GOOD MORNING.
IT IS JULY 27TH.
THIS IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND
HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
MOOTING.
I AM LISA HERBOLD, THE CHAIR OF
THE COMMITTEE.
IT IS 9:31 A.M.
THE MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> AND BOTH COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES AND SAWANT THREAT OFFICE
KNOW THEY WERE NOT GOING TO BE
HERE TODAY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO TODAY ON THE AGENDA WE WILL
HEAR A NUMBER OF ITEMS.
THE FIRST ITEM THAT WE WILL HEAR
IS THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL'S EVENT PHASE 1 REPORT.
IT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE RACE
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE
PRESENTATION FROM THE SEATTLE
FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WE WILL HEAR
FROM THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT ON THE ALL HAZARDS
MITIGATION PLAN.
THIS IS A SECOND PRESENTATION
FROM AN EARLIER ONE FROM THE
OFFICE OF EARLY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
I HOPE TO VOTE THE PLAN OUT OF
COMMITTEE TODAY.
THEN LASTLY WE WILL BE HEARING
FROM CENTRAL STAFF AND EXECUTIVE
STAFF ON THE SUMMERY FINDINGS ON
THE EXECUTIVE ORDER ON THE
REIMAGINING POLICING AND
COMMUNITY SAFETY INNER
DEPARTMENTAL TEAM EFFORT.
NOW APPROVE OUR AGENDA FOR
TODAY'S COMMITTEE MEETING.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION TODAY'S
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
AT THE TIME WE WILL TRANSITION
INTO PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WILL MODERATE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IN THE FOLLOWING
MANNER.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO
MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I WILL CALL ON EACH SPEAKER BY
NAME AND IN THE ORDER IN WHICH
THEY REGISTERED ON THE COUNCIL'S
WEBSITE.
IF YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED TO
SPEAK BUT WOULD LIKE TO DO SO
YOU CAN SIGN UP BEFORE THE END
OF THE PUBLIC HEARING BY GOING
TO THE COUNCIL'S WEBSITE.
ONCE I CALL A SPEAKER'S NAME YOU
WILL HEAR A PROMPT AND ONCE YOU
HEAR THAT PROMPT YOU NEED TO
PRESS STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
YOU CAN BEGIN BY SPEAKING BY
STATING YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM
WHICH YOU ARE ADDRESSING.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME.
ONCE THE SPEAKER HEARS THAT
CHIME WE ASK YOU GOING WRAP UP
YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SPEAKERS DO NOT TEND COMMENT AT
THE END OF THE A LOTTED TIME
PROVIDED, THE SPEAKER'S MIC WILL
BE MUTED AFTER TEN SECONDS TO
ALLOW US TO HEAR FROM THE NEXT
SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT WE ASK YOU
DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE AND IF
YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE FOLLOWING
THE MEETING, YOU CAN DO SO BUT
PLEASE DO SO VIA THE SEATTLE
CHANNEL OR THELINESSING OPTIONS
THAT ARE LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
AS MENTIONED WE HAVE ABOUT 16
PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT.
THE AGENDA SHOWS WE HAVE 20
MINUTES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO TO ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THESE
SPEAKERS SPEAKING FOR TWO
MINUTES EACH I THINK WE NEED TO
EXTEND PUBLIC COMMENT FOR LET'S
MAKE SAFE -- FROM 20 MINUTES TO
35 MINUTES AND IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTIONS, I WILL AMEBD THE
AGENDA TO EXTEND PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD FROM 20 MINUTES TO 35
MINUTES.
HEAR NOTHING OBJECTION THE
AGENDA IS AMENDED.
I WOULD LIKE RECOGNIZE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ HAS JOINED
THE MEETING.
GOOD MORNING.
SO WE WILL MOVE RIGHT INTO
PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WILL READ SPEAKER'S NAMES
TOGETHER AND -- GET MY COMMENT
NAMES AND WE WILL GET STARTED.
FIRST WE HAVE HOWARD GAIL
FOLLOWED BY NEVIL.
HOWARD.
>> GOOD MORNING.
OVER THE LAST YEAR WE HAVE SEEN
THE REPEATED FAILURES OF EVERY
ASPECT OF OUR POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
WE HAVE SEEN THE OPA IGNORE
COMPLAINTS, FINED AGAINST
VICTIMS OR HAND OUT MEANINGLESS
DISCIPLINE IN OVER 99% OF THE
POLICE ABUSE CASES FROM THE LAST
YEAR.
TODAY WE WITNESS THE LATEST
FAILURE OF THE SYSTEM AS THE
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
PRESENTS THEIR FINDINGS ON THE
POLICE ABUSE OF 2020 FROM A 12
MEMBER PANEL.
FOUR OF THESE OFFICERS HAVE
DECADES OF QUESTIONABLE ACTION
INCLUDING ABUSING PROTESTERS AND
ONLY ONE MEMBER WHO IDENTIFIED
AS PROTESTER OUT OF THE 12.
IT IS AS IF THE CITY HELD A
PEACE CIRCLE FOR DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE VICTIMS AND INVITED
MOSTLY ABUSERS ALONG WITH A FEW
FOLKS TO --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THE SPD CLAIMS THE TEAR GAS USED
PROBLEM TESTERS DURING THE PINK
UMBRELLA INCIDENT WAS BECAUSE
THE SPD RAN OUT OF OTHER MEANS
OF ABUSE.
SINCE THE OIG SET OUT TO NOT
ASSIGN BLAME AND OUR CURRENT
POLICING -- THERE REMAINS AS
THERE DID 21 YEARS AGO, 22 YEARS
AGO AFTER THE WTO ABSOLUTELY NO
INCENTIVE FOR COPS TO CHANGE
BEHAVIOR ROOTED FROM GENERATIONS
OF CULTURE.
THIS REPORT IS AN OBSCENE
WHITEWASH AND DEMONSTRATES THE
YOU ARE END NEED FOR US TO HAVE
FULL CIVILIAN QUALITY CONTROL
OVER POLICE POLICY, MISCONDUCT
INVESTIGATIONS AND DISCIPLINE.
GO ONLINE TO FIND OUT HOW.
THAT IS SEATTLE STOP DOT ORG.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NEVIL
FOLLOWED BY TONY.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS NEVIT.
AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
YESTERDAY OVER 40 PEOPLE ARGUED
FOR OVER AN HOUR FOR AND AGAINST
COUNCIL BILL.
ABOUT FOUR PEOPLE SPOKE ABOUT
BIKE LANES, AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AND OTHER IMPORTANT SEATTLE
BUSINESS.
A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF
COUNCIL TIME IS SPENT ON --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
SUPPORTERS OF THE BILL MADE
CONTRADICTORY ARGUMENTS.
IS THIS BILL ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS
AND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND
NOT ABOUT ISRAEL?
OR IS ISRAEL AN EVIL COUNTRY
COMMITTING THESE EVIL CRIMES?
IF THE BILL TARGETS ISRAEL THEN
IT IS DISCRIMINATORY.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
A NUMBER OF CALLERS CLAIM
THE CRITICISM DOES NOT LEAD TO
ANTI-SEMITISM BUT THAT IS FALSE.
CRITICISM OF ISRAEL IS A TRIGGER
AND COVER FOR HATE CRIMES
PERPETRATE AGAINST JEWS.
OUR CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN
HIJACKED BY AN EXTREMIST SIDE
LOGICALLY AGENDA.
PLEASE GET BACK TO SERVING
SEATTLE, TABLE THIS MOTION, GET
RID OF THIS BILL AND MAKE
SEATTLE A SAFE, INCLUSIVE AND
WELCOMING COMMUNITY FOR ALL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TONY
FOLLOWED BY CODY.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS DR. TONY.
I'M A PSYCHOLOGIST HERE IN
SEATTLE, CLINICAL FACULTY AT
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND AN
AUTHOR ON A SERIES OF BOOKS.
ON SPEAKING I TO THE BEST OF
YOUR KNOWLEDGE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL TO --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THIS IS A VERY TIMELY
ISSUE.
A LARGE BODY OF RESEARCH
SUGGESTS PSYCHEDELIC MEDICINES
ARE HIGHLY SAFE.
RESEARCHERS AT JOHN HOPKINS HAVE
PUBLISHED DOZENS OF STUDIES
SHOWING THE EFFICACY OF
PSYCHEDELIC MEDICINES ALONG MANY
OTHER MAJOR UNIVERSITIES.
MANY CLIENTS TRIED TRADITIONAL
TALK THERAPIES BUT HAD NOT HAD
SUCCESS.
AND THEN SHOWED SIGNIFICANT
GAINS FROM PSYCHEDELIC MEDICINE.
AS A PSYCHOLOGIST I AM VERY
AWARE OF THE NEED FOR MORE
TREATMENTS IN ADDICTION AND
RELATED DIAGNOSIS.
OUR CITY IS EXPERIENCING A
SEVERE SHORTAGE OF MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICE MADE EVER MORE ACUTE BY
COVID.
IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO OUT
LAW MEDICINES THAT HAVE SUCH
STRONG RESTRICTION SUPPORT.
FORWARD THINKING CITIES ACROSS
THE U.S. HAVE --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
I URGE THE CITY DOWN STILL MAKE
THESE NATURAL MEDICINES
AVAILABLE TO SEATTLE CITIZENS.
PLEASE ACT TO PASS THIS
ORDINANCE BEFORE THE BUDGET
DELIBERATIONS IN SEPTEMBER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CODY
FOLLOWED BY ALY.
CODY.
>> HIGH NAME IS CODY, DISTRICT
4.
THERE IS NO REASON THE CITY OF
SEATTLE SHOULDN'T HAVE THESE
MEDICINES --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THE RECENT INCLUSION OF
PSYCHEDELIC DECRIMINALIZATION IS
A WELCOMED STEP.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE UPCOMING
REPORT.
WE APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS AND THE WILLINGNESS TO
PUT THIS ON THE REFERRAL FOR A
VOTE.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO
CONSIDER THE ISSUE.
I SAVE MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALY LEE
FOLLOWED BY RUTH.
ALY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M ALY LEE.
I AM CALLING IN TODAY TO THEN
SUPPORT AMENDMENT 1 WHICH IS
RESOLUTION 32011.
I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK
YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD
AND HER STAFF ALONG WITH
DIRECTOR MAYOR AND OAM AND MANY
OTHERS WHO WORKED ON THIS.
THESE COMMUNITIES AS YOU KNOW
HAVE SEEN A DISADVANTAGE TO MANY
OTHERS.
NUMBER ONE, THE RIVER AREA HAS A
13 YEAR LESS LIFE EXPECTANCY
THAN OTHER AREAS.
THEY ARE MAINLY MADE UP OF BLACK
INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR
AND NEEDS TO HAVE THE EQUITY OF
OTHER COMMUNITIES AS WELL.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH
FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR EFFORTS
IN MAKING SURE ALL COMMUNITIES
ARE EQUIVALENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RUTH
FOLLOWED BY KAREN.
>> THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS RUTH.
I'M A RETIRED GEOLOGIST AND
EDUCATOR.
ALEX IS MY COUNCIL MEMBER FROM
DISTRICT 4.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU IN
SUPPORT OF THE GROUP TO
DECRIMINALIZE NATURE SEATTLE.
I URGE YOU TO ADOPT THE
ORDINANCE FOR THE BUDGET
DELIBERATION PROCESS IN
SEPTEMBER.
TODAY WOULD BE GOOD.
MY POSITION IS BASED ON MY
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH
CANNABIS SXE MERGING SCIENTIFIC
RESEARCH RESULTS THAT
DEMONSTRATED THE HEALING
POTENTIAL FOR A RANGE OF THESE
PSYCHO ACTIVE PLANTS.
MY PARENTS WERE IN THEIR 90s AT
THE END OF THEIR LIVES AND
SUFFERING FROM PAIN AND
DEPRESSION WHEN MEDICAL
MARIJUANA WAS LEGALIZED IN
COLORADO.
BEFORE OFFERING IT TO THEM HI TO
TRY IT MYSELF AND WAS BLOWN AWAY
BY THE EFFECTS.
IT MADE ME FURIOUS AT THE LIVES
RUINED AND THE SUFFERING AND
DEATHS THAT DIDN'T NEED TO
HAPPEN IF WE LEARNED ABOUT THESE
BENEFITS SOONER INSTEAD OF NOT
SUPPORTING RESEARCH FOR A
POSITIVE EFFECT.
ONLY SUPPORTING RESEARCH FOR
NEGATIVE EFFECT.
SO NOW SEATTLE IS IN THE
POSITION TO LEAD BY BEING AN
EARLY ADOPTER OF DECRIMINALIZING
PSYCHEDELIC PLANTS.
THE IMPORTANT ISSUE IS
DECRIMINALIZE PLANTS THAT GROWS
ABUNDANTLY IN OUR AREA IN A WAY
THAT ENABLES THE PEOPLE THAT
NEED THEM TO ACCESS THEM AND
SAFELY ALONG WITH THE --
AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE HEALTH
CARE.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KAREN AND
CLARN BE FOLLOWED BY SOMEBODY
WHO WAS LISTED AS NOT PRESENT
EARLIER BUT IS NOW PRESENT.
THAT IS BEN.
KAREN.
KAREN, ARE YOU WITH US?
>> HI.
YEAH, SORRY.
HI.
MY NAME IS KAREN.
I WANT TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF
DECRIMINALIZING IN SEATTLE.
I RESIDE IN CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT 7.
I HAVE BEEN A CITIZEN SOLIDER IN
THE WASHINGTON ARMY NATIONAL
GUARD FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND SOME
OF MY TIME IN THE GUARD HAS BEEN
ASSIGNED TO THE COUNTER DRUG
TASK FORCE AT THE SEATTLE FIELD
DIVISION OF THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT
ADMINISTRATION.
I AM ALSO PROVISIONALLY LICENSED
AS A MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR
HERE IN WASHINGTON STATE.
I AM SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF
DECRIMINALIZING NATURE SEATTLE.
I BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE A ROLE
IN PROVIDING INDIVIDUALS THE
POWERFUL TOOL IN ACHIEVING
PROFOUND AND MEANINGFUL CHANGE.
CURRENT RESEARCH SUPPORTS THIS.
THE LAWS AS THEY STAND CREATES
BARRIERS.
THEY SHUTDOWN CONVERSATION
BETWEEN PROCEDURES AND PATIENTS
BEFORE KIT BEGIN.
THEY MAKE CRIMINALS OUT OF THOSE
WHO GATHER, GROW AND MAKE USE OF
WHAT NATURALLY OCCURS IN THE
ENVIRONMENT OF THE SPECIFIC
NORTHWEST.
A SPECIFIC INTEREST TO ME IS THE
GROWING BODY OF EVIDENCE FOR
USAGE IN TREATING INDIVIDUALS
WITH POST TRAUMATIC STRESS
DISORDER.
IN ORDER TO HAVE THE GREY
GREATEST AMOUNT OF GOOD FOR THE
LARGEST NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS,
THERE MUST BE OPEN AND FREE
COMMUNICATION ABOUT BEST
PRACTICES BY THOSE WHO WOULD USE
AND THOSE WHO SUPPORT USES OF
THEM.
THE LAWMAKERS AND HEALTH CARE
PROVIDERS WHO USE THESE TOOLS TO
CREATE FROM TRAUMATIC
DYSFUNCTION INTO POST TRAUMATIC
GROWTH.
SEATTLE HAS OPPORTUNITY TO
SUPPORT AND JOIN A GROWING
NUMBER OF CITIES AT A PIVOTAL
POINT IN OUR STATE AND NATION
HISTORY.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BEN FOLLOWED
BY HOLLY.
BEN.
>> HELLO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS BEN.
I'M A UNION ORGANIZER THAT LIVES
IN DISTRICT 3.
I'M SPEAKING TO YOU ALL TODAY AS
PART OF --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
IT ALLOWED ME TO FIND
PEACE.
I SAY THAT BECAUSE I'VE
ELIMINATED ALL MY ANXIETY AND
DEPRESSION AFTER USING
PSYCHEDELICS AND SELF CARE.
AFTER A CEREMONY I ATTENDED
EARLIER THIS YEAR I WAS ABLE
TO --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
I LEARNED HOW TO STRENGTHEN MY
EMPATHY, MADE PEACE WITH THINGS
I CANNOT CHANGE.
I WAS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE.
I CAME OUT WITH PROFOUND LOVE
FOR MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
UNFORTUNATELY FINDING MY OWN
INNER PEACE THROUGH PSYCHEDELIC
SANS ILLEGAL
--
PSYCH EDELICS IS ILLEGAL IN
SEATTLE.
WE STILL HAVE NOT DECRIMINALIZED
PSYCHEDELICS.
YOU HAVE HEARD ACCOUNTS WEEK
AFTER WEEK THAT SPEAK TO THE
BENEFITS.
WHY ARE WE WAITING?
WE CAN DO BETTER SEATTLE.
PASS OUR ORDINANCE IMMEDIATELY
SO THAT OTHERS CAN FIND THE SAME
PEACE I DID.
ALSO SOLIDARITY WITH THE
WORKERS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HOLLY
FOLLOWED BY VALERIE.
HOLLY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS HOLLY.
I'M HERE TODAY AS A GEORGETOWN
RESIDENT REPRESENTING THE
COUNCIL AS A MEMBER OF THE KING
COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
COMMUNITY COALITION TO OFFER
SUPPORT OF AMENDMENT 1
RESOLUTION 32011.
THIS AMENDMENT ELEVATES THE REAL
AND POTENTIAL DANGERS
COMMUNITIES FACE AND PROVIDES A
PATH FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT THE PLAN IS IN THE EVENTS
OF AN EMERGENCY RELATED TO
AIRPORT OPERATIONS.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD AND HER STAFF FOR NOT
ONLY LISTENING TO OUR
COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS BUT TAKING
ACTION TO ADDRESS THEM.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE
DIRECTOR FOR HER ENGAGEN'T ON
THIS WORK AND THE OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STAFF AS A
WHOLE FOR THEIR TIME AND
COMMITMENT AND BETTER UNDERSTAND
OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS AND WE
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
PARTNER WITH OEM AND
STRENGTHENING OUR RELATIONSHIP
THERE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS VALERIE
FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL.
VALERIE.
>> GOOD MORNING I'M VALERIE FROM
DISTRICT 2.
THIS MORNING YOU WILL HAVE A
PRESENTATION FROM THE OIT.
ON IT IS A REVIEW OF SPD'S
RESPONSE TO PROTESTS LAST
SUMMER.
THAT PANEL WAS PUT TOGETHER BY
THE OIT WITHOUT A PUBLIC APPEAL
OR TRANCE PARENT PROCESS FOR
PARTICIPATION.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
COMMUNITY CAN BE
USED TO MEAN ANYTHING.
THE MEMBERS OF THE PANEL WHO
WERE NOT POLICE WERE ACADEMICS
FROM PENNSYLVANIA AND THE U.K.
OR MEMBERS, STAFF AND MEMBERS OF
THE OIG AND CPC, THE REMOTE AND
BUREAUCRACY THAT IS THE POLICE
ACCOUNTABLE SYSTEM IN SEATTLE.
THAT IS NOT THE MOST REPRESENTED
COMMUNITY.
THAT IS NOT A PATH TO TRUTH
TELLING, LET ALONE THE REAL
CHANGE WE NEED.
WE URGENTLY NEED CIVILIAN POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM THAT IS
ITSELF ACCOUNTABLE.
FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO
SEATTLE STOP DOT ORG.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR LAST SPEAKER THAT IS PRESENT
IS MICHAEL.
MICHAEL!
THANK.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALL OF
RESOLUTION 32011.
I AM IN SUPPORT OF THE
AMENDMENT.
WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THESE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ARE
SUPPORTED BY MANY IN OUR
COMMUNITY BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY
BY THOSE WHO ARE THE MOST
VULNERABLE AND DIRECTLY
IMPACTED.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO UPLIFT THE
CALLS FOR EQUITY, ACCESSIBILITY
AND FOR TRAININGS TO BE IN HAS
LANGUAGES AS POSSIBLE TO ACCESS
WITH THE ACCESSIBILITY WE NEED.
THE ACTIONS THAT CAN RESULT FROM
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WILL HELP
MITIGATE MANY OF THE ARMED
MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO COPE
WITH THE FUTURE.
AND THE SUPPORT OF THIS
AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO CALL THE --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
GIVE FOLKS ONE MORE CHANCE TO
FIND US.
WE HAVE CASE SAVAGE, CONNER
WATERS, VELM ARK AND BILL
WATSON.
IF ANY OF YOU ARE LISTENING AND
CAN -- GET IN AND BE PRESENT TO
SPEAK, WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE
TIME.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY CHANGE IN
STATUS AND SO WITH THAT IT IS
9:55 A.M.
AND WE WILL CONCLUDE
PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND WE WILL MOVE INTO THE ITEMS
ON OUR AGENDA.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ IN
THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM.
>> AGENDA IT NUMBER ONE, OFFICE
OF INSPECTOR GENERAL SENTINEL
EVENT PHASE 1 REPORT.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR
BEING HERE TO PRESENT THE
SENTINEL EVENT REVIEW PHASE 1
REPORT.
IF EACH PRESENTER COULD PRODUCE
THEMSELVES POPCORN STYLE BEFORE
WE HAND IT OVER TO INSPECTOR
GENERAL TO PRESENT THE REPORT.
THANK YOU
>> GOOD MORNING CHAIR HERBOLD.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO START?
>> UM, I WOULD LIKE EVERYBODY TO
DO A QUICK ROUND OF
INTRODUCTIONS POPCORN STYLE AND
HAND IT OFF AND WE WILL HAND IT
OVER TO YOU TO START.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MIROSLALVA MEZA.
>> THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING AMY
TSAI DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL
PASSING IT TO LISA.
>> GOOD MORNING.
LIS JUST JUDGE INSPECTOR GENERAL
FOR PUBLIC SAFETY IN SEATTLE.
I WILL PASS IT TO DONNA MOODIE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
DONNA MOODIE, EVP.
