>>> THE THE 14th , 2023 MEETING
OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE WILL COME TO
ORDER. IT IS 9:35 A.M. I LISA
HERBOLD, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>>PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> PRESENT?
>> VICE CHAIR LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR HERBOLD?
>> HERE.
>> FIVE RESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. JUST A
QUICK RUNDOWN ON TODAY AGENDA.
WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT BUT FIRST
IS A PRESENTATION ON THE SEATTL
POLICE DEPARTMENT, 2022 CRIME
REPORT RELEASED LAST WEEK. THE
SECOND IS A PRESENTATION ON AL
OF THE UPCOMING 2023 HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT NOTICE OF
FUNDING AVAILABILITY SO THOSE
ARE JUST THE OPPORTUNITIES TO
FUND SERVICES TO THE COMMUNIT
ARISING FROM THE MAJOR POINTS
OF BUSINESS ON THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT. WITH THAT
WE WILL NOW IMPROVE OUR AGENDA
FOR OUR COMMITTEE MEETING. IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION , OUR
COMMITTEE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTE
. SEEING AND HEARING NONE --
THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. AT THIS
TIME, WE WILL MOVE INTO PUBLIC,
AND. I WILL MODERATE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER
. EACH SPEAKER HAS TWO MINUTES
TO SPEAK . I WILL ALTERNATE
BETWEEN VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON
PUBLIC COMMENTERS. I WILL CALL
IN EACH SPEAKER BY NAME AND IN
ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED
ON THE COUNCIL'S WEBSITE WITH
THE SIGN IN FORM. IF YOU HAVE
NOT YET REGISTERED TO SPEAK, BU
WOULD LIKE TO, YOU CAN SIGN UP
BEFORE THE END OF THE PUBLIC
COMMENT SESSION. ONCE I CALL
SPEAKERS NAMES, IF YOU ARE USIN
THE VIRTUAL OPTION, YOU WILL
HEAR A PROMPT. ONCE YOU HAVE
HEARD THAT PROMPT, PLEASE PRESS
÷6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. PLEASE
BEGIN SPEAKING BY STATING YOUR
NAME AND THE ITEM ON THE AGEND
WHICH YOU ARE ADDRESSING.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN
10 SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THE
ALLOTTED TIME . ONCE THE SPEAKE
HEARS THE CHIME, WE ASK THAT YO
BEGIN TO WRAP UP THE PUBLIC
COMMENTS. SPEAKERS DO NOT END
THEIR COMMENTS AT THE ALLOTTED
TIME PROVIDED , THE SPEAKER'S
MIKE WILL BE MUTED TO ALLOW US
TO HEAR FROM THE NEXT SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU HAVE CREATED THE PUBLI
COMMENT, WE ASK THAT YOU
DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE AND W
ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU WANT TO
FOLLOW THE MEETING, TO DO SO VI
THE SEATTLE CHANNEL OR THE
LISTENING OPTIONS THAT ARE
LISTED ON THE AGENDA. WE'VE GOT
11 PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT THIS MORNING, NINE OF
THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE GOING TO
BE TESTIFYING VIRTUALLY AND TWO
IN PERSON. I AM GOING TO START
WITH THE TWO IN-PERSON FOLKS. I
WILL CALL NAMES TWO AT A TIME.
WE WILL START WITH MARGARET
RYSZARD. SHE WILL BE FOLLOWED
BY AS NAISMITH.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. IS
THE MICROPHONE ON? ANY,
TESTING, ONE, TWO, THREE. I HAV
ALREADY LOST SOME SECONDS ,
ASKING ME WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS
ON OR OFF.
>> WOULD YOU MIND RESTARTING TH
CLOCK?
>> OKAY. YOU HAVE CRIME ON THER
AND I THINK THE CHIEF IS
SUPPOSED TO MAKE A REPORT BUT
HE'S NOT IN THIS BUILDING RIGHT
NOW, PER SE. I PUT TYRE NICHOL
ON THERE BECAUSE HE IS AN
INDIGENOUS BLACK MALE THAT WAS
GUNNED DOWN AND I FEEL LIKE IF
IT AFFECTS ONE LIKE THAT, IT
AFFECTS US ALL. THAT IS HOW I
JUMP IN ON CRIME . I DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE ALWAYS TH
FOCAL POINT OF THINGS LIKE THAT
EVEN IN THE CITY WITH ALL THE
YEARS I HAVE SPOKEN OUT ABOUT
ISSUES SURROUNDING OUR
PROTECTION. I WILL JUST GIVE YO
A LITTLE SCENARIO ABOUT
YESTERDAY. I WAS HERE TO GET
SOME INFORMATION. I WENT TO THE
FOURTH FLOOR, THE THIRD FLOOR,
THE SIXTH FLOOR. SOME MINIONS
CAME OUT ON THE SIXTH FLOOR AND
THEN ON THE FOURTH FLOOR, A
GUARD CAME AND STRETCHED HIS
NECK OUT . WHAT IS HE DOING
APPEAR? HE SAID, THEY HAVE SOME
BOXES THAT NEED TO BE DELIVERED
TO ME, IT LOOKED SUSPICIOUS
LIKE , I HEAR. I AM NOT DOING
ANYTHING EXCEPT I ON BUSINESS.
IS IT YOUR BUSINESS WHAT I HEAR
ON ? WE ARE HERE TO ERADICATE
ALL OF THIS STUFF THAT WOULD
CREATE A CRIME AND HOSTILITY I
OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT IS WHAT
IT DOES. WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO
BE INTIMIDATED . THE BIBLE SAYS
, I WILL FEAR NO EVIL , FOR THO
ART WITH ME. I DON'T KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED THE DAY WHERE HE WAS
GETTING THE BEAT DOWN BUT IT I
ALL OVER THE NATION, AS TO WHAT
THEY DO TO US AT ANY GIVEN DAY
ANY GIVEN SUNDAY , WHATEVER
DATE IT IS, THEY USE TO
INTIMIDATE US AND CREATE
HOSTILITY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS SMITH. I APOLOGIZE IF I
MISPRONOUNCED YOUR NAME . THAT
SPEAKER WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
JOSH LYNN CISCO .
>> MY NAME IS ASIAN EIGHT
SMITH. I AM GOING TO SPEAK ON
CRIME AND I AM ALSO GOING TO
SPEAK ON THE HUMAN SERVICES
FUNDING, I GUESS, AROUND THAT
PART . CRIME, I FEEL LIKE THERE
IS A LOT OF CRIME WHERE I GREW
UP FROM , WHICH IS THE SOUTH
END OF SEATTLE . ALSO, IN THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF SEATTLE AND
ALSO DOWNTOWN SEATTLE. I ALSO
FEEL LIKE THERE SHOULD BE MORE
FUNDING FOR INDIGENOUS BLACK
PEOPLE OR BLACK PEOPLE IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE SO WE DON'T
HAVE TO REACH OR FEEL LIKE
VIOLENCE IS THE ONLY KEY , OR,
PARTICIPATING OR SELLING DRUGS
IN OUR COMMUNITY IS OUR ONLY
GATE KEEP TO SUCCEED IN A
SOCIETY. I ALSO WANT TO SAY ,
WOULD RATHER YOU REHABILITATE
AND ASK THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON
DRUGS AND ASK THE PEOPLE WHO AR
HOMELESS WHAT THEY NEED AND
COME TO IT AT A FAIR STANDPOINT
INSTEAD OF , I GUESS, PUSHING
THEM TO THE SIDE LIKE YOU DON'
CARE ABOUT THEM. WHAT I FEEL
LIKE IS , THE CITY OF SEATTLE
DOES NOT CARE ABOUT ITS PEOPLE
AT ALL, WHETHER THEY ARE ON
DRUGS OR WHETHER THEY ARE IN TH
LOWER CLASS . I AM ASKING PEOPL
WHO HAVE THE POWER TO FUND
THAT, TO DO YOUR JOB. THANK YOU
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS JACLYN ZISKA , FOLLOWED BY
[INDISCERNIBLE]. JACLYN?
JOSLYN?
>> HELLO. THIS TESTIMONY IS
RELATED TO THE AGENDA ITEM CRIM
REPORT . I AM SPEAKING TODAY AS
A PARENT OF CHILDREN WHO
ATTENDED JOHN STANFORD
INTERNATIONAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
IN WALLINGFORD, A SCHOOL WHICH
IS LOCATED NEAR THE PASADENA
ENCAMPMENT ON THE WASHD.O.T.
RIGHT AWAY DIRECTLY UNDER I-5
JUST NORTH OF THE MONTLAKE NOW
WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING THIS
ONGOING TRAGEDY UNFOLD HERE FOR
YEARS. THERE HAVE BEEN FIRES,
MURDERS, DRUG DEALING, ALL
WITHIN THE ZONE OF OUR COMMUTE
SCHOOL. SEVERAL HOUSES HAVE BEE
BURNED DOWN ON THE STREET AND O
MONDAY SEVERAL CAR WINDOWS WERE
SMASHED. I CAN SEE ON THE CRIME
REPORT PRESENTATION AT THIS ARE
IN PARTICULAR IS ONE OF THE MOR
DENSE SPOTS FOR GUN VIOLENCE IN
NORTH SEATTLE. A VISIT IN
NOVEMBER BY A LOCAL NONPROFIT
SHOWED ONLY SIX PEOPLE ACTIVELY
LIVING WITHIN THE ENCAMPMENT.
NOW, WASHD.O.T. HAS QUOTED 25
TO 30 PEOPLE. THE ENCAMPMENT HA
GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY AND THERE I
CLEARLY A LARGE AMOUNT OF
ILLEGAL DUMPING ALL WHILE THE
REGIONAL COUNTY HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY HAS SAID THIS
ENCAMPMENT IS NEXT ON THEIR
PRIORITY LIST. FOLLOWING MANY
CONVERSATIONS WITH WASHD.O.T.,
WASHINGTON STATE POLICE, WE KNO
THAT THE RHA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
CLOSING THE ENCAMPMENT USING
FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE STATE. WE
HEARD THEY ARE WORKING ON THE
SITE BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY
TIMELINE AND WE ARE CONCERNED
THAT THE SITUATION IS GETTING
WORSE FOR ALL INVOLVED. WE ARE
COMPASSIONATE GROUP, FOCUSED ON
THE EDUCATION AND SAFETY OF OUR
CHILDREN. WE HAVE EXPLAINED TO
OUR KIDS THAT PEOPLE LIVING
UNDER THE HIGHWAY NEAR THEIR
SCHOOL ARE THERE THROUGH NO
FAULT OF THEIR OWN IN OUR LOCAL
GOVERNMENT IS ABLE TO MEET THEI
NEEDS. I AM ASKING FOR THE CITY
COUNCIL TO STEP IN WITH REGARD
TO THIS SITE. SO FAR, THE CITY
HAS NOT TAKEN ACTION DUE TO THE
ENCAMPMENT BEING ON WASHD.O.T.
RIGHT-OF-WAY. IT IS NOT
ACCEPTABLE FOR THE CITY TO SIT
BY AND WATCH AS THE ENCAMPMENT
BECOMES BIGGER, MORE DANGEROUS
FOR THOSE INSIDE AND THOSE WHO
LIVE WITHIN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
AND THE STUDENTS AND STAFF AT
JOHN STANFORD INTERNATIONAL
SCHOOL. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
THAT IS SIGNED IN BUT IS SHOWN
AS NOT PRESENT . I AM NOT SEEIN
A CHANGE IN THE NOT PRESENT
STATUS. WE WILL GO DOWN TO THE
NEXT SPEAKER THAT IS SHOWING
PRESENT AND SIGNED IN AND THAT
IS ELI. ELI WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
. ELI?
>> IF YOU HAVE NOT YET, ELI,
PLEASE HIT ÷6. STILL SHOWING
YOU -- ÷6, PLEASE . THERE YOU
GO. PERFECT.
>> HERE WE GO. SORRY ABOUT THAT
THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING,
EVERYONE. I ALSO A PARENT FROM
A FOURTH-GRADE STUDENT THAT
ATTENDS JOHN STANFORD
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. JACKIE DID
DESCRIBE THE ENCAMPMENT BUT I
WILL JUST REITERATE THAT IN THE
LAST YEAR , I HAVE SEEN IT
DOUBLE AND NOW TRIPLE IN SIZE
AND THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE LIVING
THERE AND IT HAS BECOME A
TICKING TIME BOMB IN THE PAST
FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS. THEY HAVE
BEEN THREE GUN DEATHS, VIOLENT
CRIMES, RAMPANT DRUG USE. LAST
WEEK, WHEN WE HAD A CHANCE TO
GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT TO THE RHA
FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION, THE NEXT
NIGHT, OR THAT NIGHT , THE
ENCAMPMENT CAUGHT ON FIRE
BECAUSE OF FIREWORKS. A COUPLE
OF DAYS LATER, IN CHINATOWN OFF
OF I-5, ANOTHER ENCAMPMENT
CAUGHT FIRE WHERE THEY
DISCOVERED A METH LAB .
OBVIOUSLY, GUNS, DRUGS, WEAPONS
MONEY . IT IS CLEAR THAT THESE
ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE
DANGEROUS . ALL THE RESPONSES
THAT WE GET ESSENTIALLY ADDRESS
-- THE MAJORITY OF THE ANGUAGE
USED IS ADDRESSING THE
OMELESSNESS SITUATION. AS A
PARENT AND SOMEONE WHO SEES
THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN BEING TH
PRIORITY, I SEE MOST OF THAT
LANGUAGE GEARED TOWARD WHAT THE
SAY THEY ARE DROOLING TO ADDRES
THE ENCAMPMENT BUT
UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE BECOME
NUMB TO THE LIP SERVICE THAT
EVENTUALLY FEELS LIKE IT DOES
NOT GET ANYWHERE. WE RECEIVED A
EMAIL FROM WASHD.O.T. AND BRIAN
NELSON SAYING THAT NOBODY
RESIDING IN THE ENCAMPMENT IS
ANY IMMEDIATE PUBLIC THREAT TO
SAFETY, WHICH, YOU HAVE TO BE
INSANE, HONESTLY, TO MAKE A
STATEMENT LIKE THAT AT THIS
POINT , GIVEN ALL THAT HAS BEEN
TAKING PLACE IN THE ENCAMPMENT.
WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE CITY
COUNCIL OR ANYONE WITH A
BACKGROUND IN POLICING TO HELP
THEM AND ADDRESS THE SITUATION
AND ADDRESS THE SAFETY OF THE
CHILDREN FIRST. LIKE JACKIE
SAID, OR ANYONE, WE CARE ABOUT
THE HOMELESS SCENARIO BUT THIS
IS ABOUT KIDS AT THIS PARTICULA
ENCAMPMENT . I APPRECIATE ANY
HELP FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS SHOWING AS NOT PRESENT. IF
THAT STATUS CHANGES, I WILL GO
BACK TO HEAR FROM THE SPEAKER
BUT MOVING ON, WE'VE GOT ASHLEY
COPPELL FOLLOWED BY MARGARET
HOLT. ASHLEY?
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
TODAY. MY NAME IS ASHLEY
COPPELL. I AM A SEATTLE RESIDEN
AND ALSO A MOTHER TO A
6-YEAR-OLD WHO ATTENDS JOHN
STANFORD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL.
THIS IS MY SECOND TIME IN A WEE
HAVING TO TESTIFY TO OUR -- YO
CAN HEAR A MOTION IN MY VOICE
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I AM PLEADING
FOR YOU TO HELP US ADDRESS THE
CRIME THAT IS PUTTING IMMINENT
RISK TO OUR CHILDREN. LUCKILY,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN'S OFFICE
I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO THEM FO
TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY AND
ADVOCATING ON OUR BEHALF AS
COMMUNITY MEMBERS BUT REALLY
ASKED THIS COMMITTEE, WHO I SEE
THAT IT IS WITHIN YOUR SCOPE TO
HOLD ACCOUNTABLE OUR MUNICIPAL
REGIONAL, STATE AND FEDERAL
AGENCIES TO DO WHAT THEY NEED T
DO FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND I AM
ALSO ADDRESSING THE ENCAMPMENT
NEAR JOHN STANFORD INTERNATIONA
SCHOOL. THIS IS AN ENCAMPMENT
ON WASHINGTON STATE PROPERTY,
THEREFORE THE WASHINGTON STATE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
THE WASHINGTON STATE PATROL ,
ARE ALL RIGHT NOW THE ONES
RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEARING THAT
BUT WE CAN'T WAIT FOR THEM
ANYMORE. WE NEED YOUR HELP
WORKING WITH THEM AND
ADVOCATING WITH THEM AND MAKING
A NOT A CHOICE TO CLEAR THIS UP
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR THE
SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN AND
COMMUNITY, BUT IT HAS TO HAPPEN
THE FIRES, THE GUN VIOLENCE.
THIS IS ABOUT THE CRIME. I KNOW
THE RECENT GUN VIOLENCE THAT HA
HAPPENED IS A RESPONSIBILITY OF
OUR SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WANT TO SEE ACCOUNTABILITY TO
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS CAMP
PLEASE, CONTINUE TO DO YOUR
JOBS AS WE ELECTED YOU TO DO AN
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODA
AND HOPE WE CAN GET A SERIOUS
TIMELINE. AS ELI MENTIONED,
THESE TIMELINES ARE NOT CLEAR.
THE FOCUS IS THAT THESE
LONG-TERM RESIDENTS , THE
HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE MORE
IMPORTANT THAN OUR CHILDREN IS
IMMINENT SAFETY AND I ASK YOU T
DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
>> THANK YOU. OUR SPEAKERS
NUMBERED SEVEN THROUGH 15 ARE
ALL SHOWING AS NON-PRESENT . I
SEE MANY OF THEM ARE HERE TO
SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON
THE AGENDA. IF YOU ARE DECIDING
NOT TO SPEAK BECAUSE YOU ARE
RECOGNIZING THAT THE CASTE
DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION WAS
NOT ON THE AGENDA, I APPRECIATE
THAT AND SAY THANK YOU IF YOU
ARE LISTENING BUT I WILL WATCH
TO SEE IF THE STATUS OF ANY OF
THESE PEOPLE WILL CHANGE AND IF
THEY DO BEFORE WE END PUBLIC
COMMENT, I WILL TAKE YOUR
COMMENT. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS A
IN PERSON SPEAKER, ALEX
ZIMMERMAN.
