE
ON
THOSE GUYS AND AT SOME POINT
LATER
ON WHEN THEY'RE OUT NOT IN
THE CROWD YOU CONTACT THEM, DO
WHATEVER IS APPROPRIATE.
NOT CHASE THEM THROUGH THE
CROWD.
SO THAT'S WHERE IT WENT WRONG.
>> APPRECIATE THAT.
I THINK THIS KIND OF LEADS
INTO MY NEXT QUESTION THE
ACTIVITIES YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT.
THE SPD MANUAL DEFIANCE
LOW PROFILE TACTICS AS
STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES THAT
MINIMIZE VISIBLE POLICE
PRESENCE.
HOW IS SPD TRAINING
OFFICERS ON THE USE OF THESE LOW
PROFILE TACTICS AND GIVE US
ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES.
I THINK WHAT YOU WERE SPEAKING
TO -- AND HOW OFFICERS ARE
TRAINED ON THESE TACTICS
CURRENTLY.
>> WE ALWAYS HAVE CROWD
MANAGEMENT CONTROL
TACTICS TRAINING WE'RE DOING
CURRENTLY IN
THE DEPARTMENT. WE ALSO HAVE
DEESCALATION
TRAINING THAT WE'RE, YOU
KNOW, WE'RE DOING ON THE
ROUTINE
BASIS.
WHEN WE'RE MONITORING
CROWDS, THE PREFERENCE IS TO
ALWAYS JUST
KIND OF TAKE A HANDS
OFF APPROACH UNTIL WE NEED TO
STEP
IN AND DO SOMETHING.
KIND OF LIKE INSPECTOR JUDGE WAS
DESCRIBING
THERE. WE WANT TO MONITOR THE
CROWD.
IF EVERYTHING IS
GOING PEACEFULLY OUR GOAL IS TO
STAND
OFF AND LET THE PEACEFUL
PROTEST CONTINUE ON.
IF WE DO SEE A BAD ACTOR IN THE
CROWD, THE GOAL IS, OBVIOUSLY,
TO TARGET THAT PERSON WHEN
IT'S SAFE AND FEASIBLE TO DO SO
AND THEN EXTRACT THEM FROM A
CROWD.
SO THAT THE REST OF THE
PROTEST CAN
CONTINUE.
>>
YEAH. I WILL ADD THAT WHAT WE
KNOW ABOUT CROWDS THEY
ALSO TEND TO BE SELF-REGULATING.
IF THE POLICE ARE STANDING OFF
SORT OF KEEPING AN EYE, MAKING
SURE, YOU KNOW, GENERAL
SAFETY IS HAPPENING, IF PEOPLE
ARE ACTING UP IN A CROWD,
OTHER CROWD MEMBERS DON'T WANT
THEIR EVENT DISRUPTED EITHER.
OFTEN, YOU KNOW, OTHER
CROWD MEMBERS WILL ENGAGE IN
SELF-REGULATION OF THAT KIND OF
BEHAVIOR.
SOME GROUPS THAT ORGANIZE HAVE
PEACEKEEPERS THAT WILL
SERVE THAT FUNCTION SO THERE'S
NO NEED
FOR ANY POLICE
INTERVENTION.
>> AND IF WE FIND
SOMETHING STARTING TO GO AWRY WE
ALWAYS USE OUR POET TEAM TO KIND
OF
GO IN OF COURSE TALK TO THE
ORGANIZER, WE'RE HAVING
A PROBLEM WITH THINGS CAN
YOU MITIGATE THAT.
WE TRY TO WORK WITH THE
ORGANIZERS TO KEEP THE PROTESTS
OR DEMONSTRATION AS SAFE AS
POSSIBLE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE.
SHERIFF I HAVE ONE FINAL BIT
OF QUESTIONING IF THAT'S ALL
RIGHT WITH YOU.
>> YES, PLEASE, GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
FINAL TOPIC FOR TODAY
MY UNDERSTANDING ACCORDING TO
SPD POLICY AT BRIEFING, SHE
IS REQUIRED TO BE COMPLETED AND
FORWARDED TO SPDSPD
STAFF, SO KIND OF A CHUNK OF
QUESTIONS
ON THIS WHO HOLDS THE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MATERIAL
IN THE BRIEFING SHEET
OR INCIDENT ACTION PLAN?
DOES SPD COMMAND STAFF
RECEIVE TRAININGS ON HOW THESE
DOCUMENTS COULD PREVENT -- AND
ARE
SPD COMMAND STAFF REQUIRED TO
MEET WITH COMMUNITY DIRECTLY AS
A PART OF THE INCIDENT ACTION
PLAN PROCESS OR IS IT JUST THE
COMMUNITY
LIAISON?
>> SO THAT'S A MULTIFACETED
QUESTION.
YES, WE ALWAYS HAVE AN
INCIDENT ACTION PLAN FOR EVERY
EVENT
THAT WE HAVE.
THOSE ARE HOUSED IN OUR
SPECIAL OPERATIONS CENTER.
THEY'RE DISTRIBUTED, GONE
OVER AT OUR ROLL CALL BRIEFINGS
AT EVERY EVENT BRIEFING WE HAVE.
THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE HOUSED
AND
WHAT WE DO WITH THEM.
ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS
WAS TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT ANY
SPECIFIC EVENTS WHERE
THERE'S COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND
THAT IS
PART OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS
THAT WE'LL BE
IMPLEMENTING.
>> IF I COULD ADD ONE OF
THE BREAKDOWNS HERE IN ENGAGING
WITH THE COMMUNITIES
IMPACTED BEFORE THE EVENT IS
THERE WAS VERY
LITTLE, IF ANY,
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN POLICE AND
THE
QUEER COMMUNITY HERE AND ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT SPD HAS STARTED
DOING OUT OF THIS PROCESS
IS MAKING CONNECTIONS,
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND
BUILDING
A FEEDBACK LOOP THAT YOU CAN
RELY ON IN ADVANCE OF THESE
KINDS
OF EVENTS TALK WITH PEOPLE
ANDAND TALK
ABOUT THE CONCERNS OF THE
COMMUNITY, TALK ABOUT
THE APPROACHES THE POLICE ARE
GOING
TO HAVE AND WHAT NOT BEFOREHAND.
THERE WAS NO COMMUNICATION.
SO THAT WAS NOT THE
PROBLEM.
>> WE ALSO TRY TO USE OUR
POET TEAM TO REACH OUT TO THE
ORGANIZERS IN ADVANCE OF THE
EVENTS TO KIND OF GAUGE IF
THERE'S GOING TO BE PROBLEMS,
SET TONE, ESTABLISH GROUND
RULES RIGHT AWAY.
IN THIS CASE ONE OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE
GOING TO TRY TO IMPLEMENT IS
ALSO
NOT ONLY ENGAGING WITH THE
ORGANIZERS, WHICH
IS SOMETHING THAT WE CURRENTLY
DO, BUT ALSO
ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY
PRIOR TO THE EVENT.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR.
I APPRECIATE IT.
AS SOMEBODY NOT A MEMBER OF THE
COMMITTEE I APPRECIATE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS
OF OUR PANELISTS TODAY
AND THANK YOU DEPUTY CHIEF AND
INSPECTOR JUDGE AND BOTH OF YOUR
TEAMS
FOR BEING HERE.
I WANT TO START OFF WITH
A QUESTION JUST ABOUT THE
REPORT AND ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT REALLY STUCK OUT TO ME WAS
THAT
THERE ARE I BELIEVE AT
LEAST SEVEN INSTANCES IN THE
REPORT
WHERE IT STATES
PANELISTS IDENTIFIED SIMILAR
RECOMMENDATIONS IN
PREVIOUS SENTINEL EVENT REVIEWS.
THOSE BEING WAVE ONE OR TWO FROM
2020.
AND, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S PARTICULARLY CONCERNING
TO
ME BECAUSE THESE ARE
RECOMMENDATIONS, OBVIOUSLY, THAT
HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED
NOW, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS IN THE
PAST
OF WHEN THE EVENT OCCURRED
THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY.
I'D LOVE IT HEAR, YOU KNOW,
WHAT WE'RE DOING TO MAKE SURE
THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GOING
TO BE
IMPLEMENTED.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT
SEEING IN A FUTURE SENTINEL
EVENT REVIEW A REFERENCE TO
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE
PREVIOUSLY.
>> YEAH.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ADDRESS THIS PARTICULAR
QUESTION.
SOME OF THOSE THINGS WERE
LAPSES IN COMMUNICATION.
I THINK IN MOST SENTINEL REVIEWS
IF I WAS GOING TO, YOU
KNOW, LOOK INTO THE FUTURE OR
PREDICT, WE'RE PROBABLY --
THERE'S
GOING TO BE SOME
COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN THAT'S
PART OF A
CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO
A NEGATIVE EVENT.
SOME OF THE THINGS WE IDENTIFIED
WERE SIMPLY JUST MISPERCEPTIONS
OF THE POLICE ABOUT WHAT WAS
HAPPENING, NOT USING
A DIFFERENTIATED APPROACH IN
THIS PARTICULAR CASE, SO WHILE
THEY
ARE THINGS THAT WERE
SIMILARITIES, I THINK SPD
HAS, YOU KNOW, WORK HARD SINCE
2020 IN THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS
FROM THE PROTESTS SENTINEL
REVIEWS
TO CHANGE THEIR TACTICS, TO
CHANGE THEIR TRAININGS, TO
CHANGE
THEIR APPROACHES TO HOW THESE
ARE
MANAGED.
YOU KNOW, THIS ONE, THEY
DIDN'T DIFFERENTIATE WITH
FOLKS.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE A
COMMUNICATION
LOOP WITH THAT COMMUNITY.
HE LOST LEGITIMACY BY COMING IN
AND, YOU KNOW, MAKING
ARRESTS IN THE CROWD FOR LOW-
LEVEL VIOLATIONS WITHOUT
COMMUNICATING WITH THE CROWD
THAT THEY
WERE DOING SO.
THEY WERE VERY SIMILAR --
THAT LOSS OF LEGITIMACY IT'S A
DYNAMIC THAT MAY RECUR
AGAIN, AND IT'S NOT THAT SPD
DIDN'T IMPLEMENT
RECOMMENDATIONS.
THEY DID.
I THINK WE ISSUED CLOSE TO 160
RECOMMENDATIONS SPD IMPLEMENTED
MOST OF THEM.
AND SO I THINK WE'RE STARTING
FROM A GOOD BASE WHERE
THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE
IMPLEMENTED, BUT THEY ISN'T
USE ALL OF THE LESSONS LEARNED
IN
A WAY THAT COULD HAVE PREVENTED
THIS IN THE CAL ANDERSON
PROTESTS.
YES, THEY WERE IDENTIFIED.
I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE
COMMON THEMES WHEN THINGS
GO WRONG BETWEEN THE POLICE AND
THE COMMITTEE OF COMMUNICATION,
OF
MAKING ASSUMPTIONS THAT
DON'T BEAR OUT, THINGS LIKE
THAT.
IT'S NOT THAT SPD JUST DIDN'T
[ INAUDIBLE ]
RECOMMENDATIONS PREVIOUSLY AND
NOW [ INAUDIBLE ]
DOING IT HERE, BUT I THINK IT IS
GOING TO BE A CONTINUOUS
PROCESS OF MAKING SURE THESE
KINDS
OF THINGS ARE BAKED IN TO HOW
THEY PLAN FOR
INCIDENTS AND HOW THEY RESPOND.
>> AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT
ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, BUT --
>> I THINK SO.
I MEAN, I APPRECIATE THE
RESPONSE.
I APPRECIATE AGAIN THE
REFERENCE TO THE NUMBER OF
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE
IN 2020.
AND I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING
IS,
YOU KNOW, MANY OF
THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE
IMPLEMENTED, BUT THEY WERE NOT
IMPLEMENTED THAT DAY OR
THAT'S SORT OF MY TAKEAWAY WHEN
YOU HEAR YOU SAY THE LAPSE IN
COMMUNICATION.
>> WELL, HERE THERE WASN'T
A COMMUNICATION LOOP BETWEEN
THE POLICE AND THE QUEER
COMMUNITY.
THERE WERE CONCERNS,
THINGS GOING ON THAT PEOPLE IN
THE
LBGTQ IA COMMUNITY HAD
CONCERNS LIKE [ INAUDIBLE ] BUT
THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN OUTLET TO
SHARE THOSE THINGS WITH SPD
BECAUSE
OF A LACK OF TRUST AND
COMMUNICATION.
SPD WAS KIND OF RELYING ON
OPEN SOURCE DATA FOR
INTELLIGENCE, RATHER THAN
TALKING TO
PEOPLE ON THE GROUND IN THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT COMMUNITY
TO GET
BETTER INTELLIGENCE.
SO PART OF IT IS GOING FROM
A POSTURE OF NO TRUST AND NO
RELATIONSHIP, BETWEEN SPD AND
THE QUEER, TO BUILDING
THOSE RELATIONSHIPS SO THAT
FEEDBACK
LOOP STARTS BEING CREATED.
>> THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT
WE ARE WORKING ON.
WE WANT TO GET OUT IN THE
COMMUNITY.
WE ARE ACTIVELY DOING THAT.
WE WANT TO REBUILD THAT
TRUST AND HAVE
THAT LEGITIMACY IN THE
COMMUNITY. WE ARE WORKING
TOWARDS THAT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
TURN TO ANOTHER QUESTION.
I KNOW THAT THE PANEL, BECAUSE
OF THE BREACH IN
CONFIDENTIALITY, DID NOT HAVE
THE COMMUNITY TO REVIEW THE, AS
IT'S FRAMED IN THE REPORT
OR DESCRIBED THE CONTINUED
PROTEST POSTURE OF SPD AND I
WONDER
IF WE CAN JUST HEAR MORE IF
THERE'S BEEN SORT OF AN
INTERNAL LOOK
OR AN INTERNAL REVIEW OF
THAT CONTINUED PROTEST POSTURE?