I WILL PASS IT TO -- I CAN'T SEE
A SCREEN ACTUALLY.
>> UM --
>> JOHN HOLLOWAY, ASSOCIATE DEAN
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
PENNSYLVANIA, CAREY LAW SCHOOL
AND EXEC TOUGH DIRECTOR OF THE
CENTER FOR THE FAIR
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AND I
WILL PASS IT OVER OVER TO
SAROEUM.
>> MY NAME IS SAROEUM PHOUNG.
I'M HONORED TO BE HERE.
THANKS SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
I THINK THAT IS EVERYBODY.
WE WILL PASS IT BACK TO
INSPECTOR GENERAL JUDGE TO GET
IT STARTED.
>> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU MADAM
CHAIR, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK WITH YOU THIS MORNING.
I THINK MOST OF YOU HAVE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR ABOUT THE
PROCESS AS ITS BEEN DEVELOPED.
I WILL JUST GAVE BRIEF OVER VIEW
SO WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE TIME WE
HAVE TO TALK TO THE GUESTS THAT
ARE WITH ME TODAY.
AND ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
FINDINGS.
SO IF YOU COULD ADVANCE TO THE
NEXT SLIDE.
JUST VERY BRIEFLY WHAT IT IS IS
A REVIEW OF A SENTINEL EVENT.
SENTINEL EVENT BEING REALLY KEY
HERE.
IT IS A -- SOMETHING THAT
HAPPENS THAT HAS TRAGIC OR
UNWANTED CONSEQUENCES AND SO IT
IS A SIGNAL THERE IS SOMETHING
WENT WRONG WITH INDIVIDUAL FOLKS
BUT THERE ARE DEEPER SYSTEMIC
ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ANALYZED
SO YOU CAN MORE UPSTREAM FROM
THE PROBLEM, FIX THOSE THINGS TO
PREVENT A SIMILAR TRAGIC OCCUR
FRENS HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE.
GENERALLY IN SENTINEL EVENT
TYPES OF REVIEW PROCESSES THE
EVENT REALLY IS SELF IDENTIFIED.
IT HAS BEEN USED A QUITE A BIT
IN THE INDUSTRY WHERE YOU HAVE A
SINGLE TRAGIC EVENT LIKE A PLANE
CRASH OR DEATH ON THE OPERATING
TABLE AND SO THE EVENT IS
IDENTIFIED AND BROKEN DOWN AND
ANALYZED.
HERE LAST SUMMER WE HAD A
ROLLING SERIES OF TRAGIC EVENTS
DAILY FOR QUITE AN EXTENDED
PERIOD OF TIME.
PART OF THE WORK WAS IDENTIFYING
WHICH SENTINEL EVENTS WOULD BE
REVIEWED BY A REVIEW PANEL AND
SO IN UNDER TAKING THAT WORK WE
HAD TO REALLY DIVIDE IT AND
THAT -- THAT NECESSITY SETTING
ALL PLANNINGGROUP THAT WOULD
HELP US IDENTIFY THOSE EVENTS.
I'M GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF.
THIS WAS UNIQUE BECAUSE IT IS
KIND OF THE FIRST INSTANCE IN MY
KNOWLEDGE WHERE THE EVENTS
WEREN'T IDENTIFIED BUT YOU HAD
TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL WORK.
IF YOU WANT TO ADVANCE TO THE
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> WE ALSO REALLY WANTED TO
APPROACH THIS FROM FOCUS ON
COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES AND
MAKING SURE WE WERE ADDRESSING
COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND A CORE
THING THAT ALL OF US AND THE
FOLKS WHO AGREED TO WORK ON THE
PANEL WERE REALLY CONCERNED
ABOUT WAS MAKING SURE WE HAD
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD BE
IMPLEMENTFUL.
NOBODY WANTED TO ENGAGE IN THIS
REALLY, REALLY HARD WORK FOR
NOTHING.
SO WE ANTED TO COME OUT OF THIS
WITH SOMETHING IMPACTFUL.
IF YOU COULD ADVANCE THE SLIDE,
PLEASE.
SO JUST KIND OF LAYING IT OUT IN
TERMS OF OUR STAGES IN INITIAL
PLANNING WE STARTED REACHING OUT
TO MAKE THIS COMMUNITY CENTER TO
COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
WE ENGAGED WITH CONSULTANTS WHO
HAD SOME EXPERTISE THAT OUR
SMALL OFFICE DID NOT HAVE IN
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
WE CONSULTED WITH THE COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION AND OTHER
STAKE HOLDERS TO GET A SENSE OF
WHAT THE UNIVERSE OF ENGAGEMENT
SHOULD LOOK LIKE FOR US.
WE STARTED BROADLY.
WE SENT OUT COMMUNICATIONS TO I
THINK OVER 100 ORGANIZATIONS AND
INDIVIDUALS INVITING
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT THIS
LOOKS LIKE.
IT IS REALLY -- IT IS NOT FAIR
FOR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE SITTING
ON A PANEL LIKE THIS TO BE THE
REPRESENTATIVE OF THEIR
PARTICULAR COMMUNITIES AND SO
WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO WAS
GET A BROAD RANGE OF LIVED
EXPERIENCES FROM PEOPLE WHO WERE
MOST IMPACTED BY POLICE
VIOLENCE.
WE TRIED TO CENTER BLACK VOICE
IN THE PANEL AND TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE WERE -- NOT JUST FROM
THE PROTEST BUT MORE BROADLY FOR
THE HISTORY OF POLICE VIOLENCE
WE WERE REACHING OUT AND TRYING
TO GET FOLKS ON THE PANEL WHO
HAD A RANGE OF EXPERIENCES IN
AND IMPACT THE COMMUNITY.
SO HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH
PEOPLE OUT IN COMMUNITY WHO SOME
WERE INTERESTED NOT PROCESS,
SOME COULDN'T COMMIT, SOME JUST
DIDN'T THINK THIS WAS THE TABLE
THEY WANTED TO SIT AT.
SO THROUGH A LOT OF
CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE AND
PEOPLE SAYING THIS SOUNDS REALLY
INTERESTING AND -- BUT IT
DOESN'T SOUND LIKE WORK WE CAN
DO BUT YOU SHOULD TALK TO THIS
OTHER PERSON.
WE HAD A LOT OF -- IT SPREAD AND
THE CONVERSATIONS SPREAD.
THROUGH THAT WE DECIDED WE WOULD
LIKE COMMUNITY SELF IDENTIFY AND
HAVE PEOPLE FILTER TO US FROM
THESE CONVERSATIONS WHO WERE
INTERESTED IN COMING TOGETHER
AND DOING SOME REALLY DIFFICULT
WORK WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
TO HELP THEM FIGURE OUT WHAT
WENT WRONG LAST SUMMER AND TO
IMPLEMENT FIXES TO KEEP THAT
FROM EVER HAPPENING AGAIN.
AS I MENTIONED WE HAD TWO
SEGMENTS OF PEOPLE WORKING ON
THIS.
THE PLANNING GROUP WERE -- VERY
HELPFUL IN JUST DECIDING AND
HELPING US FRAME THE PROJECT AND
FIGURE OUT WHAT IT NEEDED TO
LOOK LIKE, WHO WE SHOULD REACH
OUT TO AND IDENTIFYING PANEL
MEMBERS AS WELL AS EVENTS.
THEY WERE AND CONTINUE TO BE
VERY HELPFUL.
THEN PANELISTS INCLUDE COMMUNITY
FOLKS, LAW ENFORCEMENT,
INDIVIDUALS AND -- I THINK THAT
IS IMPORTANT.
AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS
REPORT IS FOR SPD TO TAKE TO
HEART AND TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES
TO KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING
AGAIN.
SO BUYING FROM SPD, THEIR
PARTICIPATION AND MAKING SURE WE
ARE UNDERSTANDING WHAT HAPPENED
AND THAT THE THINGS WE WERE
RECOMMENDING ARE IN FACT
POSSIBLE AND IMPLEMENTABLE WAS
CRITICAL TO WHAT I FEEL IS THE
SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT.
AT THIS POINT --
>> INSPECTOR GENERAL?
>> YES.
>> REAL QUICKLY BECAUSE IT WAS
QUESTION OR STATEMENT IN PUCK
LEK COMMENT, THE SELECTION OF
THE PANELISTS, THAT WAS DONE AS
I UNDERSTAND IT BY SORT OF WORD
OF MOUTH RECRUITMENT OR WAS
THERE AN OPEN CALL FOR PEOPLE TO
APPLY TO BE PANELISTS?
>> THERE WAS NOT AN OPEN CALL
BECAUSE WE WERE REALLY TARGETING
IMPACTED COMMUNITIES IN OUR
INITIAL OUTREACH.
WE WERE GOING TO BLACK LED
ORGANIZATIONS, TO ORGANIZATIONS
THAT WORK WITH YOUTH,
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK WITH
POPULATIONS LIKE LGBTQIA,
HOMELESS, PEOPLE WHO ARE
IMPACTED BY MENTAL ILLNESS.
IT REELY WAS TARGETED TO
IMPACTED COMMUNITIES AND TALKING
WITH FOLKS IN THOSE -- IN THOSE
AREAS TO IDENTIFY VOICES THAT
WOULD BEST BRING THAT KIND OF
PERSPECTIVE TO THE TABLE.
SO THERE WAS NO OPEN CALL.
IT WAS TARGETED AND THEN
CRITERIA FOR PANEL MEMBERSHIP
WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE PLANNING
GROUP WHICH HAD COMMUNITY
REPRESENTATIVES AND OTHER STAKE
HOLDERS THERE.
SO REALLY WHAT THE GROUP WAS
LOOKING FOR IN TERMS OF PANEL
MEMBERSHIP, WHAT KINDS OF
PERSPECTIVES THEY THOUGHT WERE
IMPORTANT TO BE INCLUDED HERE
AND VETTING OF PANEL MEMBERS WAS
DONE BY THE PLANNING GROUP.
NOT SIMPLY BY OIG.
THANK YOU.
I HOPE THAT IS RESPONSIVE TO
YOUR QUESTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO THROW IT OPEN.
DONNA MOODIE IF YOU HAVE
ANYTHIN TO ADD TO MAYBE YOUR
EXPERIENCE IN THIS PART OF THE
PROCESS?
>> I WOULD SAY HAVING BEEN ON
THE PANEL AS WELL AS THE
PLANNING GROUP THAT PROBABLY THE
THING THAT I MOST NOTICED WHEN I
WAS FIRST APROECHD BY LISA JUDGE
WAS THAT -- I WAS SKEPTICAL AND
I -- BASICALLY MENTIONED THAT I
DIDN'T THINK THAT -- BEHAVIOR OF
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DURING
PROTESTS WAS SOMETHING THAT I
WANTED TO KIND OF COP DONE OR
ANALYZE AND SAY WELL -- THIS
WENT RYE BUT LEAVE LETS MOVE ON.
AFTER A CONVERSATION WITH LISA
AND SEEING WHERE HER PERSPECTIVE
WAS COMING FROM AND THE PROCESS,
I THOUGHT I WOULD GUY GIVE --
GIVE IT A TRY.
ONCE I WENT TO MY FIRST PANEL
EVEN THOUGH IT WAS HARD TO
VISUALLY AND REPEATEDLY LOOK AT
INCIDENT IN REALLY CLOSE
ANALYTICAL AND VERY SCIENTIFIC
WAY, I CAME AWAY JUST REALIZING
THAT IT WAS REALLY BENEFICIAL TO
GIVE TIME AND DEDICATION AND
ALSO JUST A FOCUS TO THE
INCIDENTS THEMSELVES AND KIND OF
REMOVE IN SOME WAYS A LITTLE BIT
OF EMOTION AND REALLY LOOK AT
THINGS AND IN NOT LIKE THE WORLD
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE BUT LOOK AT
THAT IN THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED,
WHAT COULD WE DO DIFFERENTLY TO
MAKE THAT EXACT INCIDENT NOT
HAPPEN AGAIN.
IN THAT APPROACH T SCIENCE OF IT
INTRIGUED ME AND MADE MY
PARTICIPATION KIND OF HEART
FELT.
I WILL SAY IN REFERENCE TO MY
COLLEAGUES ON THE PANEL, THERE
WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD
IMMEDIATELY STOP THE
CONVERSATION IN THE MIDST OF IT
AND SAY YOU OVER LOOKING
HISTORIC AND SYSTEMIC RACISM
THAT WE SEE IN THIS SITUATION.
LIKE IT IS NOT JUST THAT SOMEONE
WAS ARRESTED FOR MOVING THE
CROWD FORWARD OR INTERFERING
WITH THE POLICE.
IT IS THAT IF YOU BLOCK AND
ATTEN EVENT LIKE THAT, YOUR
ARREST WILL HAVE MUCH DIFFERENT
IMPACT ON YOUR LIFE THAN THAT OF
SOME OTHER PROTESTERS.
SO WE WERE OFTEN AND OFTEN KIND
OF KEEPING THAT THE CENTER OF
HOW WE LOOKED AT THINGS.
I THINK IT WAS IN A LOT OF WAYS
A REALLY TRUE REPRESENTATION OF
COMMUNITY.
WE COULD ALWAYS HAVE MORE PEOPLE
BUT WE HAD A REALLY DIVERSE
REPRESENTATION FROM OUR PANEL.
>> THANK YOU, DONNA.
APPRECIATE THAT.
IF YOU COULD MOVE TO THE NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO OBVIOUSLY OUR MAIN GOAL FROM
HERE WOULD BE ESTABLISH SOME
SIDE GOAL ALONG THE WAY IN TERMS
OF RECONCILIATION AND GETTING TO
SOME HEALING.
WHAT WE WERE AIMING TO DO WAS
FORM --
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AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE OIG AND
PARTICIPANTS ALIKE DIDN'T WANT
TO ENGAGE IN A PROCESS AND
DEVOTE OURSELVES TO SOMETHING
WHERE THERE WEREN'T GOING TO
BE -- WHERE THERE WASN'T GOING
TO BE A LIKELIHOOD FOR A
MEANINGFUL CHANGE TO COME OUT OF
THIS SO WE HAD TO COMMIT TO THAT
TO ESTABLISHING THINGS THAT
WOULD LEAD TO MEANINGFUL
CHANGEMENT WE WERE COMMITTED TO
HAVING DIVERSE PANEL
EXPERIENCES.
NOT NECESSARILY OF COMMUNITY
REPRESENTATIVES BUT OF DIVERSITY
OF OPINION BUT EXPERIENCE ALL OF
THOSE THINGS.
SO THE -- ONE OF THE BIGGEST
HURDLES WAS COMMUNICATION OF
BRINGING PEOPLE WHO HAD REALLY
DIVERGENT AND SOMETIMES
VIOLENTLY CONFLICT IDEAS
TOGETHER TO HAVE REAL
CONVERSATIONS WITH EACH OTHER.
SO EARLY ON WHEN WE WERE
PLANNING THE PROCESS WE DECIDED
PEACE MAKING WAS PROBABLY GOING
TO BE THE -- THE MOST IMPACTFUL
WAY WE COULD GET PEOPLE WITH
REALLY DIVERGENT FEELINGS IN A
ROOM TO TALK, HEAR ONE ANOTHER,
RESPECT ONE ANOTHER AND HAVE A
SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT SO THAT
WE COULD HAVE THOSE
CONVERSATIONS.
SO WE DECIDED TO USE THE PEACE
MAKING PROCESS.
IF YOU COULD ADVANCE TO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
I WILL GIVE SAROEUM A CHANCE TO
TALK ABOUT PEACE MAKING AND WHAT
WE DID HERE WITH HIS
EXPERIENCES.
SO, YEAH.
SAROEUM, ARE YOU WITH US?
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT PEACE
MAKING?
>> YES, I AM, LIS LISA, THANK
YOU SO
MUCH.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU.
IT HAS BAN PRIVILEGE AND AN
HONOR TO WORK JOHN
HOLLOWAY MEMBERS ON THE PANEL.
TO ME SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A
LOT OF TIME I WILL SPEND A FEW
MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT WHY PEACE
MAKING IS SO --
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BECAUSE OF THE DISTRUST BETWEEN
COMMUNITY AND SPD AND THE TRAUMA
HAVE BEEN CAUSED, IT IS HARD TO
BUILD TRUST AND CREATE A SPACE
WHERE PEOPLE CAN LISTEN TO ONE
ANOTHER BECAUSE OF THEIR HARMS
AND PAIN AND THE HURT THAT HAS
BEEN HAPPENING FOR HUNDREDS OF
YEARS.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS IN ORDER TO
BUILD TRUST IS THE PEACE MAKING
CIRCLE PROMOTE PEACE AND
RECONCILIATION.
THE DIS TRUST MEANS SOMEWHERE
ALONG THE LINE PEOPLE WERE
FEELING HURT.
IT IS TAPPING INTO THE EMOTIONAL
CAPACITY.
SO IT IS GOOD THE USE A MENTAL
AND INTELLECTUAL TO TRY TO
PROBLEM SOLVE WHAT IS MENTAL
ASPECTS OF IT.
IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO BUILD
SAFETY AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT
WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY REALLY
SPEAK TO THE TRUTH AND SHOW
THEIR EMOTIONS.
SO THAT IS WHY PEACE MAKING
PROCESS IS VERY UNIQUE,
INNOVATIVE PROCESS WHEN IT COMES
TO LISTENING.
I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE
WHO HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THEY
WANT TO SHARE.
OFTEN TIMES WE CREATE A SPACE
WITH PEOPLE ARE MORE BLAMING AND
SHAMING EACH OTHER INSTEAD OF
LISTENING.
HEALING SOMETIMES START WITH
THOSE SIGNIFICANT SMALL STEP.
PEACE MAKING CIRCLE ALSO IS A
VALUE BASED APPROACH.
SPEAKING TO WHAT IS OUR VALUES
AND HOW DO WE LEAD AND SPEAK
FROM THE VALUE WE SAY WHO WE ARE
SO WE CAN LEARN HOW TO SEE EACH
OTHER AS HUMAN BEINGS, AS
VALUABLE ASSETS TO OUR
COMMUNITY.
AND TO HEAL OR MAKE AMEND FROM
THE DISTRUST WE HAVE BEEN
STRAINING FROM ONE ANOTHER FOR
MANY, MANY YEARS.
I WANTED TO SHARE THE TRUST
PEACE.
I THINK THAT IT IS EASY TO BUILD
TRUST OF PEOPLE YOU FIND
INTRIGUED.
IT IS HARDER TO BUILD TRUST
WHERE PEOPLE FELT LIKE THERE IS
HARM BEING DONE FOR YOU.
ESPECIALLY IN THE BLACK
COMMUNITY AND ALSO IN OTHER
COMMUNITIES LIKE MYSELF.
I GREW UPTON STREET INVOLVED IN
THE SYSTEM AND HAVE DEALT
THROUGHOUT MY LIFE WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
SO TO ME PEACE MAKING HEALING IS
A GREAT WAY TO GO AND IT ALLOWS
US TO SEE EACH OTHER AS HUMANS
AND BUILD TRUST WITH ONE
ANOTHER.
WE NEED BUILD THE COMMUNITY.
THAT IS A MORE DIVERSE
COMMUNITY, EQUITABLE AND INCLUES
--
INCLUSIVE TO EVERYONE.
SO WHY TRUST IS SO IMPORTANT
BECAUSE IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO FEEL
SAFE TOGETHER.
WHEN WE DON'T FEEL SAFE WE PUT
OUR DEFENSIVE UP.
WHEN WE FEEL SAFE PEOPLE FEEL
LIKE THEY CAN PUT THEIR GUARD
DOWN AND BE ABLE TO TAKE THINGS
LESS PERSONAL AND HEARING EACH
OTHER AND HELP EACH OTHER HEAL
FROM WHATEVER TRAUMA.
WHY PEACE MAKING CIRCLE?
BECAUSE OF TRUST.
I THINK MORE IMPORTANTLY TRUST
MEANS COLLABORATION AND
PARTNERSHIP.
OBVIOUSLY THIS DISTRUST TO SOLVE
THIS PROBLEM IN OUR COMMUNITY
BETWEEN POLICE AND THE COMMUNITY
REQUIRE ALL OF US TO BRING OUR
BEST SELF TO THE ENGAGEMENT
BECAUSE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE FAMILY
IN OUR COMMUNITY AND REALLY
IMPORTANT AND SOMETIME THE
SYSTEM IS NOT PART OF THE
COMMUNITY.
WHAT IS WHY TRUST IS REALLY ILL
POOR WANT.
IT HAS BEEN SUCH AN HONOR TO
HAVE A LOT OF DIFFICULT
CHALLENGING CONVERSATIONS BUT DO
IT IN A WAY WE CAN LISTEN TO ONE
ANOTHER AND BE HONEST AND BE
SINCERE AND NOT TAKING THINGS
PERSONAL.
IT ISN'T ABOUT US.
IT IS ABOUT US GETTING TOGETHER
TO FIND WHATEVER WE CAN WORK
THROUGH SO WE CAN COLLABORATE
AND FIGURE TOUT BEST SOLUTION
FOR PEOPLE AND OUR FAMILIES
BECAUSE THEY DESERVE MORE FROM
ALL OF US.
IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO WORK
WITH THE PANEL, OIG AND JOHN AND
CONTRIBUTE TO CONNECT US AS
HUMANS SO WE REMEMBER THAT WE
ARE PART OF THE HUMAN SPECIES
BEFORE OUR SKIN COLOR, BEFORE
OUR LANGUAGE, OUR CULTURE.
SO THAT WE ARE ALL A HUMAN
FAMILY AND EXISTING ON PLANET
EARTH TOGETHER WITHOUT HAVING TO
VIEW THAT CONFLICT AS NECESSARY.
IN FACT HEALING PEACE MAKING AND
TRUST ALLOW US TO LIVE TOGETHER
IN HARMONY TOGETHER AS HUMAN
BEINGS AND HUMAN SPECIES.
THAT WAS MY THOUGHTS.
I'VE BEEN DOING THIS WORK FOR
OVER TWO DECADES.
