>>> GOOD MORNING.
TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER
11, 2019.
IT IS 9:30 AM.
WELCOME EVERYONE TO THIS
MEETING OF THE GENDER EQUITY,
SAFE COMMUNITIES, NEW.
I AM COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ ,
CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE.
I KNOW THAT BOTH OF MY
COLLEAGUES PLAN TO JOIN ME
LATER, SO WE ARE STILL WAITING
ON COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO TO JOIN
US THIS MORNING.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION TODAY'S
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
PART OF THE CHAIRS REPORT
INCLUDES AN OVERVIEW OF TODAY'S
AGENDA.
FIRST WE WILL CONSIDER A VOTE
ON APPOINTMENT TO THE FAMILIES,
EDUCATION PRESCHOOL AND PROMISE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
SECOND A PRESENTATION ON THE
FINAL REPORT OF THE SERIOUS AND
DEADLY FORCE INVESTIGATION TASK
FORCE.
AND LAST WILL HEAR FROM A
PARTICIPANT REGARDING THE
RECENTLY ANNOUNCED REWARDS
WHICH AIMS TO SUPPORT YOUTH AND
THEIR FAMILIES EXPERIENCING
NEGATIVE IMPACTS FROM
INTERACTION WITH THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM.
BEFORE WE GO AHEAD AND GO INTO
PUBLIC COMMENT, I JUST WANTED
TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 11, A
DAY THAT WE ALL, AS AMERICANS
AND AROUND THE WORLD, REMEMBER
AS A DATE WHERE WE LOST OVER
3000 LIVES IN OUR COUNTRY DUE
TO A TERRORIST ATTACK. I WANT
TO INVITE US ALL TO TAKE A
MOMENT OF SILENCE IN
COMMEMORATION OF THOSE LIVES
LOST.
AND IN HOPES OF BEING ABLE TO
ACHIEVE ADDITIONAL PEACE IN THE
FUTURE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME IN A
MOMENT OF SILENCE.
I KNOW ALL OF US HAVE OUR OWN
INDIVIDUAL MEMORIES OF WHERE WE
WERE ON SEPTEMBER 11 AND WHAT
WAS HAPPENING THAT DAY.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF
THE WORK THAT ARE FIRST
RESPONDERS DID ON THAT DAY AND
OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND
HEARTS CONTINUE TO BE WITH
THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO LOST
LOVED ONES AND ALSO WITH THE
SURVIVORS.
ALL RIGHT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND
BEGIN TODAY'S AGENDA.
AS USUAL WE START WITH PUBLIC
COMMENT.
NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT TODAY.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO IS WITH US
TODAY THEY INTENDED TO SIGN UP
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT DIDN'T HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO?
SEEING NO ONE, I WILL GO AHEAD
AND CLOSE OUT THE PERIOD OF
PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND I'M GOING TO INVITE FOLKS
WHO ARE HERE TO PRESENT ON THE
LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
APPOINTMENT TO JOIN ME AT THE
TABLE AND THEN CODY IS GOING TO
READ THIS INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1. 01399.
APPOINTMENT OF SUSAN YU YI LEE
AS MEMBER, FAMILIES, EDUCATION,
PRESCHOOL, AND PROMISE LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, FOR A TERM
TO DECEMBER 31, 2022.
>> THANKS CODY.
SO WE ARE JOINED NOW BY BOTH
AIR NOMINEE AND DIRECTOR. I
WILL GO AHEAD AND ASK YOU TO
INTRODUCE YOURSELVES FOR THE
RECORD AND THEN I WILL HAND IT
OVER TO YOU.
USE THE MICROPHONE, I THINK THE
GREEN LIGHT IS ON.
YOU NEED TO GET A CLOSER TO YOU,
SUSAN.
TELL US YOUR NAME AND THEN
DUANE WILL DO THE SAME AND THEN
DUANE WILL GIVE US ADITI.
>> MY NAME IS SUSAN LEE.
>> I AM DWANE CHAPPELLE.
DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND EARLY
LEARNING.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
DO YOU WANT TO WALK US THROUGH
THE NOMINATION?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
MORNING COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ
. I AM HERE TO INTRODUCE OUR
FINAL NOMINEE TO BE APPOINTED
TO SERVE ON OUR DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION, EARLY LEARNING LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
THIS COMMITTEE OVERSEES THE
FAMILIES, EDUCATION AND
PRESCHOOL PROMISE LEVY.
I ALSO WANT TO START OFF BY
THANKING YOU AND YOUR
COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORT FROM THE
LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND
THE WORK WE HAVE BEEN DOING
WITH THE LEVY.
WE HAVE WORKED HARD TO MAKE
SURE ALL OF OUR NOMINATIONS
HAVE MET THE CRITERIA AND THE
ORDINANCE AND THAT ALL OF OUR
NOMINEES SUCH AS SUSAN TODAY,
HAVE THE PROFESSIONAL, PERSONAL
RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCE WITH
THE NECESSARY GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT THAT OUR CHILDREN
WILL NEED, INCLUDING STUDENT
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, AND SOME
TYPE OF POST SECONDARY
READINESS FOR THE CRITERIA.
SO TODAY AS YOU MENTIONED,
FINAL NOMINEE, SHE REPRESENTS A
CULTURAL AND LANGUAGE-BASED
ORGANIZATION AND SHE HAS
EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH AND
REPRESENTING HISTORICALLY
UNDERSERVED GROUPS ACROSS THIS
AMAZING CITY.
SO, THIS NOMINEE, I WOULD FIRST
LIKE TO THANK MAYOR DURKAN FOR
THIS NOMINATION.
HER NAME IS SUSAN LEE.
SHE IS A MAYORAL APPOINTED
APPOINTMENT TO THE LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, SUSAN IS
THE DIRECTOR OF EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION OPERATIONS AND
VOLUNTEER SERVICES AT THE
REFUGEE WOMEN'S ALLIANCE.
SUSAN HAS NEWS NUMEROUS YEARS
OF EXPERIENCE IN CORPORATE AND
NONPROFIT AGENCIES.
HERE'S A LITTLE MORE ABOUT HER.
SUSAN HAS EXPERIENCE IN SALES,
HUMAN RESOURCES, EARLY
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, NATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT TRAININGS, AND
HEARING, FUNDRAISING
LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT,
ENTERING, COMMUNICATIONS AND
OTHER FINANCIAL ORGANIZATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS SPEAKING
TO COMMUNITIES AND UNIVERSITIES.
IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE
VOLUNTEER SERVICES, SUSAN HAS
WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE SCHOOL
OF NURSING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON.
AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL OF NURSING
AT SEATTLE UNIVERSITY. SHE HAS
DONE THIS TO PROVIDE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR FUTURE
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSES TO
UNDERSTAND AND TO HAVE DIRECT
CONTACT WITH CLIENTS FROM HER
ORGANIZATION. THIS INCLUDES
INFANTS, ALL THE WAY TO
SENIORS.
MALES AND FEMALES.
AND IMMIGRANTS AND OTHER
REFUGEES. SUSAN ALSO IS THE
POINT OF CONTACT FOR ALL OF
INTERNSHIPS THAT COME THROUGH
THE ORGANIZATION.
AND THE LAST LITTLE BIT ABOUT
SUSAN, AND THEN I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO HER, AS THE DIRECTOR OF
OPERATIONS FOR THE EARLY
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM,
SUSAN OVERSEES AND ENSURES THAT
THIS PROGRAM IS IN COMPLIANCE
AND IS SUPPORTING ALL OF THE
FAMILIES THAT WE SERVE DIRECTLY
AND SUPERVISES OVER 40 STAFF.
BEING PART OF THE TEAM, THEIR
MISSION IS TO PROMOTE INCLUSION
, INDEPENDENCE, PERSONAL
LEADERSHIP AND STRONG COMMUNITY
BY PROVIDING REFUGEE AND
IMMIGRANT WOMEN AND FAMILIES
CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY
APPROPRIATE SERVICES.
THEY ADVOCATE FOR SOCIAL
JUSTICE, PUBLIC POLICY CHANGES,
AS WELL AS EQUAL ACCESS TO
SERVICES.
WELL REPRESENTING CULTURAL
VALUES, AND THE RIGHT TO SELF-
DETERMINATION.
I WANTED TO SHARE THAT BRIEF
BIO ABOT SUSAN.
I KNOW IT SOUNDS GOOD LISTENING
TO IT.
AND SO I WILL TURN OVER TO YOU,
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
DETAILED OVERVIEW OF HER
BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE.
SUSAN, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A
FORMAL SETTING, BUT WE JUST
LIKE TO ENGAGE IN A LITTLE BIT
OF DIALOGUE HERE.
THIS IS MY FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO
ACTUALLY MEET YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TELL US WHY
YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON
THE LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
AND WHAT YOU HOPE TO BE ABLE TO
ACCOMPLISH.
>> SOUNDS GOOD.
I FEEL A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY
TO BE A VOICE FOR THE
MARGINALIZED AND UNDERSERVED
POPULATIONS THAT ARE IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
AS A FIRST GENERATION IMMIGRANT
MYSELF, I HAVE WITNESSED AND
EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND SOME OF
THE CHALLENGES AND BARRIERS
THAT OFTEN NEWCOMERS FACE.
SUCH AS, CHALLENGES WITH
FINANCIAL BURDENS, NAVIGATING
THROUGH THE COMPLEX EDUCATION
SYSTEMS.
NOWADAYS IN 2019, WE HAVE A LOT
MORE OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS THE
LEVY FUNDING AND PROGRAMS, I
WISH I HAD THAT WHEN I WAS
GROWING UP.
I DID NOT HAVE THAT.
SO, SEEING MY PARENTS STRUGGLE
WITH WORKING TWO JOBS AND
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO
ENROLL IN KINDERGARTEN FOR
EXAMPLE, ALSO NOT HAVING THE
LANGUAGE COMPONENT, WAS QUITE A
STRUGGLE.
AND PERSONALLY, I LIKE TO TRY TO
REMOVE THOSE BARRIERS THAT MY
FAMILY FACED.
BECAUSE AS A NEW IMMIGRANT IT
IS VERY CHALLENGING INDEED.
AND I'M VERY FORTUNATE TO WORK
IN AN AGENCY WHERE WE TRY TO
EASE THAT BURDEN AND TRY TO
HELP OUR NEW FAMILIES EXCEED.
SO, I WORK WITH APPROXIMATELY
265 FAMILIES NOW.
TO SEE THE SUCCESSES THAT THE
LEVY PROGRAM HAS PROVIDED FOR
OUR FAMILIES IS VERY REWARDING
INDEED.
SO I AM HOPING THAT WITH MY
EXPERIENCED BACKGROUND AND
PASSION I WILL BE ABLE TO
PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT INTO SOME
OF THE CHALLENGES THAT MY
FAMILIES FACE AS WELL AS BEING
A REPRESENTATIVE AND A VOICE
FOR THE EARLY LEARNING CENTERS
IN OUR COMMUNITY.
>> GREAT.
AND I, AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CHAIR
OF THIS COMMITTEE, ALSO SERVE
ON THE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE.
WE WILL GET TO SEE EACH OTHER A
LOT.
>> WONDERFUL.
>> WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE NEXT
QUESTION, WHICH IS, JUST
CHECKING IN TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU HAVE THE SUPPORT OF YOUR
ORGANIZATION AND THE CAPACITY
TO FULLY PARTICIPATE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
MY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS VERY
ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT ME GETTING
ON BOARD.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MY
ORGANIZATION TO REPRESENT ALL
THE THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES IN
OUR PROGRAM.
I HAVE A WONDERFUL TEAM OF
TEACHERS THAT HAVE BENEFITED
FROM THIS PROGRAM WHERE THEY
HAVE PURSUED HIGHER EDUCATION
FROM ASSOCIATE DEGREES TO
BACHELOR DEGREES WITH MASTERS
DEGREES.
MY STAFF ARE PHENOMENAL.
THEY CAN PROBABLY RUN THE
PROGRAM AT THIS POINT.
I AM PRETTY CONFIDENT ABOUT
THAT.
>> WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA, WE ARE STILL ON
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1. WHICH IS
APPOINTMENT OF SUSAN TO THE
FAMILY'S EDUCATION LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
WE ARE JUST WRAPPING UP A
SERIES OF Q&A.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO SETTLE IN
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS FOR HER, PLEASE FEEL
FREE TO LET ME KNOW, I'M HAPPY
TO CALL ON YOU.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU THINK IS
IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW ABOUT
YOUR BACKGROUND OR THE WORK
THAT YOU DO THAT WOULD
CONTRIBUTE TO THE WORK OF THE
LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE?
>> DWANE CHAPPELLE DID A
MOUTHFUL ABOUT MY BIO.
>> HE DID.
>> I AM PRETTY GOOD RIGHT NOW.
BUT I AM REALLY EXCITED AND
VERY HONORED TO BE A PART OF
THIS PROGRAM AND COMMITTEE.
I THINK THAT IT IS GOING TO MAKE
A HUGE IMPACT ON OUR
COMMUNITIES.
AND I'M VERY HONORED TO BE
CONSIDERED AND PART OF THIS
TEAM.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
I KNOW THAT I WAS HOPING WE
WOULD BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY A
NOMINEE IN THIS EXACT SPACE
AROUND EARLY LEARNING AND
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.
I SAW THAT IS A GAP IN TERMS OF
THE MEMBERSHIP AND
REPRESENTATION ON THE LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WHICH WAS
IN A PREVIOUS ITERATION, I
THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE HYPER
FOCUSED ON THE K-12 SYSTEM.
I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING YOUR
PERSPECTIVE AND YOUR SUBJECT
MATTER EXPERTISE TO THE LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AS WE
CONTINUE TO LOOK AT HOW UNDER
THIS VERSION OF THE EDUCATION
LEVY WILL BE EXPANDING ALMOST
NEARLY DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF
PRESCHOOLS SLOTS AVAILABLE TO
FOR-YEAR-OLDS AND FOUR-YEAR-
OLDS.
NOT JUST FOUR-YEAR-OLDS.
IS VERY EXCITING.
AND SORT OF HELPING US COME UP
WITH BETTER SOLUTIONS AROUND
SOME OF THE CHILDCARE SUBSIDY
WORK THE DEAL DOES AND
GRAPPLING WITH REALITIES OF
WHAT I SEE TO BE THE GAP IN THE
CHILDCARE SERVICES AREA WHICH IS
BIRTH-3 SPACE.
INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE.
REALLY DIFFICULT TO CITE MANY
OF THE CENTERS IN AN URBAN CITY
LIKE THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
THERE ARE SOME INVESTMENTS IN
THE LEVY.
IN ADDITION TO THAT IN TERMS OF
BETTER SUPPORTING OUR CHILDCARE
PROVIDERS TO HELP TO MAKE SURE
THEY ARE BEST EQUIPPED TO HELP
US MEET THE NEEDS OF THAT VERY
YOUNG POPULATION OF CHILDREN
THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING
FROM YOU ABOUT THOSE PARTICULAR
ISSUES AND HOW WE CAN BETTER
SOLVE FOR PROVIDING SOME
COVERAGE IN THOSE AREAS OF GAPS
IN SERVICES.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I AM VERY FORTUNATE TO WORK
WITH CHILDREN BIRTH THROUGH
FIVE YEARS OLD.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT I
FACE IS I WORK WITH SIX
DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES FROM
SBP AND PRIVATE FUNDING.
I GUESS ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS
ABOUT THAT IS WE ARE OFFERING
MANY OF OUR FAMILIES A DIVERSE
AVENUE TO ATTEND OUR PRESCHOOL
WHICH IS A DUAL LANGUAGE
PROGRAM.
BUT ALSO IT OFFERS ME AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SEE ALL THE
CHALLENGES IN THE GAPS THAT
THEY FACE AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WE DID NOT
HAVE CHILDREN THAT WERE ABLE TO
PARTICIPATE IN A PROGRAM BECAUSE
OF THE AGE REQUIREMENT.
THIS YEAR, BECAUSE IT HAS
CHANGED FROM FOUR YEARS OLD TO
THREE YEARS OLD, WE HAVE
ELIMINATED THE HUGE GAP.
BUT THERE IS STILL A LOT OF
WORK TO BE DONE.
