AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
AT THIS TIME WE'LL TRANSITION
INTO PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WILL BE MODERATING THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IN THE FOLLOWING
MANNER.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN ONE
AND A HALF MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I WILL CALL ON EACH SPEAKER BY
NAME AND IN THE ORDER WHICH
THEY REGISTERED ON THE
COUNCIL'S WEBSITE.
IF YOU HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED
TO SPEAK BUT WOULD LIKE TO DO
SO YOU CAN SIGN UP BEFORE THE
END OF THE PUBLIC HEARING BY
GOING TO THE COUNCIL'S WEBSITE.
THIS LINK IS ALSO LISTED ON
TODAY'S AGENDA.
ONCE I CALL A SPEAKER'S NAME
YOU WILL HEAR A PROMPT AND ONCE
YOU'VE HEARD THAT PROMPT YOU
WILL NEED TO PRESS STAR 6 TO
UNMUTE YOURSELF.
PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKING BY
STATING YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM
WHICH YOU ARE ADDRESSING AND
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN
TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT OF YOUR A
LOTTED TIME.
ONCE YOU HEAR THE CHIME WE ASK
YOU WRAP UP YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENTS AND IF YOU ARE NOT
ABLE TO END YOUR COMMENTS AT
THE END OF THE A LOTTED TIME
THE SPEAKER'S MIC WILL BE MUTED
AFTER TEN SECONDS TO ALLOW US
TO HEAR FROM THE NEXT SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU'VE COMPLETED YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE
DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE.
IF YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE
FOLLOWING THIS MEETING YOU CAN
DO SO VIA THE SEATTLE CHANNEL
OR THE LISTENING OPTION LISTED
ON THE AGENDA.
LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE 21 SPEAKERS
SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND IN ORDER TO ALLOW AS MANY
SPEAKERS AS POSSIBLE TO SPEAK
WE'LL TRY TO GET EVERYBODY IN.
NOT ONLY AS I MENTIONED EARLIER
IS SPEAKING TIMED BUT I ALSO
WILL AMEND THE AGENDA TO ALLOW
AN ADDITIONAL 15 MINUTES OF
SPEAKING TIME FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT.
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS I
WILL AMEND THE AGENDA.
HEARING NO OBJECTIONS THE
AGENDA IS AMENDED TO ALLOW A
TOTAL OF 35 MINUTES OF PUBLIC
COMMENT.
WITH THAT I'M GOING TO CALL ON
THE FIRST TWO SPEAKERS.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH PETER.
PETER WILL BE FOLLOWED WITH
HOWARD.
PETER.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS PETER.
I USE HE/HIM PRONOUNS AND I
LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR.
I AM APPALLED THAT CITY COUNCIL
WOULD EVEN CONSIDER BREAKING
THEIR COMMUNITY TO COMMUNITY
REGARDING SPD OVERTIMES
PENDING.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PASS COUNCIL
BILL 119981 WITHOUT AMENDMENT.
OUR POLICE HAVE REPEATEDLY
SHOWN AN INABILITY TO HOLD
THEMSELVES ACCOUNTABLE.
CITY COUNCIL MUST BE THE ONES
WHO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE TO
YOUR POWER OVER THE BUDGET.
OR THE ATROCITIES WILL
CONTINUE.
SPD HAS ALREADY KILLED TWO
PEOPLE THIS YEAR.
THEY HAVE SHOWN A WILLINGNESS
AND EAGERNESS TO BRUTALIZE
PEACEFUL PROTESTERS, VIOLATING
OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
THAW EVEN SENT A SIZABLE
CONTINGENCY TO WASHINGTON, D.C.
IN JANUARY.
WHAT MORE NEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR
YOU TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY?
KEEP THE 5.4 MILLION OUT OF SPD
HANDS LIKE YOU PROMISED.
THAT MONEY NEEDS TO GO TO
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETS WHICH
WILL PROVIDE THE CITY WITH AN
ACCOUNTABLE DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM
FOR EQUITABLE ALLOCATION OF
CITY RESOURCES AND POWER.
BLACK LIVES MATTER.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, DO YOUR
PART.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
HOWARD FOLLOWED BY ANGIE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
CPC AND THE COUNCIL CONTINUE A
PATTERN OF PERFORMATIVE
ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE
COMMUNITY REALITY.
JUST TWO WEEKS AGO THE CPC
VOTED AGAINST SUPPORTING FULL
CIVILIZATION OF POLICE
INVESTIGATIONS CONTRARY TO THE
OVERWHELMING COMMUNITY INPUT.
CONTRARY TO THE CURRENT
LEGISLATION IN OLYMPIA.
CONTRARY TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS
FROM THE GOVERNOR'S TASK FORCE
ON INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS
OF POLICE AND CONTRARY TO
COMMON SENSE.
CPC APPOINTMENTS ONLY FURTHER
HIGHLIGHT THE DEGREE TO WHICH
THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION
ARE CUT OFF FROM THE COMMUNITY.
THE FEDERAL COURT MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING SPECIFICALLY
CALLS OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF
STUDENT AND YOUTH MEMBERSHIP ON
THE CPC.
TODAY'S SIX APPOINTMENTS
CONTINUE A PATTERN OF EXCLUDING
YOUTH VOICES WITH ALL
APPOINTEES BEING OVER 30 AND
HAVING AN AVERAGE AGE OF OVER
41.
THE NEWEST CPC APPOINTED
COMMISSIONER SAID TO THE PEOPLE
OF VIEWS BY THE SPC LAST SUMMER
WHO WERE PROVIDING TESTIMONY
ABOUT THEIR ABUSE QUOTE, I
DON'T HAVE PITY OR SYMPATHY.
THEY ARE WHINING ABOUT THIS AND
THAT.
YOU KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE
VIOLENT LIKE THAT BECAUSE YOU
CAME OUT WITH THAT AGENDA.
THEREBY BLAMING THE VICTIMS FOR
THEIR ABUS.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED WHILE
VICTORIA BEACH WAS ACCEPTED AS
A NEW COMMISSIONER A PROTESTER
WHO APPLIED TO BE A
COMMISSIONER WAS REJECTED.
IN FACT OVER THE LAST EIGHT
YEARS THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A
PROTESTER ON THE CPC NOR HAS
THERE BEEN A YOUNG PERSON.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ANGIE
FOLLOWED BY SEAN.
>> HI, I'M CALLING FROM BALLARD
TO ASK THAT CITY COUNCIL
PRIORITIZE BUDGET SUPPORT FOR
THE SEATTLE POLICE COMMUNITY
SERVICE OFFICER PROGRAM.
THE TEAM OF UNARMED OFFICERS IS
A NEW FORM OF PUBLIC SAFETY
RESOURCING THAT HAS WIDE
COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND HAS BEEN
FULLY SUPPORTED IN RECENT
YEARS.
AFTER YEARS OF INVESTMENT INTO
PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION AS
OF LAST FALL THE TEAM OF
MULTILINGUAL DIVERSE STAFF HAVE
SUDDENLY NOT BEEN ABLE TO SCALE
UP AS ALLOCATED.
THERE IS IMMENSE DEMAND FOR
THEIR SERVICES AND IT'S
HAMPERING THEIR ABILITY TO
CONDUCT NEEDED TRAINING.
THE POLITICS OF DEFUNDING HAVE
FROZEN THIS PROGRAM FOR MANY
MONTHS.
I BELIEVE BECAUSE OF THE OPTICS
OF IT BEING HOUSED WITHIN THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT THE CIVILIAN
CSO STAFF WHO HAVE WORKED HARD
TO DEFINE AND IMPLEMENT THE
PROGRAM HAVE STATED THEY DO NOT
WANT TO LEAVE THE DEPARTMENT.
DON'T LET THIS VIABLE PROGRAM
STAGNATE.
IT IS READY TO IMMEDIATELY
SCALE UP IN A COMMUNITY
SENSITIVE WAY USING PREVIOUSLY
ALLOCATED POSITIONS.
SEATTLE NEEDS HELP RESPONDING
TO A WIDER RANGE OF 911 CALLS
AND OTHER COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
THEY CAN HELP WITH DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE, LANDLORD TENANT
DISPUTES, GUN VIOLENCE
PREVENTION, SOCIAL SERVICE
CONNECTIONS AND MANY OTHER
PRIORITY ISSUES.
13 CIVILIANS SERVING THE CITY
OF OVER 700,000 IS RIDICULOUSLY
OUT OF WHACK.
FUND THE CSO PROGRAM.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
SEAN WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
SHAMIR.
SEAN.
SEAN IS NOT PRESENT.
WE WILL GET BACK TO SEAN IF
SEAN RETURNS.
WE'LL MOVE DOWN TO SHAMIR
FOLLOWED BY SHABANA.
>> I'M A DISTRICT SEVEN
RESIDENT.
I'M CALLING TO ASK CITY COUNCIL
TO PASS CB 119981 WITHOUT
AMENDMENT AND REDUCE THE SPD'S
2021 BUDGET BY THE FULL 5.4
MILLION THAT THEY OVERSPENT IN
2020.
THESE FUNDS SHOULD BE ALLOCATED
TO SUPPORTIVE BUDGETING.
PERSONALLY I'M DISAPPOINTED WE
ARE BACK HERE AGAIN AFTER CITY
COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY PASSED
RESOLUTION 31962 WHICH STATED
CITY COUNCIL WOULD NOT GRANT
OFFICIAL FUNDING FOR EXCESS
OVERTIME.
ESPECIALLY DISAPPOINTING GIVEN
THE INVESTIGATIONS HAVE
CONCLUDED INAPPROPRIATE SPD
OVERTIME PAY OVER YEARS.
CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO HONOR ITS
COMMITMENTS AND HOLD SPD
ACCOUNTABLE BY REDUCING THE
2021 BUDGET BY THE FULL 5.4
MILLION AND TRANSFER THE FUNDS
TO PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
WHICH IS DRIVEN BY COMMUNITY
NEED.
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
ARE YOU THERE WITH US?
>> REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR 6.
>> HELLO?
>> THERE WE GO.
THERE WE GO.
YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> HI.
I'M A BLACK WOMAN WHO IS 29.
I'M CALLING TO ASK THE CITY
COUNCIL TO PASS THE CB 11981 IS
WITHOUT AMENDMENT AND REDUCE
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
2021 BUDGET BY THE 5.4 MILLION
THAT WERE OVERSPENT IN 2020.
SPD HAS A HUGE HISTORY OF
OVERSPENDING WITH THEIR
OVERTIME.
THIS MONEY CAN BE USED TO HELP
THE BLACK COMMUNITY WHICH THEY
BRUTALIZE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SPD
DOES NOT CONTINUE TO USE THIS
OVERTIME FUNDS FOR THEIR GAIN
BUT TO GET THIS INTO THE
COMMUNITY'S HANDS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CITY
COUNCIL HONORS WHAT THEY PASSED
LAST SUMMER.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE
FUNDS GET TO THE COMMUNITY
BECAUSE THIS IS THE PEOPLE THAT
NEED IT THE MOST.
WE NEED TO HOLD SPD ACCOUNTABLE
REDUCING THE 2021 BUDGET AND
TRANSFERRING THOSE FUNDS TO
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING.
I'M ASKING THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL DO WHAT THEY SAID THEY
WERE GOING TO DO.
I ASK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL
REMAIN ON THE SIDE OF THE
PUBLIC, TO BE ON THE SIDE OF
THE PEOPLE THAT SPD BRUTALIZES.
AND AGAIN, PLEASE PUT THIS
MONEY BACK INTO THE HANDS OF
THE PEOPLE.
NOT TO THE SPD OFFICERS WHICH
THEY BRUTALIZE THE BLACK
COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BJ LAST
FOLLOWED BY ANDY VANDERBILT.
>> HELLO.
I'M A BALLARD RESIDENT AND A
SMALL BUSINESS OWNER.
I'M CALLING TO ASK COUNCIL TO
PASS CB 11981 WITHOUT AMENDMENT
AND REDUCE THE SEATTLEPOLICE
DEPARTMENT'S 2021 BUDGET BY THE
FULL $5.4 MILLION THAT SPD
OVERSPENT IN 2020.
THESE FUNDS NEED TO GO TO
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE TALKED
ABOUT BEING CONCERNED THAT
REDUCING SPD'S 2021 BUDGET
COULD CREATE ISSUES WITH SPD'S
COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONSENT
DECREE.
SPD IS NOT AND NEVER HAS BEEN
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONSENT
DECREE.
SPD HAS OVER EIGHT YEARS TO
BRING ITSELF INTO COMPLIANCE
úAND HAS FAILED TO DO SO DESPIT
A SKYROCKETING BUDGET THAT HAS
GROWN BY OVER 60%.
SPD'S 2021 BUDGET IS MORE THAN
$100 MILLION HIGHER THAN IT WAS
WHEN SEATTLE ENTERED INTO THE
CONSENT DECREE IN 2012 AND WILL
REMAIN OVER $100 MILLION HIGHER
EVEN AFTER THE 5.4 MILLION IS
REALLOCATED.
CLEARLY THE BUDGET IS NOT
WHAT'S KEEPING SPD FROM
COMPLYING WITH THE CONSENT
DECREE.
CONSISTENTLY FOUND SPD TO BE
OUT OF COMPLIANCE IN AREAS OF
ACCOUNT.
CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO HONOR
RESOLUTION AND HOLD SPD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR ITS SPENDING BY
TRANSFERRING THE FULL 5.4
MILLION OVERSPENT IN 2020 FROM
SPD TO PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER IS ANDY FOLLOWED
BY CALUM.
>> HI THERE.
I'M A DISTRICT THREE RESIDENT
AND A MEMBER OF THE WASHINGTON
STATE NURSE'S ASSOCIATION.
I'M CALLING TO ASK CITY COUNCIL
TO PASS CB WITHOUT AMENDMENTS
AND REDUCE THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S 2021 BUDGET BY THE
FULL 5.4 MILLION THEY OVERSPENT
IN 2020.
THESE FUNDS SHOULD BE ALLOCATED
TO PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING.
SPD HAS A HISTORY OF OVERTIME
FRAUD.
THEY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE
OVERTIME BUDGET FISCALLY
IRRESPONSIBLE BY THE COUNCIL.
THEY DO NOT DESERVE SPECIAL
TREATMENT COMPARED TO OTHER
DEPARTMENTS.
5.4MILLION IS A TON OF MONEY
THAT COULD VASTLY IMPROVE OTHER
SERVICES IN THE CITY THROUGH
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING.
ALREADY THIS YEAR THEY HAVE
KILLED TWO MEMBERS OF OUR
COMMUNITY FOR MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES.
AS SOMEONE WHO HAS WORKED IN
THE MENTAL HEALTH SECTOR, THESE
DEATHS WERE NOT NECESSARY.
LAST YEAR THIS COUNCIL MADE A
COMMITMENT TO DEFUND THIS
DEPARTMENT.
NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE ACTION.
SO PLEASE HONOR YOUR
COMMITMENTS AND HOLD SPD
ACCOUNTABLE.
FULL 5.4 MILLION AND
TRANSFERRING THE FOUND TO
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT PERSON I HAVE SIGNED UP IS
CALEB BUT I SEE CALEB IS NOT
PRESENT.
WE'LL GO TO JULIA BUCK.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS JULIA BUCK.
I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SIX.
I'M CALLING TO ASK CITY COUNCIL
TO PLEASE PASS CB 119981
WITHOUT AMENDMENTS.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO ASK THAT THESE
FUNDS BE ALLOCATED TO
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING.
YOU KNOW THE JOB OF OUR MAYOR
AND CITY COUNCIL IS -- THE JOB
OF EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT IS TO
SPEND WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF WHAT
OUR CITY COUNCIL HAS ALLOCATED
TO THEM.
IT'S VERY WORRYING TO ME TO
HEAR THIS DEPARTMENT -- WE NEED
TO LIVE WITHIN OUR BUDGETS.
>> SORRY, I'M HAVING A HARD
TIME HEARING YOU.
>> REFERRED TO CUTTING THE 2021
BUDGET AS HOW WE HOLD THE LINE.
I ENCOURAGE CITY COUNCIL TO
PLEASE HOLD THE LINE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LET'S SEE
ALICE FOLLOWED BY ALEX.
>> HI.
GOOD MORNING.
I LIVE IN MOUNT BAKER AND I'M
CALLING IN SUPPORT OF PASSING
CB 119981 WITHOUT AMENDMENT.
BOTH PARTS OF THIS BILL ARE
REALLY IMPORTANT TRANSFERRING
THE MONEY OUT OF SPD AND
TRANSFERRING IT TO
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING.
IT'S IMPORTANT IT BE THE FULL
5.4 MILLION.
WHEN SPD OVERSPENT LAST YEAR
YOU LET THEM HAVE THIS MONEY
WITH THE CLEAR UNDERSTANDING
THEY WERE BORROWING THAT MONEY
FROM THEIR OWN FUNDS FOR 2021.
NOW THEY'RE ASKING YOU TO
FORGIVE THE DEBT AND PRETEND IT
DIDN'T HAPPEN.
TALKING ABOUT MONEY THAT SPD
NEVER HAD ANY RIGHT TO CLAIM.
BECAUSE THEY WERE BORROWING
FROM THEIR OWN FUTURE FUNDS,
GRANTING SPD'S REQUEST WOULD
MEAN THAT COUNCIL IS GOING TO
PAY NOW OUT OF ITS OWN POCKET
TO COVER LAST YEAR'S
OVERSPENDING.
THAT PUTS YOU IN A RARE
POSITION WHERE YOU HAVE ARE THE
POWER OF HINDSIGHT.
USUALLY WHEN YOU BUDGET YOU'RE
PUTTING DOWN MONEY FOR OUTCOMES
IN THE FUTURE.
IN THIS CASE WE'D BE PAYING FOR
THE PAST AND WE KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY
PRODUCED.
IT IT WAS USED TO PAY FOR
EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF OVERTIME
SO POLICE COULD BRUTALIZE
PROTESTERS.
WE SAW POLICE IN RIOT GEAR
PEPPER SPRAYING AND TEAR
GASSING PEOPLE.
IT WOULD BE UNCONSCIONABLE TO
DECIDE TO PAY THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY
FOR LAST SUMMER.
THIS IS A FANTASTIC CHANCE TO
INVEST IN PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING.
THIS IS ONLY ONE FACET OF THE
WORK.
WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL OPPORTUNITY
TO CREATE TRUE PUBLIC SAFETY IN
SEATTLE RIGHT NOW.
I URGE YOU TO PLEASE PASS THIS
BILL WITHOUT AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS, I DON'T
SEE PRESENT.
WE'LL MOVE DOWN TO JACK
FRANCIS.
FOLLOWED BY GIA IN, NA.
>> MY NAME IS JACK FRANCIS.
I LIVE IN U DISTRICT.
I'M CALLING TO ASK CITY COUNCIL
TO PASS CB119981 WITHOUT
AMENDMENT AND TO REDUCE THE
2021 BUDGET BY THE FULL 5.4
MILLION THAT SPD THEMSELVES
OVERSPENT IN 2020.
THESE FOUND SHOULD ABSOLUTELY
BE ALLOCATED TO PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING.
LAST YEAR THE CITY COUNCIL
Y'ALL UNANIMOUSLY PASSED
RESOLUTION 31962 WHICH STATED
CITY COUNCIL, Y'ALL, WOULD NOT
GRANT SPD ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
SPD OVERSPENT ON OVERTIME,
ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING
AND CITY COUNCIL GRANTED IT
WHILE PLEDGING TO REDUCE THE
2021 BUDGET.
CITY DOWNSY, Y'ALL, NEEDS TO
HONOR ITS COMMITMENTS AND HOLD
SPD ACCOUNTABLE BY REDUCING THE
BUDGET BY THE FULL 5.4 MILLION
AND TRANSFERRING THE FUNDS TO
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING.
THE JOB OF THE MAYOR AND EVERY
CITY DEPARTMENT IS TO SPEND
WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF WHAT CITY
COUNCIL ALLOCATES.
SPD SHOULD NOT RECEIVE SPECIAL
TREATMENT.
SHOWS SPD COUNCIL IS SERIOUS,
SHOWS SPD THE CITY COUNCIL IS
SERIOUS ABOUT BUDGET
ACCOUNTABILITY.
THANK YOU.
>> I SEE ONE SPEAKER WHO WAS
NOT PRESENT EARLIER IS PRESENT
NOW.
SO WE'LL GO BACK UP TO CALEB.
CALEB.
>> REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR 6.
>> HELLO.
THIS IS CALEB.
I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 4
COUNCIL MEMBER ALEX PEDERSEN
I'M CALLING IN TO STRONGLY
SUPPORT CB 119981 TO REDUCE THE
SPD BUDGET BY 5.4 MILLION.
SPD HAS A WELL DOCUMENTED
HISTORY OF ABUSING OVERTIME TO
THE DETRIMENT OF OUR CITY
BUDGET.
THIS SUMMER SPD USED OVERTIME
EXTENSIVELY TO BULLY AND POLICE
BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTERS,
EVEN AT ONE POINT MAINTAINING A
24 HOUR PRESENCE IN BLOCKS IN
CAPITAL HILL, COMPLETELY
UNNECESSARILY FOR MULTIPLE
DAYS.
ON OTHER YEARS THERE IS WELL
DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE THAT
OVERTIME FRAUD BY SPD EMPLOYEES
THAT CLEARLY HASN'T BEEN PUT IN
CHECK.
THESE FUNDS WOULD NOT ACTUALLY
GO TO PLACES THAT SUPPORT
PUBLIC SAFETY AS IS RIGHT NOW.
SO THEY SHOULD BE PUT INTO
PROCESSES THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY
HELP THROUGH THINGS LIKE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING.
THANK YOU.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALEX
BRYANT.
>> HI.
I'M CALLING TO STATE THAT
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO
REINVEST IN THE COMMUNITY, NOT
THE POLICE FORCE WHICH HAS
PROVEN ITSELF TO BE A DANGER TO
THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
THE IDEA THAT SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL WOULD PAY $5.4 MILLION
IN OVERTIME HOURS FOR A POLICE
FORCE WHICH WAGES WAR ON THE
CITY IS ABSURD.
5.4MILLION IN COMPENSATION FOR
TIME SPENT THROWING FLASH
GRENADES AT CITIZENS, SMOKE
BOMBING NEIGHBORHOODS AND
ARRESTING THOSE WHO WERE
NONVIOLENT AND PRACTICING THEIR
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PROTEST
AN UNJUST AND INHUMANE SYSTEM R
OWE CITY HAS A NEED TO REINVEST
IN COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS AND THOSE WITH
THE SKILL SET TO WORK WITH THE
CHRONICALLY HOMELESS.
INCLUDING THOSE WITH SEVERE
MENTAL HEALTH.
SPD HAS PROVEN ITSELF INCAPABLE
AND INADEQUATE WHEN IT COMES TO
PROVIDING SAFETY FOR OUR
COMMUNITY.
AS A MANAGER OF A HIGH ACUE
TINY HOUSE VILLAGE I'VE HAD
CALLS WITH SPD.
ATTEMPTED TO TRIAGE SAFETY
CONCERNS AND BEEN MET WITH
LITTLE TO NO ASSISTANCE OTHER
THAN THE SUGGESTION TO ARREST
CLIENTS IN CRISIS.
I'VE HAD FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE
IN CONSULTING WITH SPD FOR
WORKING WITH THOSE IN CRISES
AND BEEN TOLD TOE STRICT THEM
AS A SOLUTION.
EVICTING SOMEONE IS NOT ONLY
CRUEL BUT UNETHICAL GIVEN THE
CURRENT PUBLIC HEALTH CRISES WE
ARE EXPERIENCING.
THE CITY IS RELYING ON SPD TO
DO A JOB THEY ARE UNFIT AND
UNWILLING TO DO IN A MYRIAD OF
WAYS.
THIS IS OF COURSE TO NO
SURPRISE BECAUSE THEIR SOLE
PURPOSE IS TO ARREST AND
INCARCERATE THOSE IN CRISES
INSTEAD OF ENGAGING IN
NONPUNITIVE MEASURES.
>> MY APOLOGIES.
MY INTERNET IS UNSTABLE THIS
MORNING.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS RYAN
FOLLOWED BY BEN.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS RYAN.
I'M IN A DISTRICT FOUR
RESIDENT.
THE CITY COUNCIL MUST PASS CB
119981 WITHOUT THE AMENDMENT
AND REALLOCATE THE 5.4 MILLION
THAT SPD OVERSPENT ON OVERTIME
IN 2020 TO PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING.
SPD SHOULDN'T RECEIVE SPECIAL
TREATMENT.
THEY MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
SPD LEARNS THEY CAN GET A FREE
PASS TO FREELY OVERSPEND ON
OVERTIME AND USE THOSE FUNDS IT
TO VIOLENTLY SUPPRESS PEACEFUL
DEMONSTRATORS PROTESTING IN
DEFENSE OF BLACK LIVES AS THEY
DID LAST SUMMER THEY WILL DO SO
AGAIN.
THIS KIND OF OVERTIME SPENDING
IS NOT ONLY A WASTE OF
RESOURCES BUT ALSO ACTIVELY
HURTS SEATTLE'S BLACK
COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE SUFFERED
AT THE HANDS OF SPD FOR
DECADES.
THE 5.4 MILLION THAT SPD SPENT
ON OVERTIME SHOULD GO INTO
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING.
SEATTLE MUST NOT REWARD SPD FOR
THEIR UNCONSTITUTIONAL BEHAVIOR
AND INSTEAD INVEST IN A MORE
DEMOCRATIC YOU MISPAL BUDGETING
PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT SPEAKER THAT WE HAVE
PRESENT IS BEN.
FOLLOWED BY MARIANA.
BEN.
>> HELLO, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE.
THANK YOU FOR THE ABILITY TO
SPEAK IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
I'M CALLING TO ASK THAT THE
CITY COUNCIL PASS CB 119981
WITHOUT AMENDMENT.
THESE FUNDS SHOULD BE ALLOCATED
TO PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING.
I'M A COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT
LIVES NEXT TO THE EAST POLICE
PRECINCT.
SINCE I'VE MOVED IN AUGUST I
HAVE BEEN WITNESS TO AND VICTIM
OF COUNTLESS ACTS OF POLICE
BRUTALITY.
I'VE NOT TAKEN PART IN ANY
DEMONSTRATION BUT IDENTIFY BEEN
AN UNWILLING BYSTANDER OF THE
POLICE'S ACTIONS.
NOT EVEN A MONTH AFTER MOVING
IN I HAD TO VACATE MY ANIMALS
AND MYSELF BECAUSE TEAR GAS HAD
FILLED EVERY ROOM.
DESPITE TEAR GAS BEING BANNED
BY THE CITY.
POLICE TRIED TO FORCE
THEMSELVES INTO MY APARTMENT
COMPLEX TO INTERROGATE MY
NEIGHBORS AFTER ONE NEIGHBOR
YELLED OUT THE WINDOW FOR THE
POLICE TO GO HOME.
RIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS I WAS
NEARLY ARRESTED FOR WALKING MY
DOG WHILE SEATTLE POLICE WERE
BRUTALIZING HOMELESS FOLKS AND
CLEARING THEM OUT OF THE PARK.
INSTEAD THE POLICE HAVE BUILT A
FIGURATIVE AND LITERAL
BARRICADE BETWEEN THEMSELVES
AND THE COMMUNITY.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANY POLICE TRY
TO TALK OR WORK WITH ANY
MEMBERS OF MY COMMUNITY.
OUR APARTMENT HAS FORMED A
COALITION TO DEAL WITH CRIME
BECAUSE WE CANNOT RELY ON
POLICE TO DO ANYTHING BUT
HARASS US.
DO YOU ALL KNOW WHAT THE MEDIAN
PAY FOR A SEATTLE POLICE
OFFICER IS?
THE MEDIAN GROSS PAY WAS
$153,THOUSAND, NOT INCLUDING
BENEFITS WITH 374 EMPLOYEES
GROSSING AT LEAST $200,000.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE SIGNED
UP HERE IS MARIANA.
FOLLOWED BY KATIE.
>> HELLO.
HELLO.
>> YES.
GOOD MORNING.
WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> HI, GOOD MORNING.
I AM A DISTRICT THREE RESIDENT
AND A STUDENT AT SEATTLE
UNIVERSITY.
I'M CALLING TO DEMAND THAT CITY
COUNCIL PASS CB 119981 WITHOUT
AMENDMENT AND REDUCE SPD'S 2021
BUDGET BY THE FULL $5.4 MILLION
THAT THEY OVERSPENT IN 2020.
LAST YEAR CITY COUNCIL
UNANIMOUSLY PASSED RESOLUTION
31962 WHICH STATED THAT YOU
WOULD NOT GRANT SPD ANY
ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO COVER THEIR
EXCESS OVERTIME WHICH WAS A
GREAT DECISION GIVEN SPD'S
HISTORY OF OVERTIME FRAUD.
THIS YEAR SPD HAS KILLED TWO
PEOPLE, INCLUDING DEREK HAYDEN,
A SEATTLE UNIVERSITY STUDENT.
STOP FUNDING THE MURDER OF
COMMUNITY MEMBERS BY SPD.
SPD DOES NOT DESERVE ANY
SPECIAL TREATMENT.
CITY COUNCIL HAS TO HONOR ITS
COMMITMENTS AND HOLD SPD
ACCOUNTABLE BY REDUCING THEIR
2021 BUDGET BY THE FULL 5.4
MILLION AND ALLOCATE THAT MONEY
TO PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING.
IF YOU DON'T, THEY'RE GOING TO
CONTINUE OVERSPENDING.
TAKE A STAND FOR SOMETHING,
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CODY.
CODY, CAN YOU HIT STAR 6.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
GOTCHA.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
HI, MY NAME IS CODY.
HE/HIM, DISTRICT FOUR.
IN LIGHT OF THE CURRENT
SITUATION, I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE
THE COMMITTEE TAKE UP A
RESOLUTION.
THIS WOULD BE A SMALL STEP
TOWARDS, MAKING IT LOWEST LAW
ENFORCEMENT PRIORITY.
THE PLANT MEDICINE HERE WHICH
ARE SHOWN TO HAVE NO POTENTIAL
FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND
SPEAKING OF THE MEDICAL
RESEARCH THEY DO HOWEVER HAVE A
WIDE VARIETY OF APPLICATIONS IN
TREATING PTSD, MAJOR DEPRESSIVE
DISORDER AND SEVERAL OTHER
PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESSES.
WHILE NO DOUBT THERE ARE MANY
EXPENSES THIS WOULD COST THE
CITY COUNCIL NOTHING.
SEVERAL OTHER MAJOR CITIES
INCLUDING WASHINGTON, D.C.,
DENVER, CHICAGO AND OTHERS HAVE
TAKEN THE STEP OVER THE PAST
TWO YEARS WITH NO NEGATIVE
CONSEQUENCES.
OVERWHELMING AND HAVING MORE
LEGAL RECOGNITION WOULD HELP
THAT THE PEACE OF MIND FOR
PATIENTS CONCERNED WITH
PROSECUTION AND THE PUBLIC
ACCEPTANCE OF BENEFITS.
>> I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT
SEVEN AND I'M CALLING ON THE
ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL TO PASS
WITHOUT AMENDMENT AND REDUCE
SPD'S 2021 BUDGET BY THE FULL
5.4 MILLION THAT SPD OVERSPENT
IN 2020 AND ALLOCATE THOSE
FUNDS TO PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING.
LAST YEAR YOU ALL PASSED A
RESOLUTION THAT STATED YOU
WOULD NOT COVER FUNDING AND YOU
GAVE IT TO THEM ANYWAY WHEN
THEY ASKED.
AT THE SAME TIME YOU MADE A
COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF
SEATTLE TO DEFUND SPD BY 50% AT
LEAST AS WE ASKED AND DIDN'T
UPHOLD YOUR WORD TO US.
SPD HAS IGNORED ACTIVE RACE
CALLS BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO BUSY
MONITORING AND BRUTALIZING
PROTESTERS.
IT WAS NOT JUST THIS SUMMER.
THIS IS STILL HAPPENING RIGHT
NOW EVERY WEEK.
THEY CONTINUE TO USE THEIR
OVERTIME TO ARREST PEOPLE FOR
USING CHALK AND SENDING THEM TO
JAIL DURING A PANDEMIC.
SENDING PROTESTERS TO THE
HOSPITAL FOR PLAYING SOCCER AT
THE PARK AND TARGETING
INDIVIDUALS WHO HONOR THOSE WHO
HAVE BEEN KILLED TOO SOON.
JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO SPD KILLED
SOMEONE IN A MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS WITHIN 30 SECONDS OF
ARRIVING ON SCENE.
KEEP YOUR WORD TO YOUR PEOPLE
AN STOP GIVING SPD MONEY TO
KILL US.
IT'S DESTROYING US.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY DESTROYING US
WATCHING SPD KILL PERSON AFTER
PERSON.
THEY'RE KILLING YOUR
CONSTITUENTS.
PLEASE LISTEN TO OUR CRIES AND
STOP PANDERING TO SPD.
HELP US GET JUSTICE.
HONOR YOUR COMMITMENT.
HOLD SPD ACCOUNTABLE.
BLACK LIVES STILL MATTER.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT IS THE LAST PERSON THAT WE
HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK WHO IS
ALSO PRESENT.
WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT
AND MOVE INTO THE AGENDA.
WILL THE CLERK READ ITEMS ONE
THROUGH SIX.
>> APPOINTMENT 01819.
APPOINTMENT OF NAVIN ROBERT
CHARLES PINTO.
ITEM TWO, APPOINTMENT 01820.
APPOINTMENT OF AUSTIN FIELD AS
MEMBER OF COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION.
ITEM THREE.
APPOINTMENT 01 21.
APPOINTMENT OF TASCHA R.
JOHNSON.
ITEM FOUR, APPOINTMENT 01822.
APPOINTMENT OF ERICA NEWMAN AS
MEMBER OF COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION FOR A TERM TO
DECEMBER 31, 2022.
ITEM FIVE.
APPOINTMENT 01823.
REAPPOINTMENT OF ASHA MOHAMED
AS MEMBER OF COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION.
AND ITEM NUMBER SIX,
APPOINTMENT 01824, APPOINTMENT
OF PATRICIA L. HUNTER AS MEMBER
OF COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION
FOR TERM TO DECEMBER 31, 2023.
>> BEFORE GETTING INTO THE MEAT
OF THE APPOINTMENTS I'D LIKE TO
ASK THAT THE CPC COCHAIRS SET
THE CONTEXT FOR THESE
APPOINTMENTS BY SPEAKING
BRIEFLY TO THE WORK THAT THE
CPC DOES AND THEN AFTER THAT
WE'LL GET INTO INTRODUCING THE
APPOINTMENTS THEMSELVES.
SO CO-CHAIRS.
PLEASE DO TAKE IT AWAY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M ERIN GOODMAN.
I'M A CO-CHAIR FOR THE CPC.
I'M JOINED TODAY BY LA ROND
BAKER WHO IS ALSO WITH US.
OVER THE LAST YEAR WE HAVE
SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING TO
SET UP THE SYSTEMS THAT NEED TO
BE IN PLACE SO THAT CPC CAN DO
ITS WORK.
ONE OF THE KEY THINGS WAS
MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OF
THE POSITIONS FILLED.
CURRENTLY THAT MAKES SURE
THERE'S ENOUGH PEOPLE TO DO THE
WORK.
THIS HAS BEEN AN EXCITING
PROCESS.
IT'S BEEN CLAP ARE TOUR.
BASED ON A MATRIX LOOKING AT
THE REPRESENTATION LISTED IN
THE ORDINANCE AND THEN ALSO
IDENTIFIED BY MEMBERS OF THE
CPC.
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE
THAT APPLIED.
WE HAD A REALLY STRONG POOL.
WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THESE
APPOINTEES IN FRONT OF YOU
TODAY BUT ALSO TO HAVE THEM ON
THE CPC.
THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE AND
UNDERSTANDING AND
REPRESENTATION THAT IS STRONGLY
NEEDED ON THE COMMISSION.
LA ROND.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS LA ROND BAKER.
I'M COCHAIR OF THE CPC.
WE ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH
FANTASTIC NOMINEES FOR THE CPC.
THE CPC UNFORTUNATELY HAS LONG
BEEN UNDERSTAFFED WHEN IT COMES
TO OUR COMMISSIONERS, WHICH HAS
HAMPERED OUR ABILITY TO REALLY
DO OUR FUNDAMENTAL WORK OF
ENSURING THAT THE VOICE OF
COMMUNITY IS BROUGHT TO THE
ACCOUNTABILITY DISCUSSION.
AND THAT THE INTEREST IN
COMMUNITY STANDARDS WE WANT LAW
ENFORCEMENT TO BE HELD TO IS
ABLE TO BE DONE IN A FULSOME
WAY.
WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THE
NOMINEES AND HAVE THEM BUILD UP
OUR COMMISSION SO THAT QUESTION
CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK THAT
THE CPC HAS DONE FOR AN
EXTENDED AMOUNT OF TIME,
INCLUDING ENSURING THAT THE
COMMUNITY'S VOICE IS HEARD WHEN
IT COMES TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE
CONSENT DECREE.
>> THANK YOU.
SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS SINCE WE
HAVE APPOINTMENTS FROM EACH OF
THE THREE APPOINTING
AUTHORITIES WE'LL HAVE A
REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH OF THE
APPOINTING AUTHORITIES DO THE
INTRODUCTIONS OF THEIR OWN
APPOINTMENTS.
AND SO SINCE WE'VE STARTED WITH
THE CP CO-CHAIRS LET'S PICK UP
THERE.
IF YOU DON'T MIND INTRODUCING
YOUR RECOMMENDED APPOINTMENTS
THAT'D BE GREAT.
>> SO OUR FIRST NOMINEE IS
AUSTIN FIELD.
AUSTIN, SO THE CPC IS EXCITED
TO NOMINATE AUSTIN FIELD FOR A
SEAT ON THE COMMISSION.
AUSTIN IS A SEATTLE NATIVE.
VETERAN.
A FORMER CRIMINAL DEFENSE
INVESTIGATOR.
AND A CURRENT LAW STUDENT.
HE ALSO FOR MANY YEARS HAS HAD
CONCERNS ABOUT THE
MILITARIZATION OF POLICE AND
DONE SUBSTANTIAL RESEARCH IN
THAT AREA, INCLUDING POLICE
STANDARDS.
WHILE HE WAS IN THE MILITARY HE
WAS DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN
WHERE HE WAS DEEPLY ENGAGED IN
SHAPING LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
OPERATIONS AND DISCUSSING
SECURITY ISSUES WITH COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
AS A DEFENSE INVESTIGATOR HE
HONED HIS ABILITY TO WORK WITH
INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM AND SAW
UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL HOW SUCH
INVOLVEMENT INCLUDING
INTERACTIONS WITH POLICE
OFFICERS IMPACTED THEIR LIVES
AND COMMUNITIES.
AS A LAW STUDENT HE'S DEVELOPED
LEGAL ANALYSIS SUPPORTING THE
KING COUNTY PROCESS ON BEHALF
OF FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST LOVED
ONES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT'S USE
OF DEADLY FORCE AND PROVIDED
LEGAL SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS
INVOLVED WITH LEAD.
HE WILL BE A GREAT ASSET TO THE
COMMISSION.
ERIN.
>> THANK YOU.
THE CPC IS ALSO PLEASED TO BE
NOMINATING ERICA NEWMAN.
SERVED AS A LEGISLATIVE ANALYST
FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND
WITH THE KING COUNTY
PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE BEFORE THAT
IN THIS ROLE SHE HAS SPENT
COUNTLESS HOURS HELPING
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES
NAVIGATE THE EDUCATION AND
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS.
FURTHER SHE HAS A DEEP
UNDERSTANDING OF POLICY.
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND
IMPLEMENTATION AND THE EFFECTS
IT CAN HAVE ON PEOPLE OF COLOR
AND LOW INCOME RESIDENTS.
SHE HAS SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY
SERVICE EXPERIENCE INCLUDING
WITH THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR
WOMEN, THE KING COUNTY
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH AFRICAN-
AMERICAN AFFINITY GROUP AND THE
NAACP.
SHE HAS EXPERIENCE WORKING
DIRECTLY WITH UNDERSERVED AND
UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS
AND A PASSION FOR ADVANCING THE
EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
AGENDA.
SHE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO
BRINGING HER COMMUNITY ACTIVISM
EXPERIENCE AND SERVICE STYLE
LEADERSHIP TO THE CPC.
WE ARE EXCITED TO WELCOME HER.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE HAVE LOOKS LIKE I SEE AUSTIN
WITH US.
DO WE HAVE BOTH OF YOUR
APPOINTMENTS HERE WITH US THIS
MORNING?
YES?
GREAT.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
SET OF APPOINTMENTS WANT TO
GIVE BOTH AUSTIN AND ASHA A FEW
MOMENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
I REALLY AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR
THE HONOR OF THE NOMINATION AND
THANK YOU FOR THOSE KIND WORDS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I SHARE CONCERNS THAT WERE
EXPRESSED A FEW MOMENTS AGO BY
A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT
THE LACK OF YOUTH ON THE
COMMISSION AND THE LACK OF
PROTESTER REPRESENTATION.
ALTHOUGH IT WAS KIND OF
SOBERING TO THINK OF MYSELF AS
NOT A YOUTH, THAT WAS, YOU
KNOW, A LITTLE BIT JARRING FOR
ME.
BUT ACCURATE.
SO I DO SEE MY ROLE GIVEN THE
FACT I AM CURRENTLY AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AS
TRYING TO BRING MORE STUDENT
AND YOUNG PEOPLE INTO THE WORK.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SERVE.
>> THANK YOU.
ERICA ARE YOU WITH US?
>> I'M HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS
MORNING.
I'M EXCITED TO SERVE ON THE
COMMISSION AS A LONG TERM
RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE
AND A CURRENT RESIDENT I'M
FULLY AWARE OF WHAT WE CAN DO
AS A GROUP TO HELP DEVELOP OR
IMPROVE BETTER POLICING
STRATEGIES.
HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE OUR
YOUTH AND HOW WE CAN MAKE
POSITIVE CHANGE ALL AROUND
POLICING.
I HAVE A BIG INTEREST IN
SERVING KIDS AND ENCOURAGING
THEM TO LOOK TOWARD THE FUTURE
AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE
AND SO I'M HAPPY TO SERVE ON
THE COMMISSION AND HELP OUT IN
ANY WAY THAT I CAN.
>> THANK YOU.
LET'S MOVE ON AND I WANT TO
OPEN IT UP TO COUNCIL MEMBERS
TO ASK QUESTIONS BUT LET'S GET
EVERYBODY IN FRONT OF US FIRST.
DO YOU WANT TO THE MOVE FORWARD
AND INTRODUCE THE APPOINTEES
FROM THE COUNCIL?
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
NAVIN PINTO HAS SPENT HISS
CAREER ADVOCATING FOR THE
VULNERABLE AND UNDERSERVED.
HE'S A RESEARCHER ACTIVELY
INVOLVED IN EVALUATING NEW
THERAPIES FOR VULNERABLE
POPULATIONS.
HE HAS HELD SEVERAL FACULTY AND
MEDICAL POSITIONS.
TASHA JOHNSON SHOWS AS THE
DIRECTER TO OF OPERATIONS FOR
CHOOSE 180 BUILDING THE
INFRASTRUCTURE.
PROGRAMS AS WELL AS THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS.
SHE COCREATED THE LGBTQ PLUS
STAFF TRAINING WORKSHOP.
SHE HAS A MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK
AND A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
HEALTH SCIENCES AT PORTLAND
STATE UNIVERSITY.
SHE COMPLETED THE PUGET SOUND
SAGE COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP.
REVEREND PATRICIA HUNTER SERVES
AT SEATTLE FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH.
BOTH CONGREGATIONS ARE
ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE,
MARGALIZED COMMUNITIES AND
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
SHE'S ADVOCATED FOR JUSTICE FOR
DECADES, INCLUDING THE
FINANCIAL PLANNING INDUSTRY.
SHE IS ALSO A CERTIFIED
FINANCIAL PLANNER AND SERVED AS
FINANCIAL WELLNESS PROGRAM
DIRECTOR AND PLANNING
MANAGEMENT FOR THE MINISTERS
AND MISSIONARIES BENEFIT BOARD
BEFORE RETIREMENT IN IT JUNE
2020.
SHE HAS A DOCTOR OF MINISTRY
DEGREE FROM ST. PAUL SCHOOL OF
THEOLOGY AND A MASTER OF
DIVINITY FROM COLGATE
ROCHESTER.
SHE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS A
SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSIONER.
>> JUST WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO
EACH.
NAVIN, TASCHA AND REVEREND
HUNTER.
SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT WHY
THEY'RE INTERESTED IN SERVING
ON THIS REALLY IMPORTANT BODY.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M HONORED TO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.
I'M A RESIDENT OF MAPLE LEAF.
I'M A PEDIATRICIAN AT SEATTLE
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
I WANTED TO ECHO AUSTIN'S
COMMENTS ABOUT THE SOBERING
NATURE THAT I'M NO LONGER A
YOUTH AS MY GRAY HAIRS MIGHT
ATTEST.
BUT I AM AN ADVOCATE FOR YOUTH
AND THE YOUNG AND MY HOPE IS
SIMILAR TO AUSTIN'S TO GET MORE
YOUTH INVOLVEMENT BOTH ON THE
COUNCIL ITSELF AND AMPLIFYING
THEIR VOICES BECAUSE I FEEL
THEY'RE IMPORTANT.
SO I THANK HOWARD FOR HIS
COMMENTS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE FOR PUSHING
FORWARD MY NOMINATION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
TASCHA.
ARE YOU WITH US?
>> YES, I AM.
>> FANTASTIC.
HELLO THERE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> MY NAME IS TASCHA JOHNSON.
I'M A RESIDENT OF RENTON
HIGHLANDS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.
I'VE HAD SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS
THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED
PERSONALLY BY THE CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM AND BY USE OF
EXCESS FORCE WHICH IS WHAT
PROMPTED MY INTEREST IN THE
CPC.
WHEN I DECIDED TO RETURN TO
ACADEMIA AS A NONTRADITIONAL
STUDENT.
I RETURNED LATER IN LIFE.
MY ORIGINAL INTERESTS WERE IN
AREAS OF JUVENILE EDUCATION AND
REACHING HIGHER LEVELS OF
HIGHER EDUCATION.
HOWEVER UPON MY INTRODUCTION TO
CHOOSE 180 I REALIZED THERE'S A
LARGE SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION
THAT WILL NEVER HAVE THIS
OPPORTUNITY OR MAY NEVER HAVE
THIS OPPORTUNITY IF THEIR
JUVENILE BEHAVIORS ARE
CRIMINALIZED.
I TOO AM A YOUNG PERSON, OKAY,
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE SAID, I'M
NOT REALLY A YOUNG PERSON ANY
MORE, BUT THAT WAS MY HISTORY.
SO AS A YOUNG PERSON MY
BEHAVIORS WERE NOT
CRIMINALIZED.
I SOMEHOW MANAGED TO ESCAPE
THAT PART OF THE POLICE FORCE.
HOWEVER, I STILL HAVE A LOT OF,
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE
EXCESS USE OF POLICING AND
WOULD REALLY BENEFIT FROM BEING
ABLE TO COLLABORATE AND
UNDERSTAND HOW TO WORK WITHIN
SYSTEMS AND THAT THE POLICE
REALLY ARE NOT AGAINST YOU BUT
LEARNING HOW TO BRING THESE
COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.
AND IF WE STUNT THESE YOUTH
BEFORE THEY EVEN GET STARTED
THAT WILL HAMPER THEIR FUTURES.
THAT BASICALLY STATES MY
INTEREST WANTING TO WITH THE
CPC.
I'M HOPING TO BRING OUR
COMMUNITIES TOGETHER SO THE
POLICE ARE NOT SEEN AS THE
ENEMY.
>> THANK YOU.
AND THEN REVEREND HUNTER.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU
THIS MORNING AND I AM REVEREND
PATRICIA HUNTER.
I LIVE ON NORTH BEACON HILL AND
AS MENTIONED IN MY INTRODUCTION
THAT I SERVE TWO CONGREGATIONS
ON CAPITAL HILL THAT HAVE DEEP
ROOTS IN SOCIAL JUSTICE AS WELL
AS ADVOCATING FOR POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
I WAS BORN IN SEATTLE.
AND I HAVE WATCHED THE CITY
GROW AND EXPAND AND IN SOME
WAYS DETERIORATE OVER THE PAST
25 YEARS.
I'VE ALSO WATCHED THE
CREDIBILITY AND THE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND HONOR OF THE
SEATTLE POLICE EBB AND FLOW
OVER THAT SAME PERIOD OF TIME.
I'M SUPPORTIVE OF SEATTLE
POLICE, WE NEED THE SEATTLE
POLICE AND ONE OF MY MINISTRY
COLLEAGUES IS RETIRED SEATTLE
POLICE CHIEF.
BUT I ALSO NEED TO HOLD THE
SEATTLE POLICE ACCOUNTABLE FOR
THEIR MISSTEPS AND THEIR
MISCONDUCT.
AND I CERTAINLY WATCHED THE S,
SPD AS OTHERS DID LAST SUMMER
ACT IN QUESTIONABLE WAYS DURING
THE PROTESTS, MARCHES AND WHERE
PEACEFUL PEOPLE WERE EXERCISING
THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
SO BY SERVING ON THE COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION IS ONE WAY
THAT I CAN DO MY PART IN
HOLDING SPD ACCOUNTABLE FOR
THEIR ACTIONS.
I DO NOT EVEN CLAIM TO TRY AND
BE A YOUNG PERSON.
I AM AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN OLDER
LESBIAN, VERY PROUD OF THAT.
AND I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT
POLICE ACTIONS IN MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES THAT I REPRESENT.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT HOW POLICE
INTERACT WITH THOSE WITH MENTAL
HEALTH NEEDS.
IT'S COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT
OFFICERS ARE ILL EQUIPPED TO
DEESCALATE SITUATIONS WHERE
THERE ARE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
SO JOHN T. WILLIAMS REASONS WHY
I WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THIS
COMMISSION.
I'M ALSO AN ADVOCATE FOR
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
I WANT NEIGHBORS TO GET THE
OFFICERS WHO WORK IN THEIR AREA
AND THEIR PART OF TOWN.
I WANT TO SEE OFFICERS AT
COMMUNITY CELEBRATIONS AND
AUGUST NIGHT OUT EVENTS AND
GREATER RESPECT AND PERHAPS
EVEN SOME TRUST CAN GROW WITH
GREATER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
SO THOSE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE
REASONS WHY I WOULD LIKE TO
SERVE ON THE COMMISSION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THEN WE HAVE DEPUTY MAYOR
WASHINGTON HERE TO TELL US
ABOUT THE MAYORAL REAPPOINTMENT
TO THE COMMISSION.
ú>> GOOD MORNING.
I WAS GOING TO SAY GOOD
AFTERNOON AND IT IS NOT
AFTERNOON YET.
BUT MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THE
MAYOR'S REAPPOINTMENT TO THE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION
ASHA MOHAMED.
I DON'T KNOW IF ASHA IS ON
HERE.
SHE'S ROOTED IN COMMUNITY.
SHE'S CURRENTLY THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF SOMALI YOUTH AND
FAMILY CLUB WHICH IS A
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT
ADDRESSES HOMELESSNESS AND
REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT
INTEGRATION.
SHE'S BEEN A SEATTLEITE FOR
OVER 20 YEARS AND HAS REGULAR
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
ASHA HAS WORKED TO FORM
MULTIETHNIC, MULTICULTURAL AND
MULTILINGUAL SPACES IN THE
QUEST OF SEEKING EQUITY THROUGH
A HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE RIGHTS LENS.
ADDITIONALLY, SHE'S A FIERCE
ADVOCATE FOR REPRODUCTIVE
JUSTICE.
WE ARE EXCITED TO REAPPOINTMENT
ASHA TO THIS COMMISSION AND
KEEP HER CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE
MOVING FORWARD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND REAPPOINTMENTS AREN'T
EXPECTED.
THEY'RE WELCOME TO JOIN US BUT
THE FACT THAT ASHA IS NOT WITH
US TODAY IS JUST FINE.
AND REALLY PLEASED TO HAVE YOU
WITH US DEPUTY MAYOR
WASHINGTON.
WITH THAT I WANT TO THANK
EVERYBODY FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS
TO SERVE AS MENTIONED THIS IS A
VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ROLE TO
THE CITY.
PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT AT THIS
TIME OF INFLECTION AROUND
ISSUES OF POLICING IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO MY
COLLEAGUES TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS
THEY HAVE OF FOLKS COMING
FORWARD TO SERVE.
THERE'S A VISUAL ACTUAL HAND
RAISE FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
>> OLD SCHOOL.
THIS IS ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS
GRATITUDE TO ALL OF THE FOLKS
WHO ARE WILLING TO BE
CONSIDERED FOR AN APPOINTMENT
WHO HAVE ACCEPTED THEIR
NOMINATION FOR THIS REALLY
IMPORTANT COMMISSION THAT HAS
NO SHORTAGE OF WORK AND
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES.
SO THANK YOU TO EACH OF YOU FOR
YOUR WILLINGNESS TO STEP UP.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
I KNOW WE HAVE A LONG AGENDA
TODAY SO WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO
ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
I'LL JUST ASK ONE THAT I THINK
IS REALLY TOP OF MIND FOR ME
RIGHT NOW WHICH IS AROUND LABOR
NEGOTIATIONS AS IT RELATES TO
POLICE GUILDS.