>> MY NAME IS ALEX ZIMMERMAN AN
I STAY IN SEATTLE -- I WANT T
SPEAK ABOUT CRIME, AGENDA NUMBE
ONE FROM MY UNDERSTANDING. I
WILL BEGIN TALKING ABOUT CRIME
WHEN YOU GUYS MAKE UP
INSTITUTIONAL CRIMINALS. THIS
IS PURE CONSTITUTIONAL CRIME. I
THIS NOT A RULE? REGULATION? YO
ARE DOING THIS FOR 10 MONTHS.
HOW WE CAN PUT IN JAIL PEOPLE
WHO STEAL CANDY WHEN YOU MAKE
CONSTITUTIONAL CRIME AND NOBOD
TOUCHES? I SPOKE ABOUT THIS
EVERYWHERE. DON'T SHOW US FACES
IT IS A CONSTITUTIONAL CRIME.
YOU SHOULD BE GOING TO JAIL FOR
YOUR LIFETIME. YOU UNDERSTAND?
I START SPEAKING WITH MARGUERIT
RICHARD. A PEER CRIMINAL. YOU
KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS? IT DOES
NOT SURPRISE ME. HE APPROVES
THIS FOR 10 MONTHS. HOW IS THIS
POSSIBLE? HE APPOINTS HIS
FRIENDS BECAUSE -- YOU KNOW
WHAT THIS MEANS? MAYBE 95% OU
IDIOT BUT 5% SHOULD UNDERSTAND
WHAT YOU ARE DOING. WHEN YOU AR
NOT STOPPING CRIMINAL HERE ,
WHEN WE DON'T PUT YOU IN JAIL,
YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS. THE
AMERICAN CONSTITUTION -- YOU
ARE SUPPOSED TO GO IN JAIL FOR
LIFETIME. HOW ARE WE TALKING
ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO STEALS FOR
$10? RIGHT NOW I SPEAK TO
750,000 IDIOTS. I DON'T
UNDERSTAND. [INDISCERNIBLE]
STAND UP AMERICA. PUT THEM IN
JAIL. THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. AGAIN, SPEAKERS 7
THROUGH 15 ARE STILL SHOWING A
NOT PRESENT SO WE WILL END
PUBLIC COMMENT AND MOVE INTO
THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
MR. CLARK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ
AND AGENDA ITEM 1?
>> SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
2022 CRIME REPORT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'VE GOT
SOME PRESENTERS WITH US HERE
TODAY . WE REALLY APPRECIATE
EVERYONE WHO HAS MADE TIME TO B
WITH US TO PRESENT THE 2022
REPORT . BEFORE I TURN IT OVER
I JUST WANT TO SAY I AM PLEASE
THAT WE ARE JOINED FOR THE FIRS
TIME SINCE DROPPING THE INTERIM
FROM HIS OFFICIAL TITLE, WE ARE
JOINED BY POLICE CHIEF ADRIAN
DIAZ FROM THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT. CHIEF DIAZ WILL B
PRESENTING THE 2022 CRIME REPOR
BY THE SKD DATA DRIVEN TEAM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
PRESENTATION. CHIEF DIAZ, IF
YOU ARE ON THE LINE, WE ARE
SEEING YOU AS MUTED. MY
APOLOGIES. LET'S SEE. NOTHING
LIKE THE DEAD AIR NUDGING
SOMEONE FOR A VERY BRIEF TIME
WHO DID RADIO. DIRECTOR PARX ,
DO YOU HAVE A STATUS REPORT FOR
THE ETA OF CHIEF DIAZ PERHAPS?
>> MY APOLOGIES COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> THERE YOU ARE.
>> I STEPPED AWAY FROM MY DESK
FOR A SECOND.
>> YOU PROBABLY HEARD HOW MANY
PEOPLE WE HAD SIGNED UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT AND MANY OF THOS
PEOPLE ENDED UP DECLINING TO
GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT. WE ARE A
LITTLE EARLIER THAN MAYBE YOU
ANTICIPATED. MY APOLOGIES TO YO
AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING
WITH US TODAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AND
THANK YOU FOR ALL IN ATTENDANC
FOR THIS YEAR IN CRIME REPORT.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AS I COVE
THE 2022 YEAR AND CRIME REPORT
AS WE LOOK INTO THIS, IT IS
SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN DOING
ANNUALLY , RELEASING THE CRIME
REPORT THAT IS A COMPARISON TO
THE YEAR BEFORE. I WANT TO GIVE
A COPY OUT BECAUSE , AS IT
COMPARES TO THE YEAR BEFORE, IT
DOES HAVE A REFLECTION OVER A
PERIOD OF TIME. SOMETIMES, IN
OUR DATA, WE DO LOOK AT A
FIVE-YEAR WEIGHTED AVERAGE .
WHEN YOU HAVE, SUCH AS THE
PANDEMIC, YOU HAVE SOMETIMES
DIPS OR ISSUES THAT ARE GOING
ON THAT ARE BEYOND , SOMETIMES
CRIME ISSUES . WE DO LOOK AT A
WAY TO AVERAGE THAT ALLOWS US T
LOOK CONSISTENTLY WITH WHAT
CRIME HAS BEEN OVER THE LAST
SEVERAL YEARS. AS I GIVE THIS
TO YOU , THE YEAR IN CRIME
REPORT, IT IS ALWAYS REALLY TO
FOCUS ON ENCOURAGING OUR
COMMUNITY DIALOGUE AND REALLY
BEING OPEN AND TRANSPARENT ABOU
WHAT OUR CRIME STATS LOOK LIKE.
I ALWAYS GIVE A CAVEAT TOO. IT
IS ONLY AS GOOD AS PEOPLE REPOR
CRIME. WE KNOW THAT IN 2021 AN
2022, THERE WAS CONSISTENT
FEEDBACK THAT PEOPLE HAVE NOT
REPORTED AS MUCH PRETTY CRIME
BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE DELAY IN
REPORTING AND PROCESSES. HOWEVE
, WE DID SEE AN INCREASE OVERAL
IN 2022 ON OVERALL CRIME AND
THAT HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT
FRIEND OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
YEARS . WHILE WE MIGHT NOT
NECESSARILY COLLECT ALL THE
CRIME OCCURRING IN SEATTLE, THI
IS A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR US
BECAUSE IT DOES HIGHLIGHT THAT
CRIME HAS INCREASED COMPARED T
2021 WHICH WAS, AT THAT TIME,
OUR ALL-TIME HIGH OVER A 15
YEAR PERIOD. AROUND 2008 , WE
HAD GONE TO MORE OF A
DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH . OUR
SYSTEMS REALLY STARTED TRACKING
MORE CONSISTENTLY, OUR DATA AND
FLUSHED OUT A LOT OF
INCONSISTENCIES IN THE DATA.
THIS HAS REALLY BEEN OVER THE
LAST 15 YEARS THAT WE CAN REALL
MAKE SURE THAT DURING THIS
PROCESS THAT OUR ACTUAL CRIME
BRIEF IS PRETTY ACCURATE. WHEN
WE LOOK AT THE OVERALL CRIME,
THIS IS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS
THAT WE WANTED TO NOTE. WHILE
OUR CRIME INCREASED BY 4%,
REALLY IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, W
SAW THIS ACTUAL DECREASE IN
CRIME DURING THAT FOURTH QUARTE
. IN VIOLENT CRIME AS WELL AS
PROPERTY CRIME, THE VERY
SPECIFICALLY THE PROPERTY CRIME
WE SAW A VERY SHARP DROP IN
SHOTS FIRED AND SHOOTINGS. WE
ALSO SAW AN AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
CONSISTENT DROP . THAT WAS
SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT . WE HAD BEEN REALLY
FOCUSED ON WHAT WE CALL OUR
CAPE MODEL WHICH IS COMMUNITY
ANALYTICS PREVENTION ENVIRONMEN
ENFORCEMENT STRATEGIES AND WE
ARE HOPING THAT IS WHAT MADE A
DIFFERENCE IN THAT DROP . WE AR
CONTINUING TO SEE THAT SAME
DECREASE IN THE MONTH OF JANUAR
AND INTO MID FEBRUARY AS WELL.
RIGHT NOW, CONSISTENTLY, VIOLEN
CRIME JUST THIS YEAR THROUGH
2023, WE ARE AT A 27% DROP IN
VIOLENT CRIME FOR YEAR TO DATE
THAT IS STILL STAYING CONSISTEN
WITH WHAT WE SAW IN THE FOURTH
QUARTER. AS WE MOVE ON TO OUR
GUN VIOLENCE AND SHOTS FIRED,
WE HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN OVER THE
LAST THREE YEARS A REALLY SHARP
INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF
SHOOTINGS THAT OUR CITY HAS
EXPERIENCED AND THE AMOUNT OF
VICTIMS ASSOCIATED WITH MANY OF
THE SHOOTINGS AND SHOTS FIRED.
THINK WE JUST NEED TO CHANGE TH
SLIDE ONE BIT. I AM NOT SURE I
I CAN. THERE WE GO.
>> IN 2020, WE SAW 436 SHOTS
FIRED . IN 2021, WE SAW 620 AND
IN 2022 WE SAW 739. THIS HAS
OBVIOUSLY BEEN ONE OF THAT
THINGS THAT HAS BEEN OUR HIGHES
PRIORITIES IN ADDRESSING THE
SHOOTINGS AND SHOTS FIRED. WE
CONSISTENTLY SEE CLOSE TO 16%
OF THESE SHOOTINGS THAT HAVE HA
SOME LEVEL OF HOMELESSNESS. WE
HAVE SEEN A CONSISTENT RISE OVE
THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IN
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHOOTINGS. WE
HAVE SEEN A CONSISTENT RISE IN
ROAD RAGE SHOOTINGS. OVER THE
LAST THREE YEARS, THIS HAS BEEN
-- THOSE ELEVATIONS AS WELL AS
ROBBERIES HAS ALSO BEEN
SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN PAYING
ATTENTION TO.
>> AT THE VERY START OF 2022,
WE SEE A DECLINE IN THE AMOUNT
OF SHOOTING. IT IS -- THE
HOMICIDES -- THIS IS WHAT WE
HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY SEEING
WITH THE SHOOTINGS AND SHOTS
FIRED. AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT
SCREEN -- SORRY, THE ONE
BEFORE. PERFECT. IN 2022, WE
DID SEE A 19% INCREASE IN
CRIMINAL SHOOTINGS AND SHOTS
FIRED BUT ONE OF THE THINGS HA
ALSO BEEN A HIGHLIGHT OF GOOD
WORK BY OUR OFFICERS IS EVEN
WITH LESS STAFFING WE HAVE
RECOVER THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF
FIREARMS IN RECORD IN 2022.
THAT IS ALSO A CONCERN AS WELL
BECAUSE WITH THE AMOUNT OF GUN
WE HAVE RECOVERED, IT REALLY
SHOWS HOW MUCH FIREARMS ARE OUT
THERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT
IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD AL
BE PAYING ATTENTION TO TO FIGUR
OUT HOW WE TAKE MORE GUNS OFF
THE STREETS . SOMETIMES, THEY
CAN BE IN THE HANDS OF PEOPLE
WANTING TO HARM OTHERS. LAST
YEAR , RECOVERING 1349 BEING
OUR SECOND-HIGHEST YEAR . OUR
HIGHEST YEAR WAS ACTUALLY IN TH
MONTH -- IN THE YEAR OF 2018
WHEN WE RECOVERED ABOUT 1408
GUNS . AS THIS SLIDE HAS SHOWN
YOU OR SHOWS YOU, THE
CONSISTENT WORK OF THE GUN
RECOVERIES. OVER THE LAST SIX
YEAR PERIOD, WE HAVE SEEN
CONSISTENTLY OVER 1000 GUNS
RECOVERED EVERY SINGLE YEAR WIT
LAST YEAR BEING THE SECOND
HIGHEST NUMBER.
>> I'D LIKE TO TAKE A PAUSE
HERE , BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE
BIASED INCIDENTS REPORT, JUST
TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT FOLKS HAV
QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT
GUN VIOLENCE AND VIOLENT CRIME
I'M GOING TO KICK US OFF AND
THEN I WILL SEE IF COUNCIL
MEMBER NELSON IS IN THE QUEUE
HERE . WE WILL WORK ON GETTING
FOLKS IN. JUST WONDERING
WHETHER OR NOT -- THREE
QUESTIONS. FIRST , WHETHER OR
NOT YOU ARE SEEING TRENDS IN TH
INCREASE IN FATAL AND NONFATAL
SHOOTINGS , ASIDE FROM THE
DEMOGRAPHIC DATA THAT YOU HAVE
PROVIDED , HOPEFULLY ON AGE,
RACE, AND GENDER . ANY
INFORMATION THAT SHOWS TRENDS
PEOPLE KNOW EACH OTHER . ARE
THEY STRANGERS TO EACH OTHER ?
ANECDOTALLY, WE SEE ROAD RAGE
INCIDENTS . WHAT OBSERVATIONS
MIGHT YOU SEE THAT WOULD BE
DRIVING THIS INCREASE BEYOND
WHAT WE SEE WHICH IS THE VERY
LARGE INCREASE IN GUN OWNERSHIP
SINCE THE PANDEMIC. ALSO, VER
INTERESTING TO SEE THE --
ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN A
GENERAL DECREASE IN SHOTS FIRED
IN MOST NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS
THE CITY, THERE IS A DRAMATIC
INCREASE OF CONCENTRATION OF
SHOTS FIRED IN THE SPECIFIC
NEIGHBORHOODS AND WHETHER OR
NOT THERE IS ANYTHING YOU
ATTRIBUTE THIS TO AND ANY
SPECIFIC POLICING STRATEGIES
THAT YOU ARE WORKING ON TO
REALLY FOCUS THE EFFORTS TO
REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE IN THOSE
AREAS WHERE IT SEEMS, FROM THE
HEAT MAP IN THE REPORT , VERY
CONCENTRATED IN A COUPLE OF
AREAS.
>> LASTLY , GUN SEIZURES WORK
THAT YOU DO REALLY APPRECIATE
TO SEE THE NUMBERS OF FIREARMS
THAT ARE TAKEN INTO POLICE
CUSTODY. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THEY
ARE NOT ALL SEIZURES BUT THE
SIGNIFICANT UPTAKE IS A RESULT
OF GUN SEIZURES. I AM WONDERING
IF YOU CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT
TO THE USE OF THE 24-HOUR JUDGE
IN ASSISTING YOU IN INCREASING
THOSE GUN SEIZURES. THANK YOU.
THREE QUESTIONS.
>> I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER ALL
THREE SO I APOLOGIZE IF I DON'T
BUT LET ME START OFF WITH THE
SECOND ONE. ONE OF THE AREAS
THAT WAS RIDDLED WITH A LOT OF
THE GUN VIOLENCE FOR THE FIRST
FIVE MONTHS, THE CID REALLY HAD
A SHARP INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT
OF SHOOTINGS OR SHOTS FIRED THA
WERE OCCURRING. WE HAVE SEEN A
DECREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF
SHOOTINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED I
THAT COMMUNITY. A PART OF THAT
IS THE WORK THAT WE STARTED
FOCUSING ON AT 12 AND JACKSON.
VERY TARGETED ENFORCEMENT IN
DRUG TRADES AND GUN RECOVERIES
WE STILL SEE SOMETIMES
SHOOTINGS THAT DO OCCUR IN THE
COMMUNITY. HOWEVER, IT HAS DROP
OFF AFTER THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS
AND THAT IS VERY CONSISTENT
WITH THE WORK THAT THE UNIFIED
CARE TEAM HAD BEEN DOING IN
TRYING TO MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE
WERE GETTING HOUSING BUT ALSO
ADDRESSING SOME OF THE CRIMINA
ACTIVITY THAT WAS OCCURRING
WITHIN THE ENCAMPMENTS AS WELL.
AS WE LOOK INTO OTHER AREAS,
YOU DO SEE THE INCREASES OFF O
CONCENTRATED VIOLENCE CENTERED
AROUND AURORA . WE HAVE SEEN
SOME VERY CONSISTENT WITH SOME
OF THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING ISSUES
RELATED TO WHAT WE REFER TO AS
WHO ARE TRYING TO TRAFFIC A LOT
OF THE WOMEN. THE VIOLENCE IS
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT . WE HAVE
SEEN SOME VIOLENCE THAT
CARRYOVER IT TO LAKE CITY AS
WELL AS NORTHGATE. WE HAVE SEE
BRIGHTER PLACES BE A VERY
CONSISTENT AREA OF VIOLENCE DOW
IN THE SOUTH END AS WELL AS TH
9500 BLOCK OF RAINIER AVENUE
WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH
SAFEWAY IN AND AROUND SOME OF
THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE DOWN ON
THE SOUTH END. THEN, I BELIEVE
-- HEATHER, I THINK YOUR SCREE
-- YOUR CALENDAR IS UP. THOSE
HAVE BEEN AREAS THROUGH
SOUTHPARK AND WESTWOOD VILLAGE
AND THEN THE DOWNTOWN CORE.
THESE ARE AREAS THAT HAVE HAD
THE HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF GUN
VIOLENCE. WE HAVE FOCUSED OUR
EFFORTS ON PUTTING OFFICERS IN
THOSE AREAS. WE CONDUCT TWO
CALLS A WEEK THAT STRICTLY
FOCUS ON GUN VIOLENCE WHERE WE
BRING IN INVESTIGATORS AS WELL
AS ALL OF OUR PRECINCT CAPTAIN
IDENTIFYING WHAT EACH AND EVERY
SHOOTING AND SEEING WHAT THE
NEXUS IS TO IT . AS YOU
MENTIONED, YOU HAVE SEEN AN
INCREASE IN ROAD RAGE AND
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SO WE KNOW
THAT PEOPLE KNOW THEIR
PERPETRATORS . IN ROAD RAGE, WE
DON'T. SOMETIMES THEY KNOW
PEOPLE BUT THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE
RELATIONSHIPS OR FRIENDSHIPS
WITH THEM. THERE ARE SOMETIMES
TARGETING OF HOMELESS
ENCAMPMENTS. THAT SOMETIMES IS
NOT NECESSARY A KNOWLEDGE OF
WHAT THEY KNOW FIRSTHAND
INFORMATION. SOMETIMES IT IS
RELATED TO DRUG TRAFFICKING OR
PROPERTY TRAFFICKING BUT IT IS
NOT AS CLEAR-CUT WHEN IT COMES
TO THE SHOOTINGS. WHEN WE LOOK
AT OUR WORK ON IDENTIFYING AND
SOLVING SOMETHING, I SHOULD SAY
THE NIGHTLIFE -- BECAUSE THING
ARE OPENING UP, WE ARE SEEING A
INCREASE IN THE NIGHTLIFE
SHOOTINGS BUT IT IS A VERY SMAL
PORTION STILL OF OUR OVERALL
SHOOTINGS. IT IS ROUGHLY 6% OF
OUR SHOOTINGS THAT HAVE SOME
SORT OF NIGHTLIFE NEXUS.