ESPECIALLY FOR FAMILIES THAT
ARE NOT PART OF THE SPV PROGRAM.
THE BIRTH TO THREE IS STILL
FACING A LOT OF CHALLENGES.
FROM SPECIAL EDUCATION, THAT IS
NOT AVAILABLE FOR 0-3. THE
EARLY INTERVENTION IS REALLY
CHALLENGING.
THERE IS A LOT MORE THAT CAN BE
DONE.
SO I AM EXCITED TO BE A PART OF
THIS TEAM.
>> IS GREAT.
I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
AND I HAVE BOTH TALKED A LOT
ABOUT A DEEP INTEREST IN THAT
0-3 AGE SPACE FOR CHILDCARE AND
REALLY DO THINK THAT'S AN
IMPORTANT AREA.
AND THERE WERE SOME, AS PART OF
THE MENTATION PLAN AND
EVALUATION PLAN FOR THE LEVY,
THERE WERE SOME BODIES OF WORK
RELATED TO POLICY AND
PROGRAMMING IMPLEMENTATION THAT
ARE CONTINUING TO BE WORKED ON
AND IN SEVERAL OF THOSE AREAS
ARE ON THE ISSUES YOU JUST
HIGHLIGHTED RIGHT NOW.
SO INCLUDING, HOW DO WE DEAL
WITH REMOVING THE BARRIER OF
THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE
BUREAUCRACY OF HAVING TO
PIECEMEAL DIFFERENT KINDS OF
SUBSIDIES TO BE ABLE TO GET A
FULL DAY OF CHILDCARE IS ONE OF
THEM.
THE SECOND IS, HOW DO WE GET TO
BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE A LONGER
DAY OF CARE FOR KIDS IN OUR
CITY.
RIGHT NOW THE MODEL IS SIX
HOURS, IS THAT RIGHT?
SIX HOURS.
WE ARE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO
EXPLORE MODELS WE CAN HAVE MORE
HOURS AVAILABLE FOR CARE WITHIN
OUR SPP PROGRAM.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS WOULD BE
VERY EXCITING TO GET YOUR
EXPERTISE ON.
>> ANYTHING TO ADD?
BUT I'M EXCITED TO MEET YOU.
SORRY TO MISS THE FIRST PART OF
THE INTRODUCTION FROM DIRECTOR
DWANE CHAPPELLE.
BUT READING YOUR MATERIALS
PROVIDED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS
APPOINTMENT.
AND FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ
ARTICULATED, AND BECAUSE IT
LOOKS LIKE YOUR DIRECT
CONNECTION TO THE HEALTHCARE
WORLD VIA YOUR ROLE AS A
VOLUNTEER DIRECTOR AT REWA,
RECOGNIZING THE 0-3 CATEGORY
IS SOMETIMES OFTEN PROVEN TO BE
THE BEST PLACE WHERE WE CAN SEE
IMPROVEMENT IN OVERALL HEALTH
AND LONGEVITY FOR HEALTHY
FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS IF
THEY GET ACCESS TO LEARNING
OPPORTUNITIES 0-3. I SEE YOUR
ENTIRE RESUME AS LIVING OUT THE
SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
AND AM LOOKING FORWARD YOU
BRINGING THAT PERSPECTIVE TO
THE BOARD AND I'M EXCITED.
>> GREAT.
I THINK WE ARE READY TO VOTE ON
THIS.
THIS IS OUR ONLY ITEM FOR A
VOTE ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
I MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDED TO THE COUNCIL FOR
APPOINTMENT 1399.
>> SECOND.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYES.
MOTION PASSES. THE COMMITTEE
WILL RECOMMEND THE CITY COUNCIL
CONFIRMED APPOINTMENT 1399.
THIS APPOINTMENT WILL BE
CONSIDERED AT THE FULL CITY
COUNCIL MEETING THIS MONDAY
SEPTEMBER 16, YOU'RE ALWAYS
WELCOME TO JOIN US BUT YOU ARE
NOT REQUIRED TO ATTEND THAT
FULL COUNCIL MEETING.
THAT IS WHEN WE WILL DO THE
FINAL VOTE ON YOUR APPOINTED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
WITH US.
AND THINK YOU DIRECTOR DWANE
CHAPPELLE FOR BEING WITH US US
MORNING.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU GUYS.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO OUR LAST TWO
AGENDA ITEMS ARE ONLY FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
THERE ARE NO MATTERS TO BE
VOTED ON ON EITHER OF THE NEXT
TWO AGENDA ITEMS.
WE WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER 2 WHICH IS A BRIEFING ON
THE FINAL REPORT OF THE
SERIOUS AND DEADLY FORCE
INVESTIGATIONS TASKFORCE.
IF YOU'RE HERE TO PRESENT ON
THIS I INVITE YOU TO JOIN US
AT THE TABLE WHILE CODY READS
IT INTO THE RECORD.
>> BRIEFING ON THE FINAL REPORT
OF THE SERIOUS AND DEADLY
FORCE INVESTIGATIONS TASKFORCE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON
THIS.
WE DO?
WE WILL GET THAT LAPTOP FIRED
UP.
SOMEONE WILL NEED TO DRIVE THAT
CLICKER.
YOU GOT IT BESSIE?
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN FIRST
BY HAVING EACH OF YOU STATE
YOUR NAME, FOR THE RECORD.
AND THEN I WILL HAND IT OVER TO
ALL OF YOU TO WALK US THROUGH
THE PRESENTATION.
NAMES AND THEN THE SUBSTANCE OF
THE PRESENTATION.
>> ANDRC TAYLOR, FOUNDER AND
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NOT THIS
TIME.
>> LISA DAUGAARD, DIRECTOR OF
THE PUBLIC DEFENDER
ASSOCIATION.
I AM AN ALUM NOT TO PRESENT THE
RESULT OF THE WORK.
>> MY NAME IS , RETIRED MAJOR
THE KING COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE
AND CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE
CITY OF SEATAC.
I WORKED WITH LISA ON THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT DIVERSION PROGRAM.
>> WELCOME.
>> GOOD MORNING I AM INTERIM
EXEC DIRECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION.
ETSY.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
I KNOW THIS WORK IS QUITE
LITERALLY A LABOR OF LOVE.
AND HAS TAKEN US A LONG TIME TO
FINALLY GET THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
I THINK THIS WAS A TREMENDOUSLY
IMPORTANT BODY OF WORK THAT
MERITED ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF
TIME TO DO.
OF COURSE IN THE INTERVENING
PERIOD OF TIME BETWEEN THE TIME
WE PASSED THE RESOLUTION IN THE
TIME WE ARE SITTING HERE NOW WE
SAW THE PASSAGE, THE HISTORIC
PASSAGE OF INITIATIVE 940, OR
DE-ESCALATE WASHINGTON AS IT
WAS COMMONLY REFERRED TO, AND WE
I THINK ARE NOW EVEN BETTER
POISED TO RECEIVE THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO GET A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE WORK OF
THE TASK FORCE WILL BLEND INTO
THE STATEWIDE WORK IN THIS
SPACE.
I THINK AS USUAL, SEATTLE IS
CONSIDERED A LEADER ON MANY
INNOVATIVE, CREATIVE POLICY
SOLUTIONS.
AND THIS AREA AROUND POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY REFORM, ETC., IS
CERTAINLY NO EXCEPTION TO THAT
RULE.
SO REALLY, LOOKING FORWARD TO
HEARING MORE ABOUT THE
RECOMMENDATIONS AND TO BE ABLE
TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE
THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE
WORK OF THE TASK FORCE WITH THE
VIEWING PUBLIC WHICH I THINK IS
A SUPER IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT
WE ARE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF
THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
I THINK IT IS BEEN TWO YEARS AT
THIS POINT.
AS A REMINDER TO THOSE FOLKS
WERE IN THE AUDIENCE AND
WATCHING AT HOME, THIS TASK
FORCE CAME TOGETHER AS PART AND
PARCEL OF THE CITY COUNCILS
PASSAGE OF THE POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE IN
2017.
WERE SOME AREAS THAT WE AS BOTH
THE CITY COUNCIL AND TOGETHER
WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS
WANTED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO LEGISLATE BUT UNFORTUNATELY
DIDN'T FEEL LIKE WE HAD ENOUGH
DETAIL INFORMATION AROUND
CONCEPT AND POLICY POSITIONS TO
BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY DO THAT IN
THE BODY OF THE POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE.
AS A RESULT OF THAT THERE WERE
SEVERAL AREAS OF POLICY WORK
THAT WE DECIDED TO MEMORIALIZE
IN A COMPANION RESOLUTION THAT
REALLY PROVIDED DIRECTION,
STRUCTURE, AND METRICS AROUND
THE TYPE OF WORK AND WHO WE
WANTED TO SEE DO THAT TYPE OF
WORK AS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE
PASSAGE OF THE POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE.
THIS REPORT WE ARE ABOUT TO GET
BRIEFED ON IS PART AND PARCEL OF
THE PRODUCT OF THAT RESOLUTION,
THE COMPANION RESOLUTION WE
PASSED IN 2017.
WE SEE THIS IS A CONTINUATION,
ONGOING CONTINUATION OF THE
WORK WE STARTED IN 2017 THE
PASSAGE OF THAT HISTORIC PIECE
OF LEGISLATION.
WITH THAT INTRODUCTION, I'M
GOING TO GO AHEAD AND HANDED
OVER TO ALL OF YOU.
BESSIE, ARE YOU GOING TO START
US OFF?
THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM CHAIR
AND COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA ARE
HAVING IS HERE TO PRESENT THIS
REPORT.
I'M GOING TO MAN OF THE SLIDES.
THE SERIOUS AND DEADLY FORCE
INVESTIGATIONS TASKFORCE WAS
CONVENED BY THE CPC TO FULFILL
A LEGISLATIVE MANDATE.
SOLUTION 31753 COMPANION
RESOLUTION TO THE
ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE WHICH
WAS ENACTED IN 2017. DIRECTED
THE CPC TO CONVENE MEETINGS
WITH AND LEAD STAKEHOLDERS IN
ASSESSING THE FEASIBILITY OF A
ESTABLISHING MECHANISMS TO
REVIEW PROCESSES ONLY EXTERNAL
TO THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT FOR CASES INVOLVING
SERIOUS AND DEADLY USES OF
FORCE.
AND PROVIDE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS
ADOPTED BY THE STAKEHOLDER
GROUP TO THE COUNCIL FOR
CONSIDERATION.
WHEN THE TASK FORCE FIRST
CONVENED BEGAN TO LOOK AT THE
FEASIBILITY OF INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATIONS.
HOWEVER, AS YOU HAVE STATED,
WITH THE PASSAGE OF 940 AND 2018
THE TASK FORCE SHIFTED ITS
FOCUS FROM WHETHER IT'S FEASIBLE
TO HOW THE CITY OF SEATTLE
SHOULD CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS.
IN CONVENING THE TASK FORCE THE
CPC INVITED INDIVIDUALS TO IN
SHORT THE TASK FORCE AS A
COLLECTIVE WOULD HAVE A BALANCE
OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE ON
BEST PRACTICES, TECHNICAL
EXPERTISE ON SPD PRACTICES, A
FIRM UNDERSTANDING OF THE
COMMUNITY'S EXPECTATION AND
DESIRES RELATING TO DEADLY USES
OF FORCE.
AND DEMONSTRATE WORK RELEVANT
TO INVESTIGATIONS OF USES OF
FORCE.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE TASK
FORCE THE TERM COMMUNITY IS
DEFINED AS COMMUNITIES WHO ARE
MOST IMPACTED BY POLICING.
USES A FORCE.
AND OFFICER INVOLVED DEATH.
IN SEATTLE THESE COMMITTEES
INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO,
BLACK COMMUNITIES, INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITY'S, AND OTHER
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
ARE TASK FORCE INCLUDED JIM
GRADDON COCHAIR.
ANDRC TAYLOR COCHAIR.
M OF THE POLICE COMMUNITY
COMMISSION.
GREG OF THE SEATTLE POLICE
APARTMENT.
LESLIE OF THE I-940 CAMPAIGN.
LISA DAUGAARD, KELLY HARRIS
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, MARK
LARSON, KING COUNTY PROSECUTING
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, JIM COUNCIL
ON AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS
WASHINGTON, MICHELLE, URBAN
LEAGUE.
ANDREW, OFFICE OF POLICE
ACCOUNT ABILITY.
SWEETWATER, AND LORENA. THIS
TASK FORCE WAS STAFFED BY THE
CPC'S CURRENT INTERIM POLICY
DIRECTOR.
KAREN.
THE TASK FORCE MET A TOTAL OF
NINE TIMES BETWEEN APRIL 2018
AND AUGUST 2019.
DURING THIS TIME THE TASK FORCE
DEVELOPED COMMON VALUES AND
EXPECTATIONS, STUDIED SALES
INVESTIGATION PROCESSES,
RESEARCHED BEST PRACTICES IN
OTHER JURISDICTIONS, TALKED TO
COMMUNITY MEMBERS INCLUDING
FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE KILLED
BY POLICE, TALKED TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE
UNDERGONE AN INVESTIGATION,
CONSULTED WITH EXPERTS AND
PRODUCED RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO VALUES
IN THE NEXT AREA, I'M GOING TO
HEAD THIS OFF TO ANDRC TAYLOR.
>> YES, BEFORE, --
>> ANDRC TAYLOR, YOU TEND TO
PROJECT WELL BUT THAT MIKE
WINDT HAS TO BE WAY CLOSER.
>> THANK YOU.
ARE YOU SURE?
>> I MAY REGRET IT LATER BUT
RIGHT NOW I FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT.
>> [LAUGHTER]
>> FOUR GET STARTED HERE ME
JUST SAY THAT BEING INVOLVED IN
WHAT SEATTLE AND WASHINGTON
STATE HAVE BEEN DOING
PARTICULARLY FOR THE LAST 3.5
YEARS I'VE BEEN A TREMENDOUS
EXPERIENCE WHERE ONE HAS TO
HAVE INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY, A
LEARNING CURVE.
AND COMING FROM A COMMUNITY
THAT HAS BEEN DISADVANTAGED OVER
POLICE FOR MANY YEARS, YOU CAN
HAVE A CYNICAL VIEW OF ENGAGING
WITH SYSTEMS OR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
BEFORE ENTERTAIN AND BECOME A
CHAIR OF SDFIT, ONE OF THE
THINGS I THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT
WAS UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE
ELEMENTS OF MY OWN COMMUNITY
THAT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE A
GOOD FIT AT THE TABLE.
THEY ARE EXTREME BUT PROBABLY
WOULDN'T BE A GOOD FIT.
AND I TOLD CPC THAT AS LONG AS
WE ARE BRINGING, WE ARE WILLING
TO WORK TOGETHER, AND NOT
NECESSARILY HAVE TO AGREE WITH
EVERYTHING, I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
HAVE TO AGREE WITH SOMEBODY
100% OF THE TIME IN ORDER TO
FILL IT.
I FOUND IS THAT ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE FENCE IS THAT
PEOPLE THOUGHT THE WAY I
THOUGHT.
RELATIONSHIPS THAT WERE
DEVELOPED WITH JIM AND MYSELF
AND OTHERS AROUND THE TABLE,
THEY WERE TESTED.
AND THIS IS JUST FOR THE
COMMUNITY, TO LET THE COMMUNITY
UNDERSTAND THAT THESE THINGS
CAN WORK AND DO WORK.
THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WERE TESTED
AND FOUND TO HAVE BEEN CLEAR
AND TRUE AND WHATEVER SITUATION
CAME WITHIN THESE MANY MONTHS,
WE OVERCAME THAT TOGETHER.
I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS
IN THIS CITY, THE STATE, TO
UNDERSTAND WE'RE DOING THINGS
THAT HAVE NEVER HAPPENED
BEFORE.
WE HAVE BROUGHT PEOPLE THAT
REPRESENT DIFFERENT COMMUNITY'S
IN THE SPACE.
AND WE HAVE CREATED CHANGE
ALREADY WITH 940 AND WE WANT TO
CREATE THAT CHANGE WITHIN
INVESTIGATIONS.
IN ALL OF OUR RESEARCH, THANKS
TO KAREN, WE HAVE GONE TWO
DIFFERENT STATES, NOT WHEN
PHYSICALLY, BUT READ ABOUT
THEIR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
MEASURES AROUND THE COUNTRY
INCLUDING INVESTIGATIONS AROUND
THE COUNTRY.