I THINK YOU SPOKE ABOUT
THAT BRIEFLY IN THE SLIDE DECK
AT THE
BEGINNING. AND JUST WHAT THAT --
WHAT
WE MAY HAVE LEARNED FROM
ANY ADDITIONAL RESEARCH THERE
THAT
DID NOT HAPPEN THROUGH THE
SER PROCESS GIVEN THE BREACH
DIDN'T ALLOW YOU TO GET TO THAT
FINAL
STAGE.
>> AS CHRISTINE MENTIONED
WE HAVE WORKED SINCE 2020
WITH PROFESSOR CLIFFORD STOUT
WHO IS
PROBABLY IF NOT THE
MOST ONE OF THE MOST RENOWNED
CROWD
PSYCHOLOGY EXPERTS IN THE WORLD
AND SO PROFESSOR STOT
WORKED WITH MY STAFF TO DO AN
ANALYSIS AND BREAKDOWN OF WHAT
WE
THINK THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
WERE
MAINTAINING KIND OF LIKE A HARD
POSTURE OF -- WELL PAST
THE EVENT WHEN THEY COULD HAVE
JUST LIKE TAKEN IT DOWN -- THIS
IS
GOING TO BE A QUESTION FOR
YOU, BUT WE DID DO AN ANALYSIS
OF IT.
IT DIDN'T HAVE THE INFUSION
OF THE PANELISTS' THOUGHTS
AND EXPERIENCES WHO WERE THERE.
CERTAINLY CPC DID A NUMBER OF
EVENTS OF PERSPECTIVE
GATHERINGS, SO WE HAD COMMUNITY
THOUGHTS ABOUT THOSE THINGS AND
EXPERIENCES, BUT IT JUST
WASN'T AN ACTIVE DISCUSSION WE
GOT TO HAVE WITH THE PANELISTS
FOR
THAT LAST
EVENT.
>> YEAH.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT TO
HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND TAKE
CARE OF THE COMMUNITY
PERSPECTIVE ON
THAT, BUT WE DIDN'T GET THAT
OPPORTUNITY. ONE OF THE THINGS
WE
TALKED ABOUT IS WHETHER WE
SHOULD
HAVE BEEN HOLDING THE LINE OR
NOT
AND WHETHER WE SHOULD
HAVE, YOU KNOW, COME BACK OUT,
YOU
KNOW, FROM THE PARK A LITTLE BIT
AND GIVE THEM THEIR SPACE.
YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT
OF THINGS THAT WE COULD HAVE
DONE
DIFFERENTLY.
YOU KNOW, I WAS THERE AT THE
EVENT, TOO, TRYING TO GET
PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET
OUR OFFICERS OFF THE LEAN, GET
THEM OUT OF THE WAY SOONER,
LESS OFFICERS THERE.
WE DID CALL FOR MUTUAL AID.
TRYING TO GET THEM -- THERE
WERE AREAS THAT WE COULD HAVE
IMPROVED ON.
AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE
THINGS, WE LOOK AT HOW --
WHAT DO WE DO, HOW DO WE DEBRIEF
IT AND WHAT CAN WE IMPROVE ON
IN THE FUTURE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE CASES LIKE I
SAID IT WASN'T OUR BEST WORK.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HUNDREDS AND
HUNDREDS OF PROTESTS
WHERE EVERYTHING GOES EXTREMELY
WELL.
WE DO EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE
TRAINED.
WE DO ALL OF THE THINGS
WE'VE LEARNED FROM 2020.
AND IN THIS PARTICULAR EVENT,
IT JUST DIDN'T GO RIGHT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T
MEAN
WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO GROW
AND LEARN FROM IT.
I ALSO WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE OTHER
PROTESTS
THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO EVERYTHING
EXACTLY
RIGHT.
TEXTBOOK.
AND THE OFFICERS DO EXACTLY WHAT
THEY'RE TRAINED TO DO.
IN
THIS CASE IT JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN
THAT WAY, AND SO WE
HAVE TO GO BACK AND GO WHY DID
IT
NOT GO WELL, WHY DID THEY NOT
FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES THEY
FOLLOW AND HOW CAN WE IMPROVE
THAT MOVING
FORWARD.
THAT IS WHAT THIS PROCESS WAS
DESIGNED TO DO.
>> YEAH.
I WILL ADD ONE OF THE LESSONS
WE LEARNED IN 2020 ONCE YOU
GET INTO A LINE AND YOU'RE
FACING
OFF WITH PEOPLE, IT'S
REALLY HARD TO MOVE AWAY FROM
THAT.
I THINK ONE OF THE
SITUATIONS THEY GOT INTO HERE IS
THEY
GOT INTO THAT FIXED LINE WHERE
THEN YOU HAVE TO START DECIDING
HOW DO WE RETREAT, WHEN DO WE
RETREAT AND, YOU KNOW, ONCE
YOU GET THERE, FACE OFF WITH
SOMEBODY, IT JUST CREATES
A DYNAMIC THAT'S SO HARD TO --
NOT SO HARD BUT IS HARDER TO
EXTRACT YOURSELF FROM.
I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT SPD DOES A GOOD JOB
OF AVOIDING GENERALLY AND THEY
FELL INTO THAT TRAP OF CREATING
A LINE AND FACING OFF AND
CREATING
AN ADVERSARIAL POSTURE
WITH COMMUNITY AND SO THEN
THEY
STAYED OUT THERE, YOU KNOW,
LONGER THAN THEY NEEDED TO.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
CHAIR IF I MAY ONE MORE
QUESTION, YOU KNOW, I WANT
TO ASK JUST IN TERMS OF THE
REPORT, ONE OF THE THINGS I
GUESS
I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IS THE
APPROACH AND I -- YOU KNOW,
OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S BEEN A LOT
OF REPORTING
ABOUT SPECIFIC LANGUAGE USED BY
OFFICERS THAT DAY AND
IN PARTICULAR WE'RE GOING IN
THERE GUNS BLAZING AND I KNOW
THAT IN THIS REPORT, WE DON'T
REFERENCE
THAT SPECIFIC LANGUAGE, AND
I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE PROCESS
AND DECISION MAKING ON THAT.
I KNOW WE HEAR COMMENTS
AND QUESTIONS AROUND THAT AND
THE ROLE THAT THAT PLAYED THAT
DAY FOR OFFICERS, AND I'M
CURIOUS WHY WE DON'T, YOU KNOW,
NAME THAT SPECIFICALLY?
>> YEAH.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT --
THAT NECESSARILY PLAYED A ROLE
AS
LARGE A ROLE AS IS ASSUMED.
THAT STATEMENT CAME OUT WHEN
THEY WERE HOURS IN TO THIS
AND ALREADY MADE A NUMBER OF
ARRESTS, NUMBER OF CASES OF
FORCE.
THAT WASN'T JUST THE
PHILOSOPHY OF SPD GOING IN THAT
DAY.
THAT WAS AFTER -- THAT
WAS KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OR
TOWARD THE
END OF THE DAY.
YOU KNOW, WE IN THIS PROCESS
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOT
ATTRIBUTE PARTICULAR STATEMENTS
TO
ANYBODY SO THAT IF WE EP COURAGE
PARTICIPANTS, AND OFFICERS TO
BE AS CANDID AS THEY CAN BE
AND FRANK ABOUT THINGS AND, YOU
KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A
FULL DISCUSSION WITHOUT
CENSORING YOURSELF BECAUSE
YOU'RE WORRIED
ABOUT BEING QUOTED.
IT IS AN ESTABLISHED PROCESS
OF A SENTINEL
REVIEW YOU DON'T ATTRIBUTE
QUOTES TO PARTICULAR
PEOPLE.
THE BODY WORN CAMERA IS
OUT THERE AND I BELIEVE RELEASED
BY
OIG.
THE INFORMATION IS THERE.
WE WERE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT.
BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT THE
PANEL, YOU KNOW, THAT IT WAS A
FOCUS OF THE PANEL.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER
AND THANK YOU OIG JUDGE AND IG
JUDGE AND DEPUTY CHIEF
UNDERWOOD.
APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS
FROM COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND
FOSTER AND ALSO THE QUESTIONS
AND STATEMENTS FROM MY VICE
CHAIR.
I DO WANT TO SAY IF
SOMEBODY COMES TO THE CITY
SPECIFICALLY REQUESTING A
CERTAIN
LOCATION, FIRST AMENDMENT PLAYS
IN, BUT
AS WE KNOW WITH THIS CASE, THEY
HAD GONE IN FOR PIKE PLACE AND
THEN THEY HAD AN OPEN-ENDED
QUESTION REGARDING WHERE TO GO
TO NEXT
AND, YES, THE
EXECUTIVE COULD HAVE MADE BETTER
CHOICES ON
THAT.
I SPOKE TO THE EXECUTIVE AT
THE TIME REGARDING LAKE UNION
PARK AND THE FOLLOW- UP WAS AT
GAS
WORKS PARK.
SO MANY PARKS COULD FIT THE BILL
AND SUPPORT THE RIGHT TO
PROTEST IN ORDER TO DEMONSTRATE
WITHOUT INCLUDING CAL ANDERSON.
AND SO THERE'S A SEPARATE
LESSON LEARNED IN ITSELF.
AND IT KIND OF GOES TO
THE COMMUNICATIONS PIECE WHICH
MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING IN
TERMS OF NOTIFYING THE
VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF GOVERNMENT
ON
THE EXECUTIVE SIDE PARTICULARLY.
JUST QUICKLY I JUST WANT TO
SAY TRAINING TRAINING TRAINING.
SO KEY.
I LOVE THE FACT BEFORE THE
BADGE IS BEING INCLUDED HERE.
START AT THE BEGINNING.
AND THE ANNUAL IS SO IMPORTANT.
YOU CANNOT DO IT ONCE.
IT'S GOT TO BE A CONTINUE --
AS DEPUTY CHIEF UNDERWOOD
KNOWS, IMPORTANT TO SAY IT OUT
LOUD, TRAINING IS SO IMPORTANT.
IT'S ABOUT ENSURE THAT
THE OFFICERS ON THE LINE KNOW
AND
HAVE BEEN PRACTICED AND TRAINED
ON THAT. ALSO THE LEADERSHIP
PIECE SO
IMPORTANT.
YOU GO, YOU KNOW, CREATING
A LINE AS I.G. JUDGE SAID
WHEN TO DO THINGS NOT TO DO
THINGS,
VERY IMPORTANT.
I WILL SAY ONE FACTOR
THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE COULD PLAY
A BETTERBETTER
ROLE, I DON'T KNOW, CONSIDER
NO NEED TO ANSWER BECAUSE WE
ARE, YOU KNOW, NEED TO MOVE
FORWARD, IS THE POET COULD THE
POET EFFORT PLAY A BETTER ROLE
IN
THIS. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER
TO THAT.
I JUST SAY THAT OUT LOUD.
ALSO MORE SEPARATELY,
TRAINING TRAINING TRAINING IS
OUTREACH
OUTREACH OUTREACH AND THAT
NEEDS TO HAVE SUPPORT FROM THE
UPPER ECHELONS OF THE DEPARTMENT
AND CITY GOVERNMENT TO INCLUDE
US
AS A CITY COUNCIL, PARTICULARLY
AT
THE COMMUNITY, AND I JUST ASK
ONE THING IS, IS, YOU
KNOW, COULD OPA'S MEDIATION
PROGRAM WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON
OPA'S MEDIATION PROGRAM
OR TALKING ABOUT IT.
COULD THIS AS A CASE
STUDY COULD BE LIKE A SPECIAL
CASE WHERE WE
MAY BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW,
USE THE OPA'S MEDIATION PROGRAM
TO SOME EFFECT.
JUST IN TERMS OF
THAT CONNECTIONS AND SO
FORTH, I THINK IT WOULD BE
VALUABLE.
AGAIN, NO NEED TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS. BOTTOM LINE WE NEED
TO GO
THROUGH ALL THESE THINGS.
WE HAVE THE WORLD CUP COMING
UP AND AS NOTED BY A.G.
JUDGE, ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS
LAST
YEAR, PRIDE MONTH IS COMING UP,
PRIDE WEEKEND COMING UP
AND WE HAVE TWO COUNTRIES WHOSE
FOOTBALL ASSOCIATIONS HAVE
MADE QUITE CLEAR THEIR VIEWSON
LBGTQ PLUS AND THE
QUEER COMMUNITY IN GENERAL.
I WAS GOING TO MOVE TO THE THREE
BEEFINGS BACK TO BACK.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA YOUR
HAND HAS COME UP.
I WAS LOOKING
TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM.
>> COULD I MAKE A QUICK POINT,
CHAIR, WHICH IS ACTUALLY
UPSTREAM, UNRELATED TO
THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION IN
TERMS
OF OUR ACCOUNTABILITY
PARTNERS, WHEN PERMITS ARE BEING
GIVEN
BY THE SPECIAL EVENTS OFFICE,
MOST
CITY DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED IN
THE PERMITTING PROCESS ARE
REPRESENTED ON THE
SPECIAL EVENTS OFFICE AND I
THINK
THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A REVIEW
OF
THE SPECIAL EVENTS OFFICE
THAT PARTICIPATES IN GIVING THE
PERMITS.
THE RIGHT PEOPLE NEED TO
BE PART OF THAT PROCESS AND THAT
CAN ALSO HELP ENSURE THAT THINGS
GO IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND
SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO LOOK
AND THE EXECUTIVE NEEDS TO LOOK
AT THAT SPECIAL EVENTS OFFICE TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE
THE RIGHT -- FROM CITY
DEPARTMENTS PARTICIPATING
IN THAT. JUST --
>> I AGREE.
YES.
THANK YOU.
YES.
THE SPECIAL EVENTS OFFICE --
>> ON TOP OF EVERYTHING
WE TALKED ABOUT CHAIR.
THANK YOU.
>> THE SPECIAL EVENTS
OFFICE NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO
DISCERN
JUST LIKE SPD AND IF EVERYBODY
HAS THAT KIND OF NUANCE
AND UNDERSTANDING TO A LARGER
LEVEL THEN WE COULD MAYBE AVOID
ISSUES.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
WE HAVE OUR SECOND PART OF
THE ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS
ANNUAL
UPDATE.
CAN WE FLOW INTO THAT?
COLLEAGUES, I RECOGNIZE IT'S
LATE.