ROBBERY NEXUS HAS A 9% REDUCTIO
IN WHAT WE SAW IN 2021 BUT
REALLY, ALSO THE OTHER THINGS
THAT WE ARE SOMETIMES NOT ABLE
TO KNOW IS WHEN WE HAVE A
SHOOTING THAT OCCURS WHERE WE
DON'T HAVE ANY VICTIM
INFORMATION. THAT IS ROUGHLY
STATING 30% OF OUR CASES WHERE
WE DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION.
WE CAN'T PUT UNNECESSARILY INTO
A BUCKET. THOSE BE BETWEEN
PEOPLE THAT KNOW EACH OTHER?
POSSIBLY. OR THEY COULD BE
SHOOTINGS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO A
ROAD RAGE INCIDENT WHERE A
SHOOTING HAPPENS AND WE ARE NO
ABLE TO IDENTIFY VICTIMS.
>> DID I ANSWER TWO OF THOSE
QUESTIONS?
>> YES. YOU DID. THE THIRD
RELATES TO THE GUN SEIZURE
EFFORTS AND THE USE OF THE NIGH
JUDGE TO OBTAIN WARRANTS 24
HOURS A DAY.
>> LET ME FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON
THAT BECAUSE I AM NOT AWARE OF
HOW MANY TIMES WE UTILIZED THE
NIGHT JUDGE . I KNOW THAT WHEN
WE DO WORK ON EXTREME RISK
PROTECTION ORDERS, THAT IS
SOMETHING WE ARE WORKING VERY
CLOSELY WITH. MOST OF THE TIME
ON THOSE ORDERS, OUR CRISIS
RESPONSE TEAM , HOW DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE TEAM AND OUR HOMICIDE
TEAMS ARE CONSISTENTLY WORKING
THAT. MOST OF THE TIME IT MIGHT
OCCUR DURING THE DAY BUT I
DON'T KNOW THE USAGE THAT MIGHT
OCCUR IN THE EVENING HOURS AS
WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN HAD HIS HAND UP FIRST.
>> GO AHEAD. I SAW YOU RAISE
YOUR HAND.
>> I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT --
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SCREEN?
HAD OTHER QUESTIONS BUT THE
SLIDE THAT HAS THE ARROWS , CAN
YOU PULL THAT UP? THE GREEN AN
RED AREAS , THE REPORT MENTION
CRIME HAVING GONE DOWN IN Q4 O
LAST YEAR BUT IT HAS BEEN
UNDER THE HEADING SEASONALITY.
I AM REFERRING TO THE ACTUAL
REPORT, PAGE 6 . I AM WONDERING
DID YOU PUT THE Q4 INFORMATION
UNDER THE HEADING SEASONALITY
BECAUSE IT IS COMMON FOR THERE
TO BE LESS CRIME IN THE WINTER?
IS THAT THE MEANING OF THAT ?
THAT SLIDE MENTIONS CRIME
DECREASED DURING THE FOURTH
QUARTER. IT DOES NOT COMPARE
THE YEARS. I AM TRYING TO GET
CLARITY ON WHAT THAT MEANS.
>> WE DO LOOK AT THE ORDERS .
TYPICALLY, IN THE SUMMER MONTHS
YOU SEE AN INCREASE IN OVERALL
CRIME . THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE
ACTIVE. A LOT MORE ACTIVITIES I
PARKS AND A VARIETY OF PLACES.
WE DO PAY ATTENTION TO WHERE
OUR ACTIVITY MIGHT OCCUR DURIN
THE SEASONS . AS I NOTED IN THE
FIRST FIVE MONTHS , IT IS
COMPARED TO THE WEEK BEFORE.
>> THIS IS ONE OF THE ISSUES
THAT WE HIGHLIGHTED . AS WE SAW
THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS HAPPEN, I
IS SUCH A HUGE DIFFERENCE FROM
2021, WE START TO SEE A DECLINE
IN OVERALL CRIME FROM THAT
POINT ON. THAT DID CARRY INTO
JUNE 2021 OR 2022. THROUGH THE
SUMMER MONTHS, INSTEAD OF SEEIN
A SPIKE AND BEING CONSISTENT
WITH THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS, WE
DID NOT SEE THAT SPIKE . WE
BELIEVE THAT THIS ACTIVITY, OF
WHAT OUR STRATEGY WAS TAKING
HOLD , THAT WE STARTED
IMPLEMENTING THAT STRATEGY
DURING THE SUMMER AND WE SAW
BERRY'S INSISTENT STAGNATION OF
CRIME AND THEN WE SAW THE
DECLINE IN QUARTER FOUR.
>> THANK YOU. SAID A LITTLE
DIFFERENTLY, WHEREAS THERE IS
THE GRAPH SHOWS SEASONALITY IN
BOTH 2021 AND 2022. THE
DIFFERENCE THIS YEAR IS WHEREA
THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF
2022 HAD HIGHER RATES THAN 202
. IT ACTUALLY DIPPED -- 2022
DIPPED BELOW. THEY WENT DOWN
BUT 2022 WENT DOWN BELOW 2021.
SO, NOT WANTING TO JINX US BUT
IT LOOKS LIKE POTENTIALLY THER
IS SOME GOOD NEWS ABOUT US
WORKING TO TURN THE QUARTER . I
THANK YOU ON THE DEPARTMENT FOR
ALL OF YOUR WORK.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR HERBOLD. I
HAVE A COUPLE OF ROUNDS OF
QUESTIONS BUT JUST TO ADDRESS
THE FIRST FEW SLIDES HERE ,
THANK YOU, CHAIR FOR PROVIDING
AMPLE TIME FOR US TO DISCUSS
THIS VERY IMPORTANT YEAR AND
CRIME REPORT COMPARING 2022 TO
2021. I DO WANT TO THANK THE
OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES AND SPD
FOR THEIR HARD WORK OVER THE
PAST YEAR EVEN THOUGH THE
DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN
UNDERSTAFFED. A COUPLE OF GROUN
SETTING QUESTIONS , THE SLIDE I
PERFECT HERE WHERE YOU ARE
SAYING THAT CRIME IS UP OVERALL
4% COMPARED TO 2021. FOR ME,
AN IMPORTANT METRIC IS LOOKING
AT THE PANDEMIC TIMES SO
LOOKING AT WHAT WERE CRIME
WEIGHTS IN 2015 ? I HAVE
PRINTED THOSE OUT. THE 2022
NUMBERS, WHEN YOU COMPARE THEM
TO 2019, THE OVERALL CRIME IS U
17.2% IN 2022 AS COMPARED TO
2019 AND THAT INCLUDES THAT WE
ARE 19% HIGHER ON VIOLENT CRIME
IN 2022 COMPARED TO 2019. IN
FUTURE REPORTS, IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL TO GET THE BASELINE THA
IS PRE-PANDEMIC BECAUSE
OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD LIKE TO GET
CRIME AS LOW AS POSSIBLE. THAT
IS IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER. WE
HAD HEARD A MENTION OF
POTENTIALLY JANUARY 2023 HAVING
POSITIVE RESULTS. WHEN WILL WE
SEE THE JANUARY 2023 NUMBERS?
WHEN YOU ARE INDICATING THAT
THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING
POSITIVE IN THE NUMBERS, IS
THAT COMPARED TO DECEMBER 2022
OR IS THAT COMPARED TO A
PREVIOUS JANUARY? CERTAINLY IN
THE MEDIA , WE HAVE SEEN LOTS O
SHOTS FIRED, HOMICIDES IN
JANUARY OF JUST THIS PAST MONT
SO JUST WANT TO KNOW WHEN WE
WILL SEE JANUARY. ALSO,
RESPONSE TIMES ARE MENTIONED
HERE IN THIS SLIDE , BEING SEVE
MINUTES AND THAT BEING
POSITIVE. IN THE NORTH PRECINCT
WHICH IS THE LARGEST GEOGRAPHIC
AREA IN THE CITY, IT HAS ONLY
ONE POLICE STATION THERE .
RESPONSE TIMES HAVE BEEN
HISTORICALLY HIGH BECAUSE IT I
HARDER TO GET AROUND THE NORTH
PRECINCT QUICKLY ENOUGH TO
RESPOND TO PRIORITY ONE CALLS .
I AM INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHAT
THE PRECINCT BY PRECINCT
BREAKDOWN IS FOR RESPONSE TIMES
TO SEE IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY
IMPROVEMENT IN THE NORTH
PRECINCT. THOSE ARE JUST SOME
GROUND SETTING QUESTIONS AND
COMMENTS BUT I WILL COME BACK A
WE GET DEEPER INTO THE REPORT.
IF YOU COULD ADDRESS A COUPLE O
THOSE RIGHT NOW?
>> I'M TRYING TO BREAK UP THE
QUESTIONS AND THE REPORT
ACCORDING TO TOPIC AREA. IS IT
OKAY IF WE FOCUS FIRST ON THE
VIOLENT CRIME AND GUNS FIRED?
>> YES, CHAIR. THIS SLIDE THRE
, WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH
SO I WAS GOING BACK TO THAT
WHEN.
>> UNDERSTOOD. THAT IS THE
OVERVIEW. FAIR ENOUGH.
>> I THINK YOUR POINT IS TAKIN
ON THE FIVE-YEAR WEIGHTED
AVERAGE , WHAT WE REFER THAT TO
AS STUFF THAT MIGHT BE
PRE-PANDEMIC IN WHAT THAT IS
CONSISTENT WITH . IN OUR FIRST
MONTH AND A HALF THAT WE HAVE
STARTED DOING -- IN THE LAST
MONTH AND A HALF, WE COMPARED
TO JANUARY 2021 BUT I ALSO
INCLUDE THE FIVE-YEAR WEIGHTED
AVERAGE. IN THE FIRST MONTH AN
HALF, WE WOULD BE ON AVERAGE A
577. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE AT 533
WE ARE UNDER THE AVERAGE. IF WE
WERE TO TAKE 2018, 2019, 2021,
2022 AND COMBINE THOSE , WE WER
FUNDING A FIVE-YEAR WEIGHTED
AVERAGE. IT IS A GOOD START TO
THE YEAR BUT TO YOUR POINT ,
WHEN WE HAVE A SHOOTING THAT
IMPACTS ANYBODY IN THE
COMMUNITY, THEY ARE NOT GOING
TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT THE NUMBERS
LOOK LIKE BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEE
IMPACTED BY THE VIOLENCE. WHEN
WE LOOK AT THE HOMICIDES AND
SOME OF THE SHOOTINGS IMPACTED
COMMUNITIES. WE HAD THE
ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING THAT
HAPPENED AROUND THE PASADENA
LOCATION , IT HAS BROUGHT OUT
LOT OF EMOTION AND CONCERN ABOU
THE TYPE OF VIOLENCE THAT IS
OCCURRING IN AND AROUND MANY
COMMUNITIES. THAT IS WHAT WE
END UP FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS ON,
TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
PUTTING OUR OFFICERS IN THE
RIGHT PLACE WITH WHAT IS
CONSISTENT WITH SOME OF THE
TYPES OF ACTIVITIES SUCH AS THE
SHOTS FIRED OR ROBBERY CALLS FO
SERVICE. I AM NOT SURE IF I
MISSED ANOTHER QUESTION.
>> I WILL ASK YOUR OFFICE FOR
THE RESPONSE TIME BROKEN DOWN B
PRECINCT. WE CAN GET THAT LATER
>> I CAN GET THAT TO YOU. THE
REASON WHY WE NOTED THE RESPONS
TIMES IS , THE LOSS OF OFFICERS
WE REALLY FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON
MAKING SURE OUR RESPONSE
PRIORITY ONE AND PRIORITY TWO
-- PRIORITY THREE ARE TYPICALLY
PAPER CALLS AND THAT DOES TAKE
LONGER TO RESPOND AND THAT IS
ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAV
. RIGHT NOW, AS WE LOOK AT
PRIORITY ONE, BUT PUTTING
OFFICERS IN SPECIFIC LOCATIONS
WHERE YOU HAVE HIGH CAPACITY FO
VIOLENCE, WE WENT FROM SEVEN
POINT 6:55 .2 MINUTES. WE ARE
GETTING CLOSER TO THAT SEVEN
MINUTE MARK . CONSISTENTLY, WHE
WE DO SEE SOME OF THE SHOOTINGS
OR SOME OF THE TYPE OF VIOLENC
OFFICERS ARE ABLE TO GET WITHIN
A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME -- TO
YOUR POINT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT TH
PRECINCT BY PRECINCT, IT IS
ABOUT 40% OF OUR CITY GETTING
FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER. I
CAN SOMETIMES BE DIFFERENT. WHE
WE LOOK AT SEVEN MINUTES, IT IS
THE OVERALL CITY RESPONSE AND
THAT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE
WHAT THE NORTH IS. THE NORTH
PRECINCT RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT NIN
MINUTES RESPONSE TIMES. WHEN YO
HAVE OTHER AREAS , SOMETIMES
THAT HELPS OFFSET THAT NINE
MINUTE RESPONSE FOR THE NORTH
PRECINCT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH , CHAIR
HERBOLD AND CHEAP, THANK YOU FO
PROVIDING THIS REPORT AND
PROVIDING THE TIME FOR US TO GO
OVER IT . I WANT TO ZERO IN A
LITTLE BIT ON THE NEXUS THAT WE
HAVE BEEN SEEING THROUGHOUT TH
COVID PERIOD BETWEEN SOME OF
THE INCREASING CRIME TRENDS AND
ENCAMPMENTS IN PARTICULAR BEIN
A PLACE WHERE THERE IS A BIG
NEXUS FOR A LOT OF THIS CRIMINA
ACTIVITY AND A RAISE IT BECAUS
I DO THINK THAT ONE OF THE BEST
WAYS FOR US TO MAKE PROGRESS O
SOME OF THE ALARMING TRENDS WE
HAVE BEEN SEEING --
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN ALLUDED
TO THIS AND TALKING ABOUT
PRE-COVID VERSUS POST COVID
CRIME TRENDS. ONE OF THE THINGS
WE HAVE SEEN POST COVID IS THI
MASSIVE WHACK THAT WAS TAKEN TO
OUR TRANSITIONAL AND SHELTER
SYSTEM AND DRAMATICALLY,
ESSENTIALLY TRANSITIONING OUR
REGION TO AN UNSANCTIONED FORM
OF ENCAMPMENT FOR SHELTER. WE
HAVE TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IS WHAT IT IS
IT IS AN OVERRELIANCE ON
NON-SANCTIONED ENCAMPMENTS. IT
IS PLACE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
LIVING UNSHELTERED TO LIVE AND
THAT HAS CLEARLY MANIFESTED IN
PUBLIC SAFETY CONSEQUENCES.
THESE ARE NOT SPACES THAT ARE
CONDUCIVE FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE. D
YOU WANT TO EXPAND MORE ON WHA
WE HAVE BEEN SEEING IN TERMS OF
THE GRANULARITY OF THE DATA , I
TERMS OF THE CONCENTRATION IN
ENCAMPMENTS OF THE INCREASED
ACTIVITY THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS
SEEING?
>> YEAH. I REFERRED TO THE CID
. YOU LOOK ANYWHERE FROM SOME
OF THE PROPERTY BEING WASHD.O.T
PROPERTY AS WELL, SOME THAT IS
ENTERED ASSOCIATED WITH THE
FREEWAY. YOU HAVE THE
INTERCHANGE THAT HAPPENED
BETWEEN I-95 . YOU HAVE THE
PASADENA LOCATIONS. YOU DO SEE
, AS WE LOOK AT DATA TO TRY TO
IDENTIFY WHAT IS CONSISTENT WIT
SOME OF THE SHOTS FIRED, WE ALS
LOOK AT OTHER DIFFERENT AREAS
THAT HAVE ALSO SEEN AN UPTICK I
TYPES OF VIOLENCE. SOMETIMES
YOU HAVE AN ENCAMPMENT THAT HAS
ONE SHOOTING AND YOU HAVE AN
ENCAMPMENT THAT HAS SEVEN
SHOOTINGS WERE ONE HOMICIDE.
RIGHT NOW, WE SAW A HOMICIDE
THAT OCCURRED AROUND 1/20 AND
AURORA RIGHT BEHIND THE HOME
DEPOT. THIS IS A LARGE
ENCAMPMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT
THAT BOTH OF THE PARTIES -- W
DID MAKE AN ARREST IN THIS
CASE. WHAT YOU TRY TO DO IS TR
TO IDENTIFY , IS THAT A PART OF
THE ENCAMPMENT. IS THIS A
ONE-OFF SITUATION? IT IS
SOMETHING THAT TAKES TIME.
RIGHT NOW, JUST SEEING THE
AMOUNT OF HOMICIDES WE HAVE HAD
-- THERE WERE MULTIPLE
HOMICIDE PERIODS. THOSE ARE TH
ONES THAT YOU WANT TO FIGURE OU
HOW TO ADDRESS. THOSE ARE THE
ONES OFFERING RESOURCES. URLs
WERE TRYING TO ADDRESS THE
OVERNIGHT VIOLENCE AND THOSE
ENCAMPMENTS. THESE ARE THE
AREAS THAT ARE NOTICEABLE
BECAUSE WE HAD SEVERAL DIFFEREN
HOMICIDES, OR A COUPLE THAT
WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT
LOCATION.