AND WE FOUND SOMETHING THAT WAS
COMMUNITY SUPPORTED IN NEW YORK.
THIS INVESTIGATION COULD
PROBABLY ONLY BE COMPLETED WHEN
SOMETHING IS HOUSED IN THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.
THE REASON WHY WE WERE
INTERESTED IN WHAT NEW YORK WAS
DOING IS BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY
IN NEW YORK SEEM TO HAVE BEEN
VERY PLEASED WITH THIS PROCESS.
I WAS WONDERING, WE WANT TO
LOOK INTO THAT AND SEE WHAT'S
GOING ON THERE.
THAT MAKES A COMMUNITY IN NEW
YORK PLEASED WITH THIS PROCESS.
WHAT WE FOUND FROM DAY ONE WHEN
IT'S HOUSED IN THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE THERE'S A
PROCESS OF TRANSPARENCY.
WHATEVER WAS GOING ON, EVERY
STEP OF THE WAY, IT WAS EIGHT
IT'S NOT THE LIFE FORCE OFFICER
BE CONVICTED AT A HIGHER RATE,
IT'S A TRANSPARENCY.
ALSO IN NEW YORK THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL COLETTE A MEMBER
AVAILABLE TO FAMILIES WHO
EXPENSED TRAGEDY.
IF WE CAN STRUCTURE SOME OF
WHAT WE ARE DOING IN SEATTLE BY
HOW THEY ARE DOING IT THERE IN
NEW YORK, I THINK WE CAN GET
SOMEWHERE.
AND SO, RIGHT NOW, TO ME, I
DON'T THINK THERE COULD BE ANY
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION THAT
IS INCORRECTLY IF IT IS HOUSED
WERE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING
OTHER POLICE.
I BELIEVE THE BEST PLACE TO
HOUSE THESE THINGS IF THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.
LET ME GO OVER A COUPLE OF
THESE VALUES.
THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
ALL OF THEM ARE LET ME READ A
COUPLE.
TRUST.
COMMUNITY AND PLEASE HAVE
CONFIDENCE IN THE
INVESTIGATIONS THAT POLICE
OFFICERS SERIOUS AND DEADLY
USES OF FORCE.
FAIR.
INVESTIGATIONS ARE CONDUCTED IN
A MANNER THAT IS IMPARTIAL AND
IS NOT BIASED AGAINST THE POLICE
OR THE VICTIM.
THOSE THINGS ARE EXTRA GNARLY
IMPORTANT.
WE NOT SAYING WE WANT TO
ADVANTAGE ANYONE.
WE WANT EVERYONE TO HAVE A FAIR
SHAKE AND WE WANT THE PROCESS
TO BE STRAIGHT DOWN THE LINE.
SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO PASS IT
OFF TO JIM.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WOULD FIRST START BY
ECHOING ALL THAT ANDRE SAID
WITH HIS OPENING COMMENTS.
THIS HAS BEEN A REMARKABLE
EXPERIENCE.
AND VERY THANKFUL THAT LISA
REACHED OUT TO ME, SHE MAY NOT
THINK THAT ON OCCASION.
AND OUR HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE
IN WORKING ON THE PROGRAM
REALLY LED TO THAT.
I RETIRED SIX YEARS AGO.
I WASN'T GOING TO BE INVOLVED
IN THIS ANYMORE.
I'M GLAD SHE REACHED OUT TO ME.
AS ANDRE SAYS IT WAS IMPORTANT
TO HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE AT THE
TABLE.
I HAD NEARLY 39 YEARS OF POLICE
EXPERIENCE SO I BROUGHT A LOT OF
HISTORY TO THE TABLE.
I SUPERVISED OUR MAJOR CRIMES
UNIT.
SUPERVISED INVESTIGATIONS OF
THESE VERY MATTERS.
AND AS A COMMAND LEVEL PERSON
PASS JUDGMENT ON MANY OF THESE
MATTERS.
BUT AM ALSO A PERSON IS BEEN
INVOLVED IN THE PROSECUTION OF
A POLICE OFFICER IN OUR
SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR MURDER.
SO I AM AWARE THAT THERE ARE
TWO SIDES TO THESE MATTERS
ALWAYS.
WHEN I THOUGHT WAS ONE OF THE
GREATEST THINGS CAME OUT OF
THIS, AND WE ARE IN THE MIDST
OF IT NOW, ARE THE VALUES AND
EXPECTATIONS PIECE.
A PRIME EXAMPLE OF MINE
CHANGING, WHEN I WALKED INTO
THE ROOM, I LOOKED AT THE
LANGUAGE BEING USED.
THE WORD, CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION INTO THE MATTER
OF A POLICE OFFICER MAYBE
HAVING TO TAKE SOMEONE'S LIFE.
AND I HAD A REACTION TO THAT.
IT WAS LIKE, I SUPERVISED
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS, I KNOW
WHAT A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
IS.
WE TALKED THROUGH THAT.
AND IT'S VERY CLEAR TO ME,
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS AND
IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO CALL IT.
IT IS NOT MEANING TO LABEL
ANYONE.
IS THIS DONE CORRECTLY, AS
THESE INVESTIGATIONS MUST BE,
THEY HAVE TO BE DONE AS A
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
AND THEN THE CHIPS FALL WHERE
THEY MIGHT.
AND THAT BODY OF WORK IS THEN
PASSED OFF TO OTHERS FOR
PASSING JUDGMENT ON WHAT
HAPPENED AND WHAT DOES THE
INVESTIGATION REVEAL.
THE PIECES THAT WE ARE IN THE
MIDST OF, THE VALUES AND
EXPECTATIONS, I WILL TELL YOU
FOR MY PURPOSES, THAT I AM MOST
PROUD OF. OF ALL THE WORK WE
HAVE DONE, AND IT HAS BEEN A
GREAT AMOUNT OF WORK, THOSE
THINGS, IF YOU LOOK AT THEM,
BALANCE STRUCK IN THEM, THE
THOROUGHNESS OF THE PIECES THAT
WE LOOKED AT, THE PIECES WE
HAVE ADDED.
AND IT TOOK TWO OR THREE
MEETINGS I SUPPOSE TO GO
THROUGH THIS.
WE WERE PROUD ENOUGH OF THIS
ONE TO SHARE WITH THIS PIECE
WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
TRAINING COMMISSION AND IN THE
SPIRIT OF FULL DISCLOSURE, I AM
ACTUALLY WORKING WITH THAT
GROUP ALSO ON DOING RESEARCH
FROM THESE VERY THINGS.
FOR ABOUT THE SAME LENGTH OF
TIME.
BUT THIS VERY SPECIFIC AREA WAS
SHARED WITH THAT BODY, SHARED
WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS THERE
BECAUSE IT SEEMS IF YOU CAN'T
FIND SOME COMMON GROUND TO
START, WHERE YOU GOING?
IF YOU CAN'T AGREE THAT
EVERYBODY, THIS HAS TO BE A
PROCESS FAIR TO EVERYONE.
THE TRANSPARENCY HAS TO BE FOR
EVERYONE.
THE RELATIONSHIPS HAVE TO BEAT
WITH EVERYONE.
I KNOW HOW WE HAVE EVOLVED IN
POLICING TO WATCH OUT FOR THE
PSYCHOLOGICAL WELFARE OF OUR
POLICE OFFICERS. WE DON'T
NECESSARILY THINK OF THAT WHEN
WE HAVE TO DO THAT HORRIBLE
THING AND TAKE A LIFE AS A
POLICE OFFICER.
AND IT IS A HORRIBLE THING THAT
NO OFFICER WANTS TO EVER HAVE
TO DO.
BUT IT WAS AN EYE-OPENING
EXPERIENCE TO LISTEN TO ANDRE,
HIS CIRCUMSTANCES WITH OTHER
VICTIM FAMILIES IN THE ROOM AND
TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.
I HAVE WORKED WITH VICTIM
FAMILIES FOREVER.
I WAS PART OF THE MEETINGS WITH
THE GREEN RIVER FAMILIES PRIOR
TO RELEASING THE INFORMATION
WHEN WE WERE GOING WITH GARY.
RIDGEWAY.
SO I KNOW THE IMPACT THAT THESE
MATTERS HAVE ON FAMILIES. WE
HAVE TO REMEMBER IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT IS THE SAME FOR THE
FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO'VE BEEN
THE SUBJECT LETHAL USE OF
FORCE.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD PROBABLY
DRAW YOUR ATTENTION MOST TO
NUMBER 5 IN THE EXPECTATIONS.
THE OTHER OVERARCHING PIECE
WAS, WE ALL CAME TO A
REALIZATION THAT PEOPLE WITH
SOME FORM OF POLICING
BACKGROUND ARE THE PEOPLE BEST
SUITED TO UNDERSTAND AND DO
THESE INVESTIGATIONS.
THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THE
EXPERIENCE OF STANDING AT 3 AM
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CENTER
TRYING TO PIECE TOGETHER A
HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION AND THE
WORK THAT GOES INTO THAT.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE WHO HASN'T
LIVED IT, I DIDN'T KNOW IT
WASN'T UNTIL I TOOK OVER THE JOB
OF SUPERVISING THAT.
I CAN GUARANTEE YOU.
IT TAKES A SPECIAL PERSON, A
SPECIAL SET OF SKILLS.
AND THOSE TEND TO OF BEEN
DEVELOPED WITHIN THE POLICING
WORLD.
AND I THINK WE ALL CAME TO THAT
KIND OF AGREEMENT AT THE TABLE,
THAT IS WHERE THE EXPERTISE AND
IT MIGHT LIE.
HOW IT GETS DONE DOWNSTREAM IS
A DIFFERENT QUESTION.
I THINK UNDERSTANDING WHERE THE
EXPERTISE LIES.
AND PARTICULARLY NUMBER 5 IN
EXPECTATIONS ABOUT THE
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST PIECE.
AND IT CAN BE IN SEVERAL
DIFFERENT SPOTS.
WE HAVE SEEN MODELS,
CONNECTICUT HAS A VERY
INTERESTING MODEL WHERE THERE
IS A, THERE IS AN AFFIRMATIVE
DECLARATION WITHIN THEIR BODY
OF THEIR INVESTIGATIVE WORK
THAT TALKS ABOUT, WE HAVE ASKED
THIS QUESTION AFFIRMATIVELY,
YOU MUST DECLARE ANY KIND OF
CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
AND IT'S VERY BROADLY DEFINED.
WE SAW THIS IN A COUPLE
DIFFERENT PLACES.
WHERE SOME FORM OF THIS
DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF
INTEREST, FOR LACK OF A BETTER
TERM I SUPPOSE, RELATIONSHIP
CONFLICT OF INTEREST, IT'S
IMPORTANT TO GET THAT OUT ON
THE TABLE VERY MUCH UPFRONT YOU
DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS DOWNSTREAM.
AND WITH THAT AS ANDRE SAID, WE
WON'T READ YOU THE VALUES AND
EXPECTATIONS.
I WILL TELL YOU I AM VERY PROUD
OF THAT, SPECIFICALLY THIS
BODYWORK.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> SO I'M TRYING TO RECONCILE
THE LAST TWO, ONE OF THE THINGS
YOU SAID WAS THAT IT'S
IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE
WHO ARE DOING THE POLICING ART
ALSO POLICING THEMSELVES.
AND THEN I WOULD YOU SAY
SOMETIMES THOSE DOING THE
POLICING KNOW BEST HOW THE
OPERATIONS HAPPEN ON THE GROUND
LEVEL.
THEN YOU ADDED A CAVEAT WHICH IS
LATER DOWN THE ROAD IT'S
IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE EXPERTISE
AT THE FRONT END BUT DOWN THE
ROAD MAYBE A DIFFERENT
PERSONNEL.
CAN YOU BOTH SORT OF COMMENT ON
HOW THOSE TWO ITEMS WERE
RECONCILED IN YOUR
RECOMMENDATIONS?
BECAUSE THEY FOUND IT FIRST I
THEIR OPPOSITION BUT IF THE
DIFFERENCE IS DOWN THE ROAD IT
WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW.
>> IF I MAY SPEAK TO THAT.
IF THAT IS OKAY.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
PROCESS, IT WAS MY INTENT THAT
WE WOULD HAVE MULTIPLE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE
COUNCIL.
AS OUR PROCESS EVOLVED, AS 940
WAS PASSED AND 1064 MOVED
THROUGH, IT WAS CLEAR THAT WE
KIND OF HAD TO PICK A DIRECTION.
AND SO AS A BODY, AND THIS IS
THE WEIRD TWO ROADS I LIVE IN,
BECAUSE I'VE BEEN VERY
FORTHCOMING WITH THE TASK FORCE
MEMBERS HERE THAT, I WAS NOT IN
A POSITION OF ADVOCATING
SPECIFICALLY FOR THE
RECOMMENDATION OUT OF SDFIT
BECAUSE THE STATE, WHICH IS
JUST NOW APPROACHING THIS PIECE,
THE INVESTIGATIVE ASPECT, THAT
THERE ARE DECISIONS TO BE MADE
BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE CJ TC
AND THE COMMISSION ITSELF ABOUT
WHERE THIS WILL GO.
AND THEY WILL HAVE OPTIONS IN
FRONT OF THEM.
IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK AT DEPUTY
CHIEF CHRIS RICHARDS REPORT
FROM THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES HE
WAS A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT WE
REACHED OUT TO, THERE WILL BE
IN THAT, YOU WILL SEE, HE
ACTUALLY LAYS OUT THERE ARE AT
LEAST THREE SCENARIOS HE LAYS
OUT.
SO, THE DIRECTION WE CHOSE TO
DO WAS TO AT SDFIT ADVOCATE FOR
PARTICULAR KIND OF OUTCOME.
WE ALSO DID IT WITH THE
UNDERSTANDING CLEARLY THAT THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE IS
NOT BUILT FOR THIS RIGHT NOW.
UNLIKE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
OFFICES ACROSS MANY OTHER STATES
WHICH HAVE LARGE BODIES OF
INVESTIGATORS OR ONTARIO CANADA
WHICH HAS AN ENTIRE PROVINCIAL
CIVILIAN POLICE FORCE OF POLICE
THE POLICE THE POLICE.
WE ARE NOT BUILT FOR THAT.
WE ARE BUILT FOR IT YET IN THIS
STATE.
IT DEPENDS WHICH DIRECTION THIS
BODY WANTS TO PUSH AND WHAT
DIRECTION THE STATE WANTS TO
ULTIMATELY.
SO THIS IS, I THINK THE OTHER
THING WE WOULD SAY IS, WE CHOSE
EARLY ON TO SAY, WE ARE NOT
LOOKING AT PRICE TAKES.
WE ARE SAYING, THIS HAS, THIS
RESONATES THE MOST FOR THOSE
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE MOST
IMPACTED BY THIS.
WHAT LOOKS THE MOST FAIR, GO
BACK TO VALUES AND EXPECTATIONS,
IT LOOKS THE MOST FAIR, APPEARS
TO BE THE MOST TRANSPARENT,
WHAT HAS ENOUGH DISTANCE FROM
LOCAL POLICING TO BE ABLE TO
HAVE LEGITIMACY WITH COMMUNITY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE VALUES AND
EXPECTATIONS, IF YOU BUILD THE
INVESTIGATIVE PIECE DIRECTLY,
THAT LEGITIMACY EXISTS FOR ALL
PARTIES INVOLVED.
>> THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE
CENTRAL PIECES OF WORK THAT THE
TASK FORCE DID, WAS TO APPLY
THE VALUES --
>> AND YOU PULL THE MICROPHONE
CLOSER?
>> IS TO APPLY THE VALUES THAT
JIM AND ANDRE WENT OVER AGAINST
A VARIETY OF POSSIBLE MODELS.
AND REALLY WHAT THAT SERVED TO
DO WAS TO RULE OUT MANY OPTIONS.
EITHER, WHEN WE ALL ENTERED THE
ROOM FOR THE FIRST TIME I WOULD
SAY MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE
COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES ON
THE TASK FORCE HAD THE
EXPECTATION AND DESIRE THAT THE
ENTIRELY DEPENDENT IS THE
INVESTIGATION WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT THE ULTIMATELY 940
REQUIRED WOULD BE DONE BY
CIVILIANS.