BUT IF WE CAN HAVE THE
THREE BRIEFINGS DONE BACK TO
BACK I THINK THAT WOULD BE
BENEFICIAL FROM A TIMING
PERSPECTIVE.
>> CHAIR KETTLE, MAY I MAKE ONE
COMMENT?
>> YES.
>> CAN'T SEE WHO'S DOING IT.
>> AN EARLY QUESTION
FROM COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ABOUT
RESOURCES.
I MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE A
RELATIONSHIP WITH PROFESSOR
STOT SINCE 2020.
THAT IS A CRITICAL BUDGET
PIECE THAT I KNOW THE CITY IS
FACING
A LOT OF BUDGET [ INAUDIBLE ]
RIGHT NOW BUT THE ABILITY TO
HAVE AN EXPERT TO HELP US
ANALYZE AND MAKE THESE KINDS
OF INCIDENTS DOWN AND MAKE SURE
THAT WE'RE ON THE LEADING
EDGE OF CROWD MANAGEMENT I THINK
IS
IMPORTANT SO ANY BUDGETARY
SUPPORT FOR OIG AND
SPD WITH REGARD TO CROWD
MANAGEMENT
AND
EXPERTISE WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
THANK YOU.
VERY GOOD POINT.
YES.
CLERK, LET'S ROLL INTO
OUR NEXT -- I WOULD LIKE TO DO
THESE PRESENTATIONS BACK TO
BACK.
BECAUSE WE ARE, OBVIOUSLY, LATE.
CLERK.
SHOULD WE START WITH OIG OR MIX
IT
UP?
HOWEVER YOU HAVE IT LINED UP
WE'LL GO THAT WAY.
OKAY.
ARE THEY DOING IT FROM SAM
SMITH OR --
>> WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT THE PRESENTATION.
IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO
START WITH
ANOTHER AGENCY. WE'RE TRYING TO
GET OURS
SITUATED HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT WHERE
EVERYBODY ALL THE OTHER
COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE.
BECAUSE
WE'RE REMOTE AND THEY'RE NOT
IN THE SAME ROOM.
>> OKAY.
I SEE DIRECTOR GLENN JUST POPPED
UP.
JOINED US.
>> YOU MIGHT WANT TO FOCUS
ON
YOUR BACK LIGHTING BECAUSE WE
CAN'T SEE YOU.
I THINK MAYBE SHUT THE
BLIND BEHIND YOU.
CAN'T SEE.
YEAH.
IT'S -- THERE'S A GLARE SO BAD
YOU CAN'T SEE YOUR FACE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME
NOW?
>>
UH-HUH.
>> GOOD.
>> GREAT NOW.
PERFECT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE ABOUT THE
NOON HOUR BUT GOOD MORNING TO
CHAIR
KETTLE, VICE CHAIR SAKA,
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THE
PUBLIC.
HERE TODAY REGARDING OUR
MID-YEAR REPORT.
AND, ALSO, I HAVE WITH ME
MY DEPUTY AND GENERAL
COUNCIL NELSON LEE FOR OUR
PRESENTATION.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WITH STAFF
ARE YOU PUTTING UP THE
POWER POINT FOR US?
OR DO WE NEED TO DO
THAT? THANK YOU.
OKAY. JUST WANTED TO MAKE
SURE.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
YOU CAN MAKE THAT.
FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE
TO STATE ON THE RECORD ON BEHALF
OF
OPA IN LISTENING TO
THE CONVERSATION BEING THERE
TODAY THAT WE APPRECIATE THE
SENTINEL REVIEW PROCESS AND THE
IMPORTANCE AND VALUE OF IT
AND NEXT STEPS OPA IS
LOOKING FORWARD FOR FURTHER
DISCUSSIONS
WITH THE ACCOUNTABILITY
PARTNERS AS WELL AS WAYS TO LOOK
AT
THIS INCIDENT AND LEARN FROM IT
AND ALSO IN ADDITION TO THAT,
IDEAS AND STRENGTHEN DIFFERENT
WAYS SO I DID WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT
AND WORK WITH RESPECT TO THAT.
AND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT.
FOR EVEN IN THE FUTURE.
WITH THAT SAID FOR OUR MID-
YEAR,
I'LL
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
AND PRETTY MUCH I THINK
MOST PEOPLE KNOW BUT ALSO FOR
THE PUBLIC I US THIS SLIDE JUST
TO MAKE SURE WHAT OUR MISSION
IS.
THE MISSION IS TO ENSURE
SPD EMPLOYEE ACTIONS COMPLY WITH
THE
LAW AND POLICY BY CONDUCTING
THOROUGH, OBJECTIVE AND TIMELY
INVESTIGATIONS,
RECOMMENDING IMPROVEMENTS TO
POLICIES AND
TRAINING, AND ENGAGING IN
COLLABORATIVE ISSUES THAT
PROMOTE SYSTEMIC ADVANCEMENTS.
EMPLOYEES INCLUDE SWORN AND
NONSWORN FOR SPD EMPLOYEES.
ALSO TO SAFEGUARD
A CULTURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
WITHIN SPD.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR ROLES
AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND,
AGAIN, FOR THE PUBLIC, AS AN
EXAMPLE, WE
JUST WERE OUT THIS WEEKEND ON
SATURDAY AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION AND SPD WAS
THERE WITH US, AND OTHERS AND
COUNCIL
STAFF AS WELL.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET OUT
AS ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS.
ALL THREE OF US BELIEVE IN THAT
AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE OUT THERE WITH REGARDS TO
OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
TO BETTER EDUCATE AND ALSO TO
HELP BUILD COMMUNITY TRUST AND
PEOPLE
KNOW MORE ABOUT OUR PROCESS
AND OUR DIFFERENT ROLES IN THAT
PROCESS.
BUT OUR ROLES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES GENERALLY
ARE PROCESS POLICE MISCONDUCT
COMPLAINTS, ENHANCE
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY CULTURE,
EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT OPA
AND
ALSO MAKING POLICY AND
MANAGEMENT ACTION
RECOMMENDATIONS.
ABOUT OUR STRUCTURE WE'RE ONE OF
THE FEW IN THE UNITED
STATES THAT IS A HYBRID
STRUCTURE.
WHICH MEANS THAT IT'S A
CIVILIAN- LED ORGANIZATION TO
THE DEPARTMENT WITH THAT SAID IT
ALSO HAS SWORN WHO ACTUALLY
WORK FOR US AS WELL AS CIVILIAN
VERTERS.
FULLY STAFFED WE HAVE
NINE INVESTIGATORS AND FOUR
CIVILIAN
INVESTIGATORS. YOU MAY HAVE
RECALLED IN
THE LASTS AGREEMENT WE ACTUALLY
TWO CIVILIAN INVESTIGATORS.
WHEN I STARTED THERE WAS
NINE SWORN AND TWO CIVILIAN AND
WE NOW HAVE FOUR CIVILIAN IN
ADDITION TO THAT.
THEY'RE ABLE TO HELP IN ACTIONS
AND WORKING WITH THOSE.
WHEN WE'RE FULLY STAFFED WE
HAVE 31 TOTAL STAFF AND THE
OTHER PART FOR EDUCATION WITHIN
THE
COMMUNITY IS THAT WE'RE
INDEPENDENT.
WE'RE PHYSICALLY AND
OPERATIONALLY SEPARATE FROM SPD.
HOWEVER WE ARE CONNECTED
WITHIN SPD IN ORDER TO GET DATA
IN
REAL
TIME. THAT'S ONE OF THE
ADVANTAGES OF
THAT.
I JUST CAME BACK FROM THE FBI
PROGRAM AND WE HAD TO
TRAIN PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE
COUNTRY AND WE'RE RARE WE GET
THINGS
IN
REALTIME WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE AND
THAT'S A BENEFIT OF THAT
PROCESS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> WITH REGARDS TO
BUDGET, YOU CAN SEE FROM '24 TO
'25 TO
'26, FEW HIGHLIGHTS JUST GIVEN
OUR
TIME, BUT
AND ALSO IN 2025.
AND SO, THAT'S PART OF THE
OVERSEEN
BY MR. LEASE, WITH REGARD TO
THAT
BODY
OF WORK. AND
YOU MAY SEE A DIFFERENCE IN THE
FUNDING A LITTLE BIT AS
WELL.
THAT TYPE OF THING.
ALSO, IN 2025, I'LL JUST GO
DOWN
THE LIST.
YOU CAN SEE THE MAJORITY OF
OUR BUDGET IS REALLY PERSONNEL.
AND YOU CAN SEE
THAT OUR LEASE -- WE ACTUALLY
MOVED, IF
YOU DID NOT KNOW, WHEN YOU
SAW IN 2024, WE WERE AT THE
PACIFIC
BUILDING.
WE MOVED HERE, SO THAT'S WHY
YOU SEE THE DECREASE IN
REGARDS TO THE LEASE, THOSE TYPE
OF THINGS.
YOU CAN SEE FOR THE
LABOR, FOR THE 31 FTEs, YOU CAN
SEE WE
RECEIVED TWO CIVILIAN
EMPLOYEES AND SO FORTH.
OTHER THAN THAT, AT THE SAME
TIME, WE DID LOSE PEOPLE AS
WELL.
AND THAT'LL BE ON THE NEXT
PAGE IN JUST A MOMENT.
BUT ANYWAY, I WANTED TO
LET YOU KNOW THE UPSHOT IN
LOOKING
AT OUR BUDGET IS THAT WE'RE
LEAN, VERY LEAN.
THE JUVENILE COURT OF IT IS
IN SALARIES AND YOU CAN SEE
ACROSS
THE WAY, FOR EQUIPMENT,
THOSE ARE GENERAL THINGS FOR OUR
--
WE HAVE A FEW VEHICLES WHEN WE
GO OUT BECAUSE WE GO OUT TO
THE SCENES FOR OIS'S,
OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTINGS,
AND WE HAVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
AND
SO FORTH.
THANK YOU.
BUDGET ITEMS TO NOTE.
ALTHOUGH WE DIDN'T TAKE A CUT,
WE ACTUALLY -- WE WILL CALL
IT OUR STEWARDSHIP.
APPROXIMATELY
$1 MILLION LAST YEAR IN SAVINGS.
THAT WAS 15% OF OUR BUDGET.
OPA COMPLIED WITH THE
DIRECTION TO BE JUDICIOUS WITH
SPENDING,
TO INCLUDE LIMITED TRAVELING,
EVEN WHEN WE WENT TO
NACO, WE WERE APPROVED FOR ONE.
I WAS ABLE TO
SQUEEZE IN A SECOND PERSON TO GO
AND
DELAYING AND HIRING AND THINGS
OF THAT
NATURE, WE LOST QUITE A BIT.
AND YOU CAN IMAGINE, FOR
TRAINING, AND OUR COMMUNITY
OUTREACH, THAT WAS LESS, OF
COURSE, WITH THAT SAVINGS.
ALSO, PREVIOUS REDUCTIONS.
I WANTED TO POINT OUT, IT'S
CRITICAL FROM '25 AND '26
BUDGETS, OVERTIME WAS REDUCED.
YOU CAN SEE, AS IT
STARTED IN 2024, IT WAS
$225,675, BUT IF
YOU GO TO 2026, WE'RE
AT
$65,762. WE TOOK A $16,672 CUT
AND
THEN IN 2025, YOU SEE THE
$143,241.
SO, OVERTIME IS SOMETHING WE
NEED. IT'S CRITICAL FOR PEOPLE
WHO ARE
DOING INVESTIGATIONS, THOSE TYPE
OF
THINGS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO US.
AND ALSO, I HAVE TO SAY, FOR
ADMIN, OUR ADMIN
STAFF, BECAUSE OF THE CUTS, AS
YOU CAN SEE
BELOW, I'LL GO TO THAT,
WHERE IT SAYS TWO FTEs FOR THE
2025- '26
BUDGET, THERE WAS AN
ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST II.
WITHOUT THAT POSITION, IT'S
BEEN VERY
CRITICAL. I HAVE STAFF WHO ARE
ASSISTANT DIRECTORS AND OTHER
PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THAT WORK
SINCE WE
DON'T HAVE THE CUT TO OVERTIME,
TO HAVE THEM DO
THAT WORK. IT'S SO LITTLE THAT
TAKING
TRANSCRIPTS, RIGHT?
WE USED TO HAVE MORE
MONEY SO WE COULD HAVE THE
TRANSCRIPTIONS THAT ARE
REQUIRED, THINGS
OF THAT NATURE.
AND I CAN'T TELL YOU THE
IMPORTANCE OF THAT.
SO, WE HAVE PEOPLE DOING DOUBLE
DUTIES IN THAT REGARD.
THE NEXT ONE IS WE DID LOSE OUR
COMMUNICATIONS PERSON.
THE BODY OF WORK OF THAT
PERSON INCLUDED DOING THE
NEWSLETTER, AS WELL AS
COMMUNICATIONS, AS WELL AS OUR
SOCIAL MEDIA
AND SOME OF THE WEBSITE.
PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN THAT ON
AS DOUBLE WORK WITH REGARDS
TO THEIRS AND, OF COURSE, WE HAD
TO
MAKE THOSE
ADJUSTMENTS ACCORDINGLY.
SO, I SAY THAT AS WE COME
INTO
2026. SO, WITH THAT SAID, WE'RE
VERY
LEAN, AND I DO KNOW THATTHAT
THIS
TIMES THAT WE ALL HAVE TO
MAKE, YOU KNOW, CUTS, THOSE TYPE
OF
THINGS, REDUCTIONS, BUT I DO SAY
THAT WE ARE VERY BARE-
BONED AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME,
BUT I
DO HAVE TO INDICATE THAT WE HAVE
PUT THINGS UP
FOR A PROPOSAL AS REQUIRED, AND
SO THAT IS THERE.
BUT IN ADDITION, ONE OF THE
THINGS I DO HAVE TO DO, THAT
WE'VE AGREED TO DO
WITH SPD IS THAT IN OUR
INDEPENDENCE FOR THE BODY OF
WORK -- WE TOOK BACK THE
PUBLIC DISCLOSURE. THAT'S ONE
OTHER PIECE
THAT
NEEDS TO BE TRANSFERRED AND THAT
IS AN FTE POSITION FOR THE
BODY-WORN VIDEO ANALYST.