A LOT OF MY WORK IS MAINLY
DEALING WITH THE PROGRAM,
HEALING FAMILY AND COMMUNITIES.
IT IS A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD.
THIS IS SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE
BEEN
PRIVILEGED TO WORK WITH PEOPLE
WHO WANT TO CHANGE BUT DON'T
KNOW THOUSAND DO IT.
EVERY TIME WE GET TOGETHER WE
ARE NORMALLY SHAMING EACH OTHER
AND THAT IS NOT GOOD WAY TO
BUILD A HEALTHY COMMUNITY IN MY
OPINION AND OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND
COMMUNITY DESERVE MORE THAN.
IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ALLOWING
ME TO BE HERE.
>> THANK YOU, SAROEUM.
ALWAYS AN HONOR TO HEAR YOU
SPEAK.
IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO WORK
WITH YOU AS WELL.
I'VE BECOME A VERY BIG BELIEVER
IN IT AS POSITIVE WAY TO PROBLEM
SOLVE BETWEEN COMMUNITY AND
GOVERNMENT AND TO RESOLVE
CONFLICT.
I'VE BECOME A BIG BELIEVER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
IF YOU WANT TO MOVE TO THE NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE.
JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE
CAME TO IDENTIFY THE EVENTS WE
DID.
WE LOOKED AT A LOT OF DATA AND
WHEN YOU AGGREGATE IT YOU CAN
SEE IN THE TOP OF THE SLIDE
THERE IS WHAT LOOKS LIKE LITTLE
WAVES.
SO THERE WERE A LOT OF SPIKES ON
CERTAIN DAYS WITH USES AND
FORCE, ARRESTS.
THOSE DAYS BECAME THE
SIGNIFICANT DAYS THAT TURNED
INTO WAVES FOR US.
YOU CAN GET BACK, PLEASE, ONE
SLIDE.
WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT -- NO, GO
TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THERE YOU GO.
SO WE LOOKED AT THESE THINGS AND
IT WAS VERY CLEAR THEY SORT OF
SHOOK OUT IN FIVE DISTINCT AVES
OF ACTIVITY.
SO THE REPORT THAT WE ARE
DISCUSSING TODAY IS THE WAVE ONE
REPORT THAT MOSTLY ENCOMPASS THE
DOWNTOWN PROTESTS.
YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE THREE
OTHER STEPS HERE.
AFTER THAT WE HAD SOME
SIGNIFICANT INCIDENTS IN JULY,
JULY 25TH BEING PROBABLY THE ONE
THAT SPRINGS MOST TO FOLKS MINDS
AND THEN SOME INCIDENT IN
SEPTEMBER FOLLOWED BY WAVE FIVE
WHICH WAS REALLY AFTER SPD HAD
SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED ITS
APPROACH TO THESE THINGS.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT ONE,
SPECIFICALLY TO WAVE ONE HERE
ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE LOOKED
AT IN AGGREGATING DATA.
WE LOOKED AT USES OF FORCE, LESS
LETHAL WEAPONS USED.
BUT USING LOOKING AT REPORTS OF
THAT.
LOOKING AT ARRESTS.
NUMBER OF OFFICER INJURIES.
COMPLAINTS THAT CAME INTO OPA.
CLAIMS, LAWSUITS AND THE LIKE.
WE SCOURED SOCIAL MEDIA FOR
CERTAIN KEYWORDS AND SO WE KIND
OF AGGREGATED THIS INFORMATION
AND --
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ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON?
SO IN TAKING THIS
INFORMATION WE -- WE LET OUR
PLANNING GROUP LOOK THROUGH IT
AND THE PLANNING GROUP
IDENTIFIED SOME SPECIFIC
INCIDENT THE PANEL WOULD REVIEW.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THOSE A LITTLE
BIT MORE IN DEPTH BUT WHEN THE
PANEL STARTED MEETING IT WAS
VERY CLEAR THAT SOME INCIDENTS
HAD HAPPENED RIGHT AT THE VERY
BEGINNING OF THESE PROTESTS ON
MAY 29TH IN THE INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT.
IT WAS REALLY I THINK IMPORTANT
FOR THE PANEL -- FROM THE
PANEL'S PERSPECTIVE TO LOOK AT
THOSE EVENTS AND ACKNOWLEDGE
WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO START
SETTING THE STAGE FOR WHAT
OCCURRED OVER THE WEEKS AND
MONTHS TO COME.
THAT WAS SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE
THAT OCCURRED IN THE
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT ON MAY
29TH.
SO WHILE THAT WAS NOT AN EVENT
THAT WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE
PLANNING GROUP, IT WAS SOMETHING
THAT THE PLANNING GROUP DID
BREAK DOWN.
YOU WILL SEE IT DESCRIBED IN
SOME DETAIL IN THE REPORT.
SO HERE THE INCIDENTS THAT WERE
REVIEWED WERE THAT PROPERTY
DAMAGE I DESCRIBED ON MAY 30TH.
THE CHILD BEING PEPPER SPRAYED.
THE CARS BEING SET ON FIRE IN
THE WEST LAKE AREA AND LOOTING
HAPPENING.
THE OFFICER -- SOME VIDEO
FOOTAGE OF AN OFFICER MAKING
ARRESTS OUTSIDE OF T-MOBILE THE
NIGHT OF MAY 30TH PUTTING HIS
KNEE ON THE NECK OF SOME
INDIVIDUALS.
AN OFFICER ALTERCATION THAT
HAPPENED THE NEXT DAY AND THEN
PINK UMBRELLA INCIDENT ON JUNE
1ST.
WHAT I WILL DO NOW IS GIVE --
>> QUICK.
BEFORE YOU MOVE ON.
SO I HEARD YOU SAY THAT -- THAT
THE PANEL IDENTIFIED -- SORRY
THE PLANNING GROUP RECOMMENDED
TO THE PANEL THE WAVE 1
INCIDENTS BUT IN THE CASE OF THE
ORGANIZED PROPERTY DAMAGE IN THE
CID THAT WAS NOT IDENTIFIED,
INITIALLY AND SO IT WAS THE --
PANEL WHO SAID PLANNING GROUP WE
NEED TO ADD THIS.
BASED ON WHAT?
WAS THAT BASED ON NUMBERS OF
COMPLAINTS OR BASED ON THEIR
UNDERSTANDING OF BECAUSE OF
THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCES THEIR
UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE
OF THAT EVENT ON MAY 29TH?
>> I THINK IT IS A COMBINATION
OF THOSE THINGS.
ALSO WE HAD THROUGHOUT THIS
PROCESS WE HAVE INVITED FOLKS TO
COME AND TALK TO THE PANEL WHO
HAVE PARTICULAR EXPERIENCES AND
IN THIS I THINK FROM THIS
PARTICULAR INCIDENT WE HAD A
GUEST COME AND TALK ABOUT THEIR
EXPERIENCES THROUGHOUT THE
SERIES OF PROTESTS.
THE GUESTS SPOKE A LOT ABOUT
INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED ON THE
29TH.
SO THE PAN HELL A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS
ABOUT THAT, TO THEN GET DATA
ABOUT THAT INCIDENT AND I THINK
IT HAD IMPLICATIONS FOR
ACKNOWLEDGING THE ROLE THAT RACE
PLAYS IN ALL OF THESE EVENTS AND
THE PERCEPTIONS OF LENG
LEGITIMACY.
IT WAS SOMETHING THE PANEL FELT
THEY NEEDED TO CALL OUT AND
BREAK DOWN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SURE.
SO, IN -- AND JUST -- FOR YOUR
INFORMATION, WE ATD AGGREGATED A
LOT OF POTENTIAL INCIDENTS AND
THEN THE PLANNING GROUP RANKED
THEM IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY FELT
WERE PRIORITIES AND IMPORTANCE
AND WHAT WOULD BE THE MOST
IMPACTFUL FOR CHANGES TO SPD.
THAT IS HOW THOSE INCIDENTS WERE
PICKED FROM THE LARGER SET OF
POTENTIALLY REVIEWABLE
INCIDENTS.
IF YOU WILL GO TO THE SERVE
PROCESS SLIDE.
WHEN THE PANEL WAS ANALYZING
INCIDENTS WE WERE LOOKING AT
PARTICULAR CATEGORIES OF --
THINGS THAT MIGHT HAVE
CONTRIBUTED TO THOSE NEGATIVE
EVENTS HAPPENING.
SO I THINK PROFESSOR IF YOU WANT
TO JUST GIVE US BRIEF RUN DOWN
ABOUT WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR
AND WHAT CONTINUE BOUGHT A
FACTORS MEAN AND THEIR ROLE IN
THIS PROCESS, THAT WOULD BE
GREAT.
>> SURE.
THANK YOU TO HAVING ME.
THANKS FOR LETTING ME
PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS.
IT WAS A REAL PLEASURE.
I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE
WORK YOU AND THE TEAM DID AND
JUST THE WILLING NESS TO USE
THIS
PROCESS TO LOOK AT --
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A NUMBER OF OPEN COMMENTS THAT
WERE MADE REFER TO THE NEED OF
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
I COULDN'T AGREE WITH THAT
STATEMENT MORE AND MY FEELING IS
THAT REVIEW ACTUALLY ADDS A NEW
KIND OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE
EXISTING ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEWS
AND OPA AND ALL OF THE OTHER
THINGS GOING ON.
WHAT WE ARE MISSING IS
SOMETIMES THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF
OUR EXISTING GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS TO IMPROVE
OVERTIME.
TO ACCEPT THE ROLES THEY PLAYED
IN THESE EVENTS AND TO MAKE
CHANGES SO THAT THEIR ROLE
IMPROVES AND WE ARE PUTTING
OUR -- WE ARE PUTTING EVERYBODY
IN A POSITION WHERE THEY ARE
MORE LIKELY TO SETTEN SUCCEED
AND ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS
ABOUT THIS PROCESS IS WE HAD
COMMUNITY VOICES HELPING US TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT SUCCESS WOULD
LOOK LIKE AND HOW THINGS MIGHT
LOOK DIFFERENTLY FROM A
COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE TO AID US
IN THAT.
WHAT WE DID WAS WE WAS TOOK THE
EVENTS THAT HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED,
LOOKED AT THEM IN GREAT DAY.
THE MAYOR AND HER DATA TEAM GAVE
US TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FACTS.
WHAT HAPPENED AT WHAT TIME IN
WHAT ORD ORDER.
THEN WE WORKED BACKWARDS FROM
THAT ASKING WHY THESE EVENTS
HAPPENED.
THERE IS A TECHNIQUE THAT IS USE
IN THIS CALLED THE FIVE WHYS.
YOU ASK WHY BACKWARDS FIVE
TIMES.
WHAT YOU OFTEN FIND IS THESE
CONTINUE BOUGHT A FACTOR
CATEGORIES EACH COME TOGETHER IN
WAYS THAT WERE UNEXPECTED AND
UNINTENDED TO RESULT IN THESE
NEL SENTINEL E
SENTINEL EVENTS.
WE TRIED TO SEE ALL OF THE
DIFFERENT FACTORS, SOME OF WHICH
WERE PROTESTER DRIVEN, SOME OF
WHICH WERE POLICE DRIVEN, SOME
OF WHICH WERE ENVIRONMENTALLY
DRIVEN.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS COMING
TOGETHER TO LEAD TO A SITUATION
THAT NOBODY WANTS TO SEE WHICH
IS A SITUATION IN WHICH A CHILD
GETS PEPPER SPRAYED.
WE TRY TO THEN COME UP WITH
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE
IMPLEMENTABLE BY SPD BECAUSE AT
THE END OF THE DAY IT IS SPD'S
BEHAVIOR WE ARE TRYING TO
CHANGE.
THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THAT
FROM OCCURRING.
THEY COME IN THESE CATEGORIES.
THE RECK
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IN THE
REPORT.
THAT IS THE PROCESS WE WENT
THROUGH.
LARGER SYSTEMIC REVIEW AND THE
SORT OF EMOTIONAL WEIGHT THAT
OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR HAVE
HAD TO CARRY BECAUSE OF THE
HISTORY OF INTERACTIONS THEY
HAVE HAD WITH GOVERNMENT, WITH
POLICE REALLY FOR THE HISTORY OF
OUR COUNTRY AND PROBABLY LONGER
THAN THAT.
SO TRYING TO KEEP THESE
PERSPECTIVES IN MIND WHILE WE
WERE DOING THAT SO THE
RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAVE WOULD
PREVENT IN THE NEXT PROTEST THE
ESCALATIONS WE SAW IN THESE.
>> THANKS.
SO AS JUST ON THE LAST SLIDE AS
YOU CAN SEE WE ARE REALLY
BREAKING IT DOWN INTO THINGS
LIKE COMMUNICATION, CULTURE
LEADERSHIP, OPERATIONAL
SUPERVISION, TACTICS, POLICIES
AND PROVIDERS, EQUIPMENT,
ENVIRONMENT AND OTHERS.
IT -- WHEN YOU READ THE REPORT
YOU WILL SEE THESE THINGS CALLED
WISHBONE DIAGRAMS.
THERE IS ANOTHER WORD MORE
TECHNICAL FOR IT.
IT WAS THE THINGS THE PANEL WAS
IDENTIFYING THAT FIT INTO THOSE
BROAD CATEGORIES THAT WERE
TURNED INTO RECOMMENDATIONS.
THAT LEADS US TO THE GROUP
ULTIMATELY MADE 54
RECOMMENDATIONS.
THEY REALLY BROADLY SHAKE OUT
THIS INTO ABOUT FIVE CATEGORIES
HERE.
THE FIRST ONE I THINK IS SUPER
IMPORTANT.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS
VERY APPARENT WITH COMMUNITY
INCLUDES IS WE WOULD BE TALKING
ABOUT AN INSTANCE WHERE THE
POLICE OFFICERS FELT LIKE THEY
WERE OPERATING WITHIN EXISTING
POLICIES AND THEY WERE OPERATING
WITHIN THE FRAME WORK OF
EXISTING LAW AND SO THEY HAVE
VIEWED THEIR ACTIONS AS
LEGITIMATE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FROM A
COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE, OFTEN THE
COMMUNITY'S PERCEPTION OF THAT
LEGITIMACY WAS FAR
DIFFERENT.
WE IDENTIFIED TWO DIFFERENT
TYPES OF LEGITIMACY.
WE IDENTIFIED A PRETTY BIG GAP.
MANY OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS GO
TO TRYING TO GET SPD TO BRING
THEIR ACTIONS MORE INTO
ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT COMMUNITY
PERCEIVES AS LEGITIMATE.
IF YOU TALK ABOUT THE POTENTIALS
FOR CHANGING PHILOSOPHY AND
CULTURE BEHIND THIS REPORT IS A
REALLY CRITICAL AREA THAT WE
TALK ABOUT.
THE OTHER ONE IS -- THAT IS A
FILS SOLVICAL AND CULTURAL
SUGGESTION AND CATEGORY IS
MOVING AWAY FROM A MINDSET THAT
IS COMMON IN POLICING WITH FIRST
AMENDMENT ACTIVITY OF TREATING
THESE AS VENTS THAT SHOULD BE
MANAGED AND CONTROLLED VERSUS
EVENTS THAT SHOULD BE
FACILITATED AND DONE SO IN A WAY
THAT EVERYBODY STAYS SAFE.
SO ANOTHER BIG CRITICAL
RECOMMENDATION FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE IS A SHIFT IN THAT
MINDSET.
WE SEE THINGS WE HAVE ALREADY
IDENTIFIED FROM OIG'S WORK LAST
SUMMER, MANY OPA IDENTIFY THIS.
I THINK SPD HAS ALSO COME TO
SOME SIMILAR INCLUSIONS THAT
COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT ARE REALLY KEY IN
MAKING SURE █THAT SPD IS ACTING
WITH THE BEST INFORMATION THEY
HAVE, THE COMMUNITY HAS THE
INFORMATION THEY NEED TO MAKE
DECISIONS ABOUT HOW -- ABOUT --
WHAT IS GOING ON AT PROTESTS.
EVERYBODY IS COMMUNICATING WITH
ONE ANOTHER AND UNDERSTANDING
THAT -- WHAT IS GOING ON.
WE SAW A LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDING
AS THE BASIS FOR MANY THINGS
THAT WENT WRONG IN THE EVENTS
THAT WE ANALYZED SO THAT IS
REALLY CRITICAL.
TACTICS, EQUIPMENT AND ANOTHER
COMPONENT OFFICER WELLNESS AND
TRAINING.
DEVELOPING STAFFING MODELS THAT
DON'T HAVE OFFICERS STANDING
OUT, EBB -- ENGAGING IN
CONFRONTATIONAL SITUATIONS FOR
HOURS ON END.
JUST GETTING OFFICERS SOME
RESOURCES SO THEY ARE ABLE TO
SHOW UP WITH THEIR BETTER SELVES
WHEN THEY ARE STAFFING.
>> JUDGE, ON THE BROAD CATEGORY
OF OFFICER WELLNESS AND
TRAINING, IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED
THAT ANOTHER WAY TO -- ADDRESS
OFFICER WELLNESS AND RECOGNIZING
THE IMPACTS OF LONG SHIFTS AND
PROLONGED HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS
ON OFFICER WELLNESS BEHAVE WROR
IS TO ALSO IDENTIFY SOME OF THE
TACTICAL DECISIONS NOT THAT
INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS MAKE BUT
THAT ARE MADE BY THE INSTITUTION
OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT
LEAD TO LONG SHIFTS, THAT LEAD
TO HOSTILE ENGAGEMENT.
SO I DON'T THINK IT IS AN EITHER
OR THING.
I THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY
LEGITIMATE TO TEND TO THE
WELLNESS NEED OF INDIVIDUAL
OFFICERS WHEN THE INSTITUTION IS
MAKING DECISIONS THAT HAVE
IMPACTS ON THEIR -- THEIR
STAFFING AND THE -- ENGAGEMENTS
BUT I ALSO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT
TO RECOGNIZE THE ROLE THAT THE
INSTITUTION PLAYS IN DEGRADING
THE WELLNESS OF OFFICERS OUT
THERE IN THE FIELD.
>> I COMPLETELY AGREE.
MANY OF THESE ARE INTERRELATED
CONCEPTS.
I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT, AT THE
END OF THE DAY THE INDIVIDUAL
OFFICER SHOULD NOT BE PUT IN
THOSE KINDS OF SITUATIONS.
IT REALLY IS AN ORGANIZATIONAL
OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE THAT
THAT IS NOT HAPPENING AND THAT
THERE ARE RESOURCES TO DEAL WITH
THE OFFICER'S FATIGUE AND
TRAUMA.
THANKS.
SO THAT IS THE END OF THE
PRESENTATION.
THERE IS TIME IF YOU WANT TO
TALK TO ANY OF THE PANELISTS OR
GET OTHER INFORMATION FROM OIG.
>> I DO HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION
THAT WAS RAISED BY A MEMBER OF
THE PUBLIC.
SOMEBODY WHO IS A -- POLICE
REFORM ADVOCATE THAT I REALLY
RESPECT.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS --
AS I UNDERSTAND THIS PARTICULAR
PERSPECTIVE AND INVITE YOU TO
CLARIFY BECAUSE I DON'T THINK
THE WAY THAT IT BEING RECEIVED
IS THE INTENDED -- THE INTENDED
MESSAGE.
THAT RELATES TO SPECIFICALLY
THE -- IMPACTS OR THE EQUIPMENT
RECOMMENDATION.
I SUPPOSE IT COULD ALSO BE A
TACTIC RECOMMENDATION.
BUT SPECIFICALLY THE
RECOMMENDATION THAT SAYS THAT --
IF THERE IS A SUFFICIENT SUPPLY
OF PEPPER SPRAY, THAT WILL HELP
MITIGATE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT
TEAR GAS IS USED AND THE
RESPONSE TO THAT PARTICULAR
RECOMMENDATION WAS RECEIVED AS
IF IT IS A SORT OF -- A -- SORT
OF A TRAINING MODULE FOR SPD,
HOW TO CREATE THE CIRCUMSTANCES
THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO USE
TEAR GAS.
IE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEPPER
SPRAY AND THEN YOU WILL BE
JUSTIFIED IN USING TEAR GAS.
I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE
INTENDED TO BE RECEIVED THAT
WAY.
IF --
BUT IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO RESPOND TO THAT.
YES.
TEAR GAS SHOULD ONLY EVER BE
USED AS A LAST RESORT WHEN YOU
ARE FACING POTENTIALLY -- A LOT
OF POTENTIAL VIOLENCE AND IN AN
AREA THAT IS NOT RESIDENTIAL.
THE SMALL PARTICULAR NATURE OF
GAS JUST IN MY OPINION MAKES IT
ENTIRELY UNSUITABLE FOR USE IN A
NEIGHBORHOOD OR ANY PLACE WHERE
PEOPLE LIVE.
SO -- IN -- GOVERNMENT FACILITY
THAT IS BEING OVER RUN BY BEING
STORMED BY ARMED ASSAILANTS,
SOMETHING LIKE A JANUARY 6TH
EVENT, DO YOU WANT TO HAVE TOOLS
LIKE TEAR GAS ON HAND?
I BELIEVE THE ANSWER TO THAT IS
YES.
IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, LIKE THE
PROTESTS LAST SUMMER, I WOULD
HOPE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT
COME OUT OF THIS LEAD TO NO OC
SPRAY BEING USED.
THAT I THINK IS THE END GOAL FOR
US.
IT IS NOT TO CREATE
CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE -- THEIR
SCENARIOS WHERE TEAR GAS IS USED
FOR MY -- PART I BELIEVE TAES
GAS IS A TOOL OF LAST RESORT
WHEN YOU ARE FACING EXTREME
VIOLENCE AND THERE IS NO
POTENTIAL FOR COLLATERAL HARM TO
INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING
TO GET AWAY FROM IT JUST LIVING
THEIR LIVES IN THEIR OWN HOMES.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS SU FISH
YEBT CLARIFICATION BUT YEAH,
CERTAINLY DIDN'T MEAN TO IMPLY
THAT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DO MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DO MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS?