PEOPLE WITH NO LAW ENFORCEMENT
KAISER BACKGROUND.
AND IT WAS AN ENORMOUS JOURNEY
TO ARRIVE AT THE AWARENESS THAT
THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO DO THE
WORK OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT SKILLS.
THERE IS NOT A POOL OF
CIVILIANS OUT THERE THAT DOES
THIS.
THIS IS FORENSIC WORK.
THIS IS ABOUT GATHERING
EVIDENCE AND PRESERVING IT AND
IT NEEDS TO BE DONE WELL AND
REALLY BY THE END WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT, THESE CASES ARE
IMPORTANT ENOUGH THAT FAMILIES
AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WERE
CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER THE USE
OF DEADLY FORCE WAS APPROPRIATE
, THEY ARE ENTITLED TO THE BEST
QUALITY WORK.
AND ALSO, SO OUR OFFICERS
ENTITLED TO THE HIGHEST QUALITY
INVESTIGATION.
THERE WAS SORT OF A JOURNEY OF,
THE SKILL SET IS VERY IMPORTANT
IN THESE INVESTIGATIONS NEED TO
DRAW ON WHAT IS TRADITIONALLY A
LAW-ENFORCEMENT SKILL SET.
THE NEXT QUESTION WAS, WHERE
COULD THAT SKILL SET BE LODGED
SUCH THAT A MOSTLY LAW-
ENFORCEMENT TEAM COULD
NONETHELESS CARRIED THE
LEGITIMACY OF THE COMMUNITY
WHICH IS THE WHOLE POINT OF
THIS.
RIGHT NOW THESE CASES ARE
INVESTIGATED, AND WHY HAS THAT
FAILED TO CONFER LEGITIMACY IN
THE OUTCOME OF THOSE
INVESTIGATIONS?
BECAUSE THERE IS THE SENSE OF
POLICE POLICING THEMSELVES.
THAT WAS THE THRUST BEHIND --
THAT ACTUALLY IS WHERE THIS
RESOLUTION CAME FROM, EVEN
BEFORE 940, UNDER THE CONSENT
DECREE SEATTLE PUT IN PLACE,
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CROWN
JEWELS OF THE CONSENT DECREE WAS
INTERNAL SPD FORCE
INVESTIGATION PROCESS THAT THE
JUDGE AND MONITOR HAD A GREAT
DEAL TO DO WITH REVISING.
AND WE SORT OF STARTED FROM THE
PERSPECTIVE THAT IT WAS
POSSIBLE THAT THOSE
INVESTIGATIONS WERE STATE-OF-
THE-ART.
RIGHT? LIKE THE ACTUAL PROCESS
AND QUALITY OF THAT WORK, LET'S
JUST ASSUME FOR THE SAKE OF
ARGUMENT THAT IS BEING DONE
INCREDIBLY WELL.
BUT THERE WERE PEOPLE IN THE
ROOM FOR SERIOUS AND DEADLY
FORCE TASK FORCE WHO HAVE LOST
LOVED ONES, HAD THOSE EVENTS
INVESTIGATED BY THAT PROCESS,
AND WERE COMPLETELY UNABLE TO
BUY INTO OR BELIEVE THE
LEGITIMACY OF THAT PROCESS
BECAUSE IT WAS COLLEAGUES
INVESTIGATING COLLEAGUES AND
PEOPLE WERE LEGITIMATELY
SKEPTICAL OF THE FINDINGS.
IN ANDRES OTHERS CASE
PARTICULARLY WERE FINDINGS THAT
STRETCHED CREDULITY FOR SOME
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AND
THAT IS WHAT PROMPTED US ALL IN
THE 2017 WORK ON THE
ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE TO
RECOGNIZE WE MAY HAVE FAILED TO
SOLVE FOR AN IMPORTANT PIECE.
THE 21st CENTURY POLICE
COMMISSION ONE OF ITS CENTRAL
CONDITIONS IS THAT DEADLY FORCE
INCIDENTS SHOULD BE
INVESTIGATED ENTIRELY
DIFFERENTLY OF THE AGENCY THAT
USED FORCE.
WE WERE BEHIND, EVEN THOUGH
THIS WAS A PROCESS HAD BEEN
VETTED AND GOVERNED BY THE
CONSENT DECREE AND THAT WHEN WE
WERE BEHIND, SO, IF YOU THINK
THROUGH, WE NEED LAW-
ENFORCEMENT EXPERTISE, BUT IT
NEEDS TO BE APPLIED IN A WAY
THE PEOPLE WERE VERY SKEPTICAL
OF AND LACK A RELATIONSHIP OF
TRUST WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN
BELIEVE IN.
WHAT DOES THAT LEAVE US?
HOW COULD WE ARRANGE THIS SO
THAT BOTH VALUES ARE
ACCOMPLISHED?
AND THE REASON THAT THE
PROSPECT OF AN ATTORNEY GENERAL
HOSTED UNIT BECAME OF INTEREST
IS BECAUSE THERE ARE VERY FEW
ENTITIES IN OUR LANDSCAPE THE
BOTH HAVE A LAW-ENFORCEMENT
ROLE AND A CIVIL RIGHTS ROLE.
AND THAT IS UNIQUELY FOUND, IF
THERE IS SOME OTHER ENTITY, I
THINK WOULD BE INTERESTED IN IT,
BUT WE CAST ABOUT WHAT COULD
THAT BE, AND REALLY THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL IS THE OBVIOUS
PLACE. ALSO THAT IS THE PLACE
WHERE THIS WORK IS LODGED IN
NEW YORK WHERE IT HAS MANAGED
TO ACHIEVE UNITY LEGITIMACY.
GOING TO STEP BACK AND SAY, IT
IS NOT SOMETHING TO TAKE FOR
GRANTED, THE LEADERSHIP THAT
WAS BROUGHT TO BEAR ON THIS
WORK BY THE TWO MEN SIDING
SITTING ON EITHER SIDE OF ME.
WHAT THEY DID WAS SAY, I'M
GOING TO BE, IF I CAN DESCRIBE
WHAT I WATCH YOU BOTH DO, IT
WAS, I'M GOING TO BE THE
GATEKEEPER, LIKE I REPRESENT AN
ENTIRE SECTOR THAT HAS TO FEEL
THAT WHATEVER IS DONE IN THIS
REALM IS LEGITIMATE.
AND I KNOW WHAT IT WILL TAKE.
JIM'S EXPERIENCE, IS AN EXPERT
ONLY AND WORK HOW PEOPLE IN THE
PROFESSION FEEL ABOUT THE WORK.
THERE IS SO MUCH EMOTION.
AND THAT WAS IN THE ROOM.
OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED
IN THESE INCIDENTS CAME AND
SPOKE TO THE TASK FORCE.
OFFICERS WHO HAVE GREAT PRIDE
IN THEIR WORK INVESTIGATING
THESE INCIDENTS AND I WANT TO
SEE THAT WATER DOWN OR
COMPROMISE.
THEY CAME.
AND JIM WAS LIKE THE GUARDIAN
OF THAT SET OF INTEREST AND ON
THE OTHER SIDE, ANDRE AND SOME
OF THE OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS
ON THE TASK FORCE FOR THE
GUARDIANS OF WHATEVER COMES OUT
OF THIS HAS TO PASS MUSTER WITH
SOME VERY SKEPTICAL VOICES.
SO, IF THESE TWO WINGS CAN COME
TO A POINT WHERE THEY SAY, I
CAN LIVE WITH THIS TYPE OF
ARRANGEMENT, WE KNOW WE HAVE
SOMETHING.
AND IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK TO
ARRIVE AT SOME SOLUTIONS THAT
COULD MEET THOSE EXPECTATIONS
AND THAT OCCURRED.
I THINK, I JUST WANT TO FLAG,
IN HER OPENING PIECE, A COUPLE
OF ADDITIONAL POINTS.
ONE IS, -- I CAN STOP.
>> WE WILL GET BACK TO LISA.
AS FAR AS THE COMMUNITY
PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT MADE ME
UNDERSTAND THE NECESSITY OF
HAVING SOME FORM OF ENFORCEMENT
IN THE INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATION, DURING MY
BROTHERS CASE, WE HIRED A
PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR WHO WAS EX-
LAW-ENFORCEMENT.
WE RECOGNIZED HE KNOWS HOW THE
SYSTEM WORKS AND OTHER FAMILIES
THAT HAVE HAD SOME SUCCESS
AROUND THE COUNTRY WHEN THEY'VE
HIRED INVESTIGATORS, NORMALLY
THEY ARE SOMEONE WHO ARE EX-FBI
OR EX-LAW ENFORCEMENT IN SOME
CAPACITY.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THAT
SAME POOL OF INDIVIDUALS FOR
THE COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN NOT
ONLY HIGHER EX-LAW-ENFORCEMENT
BUT HAVE A STANDARD OF WHAT
THAT LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE HIRE
THEM.
WE WANT TO CONTROL THE PROCESS
OF THE HIRING AND BE INVOLVED
IN THAT PROCESS.
RIGHT?
THAT'S WHAT MADE ME A BELIEVER.
>> ARE WE GOING TO MOVE INTO
RECOMMENDATIONS NOW?
WE DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TIME.
I DO THINK SOME OF THE NUANCES
AND DETAILS THAT ARE RAISED BY
THE QUESTION POSED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA ARE
REALLY FOUND WITHIN THE MEAT OF
THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
I THINK IT WOULD BE MOVING INTO
A CONVERSATION AROUND THE
SPECIFICS.
>> I'M SUPPOSED TO FACILITATE
THAT.
THE POINT I WANT TO MAKE ABOUT
PROCESS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
TO NOTE THAT THE SEATTLE POLICE
OFFICERS KILLED WAS INVITED TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE TASK FORCE
AND THOUGH THEY CHOSE NOT TO
TAKE UP THAT INVITATION, IT WAS
THOUGHT BY THE CPC AND THE
COCHAIRS, THAT OBVIOUSLY THERE
VIEW OF THIS IS CRUCIAL.
AND THAT WAS A DOOR THAT
REMAINED OPEN THROUGHOUT THE
ENTIRE PROCESS.
LAST POINT, WHERE DOES THIS FIT
WITH RESPECT TO THE STATE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING
COMMISSION LED STANDARDS AND
GUIDELINES PROCESS FOR 940 AND
1064?
THE COMMISSION IS RIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF CONSIDERING WHAT
SHOULD BE THE MINIMUM STANDARDS
FOR THESE INVESTIGATIONS.
IT WAS OUR HOPE ALWAYS THAT
THIS WORK IN SEATTLE WOULD BE
DONE IN TIME TO INFORM THAT
PROCESS.
HAVING PRESENTED TO THIS TO THE
COUNCIL, THOSE OF US INVOLVED
IN THAT DIALOGUE ARE DOING THE
BEST TO BRING FOR THE PRODUCT
OF THIS EIGHT OR NINE MONTHS OF
SHARING AND PROBLEM SOLVING
BECAUSE I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW
THE SEATTLE PROCESS VESTED
BODIES, THE SPIRIT OF 940 AND
1064 THE REPRESENTED AN
INCREDIBLE COMING TOGETHER OF
PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES
TO DEADLY FORCE AND THE CIVIL
RIGHTS COMMITTEE AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT
FOUND A WAY TO HEAR ONE ANOTHER.
WHAT ARE YOUR INTEREST BEHIND
YOUR POSITION.
SET ASIDE THE STARTING POINT
AND GET A WAY FORWARD THAT MET
EVERYONE'S LEGITIMATE NEEDS.
I WOULD SAY THE SPIRIT OF THAT
WORK HAS LIVED IN THIS SEATTLE
BASED CONVERSATION.
WE ARE HOPING TO SHARE THAT
SENSE THAT WE CAN ARRIVE AT A
PLACE THAT EVERYONE FEELS IT
MEETS THEIR LEGITIMATE NEEDS.
THAT CONVERSATION, IT IS
UNCLEAR HOW THAT IS GOING TO
WORK OUT.
BUT THE STATE, THE KEY POINT IS
THAT THE STATE APPROACH AS IS
REQUIRED IN 942 SET MINIMUM
STANDARDS, IT'S NOT TO DICTATE,
AS LONG AS AN INVESTIGATION
MEETS THE MINIMUM STANDARDS
LOCAL COMMUNITY WILL LOUD BE
ALLOWED TO GO FORWARD.
FOR SEATTLE WHAT OPTIONS DOES
THIS COMMUNITY WANT TO HAVE
AVAILABLE TO IT?
TO CHOOSE FROM?
ASSUMING THAT THEY MEET THE
MINIMUM STANDARDS.
WHAT IS THE OPTIMAL WAY TO GO
ABOUT THIS WORK?
THE QUESTION WILL NOT BE
ANSWERED BY THE STATE PROCESS.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE LONG-TERM PLANNING TO
PREVENT THE THRUST HERE IS THAT
OPTIMALLY THESE INSTANCES ARE
INCREDIBLY RARE AND NO AMOUNT
OF LEGITIMATE AND FAIR IN
ELIMINATING INVESTIGATION CAN
COMPENSATE FOR THE HARM DONE
WHEN THERE IS AN AVOIDABLE USE
O FORCE.
SO THAT ALL EMPHASIS MUST BE ON
PREVENTION, NOT ESCALATION, DE-
ESCALATION SEVERAL OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ABOUT THE
EXPERIENCE OF FAMILIES.
WHO LOSE SOMEONE AND THAT
TESTIMONY CAN EASILY FALL TO
THE SIDE AS WE ARE DISCUSSING
THE INVESTIGATION PROCESS AND
FINDINGS.
BUT REALLY, THE WAY IN WHICH
INDIVIDUALS IN THIS SITUATION
ARE DEALT WITH HAS A LOT TO DO
WITH THE LONG-TERM
RAMIFICATIONS AND EFFECT,
SITTING NEXT TO SOMEONE WHO HAS
GONE THROUGH THAT, MY OFFICE
REPRESENTS THE FAMILY OF
CHARLIE GOING THROUGH THAT
INQUEST PROCESS.
I CAN SAY HOW MUCH OF THE TRAUMA
HAS TO DO WITH THINGS THAT ARE
SO AVOIDABLE.
NOT GETTING INFORMATION TIMELY.
NOT BEING IN A POSITION TO BE
WITH YOUR LOVED ONE.
AS THEY PASS.
NOT HAVING THE INCIDENT TREATED
AS A LOSS IN A WAY THAT PEOPLE
WHO HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER WAS A
VICTIM OF A SERIOUS CRIME ARE
TREATED AS VICTIMS.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE RAPIDLY
ALL CAME TOGETHER AROUND.
IS NEEDS TO BE BUILT INTO THE
DEFAULT APPROACH.
TO THIS WORK.
SO SUPPORT GOOD COMMUNICATION
AT THE TIME.
AND THE LIAISON FUNCTIONS.
AND REGULAR AND TIMELY
COMMUNICATION.
THERE'S ALSO A RECOMMENDATION
AROUND THE WAY IN WHICH THESE
INCIDENTS ARE TALKED ABOUT, NOT
TO VICTIMIZE SOMEONE WHO IS LOST
, RECOGNIZING THEIR HUMANITY,
THAT WHATEVER WAS GOING ON AT
THAT INSTANT PEOPLE ARE MUCH
MORE THAN THE SET OF EVENTS
THAT WERE UNFOLDING AT THE
POINT THAT THEY LOST THEIR LIFE.
AND THAT'S HOW MANY IN THE
COMMUNITY HOLD THEM.
IT HAS IMPLICATIONS FOR HOW LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND OTHERS
ARE TALKING ABOUT IN THE
IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH.
GOING TO THE INVESTIGATION
ITSELF NUMBER 5 REQUIRING JIM
CALLED OUT, REQUIRING THAT THE
INVESTIGATORS DEMONSTRATE A
COMMITMENT TO INTEGRITY AND
CIVIL RIGHTS AND INVOLVED
COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN HIRING.
THIS IS PART OF THE BALANCE.
IF IT'S GOING TO DRAW ANY LAW
ENFORCEMENT POOL MAKE SURE
THESE FOLKS ARE SPECIAL.
THERE ARE SUCH PEOPLE.
THERE ARE MANY SUCH PEOPLE.
ONE OF THEM SITTING TO MY LEFT.