THAT'S THE VIDEO REDACTING.
RIGHT NOW, THAT IS STILL WITH
SPD, AND SO WE AGREE,
WE RAISED IT LAST YEAR, AGAIN
THIS
YEAR, BUT THAT WE WOULD RAISE IT
EACH
YEAR.
THAT IS THE OTHER ONE AND
THAT GOES ALONG WITH SECURING
OUR
INDEPENDENCE WITH THAT --
OF
THIS BODY OF WORK AND BEING
SEPARATE.
NEXT SLIDE.
THE NEXT SLIDE HAS TO DO WITH
OUR WORK WITH REGARDS TO
FRONTLINE INVESTIGATION.
OPA HAS BEEN WORKING HARD
AND HAS BEEN DILIGENT IN WORKING
ON
FRONTLINE INVESTIGATIONS WITH
SBD, OIG, IN ADDITION TO ALL
THE DIFFERENT FOLKS WHO ARE AT
THE
TABLE. I KNOW CPC IS ALSO
THERE WITH REGARDS TO THEIR WORK
THAT
IS COMING ON BOARD, AND IT'S
A GREAT BODY OF WORK THAT I'M
GOING TO HAVE
FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
THIS ALONG
WITH MYSELF AND OBVIOUSLY
IEF BARNES AND ASSISTANT CHIEF
UNDERWOOD AS WELL IN HELPING
LEAD THAT PROCESS AND
FOR THIS IMPORTANT BODY
OF WORK. AND SO, WITH THAT, I'M
GOING TO
TURN IT OVER TO NELSON
LEES, AND I ALSO, BEFORE I TURN
TO HIM,
I DID WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM,
AS
WELL AS AMANDA DEFISHER.
BOTH OF THEM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE
SOMEONE TO HELP REMEMBER
WE'RE KICKING ALL OF THIS OFF
AND MAKING SURE WE'RE PUTTING A
LOT OF HARD WORK AND THEY'VE
BEEN VERY DILIGENT WITH THAT,
AND
I DID WANT TO APPLAUD
THEM, AS WELL AS THE FOLKS FROM
SPD AND THE SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTS.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER
TO MR.
LEASE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I WANT TO TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE COUNCIL
FOR
ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ABOUT
FRONTLINE INVESTIGATIONS.
IT'S A NEW PROCESS I'M VERY
EXCITED ABOUT BEGINNING
TO
DEVELOP. AS FOLKS MAY BE AWARE,
WITH CHANGES LAST YEAR IN THE
SPOG CBA, THERE IS A NEW
ABILITY OR ALLEGATION OF LESS
SERIOUS
MISCONDUCT TO BE INVESTIGATED
BY THE CHAIN OF COMMAND AND
RESULT IN DISCIPLINE UP TO A
WRITTEN
REPRIMAND.
SO, THIS HAS REALLY BEEN
A MISSING LINK IN THE
OVERSIGHT LANDSCAPE FOR SPD, THE
ABILITY TO HAVE LESS THAN
SERIOUS
MISCONDUCT BE HANDLED BY
THE CHAIN OF COMMAND AS OPPOSED
TO
OPA, WHO HAS A FOCUS MORE ON
SERIOUS MISCONDUCT AS DEFINED IN
THE ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE.
REAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR
GROWTH HERE ARE TO EMPOWER SPD
SUPERVISORS TO HELP WITH
UPHOLDING A CULTURE OF
ACCOUNTABILITY, ALSO IN
THE SPIRIT AND LETTER OF
THE ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE,
OPA WORKING WITH SPD TO
HELP SUPERVISORS WORK TO UPHOLD
THAT CULTURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY.
ONE OF THE BIG WINS
HERE WOULD BE ALSO MORE TIMELY
INTERVENTION ON LESS THAN
SERIOUS MISCONDUCT.
THE ABILITY FOR SUPERVISORS TO
HANDLE THINGS QUICKLY, MORE
DIRECTLY, AND OVERALL, HOPEFULLY
HAVE THAT QUICK
INTERVENTION LEAD TO A REDUCTION
IN
MISCONDUCT. THAT STITCH IN TIME
THAT SAVES
NINE.
OPA ALSO THEN WOULD HAVE
THE ABILITY TO RETURN MORE OF
ITS FOCUS TO NDLING ALLEGATIONS
OF
SERIOUS MISCONDUCT AND THINGS
THAT IMPLICATE PUBLIC
TRUST, WHICH IS THE
DEFINED ORDINANCE CHARGE
OF OPA. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE STILL
IN
THE EARLIER STAGES OF
DEVELOPING THIS.
WE BEGAN IN JANUARY
WITH ENGAGING OUR STAKEHOLDERS
AND BUILDING OUT A PROCESS
FOR BUILDING THIS.
THE FRONTLINE
INVESTIGATION PROCESS IS
BARGAINED AND THE
SPOG CBA WON'T GO INTO
EFFECT UNTIL SPD HAS NEW
PROCESSES
DEFINED IN THE MANUAL. WE JUST
HAVE BEEN WORKING TO
DEVELOP DRAFTS THERE AND WE ARE
CONTINUING TO BRING STAKEHOLDERS
ON BOARD TO ENGAGE THEM
THROUGHOUT BUILDING THIS
PROCESS AND GETTING READY,
PREPARING
TO SHARE MATERIALS
MORE WIDELY WITH OUR
STAKEHOLDERS, SUCH AS CPC.
THE GOAL, ULTIMATELY, HERE IS A
CLEAR, WORKABLE PROCESS
FOR HANDLING LESS THAN SERIOUS
MISCONDUCT WITHIN SPD.
THAT WILL BE BOTH
A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY BETWEEN
OPA AND
SPD, AND ULTIMATELY,
ALSO, AUDITED AND OVERSEEN BY
OIG, WHICH HAS
A DEFINED ROLE IN THIS PROCESS.
MAKE SURE WE'RE
ADEQUATELY TRAINING SPD
SUPERVISORS ON
HOW TO ENGAGE WITH THE
FRONTLINE INVESTIGATION PROCESS
AS IT
GETS
DEVELOPED. AND WORKING TOWARDS
AN
ANTICIPATED PILOT
PROGRAM ROLLING OUT JANUARY
2027 ON AN ANTICIPATED BASIS.
SO, THAT IS THE FRONTLINE
INVESTIGATION PIECE.
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS, OPA
IS CONTINUING TO DO ITS MAIN
CHARGE, WHICH IS TO CONDUCT
TIMELY, THOROUGH AND
OBJECTIVE INVESTIGATIONS INTO
INDIVIDUAL ALLEGATIONS OF
MISCONDUCT.
THIS DATA THAT IS HERE IS FROM
OIG'S 2025 ANNUAL
REPORT, REVIEWING OPA'S WORK,
AND WHAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE IS
THAT
OVERWHELMINGLY, OPA'S
INVESTIGATIONS ARE NOT UPHELD TO
BE THOROUGH, OBJECTIVE,
TIMELY, AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF
CASES.
ALSO, OIG REVIEWS
OPA'S CLASSIFICATION DECISIONS,
AS
TO WHETHER OR
NOT COMPLAINTS SHOULD BE
CLASSIFIED AS CONTACT
LAWS, SUPERVISOR ACTIONS, EXAT
THE
--
EXPEDITED INVESTIGATIONS OR FULL
INVESTIGATIONS AND
CURRENTSLY SEEING A HIGH LEVEL
OF
DECISION THAT OPA MAKES FROM
OIG'S REVIEWS AND THAT IS,
AGAIN,
A SIGN OF A HEALTHY
ACCOUNTABILITY
SYSTEM, US BEING INDEPENDENTLY
AUDITED AND REVIEWED BY OIG.
BACK OVER TO
BONNIE.
>> WITH RESPECT TO SOME OF THE
PROJECT AND UPDATE
HIGHLIGHTS, ONE OF THE THINGS WE
CONTINUE TO DO IS TO REACH OUT
TO OUR YOUNG
PEOPLE, AND WE DO A YOUTH ART
CONTEST, AND EVERY
YEAR, I'M
ALWAYS SURPRISED ABOUT THE
ENTHUSIASM AND ALSO ABOUT
SOME OF THE DRAWINGS THEY DO.
LAST YEAR, IT HAD AN
OFFICER SITTING ON A BENCH, AND
THE OFFICER GAVE THE HAT TO
THE YOUNG
PERSON AND IT WAS LIKE, YOU
KNOW, REMEMBER OUR YOUTH.
IT'S ABOUT THAT RELATIONSHIP.
THIS YEAR'S WINNER WAS FROM
AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AN 11-YEAR-OLD.
AND
IT'S BUILDING BRIDGES AND IT
HAS AN OFFICER AND THERE'S
A YOUNG PERSON ACTUALLY READING.
EVEN MORE SO, WHEN WE GO TO THE
CLASSROOMS, AND TALK ABOUT
THIS, IT'S INTERESTING THAT
EVEN
THIS TIME, AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE,
THE QUESTIONS THAT WE GET
ABOUT
POLICING AND ALSO ABOUT
ACCOUNTABILITY, OUR QUESTION
IS, WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES
GOOD POLICING LOOK LIKE?
WHAT DOES GOOD
ACCOUNTABILITY LOOK LIKE TO YOU?
WHAT DOES IT LOOK
LIKE WITH REGARD TO POLICING
COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS
AND AN 11-YEAR-OLD, WE HAD A
REALLY
ROBUST DIALOGUE.
I SAID THEY WERE OUR
PRESIDENT, OUR FUTURE, AND WE
WENT
THERE, TALKING ABOUT CURRENT
THINGS
TO INCLUDE WHAT IS THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SPD AND
FEDERAL
OFFERINGS OF I.C.E., AT 11 YEARS
OLD.
IT WAS AMAZING WITH REGARDS
TO WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND US.
THEY ALWAYS SAY, REMEMBER OUR
YOUTH, SO I PASS THAT ALONG.
SO, THAT'LL BE ON THE COVER
OF OUR ANNUAL REPORT AS PART OF
OUR
OUTREACH AND BUILDING TRUST WITH
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AS WELL AS
IN THE COMMUNITY.
ALSO, LIKE YOU SAID,
COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE AND OTHERS, WE'RE
REVIEWING EACH CASE THAT
COMES
INTO CLASSIFICATION. THAT'S ONE
OF THE THINGS WE'RE
DOING WITH REGARDS TO THAT WOD
BODY OF WORK, SO WE'RE
SEEING, ARE THESE PARTICULAR
CASES FOR
MEDIATION THAT COULD BE DONE?
ALSO, WE REACHED OUT TO NACOL,
THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR
OVERSIGHT OF -- FOR PEOPLE
WHO DO OVERSIGHT THAT HAVE A
NATIONAL CONFERENCE, NACO,
ONCE A YEAR, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE
INFORMATION AND THINGS THAT
ARE
IMPORTANT. WE'VE ASKED THEM TO
DO A
SURVEY, WHICH THEY'RE DOING, OF
ALL
THE DIFFERENT AROUND-THE-
COUNTRY MEDIATION AND I THINK
IT'S
GOING TO BE DONE THIS MONTH TO
LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT MODELS AND
SO
FORTH TO LOOK AT
DIFFERENTDIFFERENT
WAYS, AS FAR AS BUILDING UPON
WHAT
WE'RE DOING AS WELL.
I'M ALSO GOING TO
MENTION, WITH REGARDS TO
FRONTLINE
INVESTIGATIONS, WE HAVE HAD
BEGINNING DISCUSSIONS WITH
SPD, AND THEY
SEEM, AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME,
VERY INTERESTED
IN MEDIATION
THERE. IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT
WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR FRONTLINE
INVESTIGATIONS, IF SOME
LOW- LEVEL OFFENSES GO BACK TO
SPD, IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE,
THAT MIGHT BE A REALLY GOOD
PLACE TO
GROW THAT
AS WELL. AND SO, I'M EXCITED
ABOUT
THAT, AND USING THAT MORE.
IN ADDITION, FOR COMMUNITY
EVENTS, WE'RE OUT AND ABOUT,
TABLING, ATTENDING, AND LIKE I
SAID, WE JUST CAME BACK SATURDAY
FROM THE HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION AND IT WAS A
LISTENING SESSION,
AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF
THE IMPORTANT THINGS WITH WE CAN
DO.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE OUT THERE
LISTENING, AND WE DID
LISTEN, AND WE DID TALK, AND WE
HAD,
ACTUALLY, SOMETHING ABOUT --
ALTHOUGH WE DO SURVEYS AND
OTHER THINGS ABOUT BEING OUT
THERE, KNOWING WHO WE ARE,
HAVING THAT
DIALOGUE, I WENT OUT TO SEATTLE
UNIVERSITY, HAD A PROGRAM FROM
STONEWALL TO CUFFS.
SPD WAS THERE AS WELL, HAVING
CONVERSATIONS.
THEY HAD AN EX THERE TALKING
ABOUT ISSUES AND BETTER
RELATIONS, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET
OUT AND ABOUT WITH PEOPLE AND
LISTENING.
ALSO, IT WAS BROUGHT TO
MY ATTENTION JUST LAST SATURDAY,
TOO, TO REMEMBER THAT MOST
PEOPLE, IF THEIR HOUSING ISN'T
STABLE, IN ORDER TO BE LISTENED
TO, THEY NEED TO HAVE A
PLACE LOCAL TO THEM IN ORDER FOR
US
TO GO TO, TO ALSO
BE HEARD, SO I SHARE THAT IN
PASSING ON.
NEXT, WITH REGARD TO THOSE
ACTIVITIES, WE ALSO HAVE OUR
COMPLAINT IMPACT STATEMENT.
THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE HAVE HAD
THIS NOW -- THE PROCESS
IS ALMOST COMPLETED.
HOWEVER, WE, AT THIS POINT,
ARE ENGAGING WITH CPC AND EC AND
THEIR TEAM AS WELL AS WE
ALSO HAVE WHAT WE HAVE DONE,
PUT TOGETHER QUESTIONS IN ORDER
THAT MIGHT BE PART OF THAT
COMPLAINT IMPACT STATEMENT.
FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO
AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THAT,
IT'S FAMILIAR TO MOST PEOPLE
ABOUT, IN A COURT, THERE'S A
VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT, AND SO,
THIS
IS GIVING AN OPPORTUNITY, WE
HOPE, TO HAVE FEEDBACK FROM
THE, YOU KNOW, VICTIMS TO BE
ABLE TO BE PART -- TO BE FORWARD
TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE FOR
RECOMMENDATIONS, AND
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE
WORKING, AND I JUST TALKED TO EC
RECENTLY, AS WELL AS OTHER
FOLKS AS WELL, TO MAKE SURE --
OUR HOPE IS TO HAVE THIS BY THE
END OF 2026 SINCE WE HAVE
ALMOST ALL THE PIECES THERE.
SO, WE'RE AMBITIOUS, BUT I THINK
WE CAN GET THERE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE BE
ONE OF THE FIRST IN THE
COUNTRY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
I STILL REMEMBER BACK IN
THE DAYS WHEN IT WAS A VICTIM
IMPACT STATEMENT AND THOSE TYPE
OF
THINGS, OUR DRUG COURT.
A LOT OF TIMES, WHEN YOU START
THINGS, PEOPLE ARE LIKE, I
DON'T KNOW, IS THIS GOING TO
WORK?
AND THEN IT
BECOMES PRACTICE. AND I WILL
GIVE
OIG CREDIT BECAUSE IT WAS OIG,
OFFICER
OF INSPECTOR GENERAL, WHO PASSED
IT
ON TO US. WE DID OUR PART, AND
WE'VE
BEEN WORKING WITH CPC IN THE
PAST ON THIS AND
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED
WORK WITH THEM.
NEXT, CITYWIDE DIGITAL
ACCESSIBILITY PROJECT.
WE'RE -- I HAVE TO GIVE HATS
OFF TO OUR TEAM.
THAT BODY OF WORK, AGAIN, IS
FOR SCREEN READERS, THOSE TYPE
OF
THINGS, TO MAKE THINGS EASIER TO
READ AND THOSE TYPE
OF THINGS. AND SO, WE ARE IN
COMPLIANCE,
EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A ONE-
YEAR
EXTENSION. WE WERE ABLE TO DO
THAT, AND
SO VERY PROUD OF OUR FOLKS
TO GET THAT DONE.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO UP
OUR WEBSITE AND SO FORTH,
AND OUR
PAPERWORK. NEXT, OUR OPA WEBSITE
UPDATE
PROCESS, PLAIN LANGUAGE.
THAT,
A LOT OF WORK. IT'S A LOT OF
WORK, BUT
IT'S IMPORTANT WORK FOR FOLKS.
ALSO, VERY PROUD, IN OUR PICTURE
AT THE BOTTOM, OUR SYMPOSIUM
IN 2025, WE DID A SYMPOSIUM
CALLED
BUILDING THE BRIDGES
AND IMAGINING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR
THE FUTURE OF POLICE IN SEATTLE.
AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS,
YOU BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME.
BASICALLY, IT WAS PACKED.
PEOPLE FLEW IN, EVEN
FROM EASTERN WASHINGTON AND
OTHER
PLACES. WE HAD PEOPLE IN THE
COUNTY.
WE HAD PEOPLE THERE.
IN FACT, I'M HAVING FOLLOW-
UP MEETINGS WITH SOME OF THE
PEOPLE COMING UP AS WELL FROM
THE WASHINGTON STATE
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY WORK, AND
SO FORTH.
BUT I APPRECIATE PEOPLE WHO
WERE THERE.
I KNOW EC WAS PART OF THE
PANELS WHEREAS OTHERS AND ALL OF
THAT
GOOD STUFF THAT WAS THERE.
BUT SOME REALLY GOOD
DIALOGUE WITH COMMUNITY, AND AS
I
SAID AT THE TIME OF IT, I FELT
LIKE
HALFWAY THROUGH --
ACTUALLY, BY THE TIME WE GET TO
THE END, WAS
THAT WE WERE REALLY
JUST
BEGINNING. AND THAT'S SAYING A
LOT FOR
PEOPLE WHO STILL WANTED TO
STAY IN THE SAME ROOM BECAUSE WE
REALLY, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S KIND OF THAT BUILDING
OF TRUST,
BUILDING TOGETHER, AND THEN
REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT
OF THAT IS
THAT OUR
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IS NOT
STATIC.
AND THAT, AS SUCH, PEOPLE DO
HAVE A VOICE.
AND WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE.
THAT MAY BE AN ORDINANCE CHANGE.
IT COULD BE IN BIG POLICY
CHANGE, OR IT COULD BE
SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO
OURSELVES, OUR BEST PRACTICES,
SO VERY
EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO DO ANOTHER
ONE, BUILDING ON THAT, AND
WE'RE SHOOTING FOR OCTOBER.
I SEE A QUESTION, AND THEN I
CAN TAKE THAT NOW IF YOU WOULD
LIKE.
>> DIRECTOR, AGAIN, I THINK -- I
PROJECT AND SURVEILLANCE
OVERSIGHT.
JUST ONE
NOTE. YOU KNOW, AS WE MENTIONED
EARLIER, OIG IS SYSTEMIC
OVERSIGHT OF SPD, AND OPA.
WE ALSO HAVE TO GET OVER
MANY OF THE MONITORING DUTIES AT
THE
END OF THE CONSENT DECREE.
WE HAVE COLLAPSED OUR COMPLIANCE
UNIT AND OUR POLICY
TEAM TOGETHER TO CREATE A
CENTRALIZED HUB FOR RESEARCH,
POLICY, AND
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS.
SO, OVER COMPLIANCE AND POLICY,
AS WE ALREADY
DISCUSSED, HAS BEEN WORKING ON
CROWD MANAGEMENT.
WE CONCLUDED THE PANEL
AND
PUBLISHED THAT REPORT IN
FEBRUARY.
WE ALSO MENTIONED THAT
WE PUBLISHED A SHORT SUMMARY.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO WORK ON
A SHORT VIDEO JUST TO KIND OF
WORK
IN MAKING IT MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR
PEOPLE TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND
THE TAKEAWAYS OF THIS REPORT
SINCE
WE ARE AWARE THAT IT IS
EIGHT WEB PAGES AND THAT CAN
SOMETIMES BE HARD TO GET
THROUGH.
WE ARE DOING ONGOING
MONITORING OF CROWDCROWD AND
RESPONSE
BY SPD AND COLLABORATING WITH
CLIFFORD STOD.
THAT INCLUDES A PROTEST.
WE'VE WRITTEN A SHORT ANALYSIS
OF THAT AND IT'S MAKING
ITS WAY THROUGH OUR EDITING
PROCESS NOW.
WE ALSO ATTENDED THE
BRIEFINGS FOR THE MAY DAY
PROTEST, AND
WE ARE GOING TO ATTEND
THE BRIEFINGS FOR FIFA WORLD
CUP, AS WELL AS IN REALTIME
OBSERVE SOME OF THE CROWD
MANAGEMENT THEY'RE
DOING THERE.
WE ALSO ARE CONTINUING OUR
WORKWORK
IN OF FORCE WITH
THE OBSERVATION AND EVALUATION
OF
SPD FORCE GROUP
AND BOARD. WE
RELEASE PERIODIC MEMOS THAT HAVE
FEEDBACK, CRITICISMS, AS
WELL AS WHAT WE THINK
THEY'RE DOING WELL.
THAT WILL BE PUBLISHED SOON.
AND EFFORTING CONTINUES TO BE
A
VALUABLE INTERNAL CRITICAL
REVIEW OF FORCE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, IN RESPONSE
TO OBSERVED
RACIAL DISPROPORTIONATETY IN SPD
USE
OF FORCE, WE DEVELOPED A
METHODOLOGY THAT WILL ASSESS
THE PROBABILITY THAT A PERSON
WILL EXPERIENCE FORCE BASED ON
THEIR
RACE AND WHETHER THE PROBABILITY
CHANGES OVER TIME.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO
INTO ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE TO
CRISIS IN OUR 2024 CRISIS
ASSESSMENT.
WE HIGHLIGHTED THE NEEDS
FOR REVIEW ON ALTERNATIVE
RESPONSE
IN 2025, OIG PUBLISHED A
REPORT HIGHLIGHTING THE WORK OF
C.A.R.E. AND ANALYSIS
TO IDENTIFY IMPACT.
WE'RE WORKING ON AN UPDATE TO
THAT.
THAT WILL INCLUDE THE
CHANGES THAT RESULTED FROM THE
SPOG
CBA AND THE UPDATED RESPONSE
DATA.
WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON A
JURISDICTIONAL COMPARISON TO
OTHER DEPARTMENTS, AND ANALYZING
CARE NARRATIVES TO IDENTIFY
LOCATION,
EVENTS, OUTCOMES AND ISSUES
C.A.R.E. IS ENCOUNTERING.
WE ALSO ARE WORKING ON -- WE
DID PUBLISH A REPORT ON THE
EFFORTS OF SPD TO IMPLEMENT
DIVERSITY,
EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
PRINCIPLES IN FEBRUARY.
WE'VE REVIEWED THE SPD 30
BY 30 GENDER DISPARITY ANALYSIS
AND COMPLETED OUR OWN
REVIEW, AND
THIS WILL BE PUBLISHED SOON AS
WELL.
WE ADDITIONALLY WILL
CONTINUE ON TO RECOMMENDATIONS
ON THIS
STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, WHICH
WE DO
EACH YEAR AND OTHER
PROJECTS
ISSUE AREAS THAT ARE OF INTEREST
TO THE OFFICE.
IN 2023, WE ASSESSED
PRESENTATION OF INSIGHT OF SPD
DATA, MAKING SURE THAT
THEIR DATA WAS ACCESSIBLE TO
USERS THAT MIGHT BE UNFAMILIAR
AND WE'RE WORKING CURRENTLY TO
UPDATE THAT ASSESSMENT,
SEE WHAT'S CHANGED, SEE WHAT
STILL
NEEDS WORK.
WE'RE WORKING ON A MEMO THAT
SUMMARIZES SPD POLICY GUIDELINES
AND PRACTICES AROUND
INVOLUNTARY TREATMENT ACT.
WE ARE ALSO DOING AN
EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS
OF
TRAFFIC STOP DEPRIORITIZATION SO
IN
2022, SPD PRIORITIZED STOPPING
INDIVIDUALS FOR
CERTAIN VIOLATIONS BASE
ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
THE OIG. AND SO, WE'LL BE
LOOKING AT IF
AND WHAT
IMPACT THAT HAS HAD ON OUTCOMES.
AND AS ALWAYS, OUR
COMPLAINTS AND POLICY TEAM WORKS
ON AD HOC
PROJECTS, SO THAT MEANS
THAT THEY COULD BE REALLY
RESPONSIVE TO ISSUES THAT EMERGE
FROM THE
PUBLIC OR COMMUNITY, FROM
COUNCIL, AND EVEN FROM, YOU
KNOW, SPD IF THEY GET PROTESTS.
OUR AUDIT, THIS TEAM,
ARE CURRENTLY IN THE ANALYSIS
PHASE OF AN AUDIT OF TASER
EFFECTIVENESS.
THE REPORT IS EXPECTED IN Q4.
WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING OUR
WORK ON THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
ORDINANCE, SO THAT'S
THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON ALCOHOL
AND
DRUG ABUSE
INSTITUTE, AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO ADDRESS SOME OF
THE DATA
ACCESS ISSUES WE'VE ALREADY
TALKED TO YOU ALL ABOUT.
WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING OUR
WORK ON SURVEILLANCE PILOT
PROGRAM
WITH THE CRIME AND
JUSTICE POLICY LAB.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE
EVALUATING EFFECTIVENESS OF THE
REALTIME
CENTER, AND CCTB.
WE CONCLUDED FOCUS GROUPS IN
EARLY APRIL.
THOSE WERE REALLY EFFECTIVE.
WE GOT GREAT FEEDBACK FROM
THE
COMMUNITY. WE HAD A REALLY GOOD
TURNOUT SO WE FEEL REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT
THAT. AND WE'RE WORKING WITH
THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE
THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR ASSESSMENT
AND THEIRS
ARE COMPLEMENTING
EACH OTHER AND THE INFORMATION
THAT WE CAN GET TO COMMUNITY.
AND AND IN ADDITION TO
THAT, WE ARE CONTINUING OUR
ANNUAL SURVEILLANCE USAGE
REVIEWS.
THIS YEAR, WE'LL BE FOCUSED ON
A PARALLEL REVIEW OF ALPR AND
CCTD, WHICH AGAIN WILL KIND OF
DOVETAIL INTO THE PILOT
PROGRAM EVALUATION AS WELL.
WE ARE EXPECTING OUR FIRST
BIANNUAL 14. 12 WORK IN Q2.
WE JUST INITIATED AN
OVERTIME CONTROLS AUDIT OF SPD,
AND THE
REPORT IS EXPECTED IN 2027, AND
WE ALSO WILL BE DOING A
PRELIMINARY REPORT ON OUR -- ON
THE ORDINANCE THAT ARE REQUIRED.
OUR INVESTIGATIONS TEAM
HAS ISSUED CERTIFICATIONS, 447
CLASSIFICATIONS.
WE HAD ABOUT 25 CHIEF OF
POLICE
COMPLAINTS. THIS UPTICK IS
PRIMARILY
FUELED BY FREQUENT
COMMUNICATORS WHO ARE NOT
ACTUALLY ALLEGING
POLICY VIOLATIONS BY THE CHIEF
OF POLICE.
THE NEW ORDINANCE
ACTUALLY ALLOWS US TO WORK WITH
OPA IN
CLOSING THOSE,
AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CLOSE
13 OF THOSE.
WE ARE WORKING ON A
MORE
FORMALIZED SYSTEM FOR TRACKING
COMPLAINTS AND OTHER REFERRALS
OIG MAKES TO OPA.
WE COMPLEMENTED THIS
STEP IN Q1 OF THIS YEAR, AND
IT'S GOING TO
IMPROVE OUR TRACKING AND
REFERRALS THAT WE'RE MAKING TO
OPA.