I WANTED TO HEAR SORT OF I
SUPPOSE A THINKING FROM EACH OF
THE NOMINEES HOW YOU PLAN TO
WORK WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION AND
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO THE
COMMUNITIES YOU IDENTIFY WITH
AND REPRESENT ON ISSUES RELATED
TO THE CITY'S ON GOING
DEVELOPMENT OF PARAMETERS
WITHIN THE RESPECTIVE POLICE
GUILDS AND ON GOING NEGOTIATION
ISSUES, PARTICULARLY AS IT
RELATES TO ACCOUNTABILITY AND
TRUST WITHIN THE PUBLIC SAFETY
SYSTEM.
SO JUST SHARE WITH US A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT HOW YOU PLAN TO SHOW
UP AND WRESTLE WITH THOSE
ISSUES RELATED TO HOW
ACCOUNTABILITY WORKS OR DOESN'T
WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF OUR LABOR
NEGOTIATIONS PROCESS WITH
POLICE UNIONS.
THAT'S A QUESTION FOR EVERYONE.
ANYONE CAN GO, ANYONE WHO DARES
TO GO FIRST IS WELCOME TO.
>> TOUGH QUESTION, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
YES, TASCHA.
>> THAT IS A TOUGH QUESTION.
IT'S GOT ME THINKING.
IN MY PAST I'VE WORKED WITH THE
USCW LOCAL 21 AS THE UNION
STEWARD FOR MY STORE AND IN MY
POSITION I WAS ASKED TO TAKE
THE CONCERNS OF OUR STAFF TO
THE UNION AS IT PERTAINS TO
SALARIES AND OTHER POLICIES,
PROCESSES THAT WERE OF CONCERN
TO OUR STAFF.
THOSE SKILLS AND UTILIZE THOSE
WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT I
LIVE IN NOW TO BRING THOSE
CONCERNS TO THE CPC AS WELL AS
TO THE COMMUNITY AND CURRENTLY
IN MY POSITION AS THE DIRECTOR
OF OPERATIONS WITH CHOOSE 180
WE HAVE A LOT OF PARTNERSHIPS
WITH COMMUNITY AS IN LIKE THE
COMMUNITY OF FOLKS THAT LIVE
THAT WE LIVE AMONGST.
JUVENILE DETENTION CENTERS WE
WORK WITH THE KING COUNTY
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S OFFICES.
THE PARTNERSHIPS WE HAVE SPAN A
LARGE SPECTRUM OF FOLKS AND I
BELIEVE I WILL BE ABLE TO BRING
THE COMMUNITY'S TOGETHER.
>> AUSTIN, ERICA OR NAVIN OR
REVEREND HUNTER?
ANY THOUGHTS?
>> SURE.
I THINK OBVIOUSLY THAT'S GOING
TO BE THE MOST PRESSING ISSUE
THAT CPC FACES OVER THE NEXT GO
AROUND.
HAVING DONE A LITTLE BIT OF
RESEARCH INTO POLICE UNION LAWS
AS PART OF LEGAL INTERNSHIPS
AND SCHOLARSHIPS THAT I'VE
DONE, I THINK THAT THERE IS A
RISK THAT PUBLIC TRUST IS
UNDERMINED WHEN THE PUBLIC
DISCOVERS THAT COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENTS CAN
SUBVERT LAWS THAT ARE PASSED BY
PEOPLES DULY ELECTED
REPRESENTATIVES.
SHARING THAT INFORMATION WITH
FOLKS, EXPLAINING THE PROCESS
AND THEN TAKING PEOPLE'S
CONCERNS ABOUT THAT PROCESS
ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, THE
CONCERNS OF SAY STUDENTS AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON OR
OTHER PLACES WHO MAY BE LESS
FAMILIAR WITH HOW THE PROCESS
WORKS BUT ONCE THEY LEARN HOW
THE PROCESS WORKS ARE VERY
CONCERNED OF THAT.
I SEE THAT AS MY ROLE.
>> THANK YOU, AUSTIN.
REVEREND HUNTER.
>> I THINK THAT MANY OF THE
COMMUNITIES THAT I REPRESENT
ARE SUPPORTIVE OF UNIONS.
WOULD CERTAINLY RESPECT THE
SEATTLE POLICE OFFICER'S GUILD.
BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO HAVE
ALL STAKEHOLDERS AT THE TABLE
WHEN NEGOTIATING THESE
CONTRACTS AND I WOULD JUST NOT
WANT TO BE BULLIED BY THE
GUILD.
AND SO FOR EACH STAKE HOLDER TO
SHARE WHEN THEY FEEL IS REALLY
IMPORTANT IN THE CONTRACT
NEGOTIATIONS TO HEAR AND TO
LISTEN BUT CERTAINLY NOT TO BE
BULLIED BY THE GUILD.
>> THANK YOU.
NAVIN OR ERICA?
ANY THOUGHTS?
>> YEAH, I WOULD -- OH, ERICA.
PLEASE.
>> NO, GO AHEAD.
GO AHEAD.
>> I JUST WANTED TO ECHO
COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE
THAT FIRST OF ALL I THINK THAT
YOU KNOW THAT SEATTLE POLICE
AND THE OFFICER'S GUILD ARE
ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE THEY
SERVE.
I KNEW THAT THE COMMISSION'S
ROLE IS TO AMPLIFY THE VOICS
OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
I SHARE AUSTIN AND COMMENTS
THAT THE MORE OUR PUBLIC IS
AWARE OF THE MECHANISMS TO
WHICH THE OFFICER'S GUILD HAS
USED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING TO
SORT OF UNDERMINE PUBLIC
SENTIMENTS AND BULLY THOSE TO
GET THEIR NEEDS I THINK RAISING
AWARENESS OF THAT AND TRYING
OUR BEST TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE
SEATTLE POLICE OFFICER'S GUILD
SERVE THE COMMUNITY THAT
THEY'RE ENTRUSTED TO.
>> THANK YOU.
AND ERICA.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COME
TO MY MIND IS COMMUNICATION AND
TRANSPARENCY IS KEY.
THE REASON BEING IS BECAUSE THE
COMMISSION WOULD, IF WE CAN
EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC, YOU
KNOW, BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE
PUBLIC.
COMMUNICATE WITH THEM IN A WAY
THEY UNDERSTAND AND BE ABLE TO
TAKE THAT BACK, I GUESS YOU CAN
USE IT AS A TOOL TO MAKE PEOPLE
THINK IN DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVES.
THOSE ARE THE KEY WORDS THAT
COME TO MY HEAD IN AN ATTEMPT
TO REACH AGREEMENTS OR DEALS,
RULES, ET CETERA, THAT ARE FAIR
FOR BOTH SIDES.
I THINK COMMUNICATION AND
TRANSPARENCY IS BIG.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE BECAUSE
I THINK THE QUESTION RAISES THE
ISSUE, THE ROLE THAT THE CPC
HAS PLAYED AS IT RELATES TO
PREPARING THE COUNCIL AND THE
MAYOR IN IT DEVELOPING
BARGAINING PARAMETERS.
THE CPC IN COLLABORATION WITH
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE
OFFICE, THE LABOR RELATIONS
OFFICE OF THE CITY HAS HOSTED A
COUPLE OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS BOTH AIMED
AT EXPLAINING TO THE PUBLIC
WHAT THE BARGAINING PROCESS IS
AS WELL AS SHARING WITH THE
PUBLIC THE TOP PRIORITIES THAT
THE CPC HAS FOR BARGAINING
PARAMETERS.
I WANT TO THANK THE CPC FOR
DOING THAT WORK IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND
WITH LABOR RELATIONS.
THAT WAS ALWAYS A PREREQUISITE
FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT
SERVE.
IT WAS A PREREQUISITE FOR US
FOR BEGINNING THE DISCUSSIONS
AROUND BARGAINING PARAMETERS.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
CPC HAD SORT OF CHECKED IN WITH
COMMUNITY NOT JUST ABOUT, YOU
KNOW, THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF
THE PROCESS MOVING FORWARD.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE
ENGAGED IN WATCHDOGGING IF YOU
WILL THE LABOR RELATIONS
NEGOTIATIONS.
THEN WE DID BACK IN 2018.
A LOT OF NEW VOICES.
A LOT OF NEW FACES.
IT'S GREAT YOU TOOK TIME TO
EXPLAIN TO THEM THE PROCESS AND
TO IDENTIFY FOR THEM SO THEY'RE
AWARE WHAT THE CPC TOP
PRIORITIES ARE, AS WELL AS
HEARING FROM THEM.
HIGHLIGHTS ITS IMPORTANCE IN
ASKING THE QUESTION.
I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S
THOUGHTFUL ANSWERS.
AND IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS.
I SEE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
SO I WILL MOVE ITEMS ONE
THROUGH SIX.
IS THERE A SECOND PLEASE?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS?
>> AYE.
>> COUP SILL MEMBER MORALES.
>> ASK AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S
PARTICIPATION AND HERE TODAY
THIS MORNING YOUR WILLINGNESS
TO SERVE AND WE I THINK WILL,
WE HAVE ADDITIONAL VACANCIES WE
CAN FILL AND WE HEARD FROM
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TODAY
ABOUT WHAT THEY BELIEVE SOME OF
OUR PRIORITIES ARE AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE HEARING FROM YOU
WITH US HERE TODAY THAT YOU
SHARE THOSE PRIORITIES.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ IN
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
>> ANESTHESIOLOGY ITEM NUMBER
SEVEN.
APPOINTMENT OF BRANDY GRANT AS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION FOR
A TERM TO FEBRUARY 3, 2027.
>> FANTASTIC.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE WILL HAVE THE CPC COCHAIRS
TO PRESENT THE APPOINTMENT THAT
WILL BE BASED ON THE FACT THIS
IS AN APPOINTMENT THAT HAS
BROUGHT TO US FROM THE CPC.
NOT TYPICAL AS IT RELATES TO
OTHER APPOINTMENTS THAT WE
OFTEN SEE.
THEY RUN THE PROCESS FOR
IDENTIFYING APPLICANTS AND
INTERVIEWING AND BRINGING
FORWARD FINALISTS.
PERHAPS YOU CAN TALK WITH US A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS
ITSELF AND HOW YOU LANDED ON
INTERIM DIRECTOR GRANT AS YOUR
RECOMMENDATION.
>> THANK YOU.
AND WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL
FOR APPOINTING SUCH A GREAT
SLATE OF COMMISSIONERS.
WE'RE EXCITED TO GET TO WORK
WITH THEM.
MY COCHAIR CAN WEIGH IN MORE
ABOUT THE PROCESS.
WE PERFORMED A NATIONWIDE
SEARCH WITH REALLY AGGRESSIVE
OUTREACH AND HEAD HUNTING TO
PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE STRONG
CANDIDATES.
WE ENDED UP WITH THREE
CANDIDATES WHO HAD INTERVIEWED
WITH STAFF WHO DID COMMUNITY
MEETINGS AND HAD CONVERSATIONS
WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
WE LANDED ON BRANDY GRANT WHO
SERVED AS A COMMISSIONER AND
THEN SERVED AS INTERIM
DIRECTOR.
DURING THE WHOLE PROCESS SHE
STOOD HEADS AND SHIELDS ABOVE
ALL OF THE OTHER CANDIDATES
WITH HER DEDICATION TO SEATTLE.
AND HER REAL DEDICATION TO THE
SEATTLE COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION.
HER DEDICATION, LONG STANDING
DEDICATION TO COMMUNITY WORK.
COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY WORK.
SHE WAS A PHENOMENAL CANDIDATE.
AND I'LL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT
BRANDY AND ERIN CAN WEIGH IN
MORE LATER.
BRANDY HOLDS A MASTER'S DEGREE
FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
AND AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE
FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA.
SHE COMES TO US BRINGING A
WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE WORKING
WITH COMMUNITY, INCLUDING OVER
20 YEARS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND
COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING IN
WASHINGTON STATE.
SEVEN YEARS OF SPECIOUS WORKING
WITH COMMUNITY IN SEATTLE.
APPLYING HER MENTAL HEALTH
EXPERIENCE EXPERTISE TO POLICY
AND PROGRAMMING ADDRESSING GUN
VIOLENCE.
BRANDY IS DEDICATED TO ENSURING
ACCOUNTABILITY AND A FUNCTIONAL
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM WHEN IT
COMES TO POLICING IN SEATTLE.
AND IMPROVING THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
COMMUNITY.
DEFINITELY ENSURING THAT THE
VOICES OF THE MOST IMPACTED ARE
HEARD IN THE DISCUSSION ABOUT
POLICING AND THAT COMMUNITY
STANDARDS ARE BROUGHT FORWARD.
INDEED SHE SERVED AS A
COMMISSION ON THE CPC AND
INTERIM DIRECTOR AND SHE IS
WELL POISED TO DO AMAZING WORK
AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
>> YEAH.
SINCE BECOMING INTERIM
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BRANDY HAS
LED THE CPC DURING
UNPRECEDENTED TIMES WITH POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY BEING AT THE
FOREFRONT.
SHE TRANSITIONED FROM
COMMISSIONER TO DIRECTOR WITH
FLUID EASE AND PROFESSIONALISM.
DURING HER TENURE OVERSAW THE
COMPLETION OF A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF WORK.
THE CPC HAS PRODUCED
RECOMMENDATION STATEMENTS ON
CROWD CONTROL WEAPONS, SPC'S
USE OF FORCE POLICIES AND THE
BARGAINING FOR THE SPD
CONTRACT.
SHE HAS STREAMLINED THE PROCESS
AND OVERSEEN THE CREATION OF A
RECOMMENDATION TRACKER SO THAT
OTHERS CAN SEE WHERE THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS LIE.
OVER THE LAST YEAR SHE HAS
BROUGHT ON A NEW POLICY TEAM
AND LED THE COMMISSION INTO NEW
ARENAS OF ADVOCACY WITH THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE
AGENDA FOR THE CPC.
HER TENURE HAS BROUGHT ABOUT A
NEW ENERGY AS SHE'S DEVELOPED
NEW STAFF ON BOARDING.
AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF
DEVELOPING AN INTERNSHIP
PROGRAM TO ENGAGE AND MENTOR
THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS
IN THIS FIELD.
ALL OF THIS IS IMPRESSIVE BUT
WHERE BRANDY TRULY EXCELS IS IN
HER ABILITY TO ENGAGE WITH THE
COMMUNITY AND BUILD
RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS THE CITY
TO ENSURE THAT THE CPC IS
REPRESENTING THE BROADER
COMMUNITY.
THE COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION
AND ITS CO-CHAIRS ARE EXCITED
TO NOMINATE BRANDY GRANT TO BE
THE PERMANENT EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR FOR THE CPC.
>> THANK YOU BOTH FOR THAT
WONDERFUL INTRODUCTION.
úBEFORE I OPEN IT UP TO INTERIM
DIRECTOR GRANT I JUST WANT TO
ECHO SOME OF THE COMMENTS I'VE
HEARD.
I REALLY APPRECIATED THE
SPEARHEADING OF THE WORK TO
ENSURE THAT CPC RECOMMENDATIONS
ARE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
AND THAT WE HAVE A WAY OF
TRACKING THEIR IMPLEMENTATION
SO WE CAN HOLD ALL OF OURSELVES
ACCOUNTABLE FOR ACTING ON YOUR
RECOMMENDATIONS.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK
YOU'VE DONE TO GET THE
COMMISSION FULLY STAFFED.
AND REESTABLISHING THIS ON
BOARDING PROCESS FOR NEW
COMMISSIONERS THAT'S SO
IMPORTANT TO HAVE AN EFFECTIVE
WORKING COMMISSION.
AS DIRECTOR GOODMAN -- I'M
SORRY, CO-CHAIR GOODMAN SAID,
REALLY APPRECIATE THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A STATE
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
REALLY HELPED TO MAKE MY WORK
AS PUBLIC SAFETY CHAIR EASIER
TO FOCUS IN ON WHAT THINGS WE
SHOULD ACCOUNT IN OUR CITYWIDE
AGENT AND WHAT THINGS I SHOULD
WORK ON ADVOCATING AT THE STATE
LEGISLATURE.
REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK
YOU'VE DONE AS INTERIM
DIRECTOR.
YOU'VE JUMPED RIGHT IN AND
REALLY HAVE ENJOYED WORKING
WITH YOU OVER THESE VERY
CHALLENGING IF FEW MONTHS.
WITH THAT, INTERIM DIRECTOR
GRANT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A
FEW WORDS.
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH.
I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY
FOR THE KIND WORDS IN GENERAL.
IT'S BEEN A REALLY AMAZING
OPPORTUNITY TO GO FROM BEING A
COMMISSIONER TO BEING ABLE TO
REALLY DIVE INTO THE WORK AND
DO IT ON AN INTERIM BASIS.
IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT TRUST AND
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING AND
COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT WAS AN
HONOR, YOU KNOW, FOR ME TO HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY BUT IT WAS
SOMETHING THAT I FELT LIKE WAS
PAIN STAKINGLY EASY BECAUSE I
FELT LIKE THERE WAS ALREADY A
COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY AROUND
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW IF APPOINTD
AS THE PERMANENT EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR THE TYPE OF LEADER
THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE
MOVING FORWARD IS SOMEONE WHO
WILL BE TRANSPARENT,
COMPASSIONATE AND HOLD
COMMUNITY UP AND AMPLIFY THE
VOICES OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN
EXTREMELY IMPACTED BY SOME
UNNECESSARY POLICING THAT WE'VE
HAD AND WE'VE SEEN AND
WITNESSED OVER A PERIOD OF
TIME.
I'M OPTIMISTIC AND HOPEFUL THIS
IS THE CITY THAT KNOWS HOW TO
PERSEVERE.
THIS IS A GROUP OF AMAZING
PEOPLE AND COUNTERPARTS THAT
I'VE BEEN ALLOWED TO WORK WITH.
I DON'T THINK IT'S ANYTHING WE
CAN'T OVERCOME.
THERE'S MORE HARD WORK.
TRANSPARENT CONVERSATIONS.
SOME DIFFICULT ONES SETTING
SOME EGOS ASIDE.
BUT ULTIMATELY I BELIEVE THAT
WE ALL WANT THE SAME THING AND
THAT'S EQUITY.
WE WANT JUSTICE AND EQUITY AND
PUBLIC SAFETY.
NO MATTER WHAT WE LOOK LIKE AND
NO MATTER WHERE WE LIVE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE
ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU'D LIKE
TO ADD?
>> IDENTIFY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO ASK SOME GOOD SOLID
QUESTIONS AND TO ENGAGE WITH
HER IN CONVERSATION.
I WAS REALLY HONORED AND
HUMBLED TO HAVE FIRST MET
DIRECTOR GRANT SEVERAL YEARS
AGO WHEN SHE APPLIED TO BE
CONSIDERED FOR A CPC
COMMISSIONER POSITION THAT WAS
A CITY COUNCIL APPOINTMENT.
I REMEMBER THIS IS BACK IN THE
DAY WHEN WE COULD BE IN THE
AME SPACE TOGETHER.
I REMEMBER YOU COMING INTO MY
OFFICE AT CITY HALL AND SITTING
DOWN WITH ME TO JUST TALK ABOUT
YOUR INTEREST IN PUBLIC SAFETY
AND IN POLICE REFORM AND
ACCOUNTABILITY AND ONE OF THE
THINGS I STILL REMEMBER ABOUT
THAT CONVERSATION IS HOW
PASSIONATELY YOU SPOKE ABOUT
YOUR OWN SON.
AND HIS OWN EXPERIENCES AS A
YOUNG BLACK MAN IN THIS COUNTRY
WITH POLICE AND SORT OF YOUR
PERSPECTIVE AS HIS MOTHER.
I THINK YOU ALSO IN THAT MOMENT
NOT ONLY SPOKE ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF HOLDING POLICE
ACCOUNTABLE AND OF THE HISTORIC
TRAUMA CAUSED BY POLICING
PARTICULARLY WITHIN THE BLACK
COMMUNITY.
YOU ALSO SPOKE VERY ELOQUENTLY
ABOUT ANT HOW IMPORTANT
EQUITABLE COMMUNITY SAFETY IS.
THAT WILL SERVE COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR.
I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
SERVICE AS A COMMISSIONER.
I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE
BEYOND THE COMMISSION ROLE.
ISSUES RELATED TO GUN VIOLENCE.
I'M SO THRILLED THAT THE CITY
WILL CONTINUE TO BENEFIT FROM
YOUR WISDOM.
FROM YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS
NEWISH, YOUR NEW PERMANENT ROLE
AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR
THE COMMUNITY AND POLICE
COMMISSION.
FOR DOING IT IN A WAY THAT IS A
TRUE MODEL FOR US ALL.
I LOOK FORWARD TO TO CONTINUING
TO WORK WITH YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> I'M GOING TO ASK ONE
QUESTION IN THE MEANTIME WHILE
MAYBE OTHERS ARE CONSIDERING
WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE ANY.
THIS COMMISSION IS UNUSUAL ON
CITY DEPARTMENTS SINCE YOU
REPORT TO THE COCHAIRS RATHER
THAN HAVING THE MAYOR AS YOUR
DIRECT REPORT.
GIVEN THAT WHAT PRIORITIES,
WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES AS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND HOW DO
YOU WORK WITH THE CO-CHAIRS TO
IDENTIFY YOUR PRIORITIES?
>> THAT'S A REALLY GREAT
QUESTION.
EVEN THOUGH OUR OFFICE IS SET
UP DIFFERENTLY, I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT TO ADD THAT EVEN
THOUGH I PRIMARILY ONLY REPORT
TO CO-CHAIRS I AM A SERVANT OF
THE COUNCIL, THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE, COMMUNITY, MULTIPLE
DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
I FEEL A RESPONSIBILITY TO ALL
THOSE DIFFERENT ENTITIES.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I SHARE
THAT OUTWARDLY AS WELL.
I HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ALL
OF THOSE SYSTEMS.
I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL.
I HAVE MY FEET HELD TO THE
FIRE.
FOR ME MOST OF MY TIME HERE IN
WASHINGTON, THREE THINGS THAT
HAVE STOOD OUT FOR ME HAVE BEEN
PEOPLE, PROCESSES AND POLICIES.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE TRUST.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE RELATIONSHIPS.
YOU HAVE TO WORK ON POLICIES
AND SYSTEMS THAT WILL HELP
SUPPORT THOSE PEOPLE THAT YOU
ARE WORKING FOR.
THEN THE PROCESSES PART COMES
DOWN TO FROM AN ORGANIZATIONAL
STANDPOINT THE CPC EVEN THOUGH
WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR THE
AMOUNT OF TIME WE HAVE, THERE
DEFINITELY HAS BEEN A LIFE
CYCLE SHIFT WHERE WE'RE IN THE
PROCESS NOW OF ORGANIZATIONAL
RESTRUCTURE, DEVELOPMENT OF
GOVERNANCE AND STRATEGIC
PLANNING.
FOR THE FIRST 100 DAYS IN THIS
POSITION SOME OF THE THINGS I
WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE
COMMUNITY AND WITH COUNCIL
TODAY IS MY PRIMARY FOCUS IS ON
AN ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURE.
INCREASING OUR BANDWIDTH.
MAKING SURE WE BUILD UP OUR
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM.
MAKING SURE WE'RE HIRING FROM
WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND GIVING
FOLKS NOT JUST AN OPPORTUNITY
TO HAVE THEIR EXPERIENCE BE
BASED ON EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Z. STRIP SOME OF THAT AWAY.
WHAT THEY CAN ADD TO AND
COMPLEMENT WITHIN OUR OFFICE.
BEING MORE OPEN MINDED ABOUT
HOW WE'RE HIRING.
I HAVE ABOUT MAYBE 10
PRIORITIES AGAIN.
STRUCTURING THE STRATEGIC
PLANNING PROCESSES COMING UP
FOR US.
IT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THE
POLICE COMMISSION HAS ENGAGED
IN A PLANNING PROCESS.
IT WILL DEFINITELY REQUIRE
INPUT FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND
COMMUNITY.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE WE'LL BE
DOING A LOT OF, I'M GOING TO BE
WORKING TO LEAD A LOT OF THE
CPC DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE
GOVERNANCE, ORIENTATION AND
STRUCTURE.
IT WAS A GREAT QUESTION THAT
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ
ASKED ABOUT HOW FOLKS FELT
ABOUT THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
PROCESS.
AS SOMEONE WHO WAS FORMALLY A
COMMISSIONER, ONE OF THE THINGS
I RECALL THE MOST WAS NOT
FEELING SUPER CONFIDENT ABOUT
HOW TO DO THIS WORK.
SO TAKING THAT EXPERIENCE AND
MAKING SURE THAT COMMISSIONERS
THAT COME ON FROM THIS DAY
FORWARD WILL HAVE A REALLY
INTENTIONAL SPECIFIC AND WELL
ROUNDED ON BOARDING PROCESS SO
THEY CAN BECOME FAMILIAR WITH
THE WORK WE DO.
WE HAVE SOME CHAMPIONS.
WE WERE JUST INTRODUCED TO SOME
AMAZING FOLKS.
IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT
FOLKS FEEL EMPOWERED TO DO SAID
WORK.
AND REALLY STAND UP AND
REPRESENT FOR COMMUNITY.
SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS ARE
THE DISTRICT LIAISON
IMPLEMENTATION.
THERE'S AN INTEGRATION PROCESS
THAT I'M TRYING TO DEVELOP NOW
TO MAKE SURE THAT COMMISSIONERS
WERE TAPPED IN TO THE
COMMUNITIES NOT ONLY THAT WE'VE
BEEN ASSIGNED TO BUT THE
ORGANIC RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE
WITHIN COMMUNITY.
I TELL PEOPLE THERE ARE ORGANIC
RELATIONSHIPS THAT I BROUGHT
WITH ME TO THE COMMISSION.
THAT I FELT WAS A REALLY GOOD
FIT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO
ENGAGE WITH.
I WANT TO SEE US DO THAT MORE
AND BE A LITTLE MORE
INTENTIONAL ABOUT THAT.
THERE'S SOME REALLY GREAT
POLICY WORK, SPECIFIC POLICY
WORK I'LL BE OVERSEEING AND
HELPING IMPLEMENT WITH THE HELP
OF THE FULL COMMISSION AND THE
AMAZING STAFF THAT I WORK WITH
AS ERIN AND LA ROND HAVE SPOKEN
TO THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE
DASHBOARD.
THERE'S A PROFESSIONALISM
PROJECT WE'RE HOPEFULLY BEGIN
TO WORK WITH SPD SOON ABOUT AND
TALK ABOUT ARE THERE WAYS WHERE
WE CAN ENHANCE CONVERSATIONS
AROUND OFFICER WELLNESS, HOW WE
HIRE, HOW WE TRAIN PEOPLE.
WE'VE BEEN HAVING AMAZING
CONVERSATIONS OVERSEAS WITH
POLICE IN CANADA AND SOME OF
THE TAKE AWAYS THAT WE GOT FROM
THOSE CONVERSATIONS WERE
LANGUAGE AND SEMANTICS.
THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN USING THE
WORDS LAW ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE
OF THE CONTEXT THAT COMES WITH
IT.
THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE PEACE
OFFICERS.
THEIR HIRING PROCESS FOR
BRINGING ON EXEMPLARY OFFICERS.
THEY DO IT FROM THE OUTREACH
PROCESS TO THE DAY THEY RETIRE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF
FAMILIES.
PUTTING SYSTEMS IN PLACE WHERE
PEOPLE ARE HAVING MENTAL HEALTH
EVALUATIONS AND THEY'RE
HONESTLY NOT ASKING, THEY ARE
PEACE OFFICERS.
AKA OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, TO DO
JOBS THAT ARE NOT WITHIN THEIR
POWER TO DO.
RIGHT?
SO JUST BEING ABLE TO STRIP
AWAY SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
THE LANGUAGE AND THE SEMANTICS
OF EVERYTHING REGARDING
DISMANTLING AND DEFUNDING AND
LET'S HAVE AN ACTUAL
CONVERSATION ABOUT IF WE WERE
TO DO THOSE THINGS WHAT WOULD
IT ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE.
RIGHT?
WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE?
THAT'S WHERE I'M AT FOR THE
FIRST 100 DAYS.
I'LL BE EXPLAINING AND ROLLING
THIS OUT A LITTLE BIT BETTER IN
OUR UPCOMING CPC MEETINGS AND
YOU ALL WILL BE ABLE TO TRACK
AND FOLLOW ALONG AS TO THE
THINGS I WILL BE PRIORITIZING
WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE FULL
COMMISSION.
>> FANTASTIC.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
REALLY APPRECIATE GETTING THAT
INSIGHT INTO YOUR GOALS FOR
YOUR ON GOING LEADERSHIP.
AND IF IT THERE ARE NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS, I WILL MOVE
APPOINTMENT 01818.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> AND CHAIR HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> FANTASTIC.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY FROM CPC
FOR BEING HERE WITH US.
COMMISSIONERS AND DIRECTOR
GRANT AS WELL.
REALLY ENJOY WORKING WITH YOU
AND LOOK FORWARD TO OUR
CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP.
>> SAME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
AGENDA ITEM 8 FOR THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
COUNCIL BILL 120011.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT, APPROVING
A SPENDING PLAN AMENDING
ORDINANCE 126237 WHICH ADOPTED
THE TO 21 BUDGET.
>> WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FOLKS
WITH US HERE THIS MORNING TO
DISCUSS THIS ITEM.
WHAT I'D LIKE IF POSSIBLE IF WE
COULD DO A QUICK ROUND OF
INTRODUCTIONS JUST NAME AND
AFFILIATION THEN I'M GOING TO
HAND IT OFF TO AMY GORE TO DO
THE BACKGROUND AND THEN WE'LL
HAVE THE PRESENTATION FROM HSD.
>> I'M AMY GORE.
I'LL HAND IT OVER TO TANYA.
>> TANYA KIM WITH THE HUMAN
SERVICE'S DEPARTMENT.
>> HELEN HOWELL INTERIM
DIRECTOR.
>> TIFFANY WASHINGTON, DEPUTY
MAYOR.
>> GOOD MORNING.
NATALIE THOMSON, HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
>> FANTASTIC.
THANK YOU.
SO YOU WANT TO GIVE US
BACKGROUND AND THEN WE'LL HAND
IT OFF TO HSD AND DEPUTY MAYOR
WASHINGTON TO WALK US THROUGH
THE PRESENTATION.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
ITEM EIGHT ON THE AGENDA IS
COUNCIL BILL 120011.
WHICH APPROVES $12 MILLION
SPENDING PLAN FOR COMMUNITY
SAFETY CAPACITY BUILDING AND
AMENDS THE 2021 BUDGET TO LIFT
A PROVISO.
AS YOU RECALL THE 2021 ADOPTED
BUDGET INCLUDES $12 MILLION IN
FUNDS FOR CAPACITY BUILDING
ACTIVITIES AIMED AT SCALING UP
COMMUNITY-LED ORGANIZATIONS TO
INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY.
COUNCIL PLACED ON THESE FUNDS
AND SPECIFIED FOR $10 MILLION
OF THE FUNDS THE PROVISO COULD
ONLY BE LIFTED AFTER THE
COUNCIL APPROVES THE PLAN.
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
IS HERE TO DISCUSS THAT
SPENDING PLAN AND THE OUTREACH
AND ENGAGEMENT WORK THAT WENT
INTO THE DEVELOP OF THE OF THE
SPENDING PLAN.
UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR
HOWELL FROM HSD.
>> WHILE WE DO THAT I JUST WANT
TO ADD A FEW WORDS.
AGAIN, AS BACKGROUND FOR THE
VIEWING PUBLIC, WE DID HAVE
DIRECTOR HOWELL AND HER TEAM
PRESENT A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF
THIS WORK AT THE JANUARY 26th
COMMITTEE MEETING.
FOLLOWING THAT PRESENTATION
DIRECTOR HOWELL RESPONDED FULLY
TO QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD
DEVELOPED IN A MEMO THAT WAS
DISTRIBUTED TO COMMITTEE
MEMBERS AND THE ANSWERS WERE
RECEIVED ON FEBRUARY 18th.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I
PERSONALLY HAVE FELT A LOT OF
URGENCY AROUND GETTING THESE
DOLLARS OUT THE DOOR.
THAT COMMITMENT WAS MADE TO
COMMUNITY LONG AGO AT THIS
POINT.
AND I'VE ASKED THAT THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT WORK TO
EXPEDITE THE FUNDING WHILE
STILL BALANCING THE NEED FOR
EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
TO INFORM THE RFP.
THIS FUNDING IS A KEY
INVESTMENT IN THE COUNCIL'S
WORK TO REIMAGINE PUBLIC
SAFETY.
THIS IS PART AFTER $16 MILLION
TOTAL APPROPRIATION IN 2021 TO
SCALE UP COMMUNITY-LED
ORGANIZATIONS.
AND AGAIN, IT'S A HIGH PRIORITY
AND KEY REQUEST NOT JUST OF THE
COUNCIL BUT IT COMES FROM
COMMUNITY LED BY THE KING
COUNTY EQUITY NOW COALITION
LAST SUMMER.
HSD MOVED VERY QUICKLY MOVED
THE INITIAL $4 MILLION OUT THE
DOOR TO THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
INITIATIVE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP
OF COMMUNITY PASSAGE WAYS.
WE HEARD A PRESENTATION ON
THEIR WORK AT THE JANUARY 26th
MEETING AND HOW THEY'RE FOCUSED
WITH A GEOGRAPHIC EFFORT IN
THREE DIFFERENT SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
COMMUNITY SAFETY HUBS THAT HAVE
WRAP AROUND SERVICES AND NOW
THESE INVESTMENTS I THINK ARE
REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY
ARE INTENDED TO HELP COMMUNITY
MEMBERS REALLY LOOK AT HOW THEY
CAN PROVIDE SERVICES IN THE
CURRENT SYSTEM THROUGH A PUBLIC
HEALTH FRAMEWORK WHILE ALSO
UNDERSTANDING THE RANGE OF
NEEDS GIVEN OUR EXISTING
COMMUNITY SAFETY PROGRAMS AND
WORKING WITH HSD TO IDENTIFY
GAPS OR DUPLICATION IN PROGRAMS
THAT THE CITY SUPPORTS.
ULTIMATELY OUR GOAL IS TO MOVE
THE CITY'S COMMUNITY SAFETY
STRATEGY TOWARD A PUBLIC HEALTH
CENTER HARM REDUCTION MODEL,
CRIME PREVENTION AND HARM
CAUSED BY THE CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM TO INDIVIDUALS AND
COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED AND
WITH THAT YES, LET'S HAND IT
OVER TO DIRECTOR HOWELL TO WALK
US THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
>> I'M GOING TO OPEN US UP AND
THEN I'LL HAND IT OVER TO
DIRECTOR HOWELL.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE A FEW
REMARKS.
SO I SHARED THIS BEFORE BUT I
DO KNEEL IT'S APPROPRIATE TO DO
SO AGAIN GIVEN THE SUBJECT AT
HAND.
MY OLDER BROTHER MICHAEL SPENT
MOST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON.
I REMEMBER WATCHING HIM ON
MULTIPLE OCCASIONS BEING THROWN
DOWN BY THE POLICE CRYING AND
ASKING FOR HELP.
THERE CAUSED ME TO GROW UP WITH
A NEGATIVE IMAGE OF WHO THEY
ARE AND HOW THEY TREAT PEOPLE.
MY BROTHER WAS SHOT AND DIED AT
HARBORVIEW HOSPITAL OVER TEN
YEARS AGO.
SORRY.
WITH THIS HISTORY IN MIND,
PLEASE KNOW THAT I CARE DEEPLY
ABOUT THE SUBJECT MATTER AND
AGREE THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO
POUR RESOURCES INTO COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR TO START REPAIRING THE
HARM DONE.
WITH THAT SAID THE BUDGET ACTS
THIS YEAR ARE ONLY THE
BEGINNING.
WE WILL NOT SEE SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES FOR DECADES AS THE
COMMUNITY SYSTEM IS
STRENGTHENED.
WHAT THIS FUND WILLING NOT DO
IS RESULT IN INSTANT COMMUNITY
SAFETY.
YOU WILL SEE THIS THEME
REFLECTED IN THE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT CONDUCTED BY HSD.
NO ONE IS SAYING THAT THEY
BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN REPLACE A
POLICE FUNCTION.
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING IS THAT
THEY BELIEVE THEY HAVE AN
IMPORTANT ROLE IN ENSURING THAT
THEIR COMMUNITIES ARE SAFE AND
THRIVING.
BLACK PEOPLE WERE ENSLAVED FOR
OVER 400 YEARS AND WE CANNOT BE
EXPECTED TO GET BETTER IN A
YEAR OR TWO AS THERE IS A LOT
OF REPAIR NEEDED.
REDUCING THE POLICE BUDGET TO
INVEST IN COMMUNITIES THIS YEAR
WILL NOT RESULT IN IMMEDIATE
CHANGE.
I HAVE TO SAY THAT AGAIN.
WHEN I CALL THE POLICE FOR HELP
AND I'M A BLACK WOMAN, I HAVE
AN EXPECTATION THAT SOMEONE
WILL COME TO ASSIST ME IN A
REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME.
THIS IS NOT OUR CURRENT REALITY
IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW.
AS YOU WILL SEE IN THE
PRESENTATION YOU HAVE NEXT BY
SPD, OUR CITIZENS AREN'T
FEELING SAFE AND SUPPORTED.
OUR POLICE FORCE IS SHORT
STAFFED AND THAT HAS IMPACTED
THEIR ABILITY TO RESPOND.
YES THE INSTITUTION OF POLICING
WAS CREATED TO KEEP WHITE
PEOPLE IN POWER.
IT NEEDS TO BE REBUILT BUT IN
THE INTERIM AS PUBLIC SERVANTS
WE ARE RESPONSIBLE TO ENSURE
THAT ALL SEATTLE RESIDENTS FEEL
SAFE AND SUPPORTED.
LET US DO THIS APART FROM
POLITICAL GRAND STANDING.
THIS IS THE COMMITMENT THAT I
AND THE MAYOR HAVE
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR REMARKS.
AS COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
MENTIONED, IN JANUARY THE
SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICES GAVE
AN OVERVIEW.
SINCE THEN THE REQUEST FOR
PROPOSAL WAS RELEASED ON MARCH 1
. AND TODAY HST WILL PROVIDE AN
OVERVIEW OF THE RFP GUIDELINES
AND APPLICATION AS WELL AS NEXT
STEPS. THE PRESENTATION INCLUDES
HSD SPENDING PLAN, A
REQUIREMENT TO LIVE THE
PROVISO.
WITH THAT I WILL HAND IT OVER
TO THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HSD
TO LEAVE THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF
PRESENTING THE REMAINDER OF THE
SLIDES. I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR
FRAMING AND ALSO TO DIRECTOR
HOWELL FOR FRAMING THE
PRESENTATION.
AND ESPECIALLY TO DEPUTY MAYOR
WASHINGTON FOR SHARING HER
PERSONAL STORY.
I AM GOING TO MOVE QUICKLY
THROUGH SOME OF THE SLIDES
BECAUSE IT ADDS ADDITIONAL
LANGUAGE AROUND THE FRAMING.
THE FIRST ONE YOU SEE IS THE
REIMAGINING COMMUNITY SAFETY.
THIS ARTICULATES THE WORK THAT
THE CITY HAS UNDERGONE IN 2020
AS WELL AS THE WORK AHEAD.
HSD AS COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
HAS REMINDED US, IS REALLY
FOCUSING ON IMPLEMENTING A
COUPLE OF KEY PIECES IN THIS
OVERARCHING WORK THAT WE ARE
DOING COLLECTIVELY AS A CITY.
TODAY WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE
COMMUNITY SAFETY CAPACITY
BUILDING RFP SPECIFICALLY.
THAT IS OF $12 MILLION
INVESTMENT.
HSD IS CONDUCTING AN EXPEDITED
PROCESS. NORMALLY WE WOULD DO
EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AS WELL AS LITERATURE REVIEW TO
DO THIS BODY OF WORK. BUT IN
THIS EXPEDITED PROCESS IN THE
MONTH OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY,
WE WERE ABLE TO CONDUCT
CONVERSATIONS WITH 36
STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
SESSIONS WERE ATTENDED BY
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH LIVED
EXPERIENCES, SYSTEMIC RACISM,
HARM FROM THE LEGAL SYSTEM.
PARTICIPANTS IDENTIFIED THINGS
AROUND COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP,
SELF-DETERMINATION AND
RESILIENCE AND HAD EXPANSIVE
VIEW OF COMMUNITY SAFETY THAT
REACHED BEYOND GUN VIOLENCE AND
EFFECTS TO VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL
VIOLENCE TO A BROADER SENSE OF
WELL-BEING.
IT IS NO SURPRISE THAT THEMES
INCLUDED COMMUNITY SAFETY IS
BROAD.
MUST BE DEFINED AND OWNED BY
INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS FOR
THEMSELVES.
REIMAGINING COMMUNITY SAFETY
CANNOT SIMPLY BE ALTERNATIVES
TO POLICE FUNCTIONS AND THE
DEFINITION OF CAPACITY BUILDING
FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS RFP
MUST BE BROAD AND NOT JUST
INCLUDE BUILDING AND
STRENGTHENING STRUCTURES.
IN SUMMARY, THE DEFINITION OF
COMMUNITY SAFETY MUST BE
HOLISTIC AND INCLUSIVE.
A COUPLE OF QUOTES I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT FROM THE FEEDBACK.
THEY ARE HERE AND SHOWN ON THE
SLIDE.
DON'T DEFINE COMMUNITY SAFETY
FOR US.
ASK US TO DEFINE IT FOR YOU.
IT'S DIFFERENT FOR EVERY
COMMUNITY.
THAT WAS A GENDER-BASED
VIOLENCE SURVIVOR.
SECONDLY, WE DON'T REALLY SEE
OURSELVES IN NATIONAL MODELS.
WE DO OUR WORK BY MEETING
PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AT. AND
THAT WAS A YOUTH VIOLENCE
DIMENSION PROVIDER.
IN OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE
DID ASK ABOUT THE INTERCEPT
MODEL AND WHERE AS PROVIDERS
THEY SAW THEMSELVES.
HSD PLACED SELF IDENTIFIED
COMMUNITY RESPONSES ON THE
INTERCEPT MODEL AND THE
PREVENTION INTERVENTION
CONTINUUM.
MANY PARTICIPANTS VOCALIZE SOME
VERSION OF, WE DO MANY AND ALL
ACTIVITIES ON THIS CONTINUUM.
WE TOOK THE FEEDBACK AND WE
PLOTTED ON A TABLE WHERE THEY
IDENTIFY THEMSELVES.
AND THAT TABLE, IF INTERESTED,
IS FOUND IN THE SPENDING PLAN
AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THE
APPENDICES.
THE RFP DOES NOT RESTRICT
APPLICANTS TO SPECIFIC
INTERCEPTS GIVING THE
OVERWHELMING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK
ABOUT MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY
ARE AT AND FOLLOWING THEM IN
THE JOURNEY, WHICH IS
OFTENTIMES NOT LIKE THIS LINEAR.
NOW I WILL GO DEEP INTO THE RFP.
AND PROVIDE SOME HIGHLIGHTS.
THE RFP IS AN OPEN COMPETITIVE
PROCESS WITH APPROXIMATELY
$10.4 MILLION.
WE TALKED ABOUT $12 MILLION AND
WE WILL EXPLAIN WHERE THE TOTAL
IS. BEFORE THE PURPOSE OF THE
RFP IS $10.4 MILLION OF
AVAILABLE FUNDS AWARDEES WILL
RECEIVE A 18 MONTH CONTRACT
STARTING ON JULY 1. THE RFP WAS
RELEASED ON MARCH 1. IT IS OPEN
AND AVAILABLE AND YOU CAN FIND
IT ON A WEBSITE.
THE RFP IS RELEASED AND
APPLICATIONS ARE DUE ON APRIL 9.
ADDITIONALLY WE ARE PROVIDING
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT
ORGANIZATIONS TO COMPLETE THE
APPLICATION.
AND THOSE TECHNICAL ADVISORS
WERE VETTED BY OUR PARTNERS AT
THE SEATTLE OFFICE OF CIVIL
RIGHTS A SHOUT OUT TO THEM AS
WELL AS OUR COLLEAGUES WITHIN
HSD.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE
MADE BY A COMMUNITY PANEL.
AND WE ANTICIPATE UP TO 40
PROPOSALS THAT MAY BE FUNDED
THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
TAKING A QUICK STEP BACK AND
TRYING TO FRAME THIS.
THE COUNCIL BUDGET ACTIONS FOR
THIS RFP TOTALED $12 MILLION
FOR COMMUNITY LED EFFORTS TO
SCALE UP ORGANIZTIONS TO
INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGH
TECHNICAL SUPPORT CAPACITY
BUILDING EXPANSION OF CAPACITY.
FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS RFP WE
ARE PICKING A CAPACITY BUILDING
AS THIS, EXPANDING THE CAPACITY
OF COMMUNITY LED SOLUTIONS THAT
CONTRIBUTE TO OVERALL COMMUNITY
SAFETY BY DEVELOPING AND
STRENGTHENING THE SKILLS,
INSTINCTS, ABILITIES, PROCESSES
AND RESOURCES THAT
ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES
NEED TO SURVIVE, ADAPT, AND
THRIVE. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE
RFP WE ARE FOCUSING ON
POPULATIONS. COMMUNITIES BUT
UNDERSCORING BLACK, INDIGENOUS,
PEOPLE OF COLOR, INDIGENOUS, IT
IS FOCUSING ON AN EMPHASIS ON
BLACK AND IMMIGRANT REFUGEE
COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THESE
GROUPS ARE EXPERIENCING
DISPROPORTIONAL HARM FROM THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM.
THE NEXT SLIDE ILLUSTRATES A
HIGH LEVEL OF THE PROGRAM
REQUIREMENTS AND WHO WE ARE
LOOKING TO INVEST IN.
THE RFP IS PRIORITIZING
COMMUNITY LED GROUPS AND
ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE GENERALLY
LED BY THE COMMUNITIES THAT
THEY INTEND TO SERVE.
WE WANT TO SEE THE STAFF OF
LEADERSHIP REPRESENTING THE
COMMUNITIES THAT WE JUST
DESCRIBED.
WE WANT THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO
HAVE A COMMITMENT TO BUILDING
POWER IN THE COMMUNITY AND/OR
SUPPORTING HEALING FROM THE
IMPACT OF OPPRESSION.
THE ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD BE
COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING
INTERNALIZED OPPRESSION AND/OR
AFFIRMING ALL MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY AND ARE COMMITTED TO
ENDING ALL FORMS OF OPPRESSION
INCLUDING ABLE IS THEM,
HOMOPHOBIA, TRANS PHOBIA, AND
MISOGYNY.
AT THE END OF THE DAY WE ARE
INCREASING CAPACITY FOR
ADDITIONAL SERVICES. BUT WE ARE
INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING
ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE ALSO PART
OF POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE.
IF THE APPLICANTS ARE
REPRESENTATIVE OF PROGRAMS OF
MULTI-SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS,
LARGE NATIONAL MULTIMILLION
ORGANIZATIONS, THE MAJORITY OF
PROGRAM LEADERSHIP THAT IS
LOCAL SHOULD BE REPRESENTATIVE
OF COMMUNITIES THAT THEY INTEND
TO SERVE.
WE ARE NOT LIMITING THE SIZE OF
THE ORGANIZATION.
IN TERMS OF THE AWARDED
APPLICANTS, ONCE WE HAVE THE
AWARDS, WE HAVE EXPECTATIONS OF
PERFORMACE METRICS.
AND THOSE WILL BE NEGOTIATED AT
THE TIME OF US DEVELOPING
CONTRACTS WITH THE INDIVIDUAL
ORGANIZATIONS.
BASED ON THE INDIVIDUAL
PROPOSALS.
THE COMMUNITY IS SAYING SAFETY
NEEDS AND SOLUTIONS ARE GOING
TO BE UNIQUE.
THAT SAID, WE ARE EXPECTING
THOSE AWARDED ORGANIZATIONS TO
PARTICIPATE IN A LEARNING
COMMUNITY WHERE WE WILL PARTNER
WITH AN EXTERNAL GROUP SUCH AS
THE SEATTLE COMMUNITY SAFETY
INITIATIVE TO HAVE SYSTEMWIDE
COORDINATION MEETINGS.
THE MEETINGS WILL BE
OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE
INFORMATION AND RESOURCES, MAKE
REFERRALS AND BUILD
RELATIONSHIPS AS WELL AS REALLY
BEEFING UP ENHANCING OUR
NETWORK OF COMMUNITY LED SAFETY
PROVIDERS.
THIS SPACE WILL BE CREATED FOR
COLLABORATION AND ONGOING
COMMUNITY LED SOLUTIONS TO
SAFETY AND HSD WILL BE THERE IN
PARTNERSHIP AS WELL.
AND FINALLY, THE BIGGER PICTURE
VISION, WE ARE COMMITTED TO
HIRING EXTERNAL TEAM OF
RESEARCHERS AND EVALUATORS TO
HELP DEVELOP COMMUNITY LEVEL
INDICATORS OF SUCCESS.
WHICH ULTIMATELY WILL GET US TO
THE NORTHSTAR WE CAN
COLLECTIVELY HAVE BEEN WORKING
TOWARDS.
AND GETTING TO THE SPENDING
PLAN.
WE DISCUSSED THERE IS A $12
MILLION INVESTMENT.
THE SPENDING PLAN DOES SHOWCASE
THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDS ARE
85% APPROXIMATELY, $10.4
MILLION WILL BE AWARDED TO THE
ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH THOSE
CONTRACTS.
HSD IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING
HONORARIUMS PROVIDING TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE THAT I EXPLAINED.
AND THE EXTERNAL RESEARCH TEAM
AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF STAFF TO
MANAGE THE CONTRACTS.
THAT THE SPENDING PLAN
ARTICULATES WHERE THE FUNDS
WILL GO TO.
AND THE SPENDING PLAN IS A
REQUIREMENT TO LIFT THE PROVISO.
AND THAT REALLY IS ESSENTIALLY
THE OVERVIEW OF THE RFP AND HOW
WE GOT HERE.
AS COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD SAID,
IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET THESE
FUNDS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE AND WE HOPE WE
HAVE DELIVERED ON THAT
EXPECTATION.
WE CAN FIELD SOME QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHT AND
CARE THAT HAS GONE INTO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE RFP.
THANK YOU DIRECTOR HOWELL AND
DEPUTY MAYOR WASHINGTON FOR
YOUR PARTICIPATION AND OPENING
REMARKS AS WELL.
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND
UNDERSCORE I THINK THAT THE USE
OF THE NETWORK CONVENING IS A
TOOL MOVING FORWARD IS REALLY
INSPIRED.
AND REALLY GOOD THINKING.
AGAIN, THIS IS REALLY ABOUT
CREATING A NETWORK AND ENSURING
THAT WE ARE DOING WHAT WE
ALWAYS SAY IN GOVERNMENT.
GET RID OF THE SILOS.
IN ORDER TO DO THAT AND BE
EFFECTIVE WE HAVE TO CREATE A
PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN
COLLABORATE.
THEY CAN REALLY LEVERAGE THEIR
UNIQUE EXPERTISE. THAT IS
ANOTHER ELEMENT THAT I HAVE
HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT. RECOGNIZING THAT
DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND
WORKING WITH DIFFERENT
COMMUNITIES, THEIR OWN UNIQUE
EXPERTISE AND WE NEED TO DO MORE
AS A CITY TO LIFT THAT UP AND
NOT EXPECT EVERYBODY TO BE A
GENERALIST AND RECOGNIZE THAT
SPECIALIZED INTERVENTION INTO
UNIQUE COMMUNITIES IS A
VALUABLE THING.
THAT WE WANT TO ENHANCE AND
SUPPORT.
I APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE ALSO
CREATING THIS PLACE TO IDENTIFY
THE GAPS.
REDUCE DUPLICATION A. AND HONOR
THE EXPERTISE OF FOLKS WHO DO
HAVE SPECIALIZED CAPABILITIES
AND SPECIALIZED RELATIONSHIPS
WITH COMMUNITY.
AS MENTIONED, THE ORDINANCE
ITSELF THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US
IS BECAUSE THE COUNCIL PLACED A
PROVISO ON THESE FUNDS AND WE
WANTED TO HEAR FROM HSD BOTH
ABOUT THE RFP PROCESS AS THEY
DEVELOPED IT AS WELL AS THE
PLANS FOR THE SPEND PLAN.
THE INFORMATION THAT YOU
PROVIDED TODAY. SATISFIES THE
COUNCILS EXPECTATIONS FOR
PURPOSES OF LIFTING THE
PROVISO.
I DO WANT TO ENTERTAIN
QUESTIONS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS,
SHOULD THEY HAVE THEM.
LOOKING FOR BOTH.
A VIRTUALLY RAISED HAND AS WELL
AS AN ACTUAL RAISED HAND.
SEEING NONE, WE ARE GOING TO
MOVE INTO ACTING ON THE BILL
AND I MOVE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDED PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 12 0011.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> ANY OTHER FURTHER COMMENTS
ON THE BILL?
SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENT.
CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL ON THE
BOAT?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ .
YES COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
YES.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
YES . COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT .
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
YES . FOUR IN FAVOR.
>> NOT OPPOSED.
AND NONE ABSTAINING.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL ON
MONDAY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US
HERE TODAY AND THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR YOUR GOOD WORK.
MOVING THESE INVESTMENTS
FORWARD.
VERY APPRECIATIVE.
THANK YOU.
FOR THE FINAL ITEM ON THE
AGENDA WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ INTO THE AGENDA ITEM 9.