AND THAT THEY CAN RAPIDLY BUILD
THE BELIEF THAT THEY CAN FOLLOW
THE FAX TO THE TRUTH WHEREVER
THOSE LEAD.
AND THAT THEY WILL DO THE RIGHT
THING.
AS THE FACTS DICTATE.
AGAIN, A SELECTION PROCESS THAT
ENSURES IS A SPECIAL TEAM THAT
BLENDS THOSE QUALITIES.
AND THEN THE LEADERSHIP, MUCH
LIKE, I'M TRAINED TO LOOK AT
ANDREW WHO LEADS THE OFFICE OF
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY, HE LEADS
SWORN IN STAFF BUT HE HIMSELF
IS A CIVILIAN WHO HAS PERSUADED
COMMUNITY'S WHO HAVE TRUST
ISSUES WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT
THAT HE HOLDS DEAR COMMITMENT
TO FAIRNESS AND EQUITY AND
BUILD THAT CONFIDENCE SIMILARLY
THIS UNIT OR THE PEOPLE DOING
THIS WORK NEED TO BE LED BY
SOMEBODY WHO HAS EFFECTIVELY
DEMONSTRATED THAT KIND OF
COMMITMENT.
WE HAVE COVERED NUMBER 7 ABOUT
HAVING ACCESS TO THE
APPROPRIATE SKILLS AND EXPERTISE
. AND NUMBER 8 WITH CONFLICTS.
JIM'S POINT THE DISCLOSURE IS
PARAMOUNT.
TIMEFRAME FOR COMPLETING
INVESTIGATIONS, THE SEQUENCING
OF INVESTIGATIONS IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
AND I WILL GO DOWN THE RABBIT
HOLE HERE OF CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE, ALTHOUGH I KNOW
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ
DEFINITELY COULD.
IF THIS IS A CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION, THERE IS THE
ADMINISTRATIVE INVESTIGATION IN
WHICH THE DEPARTMENT DECIDES
WHETHER OR NOT POLICY WAS
VIOLATED AND WHETHER OR NOT
DISCIPLINE SHOULD BE IMPOSED.
AND THAT BY DEFINITION HAS TO
BE SEPARATED OUT BY SOME
DEGREE.
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
BECAUSE OFFICERS CAN BE
COMPELLED AND ARE COMPELLED TO
GIVE INTERVIEWS TO THE
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS.
AND THOSE INTERVIEWS CANNOT
POLLUTE IF YOU WILL THE
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OR THAT
CONFERS IMMUNITY FROM POSSIBLE
CRIMINAL EXECUTION FOR THOSE
INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS.
SO THE ORCHESTRATION OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AND CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATIONS IN PARALLEL IS
CHALLENGING.
WE HAVE I THINK I FIGURED OUT
THAT CAN BE DONE.
BUT, EVERYONE PROCEEDING
RAPIDLY IN THEIR OWN LANE IS
IMPERATIVE.
REACHING THE CONVERSATIONS IN A
TIMELY WAY THAT SATISFIES THE
PUBLIC'S EXPECTATION OF
FINALITY AND CLOSURE AND WHERE
THE EVENTS ARE NOT SO STALE
THAT IT'S DEFEATING THE PURPOSE.
MORE TIMELY REPORTS THAT THE
INVESTIGATION NEEDS TO SUPPORT
A PUBLIC COVER STATION.
AND VARIOUS ACCOUNTABILITY
PROCESSES.
AND SO, IT IS SORT OF A WORK
PRODUCT.
NEEDS TO BE TIMELY.
I SPOKE ABOUT THE MEDIA POLICY.
NUMBER 13, REALLY SOMETHING
THAT INSPECTOR GENERAL LISA IS
ALSO WITH US HERE, CHAMPION,
EACH ONE OF THESE EVENTS, AS
WITH A MEDICAL LOSS, IF SOMEONE
DIES IN THE HOSPITAL
EXPECTEDLY, THAT WITHOUT
PREJUDGING OR JUDGING ANYONE
DID ANYTHING WRONG, IT IS STILL
AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO
LEARN WHATEVER LESSONS ARE.
TO USE THESE EVENTS AS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN TO BUILD
IN A PROCESS THAT WILL ENSURE
THAT HAPPENS.
WE HAVE COVERED THE STRUCTURAL
RECOMMENDATION THAT THERE BE AN
ATTORNEY GENERAL-BASED UNIT
THAT CAN DO THIS WORK.
AND I WANT TO SAY THAT ONE OF
THE COMPETING, MAYBE THE MAIN
COMPETING MODEL FOR THIS IS TO
HAVE THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
ENTITY, THE SPD IN THIS CASE,
TURN OVER THE INVESTIGATION TO
A PEER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
RIGHT NOW THEY'RE DOING WITH
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
OR DO IT WITH A TASK FORCE THAT
IS REGIONAL.
SO IT EXISTS IN SNOHOMISH
COUNTY AND SOUTH KING COUNTY.
THAT IS THE EASIEST, HONESTLY
THE EASIEST ROUTE TO GO AND IT
IS ENTIRELY INDEPENDENT.
AND IT IS NOT, A BOX CALLED OUT
IN THE REPORT, TO LIMIT THAT,
IN OUR VIEW IT IS NOT LIKELY
THAT THAT WILL ACCOMPLISH THE
GOAL OF COMMUNITY INTIMACY
BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN, NUMBER 1
WE HAVE SEEN THOSE TASK FORCE
INVESTIGATIONS FAILED TO MEET
MINIMUM STANDARDS OF QUALITY.
AND THERE IS A PARTICULAR STORY
FROM LYNWOOD WITH A SMART
TEAM'S GNOMISH COUNTY REALLY
CAUSE PEOPLE TO LOSE A LOT OF
CONFIDENCE IN THAT MODEL.
NOT ONLY DID THE INVESTIGATION
FAILED TO INTERVIEW KEY
WITNESSES AND THE EVIDENCE SAT
WITH A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR, AS
IN ANDRE'S BROTHER'S CASE, CAME
UP AND CAST THE INCIDENT IN AN
ENTIRELY DIFFERENT WAY.
BUT THE PROSECUTOR IN THAT CASE
VOUCHED FOR THE WORK OF THE
TASK FORCE AS STRONG AND
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION.
SO IT'S CONCERNING, IT'S SORT
OF A WAY A FALSE SENSE OF HIGH
QUALITY HAVE GONE.
JUST BECAUSE IT WAS INDEPENDENT.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING
INDEPENDENT AND STRONG.
THIS TASK FORCE MODEL IS NOT A
RECOMMENDATION THAT EMERGED
EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THE MOST
OBVIOUS THING.
AND OBVIOUSLY THE MOST LIKELY
THING FOR COMMUNITY'S AND
AGENCIES AROUND THE STATE TO
CHAMPION.
WE HAVE VARIOUS CONCERNS IT CAN
MEET THE STANDARDS AND VALUES
AND EXPECTATIONS.
I WILL STOP THERE.
RIGHT.
>> THAT TAKES US TO THE END OF
THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A MUCH
LONGER, LENGTHIER REPORT THAT
GOES INTO ALL THE GRANULAR
DETAILS OF EACH OF THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
I HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
TAKE A LOOK AT THE REPORT AND
THE DETAILS AROUND THE REPORT.
I THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME
QUESTIONS THAT STILL REMAIN FOR
ME INCLUDING PRIORITIZATION OF
THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO, IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO HEAR FROM MEMBERS OF THE
TASK FORCE, SORT OF A LEVEL OF
PRIORITIZATION IN TERMS OF WHAT
WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO SORT OF
TACKLE QUICKLY, OR IS IT THE
OPINION OF THE TASK FORCE THAT
IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO DO
THIS ALL AT ONCE?
OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE THINGS IN
THE REPORT THAT ARE CERTAINLY
WITHIN THE CONTROL OF THE CITY
OF SEATTLE AND THEN THERE ARE
THINGS THAT ARE NOT.
I CAN'T MANDATE THE WASHINGTON
STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE
CREATE A UNIT.
WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE
CONVERSATIONS WITH ATTORNEY
GENERAL FERGUSON AROUND THE
RECOMMENDATIONS AND INTEREST IN
THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
AND SO, IF THERE'S ALREADY BEEN
SOME THOUGHT PUT INTO A CONCEPT
AROUND PRIORITIZATION, I WOULD
LOVE TO HEAR THOSE THOUGHTS
NOW.
OR IF THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME
TIME TO REFLECT THINK ABOUT
THAT, I AM HAPPY TO HEAR THAT
AS WELL.
>> I GUESS WHAT I WOULD SAY IS
THAT IN LOOKING AT THESE AND
LOKING AT THE BODY OF WORK
I'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE CJ TC
THERE AR SOME LOW HANGING
FRUIT PIECES, OR TO THE POINT
OF THAT.
SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE THE
DECLARATIONS OF CONFLICT OF
INTEREST.
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING, AND I
REALIZE THERE ARE LABOR ISSUES
INVOLVED IN ALL OF THESE AND
THAT IS WHOLLY UNDERSTOOD, BUT
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SOMETHING LIKE THE DISCUSSIONS
AROUND FAMILY LIAISONS.
I CAN TELL YOU FROM AN
INVESTIGATORS PERSPECTIVE, IS
IMPERATIVE EMMA TO BUILD
RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE FAMILIES
OF HOMICIDE VICTIMS.
ABSOLUTELY BUILD RELATIONSHIPS
AND I MEAN SOME THAT LAST
LETTER LIFELONG.
IS IMPERATIVE WITHIN THE
INVESTIGATIVE WORK TO BUILD
THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.
IS IMPERATIVE FOR US TO BUILD
THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE
FAMILIES OF DECEASED, EVEN IF
IT'S AT THE HANDS OF A POLICE
OFFICER.
WE ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND, AND
THIS WAS A MONUMENTAL PIECE OF
OUR LAST READING, HOW DO YOU
ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN?
WHO DOES THAT BEST?
BECAUSE WE, HONESTLY, WE ARE
THE COPS AND WERE GOING TO DO
THAT AND THAT'S HER JOB AND ME
KNOW HOW TO DO IT.
BUT THAT IS NOT THE BEST
APPROACH.
SO HOW DO WE DEAL WITH OR
THROUGH A MORE CULTURAL
COMPETENT FAMILY LIAISON,
SOMEONE WHO ISN'T PART OF THE
BODY THAT JUST TOOK YOUR LOVED
ONE AWAY, EVEN IN THE BROADER
GOVERNMENTAL SENSE.
I THINK THINGS LIKE THAT COULD
BE LOOKED AT VERY QUICKLY.
>> THAT IS A NEED THAT
CURRENTLY EXIST DOESN'T
NECESSARILY REQUIRE AN OVERHAUL
OF THE SYSTEM FOR EXAMPLE.
>> AND THE TRANSPARENCY OF
REPORTS.
THE PROMISE IF YOU WILL TO MAKE
THESE THINGS PUBLIC. A FEW OF
THE STATES, COLORADO BEING ONE,
BEFORE AN EVENT EVER HAPPENS,
EACH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY IN THE
STATE OF COLORADO IS MANDATED
THE COLORADO STATE LAW TO HAVE
ON THEIR WEBSITE FOR LACK OF A
BETTER TERM, ACCESSIBLE TO THE
PUBLIC IN ADVANCE, WHAT IS THE
PROCEDURE INVOLVED IF YOU HAVE
A DEADLY USE OF FORCE?
AND IT IS EIGHT PUSHING IT OUT
AS OPPOSED TO, COME GET IT FROM
ME AND JUMP THROUGH SOME HOOPS.
THE 12th JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF
COLORADO AND IT IS THERE ON THE
WEBSITE.
THINGS LIKE THAT THAT REALLY
OPEN DOORS.
THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE.
THERE IS NO REASON FOR ANYBODY
TO HIDE WHAT ARE IN ESSENCE
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS ANYWAY.
I THINK THINGS LIKE THAT, IT
SEEMED TO BE LOW HANGING FRUIT
THAT I THINK YOU COULD REALLY
START THIS.
>> I THINK DIVIDING THE
RECOMMENDATIONS INTO, WITHIN
THE CONTROL OF THE CITY, AND
NEEDING TO BE ON THE STATE
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA IS A REALLY
GOOD WAY OF PARSING THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
ONE PIECE THAT MAY NOT HAVE
ARISEN IN THE ENUMERATED
RECOMMENDATIONS, IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT, AND THAT WE BECAME
CLEAR AS NEEDED, IS A PROTOCOL
FOR TURNING THE SCENE OVER. SO,
NO MATTER WHAT, RIGHT, THERE IS
AN INCIDENT.
ONLY PEOPLE AT THE SCENE ARE
SPD OFFICERS AND THERE'S GOING
TO BE AN INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATION.
SO THAT SCENE HAS TO BE TURNED
OVER, IT HAS TO BE SECURED,
EVIDENCE HAS TO BE PRESERVED,
EVIDENCE THAT CAN GO AWAY HAS
TO BE PRESERVED, AND THE WHOLE
SITUATION HAS TO BE TURNED OVER
INTACT AND IN GOOD ORDER TO
ANOTHER ENTITY.
SO NO MATTER WHO THAT OTHER
ENTITY IS, AND WHETHER IT'S AN
ATTORNEY GENERAL LEAD UNIT OR
SOME OTHER RESOLUTION THAT MANY
OF US WOULD NOT BE AS
ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT, THERE STILL
HAS TO BE THAT PROTOCOL.
SO WORK ON THAT PROTOCOL, ONE
OF THE CONSULTANTS DID A LOT OF
WORK AND THERE WAS A LOT OF
DIALOGUE ALONG THE LAW-
ENFORCEMENT FOLKS RELATING TO
THE TASK FORCE.
THAT WORK COULD PROBABLY START
NOW AND USEFULLY BE WORKED
THROUGH SO THAT WHATEVER THE
END RESULT IS ABOUT THE OPTIONS
AVAILABLE, THE ROAD THERE FOR
THESE INDIVIDUAL CASES IS
ALREADY REALLY WELL STRUCTURED.
AND DONE IN A WAY AGAIN
OFFICERS KNOW THAT THEY ARE
BEING TREATED FAIRLY.
AND FAMILY MEMBERS AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS KNOW WHAT THE
RULES ARE AND WOULD BE ABLE TO
IDENTIFY IF THEY WERE DEVIATED
FROM.
>> I THINK AS A FOLLOW-UP TO
TODAY, IT WOULD BE REALLY
HELPFUL TO COME UP WITH SOME
FORM OF POTENTIAL
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ON SOME OF
THE RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH IS
THE ONE THING I SEE MISSING.
I LOVE REPORTS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS, I LIVE ACTION
EVEN MORE.
SO I THINK FOR ME, IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT TO BEGIN THE PROCESS
OF IDENTIFYING CONCRETE
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO BEGIN
THE PROCESS OF REALLY PUTTING
SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS
INTO ACTION.
I THINK HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT
WE HAVE CONTINUOUSLY STRUGGLED
WITH IN THIS SPACE AT THE CITY.
WE ARE VERY GOOD AT GENERATING
REPORTS BUT NOT AS GREAT AT
FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THE
RECOMMENDATIONS IN REPORTS.
I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO
CREATE A PRECEDENT OF THAT
HAPPENING ON THIS BODY OF WORK.
I THINK IN THE AREA OF
ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILIES, TO ME,
THAT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY GREAT
PLACE TO START.
THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE A LOT OF
SYSTEM REFORM.
BUT WILL REQUIRE SOME RESOURCES
AND OBVIOUSLY WE ARE ABOUT TO
EMBARK ON OUR COUNCIL BUDGET
PROCESS AND THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE A
DEEPER CONVERSATION AROUND THE
PROPOSALS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
IN THE ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILIES
BUCKET OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN
THE REPORT.
AND IN THAT AREA IT TALKS ABOUT
REALLY FOUR CONCRETE EXCUSE ME
THREE CONCRETE LIQUIDATIONS.
THE FIRST IS TO CREATE A FUND
FOR COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE MENTAL
ASSISTANCE TO FAMILY MEMBERS
WHO DIE AS A RESULT OF USE OF
FORCE.
THOSE COSTS COULD BE USED
ACCORDING TO THE REPORT,
FUNERAL COST, MENTAL HEALTH
COUNSELING, TEMPORARY
RELOCATION, CRIME SCENE CLEANUP,
AND OTHER ASSOCIATED MEDICAL
COSTS.