>> YEAH. I APPRECIATE THE ISSU
SPOTTING AND PROBLEM SOLVING
ROLE THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS
FILLED IN WORKING WITH A MYRIAD
OF AGENCIES . WHAT I WOULD PUT
ON THE RECORD IS, EARLY IN
COVID, MY OFFICE HAD A VERY
FRUITFUL COLLABORATION WITH THE
WEST PRECINCT UNDER THE
LEADERSHIP OF THE FORMER CAPTAI
THERE, MATTHEW ALAN . SO, A
CONSORTIUM OF LEGAL CARE WHERE
WE REALLY A EFFECTIVELY BROUGH
THE MULTITIERED STRATEGY TO
BEAR AT SOME OF THESE ENCAMPMEN
SITUATIONS THAT CENTERED THE
DIGNITY THAT GOT PEOPLE
PLACEMENTS INTO SUITABLE
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING SPOTS,
TYPICALLY HOTEL BASED AND
RESOLVED THE ENCAMPMENT LOCATIO
FOR THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT
SIGNIFICANT DISPLACEMENT. IT
DID NOT OVERLY CRIMINALIZE
PEOPLE IN POVERTY. I PUT THAT O
THE RECORD BECAUSE I DO FEEL
LIKE , AS THAT FEDERAL MONEY HA
DRIED UP, THE CITY HAS DRIFTED
FROM OUR FOCUS ON LOOKING HOW W
CAN LEAN INTO THE LESSONS THAT
WE LEARN THROUGH THAT
COLLABORATIVE PROCESS, WE GIVE
CREDIT TO THE WEST PRECINCT FOR
BEING A REALLY ACTIVE PARTNER I
THE PROCESS. IT MADE A HUGE
DIFFERENCE FOR MY DISTRICT ON
THE DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD AND
COULD MAKE A BIGGER DIFFERENCE
AS WE GO FORWARD, WE CAN TRY TO
DEAL WITH THIS SEGMENT OF WHAT
WE ARE SEEING IS A SIGNIFICANT
INCREASE IN CRIME. THESE MEGA
ENCAMPMENTS ARE CLEARLY PLACES
THAT ARE NOT CONDUCIVE TO A SAF
ENVIRONMENT FOR ANYONE INVOLVED
. JUST SWEEPING AND MOVING THOS
ENCAMPMENTS DOES NOT UNDERS ALL
THE UNDERLYING ISSUES. IT MOVES
THE UNDERLYING ISSUE TO ANOTHER
NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT CERTAINLY
DOES NOT PROVIDE HELP FOR THE
PEOPLE LIVING IN THOSE
ENCAMPMENTS. I JUST WANT TO PU
ON THE RECORD THAT A LOT OF THA
WORK WILL HELP WITH
PARTNERSHIPS OF SOME OF THE
OTHER REGIONAL PARTNERS. IT
WOULD BEHOOVE US TO
REINVIGORATE THE PARTNERSHIP,
ESPECIALLY IN PROBLEM AREAS IN
PUBLIC TESTIMONY TODAY. WE WIL
LOOK AT DEDICATED SOURCES OF
REVENUE TO PAY FOR THOSE KINDS
OF INTERVENTIONS. I THINK THAT
WE ARE SEEING THE LOSS OF THAT
TEMPORARY RESOURCE THAT WAS
RUNNING ON TEMPORARY ONE-TIME
FEDERAL MONEY DURING THE
PANDEMIC AND WE ARE FEELING THE
LOSS OF THAT TOOL AS WE MOVE
FORWARD . WE NEED TO CONTINUE T
MAKE PROGRESS ON THESE BASED I
THE COMMUNITY. THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT CAN'T DO THIS ALONE
WITHOUT THE RESOURCES. IT IS A
TEAM EFFORT AND I AM PLEDGING M
INTEREST IN CONTINUING TO WORK
ON HOW WE CAN FOCUS ON THE
PARTICULAR AREA AND THE
PARTNERSHIPS THAT HAVE WORKED I
THE PAST.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR
THE PRESENTATION AGAIN. THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU
FOR THE CHAIR FOR PAUSING HERE
ON THIS SET OF SLIDES. I KNOW
THERE IS A LOT MORE TO GET INTO
I WILL SAVE QUESTIONS FOR DOWN
THE ROAD HERE. I WANTED TO THAN
THE CHIEF FOR NOTING TODAY , IN
YOUR OPENING COMMENTS, SIMILAR
TO WHAT YOU NOTED WHEN YOU ARE
SWORN IN THAT OVERALL CRIME IS
DOWN, TRENDING DOWN AT THE END
OF THE YEAR. COMING AT THIS
FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH
PERSPECTIVE, WE KNOW THAT GUN
VIOLENCE IS A PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT
WHAT WE SEE IN OUR COMMUNITY IN
TERMS OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE
IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS JUST
AS MUCH AS OVER POLICING OR
BIASED AND RACISM. AS I LOOK TO
FURTHER UNDERSTAND AND DISSECT
SOME OF THE DATA PRESENTED
TODAY, I THINK WE ALL ARE
TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS
THESE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISES
TOGETHER SO BOTH INVESTMENTS AN
MAKING SURE THAT THE CHEAP HAS
THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS THAT THE
ARE ASKING FOR AS MUCH AS
INVESTMENTS IN UPSTREAM
SOLUTIONS SO THAT COMMUNITY HAV
THE RESOURCES EARLY ON ARE BOT
WAS TO ADDRESS THESE PUBLIC
HEALTH CRISES. I AM INTERESTED
IN LIFTING UP SOME OF THE
COMMENTS EARLY IN THIS
PRESENTATION, SPECIFICALLY
NOTING THAT THE TAKE AWAY FROM
THE FIRST SLIDES IS THAT
VIOLENT CRIME IN SEATTLE BEGAN
TO DROP IN THE FALL OF 2020 AN
IN DECEMBER 2022 HAD FALLEN TO
THE FEWEST NUMBER OF VIOLENT
CRIMES REPORTED SINCE MARCH
2020. APPRECIATE AS WELL THAT
IN RESPONSE TO MY COLLEAGUE'S
QUESTION, THE CHIEF HAS NOTED
THAT WE ARE STILL BELOW THE
FIVE-YEAR TRENDS, OR THE
AVERAGE. I APPRECIATE THAT
INFORMATION RIGHT AT THE CUSP.
YOU ALSO NOTED, AND I WILL
QUOTE, OVERALL, SEATTLE CRIME
WAS DOWN 20% IN THE PAST FIVE
MONTHS AND VIOLENT CRIME WAS
DOWN 30% COMPARED TO EARLY IN
2022. THIS COMES FROM THE YEAR
AND DROP IN KING COUNTY VIOLENT
CRIMES REPORT FROM THE SEATTLE
TIMES ARTICLE AS WELL . I WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO
PROVIDE A HOLISTIC VIEW OF THE
MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE
EXPERIENCING AND ALSO EMPHASIZE
THAT ANY INCIDENTS OF CRIME OR
VIOLENCE TOWARD ONE PERSON IS
MORE THAN WE WANT TO ABSORB IN
OUR CITY BUT THE OVERALL
STATISTICS ARE IMPORTANT IF WE
ARE GOING TO THINK ABOUT PUBLIC
POLICY AND WAYS TO CHANGE PUBLI
POLICY OR PUBLIC INVESTMENTS. W
NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THESE
MACRO TRENDS . IS IMPORTANT FOR
US TO BORROW AND CONTINUE TO
LEAN ON OUR NATIONAL PARTNERS A
WELL, RECOGNIZING THAT THIS IS
NATIONAL CRISIS, A NATIONAL
PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS WITH OTHER
CITIES WITH POPULATIONS
COMPARABLE TO SEATTLE. FOR
EXAMPLE, MORE THAN 700,000 OF
THESE CITIES ACROSS THE NATION
HAD FAR MORE HOMICIDES IN 2022
THAN SEATTLE . FOR EXAMPLE, OUR
FRIENDS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS WITH A
POPULATION HIGHER THAN SEATTLE
HAD 71 HOMICIDES LAST YEAR
WHILE DENVER, COLORADO HAD 88 .
SEVERAL CITIES WITH LESS THAN 1
MILLION PEOPLE REPORTED 100 OR
MORE HOMICIDES FOR THE YEAR
INCLUDING CHARLOTTE, NORTH
CAROLINA , COLUMBUS, OHIO AND
FORT WORTH, EXAS. AGAIN, WE
WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH MANY OF OUR
CITIES THAT ARE WORKING TO
ADDRESS CRIME AND INCIDENTS OF
CRIME IN A HOLISTIC WAY AND WE
ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
PUTTING INTO CONTEXT WHAT
SEATTLE IS EXPERIENCING WITH
WHAT OTHER MAJOR CITIES ARE ALS
EXPERIENCING ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AS WELL. I JUST WANTED TO THAN
AGAIN THE CHAIR OF THE SEATTLE
CHAPTER OF PEOPLE, POWER FOR
WASHINGTON FOR HER ANALYSIS SH
SHARED WITH US AND THE COUNCIL
OF THE INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED
IN THEIR NEWSLETTER ALONG WITH
INFORMATION IN THE EMERALD CIT
PUBLICATION . A LOT OF THESE
SPECIFICS WERE PUT INTO
REFERENCE IN TERMS OF THE
NATIONAL TRENDS . THE LAST
QUARTER OF 2022 WAS THE FOURTH
CONSECUTIVE QUARTER WHERE THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE AGE 18 TO 24
INJURED OR KILLED IN SHOOTINGS
HAD DECLINED . THE SEATTLE TIME
ALSO REPORTED THAT THIS
DECREASE IS LIKELY A RESULT OF
INTERVENTION WORK BEING DONE IN
COMMUNITY GROUPS RIGHT HERE IN
SEATTLE BECAUSE OF UPSTREAM
INVESTMENTS THAT WE BEGAN TO
INVEST HEAVILY IN IN 2020 AND
ARE NOW BY A NEW BUDGET. THEY
NOTED IN THE SEATTLE TIMES
ARTICLE THAT THIS DECREASE WAS
LIKELY A RESULT OF THE
INTERVENTION SPECIFICALLY FROM
COMMUNITY GROUPS AS WELL AS THE
SOCIAL WORKERS AT HARBORVIEW.
LOOKING AT EARLY INTERVENTION
AND ALTERNATIVES TO GETTING
FOLKS INTO SERVICES AND
PROGRAMS, THIS WAS A BIG RETURN
GET ACCESS TO COUNSELING
SERVICES AND IN-PERSON
SERVICES, ESPECIALLY IN SCHOOL.
NOW, I AGREE THAT WOULD BE
HELPFUL TO LOOK AT THE UPCOMING
INFORMATION . CHIEF DIAZ, YOU
MENTIONED EMPHASIS BUT ALSO WAN
TO NOTE THAT WE DID , IN OUR
2023, 2024 BUDGET, PUT IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHAIR OF
PUBLIC SAFETY , A REQUEST FOR A
REPORT BACK ON THE EMPHASIS
PATROLS TO HELP US EVALUATE WHA
THE BEST WAYS WERE TO USE
LIMITED OFFICER RESOURCES TO
ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF CRIM
AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
NOT EXACERBATING THE PUBLIC
HEALTH CRISIS THAT I STARTED
WITH, WHICH IS DISPROPORTIONATE
POLICING AND TRY TO IDENTIFY
WAYS TO LESSEN THE CHANCE OF
SOMEBODY EVER INTERACTING WITH
AN OFFICER IN THE FIRST PLACE.
BECAUSE THAT WAS MENTIONED, I
WANTED TO FLAG THAT IT WAS A
REPORT WE WILL BE GETTING SOON
AND THANK MY OFFICE AS WELL FOR
WORKING WITH YOUR TEAM AND THE
CHAIR TO MAKE SURE WE CAN HAVE
THAT REPORT BACK . I THINK THAT
THIS IS PAINTING A MORE HOLISTI
PICTURE AND I REALLY APPRECIATE
THE WAY IN WHICH WE CAN DRAW A
DIRECT CONNECTION FROM EARLY GU
VIOLENCE INTERVENTION
INVESTMENTS. FOR EXAMPLE, $4
MILLION IN 2020 AND GUN
VIOLENCE REDUCTION STRATEGIES
AND TO SEE HOW SOME OF THOSE
PLAY OUT. I WILL HAVE ADDITIONA
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE OFFICERS
ARE BEING PRIORITIZED AND WHEN
WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE RESPONS
CALL TYPES THAT OFFICERS HAD
RESPONDED TO IN THAT LAST BOX
ON THE SLIDE BUT I WILL HOLD
THAT FOR LATER.
>> PERFECT . ONE MORE QUESTION,
I BELIEVE. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON
>> BEFORE HANDING IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA, WAS THERE A
QUESTION YOU ARE SEEKING TO HAV
ANSWERED?
>> I REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THAT IN ALL OF THESE
CONVERSATIONS IN THE BACK AND
FORTH , THE MIDDLE BOX HERE ON
DECREASED OVERALL CRIME DID NOT
GET LOST AND THAT THE TRENDS
WERE REALLY TRENDING DOWNWARD.
WANTED TO PUT INTO CONTEXT THE
SEATTLE DATA RELATIVE TO CITIE
OF SIMILAR SIZE AS WELL.
>> JUST A QUICK FOLLOW-UP ON
THIS TOPIC BEFORE HANDED OVER
TO COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON AGAIN
TO THE POINT THAT YOU MADE,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA , ABOUT
DECREASES IN GUN VIOLENCE, I
WANT TO LIFT UP THE FACT THAT
THE 20 TO 24 AGE GROUP SAW A
55% REDUCTION IN GUN VIOLENCE
IN 2022 AS OPPOSED TO 2021.
CURRENTLY, THE MOST RECENT AGE
DEMOGRAPHICS SHOW THAT --
3722 . 59% OF THE VICTIMS OF
GUN VIOLENCE WERE BETWEEN THE
AGES OF 25 AND 49 . THAT IS AN
UNUSUALLY LARGE PERCENTAGE FO
THAT AGE GROUP . THANKFULLY , A
SMALLER PERCENTAGE FOR THE
YOUNGER AGE GROUP.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, YOU DID
A GREAT JOB OF HIGHLIGHTING SOM
OF OUR COMMUNITY-BASED
INVESTMENTS THAT I THINK
CONTRIBUTE TO THE REDUCTION IN
THIS LOWER AGED COHORT . IN
PARTICULAR, THE HARBORVIEW GUN
VIOLENCE PREVENTION INITIATIVE
THAT HAS WRAPAROUND SERVICES
FOR VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE AND
THEIR FAMILIES BASED ON THE
UNDERSTANDING THAT THE DATA
SHOWS THAT AS THIS IS A PUBLIC
HEALTH ISSUE, IT NEEDS TO BE
ADDRESSED WITH PUBLIC HEALTH
INTERVENTIONS AND THESE
INTERVENTIONS MAKE LESS LIKELY
THAT VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE
AND THEIR FAMILIES AND LOVED
ONES GO ON TO CONTRIBUTE TO
FURTHER GUN VIOLENCE. IN OUR
BUDGET THIS YEAR , WE FUNDED AN
EXPANSION OF THIS AREA TO AN
OLDER COHORT OF PEOPLE . AS I
SEE GUN VIOLENCE STATISTICS
COME THROUGH THE SEATTLE SPD
BLOTTER AND NOTE THE AGE OF
THE VICTIM, I OFTEN REMARKED T
MYSELF HOW URGENT IT IS THAT WE
STAND UP THE EXPANSION OF THIS
SUCCESSFUL GUN VIOLENCE PROGRAM
TO FOLKS OVER 24. EACH TIME I
SEE THE VICTIM OF A GUN VIOLENC
INCIDENT WHO IS OVER 24, I
THINK TO MYSELF, WE STILL DON'T
HAVE THAT EXPANSION . THAT IS
ANOTHER VICTIM OF GUN VIOLENCE
WHO IS NOT GOING TO RECEIVE
SERVICES FOR THEMSELVES AND
THEIR LOVED ONES. I AM SAYING
THIS TO EXPRESS THE URGENCY. I
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SEE THES
NUMBERS GO DOWN, WE NEED TO
INVEST IN THE RESOURCES TO
SERVE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN TH
DEMOGRAPHIC WHERE THE GUN
VIOLENCE IS INCREASING. WE HAVE
NOT DONE THAT YET. WE HAD KING
COUNTY HERE PRESENTING TO THIS
COMMITTEE BACK IN JULY WHEN WE
FIRST IDENTIFIED IN THE COUNTY
THIS TRENDS OF GUN VIOLENCE
TRENDING DOWN FOR PEOPLE UNDER
24 AND TRENDING UP FOR PEOPLE
OVER 24. AGAIN, THAT WAS IN
JULY. WE STARTED AT THAT POINT
TALKING ABOUT THE NEED TO EXPAN
OUR SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM TO AN
OLDER COHORT AND WE NOW HAVE
SEATTLE DATA THAT CONFIRMS TH
FINDINGS IN THE COUNTY . THEY
ARE ALSO SIMILAR TO US IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE . I AM JUST
USING THIS AS A BULLY PULPIT TO
URGE BOTH THE CITY AND SEATTLE
AND KING COUNTY TO WORK TOGETHE
TO EXPAND THIS VERY SUCCESSFUL
GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM
THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON THAT
POINT. I HAVE REMARKED ALSO THE
CHANGE IN HOMICIDES IN THE AGE
GROUPS AND IT IS TRENDING
UPWARDS AND WHEN I INQUIRED
ABOUT IT, I WAS TOLD BY SPD
THAT THE REASON COULD BE THE
CAUSE OF THE INCREASED
ASSOCIATION WITH GUN VIOLENCE
IN ENCAMPMENTS. IT WOULD BE
GREAT TO FOLLOW THAT UP . ON
THAT NOTE, IN THE REPORT, IT
DOES MENTION THAT 16% OF THE
HOMICIDES OR SHOTS FIRED --
OVERALL SHOOTINGS AND SHOTS
FIRED EVENTS CONTAINED A
HOMELESS NEXIS. SO, ONE
QUESTION FOR A DIFFERENT TIME
IS, DO YOU TRACK OTHER CRIMES
BY LOCATION AS WELL, NOT JUST
HOMICIDES AND SHOTS FIRED
INCIDENTS? I DO WANT TO SAY THA
AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TRENDS,
I DO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SPD IS
DEALING WITH A SEVERE STAFFING
SHORTAGE . I HAVE TO SAY THAT
YOU ARE TRYING AS HARD AS YOU
CAN AND THINGS COULD BE WORSE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP THERE . I AM
CONCERNED ABOUT LOOKING AT
STATISTICS TO BASE POLICY ON ,
AS COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
TALKED ABOUT. THOSE STATISTICS
CERTAINLY DO NOT REFLECT THE
REALITY OF WHAT IS GOING ON WIT
SMALL BUSINESSES BUT OVERALL,
AM CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THE
PARENTS WHO GAVE COMMENT AT THE
BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING MIGHT
BE FEELING RIGHT NOW. I HEARD
THEM SAY THINGS LIKE , I HAVE
BECOME NUMB TO CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT WHEN WE WILL GET PEOPLE
HOUSING, ET CETERA. ANOTHER
PERSON SAID WE NEED TO ADDRESS
THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN
FIRST. I THINK THAT MINDSET IS
REALLY WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE AR
IN THE CITY WHEN THEY ARE
LOOKING AT OVERALL CRIME. WE DO
HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE 24%
INCREASE NUMBERS. FOR THE
RECORD , WHEN THEY HEAR THE
RESPONSE BEING THAT WE HAVE TO
CENTER THE DIGNITY OF EVERYONE
INVOLVED, DON'T STIGMATIZE
POVERTY, WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THE LACK OF THOSE FEDERAL
RESOURCES FOR TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING, OR WHATEVER. LET'S BE
CLEAR WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
IN THIS PRESENTATION TODAY,
WHICH IS THE CRIME REPORT FOR Q
. I THINK WE HAVE TO BE VERY
CAREFUL ABOUT WHEN WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT OUR HOMELESSNESS
CRISIS AND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY
CRISIS. THERE IS A HUGE NEXIS,
OBVIOUSLY AND THAT BEARS
UNPACKING BUT I DON'T THINK
THAT NOW IS THE TIME FOR
PATTING OURSELVES ON THE BACK
ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AT WITH CRIM
IN SEATTLE.