>>AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
ORDINANCE COUNCIL BILL 119981.
126237, WHICH ADOPTED THE 2021
BUDGET, INCLUDING THE 2021-2026
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
(CIP); CHANGING APPROPRIATIONS
TO VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND
BUDGET CONTROL LEVELS, AND FROM
VARIOUS FUNDS IN THE BUDGET;
AND ADDING OR MODIFYING
PROVISOS .
>> THANK YOU, ALEX.
KELLY DO A ROUND OF
INTRODUCTIONS PLEASE. NAME AND
AFFILIATION AND I WILL HAND IT
OVER TO GREG TO DO A QUICK
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND ON
THIS ITEM AND THEN WE WILL HAND
IT BACK OVER TO SPD AND THE
EXECUTIVE TEAM TO WALK US
THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
>> COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
>> BUDGET OFFICE.
>> ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF BUDGET
AND FINANCE FOR SPD.
>> INTERIM CHIEF OF POLICE.
>> EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR --
>> DEPUTY MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU.
GREG, SOME BACKGROUND ON WHAT
BROUGHT US TO THE PLACE WE ARE
TODAY.
>> THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING
MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
ITEM 9 ON THE AGENDA IS COUNCIL
BILL 1191 81.
THIS ITEM, THIS BILL WAS
INTRODUCED ON DECEMBER 10 OF
LAST YEAR.
AND THE BILL IS FAIRLY
STRAIGHTFORWARD.
IT CUTS FROM THE SPD BUDGET
$5.4 MILLION AND IT ADDS $5.4
MILLION TO FINANCE GENERAL TO
FIND RECOMMENDATIONS STEMMING
FROM THE CITY'S PARTICIPATORY
BUDGET PROCESS AND IMPOSES A
PROVISO ON THAT $5.4 MILLION.
BY WAY OF BACKGROUND,
STEPS THAT THE COUNCIL INTENDED
TO TAKE RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY
INCLUDING NOT SUPPORTING ANY
INCREASES TO SPD'S BUDGET TO
OFFSET OVERTIME EXPENDITURES
ABOVE THE FUNDS BUDGETED IN
2020 OR 2021 AND EXPRESSED
FUNDED COMMUNITY LED ACTIVITIES
TO INVEST IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
WITH THAT AS BACKGROUND, I
WOULD TURN IT OVER TO SPD.
I WILL SAY A COUPLE MORE
THE BILL HAD ITS FIRST HEARING
ON JANUARY 26 AND AT THAT TIME
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF DID AN
OVERVIEW OF AN ANALYSIS THAT
CENTRAL STAFF CONDUCTED ON
SPD'S STAFFING AND SALARY
SAVING SITUATION.
AND I THINK AS MOST COMMITTEE
MEMBERS ARE FAMILIAR WITH,
THERE HAVE BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF
UNANTICIPATED DEPARTURES AT
SPD.
AND AS SUCH THERE IS A GREAT
DEAL OF -- CONSIDERABLE DEAL OF
SALARY SAVINGS AVAILABLE THIS
YEAR IN THE SPD BUDGET.
THE ESTIMATE THAT CENTRAL STAFF
PROVIDED AT THE LAST HEARING ON
JANUARY 26 WAS $7.7 MILLION.
WITH HEAVY CAVEATS THAT NUMBER
CAN CHANGE, DEPENDING ON THE
NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT DEPART
THIS YEAR OR COME IN THIS YEAR
AS PART OF THE HIRING PLAN.
AS PART OF A CENTRAL STAFF
PRESENTATION, ON JANUARY 26, WE
ALSO TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY
WANT TO CONSIDER WHEN DECIDING
TO CUT THE $5.4 MILLION.
AND SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS ARE
WHETHER OR NOT THE $5.4 MILLION
SHOULD BE CUT OR RETAINED IN
THE SPD BUDGET.
SPD HAS IDENTIFIED IN A MEMO
THAT ACCOMPANY, CENTRAL STAFF
MEMO, PURPOSES FOR WHICH THEY
WOULD KEEP THE MONEY AND INVEST
THE MONEY IN SOME PUBLIC SAFETY
ISSUES THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY
EXPERIENCING.
THEY ARE HERE TODAY TO TALK
ABOUT THOSE ISSUES.
BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
AND THAT IS ABOUT ALL THAT I
HAVE.
>> THANK YOU.
WITH THAT, WE HAVE NO OPENING
COMMENTS.
WE WILL HANDED OVER TO THE
EXECUTIVE TEAM TO WALK US
THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
>> MORNING COUNCILMEMBERS AND
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
FOR LETTING US BE WITH YOU IN
COMMITTEE THIS MORNING.
IN A MOMENT I WILL HAVE THIS
OVER TO CHIEF DIAZ AND HIS TEAM
TO SHOW THE CURRENT STATE OF
THE DEPARTMENT AS IT PERTAINS
TO SWAN STAFFING LEVELS AND THE
CORRESPONDING OPERATIONAL AND
SERVICE IMPACTS THAT THEY ARE
EXPERIENCING.
BE FAIR TO CHARACTERIZE THAT SPD
IS IN A STAFFING CRISIS.
WITH MORE THAN 200 OFFICERS
HAVING SEPARATED FROM THE
DEPARTMENT IN THE LAST 13
MONTHS, THE TROLL AND 911
RESPONSE CHALLENGES HAVE BEEN
EXPENSED AT EVERY PRECINCT.
THE CASCADING IMPACTS OF CHIEF
DIAZ NEEDED TO REDEPLOY
OFFICERS AND MITIGATE FOR 911
RESPONSE HAS NEGATIVELY
IMPACTED OTHER UNITS, EUROS,
INCLUDING INVESTIGATIONS,
TRAINING, CIVILIAN CRIME
PREVENTION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
SUPPORT.
ALL OF WHICH ALSO JEOPARDIZES
OUR COMPLIANCE WITH ELEMENTS OF
THE FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE.
AGAIN, SPD IS AT CRISIS
STAFFING LEVELS.
AND I PROVIDE THIS CONTEXT FOR
YOU AS PART OF YOUR
CONSIDERATION AS IT RELATES TO
THIS $5.4 MILLION BUDGET ACTION
THAT IS CURRENTLY ON THE TABLE.
$5.4 MILLION THAT AS I
UNDERSTAND IT IS IN ADDITION TO
THE ALREADY NEARLY $12 MILLION
AND VARIOUS BUDGET PROVISOS YOU
HAVE IN PLACE ON SPD FROM THE
END OF 2020 AS WELL AS INTO
2021 AND TYING UP A RANGE OF
SPD RESOURCES PENDING VARIOUS
REPORTS AND OTHER CONDITIONS
BEING MET.
THIS IS ALL IN ADDITION TO
ANOTHER $12 MILLION THAT THE
COUNCIL CUT ON TOP OF THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET LAST
FALL.
I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE
LIKE YOU ARE COMMITTED TO
REIMAGINING POLICING AND
COMMUNITY SAFETY.
THROUGH THE WORK YOU JUST HEARD
FROM HSD AND THE POWERFUL
OPENING REMARKS FROM DEPUTY
MAYOR WASHINGTON ON INVESTMENTS
IN COMMUNITY SAFETY PROGRAMS.
AND WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO CREATE
SUSTAINED AND MEANINGFUL CHANGE.
THROUGH OUR JOINT SPD
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAMWORK,
WHERE MULTIPLE MEMBERS OF YOUR
COUNCIL STAFF ARE PART OF AND
ANALYZED 911 CALLS, LOOK AT SPD
FUNCTIONS, AND ADVANCED
INNOVATION IN REFORMS.
THROUGH THE CREATION OF --
HEALTH ONE AND OTHER -- AND
THROUGH THE MAJOR GENERATIONAL
INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITIES TO
ADDRESS DECADES OF DISPARITIES
AND INEQUITIES WHERE WORKING
TOGETHER ON.
FUNDAMENTALLY THE TRUTH OF THE
MATTER IS WHERE WE STAND RIGHT
NOW, IS THAT WE ARE NOT
BUDGETING OR STAFFED TO SUSTAIN
AN ACCEPTALE LEVEL OF PUBLIC
SAFETY SERVICES IN SEATTLE.
IT IS VITAL THAT SPD IS ABLE TO
HOLD ONTO THESE RESOURCES THAT
YOU ARE DISCUSSING TODAY IN
ORDER TO MITIGATE IMPACTS FOR
THE STAFFING CRISIS.
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF
STRATEGIES THAT CHIEF DIAZ AND
HIS TEAM WILL DISCUSS IN THEIR
PRESENTATION.
I URGE YOU THAT AS YOU CONTINUE
TO CONSIDER THE BUDGET REDUCTION
, THAT YOU GIVE CAREFUL
CONSIDERATION TO CHIEF DIAZ AND
HIS TEAM'S ANALYSIS. AND THEIR
PERSPECTIVES TODAY BEFORE YOU
MAKE FINAL DECISIONS ABOUT
FURTHER REDUCTIONS TO SPD.
THANK YOU.
WHAT THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER
TO CHIEF DIAZ AND DR. FISHER TO
RUN THROUGH THE POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU DEPUTY MAYOR FONG.
>> GOOD MORNING THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE
TODAY AND TO GO OVER THE
CURRENT PLAN TO ATTEMPT TO
MITIGATE MANY OF THE EFFECTS OF
THE STAFFING CRISIS THAT DEPUTY
MAYOR FONG HAS MENTIONED.
LAST WEEK I KNOW AND I BELIEVE
WE ALL HAD A MOMENT OF JOY AND
HOPE WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN
ANNOUNCED THE ACCELERATED
TIMELINE FOR HAVING ENOUGH
VACCINE FOR EVERY ADULT IN THE
COUNTRY.
THIS MEANS WE ARE ON THE CUSP
OF SOME VERSION OF NORMAL
RETURNING.
WITH BACK OF THE LIKELIHOOD
INCREASED SOCIAL INTERACTIONS.
WE ALL MISS HER DEARLY.
MAJOR EVENTS.
TRAFFIC.
TRAVEL AND TOURISM.
IT ALSO MEANS A LIKELY INCREASE
IN SOME TYPES OF CRIMINAL
BEHAVIOR AND CALLS FOR SERVICE.
AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE THE
PERSON CHARGED WITH RUNNING THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT I AM IS
BALANCE THE HIRING AND STAFFING
NEEDS, OPERATIONAL NEEDS,
EQUIPMENT NEEDS, TRAINING
NEEDS, TECHNOLOGY NEEDS. AT THE
START OF EACH AND EVERY YEAR I
WORK WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY
PROFESSIONALS IN THE DEPARTMENT
TO BEST DETERMINE HOW WE WILL
ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE
DEPARTMENT AND HOW WE WILL
PREPARE FOR THE UNKNOWN.
BUT BY THEIR VERY DEFINITION IT
IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PRECISELY PLAN
FOR THE UNKNOWNS THAT WORK IS
FURTHER COMPLICATED RIGHT NOW
BY AN EVER-CHANGING BUDGET.
IT MOVING FORWARD THE
DEPARTMENT IS EXPECTED TO MEET
EVER EVOLVING DEMANDS WHILE
CONFRONTING SIGNIFICANT REDUCED
STAFFING, NOW INDEXED TO MATCH
REDUCTIONS AND AVAILABLE BUDGET,
SPD WILL HAVE TO SAY NO TO
REQUESTS FOR SERVICE.
SOME THINGS WE HAVE ALREADY HAD
TO DO THIS YEAR.
I HAVE A CONCERN BASED ON WHAT
I HEAR AND WHEN I SPEAK WITH
OFFICERS AND WHEN I REVIEW
THEIR EXIT INTERVIEWS THAT
CONTINUED TESTED THE BUDGET,
ESPECIALLY THOSE NOT MATCHED
EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE IMMEDIATE
DEMANDS OF THE DEPARTMENT WILL
ONLY CONTINUE TO DRIVE FURTHER
STAFFING LOSSES. AT THIS POINT
IT IS A SELF-PERPETUATING
CYCLE.
THE BEST WAY TO STOP THE LOSSES
AND TO DRIVE HIRING IS TO STOP
THE AD HOC CUTTING OF THE
BUDGET.
WE ALSO KNOW THE STAFFING LOSSES
SOME SEEM TO HOPE FOR HAVE
HAPPENED.
NOT THROUGH AN INFORMED PROCESS
OF RETHINKING OR IMAGINING THE
WORK WE DO.
BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT IF WE
DON'T CHANGE COURSE THE
STAFFING LOSSES WILL CONTINUE
AND WE WILL HAVE A STAFFING
CRISIS BEYOND MITIGATION.
I KNOW THIS DEPARTMENT IS
FILLED WITH AMAZING
PROFESSIONALS.
I WANT ALL OF THE FOLKS TO STAY.
WE HAVE LOST SOME AMAZING
PEOPLE.
PAINFULLY TO JURISDICTIONS
ACROSS THE CITY LINE.
I KNOW I HAVE HEARD QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHY IS THE DEPARTMENT
TALKING ABOUT WHAT IT CANNOT DO
ANYMORE AND WHY IT NEEDS ITS
FULL BUDGET.
THESE CALLS ARE DOWN AND THE
CRIME IS DOWN.
THE REALITY IS, A LOT IS NOT
GETTING DONE.
AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE STILL
UNDER PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS.
WE ARE ON A PRIORITY CALLS THAT
IS TOO OFTEN.
TOO MANY OF US IGNITIONS ARE
BEING ENACTED.
TRAININGS HAVE BEEN REDUCED,
DELAYED OR SHORTENED.
SUSTAINED PROBLEM SOLVING IS ON
PAUSE.
INVALUABLE CIVILIAN HIRES ARE
ON HOLD.
úI COULD PUT MUCH OF THIS INTO
ACTION IF I KNEW WE COULD
ADDRESS NEEDS. TO ENSURE WE CAN
RESPOND TO EMERGENCY CALLS AS
CLOSE TO THE GOAL RESPONSE
TIMES AS POSSIBLE.
I HAD TO REASSIGN INDIVIDUALS
TO PATROL.
IF THAT STEP HAD NOT BEEN
TAKEN, I HAVE LITTLE DOUBT
ABOUT OUR RESPONSE TIMES WOULD
BE THROUGH THE ROOF AND WE
WOULD BE AT PRIORITY CALLS THAT
IS ALMOST EVERY DAY.
BUT THAT CAME WITH THE COST.
AND THERE ARE NO MORE PROBLEM-
SOLVING FOCUSED TEAMS.
I HAD TO REASSIGN THE COMMUNITY
POLICING TEAMS, I PUT OFF
HIRING A PREVENTION
COORDINATOR, ANTICRIME TEAM IS
ESSENTIAL, OFTEN WORKING WITH
PARTNERS TO ADDRESS UNDERLYING
ISSUES AND THEY ARE NOW BACK IN
PATROL.
HALF THE TRAFFIC UNIT IS IN
CONTROL.
DETECTIVES ARE BACK IN PATROL.
AND YET WE CONTINUE TO LOSE
OFFICERS.
IT IS NO LONGER FEASIBLE TO
PULL PEOPLE BACK TO PATROL AS A
RESPONSE.
UNITS YOU HAVE LOST STAFF AND
BECAUSE OF THE BROADER CRISIS
ARE NOT ABLE TO BACKFILL TO
MEET THEIR NEEDS.
PROFESSIONAL STANDARD BUREAUS
AND TRAINING ARE DOWN ACROSS
THE BOARD.
THESE ARE UNITS ESSENTIAL TO
ENSURE THAT WE CAN MEET THE
CONSENT DECREE.
PEOPLE SUGGESTED REASSIGNING A
FEW MORE AND MOVING OTHER
FOLKS.
AT THIS POINT THERE IS NOTHING
MORE THAN ROBBING PETER TO PAY
PAUL.
THE WORK IS NOT CHANGED AND I
HAVE OVER 200 FEW OFFICERS TO
DEPLOY.
THIS IS NOT FEASIBLE AND
COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.
WE ARE EXHAUSTING ARE OFFICERS.
THEIR WELLNESS IS ESSENTIAL TO
PROVIDE THE TYPE OF POLICE
SERVICE THE COMMUNITY EXPECTS.
I NEED TO BE ABLE TO COMMIT
BOTH MORE SWORN AND CIVILIAN
RESOURCES TO SUCH NEEDED
EFFORTS.
BUT I CANNOT DO THAT OR I DON'T
KNOW WHAT THE BUDGET IS.
AND THE STAFFING CHALLENGES
INTENSIFY.
WE HAVE SOLUTIONS AND
OPPORTUNITIES TO MITIGATE THE
CONSTRAINTS BUT THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES COME WITH COST.
WE BELIEVE WE CAN COVER THE
COST IN OUR BUDGET WHILE ALSO
ADVANCING THE BROADER WORK TO
THINK ABOUT ALTERNATIVES THAT
EVENTUALLY CAN HELP SHARE THE
WORK.
TODAY WE HOPE WE MAKE IT CLEAR
WHERE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
CURRENTLY STANDS AND WHY IT IS
ESSENTIAL WE USE OUR EXISTING
BUDGET APPROPRIATION TO BE MORE
EFFICIENT, MORE AGILE, MORE
SUPPORTIVE OF CURRENT EMPLOYEES
AND MORE ATTRACTIVE TO
POTENTIAL HIRES.
TO ACHIEVE THIS MONEY TO BE
ABLE TO MANAGE THE DEPARTMENT
RIGHT NOW THE INSTABILITY IN
OUR BUDGET IS CAUSING MASSIVE
INSTABILITY IN THE APART
DEPARTMENT.
INCLUDING STAFFING.
AS I NOTED WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT
2021 WILL LOOK LIKE.
BUT RIGHT NOW, I KNOW THAT WE
HAVE NO FLEXIBILITY AND WE
CANNOT COUNT ON LOSING ANY
SALARY SAVINGS TO ADDRESS THE
LOSSES.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO GO OVER
THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNSEL.
AS THE CHIEF SAID, I WILL TRY
TO BE BRIEF.
I KNOW WE ARE A LITTLE BEHIND
AND WE WANT TO HAVE A
DISCUSSION.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD TO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW.
IT WILL SOME OF THE 2021 BUDGET
ACTIONS. WE WILL LOOK AT WHERE
WE ARE RIGHT NOW AND WHERE WE
ARE GOING.
AND THEN HOW THAT TRANSLATES TO
OUR 911 RESPONSE TIMES WHICH IS
REALLY THE FRONTLINE WAY THAT
MOST PEOPLE EXPERIENCE THEIR
INTERACTION WITH SPD.
AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW THIS
TRANSLATES INTO OUTPUTS AND
OUTCOMES OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND
THE CONSENT DECREE.
JUST OF THE SUMMARY, AT THE END
OF THIS IF WE WANT TO DIVE INTO
IT, WE CAN GO REALLY INTO THE
WEEDS ON BUDGET.
IN GENERAL WILL LOOK AT THE
2020 VERSUS 2021 ADOPTED IT IS
A $46 MILLION REDUCTION IN THE
2021 ADOPTED BUDGET.
THAT CAME WITH A VARIETY OF
MECHANISMS TO GET THERE FROM
TRANSFERRING SOME RESOURCES OUT
OF THE DEPARTMENT, TO
REDUCTIONS IN OVERTIME FOR
SPECIAL EVENTS AND SOME OTHER
CATEGORIES AND THINGS AS THE
CHIEF MENTIONED AND A LOT OF
DECISIONS WERE MADE WHEN WE HAD
A DIFFERENT OUTLOOK ON WHAT THE
PANDEMIC MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN
2021.
BT THIS IS WHERE WE START IN
ADDITION TO SOME OF THE PROVISO
FUNDS THAT THE DEPUTY MAYOR
ELUDED TO.
>> I JUST WANT TO ADD. ABOUT
$36 MILLION OF THE REDUCTION IS
FROM TRANSFERS.
TRANSFERS OF 911, OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE THIRD.
--
>> TO THAT POINT THEN, I'M
SORRY, I JUST INTERRUPTED.
I WAS WANT TO SAY, TO THAT
POINT THEN WAITED DR. FISHER,
WOULD IT BE MORE ACCURATE TO
SAY $10 MILLION ON THAT SLIDE.
IN TERMS OF THE IMPLICATIONS WE
ARE DISCUSSING TODAY?
THAT WAS A QUESTION I WROTE
DOWN WHEN I SAW THAT SLIDE BUT
BEFORE WE GO FURTHER I JUST
WANT TO ASK.
>> WE WILL LEAVE THE BUDGET
STUFF TO ANGELA OR DR. NOBLE.
I DON'T WANT TO GET A NUMBER
WRONG.
I DON'T KEEP THE BUDGET NUMBERS
IN MY HEAD.
>> TO THE EXTENT THAT THE $30
MILLION OF THE $46 MILLION WAS
TIED SPECIFICALLY TO THE
TRANSFERS, THE TRUE IMPACT TO
THE PERSONAL BUDGET AND OUR
EQUIPMENT AND TRAVEL TRAINING
BUDGET WAS DEFINITELY A SMALLER
AMOUNT.
>> RELATIVE TO BASELINE BUDGET
THE REDUCTION WAS ABOUT $20
MILLION IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET
AND APPROXIMATELY $12 MILLION
FOR THE REDUCED --
>> BEFORE WE GET INTO THE
DISCUSSION MORE WE SHOULD JUST
ESTABLISH WHAT THE BASELINE IS
A MAYBE GREG COULD JUMP IN.
46 BEING PRESENTED AS THE
CONTEXT STARTER, I WOULD LIKE A
LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT
HOW THAT BREAKS DOWN.
>> YES, MADAM CHAIR.
TO YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER,
YES THERE ARE --
>> CAN WE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE?
SORRY.
AND WE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE.
THANK YOU.
>> SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
>> NOT AT ALL.
BUILDING BACK FROM THE $362
MILLION THAT YOU SEE IN THE
2021 BUDGET, AS HAS BEEN STATED
THE COUNCIL CUT ABOUT $12
MILLION. AND THAT WOULD HAVE
BEEN ABOUT $384 MILLION
ORIGINALLY AND THE $12 MILLION
THAT GOT CUT LARGELY WAS IN
SALARY SAVINGS.
ABOUT $8.1 MILLION. AND THEN
THERE WAS ANOTHER -- THE SECOND
LARGEST CUT WAS $3.7 MILLION IN
THE OVERTIME BUDGET UNDER THE
ASSUMPTION THAT THERE WOULD BE
A REDUCED DEMAND FOR SERVICES
DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
UPWARDS FROM THERE THE
REDUCTIONS THAT WERE MADE IN
THE MAYOR'S BUDGET I WOULD
PROBABLY TURN TO THE CBO TO
OUTLINE THOSE.
DR. NOBLE.
>> BEFORE WE DO THAT, JUST SO I
HAVE THE NUMBERS.
YOU SAID $8.1 MILLION IN SALARY
SAVINGS. THAT WAS A REDUCTION
TO SPD'S BUDGET THAT WAS
PROPOSED BY THE COUNCIL.
THAT IS THE FIRST ONE, CORRECT.
>> YES.
THE TWO LARGEST EXPENDITURES
WHERE THE $8.1 MILLION IN
SALARY SAVINGS THAT WERE CUT BY
THE COUNCIL AND THE ASSUMPTIONS
THERE WERE, A NUMBER OF SPD
OFFICERS THAT HAD ALREADY LEFT,
NOT AN ASSUMPTION, THEY HAD
ALREADY LEFT WOULD FREE UP
SALARY SAVINGS IN THE 2021
BUDGET AND THAT WAS $6 MILLION.
THERE WAS ANOTHER $2 MILLION IN
EXPECTED ATTRITION SAVINGS FOR
2021.
AND THOSE THINGS ADDED TO THE
$8.1 MILLION IN SALARY SAVINGS
ASSUMPTIONS.
>> AND THE SECOND THING YOU
MENTIONED WAS, $3.7 MILLION
COUNCIL DRIVEN REDUCTION OF THE
BUDGET IN THE OVERTIME AREA, IS
THAT WHAT YOU SAID?
>> YES, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
$3.7 MILLION SPECIFICALLY TO
SPECIAL EVENTS, I SHOULD SAY
ALL OVER TIME.
FOCUSED ON SPECIAL EVENTS AND
OTHER COVID RELATED ACTIVITIES.
SO THAT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM
SPECIAL EVENTS TO TRAFFIC.
ANYTHING THAT WOULD HAVE
REDUCED DEMAND DUE TO THE
PANDEMIC.
AND THAT WAS $3.7 MILLION.
>> THERE WAS ALSO A CUT --
>> GO AHEAD.
>> THERE WERE ALSO SOME OTHER
CUTS TO TRAVEL.
>> I THINK THERE'S A DELAY.
WE ARE TALKING OVER EACH OTHER.
I WILL STOP TALKING UNTIL YOU
FINISH GETTING THROUGH.
>> THERE WERE ALSO SOME CUTS TO
TRAVEL AND TRAINING THAT WERE
SMALLER. AND I DON'T HAVE THOSE
EXACT FIGURES IN FRONT OF ME
BUT I AM SURE ANGELA DOES.
>> JUST BETWEEN THE $8.1
MILLION IN THE $3.7 MILLION,
THAT IS ABOUT $11.8 MILLION
PLUS WHATEVER THE TRAVEL AND
TRAINING WAS. AND THAT IS WHY
WE HAVE BEEN SAYING 12 MAN
DOLLARS OF REDUCTIONS THAT WERE
COUNCIL DRIVEN ON TOP OF
WHATEVER THE COUNCIL BASELINE
WAS.
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO
MENTION IS, I KNOW IN THE
SALARY SAVINGS AREA, THERE WAS
A PROVISO THAT I SPONSORED.
ARE YOU INCLUDING THAT IN THE
$8.1 MILLION OR IS THAT IN
ADDITION TO THE $8.1 MILLION?
>> THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS
COMPLETELY SEPARATE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
I AM NOT INCLUDING BACK.
THAT FUNDING AND APPROPRIATION
AUTHORITY IS STILL IN SPD'S
BUDGET.
IT IS JUST RESTRICTED AT THIS
POINT.
>> OKAY.
THANKS. SO WE HAVE ABOUT $11.8
MILLION ACCOUNTED FOR THAT WERE
GENERATED BY COUNCILS FOR
BUDGET PROCESS AND 2020 PROCESS
OF THE $46 MILLION.
>> YES.
AND THE DIFFERENCE TO THE 12 OR
12.1 IS MINOR CUTS OR SMALLER
CUTS TO TRAVEL IN TRAINING AND
DISCRETIONARY PURCHASES.
>> OKAY.
>> I THINK ONE IMPORTANT POINT
TO CLARIFY, 2020 ADOPTED FIGURE
IS NOT REALLY THE APPROPRIATE
WANT TO COMPARE AS WE LOOK AT
REDUCTIONS FOR 2021.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE
THERE WERE BASIC INFLATIONARY
WAGE INCREASES. THE BASELINE
BUDGET FOR 2021 WOULD HAVE COST
TO REPRODUCE TO 2020 ACTIVITIES
AND PROCEEDED AS EXPECTED WOULD
HAVE BEEN CLOSER TO FOR THE $20
MILLION.