THE REPORT GOES ON TO RECOMMEND
THE CITY SHOULD FUND COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS TO ADDRESS MEDICAL
INCIDENTS.
SO THERE WILL BE SOME
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU WILL
HEAR FROM ME AROUND SORT OF
WHICH CITY AGENCY WOULD BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT PARTICULAR
OVERSIGHT OF THAT FUND IF IT IS
DONE IN A GRANTMAKING MODEL AS
SUGGESTED BY THE REPORT.
WHAT ARE SORT OF THE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND PERFORMANCE
METRICS THAT WE EXPECT?
AND THEN OF COURSE, MAKING SURE
THAT WE HAVE A SOLID SENSE OF
HOW THIS INTERPLAY'S, IF AT ALL,
WITH A POTENTIAL STATEWIDE
LOBBYING AGENDA ITEM RELATED TO
MODIFICATION OF WHO GETS TO
QUALIFY FROM CRIME VICTIMS
COMPENSATION AT THE STATE
LEVEL.
WHICH I SEE AS A POTENTIAL
CONNECTION HERE.
AS SOMEONE WHO USED TO
REPRESENT SURVIVORS AND VICTIMS
OF VIOLENT CRIMES, I HAVE
PERSONALLY WALKED MY FORMER
CLIENTS THROUGH THE PROCESS OF
QUALIFYING FOR CRIME VICTIMS
COMPENSATION.
IT ALWAYS SEEMED TO ME THERE
WAS A GAP IN THAT AREA IN TERMS
OF WHO GETS TO ACTUALLY QUALIFY
FOR THAT CRIME VICTIM COME
STATION AT THE STATE LEVEL.
I THINK THERE MIGHT BE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR AN INITIAL
CONVERSATION WITH THE STATE
LEGISLATURE AROUND HOW TO
REDEFINE THAT OR BROADEN THE
DEFINITION NOW THAT WE HAVE I-
940 IN PLACE.
TO COMPLEMENT THIS PROPOSAL AT
THE CITY LEVEL.
THAT IS ONE THING I'D BE REALLY
INTERESTED IN SEEING IN MORE
GRANULAR DETAIL AND THINKING
AROUND HOW WE ACTUALLY PUT
RECOMMENDATION NUMBER 2 INTO
PRACTICE.
NUMBER 3 SIMILAR, WHEN WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT LIAISONS, UNLIKE
RECOMMENDATION NUMBER 2 THERE
WASN'T A SPECIFIC DETAIL IN
RECOMMENDATION NUMBER 3 AROUND
WHO WOULD HOUSE THE LIAISONS.
I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT
CONVERSATION FOR US TO HAVE.
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT?
IS IT ALSO CONTRACTED OUT NEXT
WORK THAT'S GOING TO BE
CONTRACTED OUT AND IF SO WHO
WILL MONITOR THOSE CONTRACTS?
TO ENSURE QUALITY CONTROL AND
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT TO MAKE
SURE THE LIAISONS ARE NOT
ADDING TO THE PROBLEM BUT DOING
WITH THE INTENT IS.
AND I THINK THAT IS ANOTHER
POTENTIAL FUNDING POLICY
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AREA THAT
NEEDS, THE I WOULD REALLY
APPRECIATE HITTING GUIDANCE
FROM YOU ALL ON.
AND LASTLY NUMBER 4, THE
COMMUNICATIONS PIECE.
I THINK SOME OF THE SAME
QUESTIONS ARISE FOR ME IN
READING THAT SECTION.
THAT I JUST DISCUSSED AS IT
RELATES TO RECOMMENDATION
NUMBER 3. I SEE THAT AREA IS
PROBABLY THE AREA OF SORT OF
THE CLOSEST SHORT-TERM POTENTIAL
OF IMPLEMENTATION.
AND OF COURSE, THE
RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND THE
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS AND
SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS ARE OF
COURSE A REAL STRONG INTEREST
TO ME AS WELL.
BUT, THEY CERTAINLY SEEM LIKE
THEY'RE GOING TO NEED A LITTLE
BIT MORE RUNWAY TO BE ABLE TO
ESTABLISH AND GET INTO PLACE
CONSIDERING SOME COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING ISSUES AND ALSO SOME
POTENTIAL NEED TO SPEAK WITH
OUR PARTNERS AT THE STATE LEVEL
AROUND IMPLEMENTATION OF SOME
OF THESE ISSUES.
SO, I KNOW THE JCC IS STILL
WORKING ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS
AND GOING OUT TO RECONCILE THE
TWO TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT
IN CONFLICT THE COMPLEMENTARY
IS GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT
PART AS IT RELATES TO THE
INDEPENDENT BUCKET.
AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN
SOME OF THE STATEWIDE ISSUES
YOU ALL HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS
REPORT.
SO THAT IS MY CLIFF NOTES.
MY BIG TAKE AWAY ON THIS BODY
OF WORK AND HOW I SORT OF WOULD
LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE MOVE
FORWARD IN TERMS OF THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS, WE OBVIOUSLY
HAVE ONLY TWO MORE COMMITTEE
HEARINGS AND WE WON'T HAVE TIME
TO SORT OF PUBLICLY REPORT OUT
ON THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
BUT WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH ALL OF YOU
ON HOW DO WE REALLY DEVELOP
SOME ACTION POINTS AND
DELIVERABLES IN THIS BUDGET
CYCLE AND MOVING FORWARD INTO
NEXT YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
DON'T LOSE THE THREAD AND
MOMENTUM ON THE RESULTS OF
THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
THAT IS MY SUGGESTION. AND
HAPPY TO HEAR YOUR REACTIONS OR
THOUGHTS.
ANDRE, YOU LOOK PENSIVE.
ARE YOU OKAY?
>> NO.
WHAT I DON'T WANT IS FOR
SEATTLE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE HAVE
BEEN DOING AND LEADING TAKES
TOUGH CHOICES.
THAT'S JUST WHAT IT IS.
WHAT WE DO, I'M NOT JUST SAYING
IT TO BE SAYING IT, IT'S TRUE
THAT OTHER CITIES AND STATES
ARE LOOKING VERY CLOSELY AT ALL
THE MOVES WE ARE MAKING TODAY.
AND COMMUNITIES ARE LOOKING AT
US.
NOT ONLY HERE, BUT ALL OVER.
I WOULD LIKE WHEN AN
OPPORTUNITY IS GIVEN TO US FOR
US TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES.
WHEN THOSE DOORS OPEN, WE HAVE
TO GO THROUGH THOSE DOORS.
AND FIX WHAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.
I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT WOULD BE
AT THE TOP OF OUR THOUGHT
PROCESS.
I DON'T WANT TO JUST BE A CITY
THAT WE ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT
CHANGE.
EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT IT.
BUT LIKE YOU SAID, NO ACTION.
THE MODEL MY ORGANIZATION IS DO
THE WORK.
SO I DON'T WANT TO MISS ANY
OPPORTUNITIES.
WE ARE AT A VERY DIFFICULT
PLACE IN THE COUNTRY IN THE
COUNTRIES LOOKING FOR
LEADERSHIP.
WHAT WE DO ABOUT THESE
SITUATIONS?
WE'RE CLOSER TO ANYBODY TO SHOW
THAT PATHWAY AND MAP.
ARE PEOPLE ALL OVER HERE AND
EVERYWHERE, THEY NEED SOME
DIRECTION.
AND I DON'T WANT TO MISS THAT
OPPORTUNITY.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I AM
PARTNERING AND WE ARE ALL
PARTNERING WITH YOU, THE CITY,
TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS.
THAT IS JUST MY THOUGHTS.
>> GREAT.
GOOD.
GOOD CAUTION.
CAN SOMETIMES WE DO A BUNCH OF
WORK AND WE GET A SOLID SET OF
RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN WE END
UP BRINGING BRINGING OUR HANDS
FOR LONGER BEFORE IMPLEMENTING
AND THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M
SUGGESTING.
AM SUGGESTING THOUGH THAT WE
BEGIN TO PUT PEN TO PAPER
AROUND HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT THE
THINGS WE KNOW WE CAN
IMPLEMENTED RIGHT AWAY THAT I
SEE WILL HAVE THE GREATEST
IMPACT IN TERMS OF POSITIVE
IMPACT TO FAMILIES WHO ARE
CURRENTLY OR WILL REGRETTABLY
BE IN A POSITION TO EXPANSE THE
LOSS OF LOVED ONE AS A RESULT
OF THE USE OF FORCE.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS SORT OF
FOCUSING IN ON THE ASSISTANCE
TO FAMILIES AS SORT OF THE AREA
THAT SEEMS TO ME TO HAVE, YOU
KNOW, POTENTIAL DEEP IMPACT THAT
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A UNIQUE
MOMENT IN TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO
SOMETHING THIS FALL ABOUT.
AND SO I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE
MOMENT TO BE ABLE TO BEGIN
CHIPPING AWAY AT THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS IN A WAY THAT
FEELS MEANINGFUL WITH THE
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE GOING
TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE
WE CAN COME UP WITH IDENTIFIABLE
TIMELINES AND MILESTONES ON
SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES AND
RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED IN THE REPORT TO
MAKE SURE WE DON'T END UP IN A
SITUATION WHERE THINGS GET
SHELVED.
>> WE DEFTLY NEED CITY SUPPORT.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DIRECTLY
DEALING WITH FAMILIES OF LOST
SOMEONE TO POLICE VIOLENCE.
IN OUR BANDWIDTH, THE SHOOTINGS
ARE SO, OH MAN, HELP ONE FAMILY
ANY OF TO TAKE THEM ALL THROUGH
THIS PROCESS AND SOMEONE GETS
KILLED AND THEY CALL YOU AND
SOMEONE GETS KILLED THE WEEK
AFTER THAT.
WE DO NEED HELP AND SUPPORT.
WHEN WE STARTED THERE WAS NEVER
A SPACE CREATED FOR FAMILIES
EVER.
AS YOU KNOW, WHEN MY BROTHER,
WE WENT THROUGH THIS SITUATION,
MY FAMILY, WE DIDN'T HAVE
ANYBODY TO TURN TO.
NO ONE TO TALK TO.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS I
CREATED "NOT THIS TIME" IS
BECAUSE I SAID TO MYSELF, IF I
CAN HELP ANOTHER FAMILY,
CREATING A SPACE, WE ARE
PRACTICALLY THE ONLY
ORGANIZATION DOING THIS
PARTICULAR KIND OF WORK, IT'S
OVERWHELMING.
FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES.
WE DEFTLY NEED THAT TYPE OF
SUPPORT IF THE CITY COULD
COMMIT TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR
FAMILIES.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
GREAT.
OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA?
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR TIME
HERE TOGETHER.
REALLY, AGAIN, MY SINCEREST
APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE TO
ALL OF THE MEMBERS, THE TASK
FORCE INCLUDING THE COCHAIRS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
IN THIS SPACE. I KNOW THAT THIS
IS IN MANY WAYS THE KICKOFF
POINT FOR THE MEANINGFUL CHANGE
THAT WE WANT TO CREATE WITHIN
OUR COMMUNITIES AND SORT OF THE
POSITIVE IMPACT THAT WE WANT TO
LEAVE IN TERMS OF A LEGACY OF
JUSTICE AND FAIRNESS FOR
FAMILIES WHO UNFORTUNATELY HAVE
TO EXPERIENCE OR MAY EXPERIENCE
LOSING A LOVED ONE IN THIS
CONTEXT.
WHILE ALWAYS MAKING SURE WE
PRESERVE THE CONCEPTS AROUND
PROCEDURAL JUSTICE SO THE
ENTIRE SYSTEM HAS LEGITIMACY
BOTH AMONGST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND AMONGST FAMILIES AND
SURVIVORS OF USE OF FORCE.
I THINK THOSE ARE ALL THINGS
THAT HAVE BEEN EXEMPLIFIED BY
THE WORK AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE
TASK FORCE.
AND I REALLY WANT TO GIVE YOU
ALL A LOT OF CREDIT FOR
CENTERING THOSE VALUES AND
THOSE EXPECTATIONS FIRST AND
FOREMOST IN COMMUNITY BUT ALSO
HAVING A BROAD ENOUGH
DEFINITION OF COMMUNITY TO
UNDERSTAND THAT IT REALLY DOES
TAKE A DIVERSE SET OF VOICES TO
FIND CONSENSUS AND BUILD TRUE
COALITION.
I KNOW THAT IN THE I-940 CONTEXT
YOU ALL DID AND PEOPLE WHO
AREN'T IN THIS ROOM, DID A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK TO
TRULY PUT PEOPLE IN
UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATIONS TO
HAVE REAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
SOLUTIONS THAT COULD BENEFIT
EVERYONE.
WHO WORKS AND IS TOUCHED IN THIS
SPACE REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOUR
TITLE IS.
AND WHAT YOUR POSITION IS IN
THIS WORLD.
AND SO REALLY, I HAVE HEARD
OVER AND OVER AGAIN FROM
LEGISLATORS AND PEOPLE WHO
PARTICIPATED IN THE PROCESS THAT
THEY JUST DEEPLY APPRECIATED
THE DIVERSITY OF VOICES IN
THOSE ROOMS.
THAT REALLY SORT OF YIELDED
HISTORIC COOPERATION AND
CONVERSATIONS AMONGST PEOPLE
WHO WOULD ORDINARILY NEVER EVEN
THINK ABOUT SPEAKING TO EACH
OTHER ABOUT THESE ISSUES
BECAUSE OF THE SCHISM IN TERMS
OF THINKING AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE PROCESS.
SO THAT IS TO BE COMMENDED AND
I KNOW THAT MANY FOLKS HAVE
TALKED ABOUT HOW TREMENDOUS THE
JOURNEY HAS BEEN AND HOW THE
JOURNEY HAS DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED
TO THE WORK WE ARE SEEING BEING
DONE AT THE STATE NOW.
AND ALSO WITH THE CITY.
A HUGE THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR
THAT WORK.
BECAUSE I KNOW IT IS A BIG LIFT
AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE A
BIG LIFT IN THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING WITH US
THIS MORNING.
AND FOR YOUR WORK.
THANK YOU.
WE WILL BE IN TOUCH FOR SURE.
OKAY.
WE'RE GOING TO GO AND
TRANSITION TO OUR LAST AGENDA
ITEM.
WHICH IS A BRIEFING ON OUR
SAFETY RFP.
IF YOU'RE HERE TO MAKE A
PRESENTATION ON THAT I'M GOING
TO ASK YOU TO HELP US THROUGH
THE TRANSITION HERE AT THE
TABLE.
AND THEN CODY WILL READ THIS
ITEM INTO THE AGENDA.
AND WE HAVE 30 MINUTES ALLOTTED
FOR THIS CONVERSATION.
SO WE SHOULD BE DONE RIGHT AT
1130.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3.
BRIEFING BY THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT ON THE 2019 SAFETY
RFP AWARDS FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU CODY.
YOU'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
START WITH INTRODUCTIONS.
WE HAVELATEBREAKING NEWS THAT
THE INTERIM DIRECTOR JASON
JOHNSON WOULD NOT BE WILL TO
JOIN US.
SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT, TONYA I'M
GOING TO HAND IT TO YOU.
YOU WILL START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS.
AND THEN TONYA YOU'RE GOING TO
KICK US OFF OF THE PRESENTATION.
GREAT.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S DO INTRODUCTIONS AND THEN
YOU WILL HEAR THIS EXCITING
WONDERFUL NEWS AROUND AWARDS IN
THE SAFETY RFP.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
GOOD MORNING.
TANYA KIM WITH THE SEATTLE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
ROBIN WITH HUMAN SERVICES.
>> WELCOME BOTH OF YOU.
>> WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
THE SAFETY REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.
AND I WILL PROVIDE A LITTLE
CONTEXT, APOLOGIES IF YOU'VE
HEARD THIS MULTIPLE TIMES.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYONE CAN HEAR IT ONE MORE
TIME WITH SOME CONTEXT SO WE
CAN GET TO THE REAL PUNCHLINE
TODAY WHICH IS THE RESULTS OF
THE PROCESS ITSELF.
