Community Engagement
Ordinance 125315 - Chapter 3.29.300
CPC shall be responsive to community needs and concerns through means including, but not limited to, the following:
1. Engaging in community outreach to obtain the perspectives of community members and SPD employees on police-community relations, SPD policies and practices, the police accountability system, and other matters consistent with the purposes of this Chapter 3.29.
2. Maintaining connections with representatives of disenfranchised communities and with other community groups in all of the City’s legislative districts, as well as with SPD demographic and precinct advisory councils.
3. Providing SPD, OPA and OIG with community feedback relevant to their operations received as a result of its public outreach activities.
4. Providing technical assistance on community matters to OPA and OIG, as reasonably requested and consistent with the purposes of this Chapter 3.29
(L-R) Mergitu Argo, Dorian Waller, and Mario Teulilo
Community Engagement Director Dorian Waller talking with community members at the Filipino Community Center.
CPC's Mergitu Argo, Mario Teulilo, and Kieryn High with members of Yesler Terrace Community Council.
CPC's Mergitu Argo, Mario Teulilo, and Kieryn High with Before The Badge recruits at the LGBTQIA+ Advisory Council.
CPC's Executive Director Eci Ameh, Commissioner Joseph Seia, and Mario Teulilo with community members at Oceania Northwest Opening Blessing.
CPC staff with community members at the Indigenous Advisory Board hosted at Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center
CPC's Engagement specialist Mergitu Argo and Seattle Office of Immigrant Affairs, Hamdi Mohamed, with community faith leaders.