>> WAS THERE A QUESTION?
>> THE QUESTION IS , DO YOU HAV
INFORMATION ABOUT LOCATIONS OF
OTHER CRIMES FOLLOWING THE
STATEMENT ON PAGE 11 OF THE
REPORT WHICH IS ABOUT SHOTS
FIRED , 16% NEXIS . MENTIONED
YOU CAN GET BACK TO ME ON THAT.
>> PERFECT . I WOULD LOVE TO GE
BACK TO YOU ON THAT. WE DO DO A
PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE DIVE INTO
HOTSPOT LOCATIONS, REPEAT
LOCATIONS FOR SERVICE . WE
ACTUALLY SPEND TIME AT VERY
SPECIFIC LOCATIONS AND THEN WHA
TYPES OF CALLS WE GET
CONSISTENTLY AT THOSE LOCATIONS
SOMETIMES THERE ARE LOCATIONS
THAT COULD BE A GROCERY STORE
AND YOU ARE LOOKING AT THEFT.
SOMETIMES IT COULD BE A RITE
AID. THEN YOU LOOK AT SOME
LOCATIONS LIKE MAYBE THERE IS A
HOUSING AREA WHERE YOU MIGHT
SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCIN
CRISIS AND WE KEEP TRACK OF AL
THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I HAVE HANDS RAISED FROM
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN AND
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS. ARE THOSE
NEW HANDS?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR HERBOLD.
WITH THIS SLIDE STILL UP , I
JUST WANT TO CAUTION US ON
ZEROING IN ON JUST THREE MONTH
OF INFORMATION. THAT FOURTH
QUARTER LAST YEAR -- BECAUSE
THIS IS A YEAR AND CRIME REPORT
WHICH STATES VERY CLEARLY THAT
CRIME IS UP IN SEATTLE YEAR OVE
YEAR AND THEN AGAIN, IT IS
IMPORTANT TO LOOK PRE-PANDEMIC
WE ARE 17% HIGHER THAN IN 2019
PAGE 8 OF YOUR REPORT SAYS GUN
VIOLENCE REACHED AN 11 YEAR
HIGH IN 2022 SO I APPRECIATE
THAT HOLISTIC VIEW , LOOKING
THAT OVER LARGER PERIODS OF TIM
HERE . FOLLOWING UP, I
APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
AND OTHERS TALKING ABOUT THE
SITUATION WITH ENCAMPMENTS . M
CONSTITUENTS, I HAVE BEEN
WORKING WITH THEM WITH A VERY
DANGEROUS ENCAMPMENT THAT IS O
WASHD.O.T. PROPERTY. THE
GOVERNOR NEEDS TO ACT TO TAKE
CARE OF THAT. THERE WAS MONEY
THAT HAS BEEN DISPERSED TO HELP
THOSE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS. MANY OF THEM ARE
VICTIMS OF THESE CRIMES AND
VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE . THEY NEED
TO BE BROUGHT INTO THE SAFETY.
IT IS ALSO IMPACTING THE
SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD EXTRA
AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE DO
NEED TO HAVE ACTION TAKEN ON
THAT. I WANT TO UNDERSTAND,
EVEN THOUGH THAT ONE TIME
FEDERAL MONEY RAN OUT, THERE AR
A COUPLE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR
THAT THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY HAS,
INCLUDING A GRANT FROM THE
STATE TO DEAL WITH RIGHTS-OF-WA
HERE. CHEAP DIAZ, MY QUESTION
TO YOU IS, WHAT DOES KING COUNT
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
DOING TO COLLABORATE WITH THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT SO THAT -- I
A LOW INCOME HOUSING PROJECT, I
THERE IS ONE TENANT -- OF SHOT
FIRED ARE COMING FROM A UNIT OR
FIRES ARE BEING SET IN A UNIT,
THE PROPERTY MANAGER WILL TAKE
ACTION AND WILL WORK WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT SO THAT THE OTHER
DOZENS OF PEOPLE ARE NOT
NEGATIVELY IMPACTED OR HARMED.
DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION? DO
THEY HELP COORDINATE SO THAT
PEOPLE ARE NOT BEING VICTIMIZED
IN THE ENCAMPMENTS?
>> YEAH. OUR OFFICER RESPONSE
TEAM WORKS WITH THE KING COUNT
REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY .
PART OF THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM,
ALL OF THE WORK THAT IS PART OF
THAT, THEY ARE BETTER TO SPEAK
TO THE VERY SPECIFICS ABOUT WHA
WE DO BUT WE ALSO PROVIDE DATA
AS WELL TO UNDERSTAND CRIME
TRENDS, THINGS THAT RELATE TO
SOME OF THE ENCAMPMENTS . SO,
THE TYPE OF VIOLENCE THAT IS
ALSO OCCURRING ALLOWS THEM TO B
ABLE TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS
ON WHAT AREAS THEY NEED TO LOO
AT ADDRESSING . WE KNOW THAT
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE BEEN IN
CONVERSATIONS WITH WASHD.O.T.
WITH WRSP , AND MYSELF AS PART
OF OUR TEAM AND OUR CITY'S
EFFORTS TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WASHD.O.T.
PROPERTIES. WE KNOW THE AREAS
AROUND EIGHT AND KING , WE KNOW
ALL OF THOSE ARE THE TOP OF
THIS DISCUSSION CURRENTLY WITH
EVERYBODY AT THE TABLE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUS
A BRIEF QUESTION FOR YOU AS WE
HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS
DISCUSSION. AS THE COMMITTEE IS
WELL AWARE, THE COUNCIL PASSED
NUMBER OF REALLY GOOD
PROGRAMMATIC EXPANSIONS FOR
PUBLIC SAFETY AND WE HAVE ELUDE
TO SOME OF THOSE DURING THE
SESSION TODAY, PARTICULARLY
AROUND REGIONAL PEACEKEEPERS
AND EVERY THING ELSE. ARE WE
GOING TO HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIE
AS THE YEAR GOES ALONG TO HAVE
SOME CHECK INS PER HOUR
ACCOUNTABILITY MANDATE WITH THE
EXECUTIVE ON GETTING SOME OF
THOSE THINGS OFF PAPER AND INT
THE FIELDS TO START MAKING A
BIG IMPACT ON SOME OF THESE
TRENDS WE ARE DISCUSSING TODAY?
JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT FOR
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE
WATCHING THIS , WHO I'M SURE AR
EAGER FOR THIS CONVERSATION TO
PIVOT IN THE COMING WEEKS FROM
OUR ASSESSMENT OF THE PREVIOUS
YEAR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BUDGETE
FOR TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON DRIVIN
THESE TRENDS DOWN. THAT MIGHT B
A GOOD TRANSITION TO CONTINUE
ON WITH THE PRESENTATION BUT IT
IS MORE JUST A QUESTION -- IF
WE HAVE ANYTHING LINED UP IN TH
COMING WEEKS TO CHECK IN ON SOM
OF THOSE INVESTMENTS AND REALL
MAKE SURE THERE IS
ACCOUNTABILITY ON THE EXECUTIVE
SIDE TO IMPLEMENT THOSE
INVESTMENTS.
>> I THINK THAT IS PROBABLY A
QUESTION FOR THE CHAIR, NOT
CHEAP DIAZ.
>> I DIRECTED THE QUESTION TO
YOU.
>> WE ARE GOING TO HEAR HSD NEX
, SPECIFICALLY ON THE 2023 ,
PRIMARILY FOR THEIR STANDARD
LINES OF BUSINESS BUT IT MIGHT
BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT A PLUG
IN FOR A SUBSEQUENT BRIEFING O
THE STATUS OF SOME OF THOSE
INVESTMENTS . MANY OF THEM ARE
MADE THROUGH THE HUMAN SERVICE
DEPARTMENT, EITHER THROUGH OUR
COMMUNITY-BASED PARTNERS OR TH
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS A
PASS-THROUGH TO KING COUNTY
PUBLIC HEALTH FOR SOME OF THE
GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION WORK. I
WILL DEFINITELY WORK WITH YOU I
TRYING TO SET THAT UP SOON .
IT IS MID FEBRUARY AND I KNOW
WE'LL START GETTING A LITTLE
ANXIOUS BY THE TIME MARCH COME
AROUND AND WE ARE NOT SEEING
THESE REALLY IMPORTANT DOLLARS
OUT THE DOOR. I APPRECIATE THAT
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TO
REITERATE WHAT THE CHIEF SAID
AND WHAT I MENTIONED . FOR ANY
ONE PERSON WHO EXPERIENCES CRIM
OR A FORM OF ASSAULT , IT IS
TOO MUCH . FROM A PUBLIC POLICY
PERSPECTIVE, THAT IS WHAT WE AR
HERE TO ADDRESS, HOW WE CAN
CONTINUE TO MAKE INVESTMENTS
UPSTREAM AND IN THE DIRECTOR
SERVICES THAT THE CHEAP
OVERSEAS. CHEAP DIAZ, I WANTED
TO ASK YOU TO REPEAT THIS TO
STICKS ABOUT THE FIVE YEAR
TRENDS. I NOTED IT DOWN WITH
YOU MENTIONED IT. WOULD YOU MIN
REPEATING THAT FIVE-YEAR
STATISTIC FOR US ONE MORE TIME?
>> YEAH. AS WE LOOKED AT A
FIVE-YEAR WEIGHTED CRIME
AVERAGE, WE TAKE -- IT IS 2018
2019, 2020, 2021 AND 2022. IN
THOSE YEARS, WE SPECIFICALLY TO
VIOLENT CRIME -- I WANT TO FOCU
ON VIOLENT CRIME. I THINK THERE
IS -- WE DON'T KNOW FULLY WHAT
THE PROPERTY CRIME AND THE
REPORTING STRUCTURE IS . OUT OF
THE FIVE-YEAR WEIGHTED AVERAGE
IT WAS 577 VIOLENT CRIMES
YEAR-TO-DATE AND WE ARE AT
ABOUT 930 RIGHT NOW . THAT IS
UNDER THE FIVE-YEAR WEIGHTED
AVERAGE. IT IS A GOOD FRIEND .
IT PUTS US AT A 20% REDUCTION
FROM LAST YEAR NUMBERS BUT IT
IS AT THE FIVE-YEAR WEIGHTED
AVERAGE WHERE WE ARE DOWN FROM
OVERALL FIVE YEARS. WHEN YOU
LOOK AT CONSISTENTLY THE
PROPERTY CRIME -- I CAUTIOUS
OF NOTING THAT . WE TYPICALLY
WOULD BE AT AROUND 4900 PROPERT
CRIMES AT THIS POINT IN A GIVEN
YEAR . RIGHT NOW, WE ARE AT 414
SO WE ARE ABOUT 800 CRIMES
UNDER THE FIVE-YEAR WEIGHTED
AVERAGE . AGAIN, IT IS A GOOD
FRIEND BUT I AM VERY
CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC IN THE
TREAD . I THINK THERE IS SOME
GOOD WORK BUT I HAVE ALSO BEEN
TRYING TO MAKE SURE I EXPRESSE
MY CONCERN OF REALLY MAKING SUR
PEOPLE ARE REPORTING CRIME .
THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT
WAYS. THERE IS AN ONLINE
REPORTING SYSTEM . THERE IS A
TELEPHONE REPORTING SYSTEM AND
ALSO WAITING FOR AN OFFICER TO
RESPOND TO A CALL FOR SERVICE.
THE MORE WE CAN GET PEOPLE TO
REPORT THAT CRIME, IT GIVES US
A MUCH MORE ACCURATE REFLECTION
ABOUT WHAT CRIME TRENDS WE NEE
TO BE ADDRESSING AND WHAT PEOPL
ARE EXPERIENCING.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS, I'M ASSUMING THAT RAISED
HAND IS A LEFTOVER HAND?
>> YEAH. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU.
>> LET'S MOVE ON. THE NEXT
SECTION IS BIASED CRIMES.
>> LET ME JUST GET MY SCREEN U
. WHEN IT CAME TO BIASED CRIME
LAST YEAR, WE SAW A MARKED
INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF BIASE
CRIMES FROM THE YEARS BEFORE .
WE WERE ACTUALLY SEEING AN
EXTRAORDINARY LEVEL OF INCREASE
WHEN YOU COMPARATIVELY --
WHETHER IT WAS ASIAN HATE, LGBT
ISSUES . THIS LAST YEAR, WE SA
A DECREASE BY 7%. THERE WERE 6
SPECIFIC BIASED INCIDENTS. IT
IS STILL TOO HARD TO DETERMINE
WHETHER THAT IS A DOWNWARD
FRIEND -- IT IS STILL STAYING
UP IN A VERY INCREASED STATE
FROM WHERE IT WAS FIVE YEARS
AGO. THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE
TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE PAY
ATTENTION TO. OUR BIASED
INCIDENTS INCREASED BY 18% AND
HATE CRIMES INCREASED BY 14%.
AGAIN, 2021 WAS THE HIGHEST
LEVEL SO SEEING THOSE DROPS ,
SOME OF THE CONSISTENCY THAT WE
ARE SEEING MAYBE GOING BACK
INTO PRE-PANDEMIC NUMBERS . WE
WILL STILL WAIT FOR THAT. I ALS
WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE AR
REPORTING BIASES AS A CRIMES. W
STILL SEE AN ELEVATED LEVEL OF
ASIAN HATE AND THAT IS SOMETHIN
WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO.
>> AS WE TALK TO PROPERTY
CRIME , PROPERTY CRIME DID
INCREASE BY 4% COMPARED TO 2021
BUT REALLY, THE AREA WHERE WE
HAVE SEEN THE EXTREME INCREASE
IS THE MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT .
THAT IS OUR 30% HIGH . WE HAVE
ALSO NOTED THAT HYUNDAI AND KIA
, BASED ON THE TIKTOK INSPIRED
VEHICLE THEFTS , THOSE WERE NOT
IN THE TOP 10 OF VEHICLES STOLE
IN 2021. IN 2022, THOSE ROWS
INTO NUMBERS FIVE AND SIX .
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE
ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS IN
WORKING WITH OTHER STATES AND
OTHER AREAS TO MAKE SURE THAT
MANUFACTURERS ARE PUTTING
ANNUAL PROVISIONS INTO THE
VEHICLES TO ENSURE THE SAFETY A
WELL AS LESS LIKELY FOR THESE
VEHICLES TO BE STOLEN . SO, I
THINK RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE THAT
I SAW AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT ONE
OF THE DEALERSHIPS WERE TRYING
TO ENSURE THAT THEIR VEHICLES
WERE LESS STOLEN. FOR ALL THE
MANUFACTURERS, THAT IS SOMETHIN
WE ALL HAVE TO BE PAYING
ATTENTION TO BECAUSE WE DO
CONSISTENTLY SEE HONDAS THAT
ARE STOLEN. WE SEE TOYOTAS ,
SOMETIMES THE CAMRYS AND THEY
HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN IN THE
TOP THREE OVERALL FOR THE
NUMBER OF YEARS THAT I HAVE
WORKED IN PATROL. I FEEL LIKE
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE ALSO
NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE HAVIN
PREVENTATIVE MEASURES IN PLACE.
>> AS WE GET INTO THAT, I DID
TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE PRIORITY
ONE STATUS CALLS. DESPITE OUR
STAFFING CHALLENGES, OUR
RESPONSE TIME WAS AROUND SEVEN
MINUTES. AS I NOTED AT PUTTIN
OFFICERS IN SPECIFIC AREAS, IT
IS FROM THE MAPPING THAT WE AR
DOING WITH THE VERY SPECIFIC
HOTSPOTS. YOU LOOK AT THE CID
AND WE HAD AN INCREASED AMOUNT
OF OFFICERS IN AND AROUND THE
AREA. WE ALSO HAVE AN INCREASED
AMOUNT OF OFFICERS IN AND AROUN
THE PINE AREA. WE PROVIDED
EMPHASIS CONTROLS IN AND AROUND
THIRD AVENUE, DOWN FROM PINE
STREET TO UNION STREET , IN AND
AROUND THOSE SIDE BLOCKS , JUS
TRYING TO MAKE SURE IT IS A SAF
ACCESS ROUTE FOR PEOPLE TAKING
THE BUSES AND STILL COMMUTING
IN AND OUT OF WORK BUT THOSE
ARE ALSO AREAS WHERE WE HAD
NUMEROUS SHOOTINGS. WE HAVE
SEEN, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
MONTHS, SOME OF THE SHOOTINGS
STARTED TO BE LESS IN THOSE
AREAS. THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH
WHAT WE ARE SEEING WITH THE
OVERALL DROP IN VIOLENT CRIME.
I THINK THAT IS OPEN FOR
QUESTIONS. I KNOW WE HAVE
ANSWERED SEVERAL QUESTIONS BUT
I'M SURE THERE WILL BE MORE.
>> SURE. IF FOLKS HAVE QUESTION
RELATED TO BIASED CRIMES , THE
PROPERTY CRIMES , OR THE
RESPONSE TIMES, THIS WOULD BE A
GREAT TIME TO HEAR THOSE
QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
IS FIRST.
>> THANK YOU. THIS MAY BE MORE
OF A BROADER QUESTION , ASKING
FOR MAYBE SOME REFLECTION FROM
THE CHIEF ON THE OVERALL REPOR
IN TERMS OF HOW IT MIGHT
INFORM 2023 PRIORITIES BASED ON
THE TRENDS WE ARE SEEING IN TH
DATA FROM 2022 AND MAYBE JUST
ASK, GIVEN THAT WE ARE STILL I
A SITUATION WHERE THE DEPARTMEN
IS ALLOCATING LIMITED PERSONNEL
TIME TO FOCUS ON THE MAXIMUM
POSSIBLE IMPACT ON THESE PUBLIC
SAFETY TRENDS , IN TERMS OF THE
PRIORITIES FOR 2023, HOW IS TH
DEPARTMENT GOING TO TAKE THIS
INFORMATION AND ALLOCATE THOSE
RESOURCES FOR THE MAXIMUM
POSSIBLE IMPACT TO KEEP THE
CITY SAFE AND WHAT KINDS OF
REFORMS OR INITIATIVE IS THE
DEPARTMENT PLANNING TO MAXIMIZE
THE IMPACT OF THE EXISTING
PERSONNEL THAT WE HAVE, GIVEN
THAT WE ARE NOT LIKELY TO SEE A
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN
PERSONNEL UNTIL SOMETIME LATER
IN THE YEAR?