TODAY WE ARE GOING TO BRIEFLY
GO OVER THE RFP ITSELF, THE
GUIDELINES THAT WE ARE ASKING
FOR.
WE WILL TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE
APPLICATION AND SELECTION
PROCESS, WHERE WE ARE AT, WE
HAVE THE FUNDING
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU, THE
AGENCIES ARE AWARE OF WHAT NEXT
STEPS ARE.
AS I HAD MENTIONED, WE HAVE
BEEN DISCUSSING THIS FOR
SEVERAL YEARS WITH COUNCIL IN
VARIOUS ITERATIONS, DIFFERENT
COUNCILMEMBERS AS WELL AS
EFFERENT MAYORS.
AND SO I KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY
HAS REALLY BEEN CHALLENGED WITH
THE DIFFERENT ITERATIONS AND
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, I WANT TO
SHOW APPRECIATION FOR PEOPLE
WITH PATIENTS AS WE MOVE
THROUGH OUR SAFETY INVESTMENT.
THE OTHER QUICK NOTE I WANTED
TO OFFER IS THAT WE HAVE SOME
DEDICATED STAFF WHO HAVE PUT SO
MUCH TIME AND ENERGY INTO
DEVELOPING THIS RFP.
AND THEN I WILL EXPLAIN A
LITTLE BIT, IT WASN'T OUR
CONVENTIONAL PROCESS IN WHICH
WE DEVELOPED A FUNDING
PROPOSAL.
WE STARTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO
DOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
WE KNEW IT WAS TIME TO DO A NEW
RFP.
AND THEN, IN THE MEANTIME THERE
WAS A NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT
CAME OUT THAT REALLY
HIGHLIGHTED SOME NEW CHALLENGES
AND SOME GAPS IN OUR CURRENT
INVESTMENT AREAS.
SO WITH THAT, REALLY WITH THE
SUPPORT OF COUNCIL AND WITH
THE PREVIOUS MAYOR, WAS ASKED TO
LOOK AT OUR INVESTMENTS AND DO
SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY.
WELL, THEN WE HAVE MAYOR JENNY
DURKAN WHO WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE
OF BOTH COMMUNITY AND PROCESS
AND ASKED US TO DESIGN THIS
WORK WITH ARE NOT ONLY EXISTING
PROVIDERS AND OTHERS WHO HAVE A
STAKE IN THIS EFFORT.
SO WE SLOWED IT DOWN,
PREVIOUSLY WERE EXPECTED TO
RELEASE THE RFP IN 2018 AND WE
SLOWED IT DOWN AND ENTERED A
CODESIGN AND WERE THEN
SCHEDULED TO RELEASE IT IN 2019
WHICH WE DID.
WHAT SHIFTED?
SOME OF THE THINGS A NEEDS
ASSESSMENT AS WELL AS OTHER
STUDIES HAVE COME OUT RECENTLY,
YOU ARE VERY VERSED IN THIS, WE
KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME SHIFTS
IN CRIME DATA AND ALSO
COMMUNITY NEED.
AND SO THROUGH OUR PLANNING
PROCESS, WE ULTIMATELY DECIDED
TO TAKE OUR DISPARATE PORTFOLIO
OF GOOD CONTRACTS, GOOD
PROVIDERS, WANTING TO DEVELOP
ONE THEORY OF CHANGE.
HAVING THESE AGENCIES DRIVE
TOWARD THE SAME RESULT.
THROUGH THIS REQUEST FOR
PROPOSAL, ULTIMATELY WHAT WE
WANT TO SEE PROVIDERS DOING IS
ENSURING THAT THOSE THAT THEY
WORK WITH OUR VERY FOCUSED.
AND SO WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT
WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON PEOPLE
BEEN HARMED BY THE CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM.
AND WE EXPECT OUR SUCCESSFUL
AGENCIES ARE ABLE TO ENSURE
THAT THOSE THEY SUPPORT SUPPORT
THEM TO LIVE IN SEATTLE FOR
THEIR MOST FULL LIVES WITHOUT
BEING FURTHER HARMED BY THE
SYSTEM.
IN ORDER TO DO THAT WE GOT EVEN
MORE SPECIFIC.
AND PREVIOUSLY IN OUR
INVESTMENTS WE WERE SERVING
VARIOUS AGE GROUPS.
THERE WAS ONE INITIATIVE, THE
SEATTLE YOUTH PREVENTION ISSUE
WHICH IS PART OF THIS WHICH
FOCUSED ON YOUTH.
THOSE UNDER 18.
WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT THROUGH
THE DATA AND SOME ADDITIONAL
NEEDS ASSESSMENT, THERE WAS A
GAP OF SERVING YOUNG ADULTS.
18-24-YEAR-OLDS.
AND SO WE IDENTIFIED THAT IS A
PRIORITY POPULATION.
NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BUT NEEDING TO
FOCUS SERVICES FOR THE
POPULATION.
AND FINALLY HE WANTED TO MAKE A
COMMITMENT AND REALLY LOOK AT
OUR RACIAL DISPARITY DATA.
AND DOUBLE DOWN ON REALLY
FOCUSING ON THREE SPECIFIC
POPULATIONS.
AND THAT IS ENSURING YOU'RE
WORKING SPECIFICALLY WITH THE
AMERICAN INDIAN, ALASKA NATIVE,
AND INDIGENOUS POPULATION.
BLACK, AFRICAN AMERICAN,
AFRICAN DESCENT INCLUDING
REFUGEES.
AND HISPANIC, LATIN AND
INDIGENOUS.
IT'S A LIKE A LOT OF MONEY BUT
IT IS IN.
>> IT CERTAINLY IS A MEANINGFUL
INVESTMENT BUT IT ISN'T, $4.4
MILLION THE CURRENT SCALE OF
THE NEED IN THIS SPACE FOR
SURE.
>> CORRECT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE YOU
TALKED ABOUT HER TITHING THE
AN ADULT POPULATION 18-24,
UNDER THE THEORY OF CHANGE.
I GUESS THIS IS A QUESTION MORE
FOR DIRECTOR JOHNSON, I'M HAPPY
YOU'RE HERE TO POTENTIALLY
ANSWER THIS, WE HAVE BEEN
ENGAGED IN CONVERSATIONS WITH
ORGANIZATIONS WHO SPECIFICALLY
SERVE THE YOUTH POPULATION AS
IT RELATES TO HOMELESSNESS AND
BEING UNSTABLE HE HOUSED.
AND REPEATEDLY THE
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE SAID WE NEED
TO HAVE A THEORY OF CHANGE
SPECIFIC TO YOUTH AND YOUNG
ADULTS.
WHY IN THIS SITUATION ARE WE
APPLYING THEORY OF CHANGE THAT
LOOKS AT YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS
AND WE AREN'T APPLYING THAT FOR
EXAMPLE TO THE PAY-FOR-
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND
AGENCY CONTRACTS FOR THOSE WHO
ARE SERVING FOLKS UNSTABLE HE
WHAT ARE WE APPLYING TO THIS
WERE REPEATEDLY PEOPLE WANT
FOCUS ON YOUTH AND YOUNG
ADULTS.
>> MAY NOT BE WELL EQUIPPED TO
ANSWER THE QUESTION ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE, IF YOU
COULD AT A MINIMUM GIVES
INFORMATION ABOUT WHY THE 18-24
POPULATION.
THAT COULD BE ILLUSTRATIVE.
>> I THINK IT MAY BE MORE OF A
DIRECTOR QUESTION WHICH WE ARE
HAPPY TO REDIRECT IF YOU DO
HAVE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE
HELPFUL.
>> I HAVE A COUPLE INITIAL
THOUGHTS.
WITH YOUTH AND FAMILY
EMPOWERMENT, WE ACTUALLY INVEST
MORE IN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT THAT
WE DO IN SAFETY.
WE HAVE WELL OVER $4 MILLION
PLUS, NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE A
REQUEST FOR A PROPOSAL WHICH I
WILL TALK ABOUT LATER ON.
WE HAVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
PREEMPLOYMENT, WE ALSO HAVE OUR
SEATTLE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
PROGRAM AS WELL.
WE HAVE A LARGE INVESTMENT AREA
FOR NOT ONLY DIRECT SERVICES
AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT BUT ALSO
THE CONTRACTS WE HAVE.
SO IT IS A SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE
THERE.
WITHIN THAT I CAN TELL YOU THAT
WE DO WORK WITH DIFFERENT
POPULATIONS WHO ARE AT LATEST
RISK.
SO FOR SOME OF THOSE THEY ARE
THE INDIVIDUALS YOUTH WHO ARE
UNSTABLE HOUSING.
FOR THIS, THE REASON WHY WE GOT
SPECIFIC IS WHERE THIS IS WHERE
WE NOT ONLY GOT THE CRIME DATA
SHOWING THAT THERE WAS A
SERVICE GAP.
BECAUSE WE OFFER SIGNIFICANT
DEVELOPMENTS FOR YOUTH, THIS IS
WHERE WE WANT TO FOCUS.
BUT WHAT I WILL SAY WE GET TO
THOSE WE ARE FUNDING THROUGH
THIS RFP, WE ARE STILL FUNDING
YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE UNDER 18
AS WELL AS OF ALL AGES.
AND SO WE CAN GET TO THAT IN A
FEW SLIDES.
>> IT IS THEORETICAL, BUT WE
ARE ASKING AGENCIES TO DO HIS
WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS AND
FAMILIES, HARMED BY THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM TO GET
THE BASIC NEEDS MET.
OUR HYPOTHESIS IS IF
INDIVIDUALS OF THIS POPULATION
ARE GETTING THEIR BASIC NEEDS
MET THERE ABLE TO BE SET UP FOR
SUCCESS.
THE SECOND THING WE FOUND IS
CRITICAL IS THEIR TRAUMA IS
ALSO MET.
AND SO WE DIDN'T WANTED TO BE
AN OPTION, WE WANTED TO MAKE
SURE IT IS ORGANIZATIONS WHO
CAN PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES ARE
ALSO ENSURING THAT THEY ARE NOT
RE-TRAUMATIZING OR AT LEAST AT
THE MINIMUM ADDRESSING THE
TRAUMA THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY
ENGAGED IN BECAUSE OF ALL SORTS
OF THINGS.
IN PARTICULAR, THE INTERACTIONS
WITH NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES.
SO MOVING THROUGH THAT, I
DIDN'T GIVE ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION BECAUSE THE
PHILOSOPHY IS, IF WE DO THIS
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND WE
STATE WHAT WE WANT, WE KNEW
THAT AGENCIES WOULD COME TO US
WITH SOME SOLUTIONS.
AND SO REALLY THROUGH THE
APPLICATION PROCESS, THEY SAID,
HERE IS WHO WE ARE, HERE'S WHAT
WE HAVE BEEN DOING IN THE
COMMUNITY AND HERE ARE THE
SPECIFIC SERVICES AROUND TRAUMA
INTERVENTION AND SYSTEMS
NAVIGATION.
>> JUST SO I AM CLEAR ON THAT,
TONYA, THE RFP OVER YOU
STRATEGIES WHICH FOCUS ON THE
SYSTEMS EVOCATION AND TRAUMA
INTERVENTION, THOSE WERE
COMMUNICATED TO POTENTIAL
APPLICANTS AS SORT OF
PRINCIPLES OF THE WORK BUT NOT
NECESSARILY DIRECTIVE OF THE
KIND OF PROGRAMMATIC SERVICES
THAT WOULD NEED TO BE PROVIDED,
AND MAKE UNDERSTANDING THAT
CORRECTLY?
>> WE GIVE EXAMPLES OF WHAT TO
LOOK LIKE.
IN RETURN, WHEN WE GOT
APPLICATIONS, AGENCIES TOLD US,
WE WILL ADDRESS THIS COMMUNITY
BY OFFERING THIS PARTICULAR
SERVICE.
CASE MANAGEMENT, RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE, REENTRY SERVICES, ETC.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> SO AS MENTIONED, IT WAS
RELEASED IN SPRING OF 2019.
THIS IS JUST TO SHOW YOU THAT
WE WERE LED TO THE ENGAGEMENT
OF DEFINITELY HAVING THE
COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND
INFORMATION SESSIONS.
WE HAD HELP SESSIONS WHICH IS
SOMETHING WE WANTED TO APPLY,
IT'S NOT A STANDARD BUT WE
WANTED TO APPLY.
WE HEARD FROM COUNCIL AS WELL
AS THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE
FUNDS ARE ACCESSIBLE TO
ORGANIZATIONS.
IT IS DIFFICULT SOMETIMES FOR
AGENCIES, TO ACCESS OUR AWARDS.
SO WE HAD HELP SESSIONS, ONE ON
ONE SUPPORTS.
THE DEADLINE WAS IN JUNE.
WE HAD A PHENOMENAL, VERY
DIVERSE RATING PANEL WHOSE ROLE
IS TO GIVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS
AND THE DEPARTMENT BRIEFS.
THEY GIVE US RECOMMENDATIONS.
IT WAS A THOROUGH PROCESS.
WE AGREED WITH THEIR
RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND SO WE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS
JUST RECENTLY, SEPTEMBER 5. AND
HERE WE ARE CIRCLING BACK TO
GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION.
>> RATE.
TANYA, IN TERMS OF THE HELP
SESSIONS AND THE APPLICATIONS
RECEIVED, WAS THERE A DELTA
THERE IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF
ORGANIZATIONS WHO SHOWED UP AT
THE HELP SESSION AND THE NUMBER
OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED?
AND IF THERE WAS A DELTA WHAT
WAS IT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
GREAT QUESTION.
I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON
THAT.
I CAN TELL YOU OFF THE TOP OF
MY HEAD YOU HAD OVER 60 PEOPLE
ATTEND THE INFORMATION
SESSIONS.
THEN WE RECEIVED 25
APPLICATIONS, 24 WERE ELIGIBLE
FOR REVIEW.
THAT JUST HIGHLIGHTS -- AND
REALLY IT'S BECAUSE I THINK A
LOT OF AGENCIES WERE CURIOUS.
WE ALSO DID SOMETHING DIFFERENT,
WHICH IS WE HAD AN INFORMATION
SESSION ONLINE WHICH MADE IT
EVEN MORE ACCESSIBLE AS WELL AS
IN PERSON.
AND THAT IS NOT UNCOMMON.
BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF
ORGANIZATIONS INTERESTED.
THE OTHER IS BECAUSE I SAID
THERE IS A SHIFT.
PEOPLE REALLY NEED TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE CHANGE.
AND THERE ARE SOME AGENCIES WHO
WE CURRENTLY WORK WITH FOR
WHATEVER REASON DIDN'T APPLY.
I CAN ONLY ASSUME IT'S BECAUSE
THEY THOUGHT PERHAPS THE NO
LONGER FIT THEIR MISSION OR
THEIR SERVICE AREA.
IT COULD BE THAT LOTS OF
DIFFERENT REASONS WHY PEOPLE
CHOOSE NOT TO.
>> THE POINT BEING, THERE WASN'T
LIKE A SURVEY FOLLOW-UP TO
EVALUATE OR GET A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF SOME OF THESE
AGENCIES WHO DECIDED NOT TO
APPLY?
WE'VE NOT SURVEYED THEM YET.
>> IS THAT SOMETHING YOU ALL
ARE INTERESTED IN DOING OR
PLANNING TO DO?
>> WE DID NOT PLAN TO DO THAT
WE ARE INTERESTED.
WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD
QUESTION.
>> I DO THINK IT WOULD BE
IMPORTANT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
OBVIOUSLY NOT EVERYONE IS
FORCED TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY.
BUT I DO THINK TO YOUR POINT,
WHICH I'VE HEARD BEFORE, NOT
JUST IN AGES THE CONTEXT BUT IN
MANY RFP AND GRANT PROCESSES,
IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SOMETIMES OUR
GRANTMAKING PROCESS AND
APPLICATION PROCESS CAN BE
PERCEIVED TO BE OR IS IN FACT
OVERLY BURDENSOME FROM EMERGING
AND SMALLER COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS WHO MIGHT
OTHERWISE ACTUALLY BE DOING
REALLY GREAT WORK.
BUT MIGHT NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY
TO ACTUALLY FOLLOW THROUGH ON
THEIR DESIRE TO WANT TO BE A
GRANTEE.
I THINK WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO
IMPROVE OUR OWN PROCESSES.