JUST WANT TO SAY
THANKS TO ALL OF THE COMMUNITY
PANELISTS FOR PARTICIPATING AND
LENDING THEIR TIME AND LOOK
FORWARD TO JUST DIGGING MORE
INTO THE DETAILS OF THESE --
RECOMMENDATIONS TO GET THE
SYSTEMS ISSUE.
IJUST WANT TO THANK JOHN IN
PARTICULAR FOR SORT OF REMINDING
U THAT THE -- -- THE PURPOSE OF
THIS PARTICULAR REVIEW IS NOT
NECESSARILY IF INDIVIDUAL
OFFICER ACCOUNTABILITY BUT FOR
ON GOING REVIEW OF THE SYSTEM
THAT WE DO HAVE IN PLACE.
I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
CONCERNS ABOUT THE SYSTEM AND A
LOT OF SKEPTICISM AND QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE LEGITIMACY AND
EFFICACY OF THE SYSTEM.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT
THOSE SENTIMENTS COME FROM A
REAL PLACE OF OPPRESSION AND OF
EXCLUSION AND SILT OUR
RESPONSIBILITY TO NOT LEGIT MISE
BEHAVIOR WE DISAGREE WITH BUT
CHANGE OURSELVES TO EVOLVE IN A
WAY THAT WILL PRODUCE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND PREVENT MANY
OF THE THINGS THAT -- I KNOW
MANY OF US -- OPPOSE SEE
HAPPENING TO MEMBERS OF OUR
COMMUNITY LAST SUMMER FROM
HAPPENING AGAIN.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ENGAGE IN THAT LEVEL OF A
CONVERSATION WHILE ALSO
ACKNOWLEDGING THE -- LEGITIMACY
QUESTIONS AND THE SKEPTICISM
THAT HAS BEEN EXPRESSED BY
MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO
HAVE BEEN NEGATIVELY IMPACTED IS
ALSO VERY QUITE REAL AND THESE
TWO THINGS CAN CO-EXIST WITH
EACH OTHER AT THE SAME TIME AND
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO --
TO DO THE HARD WORK TO CONTINUE
TO CHALLENGE THIS SYSTEM TO DO
BETTER.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> YES, I WANT TO THANK YOU AS
WELL, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT WE NOT MARGINALIZE THOSE
VOICES WHO HAVE -- QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE EFFICACY OF OUR
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
THE -- THEY ARE REFLECTIVE OF
THE EXPERIENCES OF OUR COMMUNITY
AND OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THE
SENTINEL REVIEW IS ONE SUCH
OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR MORE FROM
THOSE VOICES AND -- I TRUST THAT
THE -- THE SYSTEM, THE THREE
LEGGED CIVILIAN ACCOUNTABILITY
SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO HEAR
THOSE VOICES, ENGAGE WITH THOSE
VOICES AND WORK WITH ALL OF US
FOR CONTINUED REFORM AND
EVOLUTION OF OUR ACCOUNTABILITY
SYSTEM.
THERE ARE NO --
>> CAN I SAY ONE FINAL THING?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS IS
A PROTOTYPE PROCESS.
THIS DIDN'T EXIST AND SEATTLE.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE
HAD ANY SORT OF REVIEW PROCESS
THAT MEANINGFULLY INCORPORATED
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SO WE ARE
BUILDING IT.
WE ARE LEARNING FROM IT.
THIS ISN'T -- THIS ISN'T THE
FINAL PRODUCT BY ANY MEANS.
WE ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO LEARN
AND GROW AND IMPROVE THIS
PROCESS SO WE START USING
SOMETHING THAT INVOLVES
COMMUNITY AND OTHER TYPES OF
PREVIEWS OF SPD.
>> AND JUST BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE
I NEED TO BECAUSE THIS IS --
SOMETHING I HAVE HEARD FROM
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
IT IS SOMETHING I HAVE READ AND
SOMETHING I PERSONALLY
EXPERIENCED.
THIS IS A PROTOTYPE PROCESS AS
IT RELATES TO A SENTINEL REVIEW.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE
HAVE HAD A PROCESS THAT IS LED
BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO
DONE DO AN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE
PUBLIC AROUND AFTER ACTION OF
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THAT HAS ABSOLUTELY -- OCCURRED
BEFORE.
VERY -- VERY PUBLICLY AFTER THE
WTO.
MANY, MANY MONTHS OF SEVERAL
DIFFERENT PANELS THAT MET
PUBLICLY AND HEARD FROM THE
PUBLIC AND CAME UP WITH A LOT OF
VERY -- I THINK IMPORTANT
RECOMMENDATIONS AND SOME OF
THEM -- SOME OF YOUR
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ECHOES OF
THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AT THAT
TIME.
JUST AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE I
THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD
HOPE THAT WE CAN DO IN FUTURE
ITERATIONS OF THE SENTINEL
REVIEW PROCESS IS THINK ABOUT
WAYS FOR MANY MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC TO BENEFIT FROM THE
EXPERIENCE OF THIS PROCESS, THIS
EXPERIENCE OF HEALING WHERE AS
THE -- OLD STYLE WTO PUBLIC
REVIEW PROCESS MIGHT BE
CATHARTIC TO SOME PEOPLE.
IT IS NOT VERY HEALING.
THIS IS A HEALING PROGRESS IS
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATE
BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY OFFER
THE SAME SORT OF CATHARTIC
OUTCOME FOR A LARGER NUMBER OF
PEOPLE.
SO THOSE ARE MAYBE --
CONFLICTING OBJECTIVES BUT
PERHAPS WITH FUTURE ITERATIONS
WE CAN SEE IF THERE IS A WAY TO
DO MORE OF THAT.
>> SURE.
A NEWS FOR OTHER STAKE HOLDER
ANDS PARTNERS TO PICK UP THE
PIECE OF THE WORK.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY
TAKING THEIR TIME TO BE HERE
WITH US TODAY.
APPRECIATE YOUR MANY MONTHS OF
WORK AND APPRECIATE KNOWING THAT
YOU WILL BE CONTINUING THAT WORK
WITH THE OTHER SORT OF WAVES OF
PROTEST ACTIVITY YET TO BE
REVIEWED.
SO LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU
BACK
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ IN
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO.
>> SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT RSJI
PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M TRYING TO SEE IF WE HAVE THE
PRESENTERS CHANGING.
FANTASTIC.
LIKE WE DID FOR THE -- THIS
ITEM, IF WE COULD -- BEFORE WE
START DELVING INTO THE
PRESENTATION DO SOME QUICK
INPRODUCTIONS -- INFROM
TRODUCTIONS OF
WHO THE PRESENTERS ARE TODAY.
>> WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE MEMBERS
OF OUR CHANGE TEAM.
WE HAVE MATTHEW BUTLER WHO WILL
DO MOST OF THE PRESENTING THIS
MORNING.
HE WILL INTRODUCE HIMSELF.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR TWO CHANGE TEAM
LEADS JOINING US FOR THE
PRESENTATION.
CAPTAIN DOUG JOHNSON AND JULIE
GEORGE.
SO RIGHT NOW I WILL TURN IT OVER
MAYBE TO CAPTAIN JOHNSON AND
JULIE GEORGE TO DO A QUICK
INTRODUCTION AND THEN MATTHEW IF
YOU WILL INTRODUCE YOURSELF LAST
AND THEN YOU CAN START WITH THE
PRESENTATION.
>> HELLO.
GOOD MORNING ALL.
CAPTAIN JOHNSON.
JULIE GEORGE HAD TO LEAVE ON A
FAMILY EMERGENCY.
IT WILL BE ME AND OFFICER
MATTHEW BUTLER.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
MATTHEW, GO AHEAD.
>> I AM MATTHEW BUTLER.
I'M THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR HERE
AT SFD.
MY ROLE IS TO BE A PRIMARY OVER
SEER OF THE CHANGE TEAM AND TO
DO THEIR WORK.
PRIOR I WAS A CIVIL RIGHTS
PROGRAM MANAGER IN KING COUNTY
AND PRACTICED LAW BEFORE THAT.
I HAVE BEEN AT S FIRST DEGREE
FOR -- SFD FOR A
YEAR AND A HALF AND HAVE REALLY
ENJOYED WORKING WITH THIS TEAM.
THEY DO A GREAT JOB AND I'M
REALLY HONORED TO WORK WITH
THEM.
WITH THAT BEING SAID I WILL TRY
TO SHARE MY SCREEN TO BRING UP
MY POWER POINT.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN
SEE IT.
YOU CAN?
>> YES.
>> OKAY, GOOD.
SO, UM, THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY
TO TALK ABOUT OUR SJ WORK AT
SFD.
WE HAVE A GOOD TEAM.
WIN OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN
GOOD IS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
NOTE SOME REALLY GOOD
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE LAST
YEAR.
WE COMPLETED FOUR RETS.
WE HAVE ENGAGED IN SOME REALLY
GOOD COMMUNICATION WITH OUR
LEADERSHIP.
WE BELIEVE THAT HAS BEEN
IMPROVED.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME NOTE THAT
CHRIS SANTOS HAS BEEN APART OF
THAT AS BEING PART OF OUR
MEETINGS AND TAKING THINGS BACK
TO LEADERSHIP.
SO I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THIS
MOMENT.
WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF
DEPARTMENT WIDE TRAINING WITH
DR. HOLLANDS AND A NUMBER OF
OTHER METHODS TO TRY TO GET
CULTURAL COMP FENCE AND OTHER
CONCEPTS OUT TO OUR MEMBERSHIP
AS WELL AS OUR CIVILIAN STAFF.
WE ALSO ENGAGE IN AN UPDATING OF
OUR HAIR, UNIFORM POLICIES TO
MAKE THEM MORE CULTURALLY
PROGRESSIVE.
IN TERMS OF THE CHALLENGES
WE HAVE HAD OVER THE LAST YEAR,
OBVIOUSLY COVID-19 HAS BEEN ONE
OF THE BIG IMPACTS ON THIS WORK
AS WELL AS IT HAS BEEN FOR
EVERYONE.
THE WAYS IN WHICH COVID HAS HAD
IMPACTS ARE VERY MULTI-FACETED.
I WON'T GET INTO ALL OF THEM.
IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE IN TERMS
OF OUR MEETINGS AND MOVING THE
WORK FORWARD.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK
OUR -- ONE OF THE BIGGEST
CHALLENGES IS THAT WE HAVE HAD
SOME EMPLOYEE INCIDENTS THAT
HAVE BEEN IMPACTED RACE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVERSELY IN OUR
DEPARTMENT.
I WANT TO NOTE THESE THINGS
BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IT IS
NOT TO SAY WE HAVE ANY WORST
PROBLEMS THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
WE BELIEVE OUR DEPARTMENT IS
REFLECTIVITY OF THE COMMUNITY AT
LARGE AND THE LARGE SOCIETY BUT
WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE THERE
WAS A NOOSE FOUND IN A FIRE
STATION THAT WAS A LARGE
INVESTIGATION THAT WAS TONE.
WE WERE NOT ABLE TO COME TO A
RESOLUTION OF HOW THAT HAPPENED.
WE ALSO HAD A BATTALION CHIEF
THAT -- WAS TERMINATED BECAUSE
OF THE FACT HE MADE A JOKE ABOUT
SHOOTING PROTESTERS IN A BLACK
LIVES MATTER RALLY.
AGAIN, THESE THINGS ARE VERY,
VERY DIFFICULT ISSUES BUT WE
RECOGNIZE THEM AND NOTE THAT
AGAIN IT IS NOT WE BELIEVE WE
HAVE BIG PROBLEMS BUT THAT
DEALING WITH THESE THINGS, WE
TRY TO RECOGNIZE TO RECOGNIZE
THE WAY THESE THINGS HAVE
HAPPENED AND BECOME BETTER AND
MORE PLIABLE IN TERMS OF HOW WE
DEAL WITH THEM.
OTHER CHALLENGES ARE COLLECTING
DATA FOR RESEARCH AND -- THE
ABILITY TO GET NUMBERS FOR
COMPARISON ANALYSIS FOR RATS,
OFTEN TIMES THAT INFORMATION IS
BASED UPON INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE
INFORMATION AND IT IS NOT ALWAYS
AVAILABLE TO THE CHANGE TEAM TO
DO DATA.
SO WE TRIED TO WORK TO FIGURE
OUT A WAY IN WHICH WE CAN GET
THAT INFORMATION WITHOUT
COMPROMISING ANY EMPLOYEE
SPECIFIC INFORMATION.
OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN
CHANGES ARE IMPLEMENTATION OF
SOLUTIONS FOR OUR RATS.
WE CAN IDENTIFY THE PROBLEMS BUT
OFTEN TIMES HOW WE GET TO OUR
SOLUTIONS IS SOMETHING WE GOT TO
JUST DO A LITTLE BIT OF BETTER
JOB OF.
THEN COMMUNICATION AND
LEADERSHIP IS ALWAYS SOMETHING
WE WANT TO TRY TOO IMPROVE.
THE REMEDIES TO THESE THINGS ARE
CONTINUED TRAINING, LEADERSHIP
ENGAGEMENT, ACCOUNTABILITY AND
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RATS
WITH CONVERSATIONS WITH
LEADERSHIP AND FIGURING OUT WHO
TAKES OWNERSHIP OF THE ITEMS
IDENTIFIED IN THE RATS.
IN TERMS OF OUR RATS, THERE
ARE FIVE THAT WE WANT TO
RECOGNIZE HERE TODAY AND POINT
OUT.
THEY ARE THE EQUITABLE AND
CONSISTENT STANDARDS FOR
PARTICIPATION AND HIRING PANELS.
RECRUIT SCHOOL RETENTION.
RECRUITMENT.
OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
AND OUR HAIR AND UNIFORM POLICY.
WE WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS THESE
THINGS TROUGH RTS.
REGARDING THE PARTICIPATION
HIRING PANELS, SO THE PAST
POLICY FOR THE PANELS HAD
UNINTENDED NEGATIVE
CONSEQUENCES.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT IN
AN ORGANIZATION THAT DOES NOT
HAVE A BROAD BASE OF PEOPLE OF
COLOR AND WOMEN, IT IS HARD TO
FIND PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN
RECRUITING EFFORTS AS WELL AS
IN -- HIRING PAB ELS.
SO THE PRIOR POLICY WOULD NOT
ALLOW PEOPLE TO DO BOTH BECAUSE
THERE WAS A FEELING IT CREATED A
CONFLICT OF INTEREST WHERE IF
SOMEONE WHO WAS ENGAGED IN
RECRUITING WAS OUT TALKING TO
SOMEONE AND ENDED UP ON THEIR
HIRING PANEL WOULD BE SOME SORT
OF CONFLICT.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS IN TERMS OF
THAT PARTICULAR POLICY IS THE
NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES IT
DEPRIVES THE --
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FROM HAVING DIVERSE PANELS.
SO THIS DUAL ROLES IDEA AND DUAL
PARTICIPATION IN RECRUIT IS NO
LOCKER A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
IT DOES NOT VIOLATE ANY CLOSE
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP THAT
EXISTED BEFORE.
SO THE OUTCOME IS THAT WOMEN AND
PEOPLE OF COLOR DO NOT HAVE TO
CHOOSE BETWEEN PARTICIPATION AND
RECRUITMENT OR ON HIRING PANELS.
THEY CAN DO BOTH.
RECRUIT SCHOOL RETENTION IS ONE
OF THE NEXT RATS WE DID.
THIS IS A BIG ONE.
WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT COMPETITION
TO BE A FIREFIGHTER IS VERY
FIERCE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE APPLY.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WILL APPLY
FOR POSITIONS AND WE GET DOWN TO
RATE CUTE CLASS OF ONLY 30 TO
40.
SO ONCE WE HAVE PEOPLE IN
RECRUIT SCHOOL, THEY HAVE GONE
THROUGH A LOT TO GET TO THAT
POINT WHERE THEY ARE ONE OF 30
OR 40 PEOPLE.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS EVERYTHING
WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T
SOMEHOW GET REMOVED FROM
GRADUATING OR REMOVED FROM THE
PROCESS AND NOT MAKE IT TO
GRADUATION BECAUSE OF ANY SORT
OF BIAS OR PROCESSES WE CAN
IDENTIFY THAT ARE NOT BASED UPON
THEIR ABILITY TO DO THE
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE FIRE
FIGHTING MISSION.
SO THERE HAS BEEN A LOT MORE
TRAINING IN TERMS OF IMPLICIT
BIAS, TRAINING OF RECRUIT
INSTRUCTORS.
I PERSONALLY DO SOME OF THAT
TRAINING.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE THE
RECRUITING STRUCTURES VERY AWARE
OF THINGS THAT MAYBE ISSUES THAT
ARE NOT BASED UPON THE SKILLS
AND ABILITIES OF THE PEOPLE IN
RECRUIT SCHOOL.
SO THE OUTCOME OF THIS
PARTICULAR RET IS THAT THERE IS
GREATER SCRUTINY REGARDING
RACIAL EQUITY IMPACTS, REGARDING
PEOPLE OF COLOR AND WOMEN IN
RECRUIT SCHOOL.
GIVEN HOW DIFFICULT IT IS WHEN
YOU HAVE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AND
YOU ARE DOWN THAT 30 OR 40, WE
WANT TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN DO
TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO THINGS
THAT ARE INEQUITABLE IN THE
MOVING OF RECRUITS FROM THE
START OF RECRUIT SCHOOL TO
GRADUATION.
>> WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE DEM
GRAPHICS OF AN APPLICANT POOL AS
COMPARED TO THE 30 TO 40 RECRUIT
CLASS POOL?
THE DEMOGRAPHICS IN THAT POOL.
HOW DO THE DEMOGRAPHICS COMPARE?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
CHIEF, DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS
THAT OR DOIG?
>> GO AHEAD, DOUG.
>> I WAS YIELDING.
AS FAR AS I KNOW I CAN'T PULL
THE NUMBERS.
I KNOW THAT WE ARE -- WE TRY TO
RECRUIT AS MANY WOMEN AS WE CAN
AND IN THE PAST CLASSES WE HAVE
HAD ANYWHERE FROM SEVEN TO TEN
WOMEN IN A RECRUIT CLASS.
NOW HOW BIG THE POOL IS, I'M NOT
SURE CAUSE I'M IN THE ROOM DOING
THE INTERVIEWS AND PAGE TO
SELECTION.
THAT IS THE LEADERSHIP LEVEL.
I BELIEVE CHIEF SCOGGINS IS IN
THERE WITH SOMEBODY ELSE.
MAYBE HE CAN SPEAK ON IT.
>> SURE.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD WE HAVE
THE DEM GRAPHICS OF EACH PHASE
OF THE PROCESS FROM RECEIVING
THE APPLICATIONS TO THE WRITTEN
EXAM TO THE INTERVIEW PROCESS
GOING INTO THE RECRUIT ACADEMY
AND MAKE UP OF THE RECRUIT
ACADEMY ITSELF.
SO FAR IT RUNS CLOSE TO THE
DEMOGRAPHICS THAT APPLY.
I WILL PULL THAT INFORMATION IN
OUR NEXT CHECK-IN HAVE THAT FOR
YOU TO REVIEW.
>> APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> SO WE WANT TO DO A GOOD JOB
OF MAKING SURE WE GET PEOPLE
THROUGH AND I THINK BY HAVING A
GOOD PROCESS TO WORK WITH OUR
RECRUIT INSTRUCTORS WE ARE
MAKING SURE THAT WE ELIMINATE
ANY IMPLICIT BIAS IN THE
PROCESS.
OUR NEXT REGARD HAIR AND UNIFORM
POLICY.
WHAT WE KNOW IS HISTORICALLY
HERE UNIFORM POLICIES HAVE USED
WORDS THAT CAN BE CODE LANGUAGE
LIKE CONSERVATIVE STYLE.
THOSE THINGS HAVE UNSPOKEN
RACIAL UNDER TONES OFTEN.
WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS UP KATE
THE POLICY TO CREATE MORE
INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE.
AND SO WORDS LIKE CONSERVATIVE
STYLE, THINGS LIKE THAT WITH
CODED MEETINGS HAVE BEEN
ELIMINATED FROM THE POLICIES.
THEY HAVE BEEN REWRITTEN SO THAT
THEY ARE MORE INCLUES TOIF WOMEN
AND PEOPLE OF COLOR.
WE JUST THINK IT IS A GOOD
POLICY, IT IS BEAR -- A BETTER
POLICY
THAN WHAT IT WAS BEFORE.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID WAS
CREATE BETTER OPTIONS FOR WOMEN
WITH THEIR DRESS UNIFORM.
TRADITIONALLY WHAT HAPPENED WAS
THERE WAS ONE CHOICE OF A
UNIFORM THAT WAS MORE TAILORED
FOR MEN AND NOW THERE IS
SOMETHING THAT GIVES TO WOMEN
BETTER OPTIONS AND MORE OPTIONS
FOR A DRESS UNIFORM.
SO THE OUTCOME OF THIS
PARTICULAR POLICY WAS A MORE
INCLUSIVE HAIR AND POLICY FOR
WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR AND
GREATER UNIFORM CHOICES FOR
WOMEN.
THEN THIS GETS TO YOUR -- A
LITTLE BIT OF YOUR QUESTION,
COUNCIL MEMBER, REGARDING
RECRUITMENT.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE KNOW IS
THAT IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS
THERE IS AN EXPECTATION THERE
WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF
WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT AND IN OFFICER
POSITIONS.
SO GIVEN THE FACT THAT THAT
NUMBER IN THE LAST YEAR HAS
DECLINED, IT WILL BE IMPORTANT
TO MAKE SURE OUR RECRUITING
EFFORTS THAT THOSE EFFORTS ARE
DONE IN A WAY THAT ARE DIVERSE,
REFLECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY AND
WILL HOPEFULLY REVERSE SOME OF
THE TRENDS IN TERMS OF LOSSES
AND THIS WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF
COLOR BASED ON RETIREMENTS.
THERE IS SOME NUMBERS AT THE
BOTTOM.