>> YEAH. ONE OF THE BIGGEST
THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING AND
LAUNCHING IS, TOMORROW, WE ARE
LAUNCHING A NEW SHIFT SCHEDULE
CHANGE. WE HAVE GONE AND WORKED
-- WE HAVE WORKED ON A FOUR
HOUR , FOUR DAY ON NINE HOUR
SHIFT TO TWO DAYS OFF. THAT IS
WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS CURRENTLY.
TOMORROW WE WILL BE LAUNCHING
10 HOUR SHIFT, FOUR DAYS ON, TW
DAYS OFF. THAT ALLOWS US TO HAV
OVER WRAP OF SHIFTS . YOU WILL
SEE OVERLAPPING BETWEEN FIRST
AND SECOND WATCH FOR A NUMBER O
HOURS AS WELL AS SECOND TO THIR
WATCH FOR THREE HOURS AS WELL.
WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO IS
HAVE OFFICERS HAVE A LITTLE
MORE PERSONNEL DURING THOSE PEA
HOURS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO
AUGMENT THE AMOUNT OF OFFICERS
THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR
STAFFING IS AT A SAFE LEVEL. I
ALLOWS THE OFFICERS TO HAVE AN
EXTRA DAY OFF FOR THEIR OWN
LEVEL OF WELLNESS . IT IS
CONSISTENT WITH WHAT OTHER
AGENCIES AROUND THE REGION ARE
DOING. IT CONTINUES TO ALLOW US
TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE THAN IT
COMES TO RECRUITING AND HIRING.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE
EXCITED TO LAUNCH TOMORROW.
WILL WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES I
MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS
STAFFED AND WORKING
APPROPRIATELY? WE HAVE LOGISTIC
WITH MAKING SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH
VEHICLES FOR THOSE TIME PERIODS
WHERE WE HAVE DOUBLED UP
OFFICERS. THERE ARE ALSO DAYS
WHERE A PRECINCT HAS WHAT WE
CALL DOUBLE UP DAYS . IT IS WHE
ONE FOUR DAYS ON DOUBLES UP TH
LAST DAY THEN DOUBLES UP WITH
THE NEXT SET OF FOUR DAYS ON.
THAT ALLOWS US TO SHIFT
RESOURCES THROUGHOUT THE CITY,
TO BE ABLE TO BE ADDRESSING --
SOMETIMES IT COULD BE EMPHASIS
OR TAKING OFFICERS AND MOVING
THEM OVER TO DO TRAINING IN A
SCENARIO-BASED WORK. THIS IS
ACTUALLY ALLOWING US TO HAVE A
LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY IN OUR
DEPLOYMENT, IN OUR RESOURCES AS
WELL AS CONTINUOUSLY FOCUSING O
THAT LEVEL OF OFFICER WELLNESS.
WE ARE REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT
TO LAUNCH . THAT IS ONE OF THE
PRIORITIES. THE SECOND
COMPONENT OF THIS IS STAYING
CONSISTENT WITH OUR VIOLENT
CRIME AND USING OUR MODEL TO
CONTINUE WORKING WITH OUR
COMMUNITY AND USING ANALYTICS T
PUT OUR OFFICERS IN THE RIGHT
PLACE. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
PREVENTION, WE TALK ABOUT SAFE
STORAGE. WE ALSO TALK ABOUT
GETTING A LOT OF THESE GUNS OF
THE STREET, FINDING WAYS TO BE
WILLING TO TURN IN GUNS THAT
THEY ARE NO LONGER USING. IF
THESE GUNS ARE STOLEN, THEY WIL
BE USED OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AN
THAT IS SOMETHING WE ALWAYS ARE
BEING MINDFUL OF. I THINK
EVERYBODY HAS A ROLE TO PLAY IN
THE ENVIRONMENT, CUTTING BACK,
OPENING UP AREAS FOR LINE OF
SIGHT AS WELL AS INCREASED
LIGHTING. WE WANT PEOPLE TO USE
SPACES. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT, DOING
WALKS IN THEIR COMMUNITY, COMIN
DOWNTOWN. WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE
MUCH MORE ACTIVE AND WE ARE
ALREADY SEEING THAT ACTIVITY
PICKUP . I WENT AND DID A LITTL
SHOPPING AND THERE WAS NOT A
PARKING SPOT AVAILABLE. THAT IS
-- SEEING THOSE SPACES BEING
OCCUPIED HELPS REDUCE THAT TYP
OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. THEN,
ENFORCEMENT . IT IS BEING
PINPOINT TARGETED. WE DON'T
WANT TO JUST GO OUT AND ENFORCE
EVERY SINGLE LAW. WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE MINDFUL ABOUT
THE LAWS WE ARE ENFORCING, THAT
WE ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE
ISSUES WE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS
AGAIN, WE ALWAYS ARE MINDFUL O
DISPARITIES AND IMPACTS IN OUR
COMMUNITY. THOSE ARE THINGS THA
OUR SECOND GOAL WILL BE FOCUSE
ON AS WE MOVE INTO 2022.
>> THANK YOU, CHIEF. ONE OF
THOSE PRIORITIES THAT I HEAR A
LOT IN THE COMMUNITY IS
COMMERCIAL BURGLARY AS SOMETHIN
FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO BE
CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON . FIRST
OFF, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU
ON FINALLY GETTING EVERYTHING
IN PLACE TO MOVE TO THE FOUR
TENDS . I AM GLAD THAT IS
FINALLY GETTING IMPLEMENTED.
CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING THAT
OVER THE FINISH LINE. YOU
MENTIONED THAT THAT HAS
IMPLICATIONS FOR THE OVERLAP
PERIOD BETWEEN SHIFTS AND
STAGGERING THE ENDS OF THE
SHIFTS . LOTS OF THESE
COMMERCIAL BURGLARIES HAPPEN AT
A PEAK TIME BETWEEN 2:00 AND
5:00 IN THE MORNING. WHAT ARE
THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE SHIFT
CHANGE FOR POTENTIALLY HAVING
MORE PERSONNEL ABLE TO RESPOND
TO ALARM BASED DISPATCHES
DURING THOSE HOURS BASED ON THE
SHIFT?
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THE SHIFT
SCHEDULE WE ARE MOVING TOWARD,
IN OUR PREVIOUS SCHEDULE, WE HA
OUR OVERLAP TIMES BASED ON A
HALF HOUR TRANSITION. YOU HAVE
PEOPLE COMING IN DOING ROLL CAL
AND BY THE TIME THEY ARE ENDIN
ROLL CALL, THE NEXT SHIFT IS
COMING OFF SHIFT. THEY ARE
REPLACED SO YOU HAVE SOMETIMES
LESS PERSONNEL THAT ARE OUT AND
ABOUT PATROLLING. AS WE LOOK A
THESE TRANSITION TIMES, YOU AR
GIVEN ONE HOUR TRANSITION TIME.
THAT MEANS THAT PEOPLE ARE DOIN
THE ROLL CALL BUT THEN THE NEXT
SHIFT IS ALREADY COMING OUT AN
PATROLLING FOR AT LEAST A
HALF-HOUR BEFORE THAT OTHER
SHIFT IS GOING OFF-LINE. IT
ALLOWS US TO HAVE MUCH MORE
VISIBLE PRESENCE AS WE ARE OUT
THERE PATROLLING THOSE ISSUES.
THEN, AS THE SHIFT ENDS AROUND
5:00, THE FIRST SHIFT COMES IN
AT 4:00. BETWEEN THOSE HOURS O
200 AND 5:00, YOU WOULD HAVE A
CONSISTENT LEVEL OF OFFICERS
PATROLLING THOSE DISTRICTS. YOU
WOULD SEE THAT AS WELL AND THE
AFTERNOON HOURS AS WELL AS THE
EVENING HOURS, A CONSISTENT
OVERLAY OF SHIFTS AS WELL AS
WHAT WE CALL THOSE DOUBLE UP
DAYS , ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO
USE RESOURCES THAT ARE EXTRA IN
THE PRECINCT TO BE ABLE TO MOVE
AROUND TO ADDRESS THE OTHER
ISSUES GOING ON.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT AND LOOK
FORWARD TO SEEING THE FELT
IMPACT OF THAT DURING THOSE
HOURS TO RESPOND TO THOSE
EXIGENT ISSUES. GREATLY
APPRECIATE THAT.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER
NELSON?
>> THANK YOU. I MEAN NO
DISRESPECT BUT THE 4% INCREASE
IN PROPERTY CRIME IS NOT AN
ACCURATE REFLECTION OF WHAT IS
REALLY GOING ON OUT THERE. I
KNOW THAT YOU REALIZE THIS TOO,
CHIEF DIAZ. UNFORTUNATELY, WE
ONLY HAVE ANECDOTAL INFORMATION
ABOUT WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING
TO SMALL BUSINESSES. CRIME
AGAINST SMALL BUSINESSES IS
GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. I
KNOW THIS BECAUSE AS ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT CHAIR, I THE ONE
THAT HEARS ABOUT WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN NEIGHBORHOOD
BUSINESS DISTRICTS AND AGAINST
INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS OWNERS.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS JOINED ME
AT A MEETING WITH ONE. I MET
WITH A GROUP OF ALLARD BUSINES
OWNERS. I PLAN TO HAVE ANOTHER
SMALL BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE IN MY
DISCUSSION TO TALK ABOUT OTHER
WAYS THAT WE CAN NOT JUST
ADDRESS CRIME AGAINST SMALL
BUSINESS BUT ALSO BETTER RECORD
IT . YES, PEOPLE ARE RECORDING
THESE STOLEN VEHICLES. THAT IS
FAIRLY EASY TO DO. AND, THERE
IS A FAIRLY HIGH RECOVERY RATE
FOR STOLEN VEHICLES IN SEATTLE.
THAT IS NOT THE CASE FOR OTHER
CRIMES AND THERE IS LITTLE
INCENTIVE FOR BUSINESS OWNERS T
REPORT IF THEY ARE NOT GOING TO
FILE AN INSURANCE CLAIM BECAUS
THEY DON'T WANT THEIR PREMIUMS
TO GO UP OR BECAUSE THEY DON'T
KNOW IF THERE WILL BE OFFICERS
AVAILABLE TO COME AND TAKE A
REPORT IN A TIMELY FASHION. WE
KNOW THE REASONS WHY THESE
CRIMES ARE NOT BEING RECORDED
AND I AM PUTTING IN A PLUG THA
WE DO HAVE TO PUT ALL OF THE
TOOLS THAT OUR DISPOSAL TO
ADDRESS PROPERTY CRIME AGAINST
SMALL BUSINESSES AND ON THE
NOTE THAT WE CAN'T SEPARATE WHE
IT COMES TO WHAT IS GOING ON
WITH SMALL BUSINESSES. WE CAN'T
SEPARATE PROPERTY FROM VIOLENT
CRIME. WHEN I TALK TO SMALL
BUSINESSES, THEY OFTEN MENTION
THREATS OR VIOLENCE AGAINST
THEIR STAFF AND CUSTOMERS. JUS
A NOTE THAT A LOT MORE
ATTENTION SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON
WAYS TO GATHER MORE INFORMATIO
ABOUT PROPERTY CRIME AND ALSO ,
LET'S NOT MAKE PUBLIC POLICY
BASED ON A 4% INCREASE IN
PROPERTY CRIME THAT IS SHOWN
HERE . I DO NOT THINK THAT THA
IS ACCURATE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. ONE OF
THE THINGS -- THIS IS THE
REASON WHY A PART OF ME IS DULY
NOTING MY CONCERN . IT IS NOT
NECESSARILY IS ACCURATE BUT ALS
TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE
ARE REPORTING CRIME. WE ARE
TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD ON A
PROJECT . RIGHT NOW, OUR ONLINE
REPORTING SYSTEM TAKES ABOUT 40
OF OUR CRIME . WE WANT TO MAKE
IT MUCH MORE USER-FRIENDLY AND
NOT SHUTDOWN DURING TIMES WHEN
PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO REPORT
CRIME AND GET FRUSTRATED WITH
THE SYSTEM. THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT WE ARE HOPING TO CONTINUE
TO MOVE FORWARD ON AND LAUNCH
SOMETIME THIS YEAR. WE STILL
CONSISTENTLY HAVE STAFFING
CHALLENGES AND IT ALLOWS US TO
GET THE REPORTING THAT IS
NEEDED FOR US TO MAKE INFORMED
DECISIONS ABOUT HOW WE EMPLOY
OUR RESOURCES IN ADDRESSING
DIFFERENT CRIMES THAT ARE
HAPPENING.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT WORK.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON. JUST A FOLLOW-UP . I AM
WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT THE
DEPARTMENT IS SEEING ANY
IDENTIFIABLE TRENDS IN ARMED
ROBBERIES , WHETHER THERE ARE
COMMON DEMOGRAPHICS AMONG THE
SHOOTERS AND/OR ANYTHING ELSE
THAT YOU MIGHT SEE AS A
PATTERN.
>> YEAH. RIGHT NOW, AS WE LOO
AT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT
CONSISTENCIES WITH ROBBERIES ,
WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF
ROBBERIES WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE
SOMEBODY THAT IS KIND OF
ORGANIZING THE ROBBERIES AND
HAVING OTHER PEOPLE DO THE
ROBBERIES FOR THEM. WE HAVE MAD
ARRESTS IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT
CASES OUT OF THESE. LAST YEAR
WE NOTED ONE OF THE CASES WHER
IT WAS A POT SHOP ROBBERY BUT
ONE RESULTED IN A HOMICIDE IN
TACOMA . WE ENDED UP BEING ABLE
TO LINK THAT TO A BROADER ISSU
OF CONSISTENT ROBBERIES
OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE REGION
. MUCH MORE ORGANIZED WHEN IT
COMES TO SOME OF THE ROBBERIES
WE ARE SEEING. THAT IS ONE OF
THE CHALLENGES WE ARE WORKING
THROUGH . WE ARE CURRENTLY
MONITORING DIFFERENT ROBBERIES
BUT WE HAVE SEEN A LITTLE BIT
MORE OF A DECREASE IN THE
ROBBERIES THIS YEAR, SO FAR. WE
ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE YOU
IDENTIFYING WITHIN EXISTING
ROBBERIES.
>> JUST A PREVIEW OF AN ITEM
THAT WILL BE COMING BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE SOMETIME THIS QUARTER
WE APPRECIATE SPD WORKING
FLOWER CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE I
COMPLETING THE CITY AUDIT OF
THAT FRIEND OF ORGANIZED RETAI
CRIME AND EXPECT WE WILL BE
HEARING THAT RELATIVELY SOON.
JUST HAD ONE MORE QUESTION AND
SEE COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON THAT
YOU HAVE YOUR HAND A. JUST
INTERESTED IN THE STATISTIC O
THE INCREASE IN OFFICER ON
VIEW ARRESTS . I HAVE TWO
QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT . TO THE
EXTENT THAT THIS 46% INCREASE
SOME OF IT MAY BE BECAUSE OF
EMPHASIS PATROLS. I AM WONDERIN
IF WE CAN SPEAK TO HOW SPD IS
ENSURING THAT EMPHASIS PATROLS
ARE NOT HARMING VULNERABLE
COMMUNITIES WHEN MAKING ARRESTS
SECONDLY, I SEE THAT THE STAT
-- IT IS NOT IN THE
PRESENTATION. IT IS IN THE
REPORT SO IT IS TAKING A MINUTE
. IT SHOWED THAT A SIGNIFICANT
PERCENTAGE OF THIS INCREASE
FROM OFFICER ON VIEW ARRESTS
AS OPPOSED TO ARRESTS THAT ARE
INITIATED BECAUSE OF
COMMUNITY-BASED CALLS , THAT A
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THEM WER
ASSOCIATED WITH PREMISES
CHECKS. I AM WONDERING IF YOU
COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT NOW A
PREMISES CHECK IS INITIATED BY
AN OFFICER EVENT.
>> THANK YOU. WE ARE LOOKING A
A THIRD AND PINE LOCATION. THAT
IS A PREMISES CHECK FOR OFFICER
TO WALK TO. HAVING THOSE AREAS
SUCH AS 12 AND JACKSON, FIFTH
AND JACKSON, YOU WILL SEE
PREMISE CHECKS AS PART OF THE
DIRECTOR PATROL. WE IDENTIFY
THAT AS BEING A DIRECTOR
EMPHASIS AS PART OF THAT. WHEN
IT COMES TO SEEING AN INCREASE,
WE LOOK AT THE SECOND COMPONENT
OF THE OFFICER GENERATED
COMPUTER-GENERATED CATCALLS, WE
SAW A SHARP DECREASE IN 2020 .
IN 2021, WE WERE AT 24%. WHIL
WE SEE AN INCREASE IN THE
AMOUNT OF ARRESTS , IT IS REALL
BECAUSE OF THOSE DIRECTED
EMPHASIS , WE SAW A MOTOR VIEW
OPERATION. WE ARE FOCUSED ON
FENTANYL ISSUES IN AND AROUND
VERY SPECIFIC LOCATIONS,
ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT . IN THI
PREMISE CHECKS, WE WILL SEE AND
SEE INCREASE IN A LEVEL OF
ARRESTS. IT IS A TARGETED
EFFORT ON THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
CRIMINAL ACTIONS RATHER THAN
JUST ADDRESSING EVERYONE ,
ADDRESSING OVERALL CRIME AND
SAYING ANYTHING THAT MOVES, WE
WILL MAKE AN ARREST ON. IT IS
SPECIFIC TO THE ISSUE AT HAND.
OUR OFFICER GENERATED CALLS AR
ONLY UP 1% COMPARED TO 2021
BUT IT IS DOWN PRETTY MUCH 12%
FROM THE YEARS BEFORE WHEN WE
HAD A LOT MORE STAFFING.
>> WELL SAID. THANK YOU.
>> TO THE SECOND PART OF THE
QUESTION , YOU ARE ENSURING THA
THESE EMPHASIS PATROLS -- AS
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA SAID
EARLIER, WE HAVE A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT . PERHAPS YO
COULD SPEAK BRIEFLY TO HOW IT
IS THAT IN THE EMPHASIS PATROLS
YOU ARE FOCUSING ON THE HIGH
IMPACT VIOLATORS AND NOT
HARMING VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES.
