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
Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz with Community Engagement Team members Jo-Nathan Thomas and Mergitu Argo.
CPC's Felicia Cross joining SPD's Detective Denise "Cookie" Bouldin at Seattle's South Shore Elementary School for Black History month celebrations.
CPC staff at the signing of Mayor Harrell’s Executive Order in support of immigrant and refugee communities during crisis responses to sudden, unexpected, and unnatural deaths.
CPC's Engagement specialist Mergitu Argo and Seattle Office of Immigrant Affairs, Hamdi Mohamed, with community faith leaders.
Community Engagement Team with the African American Community Advisory Council.
L-R Felicia Cross, Mergitu Argo, Rev Harriett Walden, Jo-Nathan Thomas, Bessie Scott.
Felicia Cross and Rev. Harriett Walden are part of a panel discussion for Black History month.
CPC Community Engagement Director, Felicia Cross reading to school children for Black History month.