THOSE PERCENTAGES ARE SOMETHING
THAT WERE PULLED FROM A SURVEY
FROM KING COUNTY FIRE CHIEFS AND
HR STAFF.
THE PERCENTAGES ARE NOT
PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT.
WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE IN
THOSE NUMBERS ARE ITEMS OF EM PA
BASIS
EMPHASIS THAT WE WANT TO LOOK
AT.
>> NEEDS TO BE BETTER COMMUNITY
OUTREACH.
HOW DO YOU CHANGE THE CULTURE
FROM THE TRADITIONAL IDEA OF
WHAT A FIREMAN LOOKS LIKE TO
SOMETHING THAT IS A BROADER,
MORE INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE
IDEA OF WHAT FIRE FIGHTING LOOKS
LIKE.
THAT INCLUDES WOMEN.
THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE OF COLOR.
THAT INCLUDES NOT JUST TALL
PEOPLE.
A BROAD RANGE OF PEOPLE THAT CAN
DO THIS JOB EFFECTIVELY.
SO IN TERMS OF RECRUITMENT
ITEMS, THERE HAS BEEN
PARTICIPATION AND RECRUITMENT
WORK GROUP THAT IS MEANT TO GIVE
BETTER IDEAS AND CREATE SOME
GOOD SOLUTION S SOLUTIONS SO ONE
OF THE
THINGS THAT I BELIEVE THAT THE
CHIEF WANTS TO DO AND I HAVE L
HAVE THE CHIEF ADDRESS THIS
IS -- WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT AND
RECRUITING PLAN.
I THINK THERE IS SOME IDEA WE
MIGHT WANT TO HAVE A --
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>> THAT IS A POSITION THE
COUNCIL HAD FUNDED IN YEARS
PAST.
IT WAS VACANT WHEN WE ENTERED
INTO COVID.
THAT IS A POSITION WE WILL BE
BRINGING BACK FORWARD BECAUSE
THIS WILL BE CRITICAL TO OUR
RECRUITMENT.
WE NEED SOMEONE DEDICATED TO
THAT POSITION, NOT SOME WIN ELSE
TAKEN ON ANOTHER COMMITTEE
ASSIGNMENT.
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN WHAT WE
WOULD GET OUT OF A PERSON.
>> THANK YOU, CHIEF.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE
HAVE DONE IN ADDITION TO THAT
HOPE TO ADD TO OUR STAFF.
WE HAVE ADDED A MEMBER TO OUR
TEAM ON OUR HIRING PANELS.
THAT HAS SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS
MORE DIVERSE PANELS TO --
BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THE
THINGS WE KNOW MAKES A
DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF HOW YOU
DIVERSIFY YOUR WORK FORCE IS TO
HAVE DIVERSE PANELS.
SO THAT IS ANOTHER ITEM THAT HAS
BEEN IDENTIFIED AND HAS BEEN
IMPROVED UPON IN OUR PROCESSES.
THE NEXT TWO SLIDES TALK ABT
ABOUT
OUR DEM GRAPHICS AND THE CHANGE
BETWEEN 2019 AND 2021.
THERE IS A LOT OF NUMBERS THERE.
I THINK I WILL PASS THIS OVER TO
KATHERINE JOHNSON.
IT IS THE IDEA OF HAVING OUR DEM
GRAPHICS AND UNDERSTANDING THE
WAY THE TRENDS ARE GOING SO THAT
WE CAN HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF HOW
IT IS WE WANT TO HAVE TARGETED
RECRUITMENT EFFORTS.
>> THANK YOU.
YOU HAVE BEEN A GREAT ADDITION
TO THE TEAM.
I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN HERE ABOUT
A YEAR AND A HALF NOW.
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
THE SCREEN A LITTLE JADED WITH
ME.
THE BOTTOM RIGHT SHOULD HAVE A
186.
THAT IS HOW MANY PEOPLE OF COLOR
WE HAD IN 2019.
THAT DID JUMP UP.
IT GOES TO 233.
THE STRUGGLE WE ARE HAVING IS
BASICALLY THE TIME IT TAKES TO
GET PROMOTED AND HAVE PEOPLE OF
COLOR AND WOMEN IN PROMOTED
RANKS.
ESPECIALLY THE EXECUTIVE
LEADERSHIP RANKS.
SO WE LOST FOUR WOMEN THAT WENT
FROM 15 TO 11 FROM 2019 TO 2021
FOR WOMEN IN THE PROMOTED RANKS.
WE DID GAIN ONE BLACK WHICH
WOULD BRING IT TO 14 BUT OVER
THE TWO YEARS WE PROBABLY
PROMOTED PROMOTED 40 OR 50
PEOPLE SO ONE PERSON IS REALLY A
CHALLENGE FOR US.
WE HAVE 38 RETIREMENTS
ALREADY THIS YEAR.
THREE HAVE BEEN WOMEN WHICH
WOULD LEAVE APPROXIMATELY I
BELIEVE TWO OR SO UNDER THE AGE
OF RETIREMENT.
BECAUSE OF THIS WE HAVE THIS
CLIMB IN WOMEN THAT TAKES ABOUT
SEVEN YEARS TO PROMOTE FROM
FIREFIGHTER LIEUTENANT.
ANOTHER SEVERAL -- SEVERAL TONE
>> FROM LIEUTENANT TO CAPTAIN
AND ANOTHER SEVEN TO GO FROM
CAPTAIN TO CHIEF.
IF THAT PERSON IS STUDYING HARD
AND NAVIGATING THE SYSTEM IN A
WAY TO WANT TO PROMOTE.
SO IF YOU ADD THOSE UP, THAT IS
ABOUT 21 YEARS TO GET INTO THE
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP AREA AND WE
WILL HAVE BASICALLY -- INTO THE
AGE OF 50 IN ABOUT A COUPLE OF
YEARS AS FAR AS I KNOW.
THE LIST THAT GOES GOES 20
DEEP IS AROUND NUMBER 35 NOW
BECAUSE OF ALL THE RETIREMENTS.
WE HAVE PROMOTED NO WOMEN.
THERE IS ONE WOMAN THAT WAS
CHOSE TO DO A PARAMEDIC INSTEAD
OF TAKING THE LIEUTENANT SPOT.
UM, SO -- WHAT IT BRINGS US TO
IS WE NEED -- FOUR OF THE THINGS
WE WILL WORK ON IS INCREASING
FUNDING FOR RECRUITING AND
CHANGING A MARKETING PRACTICES.
WE WILL CONTINUE REVIEW OUR
HIRING PRACTICES AND OBSTACLES
FOR BARRIERS.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR ENTRY
LEVEL OF COURSE AND CHANGING THE
CUTURE OF THE INSTITUTION WHICH
MEANS BEING MORE INCLUSIVE,
EXTRA EVENTS IN WHICH YOU GIVE
EXPERIENCE IN WHICH GIVES YOU
AVENUES AND MATERIAL FOR YOUR
BOARDS.
THAT IS REALLY OUR NUMBERS HERE
FOR 2019 TO 2021.
OUR CHALLENGE REALLY IS GETTING
WOMEN PROMOTED INTO THOSE RANKS.
>> THANK YOU, CAPTAIN JOHNSON.
SO THIS IS OUR FINAL SLIDE.
WE WERE TASKED TO TALK ABOUT THE
SPIRIT OF AND THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FIRST
THING BECAUSE I THINK IT IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
SO THE FIRE CHIEF AND
FIREFIGHTERS ACTIVELY INVOLVE
THEMSELVES IN COMMUNITY OUTREACH
AND A PRESENCE DURING THE
PROTEST BY HANDING OUT WATER.
I SEE THIS AS NOT JUST SOME
SYMBOLIC GESTURE.
THIS WAS VERY, VERY SMART IN MY
OPINION ON THE CHIEF'S PART
BECAUSE IT WAS CRITICAL WE HAD
THE ABILITY TO GET SERVICES INTO
THAT AREA.
THAT AREA NEEDED THERE TO BE A
PRESENCE OF A SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THERE WERE A
LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING AND
CREATING THAT COMMUNITY
RELATIONSHIP AND GAINING SOME
POINTS WITH THEM WAS SOMETHING
THAT WAS REALLY CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT TO BEING ABLE TO
PROVIDE SERVICES IN THAT AREA.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT JOB
BY THE CHIEF AND SO -- AGAIN I
THINK THAT WAS JUST A REALLY BIG
THING THAT SHOWED THE SPIRIT BY
SFD.
THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS WE
HAVE DONE AS WELL.
I MENTIONED OUR TRAINING WHERE
DR. HOLLANDS.
THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT WAS
DONE.
WE HAD RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
TOWN HALLS AND CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT THE PROTESTS THAT WERE
DONE AFTER HOURS.
THOSE THINGS WERE REALLY
IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT CREATED A
SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT THEY WERE FEELING, WHAT WAS
GOING ON.
THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A NEED
FOR OUR MEMBERS TO BE IN THOSE
AREAS AND THAT WE WERE IN THE
MIDDLE OF MANY OF THESE THINGS.
WHEN CARS WERE BEING SET ON FIRE
IT WAS OUR PEOPLE THAT WERE DOWN
THERE TAKING CARE OF THOSE
THINGS.
SO TO HAVE THOSE TOWN HALLS AND
TALK ABOUT OUR INVOLVEMENT AND
THE NEED FOR THESE SERVICES IS
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
OUR COVID TESTING AND
VACCINATION LOCATIONS WERE DONE
WITH A LENS.
THOSE THINGS WERE PLACED IN
PLACES WHERE THEY WERE
ACCESSIBLE TO A DIVERSE SWATH OF
OUR COMMUNITY.
THERE ARE METRICS WE HAVE THAT
PROVE THAT.
AGAIN OUR CONTINUED GOOD
RELATIONSHIP AND COMMUNICATION
WITH THE LEADERSHIP.
I THINK I WILL FINISH WITH THE
CHIEF TO NOTE THAT THERE ARE THE
LOCAL FIRE CHIEFS AND THEIR
PARTICIPATION AND SOME REGIONAL
EFFORTS.
IF YOU CAN ADDRESS THAT, CHIEF,
PLEASE.
>> SURE.
ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO IMPROVE
HERE IN SEATTLE BUT IT IS ALSO
TO IMPROVE IN OUR REGION.
THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR US.
SO WORKING WITH MY PEERS ACROSS
THE COUNTY, WE HAVE STARTED KING
COUNTY FIRE CHIEFS DIVERSITY
EQUITY AND INCLUSION COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE DONE SOME THINGS THAT I
THINK ARE HAVING A POSITIVE
IMPACT ON IMPROVING RECRUITMENT
OF WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR.
FOR EXAMPLE WE HAVE OUR WOMEN
AND FIRE EMS WORKSHOPS DUO -- WE
DO
TWICE A YEAR.
WE HAVE DONE THAT FOR THREE
YEARS NOW.
THIS YEAR WE ARE STANDING UP OUR
FIRST RECRUITMENT WORKSHOP.
THE FIRST ONE WILL BE HOSTED IN
BELL VIEW AND WE WILL ROTATE
THAT AROUND THE COUNTY.
WE WILL HAVE ON GOING
RECRUITMENT FOR ALL OF THE
AGENCIES.
WE ARE DEVELOPING SOME OTHER
THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP
OTHER AGENCIES.
WE ARE ALSO LEARNING FROM EACH
OTHER.
>> CHIEF SCOGGINS, THAT LAST
SLIDE FOR ME REALLY DEMONSTRATES
HOW THEY WORK IN A DEPARTMENT
AND IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE
FOUR RACIAL EQUITY TOOL KITS I
DO EACH YEAR.
IT IS ABOUT HOW YOU BRING THESE
PRINCIPLES INTO YOUR EVERYDAY
WORK AND THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE
AROUND KEY STRIDE VACCINATION
AND COVID TESTING IN 2020 AND
2021 IS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF
YOUR COMMITMENT TO RACIAL
EQUITY.
LIKE WISE YOU AND I HAD
CONVERSATION DURING THE SOESH
YAUNL REST AND I STRONGLY
SUPPORT YOUR DECISION TO BE
PRESENT AND TO BUILD TRUST WITH
THE PARTICIPANTS THROUGH YOUR
PRESENCE, YOUR PHYSICAL PRESENCE
DURING THOSE REALLY DIFFICULT
DAYS.
SO JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND
EVERYBODY AT THE SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR COMMITMENT
TO THIS WORK.
I ALSO WANT TO JUST ALSO --
SUNLIGHT BECAUSE OF THE EXAMPLES
YOU VERY TRANSPARENTLY I
APPRECIATE THAT IDENTIFIED
AROUND WHITE SU PREM SCHISM AND
EXTREMISM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE FACT
YOU HAVE -- AGREED TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE WORK THAT DR.
CON IS DOING.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THEY ARE DEVELOPING AN
ANTI-EXTREMISM COURSE AND THEY
ARE PILOTING IT AMONG EXTERNAL
FACING CITY EMPLOYEES AND AS
MENTIONED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
HAS VOLUNTEERED EMPLOYEES TO
PARTICIPATE IN THAT PILOT AND I
REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
DOING THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY
QUESTIONS OR NOT.
>> JUST LOOKING TO SEE WHETHER
OR NOT I HAVE ANY HANDS RAISED
VIRTUALLY OR ANY PHYSICAL HANDS
BEING RAISED.
AND --
>> NO QUESTIONS BUT I DID WANT
TO -- I DID WANT TO SORT OF
ECHO -- JUST SORT OF APPRECIATE
YOU COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD FOR
MAKING THOSE OBSERVATIONS AS A
FOLLOW UP TO THIS PRESENTATION
AND WANT TO THANK THE RSJI OVER
AT SFD FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK
AND FOR -- HOW WE CAN CONTINUE
TO LIFT UP OTHERS IN THESE
LEADERSHIP POSITIONS.
IT REALLY IS CRITICAL AND LOOK
FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO BE
APART OF THAT EFFORT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD I
WANTED TO THANK DOUG AND JULIE
AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF OUR --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW
THEY DO IS THEY PUSH YOU.
WE ALL NEED TO BE PUSHED FROM
TIME TO TIME.
I THINK WE HAVE SOME VERY HONEST
AND SPIRITED CONVERSATIONS BUT
IT IS ALL BECAUSE WE ALL WANT TO
IMPROVE.
I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR OWNING
THE WORK AND THANK THEM FOR
STEPPING INTO THIS DIFFICULT
SPACE TO TACKLE SOME OF THESE
ISSUES.
WE ARE GOING TO STAY ON IT AND I
THINK WE HAVE A GOOD TEAM
WORKING ON IT.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING
HERE.
MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM ON
THE AGENDA.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
ITEM INTO THE AGENDA.
>> AGENDA IT NUMBER 3.
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE
THE 2021-2026 REVISION TO
THE SEATTLE ALL-HAZARDS
MITIGATION PLAN FOR BRIEFING,
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
MY HOPE IS REVOTE ON THIS ITEM
TO DAY AS WELL.
THE AMENDMENT IS QUICK
BACKGROUND ON JUNE 6TH.
DIRECTOR CURRY CAME TO THE
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE TO PRESENT A DRAFT TO
THE PLAN.
I THINK ARE SOME ADDITIONAL
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS AS A
REFRESHER FOR US AND WHAT THE
PLAN CONTAINS T OBLIGATION TO
PREPARE THE PLAN AND I AM GOING
TO HAND IT OVER -- AND THE
AMENDMENT ITSELF, HAND IT OVER
THE LISA KAYE
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR HERBOLD.
I WILL SHARE MY SCREEN SO WHILE
I'M TALKING I WILL HAVE THE
RESOLUTION ON THE SCREEN.
OKAY.
IS THAT SHOWING TO YOU, NOW?
GREAT.
OKAY.
SO -- I AM LISA KAYE, CENTRAL
STAFF.
AS YOU MENTIONED OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY MANAGER DIRECTOR IS
ALSO ON THE CALL.
TODAY RESOLUTION 32011 WOULD
APPROVE AN UPDATED PLAN FOR THE
CITY OF SEATTLE WHICH WILL THEN
BE FORWARDED TO THE STATE
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIVISION
AND TO FEMA FOR THEIR REVIEW AND
FINAL APPROVAL.
AS CURRY MENTIONED THE CITY
NEEDS TO ADOPT A MITIGATION PLAN
AND UPDATE IT ONCE EVERY FIVE
YEARS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR FEMA
MITIGATION GRANTS.
THE COUNCIL LAST APPROVED THIS
FLAN DECEMBER OF 2015.
DIRECTOR MAYOR PRESENTED THE
PLAN.
THE PLAN DOES IDENTIFY HAZARDS
TO WHICH THE CITY IS MOST
VULNERABLE AND IDENTIFIES
ADVANCED ACTIONS THE CITY CAN
TAKE TO REDUCE NEGATIVE IMPACTS
OF THOSE HAZARDS.
IN ADDITION TO THE CITY'S
ESTABLISHED MITIGATION PROGRAMS
THE PLAN BEFORE YOU TODAY
IDENTIFIES 47 ON GOING OR
PLANNED MITIGATION ACTIVITIES
AND PROJECTS THAT WOULD REDUCE
VULNERABILITY TO HAZARDS.
THE PROJECTS WERE SELECTED USING
EFFECTIVENESS AND FREEZE ABILITY
CRITERIA INCLUDING THE EXTENT TO
WHICH AN ACTION OR PROJECT WOULD
REDUCE HAZARD VULNERABILITY FOR
COMMUNITIES.
BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT FIVE
YEAR UPDATE, OAM WILL COORDINATE
AND MAKE APPROPRIATE REVISIONS
BASED ON PROJECT STATUS, NEW
INFORMATION OR EMERGING NEEDS.
I WOULD NOTE IF THE COMMUNITY
APPROVES THE RESOLUTION TODAY
COUNCIL WILL BE ASKED TO APPROVE
A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO CLARIFY
THE RESOLUTION IS ALSO ADOPTING
IN --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THAT IS MY REPORT MADAM
CHAIR.
I CAN DESCRIBE THE AMENDMENT NOW
OR WAIT AS YOU SEE FIT.
>> JUST LOOPING TO SEE WHETHER
OR NOT THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE RESOLUTION OR THE PLAN
IS CONTAINED HERE IN BEFORE WE
GET TO THE AMENDMENT ITSELF.
NOT SEEING ANY.
YES, PLEASE.
>> OKAY.
SO I WILL JUST SCROLL TO THE
AMENDMENT AMENDMENT 1 WHICH
IS SPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD REQUESTS MITIGATION
PLANNING FOR FLIGHT AND DAY
SASER --
DISASTER AND EXCESSIVE HEAT
EVENTS.
IT ASKS THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT TO REPORT TO COUNCIL
ANY DEFICIENCIES IDENTIFIED BY
THOSE COMMUNITIES FOR OAMS
CONSIDERATION IN A SECOND PLAN.
THAT IS WHAT I HAVE COUNCIL
MEMBER.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO THE AMENDMENT INCORPORATES
TWO NEW CONCEPTS.
THE FIRST WAS BROUGHT TO MY
ATTENTION FROM THE RESIDENTS OF
THE GEORGETOWN AND BEACON HILL
NEIGHBORS.
COMMUNITIES THAT LIVE UNDER THE
FLIGHT PATH AND REALLY
APPRECIATE DIRECTOR MAYOR'S
WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH THOSE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS BOTH IN
IDENTIFYING WHAT PLANNING HAS
BEEN DONE THROUGH THE OLD HAZARD
MITIGATION PLAN THAT SORT OF
FITS THE NEEDS OF THAT COMMUNITY
BECAUSE THAT IS THE IDEA OF A
ALL HAZARDS MITIGATION PLAN IS
IT DOESN'T ASSUME WE NEED A PLAN
FOR EVERY HAZARD BUT IT ASSUMES
BY PLANNING FOR ALL HAZARDS IN
THAT WE CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF
INDIVIDUAL HAZARDS BUT NEVER THE
LESS I THINK THE ON GOING
ENGAGEMENT OF OAM WITH THOSE
COMMUNITIES WILL HELP US SURFACE
WHETHER OR NOT THERE NEEDS TO BE
HAZARDS PLANNING AND MITIGATION
SPECIFIC TO FIGHT PATH RELATED
DISASTERS.
SO AGAIN REALLY APPRECIATE THE
WILLINGNESS OF OAM TO CONTINUE
WORKING WITH THOSE COMMUNITIES
TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT
THERE IS MORE WE NEED TO
CONSIDER IN A FUTURE PLAN.
AND AS IT RELATES TO HEAT
EVENTS, AGAIN JUST WANTING TO
IDENTIFY THAT THERE -- THAT
THERE IS AN INTEREST IN NEED TON
PART OF THE COUNCIL AND OAM
DOING HEAT EVENT SPECIFIC HAZARD
MITIGATION PLANNING.
WE HAVE LEARNED OVER THE LAST
COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT OTHER
CITIES DO HAVE INDIVIDUAL PLANS
SPECIFIC TO HEAT EVENTS AND
AGAIN APPRECIATE THE WILLINGNESS
OF DIRECTOR MEREDITH TO TAKE ON
THAT BODY OF WORK AS IT APPEARS
THAT BECAUSE OF THE IMPACTS OF
CLIMATE CHANGE WE ARE VERY
LIKELY TO HAVE AN INCREASE
NUMBER AND FREQUENCY OF EXTREME
HEAT EVENTS MOVING FORWARD.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT?
FROM MY COLLEAGUES.
ALL RIGHT.
NOT SEEING ANY.
I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO -- LETS
SEE, FIRST GET THE RESOLUTION IN
FRONT OF ME OR IN FRONT OF US
SO -- WITH THAT WE WILL -- I
WILL MOVE RESOLUTION 32011.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
AND NOW WE HAVE THE RESOLUTION
IN FRONT OF US.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE AMENDMENT
1.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
WE HAVE DESCRIBED THE AMENDMENT
AND -- I -- EXPLAINED NOT THE
ONLY CONTENT OF THE AMENDMENT
BUT THE MOTIVATION.
IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION OF
THE AMENDMENT?