THE EFFECTIVE REDUCTION IS
CLOSER TO $60 MILLION.
IN TOTAL.
JUST AS YOU THINK ABOUT THE
IMPACTS TO OPERATIONS, I THINK
THAT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND.
>> I AM A LITTLE SLOW ON THE
UPTAKE, DR. NOBLE.
CAN YOU SORT OF DECONSTRUCT
THAT FOR ME SO I UNDERSTAND THE
POINT YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE.
>> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO.
FOR ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS WHEN
WE START BUILDING THE NEXT
YEARS BUDGET, WHICH WE ARE
DOING FOR 2022.
WE TAKE THE BUDGET FOR 2021 AND
BUILD A NEW BASELINE FOR THE
FOLLOWING YEAR THAT BASELINE
REFLECTS THE FACT THAT WILL
COST MORE TO DO WHAT THEY ARE
DOING THIS YEAR THROUGH NO
FAULT OF THEIR OWN, IF YOU WILL,
BECAUSE OF BASIC INFLATION FOR
THINGS LIKE MATERIALS AND
CONTRACTS ON THE LIKE AND
SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF WAGE
AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE AND
PEOPLE STEPPING THROUGH THE
SALARY BANDS.
THERE IS AN INCREMENT TO
BUDGETS THAT JUST IS, IF YOU
WILL.
AND FOR SPD GOING INTO 2021,
THE BASELINE THE NET ADDITION
WAS ABOUT 10 AND DOLLARS WHICH
IS LESS THAN 3%.
IT IS A SMALL FIGURE BUT IT
MEANS THE EFFECTIVE STARTING
POINT FOR 2021 WAS CLOSER TO
$420 MILLION INSTEAD OF $410
MILLION.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE
THAT THE BASELINE FROM WHICH
WANTS TO START A COMPARISON FOR
2021 IS REALLY SUBSTANTIALLY
HIGHER BY AN INCREMENT OF $10
MILLION. IF WE GET INTO THIS
LEVEL OF PRECISION, THAT IS AN
IMPORTANT POINT.
>> I APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL
COTEXT AND I THINK IT IS AN
IMPORTANT -- FOR ALL OF THE
DEPARTMENTS, NOT JUST THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF
INFORMATION TO MAKE SURE WE
HAVE.
BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE,
SLIDE 3 IS COUCHED IN THE
CONTEXT OF THE 2021 ADOPTED
BUDGET AS OPPOSED TO THE 2021
ADOPTED BUDGET, NEW BASELINE
STARTING JANUARY 2021.
I JUST WANT TO GET AN
UNDERSTANDING HOW IT RELATES TO
THE CHARACTERIZATION THAT WE
SEE ON THE SLIDE.
I APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.
I JUST WANTED TO GET CLARITY ON
THE RECORD ABOUT WHAT IS BEING
REPRESENTED ON THIS SLIDE. IN
THE SPIRIT OF NOT WANTING IT TO
BE TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT.
I THINK THAT IS WHERE
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS IS
QUESTIONS WERE COMING FROM
BEFORE HE RAISED HIS HAND. I
WAS GOING TO ASK THE SAME
QUESTION.
AROUND THE $46 MILLION NUMBER.
I THINK WHAT I AM TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND AND MAKE SURE THAT
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND
, THE $46 MILLION IN THE 2021
ADOPTED BUDGET IS ACTUALLY A
COMBINATION OF BUDGET CUTS THAT
WERE PROPOSED BY THE MAYOR IN
THE PROPOSED 2021 BUDGET.
AND THEN THERE WAS A COUNCIL
PROCESS THAT LED TO ADDITIONAL
REDUCTIONS IN SPD BUDGETS ON
TOP OF THAT BASELINE.
I THINK THE CONVERSATION WE ARE
HAVING NOW IS TRYING TO
ESTABLISH WHAT THAT BASELINE
WAS.
SO THAT WE CAN TO THE GREATEST
EXTENT POSSIBLE I'LL BE HONEST
BROKERS ABOUT WHERE THAT
BASELINE OF THE PROPOSED 2021
ADOPTED BUDGET WAS AND WHAT THE
ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS THAT CITY
COUNCIL MADE. I THINK THAT IS
IMPORTANT, NOT TO SORT OF
CREATE A WHO DID WHAT OR POINT
FINGERS, BUT TO GET AN ACCURATE
RECORD OF WHO PROPOSED WHAT.
SO WE CAN MAKE A FACTUALLY
DRIVEN DECISION ON THE $5.4
MILLION.
I WILL ADMIT PUBLICLY I HAVE A
LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT.
IN THE SPIRIT OF MAKING SURE WE
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE
IN WITH THE PAST WORK HAS BEEN,
ESPECIALLY GIVEN HOW THIS
CONVERSATION HAS BEEN FRAMED AT
THE TOP, I THINK IS AN
IMPORTANT EXERCISE AND I
APPRECIATE THE WILLINGNESS OF
YOU ALL TO ANSWER THOSE
QUESTIONS SO WE HAVE THAT
IMPORTANT CLARITY AROUND WHAT
WAS PROPOSED IN THE 2021
PROPOSED BUDGET AND WHAT WE
ADOPED IN THE 2021 BUDGET,
BEFORE WE GET TO THE
CONVERSATION OF AND NOW HERE WE
ARE IN 2021 AND THERE IS A
BUNCH OF OTHER VARIABLES THAT
WE NEED TO TAKE INTO
CONSIDERATION.
I AGREE IS RELEVANT TO THE
CONVERSATION AROUND THIS
COUNCIL BILL AND AN ADDITIONAL
$5.4 MILLION REDUCTION.
>> I APPRECIATE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ ABOUT WHO
PROPOSED WHAT.
I DON'T WANT TO LOSE TRACK OF
THE POINT THAT I WAS MAKING IN
THE ORIGINAL QUESTION.
WHICH IS, OF THIS $46 MILLION
THAT THE 2021 BUDGET ADOPTED
BUDGET SHOWS THE REDUCTION, $36
MILLION WAS TRANSFERS.
IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE STAFFING
IMPACTS OF BUDGET CUTS,
REGARDLESS OF WHO PROPOSED
THEM, THE COUNCIL OR THE MAYOR,
I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY STAY
FOCUSED ON THE REDUCTIONS THAT
ACTUALLY HAVE IMPACTS, NOT $36
MILLION IN REDUCTIONS THAT
DON'T HAVE AN IMPACT. BECAUSE
THEY ARE FUNCTIONS THAT HAVE
BEEN TRANSFERRED OUT OF THE
DEPARTMENT.
I WOULD SAY DIRECTOR NOBLE
ABOUT THE BASELINE, THE 2020
BASELINE WOULD HAVE TO BE
REDUCED, EVEN GIVEN WHAT YOU
ARE SAYING.
THE 2020 BASELINE SHOULD BE
INCREASED OVER $109 MILLION TO
LOOK AT 2021 BASELINE, YOU
WOULD HAVE TO REDUCE THE
DOLLARS FOR THE FUNCTIONS THAT
HAD BEEN MOVED OUT OF THE
DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
>> I FIGURED IT ALREADY DID
THAT.
>> THE FIGURE YOU QUOTED
REMOVED $36 MILLION --
>> I BELIEVE IT WAS --
>> IF I MAY SPEAK UP. THE $36
MILLION DURING THE COUNCIL
PHASE WAS REDUCED DOWN TO $22
MILLION TO ACCOUNT FOR THE
DELAY OF THE TRANSFER.
INTO JUNE OF THIS YEAR, PENDING
THE CREATION OF THE NEW
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
COMMUNICATION CENTER DEPARTMENTS
. THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND
REDUCTION THAT SPD TOOK, WE
INITIALLY PROPOSED A $20.4
MILLION REDUCTION WHICH WAS
ABOUT 5% OF OUR BASELINE BUDGET.
THAT WAS ACCOUNTED FOR AND
VCANCIES SAVINGS AROUND $10.4
MILLION.
CIVILIAN VACANCY SAVINGS AND IT
WAS ANTICIPATED WAS GOING TO
ACHIEVED BY HOLDING 40 CIVILIAN
POSITIONS VACANT THROUGH THE
REST OF THE YEAR.
THAT WAS A $4.1 MILLION
REDUCTION.
THE OT REDUCTION HAS BEEN
REFERENCED BY GREG.
$2.7 MILLION FOR THIS YEAR.
AND WE ALSO TOOK SALARY
ADJUSTMENTS DO TO THE
DEMOGRAPHIC BUBBLE.
WE HAVE A YOUNGER WORKFORCE NOW
AND ACCOUNTED FOR THE SAVINGS
ATTRIBUTED TO THE REDUCED
LONGEVITY OF OUR WORKFORCE.
LATER IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET
PROCESS WE INCREASE THAT NUMBER
FROM 20.4 MILLION UP TO $28.4
MILLION.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS BUILT
INTO THE ADOPTED BUDGET.
WHEN YOU SEE THE $46 MILLION,
KEEP IN MIND THAT THE TOTAL
EVENTUALLY THE TOTAL AMOUNT
ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE TRANSFERS
IS GOING TO BE IN THE 30 SOME
MILLION DOLLAR RANGE.
THAT WAS BUILT INTO THE BUDGET
IS ABOUT $22 MILLION, WHICH IS
WHERE WE GET -- WHEN YOU FACTOR
IN SOME OF THE ADS, THE OPA
STAFF PERSON AND A FEW OTHER
BUDGET ITEMS FOR THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE CLOSURE AND SOME
OF THE AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT,
THAT IS WHERE YOU WILL GET THE
NET CHANGE OF $36 MILLION.
>> LET'S MOVE ON.
>> I'M GLAD I TURNED IT OVER TO
THE BUDGET FOLKS.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> AS THE DEPUTY MAYOR AND THE
CHIEF MENTIONED I WILL NOT STAY
ON THIS LONG.
WE ARE HOPING IN THIS
PRESENTATION AND THIS OUTLINE
AND SOME OF THE POINTS THAT
WERE MADE IN THE MEMO TO STAFF
AND COUNCIL ABOUT WHAT WE THINK
IS DRIVING THE STAFFING
RESTRAINTS AND HOW WE HOPE TO
BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE MOVING
FORWARD.
AND ALSO REMINDING US ALL THAT
THERE ARE UPCOMING EFFORTS THAT
ARE CURRENTLY NOT FUNDED IN THE
BUDGET AROUND LARGE-SCALE
VACCINATION EFFORTS AND
HOPEFULLY AS THE CHIEF ELUDED
TO WITH THE SPEEDING UP OF THE
VACCINE TIMELINE.
SPECIAL EVENTS MAY TAKE PLACE
IN 2021 AND THEY ARE NOT
CURRENTLY SUPPORTED IN THE
BUDGET.
WE HAVE SEEN THE SLIDE.
I WILL HIT ON IT REAL QUICK.
GOING BACK FOR 22 YEARS, THE
MEDIAN ATTRITION FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF SEPARATION THE
RESIGNATIONS OR RETIREMENTS HAS
BEEN 56.
IT STARTS TO GO ABOVE THAT
NUMBER IN 2015 AND HAS STAYED
ABOVE THAT.
SOME OF THAT IS THE NATURAL
CYCLICAL PROCEDURE OF WHEN
LARGE-SCALE OFFICERS WERE HIRED
IN THE 90s.
AND OTHER FEDERAL FUNDING THAT
SUPPORTED SOME OF THE WORK AND
GENERAL UP STAFFING OF POLICE
DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
IN THE 90s AND PEOPLE REACH
THEIR RETIREMENT AGE.
WE DO ALL REMEMBER WE HAD AN
UPTICK THAT WAS NOTICEABLE IN
2018.
AND WE HAD A DECENT YEAR LAST
YEAR.
WE HAD -- IN 2019.
I KEEP FORGETTING WE ARE IN
2021.
2019 WE HAD A GOOD YEAR FOR
úHIRING AND WE ARE STARTING TO
CLAWBACK FROM THE LOSSES OF
2018.
AND 2020 WE LOST 186 OFFICERS.
WE STARTED OUT THE YEAR STRONG
WITH SEPARATION LOW AND HIRING
LOOKING WELL.
AS COVID SAID IN AN OTHER
BUDGET CONSTRAINTS BECAME
APPARENT, THE CITY IN GENERAL
AND SPD HAD A HIRING FREEZE. WE
STOPPED AT 51 HIRES AND WE LOST
135 NET OFFICERS IN 2020.
>> WHAT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT
INCONTEXT, THAT IS JUST
OFFICERS SWORN EMPLOYEES OF THE
DEPARTMENT WHO ARE SITTING IN
FUNDED POSITIONS.
WE ALSO HAVE HAD AS WE LOOK AT
A WORKFORCE, AT ONE END OF THE
TALE IS INCREASINGLY YOUNG.
SINCE WE HAVE NO AGE LIMIT, WE
TAKE EVERYONE WHO IS INTERESED
IN THEY CAN PASS THE STANDARDS.
WE DO SOMETIMES ARE A LITTLE
OLDER WORKFORCE BECAUSE THE
NATURE OF THE UNION CONTRACTS
AND COMMITMENT TO THE JOB AND
PEOPLE SOMETIMES STAY 30+ YEARS.
WE ARE MOVING TOWARD ALSO WE
HAVE TO THINK ABOUT OUR
DEPLOYABLE OFFICER NUMBER NOT
JUST THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS WHO
ARE TECHNICALLY SITTING IN A
FUNDED POSITION.
WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR DEPLOYABLE
OFFICER COUNT IN THE HISTORICAL
DATA WHICH WE ARE WORKING TO
REPAIR SO THE NUMBER GETS
CLOSER TO 1400 IN THE PAST.
IF WE LOOK FROM MID 2018 UNTIL
NOW, YOU CAN SEE THE DROP IN
OFFICERS.
IT IS ADJUSTED NOT TO
EXAGGERATE THE DROP BUT YOU CAN
SEE THE FLUCTUATION.
THERE IS NATURAL FLUCTUATION
MONTH-TO-MONTH.
BUT STARTING IN MID-2020 WE
REALLY SEE THE DEPLOYABLE
OFFICER NUMBER, THE PEOPLE CAN
PHYSICALLY WORK ON THE STREET
OR IN ANY OTHER POSITION WHERE
A SWORN OFFICER IS NEEDED THAT
NUMBER DROPS. THERE IS A LITTLE
SPIKE IN EARLY OCTOBER.
I THINK SOME OF THAT IS THE
CHIEF'S REASSIGNMENT OF FOLKS
AND SOME OF THE INITIAL COVID
RESPONSE.
WE ATTRIBUTE A LOT OF THIS
INITIAL DROP TO PEOPLE GOING
OUT ON COVID RESTRICTION.
WE WERE VERY STRICT IF PEOPLE
MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPOSED.
I THINK A LOT OF THAT WORK
INCLUDING ACCESS TO PPE WAS
SUCCESSFUL.
THE LAST COUNT I SAW SINCE THE
START WE ONLY HAD 56 EMPLOYEES
TEST POSITIVE.
OUT OF CLOSE TO 2000.
THAT IS A REMARKABLE
ACHIEVEMENT FROM A LOT OF
FOLKS.
AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF LUCK.
WHILE THAT WAS PUTTING PEOPLE
OUT ON ISOLATION OR QUARANTINE,
WE SAW INDIVIDUALS NOT BE ABLE
TO TAKE TIME OFF BECAUSE A LOT
OF PEOPLE WERE IN HEAVY
DEPLOYMENT DUE TO
DEMONSTRATIONS AND PROTESTS AND
PEOPLE WERE INJURED AND
EXHAUSTED.
AND PEOPLE HAD TO TAKE MEDICAL
LEAVE FOR MEDICAL MENTAL HEALTH
LEAVE.
SOMETHING WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE
TO DO.
WE HAVE SEEN AS OFFICERS HAVE
LEFT AND AN UPTICK ON FOLKS
BEING ON LONG-TERM LEAVE TO
ADDRESS MEDICAL OR OTHER ISSUES
, OUR NUMBER IS DOWN ABOUT 200
FROM THE START OF THIS GRAPH
AND WE LOOK AT THE PAST YEAR
AND THAT TRANSLATES TO ABOUT
300,000 OFFICER HOURS THAT THE
CHIEF DOES NOT HAVE TO DEPLOY
TO WHATEVER THE NEED IS.
BASED ON WHERE WE ARE ON
DEPLOYABLE OFFICERS.
WE ARE WORKING TO GET PEOPLE
BACK TO WORK BUT IT IS PART OF
THE BROADER PICTURE.
>> CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT
THE DEPLOYABLE NUMBERS?
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU DR. FISHER.
I WOULD LOVE A LITTLE BIT MORE
DETAIL ON THE DROP.
I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THERE ARE
FOLKS WHO ARE ON MENTAL HEALTH
LEAVE OR ON SOME OTHER KIND OF
MEDICAL LEAVE. AND I KNOW THERE
WAS ALSO -- I DON'T KNOW HOW
MANY OF OFFICERS WHO ARE ON
DISABILITY LEAVE.
CAN YOU WALK THROUGH THAT A
LITTLE BIT SO WE CAN GET AN
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MANY OR
HOW LONG THESE OFFICERS HAVE
BEEN ON LEAVE AND WHEN WE MAY
EXPECT THEM TO BE BACK.
>> WE WOULD HAVE TO CIRCLE BACK
TO YOU WITH THE DETAILS.
WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT.
--
>> PRIORITY STATUS.
WE SEE THE UPSWING IN THE
NUMBER OF TIMES WE ARE HAVING
TO TELL PEOPLE FOR A LOWER
PRIORITY CALL THAT NO ONE IS
COMING IN RIGHT NOW.
>>
>> AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WE MOVED
TO THE MODIFIED PRIORITY CALL
HANDLING POLICY IN JULY.
AND IT WAS DESCRIBED AT THAT
TIME AS BEING PART OF THE OF MO
CALL POLICY THAT IS AN EXISTING
POLICY WITHIN THE SPD POLICY
AND PROCEDURES MANUAL.
THE INTENT ORIGINALLY TO REDUCE
OFFICER CONTACT WITH MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC FOR PURPOSES -- WE
WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHETHER OR
NOT, GIVEN THAT IT STARTED NOT
BECAUSE AS I HEARD IT
DESCRIBED, THE STAFFING
CHALLENGES BUT THE DESIRE TO
LIMIT THE EXPOSURE OF OFFICERS
TO COVID-19.
HAVE THERE BEEN FURTHER CHANGES
OR FURTHER MODIFICATIONS TO THE
PRIORITY CALL STATUS POLICY
AFTER ITS INITIATION IN JULY
AND ALSO I THINK IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL IF IT WAS POSSIBLE TO
DIG DOWN FOR THE NUMBER OF
PRIORITY STATUS DAYS SINCE
CALLING IT PRIORITY CALLS FOR
EVERYONE'S SAFETY, IF IT COULD
BE DONE ONLINE OR OVER THE
PHONE, LED TO DO IT.
IF SOMEONE AND THEY WANTED AN
OFFICER WE WERE SENDING BEEN.
THIS WAS MADE WITH THE DECISION
THAT WE CANNOT SAFELY DEPLOY
AND ADDRESS PRIORITY 1 AND 2
CALLS.
BECAUSE OF WHAT IS GOING ON. WE
ARE NOT LOGGING THOSE LOWER
PRIORITY CALLS.
THEY NEED TO CALL THIS NUMBER
AND GO ONLINE TO THE PORTAL OR
CALL BACK LATER.
IT IS TWO DIFFERENT UNIVERSES
OF THINGS.
I DON'T THINK WE -- I DON'T
REMEMBER AMENDING MINIMIZING
UNNECESSARY INTERACTION, AS WE
CONTINUE TO TRY TO KEEP COVID
SPREAD AT BAY SO WE CAN REOPEN
AND KEEP EVERYONE SAFE.
TWO DIFFERENT ISSUES. THIS I
THINK IS REALLY DRIVEN BY WE
HAVE LOST 200 OFFICERS AND IT
IS HARDER TO HAVE ENOUGH FOLKS
ON PATROL WITHOUT BURNING
EVERYONE OUT BY BRINGING THEM
IN OR AUGMENTATION FOR OVERTIME
TO BETTER STATUS.
MINIMUM CALL STATUS IS REALLY
LIKE THE FLOOR.
THAT IS NOT WHAT WE TRY TO
STAFF, THAT IS AT THE MINIMUM
THAT WE CAN SAFELY HANDLE CALLS.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEPLOYMENT
STRATEGIES AND A CONSENT DECREE
AROUND MULTIPLE OFFICER CALL
TYPES.
AND THE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION
OF CERTAIN PRECINCTS.
WE ALWAYS HOPE TO HAVE MORE
OFFICERS THAN MINIMUM.
AS WE HAVE LOST 200 OFFICERS
THE MINIMUM STAFFING DAYS ARE
MORE FREQUENT AND IT TRANSLATES
DIRECTLY INTO THE LIKELIHOOD OF
HAVING TO GO INTO A PRIORITY
STATUS DAY IF WE HAVE A MAJOR
EVENT OR A HIGH VOLUME OF CALLS.
SHOTS FIRED IN A PRECINCT,
ESPECIALLY IF SOMEONE IS HIT,
IT COULD TAKE FOUR, FIVE, SIX
CARS.
WITH MINIMUM STAFFING THERE ARE
VERY CARS. THAT WILL PROBABLY
SEND THE PRECINCT INTO PRIORITY
STATUS UNTIL SHOTS FIRED OR
SHOOTING IS CLEARED UP AND
PEOPLE CAN GET BACK TO WORK.
JUST TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
THINKING OF THINGS IN A
DIFFERENT WAY.
OR IN THE CORRECT SORT OF TWO
BUCKETS.
BUT WE CAN GET YOU THE WEEK BY
WEEK 420 20.
WE CAN BREAK IT OUT. MADAM
CHAIR.
>> WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW THE
PRIORITY STATUS DAYS TRACK
AGAINST AVAILABLE STAFFING AND
AS THE STAFFING NUMBERS REDUCE.
I WILL GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE
ORDER FROM THE CHIEF.
MY RECOLLECTION IS, I DID NOT
SEE A PRIORITY STATUS FROM JULY
AND -- CALLS THAT CAN BE
SUBMITTED ONLINE OR OVER THE
PHONE.
ON FORCED BURGLARY WITHOUT
EVIDENCE OR CALLS WITH NO
ABILITY FOR APPREHENSION.
MY REGULATION IS THAT DOCUMENT
WAS ACTIVATED IN JULY AND SAID
IT WAS BEING DONE IN LIGHT OF
THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, I CAN ANSWER
TO THAT.
WE STARTED LOOKING AT RIGHT
WHEN COVID HIT WE STARTED
EVALUATING ALL OF THE CALLS FOR
SERVICE.
ESPECIALLY THE CALLS FOR
SERVICE THAT WE KNEW THERE
WOULD BE NO EVIDENCE. THE
SUSPECT INFORMATION WAS
PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE IN
EXISTENCE BECAUSE SAY IT
BURGLARY HAPPENED THREE DAYS
AGO.
AND THE PERSON DID NOT KNOW.
TO TRY TO ELIMINATE OFFICERS
REPONDING OUT TO THESE TYPES
OF CALLS FOR SERVICE, WE WANTED
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE USED OUR
ONLINE REPORTING AND ARE TRUE
SYSTEM.
SO WE DID -- THAT IS WHAT WE
CALL COVID PRIORITY STATUS.
WE HAVE BEEN IN COVID PRIORITY
STATUS. I DON'T REMEMBER THE
DAY.
BUT IT IS SAYS JULY, THAT IS
PROBABLY AROUND THAT TIME FRAME.
I ACTUALLY THINK WE STARTED A
LITTLE BEFORE THAT.
BECAUSE WE HAD BEEN CONSTANTLY
EVALUATING A VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT CALLS FOR SERVICE.
NOT JUST CRIMINAL CALLS BUT
ALSO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE ADJUSTED THROUGHOUT
THE WHOLE TIME THAT WE HAVE
BEEN GOING ON.
WHAT WE ARE SPEAKING TO AS FAR
AS PRIORITY 1 AND 2, EXACTLY
WHAT DR. FISHER HAS BEEN
DISCUSSING, WE ARE ON PRIORITY
STATUS THAT IS USUALLY BECAUSE
OF STAFFING PLUS SOME SORT OF
EVENT SUCH AS A SHOOTING OR
SOME SERIOUS LEVEL OF ISSUE
THAT IS REQUIRING A LOT MORE
RESOURCES AND NOT BEING ABLE TO
HAVE THAT LEVEL OF RESOURCES.
JUST THE OTHER DAY, WE HAD A
HOMICIDE AND ANOTHER SHOOTING
IN TWO DIFFERENT PRECINCTS.
DURING FIRST WATCH HOURS.
THAT ALMOST DEPLETED OUR WHOLE
FIRST WATCH OFFICER STATUS.
THOSE ARE THE IMPACTS WHEN YOU
HAVE TWO DIFFERENT PRECINCTS
HAVING BIG EVENTS OR BIG CALL
FOR SERVICE.
>> AND ONE FINAL POINT.
THIS 2020 NUMBER THAT THAT
HAPPENED, I THINK EVEN IN SPITE
OF IT MIGHT BE THE WRONG WORD,
IN SPITE OF ALREADY HAVING
RESTRICTIONS ON THE NUMBER OF
CALLS THEY WERE GOING TO,
BECAUSE I THINK OF OUR
STAFFING.
EVEN WITH THE COVID RESTRICTION
IN PLACE, WE STILL HAD TO
BECAUSE OF BOTH NATURE OF CALLS
AND CALL VOLUME AND THE
STAFFING.
WE STILL HAD TO GO TO PRIORITY
STATUS THIS NUMBER OF TIMES.
COMBINED I THINK IT IS A PATROL
FORCE STRETCHED VERY THIN. AT
LEAST OVER THE SECOND HALF OF
THE YEAR, IF NOT SINCE MARCH.
WHENEVER THE STARTED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HISTORICAL CONTEXT.
WE WILL GET MORE GRANULAR. SOME
OF THIS IS PRIOR.
WE DO SEE THREE DIFFERENT
THINGS.
PRIORITY 1, MANY CALL TYPES CAN
BE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF
PRIORITY BASED ON WHAT THE CALL
, THE CALLER SAYS.
AND ASSAULT CAN BE BOTH A
PRIORITY 1 OR PRIORITY 2 OR IT
COULD BE A PRIORITY 3. IS IT
HAPPENING NOW, IS THERE A
WEAPON, ARE YOU REPORTING IT
HAPPENED A WEEK AGO? IT IS NOT
SO MUCH THE NAME OF THE CALL
TYPE IT IS REALLY ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENS AND WE GIVE SOME
EXAMPLES.
THE BLUE LINE IS THE MEDIAN. WE
TEND TO GO ON MEDIAN BECAUSE
THE AVERAGE CAN BE SWAYED BY,
THERE IS A TYPO IN THE GRAPH.