>> I BELIEVE WE DID A STUDY AN
WE STARTED FOCUSING ON LOOKING
AT A SYSTEM OF BEING ABLE TO
IDENTIFY DISPARITIES ON THE VER
FRONT END AND BEING ABLE TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT
THOSE DISPARITIES LOOK LIKE.
ALSO, CHANGING THE MINDSET OF
PROVIDING VERY SPECIFIC
OPERATIONS . WE ARE FOCUSED ON
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT , WE KNOW
WHAT THE BEHAVIORS ARE
ASSOCIATED AFTER THAT . WE ARE
FOCUSING EFFORTS ON EITHER
RECOVERY OR STOLEN VEHICLES.
RUNNING A LOT MORE OPERATIONS,
THEY ARE VERY SPECIFICALLY
FOCUSED ON THE BEHAVIOR RATHER
THAN THE POPULATION. AS WE LOO
AT THOSE OPERATIONS AND THEN
ALSO MAKING SURE WE ARE
ATTRACTED TO OUR EQUITY SYSTEM.
THAT ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO
HAVE A MINDFUL LOOK AT THAT WE
ARE NOT TRYING TO CREATE
DISPARATE IMPACTS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. I WANT TO LET YOU
KNOW THAT I DO SUPPORT EXPANDIN
THE EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAM FOR
GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION. THANK
YOU FOR RAISING THAT AND THANK
YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER NELSON FOR
TALKING ABOUT INSURANCE RATES
FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. WHEN I
ATTEND THE ROLL CALL'S IN THE
NORTH PRECINCT , WHICH I HAVE
DONE EVERY YEAR SINCE I HAVE
BEEN IN OFFICE, I GET THE SENS
ABOUT OFFICER MORALE . I
APPRECIATE YOU HIGHLIGHTING SOM
OF THE SUCCESSES YOU ARE SEEIN
IN OPERATIONS. I AM CONCERNED
OFFICERS ARE ON OVERTIME SO THE
ARE OVERWORKED AS THE
DEPARTMENT IS UNDERSTAFFED .
WILL THERE BE A PUBLIC SAFETY
PLAN THAT YOU ALL ARE COMING OU
WITH? YOU HAD THE RETENTION
PLAN AND RECRUITMENT . YOU GOT
THIS CRIME REPORT. WILL THERE B
THE OVERALL PUBLIC SAFETY PLAN
FOR 2023 ? I AM HOPING IT WOULD
ALSO FOCUS ON THESE ISSUES LIKE
OFFICER WELLNESS AND ADDRESSIN
HOW THEY ARE WORKING OVERTIME.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS YOU BRING
UP IS THE REASON WHY WE FOCUSED
ON NEGOTIATION ON IT DURING THE
FOURTH WEEK SHIFT. WHILE THEY
WORK LONGER HOURS, THEY ARE
HAVING THAT UPDATE THAT ALLOWS
THEM -- EVEN IF THEY WORKED IN
OVERTIME DURING THEIR DAYS OFF,
THEY STILL HAVE TWO DAYS OFF AN
THAT IS PART OF THAT REST AND
RECOVERY. I CONCERNED ABOUT HO
MUCH OVERTIME OUR OFFICERS ARE
WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
CITY IS SAFE . RIGHT NOW, WE AR
DRAFTING TWO THINGS. ONE IS AN
INTERNAL STRATEGIC PLAN THAT OU
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF STRATEGI
INITIATIVES IS DRAFTING. WE
HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE MAYO
'S OFFICE ON AN OVERALL PUBLIC
SAFETY PLAN FOR THE CITY. I
THINK THAT INCLUDES DIFFERENT
CONVERSATIONS WHEN IT COMES TO
DISPATCH SYSTEMS, ET CETERA.
THOSE ARE ALL PART OF THAT
PROCESS. AS IT COMES TO OFFICE
WELLNESS, IT DOES PART OF THE
RECRUITMENT PLAN. WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE MINDFUL OF TH
THINGS THAT WOULD HELP KEEP
PEOPLE STILL DOING THIS JOB. W
HAVE SEEN THIS IN THE FIRST
MONTH IN THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE
RETIRING AND LEAVING THE
DEPARTMENT. IT IS A GREAT FRIEN
TO START OFF THE FIRST MONTH AN
A HALF OF THE YEAR . WE WILL
CONSISTENTLY BE MONITORING THAT
WE ARE HOPING -- MANY OF THE
OFFICERS WILL BE ABLE TO BE
WANTING TO RETURN TO THE
DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE ALREADY
GOTTEN INQUIRIES IN THE LAST
FEW WEEKS ABOUT PEOPLE
POTENTIALLY WANTING TO RETURN T
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT .
I AM HOPING THAT THIS IS A NICE
CHANGE AS WE MOVE INTO 2023.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH . I JUST
HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS IF I
MIGHT, MADAM CHAIR . I WILL KEE
IT TO THREE. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR THIS REPORT AND FOR HELPING
TO PEEL BACK SOME OF THE LAYERS
ON THE STATISTICS THAT WE SEE .
AS WE THINK ABOUT INVESTMENTS
ACROSS THE SPECTRUM , I WANTED
TO EMPHASIZE AGAIN THE SUPPORT
THAT THE LAST THREE BUDGETS
HAVE HAD FROM FULLY FUNDING TH
FULL HIRING PLAN IS TRANSMITTED
IN THE BUDGET . THAT IS INCLUDE
IN THE 23-24 BUDGET . I THINK I
COMPLEMENTS SOME OF THE OTHER
INVESTMENTS WE HAVE MADE. FOR
EXAMPLE, WITH FLEXIBLE USE FROM
THE ARPA FUNDS FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES, WHEN THERE WAS A
SURPLUS FOR THE AWARD THAT WAS
GIVEN OUT TO SMALL BUSINESSES
FOR FLEXIBLE DOLLARS. I WANT TO
APPLAUD DIRECTOR McINTYRE WHO
REALLY REDIRECTED THOSE TO
STOREFRONT IMPROVEMENTS AS
FOLKS HAD EXPERIENCED DAMAGE.
THEY COULD APPLY FOR THOSE FUND
. LOOKING UPSTREAM , WE HAVE TH
MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF
OFFICERS IN LAST YEAR . THEY
PROVIDED FUNDING FOR MENTAL
HEALTH PROVIDER FOR OFFICERS. I
WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD
COMMENT ON THAT. WE HAD TWO
OFFICERS -- I'M SORRY, TWO
MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS WE
OFFERED FOR SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT AND WORKING WITH YOU
AND YOUR TEAM. WE OFFERED AN
ADDITIONAL MENTAL HEALTH
PROVIDER TO SPD. COULD YOU
COMMENT ON THAT AS WELL? I JUS
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MONEY WA
DEPLOYED AND IS BEING UTILIZED.
>> YEAH. THANK YOU FOR BEING
ABLE TO SUPPORT . ONE OF THE
THINGS WE HAVE BROUGHT IN, WE
BROUGHT IN A COUPLE OF DIFFEREN
PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY
THAT HAVE EXPERTISE IN THIS
AREA. DR. SOBO FROM WASHINGTON
PD HAS BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE
INSIGHT AND WORKED WITH THE UNI
ON WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE . THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SOME OF THE
STRATEGIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
THAT WE NEED TO BE WORKING TO
MOVE TOWARD. OUR WELLNESS UNIT
HAS HAD SOME OF THOSE ALREADY I
THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE BUT
THAT IS , RIGHT NOW, MOVING
FORWARD WE HOPEFULLY WILL HAVE
JOB DESCRIPTION AND A PROCESS
TO HIRE THAT POSITION VERY SOO
. I AM REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE
THAT. HAVING A COMMAND LEVEL
POSITION REALLY PUTS US AT THE
FOREFRONT OF TRYING TO MAKE SUR
THAT WELLNESS IS A VALUED PART
OF THIS DEPARTMENT. WHEN I CAM
ON, YOU GO TO CALL FOR SERVICE
AND YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN
SOMETHING TRAUMATIZING AND IT
WAS LIKE, SUCK IT UP AND MOVE
ONTO THE NEXT CALL . NOW WE WIL
BE MUCH MORE MINDFUL ABOUT THE
TYPES OF CALLS WE ARE SENDING
OUR PERSONNEL TO AND MAKING
SURE WE ARE HONEST ABOUT THE
FOREFRONT OF THAT. WHEN IT COME
TO SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS
WE ARE LOOKING AT, THOSE ARE
THINGS WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU
ON. I HAVE SIX OR SEVEN ITEMS
THAT -- AS WE BROUGHT IN SOME
OF THE EXPERTS TO SAY, WE
SUGGEST THESE THINGS ARE
SOMETHING THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD
LOOK AT DOING AND THEN SEEING
IF THERE IS ANY COST ASSOCIATED
WITH THAT TO WORK WITH THE CIT
COUNCIL ON. THE SCHEDULE
CHANGES ONE OF THE FIRST AND
FOREMOST COMPONENTS OF IT ,
GIVING OFFICERS THE EXTRA TIME
OFF . IT IS A VERY VALUABLE PAR
OF THAT AND JUST THE SUPPORT
THAT WE NEEDED TO MOVE ACROSS
THE FINISH LINE HAS BEEN
CRUCIAL. WE ARE EXCITED TO
LAUNCH THAT TOMORROW.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE ARE
HAVING SOME MORE CONVERSATIONS
WITH THE CHAIR PUBLIC SAFETY .
PART OF THE WELLNESS
CONVERSATION COMES FROM SOME OF
THOSE EARLY CONVERSATIONS THAT
WE HAVE WITH FOLKS WHERE FIRST
RESPONDERS WERE SAYING, I SHOW
UP TO A CALL AND I DON'T FEEL
LIKE I HAVE THE RESOURCES TO
HELP SOMEONE. WE HEAR ABOUT
LANDING ZONES AND BEING ABLE T
BRING SOMEONE TO SERVICE . EVEN
JUST BEING ABLE TO GIVE THEM
HOUSING , AS WE THINK ABOUT THE
WAYS IN WHICH OFFICER RESPONSES
MAY CHANGE GIVEN THE DUAL
DISPATCH PROGRAM THAT IS BEING
LAUNCHED AND SOME OF THE OTHER
EFFORTS THAT REALLY CHAIR
HERBOLD HAS LED ON TO TRY TO
FIGURE OUT WHERE AN OFFICER MY
NOT BE THE FIRST RESPONDER
NECESSARY. I WANTED TO POINT TO
A FEW PIECES IN THE REPORT. IT
SAYS, OF THE TOP FIVE CATEGORIE
FOR 911 CALL TYPE ANSWERED BY
SPD IN 2022, THEY WERE
NONCRIMINAL IN NATURE. TRAFFIC,
SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE,
ASSISTANCE PUBLIC AND PREMISE
CHECKS. I AM WONDERING IF THER
IS ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK THAT
YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE T
US ABOUT HOW POLICIES MIGHT B
CHANGING SINCE THE SEPTEMBER 2
COMMUNITY BRIEFING THAT CHAIR
HERBOLD HELD IN HER COMMITTEE
WHERE SHE MENTIONED THAT THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS
AUTOMATICALLY BEING DISPATCHED
ON OVERDOSE AND SEIZURE CALLS
AND THERE IS RECENT CHANGES
WITHIN SPD AND SEATTLE FIRE
TRYING TO ADDRESS THIS. AT THIS
POINT, IS THERE ANY UPDATE ON
WHETHER OR NOT SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IS BEING REQUIRED TO
SHOW UP TO OVERDOSES OR TO
SEIZURE CALLS OR ARE THERE
OTHER THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT WAN
TO HIGHLIGHT WITH US AS WE THIN
ABOUT REDUCING THE NEED FOR AN
OFFICER TO SHOW UP TO THE
NONCRIMINAL IN NATURE CALLS?
>> WE HAVE BEEN THE PRIMARY
RESPONDER TO WHAT WE CALL
PERSON DOWN CALLS. PERSON DOWN
CALLS COULD BE INTOXICATION ,
SOMETIMES PEOPLE PASSED OUT,
SOMETIMES PEOPLE ON OVERDOSE .
THAT HAS BEEN CONSISTENT SINCE
I WAS IN PATROL . WE HAVE LOOKE
AT NOT ONLY THOSE CALL FOR
SERVICE BUT ALSO OVERDOSES. AS
WE SEE AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUN
OF FENTANYL BEING ADDED WITH
OTHER DIFFERENT TYPES OF DRUGS
WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE
LEVEL OF BEHAVIORAL CRISIS
ASSOCIATED WITH IT AS WELL AS
SOME LEVEL OF VIOLENCE
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. EVEN IN
SOME OF THE REPORTS THAT THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD NOTED FOR
WHEN FIREFIGHTERS ARE GETTING
ASSAULTED, SOME OF THOSE ARE
OCCURRING WHEN THEY ARE ON AN
OVERDOSE:THE PERSON NOW ,
WHETHER THEY HAVE BEEN PROVIDED
NALOXONE OR NARCAN ANOTHER
PERSON IS AWAKE , SOMETIMES THE
CAN BE COMBATIVE OR FIGHT WITH
A FIREFIGHTER. THIS IS OUR
RESPONSE CALL FOR THESE THINGS.
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN ON THE
OVERDOSE CALLS JUST FROM ONE
YEAR, WE HAD THEM ROUGHLY ABOUT
1400 CALLS FOR SERVICE. WE HAD
OVER 32 CALLS . PART OF THAT I
THE AMOUNT OF INCREASE IN
FENTANYL ISSUES THAT WE ARE
SEEING ACROSS THE BOARD AND I
THINK THAT IS VERY CONSISTENT
WITH WHAT THE MEDICAL EXAMINER
WAS NOTING ON THE AMOUNT OF
DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
INCREASE OF FENTANYL DEATHS.
SO, OVERALL, THERE IS A BIGGER
DISCUSSION ON WHAT OUR RESPONS
AS A COUNTY LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT
COMES TO ADDRESSING FENTANYL
AND ADDRESSING SOME OF THE
ISSUES WE ARE SEEING. WE HAVE
OFFICERS THAT HAVE THE ABILITY
TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE NALOXONE.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE TRYIN
TO DO WHEN WE SAVE A LIFE IS TR
TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE OFFICERS
THAT ARE PATROLLING OUR AREAS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND
SOMETIMES THEY CAN BE VERY VERY
QUICK TO GET INTO A LOCATION .
ALSO, CONSISTENTLY MORE IS THA
EVEN IF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
RESPONSE, IT IS MAKING SURE THA
THEY HAVE THE SAFETY AND
SECURITY AS WELL FOR NOT BEING
ASSAULTED WHEN THEY ARE IN THEI
SITUATION. I THINK THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT WILL BE ABLE TO TAL
MORE ABOUT THEIR CALLS FOR
SERVICE. I KNOW THEY ARE
RESPONDING TO MORE OVERDOSES
THAN WE ARE EXPERIENCING BUT
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PERSON DOW
CALLS AS WELL THAT WE ARE
RESPONDING TO, THOSE ARE SOME
CALLS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY
INITIALLY CLASSIFIED AS
OVERDOSES BUT COULD BE OVERDOSE
BASED ON ALCOHOL OR SOME LEVEL
OF DRUG.
>> I WOULD VERY MUCH BE
INTERESTED IN THAT VOLATILE
CONVERSATION. I KNOW THE CHAIR
HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKIN
WITH BOTH DEPARTMENTS BUT I
THINK WE KNOW THAT WHEN FOLKS
HAVE AN OVERDOSE , WHEN THEY
WAKE UP, THEIR RESPONSE MIGHT B
DIFFERENCE IF THEY SEE AN
OFFICER THERE VERSUS A
FIREFIGHTER OR PARAMEDIC . I
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL
CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT BECAUSE
I ALSO DON'T WANT TO DETRACT
FROM WHAT OFFICERS MAY NEED TO
BE RESPONDING TO IN TERMS OF
SOME OF THE OTHER STATISTICS WE
REFERRED TO TODAY IF THERE IS A
QUALIFIED EMT, FIREFIGHTER ON
SITE AND RECOGNIZING THAT WE
WANT TO CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD
OFFICERS HAVING THE ABILITY
TO FOCUS ON THOSE CRIME RELATE
INCIDENCES WHEN ISSUES THAT AR
NOT CRIMINAL IN NATURE COULD BE
POTENTIALLY HANDLED BY SOMEONE
ELSE AS WE SEE THOSE TOP FIVE
CATEGORIES ON THE 911 CALL TYP
CATEGORIES REALLY ILLUSTRATIN
THAT THERE IS A WAY FOR US TO
GO. SOME OF THIS WILL BE
INFORMED BY THE DUAL DISPATCH
PROGRAM. I'M HOPING IT WILL HEL
PAVE THE WAY TO BRING UP
OFFICERS TO GO TO MORE OF THE
CRIMINAL RELATED CALLS THAT ARE
A CONCERN TO THIS ENTIRE COUNCI
IN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND
THAT ALLOWS FOR EMTs,
FIREFIGHTERS AND OTHER PARTNERS
TO RESPOND TO THOSE NON-CRIMINA
CALLS . I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS
DISCUSSION. MY LAST QUESTION
FOR YOU, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
INCIDENCE OF CRIMES TIED TO
ENCAMPMENTS, THAT IS A REALLY
CONCERNING DISCUSSION FOR
EVERYONE. AM I READING PAGE 14
CORRECT ? IT LOOKS LIKE BIAS
CRIMES AGAINST UNHOUSED
INCREASED IN 2022. THAT IS NO
WITHIN THE ENCAMPMENTS, THAT IS
FOR FOLKS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS? AM I READING THAT
CORRECTLY?
>> YEAH. THAT NUMBER WAS A VER
LOW NUMBER. IS STILL
CONCERNING BECAUSE YOU DO SEE
PEOPLE THAT ARE HOMELESS THAT
ARE BEING IMPACTED -- SOMETIME
PEOPLE TRY TO TAKE THINGS INTO
THEIR OWN HANDS AND THEY COULD
BE ATTACKING SOMEBODY THAT IS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. THAT
IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
TRACK BECAUSE AS PART OF OUR
CODE OF HOMELESSNESS, IT IS PAR
OF THE BIAS CRIME. THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT WE ARE PAYING
ATTENTION TO. WE NOTED THIS
VERY SPECIFICALLY. IT IS
ACTUALLY A SMALL NUMBER. 23
INDIVIDUAL CASES. 16 CASES OVE
THAT INITIAL AMOUNT IN 2021.