OKAY.
THANK YOU.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON
AMENDMENT 1.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> I.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
SO IF THERE IS NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION OF THE PLAN, LISA
KAYE MENTIONED AND THANK YOU FOR
REMEMBERING THAT THAT WE WILL
HAVE ANOTHER AMENDMENT AT FULL
COUNCIL TO ACCEPT SOME APPEND
SIS THAT WERE NOT TRANSMITTED.
LISA KAYE HAS REVIEWED THEM
BUT -- SO THAT WILL BE AT FULL
COUNCIL.
IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS, -- WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON
RESOLUTION 32011.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> I.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> CHAIR HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
SO THIS WILL BE SENT TO THE
AUGUST 2ND FULL COUNCIL.
MOVING ON TO OUR FINAL COMMITTEE
ITEM.
WILL THE CLERK CLEEZ READ IN
AGENDA ITEM 4.
>> AGENDA ITEM 4 SUMMERY
FINDINGS ON THE EXECUTIVE ORDER
ON RE-IMAGINING POLICING AND
COMMUNITY SAFETY.
>> THANK YOU, ALEX.
WE ARE GOING TO BE STARTING THIS
PRESENTATION WITH A BRIEF OVER
VIEW FROM THE COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF AS A WAY OF GIVING US
CONTEXT TO CENTER THIS
DISCUSSION.
IMPORTANT CONTEXT ABOUT WHAT WE
ARE RECEIVING A REPORT ON.
SO I THINK THAT WILL BE A GOOD
PLACE TO START.
WE TURN IT OVER TO THE EXECUTIVE
TEAM TO DO THEIR THE
INTRODUCTION AND PRESENTATION.
CAN WE FIRST HAVE
INTRODUCTIONINGS BY THE CENTRAL
STAFF TEAM, PLEASE.
>> MY NAME IS AMY.
>> AND MY NAME IS GREG.
>> ALL RIGHT.
GREAT.
AND I AM GOING TO NEED TO SHARE
MY SCREEN.
I THINK -- THERE WE GO.
OKAY.
AS I MENTIONED MY NAME IS AMY
WITH COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
CAN YOU SEE MY SCREEN AT THIS
POINT?
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
GHIF GIVE ME ONE MORE SECOND TO
MAKE SURE I CAN CHANGE THE
SLIDES.
LETS SEE HERE.
UM, SO TODAY GREG AND I WILL BE
DISCUSSING RE IMAGINING POLICE
AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
WE ARE GOING TO -- SORRY I'M
HAVING TROUBLE MOVING THE SLIDES
DOWN.
THERE WE GO.
SO FIRST WE WILL REVIEW
EXECUTIVE ORDER 202010 AND
RESOLUTION 316 -- EXCUSE ME 31
31962.
THEN WE WILL DISCUSS CRISIS
RESPONSE FOCUSSING ON KEY THEMES
FROM THE WHAT WORKS CITY SPRINT
WHICH WAS AN EIGHT WEEK COURSE
ON ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE THAT
MANY OF US PARTICIPATED IN
RECENTLY.
WE WILL DISCUSS AT HIGH LEVEL
MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE PROGRAM
DESIGN AND ALTERNATIVE 911
RESPONSE FOR NONCRISIS
SITUATIONS.
UM, AS YOU RECALL COUNCIL
ADOPTED RESOLUTION 318962 THIS
AUGUST OF 2020.
IT WAS BASED ON THE PROCESS AND
PRINCIPLES OUTLINED IN THE 2020
BLUE FROINT POLICE DIVESTMENT
AND POLICE REINVESTMENT FROM
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE AND KING
COUNTY EQUITY NOW.
IT INCLUDED A COMMITMENT TO
CREATE A CIVILIAN LED PUBLIC
SAFETY DEPARTMENT TO EXPLORE
MOVING FUNCTIONS OUT OF SPD,
EXAMINE ENFORCEMENT PRACTICES
FOR RACIAL DISPARITIES AND
REVIEW 911 CALL RESPONSE
PRIORITIES.
IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020 THE MAJOR
ISSUED EXECUTIVE ORDER 202010
WHICH INCLUDED SEVERAL
STRATEGIES TO RE IMAGINE
POLICING AND COMMUNITY SAFETY BY
CENSORING THE VOICES.
I KNOW THEY WILL DISCUSS THIS
MOMENTARILY BUT BRIEFLY THE
STRATEGIES WERE FIRST TO
ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
SAFETY WORK GROUP AND FUNCTIONAL
ANALYSIS INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM.
SECOND TO CONDUCT COMMUNITY --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
FOURTH, TO EXAMINE MODELS
OF COMMUNITY POLICING.
FIFTH, TO ADVOCATE FOR CHANGES
TO STATE LAW AND FINALLY TO
ESTABLISH A FUNCTIONAL TRANSFER
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM TO
SUPPORT TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
OUT OF SPD.
NOW WE WILL GO INTO A LITTLE
MORE DETAIL ON ALTERNATIVE
RESPONSES TO CRISIS AND
NON-CRISIS CALLS WHICH IS A
CRITICAL COMPONENT OF MINIMIZING
OR ELIMINATING ARMED OFFICER
RESPONSE.
FIRST WE WILL OVER VIEW SOME OF
THE KEY THEMES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
EARLIER THIS YEAR CITY STAFF
WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO PARTNER
WITH GOVERNMENT STAFF FROM
AROUND THE NATION AS PART OF A
BLOOMBERG SPONSORED COURSE.
THE COURSE WAS HOSTED BY WHAT
WORKS CITY SPRINT AND FEATURED
MANY OF THE SERVICE PROVIDERS
THAT ARE ALREADY PROVIDING
ALTERNATIVE 911 RESPONSES.
THIS REPRESENTED REPRESENTATIVES
FROM CAHOOTS AND YOOUG AND THE
STAR PROGRAM IN DENVER.
OVER A SERIES OF EIGHT 1 HOUR
SESSIONS WE GOT A LOT OF ADVICE
FROM THE PROVIDERS.
FIRST, AS YOU CAN SEE IN
THE FIRST BULLET POLICE PRESENCE
CAN BE TRIGGER FOG PEOPLE IN
BEHAVIORAL CRISIS AND CAN
UNINTENTIONALLY ESCALATE A
CRISIS SITUATION.
WE ALSO HEARD CLEARLY ANY KIND
OF UNIFORM CAN BE TRIGGER FOG A
PERSON EXPERIENCING A BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH CRISIS.
NOT BECAUSE OF PARAMEDIC OR A
FIREFIGHTER HARMED ANYONE BUT
BECAUSE A UNIFORM CAN REPRESENT
A SYSTEM THAT MAY HAVE CREATED A
NEGATIVE OUTCOME FOR A
PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL.
WE HEARD FROM REPRESENTATIVES A
CAHOOTS HAD IN ORDER TO BUILD
TRUST SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO BE
WILLING TO WALK AWAY AND
APPROACH THE INDIVIDUAL AT
ANOTHER TIME.
THAT REQUIRES A DIFFERENT KIND
OF MINDSET FROM THAT OF A
TYPICAL UNIFORMED OFFICER WHO IS
USUALLY TRAINED TO CLEAR A CALL
IN THE SYSTEM.
WE HEARD IN A BREAK OUT SESSION
BETWEEN CAHOOTS AND THE SEATTLE
DELEGATION THAT A CAHOOT
REPRESENTATIVE THOUGHT IT WOULD
BE VERY HELPFUL HAD SHE HAD
ACCESS TO CASE HISTORIES IN THE
WAY THAT SEATTLE'S UNITS HAVE.
THEN FINALLY WE HEARD FROM
SEATTLE'S LEAD REPRESENTATIVES
VERY IMPORTANTLY THAT THE HARM
THAT IS DISPROPORTIONATELY
INFLICTED ON VULNERABLE
COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR CAN ONLY BE ALLEVIATED
WHEN POLICE ARE NO LONGER SENT
TO LOW LEVEL CRIMINAL CALLS LIKE
TRESPASSING.
AND I WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT
LATER.
>> THANK YOU, GREG.
LETS SEE.
SO THIS SLIDE IS ADAPTED FROM
THE SUBSTANCE ABOOIS ABUSE AND
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
ADMINISTRATIONS, NATIONAL GUIDE
LINES FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
CRISIS CARE WHICH RECOMMENDS
THREE CORE COMPONENTS OF CRISIS
RESPONSE WHICH THEY CALL SOMEONE
TO TALK TO, SOMEONE TO RESPOND
AND A PLACE TO GO.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHILE IT IS
NOT PART OF THE SAME MODEL, I
WANT TO NOTE ALL CRISIS RESPONSE
RELIES ON PREVENTIVE AND SUPPORT
SERVICES TO REDUCE THE NEED FOR
CRISIS INTERVENTIONS.
EVERYTHING FROM HOUSING, HEALTH
CARE, CASE MANAGEMENT,
DIVERSION, PEER SUPPORT, ALL OF
THAT CAN PLAY A ROLE THIS
HELPING SUPPORT AND STABILIZE
INDIVIDUALS.
IN ADDITION THE ORGANIZATIONS
WHICH PROVIDE THESE SERVICES ARE
A KEY RESOURCE DURING A CRISIS.
RESPONDERS OFTEN CALL IN CASE
MANAGERS, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
OR OTHER SERVICE PROCEDURES WHO
HAVE A LONGER TERM RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE INDIVIDUAL.
EVEN THOUGH CRISIS RESPONSE MAY
NOT BE THEIR PRIMARY SERVICE
THEY PROVIDE, THEY ARE OFTEN
PART OF THE CRISIS RESPONSE.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE THE CITY HAS
RESOURCES FOR ALL THREE CORE
COMPONENTS INCLUDING CRISIS CALL
CENTER WITH SEVERAL TYPES OF
CRISIS LINES.
THIS WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED IN
2022 WITH THE 988 EMERGENCY
LINE.
THE CITY HAS MOBILE TEAMS TO
RESPOND TO CRISIS SITUATIONS
INCLUDING THE CRISIS RESPONSE
UNIT AND THE MOBILE CRISIS TEAM.
WE ARE STILL WORKING ON LEARNING
WHETHER THAT WILL FUND A NEW
PROGRAM OR AN EXPANSION OF
MOBILE -- OF EXISTING MOBILE
TEAMS.
I WANT TO NOTE THAT IN THE
PRESENTATION ON THE AGENDA THE
MOBILE CRISIS TEAM WAS LABELED
AS THE SPD MOBILE CRISIS TEAM
WHICH IS INCORRECT.
THE MOBILE CRISIS TEAM IS
OPERATED BY THE DOWN TOWN
EMERGENCY SERVICES CENTER.
FINALLY THE THIRD KEY COMPONENT
OF A CRISIS RESPONSE IS
RECEIVING AND STABILIZATION
SERVICES.
THIS IS WHERE CAN WE TAKE
SOMEBODY IN CRISIS?
AND SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY
INCLUDE THE CRISIS DIVERSION
FACILITY AS WELL AS INTERIM
SERVICES AND PROGRAMS WHICH ARE
STEPPED DOWNED SERVICES AFTER
EXITING THE CRISIS DIVERSION
FACILITY.
THE NEXT TWO SLIDES BRIEFLY
OUTLINE THE MOBILE CRISIS
PROGRAM DESIGNED ELEMENTS TO
CONSIDER.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE DECISIONS
THAT CAN REALLY CHANGE HOW THE
PROGRAM OPERATES.
THE FIRST IS WHAT TYPE OF CALLS
ARE DIRECTED TO AN ALTERNATE
RESPONSE.
IN GENERAL THE TYPES OF CALLS
THAT COME IN CAN BE MEDICAL,
CRIMINAL OR CRISIS WHICH IS A
BROAD TERM FOR A NON-MEDICAL,
NON-CRIMINAL CALL ALTHOUGH THERE
IS A LOT OF OVER LAP IN THESE
SITUATIONS DURING THE SPRINT.
A SECOND KEY COMPONENT OF A
MOBILE CRISIS PROGRAM IS HOW A
TEAM IS DISPATCHED.
USUALLY THROUGH THE 911 SYSTEM
OR THROUGH A DIRECT LINE.
PROGRAM COVERAGE IS WHERE AND
WHEN THE PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE.
IT RELATES TO BOTH HOURS AND
GEOGRAPHY AS WELL AS THE SCALE
OF THE PROGRAM, HOW MANY UNITS
ARE AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO
CALLS.
THERE IS THE OPERATION OF THE
PROGRAM WHETHER IT IS OPERATED
BY THE JURISDICTION, WHETHER IT
IS THROUGH A CONTRACT WITH AN
ORGANIZATION OR IF IT IS A
HYBRID SUCH AS THE HEALTH ONE
WHICH IS RUN BY THE CITY BUT
INCLUDES HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
AND CASE MANAGERS WHICH ARE
THROUGH CONTRACT WITH THE LOCAL
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION.
STAFFING FOR THE PROGRAM IS KEY.
IT CAN BE ANYTHING FROM A SWORN
OFFICER IF IT IS A POLICE
RESPONSE, EMT AND FIREFIGHTERS,
MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS,
DESIGNATED CRISIS RESPONDERS WHO
ARE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
AUTHORIZED BY THE STATE TO --
EVALUATE FOLKS FOR INVOLUNTARY
TREATMENT AND THEN WE HAVE ALSO
GOT PEER RESPONDERS WHO ARE
FOLKS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT
CAN PROVIDE SERVICES FOR FOLKS.
THERE IS DIFFERENT MODELS BASED
ON POLICE PARTICIPATION.
YOU CAN HAVE POLICE LED MODELS.
YOU CAN HAVE CO-RESPONDER MODELS
AND COMMUNITY LED MODELS.
AS WELL AS A WIDE RANGE OF
SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDE BY THE
TEAM AND THROUGHPUT IS WHERE CAN
THE TEAM REFER TO PEOPLE?
WE HEARD IT IS THAT THROUGHPUT
THAT IS IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF
MINIMIZING AND REDUCING THE NEED
FOR THE CRISIS TEAM IN THE
FUTURE.
I FORGOT TO TURN THAT SLIDE.
SO THE NEXT THREE SLIDES ARE A
TABLE WHICH COMPARES THE SEATTLE
PROGRAMS WHICH CRISIS RESPONSE
UNIT, HEALTH ONE AND MOBILE
CRISIS TEAM TO THREE ALTERNATIVE
RESPONSE MODELS.
IT BEGAN AS A COMMUNITY LED
RESPONSE IN OLYMPIA.
I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE
OF ELEMENTS OF THESE PROGRAMS.
SO THE FIRST IS A DIRECT LINE TO
THE ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE.
BOTH CAHOOTS AND STAR CAN BE
CALLED BY INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT
GOING THROUGH 911.
THIS REDUCES STRAIN ON THE
EMERGENCY SYSTEM AND PROVIDES
SERVICES FOR FOLKS WHO MIGHT NOT
WANT TO CALL 191 FOR WHATEVER
REASON.
IT HAS ACCESS TO A POLICE
SCANNER AND SELF DISPATCHES TO
CALLS THEY FEEL THEY COULD HELP
WITH.
SECOND THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE A
NON-SPD ALTERNATIVE FOR LOW
LEVEL CRIMINAL CALLS.
WHILE THEY RESPOND TO TRESPASS
UNWANTED PERSON CALLS WHICH
COULD BE CRIMINAL CALLS.
WE HEARD A LOT FROM PROVIDERS
THAT THIS IS A REALLY KEY
ELEMENT OF A PROGRAM THAT HELPS
AVOID INTERACTIONS WITH THE
POLICE FOR FOLKS THAT COULD BE
TRIGGERING OR PROBLEMATIC.
THIRD THESE PROGRAMS ARE STAFFED
BY INDIVIDUALS WITH A WIDE RANGE
OF QUALIFICATIONS.
I WANT TO NOTE IN THE FINAL ROW
OF THE SLIDE PLEASE
PARTICIPATION REFLECTS HOW THE
PROGRAM IS DESIGNED IN TERMS OF
POLICE PRESENCE IN THE RESPONSE.
HOWEVER POLICE CAN BE CALLED IN
AS BACK UP OR MANY A CO-RESPONSE
IN ALL THESE MODELS.
IN ADDITION SOME OF THESE
PROGRAMS ARE DISPATCHED THROUGH
POLICE REFERRALS AS WELL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO RUN THROUGH
THAT QUICKLY SINCE I KNOW WE
DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME.
FINALLY TURN IT BACK TO GREG TO
DISCUSS SOME NON-CRISIS
ALTERNATIVES.
>> OKAY.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT
CRISIS RESPONSE AND WHAT AMY
MADE VERY CLEAR IS THAT SEATTLE
IS DOING A GOOD JOB ALREADY WITH
SOME OF THE BEHAVIORAL AND
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS SUCH AS THE
DESC AND THE HEALTH ONE
RESPONSE.
NOT THAT THOSE THINGS CAN'T BE
EXPANDED TO MEET MUCH, MUCH
GREATER NEED BUT THAT THE --
THERE IS A RESPONSE FOR THAT
AREA.
I WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THE COMMUNITY RESPONDER
MODEL THAT AIM MY JUST BROUGHT
UP
WHICH IS A MODEL DEVELOPED BY
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIP
AND THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN
PROGRESS.
THAT MODEL CONTEMPLATES A COUPLE
OF OTHER RESPONSES.
BREAKING IT AUTOINTO TWO
DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
ONE BEING QUALITY OF LIFE
ISSUES.
THESE ARE WELLNESS CHECKS FOR
INTOXICATED PERSONS OR SUBSTANCE
ABUSE.
THAT SPACE OR THAT BUCKET IF YOU
WILL IS AN AREA THAT I THINK IS
ADDRESSED OR IS LIKELY TO BE
ADDRESSED BY WHAT THE EXECUTIVE
IS PUTTING FORTH IN TRIAGE 1.
I THINK WE WILL HEAR ABOUT THAT
WITH THE EXECUTIVES PRESENTATION
NEXT.
THEN SECOND BUCKET THE COMMUNITY
RESPONDER MODEL TALKS ABOUT IS
THE LOW LEVEL CONFLICT.
THOSE ARE CALLS WHERE THERE IS A
POTENTIAL FOR AN ARREST IF AN
OFFICER IS INVOLVED.
IT CAN BE A GATE WAY INTO THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
THOSE ARE LOW LEVEL CALLS SUCH
AS A TRESPASS OR NOISE
COMPLAINT.
IT IS A SUSPICIOUS PERSON.
IT IS A CALL THAT MIGHT NOT
NECESSARILY BE CRIMINAL BUT
SENDING AN OFFICER MIGHT TURN
INTO IT A CRIMINAL CALL.
CAHOOTS HAS RESPONDED TO THESE
CALLS NOW SENDING A CREDIBLE
MESSENGER CAN ENSURE VULNERABLE
INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT NEEDLESSLY
ENTERING THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM.
NEXT SLIDE, AMY.
OF COURSE LASTLY JUST QUICKLY ON
THESE ALTERNATIVE 911 NON-CRISIS
RESPONSE THERE ARE
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONDERS THAT
COULD BE DOING THINGS LIKE
TAKING TRAFFIC REPORTS.
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THERE ARE SLY -- THE
COUNCIL HAS -- ADOPTED --
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WE LEARNED THAT OVER THE
LAST FOUR YEARS THERE WERE 1200
SOMETHING CALLS FOR HARD VOIR
DIRE PATROL TO CLEAR DEBRIS FROM
THE WATER WAY.
MAYBE NOT THAT IS NOT AN THAIT
ACTIVITY THAT REQUIRES A SWORN
OFFICER.
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR
PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR AGAIN
GETTING THIS CONTEXT WITH THE
CHARGE OF THE ORIGINAL EXECUTIVE
ORDER AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL
SLIDES AND THE INTENDED CONTEXT
BEING IDENTIFYING AS YOU SAY THE
BREATH OF OPPORTUNITIES.
REALLY APPRECIATE KNOWING ABOUT
AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN MOVE
ON QUICKLY.
I THINK THERE IS A LOT MORE
THERE THAT WE NEED TO DO MORE
ANALYSIS AND MORE DEVELOPMENT OF
ALTERNATIVES.
MORE THAT WILL NOT BE BEFORE US
TODAY BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT.
WITH THAT WOULD LOVE TO HEAR
FROM THE PART -- PARTICIPANTS ON
THE EXEC
EXECUTIVE SIDE.
>> I WILL START US OFF AND THEN
WE CAN PASS IT ALONG AS WE GO.
I'M JULIE KLINE.
I'M THE MAYOR'S PUBLIC SAFETY
ADVISOR AND ONE OF THE MEMBERS
OF THE INNER DEPARTMENTAL TEAM
SET UP BY THE MAYOR'S EXECUTIVE
ORDER LAST FALL.
ALSO PRESENT WITH ME TODAY,
CHRISTINA GROVER-ROYBAL.
>> HEY EVERYONE.
WE ARE IN THE SAME GENERAL I --
VICINITY, WE ARE GETTING AN
ECHO.
>> HEY EVERYONE.
I'M CHRISTINA GROVER-ROYBAL.
I WILL PASS IT OVER TO SONNY.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS SONNY NGUYEN.
I'M IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AS HER
SENIOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS LIAISON
AND I WILL PASS IT OVER THE
ANGELA.
>> GOOD MORNING ANGELA SOCCI.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
CHRIS, TO YOU WANT TO GO?
>> CHRIS FISHER, EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
AT THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
I WILL PASS IT TO DIRECTOR.
>> GOOD MORNING.
CHRIS LOMBARD.
I WILL PASS IT TO CHIEF
SCOGGINS.
>> CHIEF MAY HAVE HAD TO DROP
OFF.
HE TEXTED ME.
I THINK WE HAVE JOHN FROM THE
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
JOHN.
>> GOOD MORNING.
JON EHRENFELD, SEATTLE FIRE.
JULIE MAY BE BACK TO YOU.
>> YEAH.
THANKS, JON.
ALL RIGHT.
I WILL RELY ON CHRISTIE TO THROW
UP OUR POWER POINT HERE.