AND THEN, THROUGHOUT THE COURSE
OF OIG'S WORK, WE COMMUNICATE
WITH OPA USING A VARIETY OF
MEANS, EMAIL, TEAMS,
TELEPHONE, AND WE'RE GOING TO
IMPLEMENT
A SYSTEM THAT WILL ALLOW US
TO BETTER TRACK
COMMUNICATIONS ACROSS THE
BOARD, AND THIS WILL PROVIDE A
MORE ACCURATE
TRACKING OF OIG WORK THAT'S DONE
THROUGH
TECHNOLOGIES. THE SYSTEM IS
CURRENTLY IN
DEVELOPMENT, AND WE'RE
EXPECTING TO ROLL THAT OUT IN
Q4.
AND THEN AS OPA MENTIONED,
OIG'S BEEN WORKING WITH OPA AND
IS ON THE FRONT LINE
INVESTIGATIONS.
AND WE ARE CONTINUALLY TRYING
TO IMPROVE
OUR COMMUNICATIONS. WE'RE
WORKING ON DIGITAL
ACCESSIBILITY, PROJECT TO BE --
TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR WEBSITE
IS DIGITALLY ACCESSIBLE.
THESE ARE -- THEY'RE
DUE IN 2027, BUT WE'RE TRYING
TO GET
AHEAD OF THAT.
WE'VE HAD A WEBSITE
REDESIGN. WE'RE
CURRENTLY TRYING TO PRODUCE
CONSUMER- FRIENDLY
OIG PRODUCTS.
AN EXAMPLE, AGAIN, IS
THE SUMMARY TO MAKE IT
A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCESSIBLE AND
AGAIN
THESE VIDEOS THAT WE'RE HOPING
TO
ROLL OUT SOON.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AS
ALWAYS, WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE
OUR
COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION.
THAT'S IT FOR US.
THANK YOU.
>> YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND CLERK, CAN WE ROLL,
QUICKLY, INTO CPC?
>> I THINK WE MAY BE OUT OF
TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR HOLDING ON.
IT'S YOUR FLOOR.
>> THANK YOU, CLERK, FOR
BRINGING UP THE BRIEFING.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY
HEAR ME?
>> YES.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HOLDING
ON.
I
APPRECIATE THE RESILIENCE, AND
OVER TO YOU.
>> WONDERFUL.
COUNCILMEMBERS, IT'S GOOD TO
SEE ALL OF YOU ON SCREEN AND
ALSO EARLIER IN CHAMBERS TODAY.
I'M ECI AMEH, EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
OF THE COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION.
YOU CAN'T SEE IT BUT I'M
JOINED
BY ALMOST MY ENTIRE TEAM HERE
IN THIS ROOM.
THEY HAD A BIG PART OF
TODAY'S PRESENTATION AND ALL OF
OUR
WORK. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO
PRESENT IT
TO YOU TODAY.
TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS AN
UPDATE FROM THE LAST TIME THAT
WE GAVE A PRESENTATION LIKE THIS
TO COUNCIL LAST MAY.
THERE HAVE BEEN MANY CHANGES IN
THE CPC.
THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES ON YOUR
DAIS, AND SO I'M REALLY
EXCITED TO CONNECT BACK WITH YOU
AND
TALK ABOUT THAT.
BEFORE I GET STARTED INTO
OUR PREPARED PRESENTATION, I DO
WANT
TO SAY THAT OUR PRESENTATION
THIS YEAR IS TITLED
"COMMUNITY AT THE HEART," AND I
WOULD BE
REMISS IF I
DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE THAT TODAY,
IN
COUNCIL, I BELIEVE WE SAW THE
HEART OF
COMMUNITY, AND WHILE I HAD
A PRESENTATION
PREPARED AND CERTAIN THINGS I
WANT TO SAY,
ME AND MY TEAM, WE ARE
VERY IMPACTED BY WHAT HAPPENED
TODAY
IN CHAMBERS AND THE
WORDS THAT WERE SHARED FROM
COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE
IMPACTED
BY POLICE VIOLENCE.
AND SO I JUST
WANTED TO START WITH THAT AND
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
TODAY, BECAUSE THAT
IS ABSOLUTELY WHAT
DRIVES THE CPC. WE CAN ROLL INTO
THE NEXT SLIDE.
CPC WAS BUILT BY COMMUNITY.
WHAT HAPPENED TODAY
IN COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS
SHARING
THEIR OUTRAGE, THEIR GRIEF,
THE TRAUMA THAT THEY'VE
EXPERIENCED,
BASED ON AN UNACCEPTABLE
LEVEL OF POLICE VIOLENCE THAT
WAS
OCCURRING, IS
EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED BACK IN
2010.
THE FATAL SHOOTING OF JOHN T.
WILLIAMS, WHO WAS A
INDIGENOUS, BLIND AND DEAF WOOD
CARVER, WHO
WAS KILLED, TRAGICALLY, BY
SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT,
CAUSED 33 COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS TO WRITE A
LETTER TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE ASKING FOR
AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THAT INVESTIGATION WAS
COMPLETED, AND DOJ
ACKNOWLEDGED THE CONCERNS OF
COMMUNITIES,
AND IN DOING THAT, SEATTLE THEN
ENTERED A PERIOD OF 13 YEARS
OF FEDERAL
OVERSIGHT UNDER A CONSENT
DECREE.
IN 2017, THE
ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE MADE
CPC PERMANENT
AND EXPANDED ITS MANDATE BEYOND
THE
FOUR CORNERS OF THAT
FEDERAL
CONSENT. AND AS WE SAW LAST
SEPTEMBER, JUST DAYS AFTER THE
15-
YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE KILLING
OF JOHN T. WILLIAMS, THE
CONSENT DECREE
WAS LIFTED. CPC WAS IN SUPPORT
OF THAT
DECISION,
NOT BECAUSE THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT HAD REACHED A
LEVEL OF SATISFACTION IN TERMS
OF
THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS THAT
WERE ORIGINALLY BROUGHT FORWARD,
BUT BECAUSE THE CPC DID NOT
BELIEVE
THAT CONTINUED
FEDERAL OVERSIGHT
WOULD BE EFFECTIVE UNDER THE
CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.
AND TODAY, CPC IS A
PERMANENT CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT
BODY WITHIN
SEATTLE'S POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY
SYSTEM. WE DO THAT THROUGH A
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OFFICE OF
INSPECTOR
GENERAL, OFFICE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY, AND ALSO
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHO
IS
PART OF THAT POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY
SYSTEM. AND WE WORK WITH THEM AS
WELL.
YOU'LL SEE OUR STATUTORY
AUTHORITY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
SLIDE, AND YOU'LL ALSO SEE
A PICTURE TO THE RIGHT.
THAT'S JOHN T. WILLIAMS.
HE'S POSING WITH ONE OF HIS
CARVINGS. RIGHT NEXT TO ME, I
HAVE
THE STORY TOTEM.
THIS WAS CARVED BY HIS
BROTHER, RICK WILLIAMS, WHO IS
NOW ONE
OF
OUR COMMISSIONERS.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU THE NEXT
SLIDE.
YOU'LL SEE THE REST OF THAT
BODY.
BY ORDINANCE, THERE ARE
15 COMMISSIONERS.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE 13 OUT OF
THOSE 15 SEATS FILLED.
THERE ARE THREE
APPOINTING AUTHORITIES, THE
MAYOR, THE CITY
COUNCIL, AND THE CPC ITSELF.
WE HAVE A FEW SEATS THAT ARE
EARMARKED FOR SPECIFIC ROLES
AND REPRESENTATIVES.
FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE TWO
SEATS THAT ARE EARMARKED FOR
SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ONE IS THE SPMA AND THE OTHER
IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF SPOG.
WE ALSO HAVE TWO ATTORNEY SEATS.
ONE IS PUBLIC DEFENSE, AND
THE OTHER IS CIVIL LIBERTIES.
THOSE TWO ATTORNEY SEATS ARE
CURRENTLY VACANT, AND WE
ARE LOOKING FOR
COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE ABLE TO
SERVE
AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE WORK OF
THE COMMISSION.
OUR COMMISSION AT LARGE IS
COMMUNITY LEADERS.
IT IS FOLKS THAT HAVE A
DEMONSTRATED TRACK RECORD
OF ADVOCATING FOR
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY WORK AND
ARE
REPRESENTING THEIR COMMUNITIES.
WE CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH
NOT JUST THESE REPRESENTATIVES
BUT
MEMBERS OF THE BROADER
COMMUNITY, AND I THINK THAT,
YOU KNOW, AS SOME OF
THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAD
THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING IN
COUNCIL CHAMBERS TODAY, REALLY
CENTER ME
AROUND THE NEED FOR
OUR CONTINUED WORK WITH
SURVIVORS, WHICH IS SOME OF THE
WORK THAT HAS ALREADY BEGUN
UNDER
OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
DIRECTOR,
CELIA JACKSON. MOVE FORWARD.
THEN YOU'LL SEE THE STAFF.
LAST YEAR, WHEN I GAVE THIS
PRESENTATION, THERE WAS LESS OF
US.
AT THIS POINT, CPC IS FULLY
STAFFED.
WE HAVE TEN FTEs, AND WE
HAVE TEN TALENTED PEOPLE SERVING
IN THOSE ROLES.
OUR STAFF IS MULTICULTURAL.
OUR STAFF IS MULTILINGUAL.
OUR STAFF ALL HAVE
A DEMONSTRATED TRACK RECORD AND
ALSO A PASSION AND A TALENT
FOR CONNECTING AND ENGAGING
WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AS WE HEARD
IN COUNCIL TODAY FROM CASTILE
HIGHTOWER, COMMUNITY IS THE
VOICE.
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE US TALK
ABOUT UPLIFTING THE VOICE OF
COMMUNITY
OR BEING THE
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
COMMUNITY, BEING THE VOICE
OF COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY IS THE VOICE OF
COMMUNITY, AND I THINK THAT
OUR JOB IS TO USE OUR ROLE
IN GOVERNMENT TO MAKE SURE
THAT COMMUNITY HAS A SEAT AT THE
TABLE. AND I THINK THAT WAS A
LOT OF THE THEME OF WHAT WE
HEARD
FROM COMMUNITY TODAY.
THAT IS PART OF THE EVOLUTION
OF CPC.
I THINK CPC HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN
SUCCESSFUL IN THAT REGARD.
AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE
DOING SEEKS TO BE TRANSFORMATIVE
IN THAT WE ARE LOOKING MORE AND
MORE TO CENTER THOSE VOICES
MOST
IMPACTED IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.
NEXT SLIDE.
OUR 2026-'27 STRATEGIC PLAN.
THIS IS A REGULAR THING THAT
CPC DOES AND IS LOOKING AT VERY
DIFFERENTLY THIS TIME AROUND.
WE USED TO DO THREE-
YEAR STRATEGIC PLANS.
THEY
USED TO BE HUGE, ORGANIZED BY
CONSULTANTS, AND THEY SAT
ON A SHELF.
NOW, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT
WE ARE HOPING IS GOING TO
BE MUCH MORE ACTIONABLE, MUCH
MORE
MEASURABLE,
AND MUCH MORE VALIDATED AND LED
BY COMMUNITY.
OUR STRATEGIC PLAN NOW IS BEING
LED BY OUR DEPUTY
DIRECTOR, DR. KEITH WHEELER.
IT IS A TWO- YEAR PLAN, AND IT
COINCIDES WITH THE
BIANNUAL BUDGET CYCLES.
WHY?
BECAUSE A BUDGET IS AA
DOCUMENT THAT TALKS
ABOUT THE PRIORITIES
OF GOVERNMENT. AND SO, THE WORK
THAT
WE'RE ABLE TO DO IS BASED ON
THE
RESOURCES THAT WE
ARE PROVIDED. AND SO, WE HAVE
ALIGNED
OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING CYCLE
WITH THE BUDGET CYCLE IN ORDER
TO
BE ABLE TO DO WORK THAT IS
BOTH WITHIN OUR MANDATE AND
WITHIN OUR RESOURCES.
AND LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION,
I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT THE RESOURCES PART OF
IT
BUT THE SPOILER IS THE CPC
IS DRASTICALLY UNDERRESOURCED TO
DO
THE WORK THAT IT NEEDS TO DO.
HERE YOU'LL SEE FOUR GOAL
AREAS.
YOU WILL SEE US MOVING
IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT
OPERATIONAL AREAS THAT ARE PART
OF OUR WORK.
OUR WORK STARTS WITH COMMUNITY.
IT STARTS BY WHAT WE ARE
HEARING FROM COMMUNITY.
THAT GOES DIRECTLY INTO
OUR POLICY ADVOCACY AND THEN
OUR COMMUNICATIONS WORK
TELLS ALL THE STORY.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE AT CPC, ITS
LEADERSHIP, ITS
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS TEAM, IS
ALL
ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
USING
OUR RESOURCES
APPROPRIATELY IN ORDER TO PUT
THE
INFRASTRUCTURE, THE PROCESSES,
AND THE
SYSTEMS IN PLACE
TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WORK IS
SUCCESSFUL.
NEXT SLIDE.
WE'VE GOT TO LISTEN
TO COMMUNITY. OF
WAYS, AND YOU'LL SEE HERE
TWO DIFFERENT EXAMPLES OF HOW WE
DO
THAT.
WE HAVE A COMMUNITY
SURVEY YOU'LL SEE ON THE LEFT-
HAND
COLUMN.
SOME OF THE
REOCCURRING THEMES THAT WE'RE
HEARING
FROM COMMUNITIES THAT ARE
COMING THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY
SURVEY, THAT SURVEY IS
TRANSLATED INTO
A FEW DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
WE HAVE FOLKS ACCESS IT
THROUGH A QR CODE, SO IT IS
DIGITAL.
AND WE INVITE FOLKS
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEY IN
A NUMBER
OF DIFFERENT
OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE OUT
IN COMMUNITY.
SOME OF THE THEMES WE'RE
HEARING THROUGH THE SURVEY ARE
CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY IN
NEIGHBORHOODS.