BOTH OF THOSE ARE MEDIAN.
THE GREEN IS NOT.
I'M SORRY, I GOT THE MIXED UP.
ONE IS MEDIUM AND ONE IS AVERAGE
WE SHOW THOSE BUT WE TEND TO GO
IN THE MEDIAN BECAUSE THE
AVERAGE IS MORE SWAYED BY
OUTLIERS.
SOMETIMES OFFICERS FORGET TO
LOG WHEN THEY GOT TO A CALL AND
THEY MAY JUST JUMP OUT AND GO.
WE DON'T LIKE TO ARTIFICIALLY
CUT OUTLIERS.
IT COULD BE REAL.
WE DO LOOK AT THOSE BUT WE TEND
TO FOCUS ON THE MEDIAN WHICH IS
LESS SUSCEPTIBLE.
WE DISPLAY EVERYTHING SO YOU
SEE THE BLUE LINE IS THE
MEDIAN.
THE GOAL IS SEVEN MINUTES OR
LESS.
IT WAS HIGHER EARLY IN 2014 AND
IT WENT DOWN AS WE HAD A
STAFFING DRIVE OF THE PRIOR
ADMINISTRATION.
AND UPTICK IN 2018. WE SAW SOME
DROPS.
2019 AND CAME BACK DOWN.
A LITTLE BIT. NOT SO MUCH WHEN
YOU LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGE OF
CALLS THAT GOT RESPONDED TO IN
SEVEN MINUTES. AND YOU SEE THE
LARGE UPTICK BACK TO PRIOR
LEVELS OF THE 6.62 AND A BIG
DROP IN THE PERCENT OF CALLS
RESPONDED TO WITHIN SEVEN
MINUTES. THE AVERAGE SHOWS MORE
OF THE INFLUENCE, THE TAILS OF
THE DISTRIBUTION.
YOU CAN SEE WE GOT UP TO IN
2029.58, -- IN 2020, 9.58.
THE PRIORITY ONE CALLS WHERE
SOMETHING IS HAPPENING TO YOU
OR A FAMILY MEMBER OR A FRIEND
OR SOMEONE YOU SEE, SEVEN
MINUTES PROBABLY FEELS LIKE
FOREVER AND THAT EXTRA 2 1/2
MINUTES FEELS LIKE AN
ADDITIONAL FOREVER.
BUT THAT HAS BEEN THE
HISTORICAL TREND OF THESE
NUMBERS.
AND THIS IS LOOKING AT
SPECIFICALLY 2020, LOOKING AT
PRIORITY 1 AND PRIORITY 2.
PRIORITY 1, THERE IS A SLIGHT
DOWNTICK AS COVID SET IN AND
GENERAL SOCIAL BEHAVIOR CHANGES.
WE DON'T HAVE NIGHTLIFE.
NOT AS MANY PEOPLE ARE OUT AND
ABOUT IN DAYTIME. WE ALSO HAVE
LESS TRAFFIC.
IT IS EASIER FOR OFFICERS TO
GET AROUND, ESPECIALLY THE MORE
DENSE DOWNTOWN AREA, WHICH HAS
A HIGHER CALL VOLUME.
IN THE NORTH AND WHICH HAS A
LOT OF CALL VOLUME AND HAS
DIFFICULT TRAFFIC ROUTES TO GET
TO AS WELL AS THE SOUTHWEST
PRECINCT WHERE SOMETIMES THERE
A LONGER RESPONSE TIMES WITH
THE DIFFICULTY OF GETTING FROM
THIS PRECINCT DOWN TO THE
BOTTOM OF WEST SEATTLE.
IS TRAFFIC LESSENED AND IS
CALLED VOLUME LESSENED, THE
RESPONSE TIMES GO DOWN.
THEN YOU SEE IN JUNE THE UPTICK
IN BOTH 1 AND 2. THE OBVIOUS
ANSWER IS, OFFICERS FOR MANY
DAYS FOR THOSE HAVING TO
RESPOND TO ONGOING
DEMONSTRATIONS AND PROTESTS.
WE DON'T BREAK IT OUT HERE BUT
IT IS SOMETHING WE CAN PROVIDE
AS A FOLLOW-UP. WHEN YOU LOOK
AT PRECINCT BY PRECINCT, A LOT
OF THIS IS BY THE EAST PRECINCT
AND NORMALLY THEY HAVE A FAST
RESPONSE TIME.
BUT WITH SEVERAL BLOCKS BLOCKED
OFF AND OFFICERS DEPLOYING OUT
OF A DIFFERENT PRECINCT FOR
SEVERAL WEEKS, WE SEE A LARGE
UPSWING IN RESPONSE TIME IN THE
EAST PRECINCT. WHICH DROVE A
LOT OF THIS.
IT IS MAINTAINED.
FOR SEVEN MONTHS THE MEDIAN
PRIORITY ONE RESPONSE TIME HAS
BEEN ABOVE OUR GOAL OF SEVEN
MINUTES. WE SAW THE HISTORICAL
GENERALLY WE ARE BELOW THAT
GOAL.
PRIORITY 2 IS A LITTLE HARDER
TO DECIPHER WHAT EXACTLY
HAPPENED.
WE SEE A LARGE UPSWING.
THE GOAL GENERALLY, WE DON'T
TALK ABOUT A 15 MINUTE GOAL
THAT MUCH IN THESE
CONVERSATIONS WE GENERALLY
FOCUS ON PRIORITY ONE BECAUSE
IT IS AN EMERGENCY.
WHAT YOU SEE A LARGE UPTICK IN
PRIORITY 2. THE THING THAT
MAKES SENSE TO ME, JUST LOOKING
AT CORRELATIONS AND TRENDS, IF
WE ARE IN A STAFFING
CONSTRAINT, IF WE ARE GOING TO
PRIORITY CALL STATUS, WE ARE
STRETCHING OURSELVES TO GET TO
THE PRIORITY 1 CALLS.
IF WE HAPPEN TO HAVE ENOUGH
DEPLOYABLE RESOURCES THEY GO TO
THE PRIORITY 2 CALLS BUT THEY
ARE FOCUSED AND TRYING THEIR
BEST TO GET TO THE EMERGENCY
CALLS.
IT MAKES SENSE TO ME THAT THE
RECOVERY OF THE PRIORITY 2
CALLS HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT LESS
BACK TO PRIOR LEVELS THAN THE
PRIORITY 1 BECAUSE OF THE
IMPACTS OF LOSING THOSE OFFICERS
. AND REDUCING OUR RELIANCE ON
AUGMENTATION OVER TIME BECAUSE
OF BUDGET CONSTRAINTS.
WE WERE AT MINIMUM STAFFING A
LOT AND AT PRIORITY CALL STATUS
A LOT.
IT PRIORITY 2 WILL SUFFER MORE
THAN PRIORITY ONE JUST BY THE
DEFINITION OF WHERE WE FOCUS
RESOURCES.
>> DR. FISHER, IF YOU CAN GO
BACK TO THE SLIDE.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT
THAT THE TEXT IN THE BOX
SUGGEST THAT PRIORITY 2 HAS A
SEVEN MINUTE PERFORMANCE METRIC
GOAL AND THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
I JUST WANT TO STATE THAT FOR
MY COLLEAGUES IN THE VIEWING
PUBLIC.
THE PRIORITY 2 CALLS DO NOT
HAVE A SEVEN MINUTE PERFORMANCE
METRIC.
>> THEY HAVE 15 MINUTES.
>> THANK YOU.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
HERE IS ANOTHER HISTORICAL
THING TO PUT IT IN CONTEXT.
EARLIER WE TALKED ABOUT BROADER
STAFFING ACROSS THE WHOLE
DEPARTMENT.
THOSE LOSSES AND DEPLOYABLE
OFFICER NUMBERS AFFECTS THE
WHOLE DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT
THE NUMBER WE HAVE ROUTINELY
REPORTED TO COUNCIL.
THE OFFICERS WHO ARE IN A
PATROL CAR WHOSE PRIMARY UNIT
TYPE IS A 911 RESPONDER.
THEIR JOB IS TO ANSWER 911
CALLS.
WE LOOKED AT THE END OF EACH
YEAR AND WE HAD TO PICK A POINT
IN TIME.
WE PICKED DECEMBER 31 OF EVERY
YEAR AND SAW HOW MANY 911
RESPONDERS AND THEIR SERGEANTS
WE HAD.
PART OF THAT INCREASE IS
THROUGH DISSENT DECREE WE WERE
DIRECTED AND OBLIGATED TO
INCREASE OUR SERGEANT TO
OFFICER RATIO OR DECREASE IT.
A SMALLER NUMBER AND MORE
SERGEANTS PER OFFICERS WE HAD
FOR SUPERVISION OVERSIGHT AND
REVIEW OF INCIDENTS.
BUT WE ALSO WERE SUCCESSFUL IN
UP STAFFING.
THERE YOU SEE THE 911 RESPONSE
WAS GROWING ALONG WITH
SUPERVISORS AND WHERE WE LOST
STAFF IN 2018 IT CAME DOWN.
THE TRAINING TO DEPLOYMENT
TIMELINE, 2019 WAS NO BETTER
THAN 2018.
2020 WOULD BE BETTER BUT THEN
AS WE HAD THE STAFFING LOSSES
AND AS WE HAD PEOPLE NOT
AVAILABLE, YOU SEE THE NUMBER.
THE CHIEF MADE THE DECISION TO
REASSIGN 100 INDIVIDUALS AND A
COUPLE OF SERGEANTS BACK TO
PATROL TO HELP PLUG THE HOLE TO
MAKE SURE WE CAN CONTINUE TO
RESPOND TO CALLS.
WE ALSO CREATED THE COMMUNITY
RESPONSE GROUP OUT OF THAT TO
HELP US HAVE FLEXIBLE
DEPLOYMENT AT HER BUSIEST TIMES.
THAT WAS AN AGREEMENT THAT WAS
REACHED, IT IS NOT SOMETHING WE
CAN MAINTAIN FOREVER.
IT IS A VOLUNTEER BASIS AND
PEOPLE CAN ASK TO GO BACK.
IT IS REALLY A CRITICAL ELEMENT
THAT ALLOWED US TO BE FLEXIBLE
AT HER BUSIEST TIMES WHILE WE
HAD ONGOING PROTESTS AND
DEMONSTRATIONS TO NOT PULL 911
AWAY BUT THEY HAVE BEEN
REMARKABLY HELPFUL AT THEIR
OTHER PRIMARY GOAL OF REDUCING
911 WAITING TIMES.
THEY HAVE RESPONDED TO OVER 1000
DISPATCHES.
AT SOME POINT THOSE FOLKS WILL
GO BACK. IT MAY BE GRADUAL.
AND RETURN TO WHERE THEY WERE
BEFORE.
IT IS A SENSE OF IF NOT FOR
THAT REASSIGNMENT AND THIS ERG
WHICH IS NOT PERMANENT, WE
WOULD BE AT A REMARKABLY LOW
NUMBER OF 911 RESPONDERS.
>> SO THE BLUE BOX THAT SAYS
604 WITH ERG IS THE 100 OR SO
OFFICERS THAT THE CHIEF
TEMPORARILY REDEPLOYED WITH THE
CONSENT OF THE OFFICERS BEING
DEPLOYED.
>> THE REDEPLOYMENT OF PATROL
WAS NOT VOLUNTARY.
>> I AM CONFLATING THEM.
>> JOINING THE ERG TEAM WAS
VOLUNTARY.
>> GOT IT.
>> IT CHANGES THEIR WORK
ADDITIONS AND DIFFERENT TIMES
AND THAT HAD TO BE VOLUNTARY.
IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO GO
THROUGH LABOR NEGOTIATIONS.
>> SO WHERE IS THE 100 OFFICER
REDEPLOYMENT REPRESENTED HERE?
I REMEMBER SEEING INFORMATION
THAT SHOWED THAT WHEN THE
OFFICERS WERE REDEPLOYED TO
PATROL, WE ACTUALLY, FOR A
PERIOD OF TIME, HAD THE MOST
NUMBER OF OFFICERS ON PATROL
THAT WE HAD HAD FOR SEVERAL
YEARS.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT?
>> I WILL SPEAK TO THAT.
>> I THINK IT WAS LIKE 566 OR
SOMETHING FOR A WHILE.
>> WE ACTUALLY WERE AT THE
LOWEST NUMBER OF 911 RESPONDERS
, THAT IS THE REASON FOR THE
DEPLOYMENT.
A REDEPLOYMENT OF 100 OFFICERS
BACK INTO PATROL.
AS WE CONTINUED TO SEE LOSSES
IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER,
THOSE WERE ALL WIPED OUT VERY
QUICKLY.
EVEN THAT BOB, IF WE WOULD HAVE
NOT HAD THAT BOMB OF OFFICERS
COMING BACK INTO PATROL, WE
WOULD BE AT DEVASTATING NUMBERS
.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT.
MY QUESTION WAS THAT FOR A TIME
AFTER YOU DID THE REDEPLOYMENT
OF THE 100 OFFICERS, FOR A
TIME, I THINK THE NUMBER WAS UP
AROUND 566 IN PATROL.
BUT A NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL
OFFICERS LEFT.
I RECOGNIZE THE NUMBER NOW AND
AT THE END OF 2020 IS THE
LOWEST IT HAS BEEN.
BUT MY RECOLLECTION WAS WHEN
YOU FIRST DID THE REDEPLOYMENT,
WHICH I THINK I THANK YOU FOR
DOING WHICH WAS AN IMPORTANT
THING TO DO, THAT THE NUMBER
WAS ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN THE
NUMBER IN 2019.
I SEE GREG RAISING HIS HAND.
>> WE WERE CLOSER TO ABOUT 435
PRIOR TO DEPLOYMENT OF THE 100
OFFICERS. IN PATROL.
THAT IS THE REASON WHY I
CTUALLY HAD TO MAKE THE
DECISION BECAUSE WE WERE AT
SUCH LOW NUMBERS.
THE DID NOT INCLUDE THE BIKES
AND THE ACT TEAM AND SOME OTHER
DIFFERENT UNITS THAT WERE NOT
NECESSARILY 911 RESPONDERS.
I HAVE LITERALLY PULLED ALL OF
THEM TOGETHER UNDER ONE UNDER
THE 911 RESPONSE.
AND THAT IS THE LEVEL OF
CONFUSION.
BY MOVING THE 100 OFFICERS INTO
PATROL, IT DID NOT INCLUDE THE
ACT TEENS AND THE LIKE TEAMS
THAT WERE PART OF THOSE NUMBERS.
THERE MIGHT BE JUST SOME
CONFUSION WITH THE NUMBERS.
WE WERE AROUND 430 RANGE OF
PEOPLE THAT WERE DEPLOYABLE.
AND I WILL SAY THAT ALSO.
THAT IS ANOTHER THING.
DEPLOYABLE FOR PATROL.
BECAUSE WE DO HAVE PEOPLE
BURNING TIME OR TAKING TIME AWAY
. WHILE THEY MAY BE INITIALLY
ASSIGNED TO PATROL THEY WERE
NOT DEPLOYABLE FOR 911
RESPONSE.
>> GREG, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING
TO ADD?
>> JUST TO CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT.
BASICALLY I WILL SAY MUCH OF
THE SAME THING THAT THE CHIEF
JUST SAID.
WHEN THE DEPARTMENT TALKS ABOUT
PATROL THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT A
GROUP OF FOLKS, 911 RESPONDERS
ARE ONE PART OF THAT GROUP.
THERE WERE OTHER PARTS OF THE
GROUP. THE ANTICRIME TEAM,
COMUNITY POLICE TEAM.
THERE ARE BIKES THAT ARE
PATROLLING DOWNTOWN.
OFFICERS ON FOOT.
WHEN THE CHIEF MADE HIS MOVE OF
100 OFFICERS IN 2911 RESPONSE,
HE MOVED FOLKS THAT WERE
ALREADY WORKING BEATS.
ALREADY WORKING ON THE BIKES.
THAT WERE ALREADY WORKING OUT
THERE ON PATROL, BUT NOT
ANSWERING 911 CALLS. WHEN HE
DID THAT THERE WAS A BUMP IN
911 RESPONDERS AND FOLKS THAT
WERE ASSIGNED TO 911 RESPONSE.
JUST LIKE YOU MENTION,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
BUT IT DID NOT CHANGE PATROL
THAT MUCH BECAUSE IT WAS MOSTLY
A REASSIGNMENT OF FOLKS THAT
WERE ALREADY OUT THERE IN ONE
CAPACITY OR ANOTHER.
THEY WERE JUST NOT ANSWERING
911 CALLS.
I CANNOT NECESSARILY SPEAK TO
AVAILABILITY OF OFFICERS.
THAT WENT DOWN.
>> I OF COURSE UNDERSTAND THAT
911 RESPONDERS IS A SUBSET OF
PATROL.
THE TITLE OF THE SLIDE IS LOWEST
LEVEL OF 911 RESPONDERS BUT IT
GOES ON IN THE BOX TO TALK
ABOUT PATROL.
THIS IS ONLY -- THIS IS A CHART
ONLY OF 911 RESPONDERS.
THE STATEMENT ABOUT THE PATROL
BEING SHORT 158 OFFICERS IS
SPEAKING TRULY TO PATROL, NOT
SPECIFICALLY 2911.
>> RIGHT NOW WITH THE CHIEFS
REASSIGNMENT, PATROL, EXCEPT
FOR MAYBE ONE BIKE SQUAD LEFT,
PATROL NOW IS EXCLUSIVELY 911.
THAT WAS SORT OF HIS
REORIENTATION. A GENERALIZATION
OF PATROL OFFICERS TO DO ALL
THE WORK WE HAD SPECIALIZE WHEN
WE HAD BETTER STAFFING.
>> CORRECT.
ALL THE SPECIALIZED GROUPS I
JUST MENTIONED, THE ACT TEAM
AND THE BIKE TEAM, CPT, ALL OF
THAT IS UNDER THE 911 RESPONSE
BECAUSE OF THE MOVES WE HAD TO
DO.
>> MADAM CHAIR, WE CAN GET YOU
A MONTH BY MONTH.
I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ASKING AND I
JUST DON'T HAVE IT IN MY HEAD.
IT IS NOT IN OUR DECK.
úWE CAN SHOW YOU THE MONTH BY
MONTH COUNT IN A FOLLOW-UP.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE OTHER POINT TO EXPLAIN
THE BOX, AS WE HAVE SEEN, WE
SAW THE RESPONSE TIME GO UP AS
WE LOST OFFICERS.
USING OUR TRIANGULATION APPROACH
FOR MINIMUM STAFFING, NPP
PROGRAM, PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
SORT OF APPROACH AND THE SORT
OF OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENT
REALITIES OF OFFICER ON EVERY
BEAT FOR SOME VERSION OF
COMMUNITY POLICING, WE TOOK
WHAT WE LEARNED HERE, APPLIED IT
TO THOSE MODELS AND THE BEST WE
CAN TELLS THE TYPICALLY, IF WE
LOSE AN ADDITIONAL 50 PATROL
OFFICERS OUT OF PATROL, WHICH
IS NOW IN ESSENCE 911 RESPONSE,
THE NUMBERS FORECAST IT WOULD
LEAD TO AN ALMOST THREE-MINUTE
INCREASE IN PRIORITY 1 RESPONSE
TIME.
SPEAKING TO THAT, WE ARE SORT
OF AT THE EDGE OF A CLIFF.
IF WE GO OVER THERE STARTS TO
BE -- WE SAW A 2 1/2 MINUTE
UPTICK AND OTHER CONDITIONS
HAPPENING.
HERE IT IS MAKING THE POINT
THAT IF WE CONTINUE TO LOSE
PATROL, IT IS HARD TO DO
ANOTHER REDEPLOYMENT.
EVEN ANTICIPATING, NOT
EXPONENTIAL, THAT MAY BE TOO
STRONG BUT WE WOULD SEE A
DEFINITE FURTHER INCREASING IN
OUR RESPONSE TIME. THERE WILL
BE LITTLE LEFT TO FILL THE GAP.
>> WE HAVE LOST OFFICERS AND WE
ARE CONCERNED THAT CONTINUED
CUTS AS WE HAVE HEARD MAY HAVE
BEEN DRIVING SOME OF THE LOSS
AND THE FEAR OF BEING LAID OFF
OR NOT HAVING THE TOOLS AND
EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING THEY
WERE USED TO HAVING.
IF WE CONTINUE TO SEE THESE
CUTS IT WILL PUT US IN AN EVEN
MORE DIRE SITUATION THAN WE
CURRENTLY ARE TO MEET THE SORT
OF TWO GIANT BUCKETS OF
PROVIDING ADEQUATE POLICE
PROTECTION ACROSS THE CITY.
HOWEVER WE DEFINE ADEQUATE
PROTECTION IN DISTRICTS.
AND THE OBLIGATIONS ON THE
CONSENT DECREE.
AS MENTIONED BRIEFLY, THE
MONITOR AND IMPORT OF DOJ IS
SPELLED OUT.
A GENERAL DEPLOYMENT MODEL,
THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN CALL
TYPES TO DECREASE THE POTENTIAL
FOR FORCE WE MUST HAVE A
CERTAIN NUMBER OF OFFICERS AND
SUPERVISORS.
AS WE REACH EVER DWINDLING
STAFFING NUMBERS IT STRETCHES
OUR ABILITY TO MEET THAT MODEL
OF DEPLOYMENT AND PATROL. THE
CHIEF ALSO MENTIONED THE
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS BUREAU
AND THE TRAINING UNIT.
ALMOST ALL OF THOSE UNITS HAVE
BEEN HIT BY SIGNIFICANT
SEPARATIONS.
AS HE STATED, A LARGE BUCKET OF
EMPLOYEES ON THE SWORN SIDE ARE
IN PATROL.
I THINK IN THE PAST AND THIS
PARTICULAR UNIT, IT WENT DOWN
LOW AND WE WOULD PULL FOLKS
FROM PATROL WHEN IT IS BETTER
STAFFED.
IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO DO THAT.
AS WE LOSE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE
OTHER UNITS, YOU CANNOT
BACKFILL.
AND EACH OF THESE UNITS,
WRAPPING UP A CASE IN BRINGING
JUSTICE TO A VICTIM AND THEIR
FAMILY IS A BIG PART OF
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND
PROVIDING THE SERVICE THAT
PEOPLE EXPECT. THEY WANT THE
OUTCOME OF THE CASE TO BE
DECIDED.
COLLABORATIVE POLICING, THE
CONSENT DECREE SPEAKS
DRAMATICALLY TO THE IMPORTANCE
OF A COMMUNITY POLICING AND
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MODEL.
WE HAVE TO INVEST IN OUR
TECHNOLOGY AND KEEP IT RUNNING
AND EVOLVING.
I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK BACK INTO
THE ORIGINS OF THE CONSENT
DECREE, A LARGE PART OF THE
DISCUSSION WAS ABOUT OUR
INABILITY TO REPORT THE DATA
BECAUSE OUR SYSTEMS COULD NOT
SELECT OR COLLATE IT. A NEW
FOCUS OF OURS IS BEEN AWARENESS
BUT MORE SO PUSHING THE
ASCENSION IS OF FOCUSING ON
OFFICER WELLNESS AND WE HAVE
HAD GREAT PARTNERSHIP FROM
COUNCIL AND CPC AND THE OIG ON
THE IMPORTANCE OF OFFICER
WELLNESS AND WE ARE WORKING
RIGHT NOW ON COMING UP WITH A
BEST IN CLASS EARLY
INTERVENTION SYSTEM.
THE PRIOR MONITOR ADMITTED THE
PRIOR SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE
IMPROVED.
ALL OF THE CURRENT TEAM IS ON
THE SAME PAGE OF PUSHING THIS
NEW EARLY INTERVENTION SYSTEM
TO BE ONE THAT GETS TO ISSUES
BEFORE THEY TURN INTO
PROBLEMATIC BEHAVIORS VERSUS
ONE THAT IDENTIFIES PROBLEMATIC
BEHAVIORS IS ESSENTIAL.
I WILL HIT THIS NEXT SLIDE.
SPEAKING TO THE TECHNOLOGY.
THIS IS OUR CASE FOR LETTING US
KEEP THIS $5.4 MILLION IN OUR
BUDGET. THESE ARE THINGS THAT
WE BELIEVE ARE ESSENTIAL TO
BOTH THE REIMAGINING WORK, BE
MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT,
AND THE TECHNOLOGY ASPECT.
WE COULD GET MORE DETAIL ON THE
ACTUAL SPECIFICS OF EACH
PROGRAM.
BUT THE SYSTEM WE DON'T BUT
ALLOWS US TO DO REPORTING, AND
FUELED THE OPERATION OVERSIGHT
OF THE CONSENT DECREE, IT NEEDS
TO BE UPDATED.
WE NEED TO MOVE IT TO THE CLOUD
FOR COST REDUCTION AND TIE INTO
NEW AND EVOLVING TOOLS THAT ARE
HARD TO DO ON PROGRAM.
WE HAVE THAT PARTNERSHIP IN
PLACE.
IT WILL ALLOW US TO DO -- THERE
ARE MDELING SYSTEMS AND TOOLS
THAT EXIST IN THE ENVIRONMENT
WHERE WE PUT THIS AND NEED TO
MAKE THAT MOVE.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A MUCH MORE
AGILE AND USER-FRIENDLY AND
UNDERSTANDABLE PLANNING TOOL
THAT TIES INTO THE SAME ACCESS
TO DATA THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO
MUCH MORE EASILY FORECAST
SCENARIOS AND WHAT THAT WOULD
LOOK LIKE FOR STAFFING NEEDS ON
A PUBLIC SAFETY MEASURE BEYOND
THE BLACK BOX PROGRAM WE
CURRENTLY HAVE.
INNOVATION BLUEPRINT WHICH IS
CALLED OUT IN THE MAYOR'S EEO
AROUND REIMAGINING.
THIS IS REALLY DEVELOPING A
COMPREHENSIVE ACROSS 10 AREAS
THAT ARE SPOKEN TO BOTH IN THE
EEO AND THE SPD LETTER.
I BELIEVE TO CENTRAL STAFF OR
MAYBE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
WE CAN REATTACH THAT.
THE AREAS WE WANT TO FOCUS ON
INNOVATION IS IDENTIFYING WHAT
WE NEED TO DO FROM A
TECHNOLOGY, TRAINING, BETTER
PRACTICE STANDPOINT.
TO REALLY INCREASE
TRANSPARENCY, ENGAGEMENT, WITH
COMMUNITY AND BE MORE EFFECTIVE
AND EFFICIENT.
AND THE IMPROVEMENTS AND
BUILDING OUT THE FIRST OF ITS
KIND EARLY INTERVENTION SYSTEM.
THOSE TECHNOLOGY EFFORTS AND
SCOPING EFFORTS ARE $2.25
MILLION.
>> IF WE CAN PAUSE HERE.
I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS COME
ON SCREEN.
I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO
UNDERSTAND THE INVESTMENTS.
WHY THIS WAS NOT INCLUDED IN
THE PROPOSED 2021 BUDGET?