THEN WE WILL GET STARTED AND WE
WILL TRY TO BE A LITTLE MINDFUL
OF TIME GIVEN WHERE WE ARE.
SO AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER --
FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR
HAVING US ON.
I THINK GIVEN THE NUMBER OF
MOVING PARTS AND THE -- US
WAITING AND IT NOT HAPPENING FOR
THE DUST SETTLE WHEN IT COMES TO
SPD STAFFING, THIS -- THIS -- WE
CALL IT A FINAL REPORT BUT I
THINK WILL BE EVIDENT IS THIS IS
IN FACT NOT A FINAL REPORT AND
THERE IS SOME VERY CLEAR ON
GOING WORK TO BE DONE IN THIS
AREA.
THIS REPORT IS COMING LATER THAN
I WANTED.
I'M HOPEFUL GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF
INFORMATION CONTAINED IN HERE,
THAT -- THERE IS A LOT OF --
WHAT IS CLEAR IS THERE IS A LOT
OF RICH AREAS TO EXPLORE AND RE
IMAGINING POLICING AS RESULT OF
THIS REPORT.
ONE OF OUR -- YOU CAN SEE HERE
THE WORK AND THIS REPORT WAS ONE
ASPECT OF THE MAYOR'S EXECUTIVE
ORDER ON RE IMAGINING POLICING
AND BOIL DOWN TO ITS ESSENCE THE
IDT THAT WILL BE PRESENTING HERE
TODAY HAD THREE REAL MAIN
ASSIGNMENTS TO REPORT OUT ON.
THAT WAS CONDUCTING SOME
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND
OUTREACH, ANALYZING CURRENT SPD
FUNCTIONS AND PRACTICES AND
EXPLORING SOME ALTERNATIVE
MODELS OF COMMUNITY POLICING AND
RESPONSE.
AND AS A PART OF THAT WE WILL GO
THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT AS
PEKTS OF THAT THAT WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON FOR THE PAST SIX OR
SEVEN MONTHS OR SO.
I THINK MAYBE LONGER NOW.
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE WORK
THAT THE IDT HAS BEEN DOING AND
THE WORK CENTRAL STAFF HAS BEEN
DOING, WE THOUGHT IT WAS VERY
IMPORTANT AREN'T TOO ALSO MAKE
SURE WE ARE MENTIONING FOLKS --
MENTIONING TO FOLKS THIS WASN'T
HAPPENING IN A VACUUM.
THERE WAS LOT OF THINGS
HAPPENING IN THIS SPACE AS WE
WORKED TON FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS
AND DATA ASPECTS OF THIS.
OUR HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
CONDUCTED A REQUEST FOR
PROPOSALS TO INVEST $10.4
MILLION INTO COMMUNITY SAFETY
CAPACITY BUILDING PROPOSALS.
WE GOT 70 APPLICATIONS AND THESE
INVESTMENTS FOR THE MOST PART
HAVE DONE SOME INITIAL --
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THE BULK OF THESE INVESTMENTS
MOSTLY WORK ON UPSTREAM
PREVENTION AND RESTORATION
EFFORTS.
SO WE DIDN'T GET ANY TURNKEY
PROPOSALS THAT COULD INSTANTLY
BECOME EMERGENCY RESPONSE
OPTIONS OR ALTERNATE MODELS.
AT LEAST NOT IN THE NEAR TERM.
PART OF THE AWARDS FOR THIS RFP
WERE TO START BUILDING CAPACITY
TO MOVE TOWARDS THOSE TYPES OF
MODELS.
WE AREN'T DISCOURAGED BY THAT
NECESSARILY.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THERE IS
AN INFLUENCE OF MONEY GOING
TOWARDS UPSTREAM PREVENTION AND
RESTORATION EFFORTS IN THIS
AREA.
THAT WILL BE WORKING IN
CONJUNCTION WITH US.
AS GREG AND AMY MENTIONED THERE
WAS ALSO THE WHAT WORK CITY
SPRINT WHICH THE IDT
PARTICIPATED IN AS WELL ALONG
WITH CENTRAL STAFF, ALONG WITH
COUNCIL STAFF, ALONG WITH SOME
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
COMMUNITY -- BASED ORGANIZATIONS
AND SOME OF OUR OTHER
DEPARTMENTS.
WE WON'T NEED TO GO INTO THAT.
DURING THIS PROCESS WE ALSO HAD
SOME EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENTS.
ONE WITH THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE
OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM WHICH
YOU WILL HEAR DID THE SORT OF
FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS BASED ON
SPD'S DATA THAT WE CITE AND
DISCUSS IN OUR REPORT.
SO CHRISTY GROVER-ROYBAL WHO IS
HERE WITH ME TODAY WAS SORT OF
PROJECT MANAGING IT AND GETTING
US ACROSS THE FINISH LINE ON THE
EXECUTIVE ORDER.
CHRISTIE AND -- OR CHRIS FISHER,
ANYTHING TO ADD BEFORE WE MOVE
ON?
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
#23RZ I WILL KICK IT OVER THE
SONNY NGUYEN WHO CONDUCTED AND
LED A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY
OUTREACH THAT WAS DONE THROUGH
THIS EFFORT SO SONNY, TAKE WAIT.
>> THANK YOU.
WE DID A LOT OF -- A FEW SERIES
OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS
INCLUDING SOME ROUNDTABLES, SOME
FORUMS AND A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT
WITH OUR BOARDS AND ENGAGEMENTS
WHICH ARE SELECTED TO REPRESENT
DIFFERENT BODIES OF POPULATIONS
FROM SEATTLE.
WE HAVE THREE MAJOR TAKEAWAYS.
THE FIRST ONE COMMUNITY IS NOT A
MODEL.
I AM SURE IF YOUR INBOX ARE
ANYTHING LIKE MINE, YOU KNOW
THAT EVERY PERSON IN SEATTLE HAS
DIFFERENT IDEA OF HOW WE CAN RE
IMAGINE COMMUNITY SAFETY IN OUR
CITY.
AND SO WHILE IT IS IMPORTANT WE
ARE HEARING ALL OF THESE, IT IS
IMPORTANT WE ARE CENTERIG UP
AND LIFTING THE VOICE OF THE
PEOPLE MOVES AFFECTED BY OUR
CURRENT POLICING SYSTEM.
THEN FROM THOSE ENGAGEMENTS WE
FOUND TWO KIND OF BIG BUCKETS OF
FEEDBACK.
WHAT WE HEARD IS THAT BY THE
TIME SOMEONE WAS MAKING A 911
CALL, A LOT OF TIMES THAT
INCIDENT IS INDICATIVE OF A
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SYSTEMS
FAILURES WHETHER THAT BE YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING, JOB
RESOURCES, MENTAL HEALTH OR EVEN
THE MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
SO WE ARE SENDING OFFICERS WHO
ARE NOT WELL EQUIPPED TO HANDLE
THE ACTUAL ROOTS OF THE ISSUES
GOING ON IN THESE COMMUNITIES.
AND THE OTHER IS THAT PEOPLE
WANT A MORE VISIBLE PATROL
PRESENCE.
A LOT OF FOLKS IN OUR DOWNTOWN
NEIGHBORHOODS MOST ESPECIALLY IN
PLACES LIKE THE CID REALLY MISS
THEIR COMMUNITY POLICE OFFICERS
WHICH WERE REDEPLOYED DUE TO
STAFFING CONSTRAINTS AND REALLY
WANTED TO TALK OR SPEAK TO A
TIME WHEN OFFICERS WERE WALKING
THE BEACH AND WERE GOING INTO
DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AND GETTING
TO KNOW THE COMMUNITIES AND THE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS THERE AND
FOLKS ARE ABLE TO BUILD TRUSTING
AND LASTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH
THE OFFICERS PATROLLING THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS.
THAT IS JUST A VERY QUICK
SNAPSHOT OF THE ENGAGEMENT
ASSEMBLY WE HAVE BEEN DOING AND
IS SOME OF THE HIGH LEVEL
THINGS.
>> SO TO KIND OF GO OVER OUR
MAJOR FINDINGS WHICH ALL OF MY
COLLEAGUES WILL DRILL INTO A
LITTLE BIT, WE ARE HAVING A
MASSIVE STAFFING SHORTAGE.
WE HAVE LOST OVER 200 OFFICERS.
THAT TRANSLATES TO OVER 300,000
OFFICER HOURS.
WE ARE JUST DOWN IN TERMS OF
PHYSICAL CAPACITY AT THE
DEPARTMENT.
LOOKING AT THE NICK JR. ANALYSIS
AND THE SPD ANALYSIS WE
IDENTIFIED 12% OF CALLS FOR
SERVICES THAT CAN BE RESPONDED
TO WITH CIVILIAN FORWARD OR
WITHOUT SPD INVOLVEMENT IN THE
NEAR TERM.
THESE ARE CALLS WE CAN SAFELY
SAY WE CAN REMOVE OR START TO
TRANSFER STARTING TODAY.
WITH FURTHER ANALYSIS WE CAN --
THERE ARE MORE THAN BEYOND JUST
THIS 12%.
BUT TO START WE WILL BE LOOKING
AT THE CHECKS.
BASED ON WHAT OCCURRED WITH THE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THE
SHORTAGE OF HOURS, THERE IS AN
IMMEDIATE NEED TO IDENTIFY
ALTERNATIVE RESPONSES THAT CAN
TAKE NON-CRIMINAL CALLS AWAY
FROM SPD RESOURCES.
.
OKAY.
ANGELA OR CHRIS.
I THINK YOU ARE UP NEXT.
>> GOOD EVENING.
AS FOLKS ARE AWARE SINCE 2020 WE
HAVE LOST A NET NEGATIVE OF
ABOUT 188 OFFICERS.
THE ISSUE BEING AS WE TALK
ABOUT THE ABILITY TO TRANSFER
SOME OF THIS WORKLOAD TO
ALTERNATIVE RESPONSES IS THAT IT
ACTUALLY THAT WORK WOULD GET US
CLOSER TO HAVING A NUMBER OF
OFFICERS WHO CAN HANDLE THE
VOLUME OF WORK THEY ARE HANDLING
NOW.
I THINK CHIEF SPOKE ABOUT IT
YESTERDAY.
THERE AREN'T ENOUGH OFFICERS TO
HANDLE CALL VOLUME.
OFF LOADING SERVICE HOURS AT
THIS POINT AS WE WILL GET INTO
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE -- REPORT
I THINK STARTS TO MAKE UP FOR
THE FOLKS WE HAVE LOST.
THERE ARE 100 LESS OFFICERS EVEN
WITH THE -- CHIEF'S REASSIGN
MENTASSIGNMENT
OF INDIVIDUALS.
THAT IS TRANSLATED TO US NOT
MEETING OUR RESPONSE TIMES.
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT
BEFORE.
THAT SITUATION HAS NOT CHANGED.
WE HAVE NOT MET IT
CONSISTENTLY.
FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW.
THE REALLY THE MESSAGE HERE IS
AS WE LOOK TO THIS WORK AT THIS
POINT AS WE TRY TO STAFF BACK
UP, AS WE TRY TO DO AGGRESSIVE
HIRING, SOME OF THIS IN THE NEAR
TERM IS MAKING IT SO THAT THESE
CALLS HAVE SOMEONE WHO CAN
RESPOND TO THEM.
A LOT OF TIMES THE DELAY FOR
THESE NON-EMERGENCY, LOW
PRIORITY CALLS IS EXTENSIVE
GIVEN THE OFFICERS ARE FOCUSSING
ON RESPONDING TO THESE MAJOR
EVENTS AND VIOLENT CRIME AND
PRIORITY ONE CALLS.
SOME OF THE LOWER PRIORITY CALLS
MAY TAKE A WHILE FOR OFFICERS TO
RESPOND GIVEN OUR CURRENT STAFF.
FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM AS
JULIE MENTIONED, WE ASKED THEM
LED BY DAVID WHO HAS A HUGE
EXPERIENCE IN REFORMING AND
LOOKING AT HOW CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEMS CAN WORK DIFFERENTLY BE
IT -- WORKING ON CONSENT DECREES
IS A WEALTH OF SDMONL HOW TO
THINK DIFFERENTLY.
HE HAS A GREAT TEAM AT THE
NATIONAL INSTITUTE.
WE ASK THEM TO LOOK AT THREE
YEARS OF OUR CALL DATA.
THEY HAVE DONE THIS WORK IN
OTHER MOSTLY WEST COAST CITIES
AND A LOT MANY CALIFORNIA.
THEY ARE BASED OUT OF OAKLAND.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF ON THE GROUND
RELATIONSHIPS AND UNDERSTANDINGS
THERE.
WE ASKED THEM TO LOOK AT THAT
DATA AND IN OUR INITIAL
CONVERSATIONS THEY TALKED ABOUT
HOW THEIR APPROACH HAS BEEN
CONCEPTUALIZING 911 ALTERNATIVE
RESPONSE OR DIFFERENTIAL
RESPONSE IN A FOUR TIER MODEL.
TIER ONE BEING SOME ALTERNATIVE
RESPONSE GOES ON THEIR OWN.
THOSE ARE THE CALLS WHERE IT IS
CLEAR AND HOWEVER YOU DO THE
ANALYSIS THAT SPD IS NOT NEEDED.
THE TIER 2 IS SPD IS DOWNSTAIRS,
AROUND THE CORN, CLOSE BY FOR A
RADIO CALL.
IF THE ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE
NEEDS BACK UP, THOSE ARE --
MAYBE IT IS NOT QUITE AS CLEAR
AND THEN TIER 3 IS THE REVERSE
OF THAT WHERE SPD TAKES THE
LEAD, MAKES SURE THE SCENE 1
SAFE AND CLEAR AND MAYBE STEPS
BACK AND LETS THE ALTERNATIVE
RESPONSE HANDLE AND TIER 4 IS A
TRADITIONAL SPD RESPONDING ON
THEIR OWN.
MAYBE WHEN THEY ARE DONE DOWN
THEY CAN CALL IN IF THERE ARE
ANY ADDITIONAL SERVICES.
THAT IS SORT OF THE MODEL.
THEY DID THAT WORK.
THEY I KENT GUYED UP TO 49% OF
CALLS IN THEIR HIGH LEVEL, NOT
KNOWING HOW WE USE EVERY CALL
TYPE.
WE AS THE CITY HAVE A LOT OF
CALL TYPES.
OVER 350.
SOME PLACES HAVE LESS THAN 100.
WE ARE VERY DIFFERENTIATED IN
OUR TYPE.
THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY AND WE
WEREN'T TRYING TO BE OVERLY
PRESCRIPTIVE WITH THEM.
THERE WERE GROUPS OF CALLS WHERE
I THINK THEY NOT KNOWING HOW WE
USED THIS SYSTEM AND WHAT IT
MEANS WHERE THEY PROBABLY OVER
INDEX THINKING SOMEONE ELSE
COULD RESPOND TO IT.
SOME OF THOSE ARE SORT OF
ADMINISTRATIVE CALLS, GETTING
GAS, RUNNING, DOING A RUN OF
EVIDENCE OR PROACTIVE CALLS
WHERE IT IF YOU SEE WHERE IT
MAKES SENSE THAT MAYBE AN
OFFICER DOESN'T NEED DO A
PREMISE CHECK.
THAT IF YOU ARE JUST THINKING
ABOUT WHAT THOSE WORDS MEAN, IF
YOU UNDERSTAND HOW WE USE
THAT -- A PREMISE CHECK COULD BE
THIS IS A HIGH CRIME OR HIGH
VIOLENCE AREA AND WE WANT
OFFICERS TO CHECK OUT THAT
PARKING LOT, WE WANT THEM THERE
FOR VISIBILITY, WE WANT THEM
THERE TO BE IN THE AREA, WE WANT
THEM TO STOP THERE AND GET OUT
AND TALK.
IT IS NOT SOMETHING AS GOING AND
MAKING SURE THE BUILDING IS
SECURED.
THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS GOING IN
THERE.
I THINK WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO
DO WORK ON REFINING IT.
WE ALSO THEN WHEN WE WERE
THINKING THROUGH HOW DO -- AND
IT WAS UNREALISTIC TO EXPECT THE
NATIONAL INSTITUTE TO KNOW EVERY
SINGLE ONE OF THOSE TYPES AND
HOW WE USE AND IT WHAT MA THAT
MEANS ON THE GROUND, ALL OF OUR
LEGAL -- WE HAVE SOME RCW AND
LABOR ISSUES THAT SOME OF THIS
WORK HAS TO BE DONE BY US A
SWORN PEACE OFFICER.
SOME OF THAT STUFF PROBABLY
EASIER TO CHANGE THAN OTHERS.
IT WAS TOO MUCH IN THE TIME
FRAME AND IN THE BROAD SCOPE OF
THE OTHER WORK THEY DO.
SO WE WERE TRYING TO THINK
THROUGH HOW COULD WE ADD
INTELLIGENCE ON TO THIS TO MAKE
IT MORE OPERATIONAL.
WE REMARKED IN A LOT OF THE
CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE HAD WITH
DOJ AROUND CONSENT DECREES AND
THE EXPERTS THEY USE AND SOME OF
THE RESEARCH TEAM HERE AT SPD.
DR. JEFF AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF SOUTH CAROLINA IS A LONG
STANDING EXPERT IN HIGH RISK
POLICE COMMUNITY ENCOUNTERS.
HE HAS CONSULTED FOR THE U.S.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND
INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE
DEPARTMENTS ABOUT SORT OF THEIR
VERSION OF INQUEST INTO POLICE
INVOLVED SHOOTINGS AND HOW TO
THINK ABOUT AND CONCEPTIONALIZE
FORCE AND HOW TO DECREASE OR THE
THE RISK OF POLICE ENCOUNTERS.
HE CAME BACK I THINK WITH
AMAZING RECOMMENDATION I THINK
WE WERE CONCEPTIONALLY THINKING
ABOUT BUT WILL NOT TIED IT ALL
TOGETHER.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY IN OUR DATA
TO KNOW ON EACH CALL TYPE HOW
OFTEN SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT
HAPPENS.
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE LOOKED AT
WHETHER THAT CALL TYPE WAS
ASSOCIATED WITH A CRIME OR
WHETHER AN ARREST WAS MADE.
WE CAN LAYER ON THAT HOW OFTEN
IS THE VICTIM INJURED.
HOW OFTEN IS THE SUBJECT
INJURED.
HOW OFTEN IS THE USE OF FORCE
USED AND WHAT TYPE OF USE OF
FORCE, WHAT LEVEL OF USE OF
FORCE AND IF SOMEONE IS ARRESTED
AND BOOKED.
YOU CAN COME ONE A RISK BASE --
BASED MODEL.
VERY RARELY DOES SOMETHING OF
SIGNIFICANT HAPPEN.
SO I THINK THAT IS THE NEXT
STAGE OF THIS WORK.
I THINK WE STARTED TO DO THAT
WHEN WE STARTED HAVING THESE
CONVERSATIONS AS DIRECTOR TALKED
ABOUT IT ABOUT THIS TRIAGE 1
MODEL I KNOW WE TALKED WITH
COUNCIL ABOUT IT.
THAT WAS -- THAT IS WHERE THAT
STARTED TO BECOME
OPERATIONALIZED.
WE KNOW THIS TWO SPECIFIC CALL
TYPES BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT
THEM FOR YOURS.
THOSE ARE CASES WHERE VERY
RARELY SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT
HAPPENING ON THE GROUND RIGHT
THERE AND THAT IS WHY IT MADE
SENSE FROM ALL OF THOSE OTHER --
CONSIDERATIONS A PLACE TO START.
WE WANT TO KEEP BUILDING ON
THAT, COMBINING AND THE NUTS AND
BOLTS WORK OF DOING THE
AGGREGATE DATA THAT THE NATIONAL
INSTITUTE DID WITH THIS RISK
BASED MODEL THAT HE HAS WEIGHED
IN MAKES A LOT OF SENSE AND I
THINK THEY COME TOGETHER NICELY.
THAT IS WHERE WE ARE GOING.
WE ALSO KNOW A LOT OF THE GIG
GROUP THAT WE HAVE HEARD PEOPLE
ABOUT AS THE ROLE OF POLICE AND
TRAFFIC.
THE CHIEF AND -- INSPECTOR
GENERAL JUDGE WERE ALREADY IN
CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT AND HAVE
SORT OF FORMERIZED WITH THE
DIRECTOR A PROCESS FOR HOW DO WE
LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS
THAT WE USE ENFORCEMENT AND
EDUCATION FROM THE POLICE SIDE
IN -- IN COLLABORATION WITH SDOT
AND THEIR ENGINEERING AND
EDUCATION AND HAVE TO DO
TRAFFIC, PEDESTRIAN, COMMUTER
SAFETY.
I THINK THE TRAFFIC, HOW TO
HANDLE ALL THOSE TRAFFIC AND
MOVING VIOLATIONS WILL BE
HANDLED IN A VERY SORT OF
SEATTLE WAY AND UNDERSTANDING
THE NATURE OF TRANSPORTATION
THIS SEATTLE.
I THINK -- LONG STORY SHORT, IS
NICK JR. -- IT IS THE
ABBREVIATION.
IT ALWAYS CLICKS IN MY HEAD.
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE GAVE US
THE FRAME WORK AND POINTED US --
I THINK TO ASPIRATIONAL.
THEY ARE PUSHING US SORT OF TO
WHAT CHIEF SCOGGINS SAID ABOUT
THE CHANGE TEAM.
I THINK WE SEE THE HIGH LEVEL,
NOT KNOWING THE LEADS.
LETS CONSIDER EACH ONE OF THOSE.
LETS LOOK AT WHAT THE LAW AND
LABOR TELLS US AND SEE IF IT IS
POSSIBLE BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE
WILL BE AND SOME OF THOSE WON'T
BE.
WE AT THE MOMENT -- THE HARDER
STUFF IS COMPLICATED.
THERE ARE OPTIONS THERE.