A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT
IMMIGRATION AND I.C.E.
CONCERNS ABOUT BIAS ON THE
PART OF SPD.
CONCERNS ABOUT
SURVEILLANCE
TECHNOLOGY AND ALSO ABOUT SPD
RESPONSE TIME.
WHICH I SHARED WITH COUNCIL
LAST YEAR AS WELL.
THAT WE HEARD FROM MANY
GROUPS, AND
PARTICULARLY SOME OF OUR
INDIGENOUS RESIDENTS HERE IN
SEATTLE.
ON THE RIGHT- HAND SIDE,
YOU'LL SEE INFORMATION THAT WE
COLLECT WHEN WE'RE IN THE
FIELD.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?
WELL, WE GO TO COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT EVENTS,
MEETINGS, AND OTHER SETTINGS
WITH COMMUNITY.
AND WE COMPLETE WHAT'S CALLED
AN
AFTER-ACTION REPORT AFTER THAT.
AFTER- ACTION REPORT LISTS THE
EVENT, THE TIME, THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE, THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF
THOSE FOLKS, THE FEEDBACK
THAT WE HEARD AT THAT EVENT
ABOUT
SPD, AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND
SYNTHESIS FROM CPC STAFF
BASED ON ANALYZING THAT
FEEDBACK.
WE ALSO TAG A NUMBER OF
THEMES AS AT THE END OF THAT
AFTER- ACTION REPORT,
IT'S SIMILAR TO HASHTAGING.
WE HAVE THINGS ON THAT LIST
LIKE IMMIGRATION, RESPONSE TIME,
THE KINDS OF CATEGORIES THAT YOU
SEE
ON THE LEFT-HAND. AND SO, THAT
ALLOWS OUR POLICY
TEAM TO HAVE A POWERFUL TOOL
THAT THEY CAN USE TO SEARCH
FOR INFORMATION BASED ON WHAT
WE'VE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY.
IF THERE'S A QUESTION
ABOUT IMMIGRATION OR A DIRECTIVE
FROM SPD AROUND IMMIGRATION, THE
POLICY TEAM CAN TYPE THE
WORD "IMMIGRATION" AND PULL
UP THE DIFFERENT AREAS AND
SETTINGS, OPPORTUNITIES
WHERE CPC HEARD FEEDBACK ABOUT
IMMIGRATION DIRECTLY
FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND THAT HELPS TO GUIDE
AND INFORM OUR WORK.
BUT WE ALSO ENGAGE WITH OUR
COMMISSIONERS THROUGH
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE
AND
OUR POLICE PRACTICES WORK GROUP.
WE OFTEN INVITE SUBJECT
MATTER EXPERTS TO MEET WITH
THOSE
FOLKS AND SHARE ANSWERS TO THEIR
QUESTIONS. I THINK ONE OF THE
THINGS
THAT'S BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR
CPC IS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO BE
LOUD
AND WRONG.
SO, WHEN WE ARE OPINING OR
WHEN WE ARE LIFTING UP WHAT WE
HAVE HEARD, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE'RE
FULLY INFORMED. AND SO, CPC
MAKES REALLY REGULAR
MEETINGS WITH SUBJECT
MATTER EXPERTS TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THEIR WORK.
I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT, I
THINK, IN AN UPCOMING SLIDE
HERE.
WE WILL TAKE TOURS.
WE'VE TOURED THE RTCC, ALONG
WITH THE RTCCs IN TWO OR
THREE OTHER CITIES.
WE'VE TOURED THE RTCC
IN NEW ORLEANS AND IN GREENSBORO
AS
WELL.
SO THAT WE HAVE KIND OF A GLOBAL
OR NATIONAL VIEW ON WHAT WE'RE
SEEING IN TERMS OF
SURVEILLANCE
TECHNOLOGY. AND SO, WHAT WE HEAR
ACROSS
THE BOARD FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS
IS, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME
REALLY COMMON THEMES.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THEY WANT
TO SEE VISIBLE SAFETY IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT THEY
ALSO WANT TO HAVE MEANINGFUL
CONSTRAINTS ON HOW
POLICING HAPPENS.
ONE
REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE
CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE BEEN
HEARING AROUND SURVEILLANCE.
THAT I I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW,
ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I WAS TALKING
WITH COUNCILMEMBER KETING
YESTERDAY, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE
WERE
SEEING COMMUNITY MEMBERS VERY
STRONGLY
AND ALMOST UNANIMOUSLY,
ESPECIALLY IN PUBLIC
SETTINGS LIKE IN COUNCIL PUBLIC
COMMENT,
AGAINST SURVEILLANCE. WE'RE
SEEING AN EVOLUTION OF
THAT CONVERSATION NOW.
COMMUNITIES ARE NOT
MONOLITHS, AND SO WHEN WE
TALK TO BLACK COMMUNITIES ABOUT
WHAT THEY
WANT TO SEE, THEY'RE NOT
SPEAKING WITH ONE VOICE.
THE FOLKS THAT ARE
FOR SURVEILLANCE ALSO DO NOT
WANT
A BLANK CHECK ON SURVEILLANCE.
THEY'VE ASKED FOR CERTAIN
GUARDRAILS, AND PROTECTIONS,
AGAINST, YOU KNOW,
CONCERNS AROUND CIVIL LIBERTIES
AND
OTHER HARMS THAT COULD COME IF
THE
TECHNOLOGY IS USED IN WAYS THAT
ARE NOT BENEFICIAL
TO COMMUNITIES.
SO, I THINK THAT ONE OF
THE THEMES THAT I
HAVE REALLY SEEN INVOLVED WITH
THE CPC IS A
NUANCED UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE
SAYING.
THESE ARE COMPLEX ISSUES.
AND ADVANCING
COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES
DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU JUST
ADVANCE THE LOUDEST.
IT MEANS YOU RECOGNIZE
THE COMPLEXITY OF THE
CONVERSATION
AND LIFT UP ALL THE VOICES
IN THAT CONVERSATION, AND WHEN
POSSIBLE, GIVE THEM DIRECT
ACCESS TO THE CONVERSATION.
AND THERE ARE EXAMPLES OF US
DOING THAT AS WELL.
HERE'S A CASE STUDY ABOUT
CPC'S
TRANSLATION OF COMMUNITY VOICE
DIRECTLY INTO POLICY.
AT LAST YEAR'S COUNCIL
MEETING, I SHARED A PICTURE OF
MYSELF AND
SANDY. SHE IS AN ELSIER IN DER
IN THE
TONGAN
COMMUNITY HERE IN SEATTLE. SHE
WORKED FOR
THE CITY FOR DECADES AND RETIRED
RECENTLY.
I MET HER AT A COMMUNITY EVENT.
IT WAS AN EVENT FROM ONE OF OUR
COMMISSIONERS THAT LEADS
A NONPROFIT CALLED
OCEANIA NORTHWEST THAT FOCUSES
ON SUPPORTING PACIFICA
COMMUNITY
MEMBERS. AT THAT MEETING, I
LEARNED
FROM HER ABOUT EXPERIENCES THAT
SHE HAD WITH THE CRISIS RESPONSE
TEAM IN SPD.
SHE TALKED ABOUT HAVING TO
CALL SPD SEVERAL TIMES TO
RESPOND
TO HER SON WHO WAS EXPERIENCING
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.
THIS WAS A TERRIFYING
EXPERIENCE FOR HER.
SHE WAS BASICALLY CAUGHT IN THE
BALANCE BETWEEN WANTING TO
GET HELP AND FEARING THAT THE
HELP WAS GOING TO COME AND CAUSE
HARM INSTEAD.
SHE SAID ON A NUMBER OF
OCCASIONS, WHEN
THAT CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM
RESPONDED,
THAT SHE EXPERIENCED AN
EMPATHETIC,
GENTLE, AND LOVING RESPONSE FROM
SPD.
AND SPECIFICALLY, FROM
THIS
TEAM. AND SHE WAS WANTING TO
MAKE SURE
THAT WAS HEARD.
SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
HER EXPERIENCES WERE ALSO
GETTING BACK TO SPD, AND I TOLD
HER,
I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE WE
ELEVATE THIS.
BUT A CONCERN SHE HAD
IS WHAT ABOUT OTHER FAMILIES?
ARE THEY ABLE TO ACCESS
THIS SAME RESPONSE WHEN THEY
HAVE CRISIS OR WHEN THEY
NEED HELP? AND SO, OUR TEAM
ENGAGED WITH
CRT STAFF. WE MET WITH THEM TO
UNDERSTAND
THE PROGRAM BETTER, AND IN THAT
MEETING, WE INVITED OUR
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS TO THE
TABLE, AND SO, YOU KNOW, OIG
ATTENDED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
THE CRT AS WELL, AND WE HAD A
REALLY ROBUST CONVERSATION WITH
THEIR
TEAM. BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST
THINGS WE
LEARNED IS THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE
SUFFICIENT STAFFING OR
POSITIONS TO BE ABLE TO COVER
ALL OF
THE SPD PRECINCTS.
AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE
CO- RESPONDER MODEL
WHERE AN OFFICER RESPONDS ALONG
WITH
A MENTAL HEALTH
PRACTITIONER, THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT IT REQUIRES
A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CAPACITY.
BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, A NUMBER
OF CALLS THAT REQUIRED THIS TYPE
OF MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE
REQUIRED
THAT LEVEL OF EXPERTISE AS WELL,
SO WE ADVOCATED.
WE WERE ENGAGED DIRECTLY BY
COUNCILMEMBER RINK'S OFFICE
DURING BUDGET DEVELOPMENT
PROCESS AND THEY ASKED US FOR
FEEDBACK, SPECIFICALLY ON
SPD'S
BUDGET. SO WE LIFTED UP THE
CONCERNS, AND WE LIFTED UP WHAT
WE'D LEARNED ABOUT THE CRT
TEAM, AND
BASED ON OUR ADVOCACY AND OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS TO
COUNCILMEMBERS, THEY WERE ABLE
TO SECURE AGREEMENT FOR
FUNDING FOR TWO ADDITIONAL FTEs
IN SPD'S
BUDGET TO BE ALLOCATED FOR CRT.
I WANTED TO SHOW THAT
THROUGHLINE.
THERE ARE MANY OTHER EXAMPLES
OF THIS, BUT I WANTED TO SHOW
THAT
THROUGHLINE OF HEARING DIRECTLY
FROM A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND
THEN BEING ABLE TO TRANSLATE
THAT INTO RESULTS.
THE DAY THAT OUR TEAM WAS
ABLE TO TALK TO THE CRT AND
SHARE WITH THEM THAT THIS
WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS
GOING TO BE COMING TO THEM, SOME
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES OF
STAFFING, IT WAS
A PHENOMENAL CONVERSATION.
THE DAY THAT I WAS ABLEABLE
TELL HER THAT THIS WAS
SOMETHING WE WERE ABLE TO
ADVOCATE FOR
BASED ON YOUR FEEDBACK, WAS
A
BEAUTIFUL CONVERSATION. AND SO,
THIS, TO ME, IS WHAT
IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE'RE ABLE
TO USE OUR ACCESS TO SHARE
INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM
COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO
DECISION MAKERS TO BE ABLE TO
GIVE THEM
A SEAT AT THE TABLE, TO BE ABLE
TO
SHARE WHAT MATTERS MOST TO THEM.
NOW, IN ADDITION TO
OUR CONTINUED ADVOCACY FOR
RESOURCES LIKE CRT, WE ARE ALSO
REALLY
INTERESTED IN ALTERNATIVE
RESPONSE, BASED ON THE SAME
TYPE OF FEEDBACK WE'RE HEARING
FROM COMMUNITIES.
THERE IS A NEED FOR A
RESPONSE THAT IS OUTSIDE
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THAT
COMES
WITH A DIFFERENT SET OF SKILLS.
I THINK THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN ENTER A
CPC MEETING,
WE HEARD SPD ACKNOWLEDGE THIS
VERY SPECIFICALLY.
SO, WE ARE EXPERTING
OURSELVES ON ON RESPONSE IN
ORDER
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW WE
CAN SUPPORT COMMUNITIES,
ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING SOME OF
BOTH OF THE
EXPANSION TO CARE AND ALSO
THE LIMITATIONS TO CARE THAT ARE
PLACED WITHIN THE SPOG CBA.
QUANTIFYING
TRANSLATING COMMUNITY VOICE INTO
POLICY.
YOU CAN SEE HERE SOME OF THE
NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T
ALWAYS STOP TO COUNT OUR
WORK, BUT WHEN WE DO, WE ARE
ABLE
TO KIND OF LOOK BACK AT A
PICTURE OF THINGS THAT ARE
DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF CPC'S
INVOLVEMENT.
OUR FLAGSHIP CASE, IN 2024,
BEGINNING IN 2024, WAS REALLY,
I THINK, PART OF CPC'S
REACTIVATION.
AT THAT TIME, WHEN I CAME
ON BOARD IN AUGUST 2024, AND
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, CPC WAS IN
A HUGE TIME OF TRANSITION.
THERE WAS LEADERSHIP TURMOIL.
THERE WAS TURNOVER WITHIN THE
ORGANIZATION AND
COMMUNITIES LARGELY FELT THAT
CPC WAS
NOT SERVING ITS NEEDS.
AT THAT SAME TIME,
A CROWD MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE HAD
BEEN
PROPOSED
PROPOSED, AND THEY REACTED
QUICKLY TO GATHER COMMUNITY
FEEDBACK ON THE PROPOSED
LEGISLATION. I THINK WE MET WITH
ALMOST EVERY
SINGLE COUNCILMEMBER ON THAT
DAIS, AND WHEN THAT FINAL
ORDINANCE WAS PAST, NEARLY EVERY
SINGLE AMENDMENT, IT
INCORPORATED FEEDBACK FROM
COMMUNITY THAT WAS
PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL
BY BYCPC. THIS WAS
POWERFUL. IN THE CITY'S MOTION
TO EXIT THE
CONSENT DECREE, CPC WAS NAMED
SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS WORK
AS WELL.
AND AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE ON THE
BOTTOM THE AUTHORIZES ORDINANCE
FOR THIS TYPE OF WORK.
ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT HAS BEEN A HUGE PART OF MY
TIME IN GOVERNMENT, HAVING
WORKED FOR THE SECOND TIME FOR
THE
CITY, FOR THE COUNTY, AND FOR
THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON, IS
THE JOURNEY THAT GOVERNMENT
NEEDS
TO
MAKE TO TRULY BECOME
ANTI-RACIST.
AND SO, AS A PART OF THAT
JOURNEY, WE'VE PARTNERED WITH
THE PEOPLE'S INSTITUTE
FOR SURVIVAL AND BEYOND, ALSO
KNOWN
AS PISAB. IT'S BEEN USED IN AND
OUTSIDE
OF GOVERNMENT FOR MANY YEARS.
WE'RE HOSTING PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT.
SOME OF YOU HAVE RECEIVED
ININVITATIONS TO THAT,
AS HAVE OUR PARTNERS, AND
EVEN SOME OF OUR PARTNERS
OUTSIDE OF THE
CITY LIKE THE SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
WE WANT TO WORK TOGETHER
IN PARTNERSHIP TO BECOME THE
TYPE OF CITY AND THE TYPE OF
SYSTEM THAT IS TRULY - RACIST
AND MOVING THROUGH TRAINING
AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
LIKE THAT TOGETHER, WE HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN
THOSE SKILLS BUT ALSO TO
PRACTICE THOSE SKILLS AND THE
WAY THAT
WE WORK WITH EACH OTHER.
ALSO LEANING INTO PARTNERSHIP,
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF
INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE REALLY
EXCITED
ABOUT ENGAGING WITH, WITH OUR
PARTNERS. YOU HEARD FROM OPA
EARLIER.
OUR OPPORTUNITY TO LEAN INTO
THE
IMPACT STATEMENT WOULD BE
AMAZING AND IS RELEVANT TO
COMMENTS WE'VE HEARD
FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS TODAY.
WE ARE ADVANCING POLICY
DEVELOPMENT, AND I'VE
SPOKE ALREADY ABOUT
ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT CENTERING
YOUTH VOICE FOR STRATEGIC
ENGAGEMENT.
THERE IS A PRO- EQUITY
PRINCIPLE THAT SAYS THE PEOPLE
MOST IMPACTED SHOULD BE THE ONES
THAT ARE AT THE TABLE TO BE ABLE
TO
DEVELOP SOLUTIONS, AND SOME
OF THE MOST RECENT TRAGEDIES
THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN OUR CITY
THAT INVOLVE YOUTH AND THOSE
THAT COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE
REFERENCED TODAY IN HIS
COMMENTS, WE KNOW
THAT YOUTH ARE THE MOST
IMPACTED BY SOME OF THE
RECENT REGIONAL GUN VIOLENCE
THAT WE HAVE SEEN
IN THE CITY.
AND SO, TO THAT END, WE
ARE LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH
LOCAL YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS.
THIS PAST MARCH, WE HOSTED A
TOWN HALL WITH THE RAINIER
BEACH
COALITION. IT WAS SHORTLY AFTER
THE
DOUBLE HOMICIDE THAT HAPPENED
OUTSIDE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND
I THINK
JUST CONTINUING
TO LOOK AT UPLIFTING THE YOUTH
VOICE.
WE'RE DOING SOME WORK NOW
SPECIFICALLY WITH RAINIER
BEACH AND WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS TO HEAR MORE FROM THE
STUDENTS ABOUT WHAT THEY NEED IN
TERMS OF
SAFETY, AND WE HAVE BEEN HAVING
A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS AROUND
DIFFERENT PRACTICES THAT
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
IS CONSIDERING RIGHT NOW.
ON THAT BOTTOM RIGHT
COLUMN, WE HAVE SOME EXAMPLES OF
THAT.
THAT IS THE SCHOOL RESOURCE
OFFICERS CONVERSATION,
METAL DETECTOR TECHNOLOGY, WHICH
WE'VE TOURED OTHER CITIES TO
SEE
HOW THEY HAVE IMPLEMENTED THIS
IN BOTH MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND
HIGH SCHOOLS.
IT'S ACTUALLY BEYOND METAL
DETECTORS.
THEY ARE USING SYSTEMS THAT ARE
CALLED EVOLVE SCANNERS THAT
LOOK AT THE SHAPE AND DENSITY OF
WEAPONS, RATHER THAN
JUST ANYTHING THAT
DINGS METAL. SO, WE'RE LEARNING
A LITTLE
MORE ABOUT THAT, AND THE BOTH
THE COST AND -- BUT SOME OF
THE CONCERNS AND RISKS
VERSUS BENEFITS
OF IMPLEMENTING SYSTEMS LIKE
THIS IN SEATTLE.
AND ALSO, JUST LOOKING
GENERALLY AT STUDENT- CENTERED
SAFETY
PRACTICES THROUGH SAFETY PLAN.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THIS IS OUR FINAL SLIDE.
WHEN IT COMES TO
BUDGET, AND I RECOGNIZE THE
CITY'S
CURRENT BUDGET DEFICIT
SCENARIO, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
WORK IS
OFTEN THE FIRST THING THAT'S
CUT.
WE
SOMETIMES DON'T THINK OF IT AS
MISSION CRITICAL.
BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT SEATTLE'S
CIVILIAN-LED OVERSIGHT
SYSTEM, WE SEE THE NEED
FOR A SYSTEM THAT MAKES SPACE
FOR COMMUNITY
VOICES.
WE CANNOT DO IT BY OURSELVES IN
GOVERNMENT. WE CANNOT SIT INSIDE
CONCRETE
TOWERS AND DECIDE WHAT IS
BEST
FOR COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY
WHEN IT COMES TO POLICING.
THE CPC IS HISTORICALLY
UNDERRESOURCED.
WE HAVE TEN PEOPLE TO DELIVER
ON A MANDATE THAT IS
FAR BROADER THAN OUR PARTNERS.
AND SO, EQUITY
PRINCIPLES DICTATE THAT WE
INVEST IN
THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO
US.
AND I BELIEVE THAT
IS
COMMUNITY-LED POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY WORK.
I HAVE SOME IDEAS THAT I
WILL ENGAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN
AS WE MOVE FURTHER THROUGH THE
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS ABOUT HOW WE
CAN SHIFT EXISTING RESOURCES
WITHIN
THIS GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO BE
ABLE TO MEET THOSE NEEDS.
I THINK THAT
WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT BUDGET
DEFICIT SCENARIOS,
CPC IS IN A PUBLIC SAFETY
BUCKET.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IT IS NOT
A MATTER OF US BEING
UNDERRESOURCED AS A
PUBLIC SAFETY BUCKET, BUT JUST
HOW WE'RE USING THOSE
RESOURCES.
SO, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THOSE
IDEAS WITH YOU,
COUNCILMEMBERS,
AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THAT
PROCESS.
WHEN IT COMES TO SUSTAINING WHAT
WE'VE BUILT, IT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT THAT A
CIVILIAN-
LED POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM
HAS
TEETH, HAS THE ABILITY TOTO BE
--
TO ACTUALLY IMPART CONSEQUENCES.
IF WE ARE NOT SEEING THE
OUTCOMES THAT WE ARE EXPECTING
TO SEE IN COMMUNITY.
BUT THE ACCOUNTABILITY
ORDINANCE, AS WRITTEN, SETS
THE CPC UP BY DESIGN TO FALL
SHORT
OF THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE
COMMUNITY.
FOR INSTANCE, IF THE
CPC DISAGREED WITH OPA'S
FINDINGS,
SAY, FOR
INSTANCE, THE CPC DISAGREED WITH
OPA'S
FINDINGS WITH RESPECT TO THE MAY
24th
PROTEST, HYPOTHETICALLY,
CPC WOULD BE CONSTRAINED FROM
BEING
ABLE TO COMMENT ON THE
RESULTS OF THOSE CLOSED CASES,
ON
THE SUFFICIENCY OF THOSE CLOSED
CASES, AND THAT FALLS SHORT
OF WHAT COMMUNITIES
ARE EXPECTING. WHAT WE HEARD IN
COUNCIL TODAY
IS, WHEN WE HEAR COMMENTS ON
A BODY CAM THAT ARE OUTRAGEOUS
TO COMMUNITIES AND FALL SHORT
FROM
THE EXPECTATIONS
THAT THEY ARE -- THAT THEY ARE
RIGHTFULLY LOOKING
FOR, THEY ARE EXPECTING OUR
GOVERNMENT TO REACT.
RIGHT AROUND THE TIME THAT
WE LEARNED ABOUT SOME OF THOSE
COMMENTS, THERE WERE -- IT
WAS SHORTLY AFTER THE KILLINGS
OF RESIDENTS IN MINNEAPOLIS BY
I.C.E.
I WATCHED THEIR
POLITICIANS LOSING THEIR MINDS.
OUTRAGED.
AND I DIDN'T SEE THAT REACTION
IN SEATTLE.
THERE WAS A POINT AT
WHICH I WAS -- I WAS MEETING
WITH
FOLKS AND SAYING, WHY IS CPC THE
ONLY
ONE THAT'S MADE A STATEMENT ON
THIS?
WHY HAVEN'T
WE HEARD EARLIER FROM SPD?
AND SO, I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING
IS THAT IN ORDER FOR US TO
BE EFFECTIVE, WE CAN'T
BE HANDCUFFED BY THE
ORDINANCE THAT WAS MET FOR US TO
ACTUALLY BE
IMPACTFUL IN THIS SYSTEM.
WHEN IT COMES TO
OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR
PARTNERS,
WE ARE NOT STAKEHOLDERS.
WE ARE NOT A COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATION.
WE ARE ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS.
AND WE EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO
LEND OUR EXPERTISE AND
OUR INVOLVEMENT TO THE
ISSUES THAT MATTER TO
COMMUNITIES.
THAT IS WHY WE EXIST.
I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT FROM
ALL OF YOU COUNCILMEMBERS.
I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF
OUR ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS, ALL
OF
YOU, AND MOST OF ALL,
I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT
OF COMMUNITY AND
CONTINUING TO PUSH THIS SYSTEM
INTO SOMETHING
BETTER, BECAUSE IT'S WHAT THE
PEOPLE OF SEATTLE DESERVE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR AMEH.
I REALLY APPRECIATE TO
INCLUDE YESTERDAY'S MEETING
WITH YOU,
ALSO, DEPUTY DIRECTOR
WHEELER, I
BELIEVE THE POLICY DIRECTOR
DARLING WAS THERE.
I'M FORGETTING, IN
TERMS OF STAFF AS WELL, BUT CO-
CHAIRS,
WEST, VERY IMPORTANT TO HEAR
FROM HER AND MERKEL JOINED IN
AS
WELL. APPRECIATE YOUR BRIEFING.
AND WE'LL ADD THAT, YOU KNOW,
AND YOUR COMMENTS
REGARDING ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE,
THAT'S
AN AREA WE'RE GOING TO BE
WORKING IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
AND ALSO, GUN VIOLENCE.
YOU MENTIONED RAINIER BEACH SO I
APPRECIATED THE
COMMISSIONER
BEING ON THE GROUND WITH ME AS
WE WALKED AROUND THE WHOLE
CIRCLE, THREE SCHOOLS, A PARK,
AND, YOU KNOW, THESE
DIFFERENT AREAS WITHIN THE
COMMUNITY THAT HAVE BEEN
IMPACTED BY
GUN VIOLENCE AND CONTINUE TO BE,
AS I MENTIONED WITH TODAY'S
EARLIER
CHAIR COMMENT, TALKING ABOUT THE
18-YEAR-OLD.
WHO WAS SHOT, WHO WAS A RAINIER
BEACH HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR.
SO, COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU FOR
PERSEVERING.
I KNOW WE'RE WELL PAST OUR
TIME,
AND WE'RE RUNNING UP ON
OTHER
MEETINGS PROBABLY CANCELED AND
THEN WE HAVE
FULL COUNCIL. SO I JUST WANTS TO
THANK ALL
OF YOUR PARTICIPATION IN TERMS
OF
THE COLLEAGUES,
PLUS COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER FOR
JOINING IN AND MOST IMPORTANTLY
FOR
OUR ACCOUNTABILITY -- WELL,
TWO PIECES.
ACCOUNTABILITY
PARTNERS THAT WERE ABLE TO JOIN
US, OIG,
OPA, AND CPC THAT WE JUST HEARD
FROM, AND TO INCLUDE
SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, SOME
MENTION SPD, AND IN
A SENSE, IT'S TRUE IN TERMS OF
BEING A PARTNER
IN
ACCOUNTABILITY. AND SO, IT'S
VERY IMPORTANT TO
HEAR THAT.
AND TO HAVE THE PUBLIC
COMMENTS THAT WE
HEARD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
MEETING.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, AFTER PUBLIC
COMMENTS CREATED A SITUATION
WHERE WE HAD TO GO REMOTE,
BUT HERE WE ARE AT THE END OF
THE MEETING, SO AGAIN, I WANT
TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR HAVING
THIS
COUNTRY, BECAUSE I DO THINK
IT'S
IMPORTANT TO HEAR FROM
OUR ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS ON
THE ISSUES THAT THEY'RE
FACING, TO
INCLUDE BUDGET. SO, THANK YOU
FOR THOSE
BUDGET
PIECES. AND THEN, HOW WE CAN
IMPROVE.
AND THEN HAVING, AS WE
DID WITH THE FIRST ITEM, HAVING
SPD BE
THERE, SPEAKING TO
THE SENTINEL REVIEW THAT OIG
OVERSAW.
SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR
RUNNING, AND WE GOT TWO
MINUTES TO 1:00, SO WE'RE WELL
PAST,
SO WE'VE REACHED THE END OF
TODAY'S
AGENDA. MEETING AGENDA.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO
COME BEFORE THE COMMUNITY
BEFORE WE
ADJOURN? I DON'T THINK SO, BUT
I LOOK FORWARD TO FOLLOWING UP
WITH
MY COLLEAGUES AND
EVERYBODY
INVOLVED. HEARING NO FURTHER
BUSINESS
TO COME BEFORE
THE COMMUNITY, WE