THE NEARLY $2.2 MILLION IN
SPENDING.
>> ANGELA CAN SPEAK TO SOME OF
THIS.
I KNOW THE MOVE TO THE DAP WE
THOUGHT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE
DONE FOR LOLO FOR NO COST IN
2020.
EXTERNAL REALITIES BETWEEN THE
CITY IT IS NOW SOMETHING WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO INVEST A
DECENT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO MAKE
THAT HAPPEN.
THE CPT TOOL WAS ALSO A LATE
THAT VACATION BUT THIS IS A
TOOL THAT EXISTED AND WE COULD
GET ACCESS TO AND CONNECT TO
OUR SYSTEMS.
AND I THINK THE BLUEPRINT AND
THE EIS, ANGELA, I KNOW YOU PUT
THAT IN YOUR MEMO.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WERE
OTHER AREAS YOU WERE THINKING
IN THE CREATION OF THE 2021
BUDGET.
>> BEFORE WE MOVED TO ANGELA, I
WANT TO BE EFFICIENT. ANGELA
MAY BE THE PERSON TO ANSWER THE
QUESTION.
THE MEMO FROM 25 JANUARY SAYS
THAT GAP 1.0 WAS ORIGINALLY
DESIGNED TO RESPOND TO A
SPECIFIC SET OF REQUIREMENTS
UNDER THE CONSENT DECREE.
SINCE THEN THESE CASES HAVE
GROWN DRAMATICALLY AS THE
PLATFORM WAS USED TO MEET
INCREASING FOR NON-CONSENT
DECREE RELATED INFORMATION.
I AM REALLY INTERESTED IN THIS
PROPOSED SPENDING, WEATHER FOR
THE DAP OR OTHER TECHNOLOGY
ELEMENTS TO PARSE OUT WHICH
INVESTMENTS ARE NECESSARY TO
RESPOND TO CONSENT DECREE
REQUIREMENTS FROM DAP USE CASES
FROM DISTINCT FROM MEANING
NONCONSENT DECREE RELATED
INFORMATION IN ALL OF THIS.
>> JUST ON THE DAP, THIS WOULD
BE A QUESTION I WILL SOUND LIKE
A LAWYER BUT I AM NOT.
IT IS THE LETTER VERSUS THE
SPIRIT.
STUFF THAT IS NOT SPECIFICALLY
CALLED OUT TO THAT LEVEL IN THE
CONSENT DECREE IN TERMS OF
TECHNOLOGY, IT IS THE WELLNESS.
THE TEAM THAT MANAGES THE DAP
IS TRYING TO WORK WITH OUR
TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS TO DO SOME
PRETTY AMAZING AND CUTTING EDGE
WORK AROUND STUFF BEYOND EIS
AND HELPING TO SUPPORT AND
IDENTIFY AND EVALUATE TOOLS AND
TECHNOLOGY AND WAYS OF
MONITORING HOW OFFICERS ARE
DOING. SO WE CAN PROVIDE
SUPPORT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT BY LETTER
OF CONTRACT WOULD BE DAP WOULD
BE CONSENT DECREE RELATED BUT
IT IS SOMETHING THAT DAP
SUPPORTS AND WE THINK
HOLISTICALLY SUPPORTS THE
CONSENT DECREE.
BUT ANGELA CAN CHIME IN.
>> I WOULD SAY FOR THE MOST
PART THE ITEMS LISTED WEREN'T
KNOWN AS WE WERE DEVELOPING THE
2020 PROPOSED BUDGET.
THE WORK, CLEARLY DEFINING THE
SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT AND
UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE
POTENTIAL COSTS WERE, THESE
COSTS WERE NOT KNOWN WHEN WE
TRANSMITTED THE MEMO IN JANUARY.
MUCH OF WHAT YOU SEE HERE HAS
BEEN BORN OUT OF THE WORK UNDER
THE EXECUTIVE ORDER. AND WAS
VERY MUCH A WORK IN PROGRESS.
AND WAS NOT KNOWN TO US WHEN WE
SUBMITTED OUR 2020 BUDGET
PROPOSAL.
SOME OF THE UPGRADES FOR THE
DATA ANALYTICS PLATFORM WERE
KNOWN AND AS CHRIS SAID, I
BELIEVE THERE WERE FUNDS
AVAILABLE FOR SOME OF THOSE
UPDATES.
WERE JUST I AM UPDATES.
I BELIEVE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN
BUILT INTO THE SEATTLE IT
RATES.
HOWEVER DUE TO COVID AND THE
CHALLENGES WITH IMPLEMENTATION
OF SOME OF THE ONGOING PROJECT
WORK IN SEATTLE IT, IT WAS
POSTPONED AND THE FUNDING WAS
NOT RENDERED IN 2021.
>> I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE A
POINT AND MAYBE CHEAP DS CAN
SPEAK MORE TO IT.
A POINT THAT ANGELA JUST MADE
WHICH IS PART OF THE SOME OF
THESE ITEMS ALSO ILLUSTRATE THE
GIVEN THE UNPRECEDENTED
STAFFING LOSSES THROUGH THE
FOURTH QUARTER, WE ARE ALSO
IDENTIFYING STRATEGIES TO HELP
MITIGATE THOSE IMPACTS AND SOME
OF THESE ITEMS ARE BASED ON
SOME OF THAT THINKING TO ADJUST
TO THE STAFFING CHALLENGES THAT
EMERGE FOR SPD.
I KNOW DR. FISHER AND ANGELA
HAVE SPOKEN TO SOME OF THAT.
IF CHEAP DS HAS ANYTHING TO
ADD?
IT IS AN IMPORTANT POINT TO
EMPHASIZE.
>> THANK YOU.
WE ARE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO
EVALUATE AND ADJUST WHAT TOOLS
CAN MAKE US MORE EFFICIENT SO
WE ARE ABLE TO MEET SOME OF THE
DEMANDS THAT ARE BEING
REQUESTED IN 2021 WITH THE
STAFFING CRISIS WE ARE
EXPERIENCING.
>> THE THING ABOUT THE 2021
BUDGET DEVELOPMENT, WE WERE
FACING A SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL
CRISIS IN 2020.
RESOURCES WERE NOT ABOUNDING.
IT WAS BUILT TO PROVIDE
RESOURCES NEEDED TO FUND
STAFFING THAT WE UNDERSTOOD
THEN.
STAFFING HAS SINCE OBVIOUSLY
FALLEN OFF RELATIVE TO THOSE
FORECASTS. WE WERE NOT IN ANY
POSITION TO ENTERTAIN THIS IN
ANYONE'S BUDGET.
AND THE POLITICAL CLIMATE AND
LEAST OF ALL SPD.
I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT
REALITY FOR MEMBERS AS WELL.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE
MOVE ON?
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
AS LONG AS WE ARE HERE ON THE
TECHNOLOGY SLIDE I WANTED TO
RAISE AND SEE IF IT FITS IN THE
FOUR CORNERS.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT REPORTING
AND CALL RESPONSIVENESS.
FREQUENT CONSTITUENT WORK IN MY
OFFICE TENDS TO REVOLVE AROUND
COMPLICATIONS AND BEING ABLE TO
REPORT THINGS ONLINE.
WHICH IS SOMETHING A LOT OF
PEOPLE HAVE FOUND TO BE VERY
DIFFICULT.
THEY HAVE FOUND THE PROGRAM AND
FORM WHERE YOU FILL THINGS INTO
BE DIFFICULT.
THEY HAVE BEEN BUMPED FROM THAT
SYSTEM BECAUSE SOMETIMES A
CRIME DOES NOT FIT WITHIN IT
AND THEY HAVE TO PHYSICALLY CALL
THE HOTLINE TO REPORT. IN
ADDITION TO THAT PEOPLE HAVE
HAD ISSUES TRANSMITTING EVIDENCE
. I'VE GOT A LOT OF
CONSTITUENTS THAT WILL HAVE
SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE OF SOMEONE
WHO STOLE THEIR PACKAGE OR WHO
STOLE SOMETHING OUT OF THEIR
BUSINESS. AND THEY JUST CANNOT
FOR THE LIFE OF THEM TRANSMIT.
THERE IS NO WAY TO UPLOAD IT.
THESE ARE NOT SOPHISTICATED OR
LARGE DATA VIDEOS IN A LOT OF
CASES.
WE SHOULD IN THIS DAY AND AGE
BE ABLE TO ELECTRONICALLY
SUBMIT THAT.
THAT KIND OF EVIDENCE.
I WONDER WHAT A LOT OF THESE
INVESTMENTS, THIS $2.25 MILLION
OF INVESTMENTS, WHERE THERE MAY
BE SOME WAY TO ADDRESS THE
STREAMLINING AND EFFECTIVENESS
OF THE ONLINE REPORTING SO
PEOPLE CAN FOLLOW THEIR REPORTS
AND CAN ALSO SUBMIT EVIDENCE TO
HELP THE DEPARTMENT RESOLVE
THESE KINDS OF CASES.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS.
TWO QUICK ANSWERS AND WE CAN
TALK MORE IN DETAIL.
ONE, A LARGE PART OF THE
INNOVATION BLUEPRINT IS
IDENTIFYING THE TECHNOLOGIES.
ONE PART OF THIS THAT OUR
PARTNER HAS DONE IN OTHER
JURISDICTIONS IS A COMMUNITY
MEMBER PORTAL THAT IS MORE
INTERACTIVE SO YOU DON'T
NECESSARILY HAVE TO GET SOMEONE
ON THE LINE TO HAVE YOUR
QUESTION ANSWERED WERE TO
COMPLETE YOUR TASK.
WE ARE ALSO, THE PORTAL THAT IS
USED FOR ONLINE REPORTING IS
ALMOST RIGHT NOW ONE OF THE
ONLY EXISTING PROVIDERS IN
ALMOST EVERY JURISDICTION I AM
AWARE OF. BUT TOTALLY HAVE
HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY THE
FRUSTRATION AND WE HAVE HAD OUR
OWN SORT OF BACKEND
COMPLICATIONS AT TIMES. WE HAVE
ACTUALLY PUSHED OUR RECORDS
MANAGEMENT VENDOR, THEY ARE
BUILDING OUT THE FRONT AND SO
THE COMMUNITY CAN REPORT IN
THAT SYSTEM AS WE HAVE SEEN IN
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT
SOFTWARE, IT WAS A TREMENDOUS
LEAP FORWARD IN USABILITY AND
USER-FRIENDLINESS FOR OUR
OFFICERS THAT ARE WORKING WITH
THE SYSTEM.
I WOULD IMAGINE YOU WOULD SEE
THE SAME SORT OF MODERN
ARCHITECTURE FOR A COMMUNITY
MEMBER.
AND THROUGH ONE OF OUR OTHER
VENDOR AROUND THE BODY ONE
CAMERA, THEY ARE EXPERTS IN
VIDEO, THEY HAVE A SOLUTION
THAT WE ARE EXPLORING AND
IMPLEMENTING WHERE FOLKS COULD
SUBMIT IN A MUCH MORE EASIER
WAY THEIR DIGITAL EVIDENCE.
BUT IT SPEAKS TO THESE TOOLS
ARE OUT THERE AND SOME ARE
BEING DEVELOPED. WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE AWARE OF
THE OPTIONS AND THAT WOULD BE
ENGAGING VENDORS AND MAKING
SURE THAT WE ARE DOING IT IN A
WAY THAT IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH
THE VALUES AND ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY AND THE SURVEILLANCE
ORDINANCE. THAT IS WHY WE THINK
THAT PART IS ESSENTIAL.
THE REST OF THIS WORK ON THIS
PAGE, REALLY IS THE DAP . THE
CITY INVESTED A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF FUNDS TO SET UP THE
DAP TO SUPPORT THE CONSENT
DECREE.
AND IT HAS TO CONTINUE TO BE
UPGRADED.
ITS VISUALIZATION PARTNER
CONTINUES TO EVOLVE AND WE HAVE
TO KEEP IT IN PACE WITH THE
REST OF TECHNOLOGY.
A LOT OF THIS IS MOVING FORWARD
AND IT IS ADDING NEW DATA
SOURCES SO WE CAN MORE EASILY
RESPOND TO COUNCIL DATA
REQUESTS.
UPGRADING OUR TECHNOLOGY HELPS
US TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO
EVERYONE.
IN A MORE STREAMLINED WAY.
AND ALSO CAN HELP US AS WE
DEVELOP NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE NEED
TO MAKE SURE WE CAN PULL THE
DATA IN.
IT IS AN ECOSYSTEM I HEAR YOU
THAT WE NEED TO MAKE OUR DRIVE
NEEDS TO BE ON ENGAGEMENT WITH
THE COMMUNITY AND IT IS AS
SEAMLESS AND FRIENDLY AS
POSSIBLE.
THE BLUEPRINT IDENTIFIES ALL
THE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THE OTHER WORK SETS US UP
ON A FOUNDATION TO CONNECT ALL
THE TOOLS. VERY EASY TO ENGAGE.
BEFORE WE START INVESTING IN
DECIDING HOW THIS WORKS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE THOUGHT
ABOUT ALL CONDITIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> 2021 ADOPTED BUDGET, THERE
IS INCLUDED A $4.1 MILLION CUT
TO THE PERSONAL BUDGET FOR
CIVILIAN POSITIONS.
IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS
SAVINGS WE NEED TO MAINTAIN A
MINIMUM OF 40 CIVILIAN
VACANCIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THIS IS THE TESSA TAKING THE
CONTINUATION OF A CIVILIAN
HIRING FREEZE AT SPD.
SINCE JULY OF LAST YEAR WE HAVE
LIMITED THE HIRING OF CIVILIAN
POSITIONS TO 12 POSITIONS.
THREE IN OPA, SEVEN POLICE
DISPATCHERS, ONE ADVISOR
POSITION, A GIRLS INITIATIVE
AND ONE GRANT FUNDED POSITION.
WE WOULD LIKE TO USE THE SALARY
SAVINGS AND HIGHER POSITIONS
LISTED HERE.
IF NOT FOR THE PENDING
LEGISLATION, IT IS LIKELY WE
WOULD HAVE ALREADY FILL THESE
POSITIONS.
SOME OF THEM -- THERE IS
INTEREST IN HIRING IN THE
PUBLIC FACING POSITIONS.
WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY HELP
WITH THE STAFFING SHORTAGE OR
HELP ADDRESS THE STAFFING
DEFICIT MY TAKE AWAY FROM THE
BUDGET DISCUSSIONS LAST FALL
WAS COUNCIL WANTED TO HAVE MORE
VISIBILITY INTO THE INTERNAL
BUDGET DECISIONS.
I CANNOT PREDICT HOW THIS YEAR
WILL PLAY OUT BUT THERE ARE
KNOWN BUDGET NEEDS, WHICH I
OUTLINED IN THE JANUARY BUDGET
MEMO TO CENTRAL STAFF.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WANTING
TO HIGHLIGHT WAYS WE MIGHT
REPURPOSE SAVINGS IN OUR BUDGET
IN ORDER TO MAKE HIRES,
CIVILIAN HIRES OR TO RESPOND TO
AND ANTICIPATED EVENTS LIKE A
SWORN STAFFING DOESN'T FIT WE
ARE HOPING TO REDIRECT SOME OF
THE SAVINGS TO THE HIRING WHAT
WE DEEMED TO BE CRITICAL
CIVILIAN POSITIONS.
SECOND, AS FAR AS PAY GOES, THE
BUDGET PAINTBALL IS AROUND $3
MILLION IN 2020.
WE MITIGATE THAT THROUGH
VACANCIES SAVINGS AND HEAVILY
RESTRICTING PURPOSES AND OVER
TIME.
ADDITIONAL BUDGET CUTS STOPPED
US FROM CLOSING THE BUDGET GAP.
2020 WE DEVELOPED A ROUGH
ESTIMATE OF THE BUDGET NEED FOR
THIS YEAR.
THE ESTIMATE IS BASED ON NORMAL
ATTRITION.
IF WE SEPARATE MORE OFFICERS
THAN ESTIMATED, WE WILL NEED AN
ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION.
NORMALLY WE WOULD USE VACANCIES
SAVINGS TO OFFSET THE COST.
WHEN OFFICERS SEPARATE, THE
SALARY SAVINGS DERIVED FROM THE
SEPARATION MAY BE INSUFFICIENT
TO COVER THE COST. DEPENDING ON
THE LENGTH OF SERVICE. I JUST
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS.
THE SEPARATION PAY ISSUE.
THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE.
WE SAW IT IMPACT OUR BUDGET
BALANCING LAST YEAR AND I
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT EARLY ON
THAT THIS WILL BE IMPACTFUL AND
WE WILL EITHER NEED TO SEEK AN
ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION TO
BUILD THIS INTO THE BUDGET
BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY
AROUND HOW MANY OFFICERS WILL
LEAVE THIS YEAR, IT WOULD BE
GREAT TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
CONTINUE TO TRACK THIS AND
POTENTIALLY TRUE IT UP AT YOUR
END.
ALTERNATIVELY WE COULD SUBMIT A
PREPARATION REQUESTS IN THE
SECOND QUARTER SUPPLEMENTAL OR
POTENTIALLY HAVE SOME OF THE
$5.4 MILLION LEFT IN OUR BUDGET
TO ADDRESS THE BUDGET SHORTFALL.
I AM OPEN TO DISCUSSING THAT IN
THE BEST WAY TO ACHIEVE THE
CLOSING OF THIS BUDGET GAP.
>> WITH THAT I WILL PASS IT
BACK TO CHRIS.
WHERE YOU GOING TO TAKE THIS
SLIDE?
>> I THINK THE CHIEF WILL MAKE
SOME CONCLUSIONS.
>> I KNOW THERE MIGHT BE SOME
QUESTIONS SO I WANT TO EMPHASIZE
SOME FINAL POINTS. IN THIS
PRESENTATION.
I KNOW THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT
DEPARTMENTS USE OF OVERTIME AND
WE ARE NOT PROPOSING TO USE
THIS MONEY FOR OVER TIME.
IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL
DEPLOYMENT NEEDS, IF THE SPECIAL
EVENTS RETURN, WE WILL HAVE TO
COME BACK BECAUSE THAT WAS PART
OF THE OVERTIME FUNDING THAT
WAS CUT.
IN THE LAST YEARS BUDGET.
I AM CONFIDENT WE CAN HELP
MITIGATE THE CONSTRAINTS WHILE
ENSURING WE ARE SENDING A
STRONG MESSAGE THAT SEATTLE
NEEDS A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF
POLICE OFFICERS. IN THE FIRST
TWO MONTHS OF OUR NEW ONLINE
NATIONAL TESTING, WE HAVE VERY
ENCOURAGING TRENDS.
WE HAD RECORD NUMBER OF
APPLICANTS.
A STRONG SIGN THAT PEOPLE WANT
TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AND WE
HAVE A RECORD NUMBER OF [
INDISCERNIBLE ] APPLICANT WITH
THE MAJORITY AROUND 64%.
THAT WE CAN HIRE A RECORD
NUMBER OF OFFICERS BUILDING OFF
OUR EARLIER SUCCESS BUT IT WILL
TAKE MONTHS FOR THEM TO BE
READY AND TO FILL THE SPOTS
THAT WE HAVE LOST.
AND THIS WILL NOT MATTER IF
OFFICERS CONTINUE TO LEAVE.
AND THEY WILL LEAVE AS WE HAVE
SEEN IF THEY SEE THE CONTINUED
CUTS IN THE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET.
THAT WE DO NOT KNOW HOW 2020
WILL UNFOLD BUT IT APPEARS THAT
WILL BE DIFFERENT THAN 2020.
WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE AND WE
ARE AGGRESSIVELY WORKING TO
IMPLEMENT ITS, INCLUDING THE
HIRING PLAN WITHIN BUDGET.
I CANNOT MANAGE A BUDGET THAT
KEEPS CHANGING.
WE WILL HAVE SALARY SAVINGS
FROM EMPLOYEES LEAVING BUT THE
WORK IS NOT CHANGED.
IF WE CANNOT INVEST IN THOSE
SAVINGS AND STRATEGIES TO FILL
THE GAPS, IT WILL BE DIFFICULT
AND I CANNOT FORECAST WHAT A
RETURN TO NORMAL WILL LOOK LIKE.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO THE
LATER MONTHS OF 2021.
>> CHRIS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING?
>> I THINK DEPUTY MAYOR FONG
MIGHT CLOSE A CELL.
I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER
COMMENTS .
>> THANK YOU CHRIS AND
COUNCILMEMBER.
I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO ADD.
TO EMPHASIZE THE POINT THAT THE
EXECUTIVE FEEL STRONGLY THE
RESOURCES WILL BE NEEDED AND
NECESSARY FOR SPD TO MITIGATE
UNPRECEDENTED LOSS OF OFFICERS
OVER THE LAST YEAR.
AND AS THE LAST COUPLE OF
SLIDES HAVE OUTLINED, THERE ARE
STRATEGIES FOR HOW WE CAN CARRY
OUT AND EXECUTE THAT MITIGATION.
WE HOPE THAT COUNCIL WILL GIVE
THAT CONSIDERATION AS YOU LOOK
AT THE POTENTIAL PUZZLE.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL.
AND GENEROUS WITH YOUR TIME
TODAY.
I WANT TO RESTATE WHAT I HAVE
SAID IN THE PRESS. I WAS SIGNED
ON AS A COSPONSOR OF THE BILL
EVEN AS SPONSORING IT, I
EXPRESSED A WILLINGNESS TO NOT
BE RIGID ON THE REDUCTION OF
THE DEPARTMENT BY $5.4 MILLION
AND I WANTED TO HEAR FROM THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT ON WHAT ITS
NEEDS ARE.
AND I AM HAPPY TO CONSIDER WHAT
YOU HAVE SHARED WITH US NOW AND
WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF TIME TO SIT
WITH THE JANUARY 25 MEMO THAT
SERVED AS A FOUNDATION FOR THE
PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE NOW
BEFORE US.
THE NEXT MEETING IS MARCH 23.
I HAVE SUBMITTED SOME
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND WAS
INTENDING TO ASK SOME OF THEM
DURING THIS PRESENTATION BUT IN
THE INTEREST OF TIME I DECIDED
NOT TO.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO
RECEIVING THAT INFORMATION AND
ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THEY HAVE
AMENDMENTS FOR CONSIDERATION
FOR THE BILL, PLEASE GET THEM
TO US BY MARCH 16.
AND ALSO, I WANT TO UNDERSCORE
WHAT I HAVE SHARED IN COUNCIL
BRIEFING MEETINGS, WE ARE
CONSULTING WITH THE MONITOR,
THE MONITOR HAS INDICATED THAT
HE MAY BE REPORTING TO THE JUDGE
REGARDING BUDGET ISSUES.
THE CIT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS
SUBMITTED TO THE MONITOR A
COMPREHENSIVE MEMO THAT
DESCRIBES THE 2020 BUDGET
REDUCTION TO 2021 BUDGET
REDUCTIONS AS WELL AS THE
COUNCIL ADD TO THE BUDGET IN
2020.
AND EXPLAINS OF THE 2020 BUDGET
REDUCTIONS, WHICH ONES WERE NOT
ABLE TO BE REALIZED.
SOME OF THE ONES ARE HIGHLIGHTED
AND WERE NOT ABLE TO REALIZE.
SPECIFICALLY THE OUT OF ORDER
LAYOFFS.
WE WILL TAKE ALL OF THIS INTO
CONSIDERATION.
I HAVE EXPRESSED MY INTEREST IN
NOT ONLY SUPPORTING THE
DEPARTMENTS INTEREST IN FULLY
FUNDING THE CSO'S, WHICH HAS
BEEN A LONG AND STRONG PRIORITY
OF THE COUNCIL TO FUND CSO'S AS
WELL AS THE CPC POSITIONS. I
ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN
ADDRESSING THE NEEDS ASSOCIATED
WITH PUBLIC DISCLOSURE REQUESTS.
AND IN ADDITION TO THE STAFFING
REQUEST THAT SPD IS ASKING FOR,
I HAVE A NUMBER OF INQUIRIES IN
ABOUT OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN
ALSO HELP DEAL WITH SOME OF THE
PUBLIC DISCLOSURE BACKLOGS.
INCLUDING SHIFTING SOME OF THE
OPA PUBLIC DISCLOSURE REQUESTS
TO OPA RATHER THAN HAVING SPD
HAVING TO RESPOND TO THEM,
WHICH IS CURRENTLY THE PRACTICE
. AS WELL AS HAVING SOME OF THE
EMAIL SEARCHES BE DONE BY THE
SEATTLE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT.
THEY DO EMAIL SEARCHES FOR
NEARLY EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE
CITY TO FULFILL PUBLIC
DISCLOSURE REQUESTS.
AND UNDERSTAND VERY ARE A
FRACTION OF WHAT SPD IS DOING
WITH THE BULK OF THE TIME WHICH
IS FOCUSED ON SOME OF THE BODY
WORN CAMERA PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
REQUESTS.
THEY ARE SHIFTING TO HAVING
SEATTLE CITY IT TO DEAL WITH
THE PUBLIC DISCLOSURE REQUESTS.
AND RELATING TO ADDRESS THE
ISSUES THAT THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL HAS IDENTIFIED.
THESE ARE ALL ELEMENTS IN
ADDITION TO SEPARATION PAY.
ALL ELEMENTS I THINK WE HAVE TO
STRUGGLE WITH, LOOKING AT THIS
PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION
AS A VEHICLE IN DETERMINING
WHAT INVESTMENTS ARE RIGHT TO
BE CONSIDERED NOW AND WHICH
ONES WE SHOULD WAIT UNTIL WE
HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON.
IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE
HAVE COUNCILMEMBER
>> GIVEN THE ADVANCED OUR YOU
PROBABLY DON'T WANT AN
EXTENSIVE LINE OF QUESTIONING.
>> IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS I
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT
TO GET THEM TO SPD AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
THE GOAL IS TO DEVELOP
AMENDMENTS FOR THIS LEGISLATION
BY 16 MARCH.
>> UNDERSTOOD.
THANK YOU.
I WILL HOLD QUESTIONS AND
SUBMIT THEM IN WRITING.
>> I HAVE TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE
LOST A QUORUM FOR THE COMMITTEE
AS WELL.
>> I JUST RECEIVED A TEXT THAT
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES IS TRYING
TO GET BACK ON.
THE SITUATION WE ARE IN, I
THINK IT IS BEST --
>> I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
YOUR COMMENTS ON THE ELEMENTS
YOU HAVE HIGHLIGHTED AND WE
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR
DISCUSSIONS.
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE AND COME
BACK TO A POINT I MADE EARLIER
--
>> WE DON'T HAVE QUORUM FOR THE
MEETING.
THIS IS UNUSUAL.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE
HAD TO DO THIS.
WE NEED TO MAINTAIN QUORUM
THROUGHOUT THE MEETING.
NOT JUST AT THE BEGINNING.
NEW COUNCIL RULES.
THANK YOU.
THE NEXT MEETING IS ON THE 23rd
AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.
MY APOLOGIES FOR THAT.