AND I THINK A KEY WAY TO DO
THAT IS TO GET A CLEAR
UNDERSTANDING DIRECTLY FROM THE
PEOPLE WHO INITIALLY EXPRESSED
INTEREST BUT DECIDED NOT TO
APPLY, WHY THEY MADE THAT
DECISION.
I SUSPECT THAT SOME OF THE
INTUITIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT WHY
ARE PROBABLY ACCURATE.
BUT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HEAR
DIRECTLY FROM THE POTENTIAL
APPLICANTS AND POTENTIAL
GRANTEES.
AS TO THEIR MOTIVATION AND WHAT
MADE A DIFFERENCE FOR THEM.
TICKLY THOSE AGENCIES THAT HAVE
RECEIVED FUNDING IN THIS SPACE
BEFORE WHO DECIDED NOT TO APPLY
AT ALL.
I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE
INSTRUCTIVE TO THE CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT PROCESS OF THIS
GRANT WHICH IS GOING TO
CONTINUE TO EXIST FOR YEARS TO
COME I IMAGINE.
>> THAT IS EXCELLENT FEEDBACK.
THANKS.
SO YOU WILL SEE IN SOME OF THE
UPCOMING SLIDES, SOME OF THE
NEWER AGENCIES AND FRANKLY SOME
ORGANIZATIONS THAT I HAVE NOT
PERSONALLY WORKED WITH.
I THINK TO THAT END, I'M HOPING
THAT WE HAVE MADE IT MORE
ACCESSIBLE.
BUT IN SOME WE DID HAVE 25
PROPOSALS.
24 WERE ELIGIBLE AND THAT IS
LOGISTICS BASED ON THE WAY YOU
DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY.
WE DO HAVE ABOUT $4.4 MILLION
THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THIS RFP,
AND YOU KNOW THIS, IT'S
PROBABLY NOT SHOCKING TO YOU,
THE REQUEST IS OVER $10 MILLION.
SO HERE WE ARE WITH THE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
THIS IS A SLIDE THAT REALLY
JUST HIGHLIGHTS THE 14
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE ARE
PROPOSING TO FUND AND MOVE
FORWARD OR CONTRACTING.
WHAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS
THAT THERE ARE FIVE
ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE NEW TO
HST.
AND LIKE I SAID, SOME OF THESE
ARE VOLUNTEERS WITH A BEEN
DOING THIS GRASSROOTS WORK, YOU
KNOW, I THINK THAT IT IS ALWAYS
A CHALLENGE WHEN YOU DON'T
RENEW CONTRACTS.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, AT SOME
POINT WE ALL HAD OUR START IN
DOING THIS WORK AND IT'S
EXCITING TO SEE SOME
ORGANIZATIONS JOIN OUR TEAM AS
WELL.
AND SO HERE ARE THE 14, YOU CAN
SEE WE HAVE MANY ORGANIZATIONS
WHO ARE RETURNING TO HST.
SOME OF THEM ARE NEW TO THE
SPECIFIC SAFETY INVESTMENT.
FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAD AT THE
TABLE PUBLIC DEFENDERS, THEY
ARE NOT NEW TO THE CITY, THEY
HAVE OTHER CONTRACTS WITH US.
BUT THEY ARE NEW TO THIS
PORTFOLIO.
AND SO WE HAVE A MIX OF
ORGANIZATIONS.
THERE ARE ALSO ORGANIZATIONS
WHO ARE PART OF THE SEATTLE
YOUTH PREVENTION INITIATIVE WHO
ARE RETURNING WITH US.
>> ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE, I
THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO
HAVE THIS LAYERED WITH THE
THEORY OF CHANGE INFORMATION.
I CAN GUESS, BUT IT'S HARD FOR
ME TO DIRECTLY UNDERSTAND THE
INFORMATION AROUND THE PRIORITY
POPULATION IS 18-24, ARE THEY
SERVING ALL I 18 TO 24?
SOME OF THEM ON THE LOWER END,
HIGHER-END, WHO ARE THEY
SERVING, AND THEN THE
POPULATION FOR EACH OF THESE
ORGANIZATIONS WOULD BE HELPFUL.
>> ABSOLUTEL.
CONCERN THAT YOU RIGHT AWAY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF DOCUMENTATION.
>> I DON'T DOUBT THAT YOU HAVE
THE DATA.
IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE ITS WAY
INTO THIS CHART.
AND I APPRECIATE WHY IT DIDN'T.
FOR BREVITY'S SAKE.
BUT AS A FOLLOW-UP IF WE CAN
HAVE THAT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
>> SO, HERE IS THE CHALLENGING
PORTION.
THESE ARE THE PROPOSALS THAT
ARE NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING.
NOTABLY YOU CAN SEE IN THE
SECOND COLUMN WHERE WE HAVE
CURRENT CONTRACTS WITH THESE
AGENCIES.
AND SO WE HAVE THE TOTAL
REQUESTED AMOUNT THERE, YOU CAN
SEE WHAT IT WAS, I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THE CONTRACTS THE
CURLY HAVE WITH THIS.
WHICH IS $1.4 MILLION WORTH OF
CURRENT INVESTMENTS THAT WILL
NO LONGER MOVE FORWARD.
IN OUR NEXT ITERATION.
THEY HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.
AND I HAVE ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION FOR YOU CAN SUPPORT
THEM IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.
>> AND THEN WHAT WAS THE, IN
TERMS OF WHY THESE
ORGANIZATIONS WERE NOT CHOSEN
FOR AN AWARD, WHAT WAS THE
CRITERIA, I WON'T SAY REASONS,
THE APPEALS PROCESS IS STILL
ONGOING.
CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT
THE CRITERIA WAS LED TO THIS
RESULT?
>> I HAVE SOME GENERAL
UNDERSTANDING.
ONE IS SOME OF THE APPLICATIONS
OR INTERVIEWS THEMSELVES, SO
THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS
THERE IS A WRITTEN AND THEN AN
ORAL INTERVIEW.
SOMETIMES THE INFORMATION THAT
THEY WERE TRYING TO CONVEY
WASN'T CLEAR.
IT WASN'T CLEAR OR THEY DIDN'T
PROVIDE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO,
IN COMPETITION WITH OTHERS, HE
DIDN'T SCORE IS HIGH.
SO REALLY SOME OF IT IS PURELY
HOW IT WAS PRESENTED.
THE OTHER IS, SOME OF THE
ORGANIZATIONS ACTED AS A PASS-
THROUGH ENTITY AND WE WERE
ASKING, HOW THESE PROVIDERS
WOULD BE WORKING WITH PEOPLE TO
ENSURE HAVE THEIR NEEDS MET.
AS WELL AS A TRAUMA-INFORMED
APPROACH.
SO, WHILE IT COULD BE COMPELLING
WITH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION IF
THEY WERE DOING THE WORK
DIRECTLY, CHANCES ARE THEY
SCORED HIGHER IN THAT REALM AS
WELL.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OTHERS WHERE
THERE WERE PROPOSALS WHERE THEY
WERE INTRODUCING OTHER MODELS
THAT REALLY DIDN'T MEET THE
THEORY OF CHANGE.
FOR DIFFERENT REASONS, BUT
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE TAKEAWAYS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA ?
>> I WANT TO UNDERSCORE WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ
ENTERED EARLIER.
AS WE HAVE BEEN PART OF PAST
RFP AWARDS, EITHER IN THIS
CAPACITY OR ON PREVIOUS BOARDS,
IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE,
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DO,
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO
ORAL DEFENSE OF THE RFP
PROPOSALS OR EVEN THE WRITTEN
SUBMISSION OF THE REQUEST, NOT
EVERYONE COMES WITH THE SAME
SKILLS AND CAPACITIES.
AND SO HAVING THE FOLLOW-UP OR
EXIT PROCESS TO LET FOLKS KNOW
EITHER WHERE THEY DIDN'T GET
THE FULL AMOUNT FOR WHY THEY
DIDN'T GET ANY AMOUNT.
IT'S HELPFUL FOR US TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WE MIGHT
NEED TO PROVIDE TO
ORGANIZATIONS IN THE FUTURE.
JUST TO UNDERSCORE IT.
AND NUMBER 2, THE THING I THINK
WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO US
GIVEN OUR AT LARGE POSITIONS,
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE HOW
THESE AWARDS GEOGRAPHICALLY ARE
SPREAD ACROSS THE CITY.
AND, WAS A PART OF THE CRITERIA
THAT WAS LOOK AT FOR THE
AWARDING OF THESE FUNDS?
>> SO FIRST, WE ARE PROVIDING
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
WE LET ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS
KNOW, IF THEY WANTED TO FOLLOW-
UP WITH US AND KNOW MORE ABOUT
THE SPECIFICS OF THEIR PROPOSAL
AND FEEDBACK, WE WOULD BE HAPPY
TO DO THAT AFTER THE APPEALS
PROCESS.
SO WE OFFER THAT, ABSOLUTELY.
AND WE HAVE BEEN SCHEDULING
THAT.
SECOND, GEOGRAPHY WAS NOT A
REQUIREMENT.
THOUGH I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT WE
DID LOOK AT THAT, WE HAVE
REPRESENTATION ACROSS THE CITY.
IN A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS.
ONE IS BECAUSE A FOCUS FOR
EXAMPLE WAS OF AN ETHNIC GROUP
OR LANGUAGE THAT SPANS THE
CITY.
OR IT WAS GEOGRAPHY.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT
THAT.
BUT WE CAN FOLLOW-UP IF YOU
WOULD LIKE MORE SPECIFIC
INFORMATION.
>> YES, IN THE FOLLOW-UP IF YOU
COULD FOCUS LESS ON WHERE THE
ORGANIZATION IS LOCATED AND
MORON WHERE THE PEOPLE THEY
SERVE ARE, THAT WOULD BE
HELPFUL.
I FIND THAT SOMETIMES WE FOCUS
ON LIKE, THIS IS LOCATED IN
DISTRICT IN THE DISTRICT AND
JUST BECAUSE IT'S LOCATED IN
THAT DISTRICT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S
ONLY SERVING PEOPLE IN THAT
DISTRICT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE
HELPFUL AND FRANKLY MORE
PRECISE TO KNOW OF THE SORT OF
18-24 POPULATION AND THE FOCUS
POPULATION WHERE THEIR CLIENTS
ARE GENERALLY COMING FROM.
IS IT CITYWIDE?
SPECIFIC TO PARTICULAR
GEOGRAPHY?
WHO IS BEING TARGETED WHERE?
I THINK IS THE MORE SALIENT AND
RELEVANT PIECE OF INFORMATION.
>> WE DIDN'T ASK HER PEOPLE
RESIDED BUT IT'S A REQUIREMENT
THAT THE SERVICES ARE OFFERED
WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
DID MAKE A REQUIREMENT TO
DESCRIBE THE FOCUS POPULATION
IS.
WE WILL GET THAT INFORMATION TO
YOU.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
>>> THE NEXT STEPS I WANT TO
REINFORCE IS THAT WE ARE
CURRENTLY IN THE APPEAL PROCESS.
THESE AWARDS ARE FOR JANUARY 1
CONTRACT START.
AND ONE THING I ALLUDED TO
PREVIOUSLY I WANT TO MENTION
TODAY IS THAT OUR MAYOR WAS
SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROCESS AND
PAUSED WHEN SHE SAW A NUMBER OF
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE ARE
CURRENTLY WORKING WITH NOT
MOVING FORWARD.
AND SO SHE IS ASKING OUR
DEPARTMENT FOR A PROPOSED BUDGET
ADD IN 2020 TO WORK WITH
ORGANIZATIONS TO HAVE ONE-YEAR
TRANSITIONAL FUNDS.
SO WE ARE COMMITTED, THE
APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET, TO WORK
WITH THOSE AGENCIES WE ARE
CURRENTLY FUNDING WERE NOT ON
BOARD WITH TRANSITIONAL SUPPORT.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE THINK WILL
BE IMPORTANT THROUGH THEIR
PREVIOUS ITERATION IN SAFETY
WORK OR WHATNOT TO MOVE THEM
THROUGH THIS TIME OF TRANSITION.
>> THE TRANSITION FUND WILL BE
FOR THE EXISTING CURRENT
CONTRACTS?
SO ON THE PROPOSALS NOT
AWARDED, THE BUDGET, PROPOSED
BUDGET HAD WOULD BE $1.4
MILLION.
>> THERE IS A SLIGHT NUANCE, IT
IS $1.3 MILLION, NOT ONLY
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE
A GOVERNMENT ENTITY SOME
TRANSITION DOLLARS.
>> KING COUNTY'S COURT DOESN'T
GET TRANSITION DOLLARS.
>> IT'S WERE COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS ACKNOWLEDGING
THAT THIS IS A PARTICULAR TIME
OF TRANSITION.
AND THEN FINALLY, RELATED I
WOULD SAY IS THAT WE DO HAVE
ANOTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITY. IT
IS COMPETITIVE.
BUT IT WILL BE RELEASED IN THE
SPRING OF 2020.
AND THOSE ARE AIR USED
DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT DOLLARS.
AND GOING BACK TO THE QUESTION
OF YOUTH, HERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR AGENCIES WHO
FEEL THAT OUR SHIP WAS TOO
GREAT, HERE IS ANOTHER
OPPORTUNITY TO PLY APPLY FOR
FUNDS.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE PUT ON
EVERYONE'S RADAR.
AND THAT RFP WILL IMPACT THE
FOLLOWING YEARS.
>> WAS THE TOTAL AMOUNT?
>> I DO NOT HAVE THAT.
BUT I KNOW IT IS SEVERAL
MILLION DOLLARS.
I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DOLLAR
AMOUNT.
>> OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THE
QUESTION.
WE CAN HARMONIZE OUR COMMITMENT
TO YOUTH AND ADULTS ACROSS THE
DEPARTMENT EVEN WITH THE
CREATION OF THE REGIONAL
GOVERNANCE BODY, I THINK THAT
APPLICATION IN EARLY
INTERVENTION APPROACH IS
HELPFUL IN MANY OF THE
SUBDIVISIONS WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT.
HAVING A GREATER SENSE OF HOW
THAT THEORY OF CHANGE IS
APPLIED ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT
WILL BE HELPFUL.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO FOLLOW-UP
FROM THE DIRECTOR.
>> ANYTHING ELSE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK
IN THIS SPACE.
I KNOW IT WAS A LONG PROCESS
AND TIMELINE.
AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR
WORK TO REALLY GET IN THE WEEDS
IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING WHAT
THE THEORY OF CHANGE SHOULD BE
AND COULD BE.
AND DOING THE IN COLLABORATION
WITH ANDY CONVERSATION WITH
SERVICE PROVIDERS, IT WAS ABOUT
ONE YEAR WORTH OF CONVERSATIONS
WITH MANY SERVICE PROVIDERS.
AND ALSO, I REALLY WANT TO THINK
THE MAYOR AND YOU ALL FOR
ADDRESSING THE FUNDING GAP THAT
WAS CREATED AS A RESULT OF NOT
RENEWING SOME OF THESE
CONTRACTS FOR A PERIOD OF ONE
YEAR WHILE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING
THAT SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS
WHO WERE FUNDED COULD
POTENTIALLY BECOME COMPETITIVE
IN THIS OTHER AREA THAT SEEMS
TO BE PERHAPS MORE FOR
MEDICALLY ALIGNED WITH PRIOR
WORK. I THINK THOSE ARE
IMPORTANT COMPONENTS TO MAKING
SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO
ADDRESS THE IMPORTANT NEEDS OF
YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS THAT ARE
SERVED BY SOME OF THE
ORGANIZATIONS WHO WERE FUNDED.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE FUNDING
DECISION WASN'T MADE BECAUSE
THEY WERE PERFORMING BUT BECAUSE
OF THE THEORY OF CHANGE ON OUR
END WASN'T PERHAPS QUITE THE
FIT.
AND SO I REALLY WANT TO THINK
THE MAYOR AND YOU ALL FOR
ACKNOWLEDGING THOSE GAPS AND
COMING UP WITH A PROACTIVE
SOLUTION.
IN ADVANCE.
FOR OUR CONSIDERATION IN THE
BUDGET PROCESS THIS YEAR.
ALL RIGHT.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
THIS WAS OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM
FOR TODAY.
SO, THERE BEING NO FURTHER IS
THIS WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.