>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING
THAT. MAY BE FURTHER
CONVERSATIONS TO BE HAD. I KNO
THAT THE CHAIR OF HOMELESS
SERVICES AND PUBLIC ACCESS HAS
HAD HIS HAND UP SO I WILL STOP
TALKING HERE BECAUSE I'M SURE I
DOVETAILS WITH SOME OF THE
ISSUES HE WILL BE FOLLOWING UP
ON BUT LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING
WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO WITH YOUR
TEAM AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE
WHO IS SEEING THE TYPE OF
INCIDENTS AS WELL INCREASE.
>> THANK YOU , COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA. JUST TO TACK ON THER
BEFORE HANDING IT BACK OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, AS IT
RELATES TO THE MORE THAN 200%
INCREASE IN BIAS CRIMES WHERE
HOMELESS PERSON WAS THE THEM,
WOULD LIKE SOME FOLLOW-UP ON
THE NATURE OF THOSE BIAS CRIMES
I THINK IT IS TELLING THAT AL
OF THE OTHER BIAS CRIMES HAVE
GONE DOWN AND THE DEPARTMENT
RECOGNIZES THAT IT MIGHT BE NOT
BECAUSE THERE ARE FEWER BIAS
CRIMES BUT IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE
FEWER PEOPLE ARE REPORTING THEM
THE FACT THAT THAT IS IN
EVIDENCE FOR ALL OTHER
CATEGORIES, ASIDE FROM HOMELES
PEOPLE WHO ARE VICTIMS, I JUST
THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH A LITTL
BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT
. I AM HEARING AND IT TOTALLY
MORE INCIDENCES OF PEOPLE
TAKING THINGS INTO THEIR OWN
HANDS AND WE KNOW THAT OUR
UNHOUSED POPULATION IS MORE
LIKELY TO BE A VICTIM OF A CRIM
THAN PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING
HOUSED. THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. JUST AT
THE FRONT, I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE
THE COMMENTS FROM YOURSELF AND
FROM COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
ABOUT THAT ALARMING STATISTIC
OF THE INCREASE IN CRIMES
AGAINST PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS PURELY MOTIVATED B
THE STATE OF THE PERSON
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS . IT
IS NOT WHY I ORIGINALLY RAISED
MY HAND. I HAVE A DIFFERENT
QUESTION THAT I WILL PIVOT TO
BUT I WILL SAY I THINK IT IS A
SOBER REFLECTION THAT A LOT OF
THE ANTI-HOMELESS RHETORIC THA
WE HAVE SEEN FROM MEDIA
FIGURES AND IN SOME CASES FROM
POLITICIANS ALMOST CERTAINLY
NEEDS TO BE EXAMINED AS A
POTENTIAL SOURCE OF SOME OF THA
SENTIMENT AND WOULD ENCOURAGE
US TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT AS WE
REFLECT ON HOW TO CONTINUE TO
MAKE PROGRESS FOR EVERYONE IN
THE CITY TO BE SAFE REGARDLESS
OF THEIR HOUSING STATUS.
PIVOTING TO MY QUESTION, WHICH
IS NOT ENTIRELY UNRELATED, BUT
TO FOLLOW-UP ON THE LINE OF
QUESTIONING FROM COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA ABOUT RESPONSE
ALTERNATIVES. I JUST WANT TO
BRIEFLY, MAYBE ENGAGE IN A
CONVERSATION WITH THE CHIEF TO
TRY TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF THE
HURDLES WE HAVE FACED
CULTURALLY IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE THAT HAVE MADE US A
UNIQUE QUALITY FOR MAKING MORE
PROGRESS ON THIS ISSUE. I GET
THE SENSE FROM TALKING TO
PEOPLE WHO ARE RANK AND FILE
POLICE OFFICERS OR TALKING TO
PEOPLE WHO HAVE TALKED TO RANK
AND FILE POLICE OFFICERS THAT
THERE MIGHT BE SOME SKEPTICISM
AMONG LINE OFFICERS ABOUT THE
MERITS OR DESIRABILITY OF
ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE SYSTEMS
THAT MAY BE RELATED TO A
MISUNDERSTANDING OF HOW IT HAS
WORKED IN OTHER CITIES AND THEY
WOULD BE CURIOUS TO GET THE
CHIEF'S RESPONSE TO THIS.
TYPICALLY, THESE RESPONSE
SERVICES, ALL OF WHICH ARE AT
VARYING DEGREES INSPIRED BY
CAHOOTS IN EUGENE, OREGON,
CRISIS ASSISTANCE HELPING OUT I
THE STREET, CAHOOTS GOT ITS
MONIKER A NAME OVER 30 YEARS AG
WHEN IT STARTED BECAUSE THEY
WERE IN CAHOOTS WITH THE POLICE
OR AN ATTENDANT SERVICE THAT
WORKS WITH THE POLICE, NOT IN A
ADVERSE WAY BUT IN A DYNAMIC ,
IN THE FIELD WAY WHERE EVERYONE
IS ON THE SAME RADIO, PEOPLE AR
TRIAGING IN REAL TIME . POLICE
AND RESPONDERS SEE EACH OTHER A
COLLEAGUES EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE
DIFFERENT SERVICES AND DIFFEREN
RESPONSES BUT THERE IS REAL IN
THE FIELD INTERACTION AND MUTUA
RESPECT BETWEEN THE SERVICES.
JUST WONDER IF THERE IS A WAY
WHERE WE CAN WORK TO GATHER AS
A COUNCIL IN A RHETORICAL
REFRAMING OF THE CONVERSATION S
THAT WE MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THES
SERVICES ARE ASSETS THAT CAN
ENHANCE THE RESOURCES AVAILABL
TO POLICE TO DO THE JOB THEY'RE
DOING IN THE FIELD. EVEN THOUGH
IT IS A SEPARATE RESPONSE
SERVICE, IT IS A RESPONSE
SERVICE THAT IS DESIGNED TO BE
DYNAMIC AND ALLOW FOR THAT
REAL-TIME TRIAGE TO SCREEN OFF
CALLS THAT POLICE REALLY DON'T
NEED TO DO AND FREE UP POLICE
CAPACITY FOR ADDITIONAL WORK ,
WHATEVER THAT WORK MAY BE
REQUIRED THAT HAS WORK THAT ONL
THEY CAN DO. I DO THINK THAT WE
ARE IN A PLACE WHERE WE MAY BE
DON'T COMMUNICATE AS MUCH AS WE
COULD BE IN A DEEPER WAY ABOUT
WHAT THE GOALS ARE HERE AND HOW
IT CAN BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO
THE DEPARTMENT. MAYBE THERE AR
WAYS WE CAN WENT OVER THE
SKEPTICISM WE MIGHT BE SEEING
FROM PEOPLE WHO MAYBE DON'T
QUITE UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT
THE NATURE OF THE SERVICE AND
WHAT THE GOALS ARE. I THOUGHT
WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE THIS
MORNING TO FRAME THE
CONVERSATION IN THOSE WAYS AND
GET YOUR FEEDBACK AND SEE HOW W
CAN WORK TOGETHER TO ADVANCE
THOSE PRIORITIES. SHOULD BE PAR
OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY PLAN THAT
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN ELUDED
TO , THAT THIS COUNCIL WOULD
DESIRE. PART OF IT SHOULD BE
FOCUSING ON THAT 12% OF CALLS
WERE WE HAVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE COUNCIL AND THE DEPARTMENT
THAT THEY COULD BE DONE BY
ANOTHER SERVICE AS AN
ALTERNATIVE DISPATCHER BUT ALSO
EMPHASIZING THAT IT IS CULTURE
BASED ON COLLEGIALITY, TRIAGING
CALLS IN THE FIELD AND THAT IT
IS A RESOURCE FOR OFFICERS .
INDEED, THAT HAS BEEN THE
REACTION IN CITIES WHERE IT HAS
BEEN IMPLANTED. THAT IS THE
LOBBYING EFFORTS FROM CHIEFS TO
GET THOSE SERVICES AND OTHER
CITIES HAVE EMPHASIZED THE
UTILITY OF THE SERVICE. I WANT
TO GIVE VANCE THE OPPORTUNITY T
HAVE THE DISCUSSION IN THOSE
TERMS AND GET FEEDBACK AS WE GE
CLOSE TO CLOSING AT THE HEARING
TODAY.
>> IF I COULD, I WANT A QUICK
LITTLE ME TOO. CHEAP DIAZ, YOU
AND I HAVE TALKED OFTEN ABOUT
THE ROLE THAT POLICE CHIEFS HAV
PLAYED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
YOUR FORMER COLLEAGUE, A POLIC
CHIEF IN DENVER TOOK A
FRONT-LINE ROLE IN PROMOTING
THE STAR PROGRAM AND IT IS SO
IMPORTANT AS COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS SAYS , TO EMBRACING THE
INTEREST IN THESE ALTERNATE
RESPONSES, NOT JUST FROM THE
PUBLIC PERSPECTIVE WHERE THERE
IS OVERWHELING SUPPORT BUT
ALSO WITHIN OUR FAMILY INCLUDIN
OUR FRONT-LINE POLICE OFFICERS.
WE REALLY, CRITICALLY NEED YOU
LEADERSHIP AND EXPERTISE IN
ADVANCING THESE DISCUSSIONS. W
ARE GOING TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT
ON THE PROGRESS IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE PILOT IN OU
NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING BUT THA
IS NOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE
IMPORTANCE OF YOUR ANSWER TO
THE QUESTION. THANK YOU.
>> SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU FOR
THAT, COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD. WHEN I
LOOK AT THIS ISSUE, THERE IS
GOING TO BE A LITTLE SKEPTICISM
WITH ANY PROGRAM . I HAVE SEEN
IT OVER THE COURSE OF MY CAREER
I ACTUALLY HAD -- I ONLY HAD
ONE MENTAL HEALTH CASEWORKER .
WE INCREASED IT TO FIVE . THAT
WAS PART OF THE PRODUCT OF HOW
THIS WILL WORK INITIALLY , HOW
WE WILL GET MORE MENTAL HEALTH
WORKERS INTO THE SYSTEM AND HOW
THEY WILL RESPOND TO MORE CALLS
FOR SERVICE. THAT IS A LITTLE
BIT OF SKEPTICISM ALSO WHEN WE
HAD MOBILE CRISIS BANDS THAT
RESPONDS OUT TO CALLS AND NOW
IT IS JUST AN INTEGRATED PART O
OUR RESPONSE TO DEAL WITH
PEOPLE IN BEHAVIORAL CRISIS. WE
ALSO HAVE CSO'S . WHEN I CAME
ON, THAT WAS PART OF OUR NORMAL
PROJECT. THEY WENT AWAY. NOW,
THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW TO
FOLLOW-UP . THERE IS NOW A
PRODUCT OF WHAT WE DO IN CALLIN
THEM OUT FOR SOME LEVEL OF
FOLLOW-UP . WE ALSO LOOK AT
RESPONSE AND THAT HAS BEEN A
PRODUCT THAT I HAVE BEEN
INTIMTELY INVOLVED WITH. I
HELPED RESET AND ESTABLISH THE
CSO PROGRAM. NOW, GETTING
OFFICERS TO RESPOND OUT TO
SHOOTINGS AND OTHER THINGS.
INITIALLY, THERE WAS SKEPTICISM
BUT WE HAVE UTILIZED THAT WORK
FOR OVER A DECADE NOW. THERE
ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT
INITIALLY STARTED WITH
SKEPTICISM AND ONCE THERE IS A
PRODUCT AND THEY SEE THE
USEFULNESS OF IT, OFFICERS SAY,
THIS IS VALUABLE. INITIALLY,
THE FIRST SEVERAL MONTHS OF THE
VICTIM SUPPORT TEAM'S
ESTABLISHMENT, IT WAS NOT
UTILIZED . AFTER PEOPLE STARTED
UTILIZING IT, THEY SAID THIS
FREES UP MY TIME AND EFFORT AND
IT BECOMES UTILIZED . WE GO IN
WITH THAT MINDSET OF KNOWING
THERE WILL BE SKEPTICISM AND WE
ALSO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
MITIGATE IT AND BECOME A USEFUL
PRODUCT FOR THE COMMUNITY AT
HAND. OUR OVERALL GOAL, WHAT WE
SEE -- WE WANT TO LISTEN TO
OFFICERS BECAUSE THEY DO KNOW
FIRSTHAND ABOUT THE CHALLENGES
THEY ARE EXPERIENCING ON THOSE
CALLS FOR SERVICE AND HOW TO
MAKE SURE THOSE PRODUCT OF
SERVICES CAN DO THAT MUCH
BETTER IN BEING ABLE TO RESPOND
TO THOSE NEEDS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, ANY
FOLLOW-UP?
>> NO . I WOULD JUST OFFER THE
PERSONAL CAPACITY AND RESOURCES
OF MY OFFICE TO ENGAGE IN THOSE
DISCUSSIONS, CHIEF , IN ANY WAY
THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE
APPROPRIATE . I REALLY THINK
PART OF IT SHOULD BE, AT THIS
POINT, A LITTLE BIT MORE
ENGAGEMENT TO WORK WITH RANK
AND FILE LEADERSHIP IN THE
DEPARTMENT TO DISCUSS SOME OF
THESE CONCEPTS, HOW IT CAN BE
HELPFUL FOR A LOT OF THE SAME
CONCEPTS WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIN
FOR OFFICER WELLNESS AND OFFICE
TIME AND THAT IT REALLY HAS
WORKED IN A COLLEGIAL WAY WITH
THESE OTHER JURISDICTIONS. I
WOULD SAY IT IS SOMEWHAT
ANALOGOUS IN A SENSE TO THE
COLLEGIAL RELATIONSHIP , THE LA
ENFORCEMENT ASSISTED DIVERSION
PROGRAM HAS WITH THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT. THERE IS A LOT OF
RESPECT . I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED
IN A LOT OF THESE EFFORTS WHERE
, IN THE WEST PRECINCT AND
DISTRICT SEVEN, WE HAVE HAD
INTEGRATED TEAMS OF FOLKS THAT
HAVE RESOLVED AN AND CAM AND
LOCATION THAT INVOLVED SPD WEST
PRECINCT OFFICERS , INVOLVED
OUTREACH AND A SOCIAL WORKER
TEAMS . EVERYONE IN THOSE
MEETINGS GREATLY ENJOYS EACH
OTHER'S COMPANY. THERE IS HUGE
MUTUAL RESPECT . IT IS REALLY
JUST A MATTER OF EXPANDING ON
THAT KIND OF A MODEL WHERE WE
ALSO BUILD HEARTS AND MINDS AND
BREAK DOWN PERCEIVED BARRIERS
BETWEEN POLICING AND SOME OF
THESE OTHER COMPETENCIES THAT
HELP TO THE POINT THAT ENHANCE
THE ROLE OF BOTH PARTIES AND
HELPS US MOVE FORWARD. JUST
OFFERING, IF THERE IS A WAY YOU
MIGHT WANT TO WORK WITH
CONVENING SOME DISCUSSIONS WIT
RANK AND FILE LEADERS WITHIN TH
DEPARTMENT, I WOULD LOVE TO
PARTICIPATE IN THOSE TO SEE IF
WE CAN BREAK THROUGH SOME OF TH
IMPASSE ON GETTING SOME OF THIS
DONE.
>> PERFECT. THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> THIS WILL BE A QUICK
QUESTION. WE TALKED FOR THE PAS
SEVERAL MINUTES RANGING FROM
FENTANYL OVERDOSES NOW TO
ALTERNATIVE POLICE RESPONSES,
DUAL DISPATCH, ET CETERA. BACK
TO THE QUESTION OF WHAT
RESOURCES YOUR OFFICERS NEED,
CHIEF DIAZ? ONE THING THAT HAS
NOT BEEN MENTIONED IS SUBSTANCE
USE TREATMENT. WOULD HAVING
MORE OPTIONS FOR PUBLICLY
FUNDED RECOVERY BASED
COMPREHENSIVE SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER TREATMENT BE AN
IMPORTANT RESOURCE FOR YOUR
OFFICERS GOING FORWARD , SINCE
WE ARE PUTTING A LOT OF OTHER
THINGS ON THE TABLE HERE?
>> IT IS ESSENTIAL. WE HAVE TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE REFER PEOPLE
INTO SOCIAL SERVICES AND
SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES,
SPECIFICALLY. WE NEED THAT
LEVEL OF IDENTIFIED PROGRAMS
THAT WE CAN REFER PEOPLE INTO
BEFORE -- IF AFTER TWO
REFERRALS, SOMEBODY CONSISTENTL
IS IN POSSESSION OF FENTANYL
OR OTHER DRUGS, THAT CAN RESULT
IN AN ARREST BUT WE DON'T REALL
HAVE PREVENTION SERVICES OR
SUBSTANCE ABUSE FOR SERVICES
ALREADY AT HAND . THAT IS ONE O
THE THINGS I WOULD SAY IS
ESSENTIAL. I NOTICED A
LEGISLATION IS WORKING ON SOME
SORT OF REVAMPING OF THE
LEGISLATION SO THERE MIGHT BE
SOME CHANGES BUT OVERALL, THER
WILL BE SOME NEED FOR SUBSTANCE
ABUSE SERVICES.
>> THANK YOU. I MIGHT NOTE,
LET'S NOT FORGET , IT WOULD BE
AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE FOR PEOPL
WHO ARE DYING OF ADDICTION AS
WELL. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON. REALLY APPRECIATE THE
TIME THAT WE HAVE SPENT TODAY
FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC AND FOR
MY COLLEAGUES. WE ARE GOING TO
HAVE THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT BACK AT A LATER DATE
I DON'T WANT TO LOSE MY QUORUM
HERE FOR THE MEETING. AGAIN,
CHIEF DIAZ, DIRECTOR MARX,
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION,
THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK
THAT YOU AND YOUR OFFICERS AND
EVERYBODY AT SPD HAVE BEEN
DOING TO ADDRESS CRIME IN OUR
CITY AS WELL AS TO ANSWER OUR
QUESTIONS AND THOSE OF THE
PUBLIC AND THANK YOU IN ADVANCE
FOR THE FOLLOW-UP TO QUESTIONS
THAT YOU HAVE AGREED TO GET US
OFF-LINE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. TAK
CARE.
>> ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO
FURTHER QUESTIONS, I AM GOING
TO MOVE INTO CLOSING. THE NEXT
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICE
COMMITTEE MEETING IS SCHEDULED
FOR TUESDAY, FIGURE 28, 2023 .
IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENT
OR QUESTIONS, THE TIME IS 11:4
A.M. AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.