I THINK THIS GAVE US GOOD FRAME
WORK TO CONTINUE TO SORT OF
GROUP OF CALLS BY GROUP OF
CALLS, GROUP THEM, ANALYZE THEM
AND FIGURE OUT WHO IS THE BEST
TEAM TO RESPOND TO IT.
>> THANK YOU DR. FISHER.
I NOTICE SCREEN KEEPS FLIPPING
BACK AND FORTH.
BUT IT IS GREAT BECAUSE THE
QUESTION I HAVE IS SORT OF
RELATED TO INFORMATION THAT IS
ON SLIDE SEVEN AS WELL AS SLIDE
EIGHT.
I THOUGHT THAT THE -- THAT THE
CRITIQUE THAT -- OF THE NICK JR.
REPORT WAS INTERESTING THE
CRITIQUE WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE
TIER 1 ANALYSIS WASN'T #1I78
PLASTIC.
IT DIDN'T -- IT WASN'T JUST
ABOUT THE NUMBER OF CALLS THAT
FIT INTO TIER 1.
IT ALSO DID AN ANALYSIS OF THE
NUMBER OF TIMES THAT THAT --
THAT THOSE CALLS REQUIRED SOME
SORT OF FOLLOW UP ACTION BY A
POLICE OFFICER AND FOUND THAT
THAT WAS A VERY LOW PERCENTAGE
OF CALLS.
SO IN MY MIND THAT IS THE RISK
ANALYSIS.
IT IS NOT A SIMPLISTIC ANALYSIS.
IT IS A LAYERED ANALYSIS THAT IS
ACTUALLY LOOKING AT -- POSSIBLE
HARM.
AND THAT IS SPECIFIC TO I THINK
THE TIER 1 CALLS.
I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE NUMBERS OF TIER 1 CALLS
THOUGH.
THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT IN
THE NEAR TERM SPD AGREES THAT
THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 30
INCIDENT TYPES WHERE IT IS
APPARENT THAT SPD DOES NOT NEED
TO BE THE PRIMARIES PONDER IF
OTHER RESOURCES ARE CONSISTENTLY
AVAILABLE.
THIS REPRESENTS 12% OF TOTAL
CALLS AND 6% OF TOTAL OFFICER
HOURS.
AS I UNDERSTAND THE INFORMATION
ON SLIDE A, 12% OF CALLS IS
ABOUT 144,000 CALLS.
I'M ASSUMING THAT IS OVER THE
ENTIRE THREE YEAR PERIOD OF
TIME.
>> YOU CORRECT.
>> THAT WORKS OUT TO BE ROUGHLY
AN AVERAGE OF 48,000 CALLS A
YEAR.
YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO HAVE
TRIAGE 1 ADDRESS A PERSON DOWN
IN WELFARE CHECKS IS ONLY ABOUT
7,000 CALLS A YEAR.
SO GIVEN THAT THE STATEMENT IS
THAT 12% OF CALLS CAN HANDLE A
RESPONSE THAT DOES NOT HAVE SPD
AS PRIMARIES PONSER AND IF THAT
12% IS 48,000 CALLS AND WE ONLY
HAVE A PROPOSAL TO DEAL WITH
7,000 CALLS, WHAT IS THE
EXECUTIVE'S PROPOSAL FOR MOVING
FORWARD AROUND THAT ADDITIONAL
40,000 CALLS A YEAR THAT YOU --
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE SAYING
THAT YOU AGREE WOULD BENEFIT
FROM AN ALTERNATE RESPONSE TO
THAT OF AN OFFICER?
>> CHRIS DID YOU WANT ME TO TAKE
THAT ONE?
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER.
I THINK THE SHORT ANSWER IN A
NUTSHELL IS THAT THE TRY ANGLE
TEAMS THAT PROPOSAL WE PUT
FORWARD IS THE FIRST STEP
ESENTALLY.
WE VIEW THAT AS LOW HANGING
FRUIT.
AN AREA WHERE WE KNOW THESE ARE
SORT OF OUTSIDE THE BODY OF WORK
OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUTSIDE
THE BODY OF WORK OF THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT SO WE WON'T RUN INTO
LABOR ISSUES THERE WITH EITHER
ONE OF THEM.
COLLABORATIVELY WITH THEM ON
DEFINING WHAT THOSE CALLS ARE.
AND I THINK AS I INDICATED AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE
PRESENTATION, I THINK THERE ARE
GOING TO BE SEVERAL OTHER TYPES
OF RESPONSE MODELS THAT WILL BE
BORN OUT OF THE ANALYSIS.
THIS IS JUST THE FIRLS OF WHAT
WE ANTICIPATE OF BEING PROBABLY
MANY THAT WILL FIT INTO THIS
CATEGORY.
I THINK THAT THE SHORT SANS WE
ARE NOT DONE.
THIS PROPOSAL WILL NOT BE THE
PRONL POSAL.
E -- PROPOSAL.
>> TWO OF THE OTHER CALL TYPES,
LITTERING, NOISE, THEY DON'T
NATURALLY INTO THE TRIAGE 1
APPROACH.
IT DOESN'T SEEM TO CALL FOR AN
SPD OFFICER.
I JUST DON'T THINK WE HAVE
THOUGHT ABOUT WHO THAT SOMEONE
WOULD BE AND WHERE THEY WOULD
SIT.
I THINK HAVING A FOLLOW UP
CONVERSATION, WHAT HE MEANT WAS
THE INITIAL CUT THAT THE
NATIONAL INSTITUTE DID WAS
LOOKING AT WHAT IS THE CALL TYPE
AND DOES IT MATCH UP WITH THE
CRIME?
THAT WAS LEVEL 1.
THEY MATCHED UP EVERY CALL TYPE
WITH WHETHER IT SOUNDED LIKE IT
MATCHED UP WITH AN RCW OR RCW IS
MISDEMG NORS REFLECTED THERE AS
WELL.
IF IT DIDN'T, THEY NATURALLY PUT
IT IN TIER 1.
IF THE OFFICER DIDN'T CLOSE THE
CALL OUT AS A CRIME, IT WAS
LIKELY TO BE A TIER 1 CALL.
WE CAN GET INTO THERE IS MANY
TIMES ARE CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR HAS
OCCURRED BUT WITH OFFICER
DISCRETION THEY DON'T
NECESSARILY CLOSE IT OUT AS
SUCH.
THAT IS ONE ISSUE.
IT IS MORE -- THEY LAYERED ON
BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON WAS
SOMEONE ARRESTED AND I THINK
BOTH ABOUT THE WORK THAT HAS
BEEN DONE BROADLY I OUR
SYSTEM -- SORT OF ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND IN SEATTLE ABOUT
TRYING TO MINIMIZE ON LOWER
LEVEL STUFF HOW OFTEN WE ARE
REST, I THINK THE ARREST PART
MIGHT BE TOO NARROW TO MAKE A
DECISION --
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IF THERE IS A VICTIM HURT OR IF
SOMETHING HAPPENS OTHER THAN THE
ARREST, IT IS SOME THING WE NEED
TO CONSIDER.
WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW DO WE
SCORE FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD
THE DIFFERENT FACTORS IN THAT
RISK MODEL ABOUT -- HOW CHANCY
IS THIS ENCOUNTER.
THAT IS THE DIRECTION I BELIEVE
HE WAS POINTING WAS JUST THE
WEATHER THE CALL TYPE SOUNDS
LIKE ITS CONNECTED TO A CRIME
AND WHETHER IT WAS ARRESTED
MIGHT BE LEAVING OUT OTHER
FACTORS WE MIGHT HAVE MORE
ACCESS TO DATA THAT WHEN WE HAVE
H THIS INITIAL ENGAGEMENT WITH
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE WE DIDN'T
THINK ABOUT COULD WE SHARE THAT
DT WITH THEM, WERE THEY THINKING
ABOUT CONCEPTUALIZING THAT.
THAT IS OUR NEXT STEP THERE.
>> I WAS JUST SAYING THAT -- IT
IS MY UNDERSTANDING FROM MY
REVIEW OF THE EXECUTIVE SUMMERY
THAT THAT NEXT STEP HAS BEEN
DONE FOR THE TIER 1 CALLS
BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE YOU
DECIDED TO FOCUS.
ARE THE TIER 1 CALLS AND YOU
DETERMINED THAT IS THE PLACE TO
FOCUS BECAUSE OF WHAT HAS
HAPPENED AT THOSE CALLS WHEN
POLICE HAVE ARRIVED.
THAT THERE IS A DOCTOR THE DATA
SHOWS, THE ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT
THERE IS -- THERE WAS NOT NEED
FOR SPD FOLLOW UP FOR A MAJORITY
OF THE CALLS.
IT WAS -- I DON'T HAVE THE
PERCENTAGE RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME
BUT IT WAS A VERY LOW
PERCENTAGE.
>> THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE PUT
174 CALL TYPES IN TIER 1.
I THINK THE SLIDE HAS A MISTYPE
FOR THE FINAL REPORT WE
IDENTIFIED 30 OF THOSE 174.
THERE ARE OTHERS IS THAT MAY
VERY WELL BE TIER 1.
WE WANT TO CONSIDER OTHER
FACTORS.
>> THAT IS VERY HELPFUL.
THANK YOU.
>> YEAH.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER, I WILL ADD WE
HAVE LEARNED SOME GREAT LESSONS
FROM THE HEALTH ONE
IMPLEMENTATION ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF SCALING THESE
THINGS UP, TOO CHLT.
WE LEARN WHAT WE CONTINUE --
DON'T KNOW ALONG THE WAY AS
WELL.
>> SO THAT BRINGS US -- THAT IS
A GREAT SEGWAY.
THANK YOU, TO DISCUSSING THE NEW
ALTERNATE RESPONSE TRIAGE MODEL
PROPOSAL THAT THEY HAVE WORKED
ON IN CONJUNCTION WITH DIRECTOR
LOMBARD AND CHIEF SCOGGINS AND
JON EHRENFELD FROM HIS TEAM.
WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK
OVER VIEW OF WHAT THAT IS.
I KNOW WE HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO
BRING SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS ON
THIS TO SOME EXTENT.
WELCOME TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PUT THIS OUT THERE AGAIN.
SO AGAIN FOCUSSING ON THAT 12%
AND THE TYPES OF CALLS THAT WERE
IDENTIFIED BY THE NATIONAL
INSTITUTE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORM THAT ARE SORT OF RIGHT
FOR DIVERSION, WE TOOK A LOOK AT
THOSE.
WE KNEW FROM OUR COMMUNITY
OUTREACH THAT PEOPLE ARE
SUPPORTIVE OF DEVELOPING
ALTERNATE RESPONSE MODELS FOR
NON-CRIMINAL TYPE CRIMES AND WE
SORT OF WERE KEEPING AN EYE ON
THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ON
COMMUNITY SAFETY CAPACITY
BUILDING AS WELL AND WERE AWARE
THERE WAS NO ACTUAL TURNKEY AS I
SAID, IMMEDIATE ALTERNATE
RESPONSE MODEL FOR THESE TYPES
OF CALLS.
I WAS CLEAR WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO
WAS START DEVELOPING A MODEL TO
TRY ORANGE AND WE USE THIS WORD
IN THE TRUE SENSE OF THE TERM.
TRIAGE NON-CRIMINAL AND
NON-HEALTH EMERGENCY CALLS.
I THINK OUR OVER ARCHING -- WE
HAVE TWO CONSIDERATIONS WE WERE
MAKING HERE.
THE FIRST WAS NOT MAKING LIFE
MORE COMPLICATED FOR OUR 911
DISPATCHERS.
I THINK WE ARE VERY AWARE THAT
GIVING THEM TOO MANY OPTIONS OR
GIVING THEM TOO MANY CHOICES TO
MAKE IN A VERY SHORT TIME PERIOD
THEY HAVE TO MAKE DECISION ON
WHAT
TO DISPATCH WAS SOMETHING WE
WANTED TO AVOID.
THE OTHER CONTEXT WE HAD WAS 911
CALLERS ARE MAKING DECISIONS ON
WHO TO DISPATCH BASED ON --
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WHAT WE THOUGHT MIGHT BE VERY
HELPFUL WAS TO DEVELOP A MOD
THAT HE WILL GAVE OUR 911
DISPATCHERS THE ABILITY TO GET
EYES ON AND GET MORE INFORMATION
BEFORE AN ULTIMATE DECISION WHO
SHOULD BE THE SECONDARY RESPONSE
HANDLING THE SITUATION SHOULD
BE.
WE HAVE AN -- JON PLEASE FEEL
FREE TOO WEIGH IN ON THIS AS
WELL.
WHAT WE DID HERE WAS PUT SIDE BY
SIDE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF
RESPONSE MODELS THAT WE HAVE.
AGAIN FOCUSED ON THESE -- WHAT
WE CALL PERSON DOWN CALLS WHICH
JUST FOR EVERYONE'S INFORMATION
ARE THE CALLS WHERE YOU HAVE
SOMEONE FROM THE COMMUNITY CALL
IN AND SAY THIS PERSON IS LAYING
THROWN ON THE SIDEWALK, THEY
APPEAR TO BE BREATHING BUT CAN
SOMEBODY COME AND DEAL WITH
THEM.
AND THEN THERE IS THESE WELFARE
CHECK CALLS WHICH ARE GENERALLY
ALONG THOSE LINES AS WELL OR
HAVE PEOPLE IN SOME SORT OF
ALTERED MENTAL STATE EITHER
BECAUSE OF DRUG USE OR MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUES.
THEY AREN'T POSING AN IMMEDIATE
RISK TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS BUT
THEIR BEHAVIOR IS CONCERNING TO
SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO THEY CALL 911 AND ASK FOR
THAT TO BE ADDRESSED AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE -- ALREADY AT THE
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT OUR
HEALTH 1 UNIT WHICH HAS BEEN
SUCCESSFUL WHICH IS -- UNDER THE
MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTH TEAM
THEY DEAL WITH THOSE CRISIS TYPE
CALLS WHERE THERE IS AN ACTUAL
HEALTH CONCERN.
DEPRESSION, ANXIETY,
INTOXICATION AND CHRONIC MENTAL
HEALTH THAT LEADS TO -- WHERE
THERE IS A NEXUS OF AN ACTUAL
PHYSICAL HEALTH CONCERN.
THEY ARE PRIMARILY -- THEY ARE
NOT DISPATCHED THROUGH 911.
THEY ARE PRIMARILY DISPATCHED
THROUGH OTHER MEANS EITHER THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT MAY CALL THEM
OUT TO ADDRESS AN INDIVIDUAL AT
TIMES THE POLICE MAY AS WELL.
THEY DO FOLLOW UP AND SHORT TERM
CARE MANAGEMENT FOR THOSE FOLKS
WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HEALTH
CONCERNS RELATED TO THEIR
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES.
WE HAVE THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM
WHICH DEALS WITH THE OTHER END
OF THE SPECTRUM.
THOSE HIGH ACUTI BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH INCIDENTS OR ISSUES WHERE
THERE IS A THREAT OF DANGER TO
EITHER THAT PERSON OR SOMEONE
ELSE THAT IS IMMEDIATE OR
CONCERNING.
THEY ARE CALLED UPON BY PATROL
AND AT TIMES ARE DISPATCHED ALSO
BY 911 AS WELL.
THEY ARE THERE TO SUPPORT SPD
PATROL AND PROVIDE RESOURCES
THAT APPROPRIATE RESOURCES WHEN
THERE IS A CRISIS CALL, WHERE
THERE IS A PUBLIC SAFETY CONE
CERTAIN.
THEY ALSO DO DCR REFERRALS, THEY
DO TAILORED RESPONSE PLANS FOR
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CHRONICALLY
HAVING CRISIS ISSUES THAT CREATE
PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS AND THEY
ARE SORT OF MID LEVEL
ENGAGEMENT.
THOSE ARE TWO GREAT LEVEL
RESOURCES WE ALREADY HAVE IN THE
CITY.
THERE IS THIS SORT OF GRAY AREA
OF CALLS THAT DON'T FIT INTO
EITHER ONE OF THOSE.
THESE ARE SORT OF THESE MAN DOWN
OR PERSON DOWN CALLS AND THESE
WELFARE CHECK CALLS.
IN ORDER FOR US TO GET A GOOD
UNDERSTANDING, I THINK EVERYONE
AGREED YOU CAN'T MAKE THAT
DECISION OVER THE PHONE WITH A
911 DISPATCHER.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE TIME AND
THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY
OFFERING UP SECONDHAND
INFORMATION TO MAKE A TRUE
TAILORED DECISION ON WHO SHOULD
BE HELPING THIS INDIVIDUAL.
SO, THAT IS WHERE WE SEE THE
TRIAGE MODEL FITTING IN.
IS CHIEF SCOGGINS ON?
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE HIM A
CHANCE TO WEIGH IN.
>> OKAY.
ON THIS SLIDE I WANTED TO FIRST
MENTION MY RECOLLECTION OF THE
REPORT SUGGESTED THAT THERE WAS
SOME DATA LACKING AS IT RELATES
TO THE DISPATCH OF THE SPD
CRISIS RESPONSE UNIT AND THEN AS
IT RELATESES TO THE TRIAGE MODEL
AND MAYBE ALSO HEALTH ONE MOVING
FORWARD.
I'M REALLY TRUSTED TO KNOW THE
THINKING OF HOW 988 WOULD
INTERACT WITH THESE RESOURCES
WHEN IT LAUNCHES NEXT YEAR.
IT WILL BE AN ALTERNATIVE TO 191
THAT FOCUSES ON HELPING
CRISIS --
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SO THAT IS A QUESTION I
HAVE ABOUT 98.
FLAGGING THE LACK OF INFORMATION
AS I UNDERSTAND IT ABOUT THE
DISPATCH DATA FOR SPD'S CRISIS
RESPONSE UNIT AND ALSO ON SLIDE
9 IT STATES THAT THE -- THAT HSD
DID NOT SURFACE ANY PROPOSALS
FOR OUR -- COMMUNITY SAFETY
CAPACITY BUILDING.
RFP DID NOT SURFACE PROPOSALS
THAT COULD IMPLEMENT A COMMUNITY
LED EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN THE
NEAR TERM.
WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE A
DISCUSSION ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL
APPLICATION BUT I DO KNOW THERE
WAS AT LEAST ONE PROPOSAL TO
STAND UP A COMMUNITY SAFETY HUB
IN NORTH SEATTLE WITH THE
CAPABILITY TO DISPATCH AROUND
THE CLOCK SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
SO, MAYBE WE COULD AT A LATER
TIME RETURN -- RETURN TO THAT
PROPOSAL.
I DON'T THINK IT IS ACCURATE SAY
THAT THERE WERE NO PROPOSALS TO
THE MOST RECENT RFP.
WITH THAT I WILL JUST LET YOU
RESPOND TO ONE QUESTION I HAD
HERE.
>> THAT IS HOW IT WILL INTERACT.
I THINK IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN
COUNCIL MEMBER.
I DON'T WANT TO PUNT IT TO
DIRECTOR LOMBARD NECESSARILY.
I THINK FIRST OF ALL I THINK
THERE ARE PLENTY OF THESE TYPES
OF CALLS TO GO AROUND.
I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA OR WE
DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON
HOW MANY TEAMS THEY WILL HAVE,
OR AT LEAST WE DON'T HAVE ANY
INFORMATION ON HOW MANY TEAMS
THEY WILL HAVE AVAILABLE FOR
DISPATCH AND THROUGH THE 988
CALL NUMBER.
I THINK IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT
FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE MANY
OF THESE CALLS ARE STILL GOING
TO BE COMING THROUGH 911 AND WE
ARE STILL GOING TO HAVE THE NEED
TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT THE
APPROPRIATE RESPONSE IS AND SO
WE STILL SEE A NEED AND A USE
FOR THESE PARTICULAR MODELS.
IF ONCE THAT IS STOOD UP AND
THERE IS SOME REDUNDANCIES
THERE, WE ARE CALLING THIS A
PILOT.
WE ARE SEEING HOW IT GOES AND
LEARNING FROM IT.
WE WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE
ADJUSTMENTS AND THAT IS PART OF
THE BEAUTY OF HAVING IT BE A
CITY PROGRAM WITH CITY EMPLOYEES
DOING IT AT LEAST INITIALLY.
SO ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT
DIRECTOR LOMBARD TON 988
QUESTION?
>> THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD ON
THAT IS THAT -- FOR 30 YEARS WE
HAVE BEEN CONDITIONING THE
PUBLIC THAT 911 IS THE NUMBER TO
CALL FOR ALL YOUR PROBLEMS.
EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE 811 BEFORE
YOU DIG AND 311 FOR INFORMATION
IN SOME COMMUNITIES, THEY STILL
CALL 911 FOR QUESTIONS, TOO.
IT IS STILL GOING TO BE A
LONG TIME BEFORE PEOPLE STOP
CALLING 911 FOR THEIR -- FOR FIX
THEIR PROBLEMS.
>> AND THAT IS TRUE, DIRECTOR
LOMBARD WITH SOME PORTION --
SOME DEMOGRAPHIC OF THE
POPULATION.
THERE IS A DEMOGRAPHIC AND I
APPRECIATE CENTRAL STAFF
HIGHLIGHTING THIS AT THE
BEGINNING OF ONE OF THE THINGS
WE LEARNED FROM OUR CALL
ENGAGEMENT.
THERE IS A DEMOGRAPHIC THAT DOES
NOT CALL 911 AND THERE IS A
DEMOGRAPHIC THAT IS INCREASINGLY
NOT CALLING 911.
I AM INCREASINGLY GETTING
FEEDBACK FROM MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC WHO WANT AN ALTERNATIVE,
NOT THEORETICALLY.
THEY HAVE A -- THEY HAVE A
SITUATION AND THEY WANT ME TO
REFER THEM TO REFER THEM TO
SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT 911.
I THINK THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
TO KEEP FOREFRONT IN OUR MIND.
>> YES.
>> CAN I JUMP IN REAL QUICK ON
THE SLIDE?
>> YEAH.
>> SO COUNCIL MEMBER ONE THING
WOULD LIKE TO QUICKLY CALL OUT
BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE IS A
LOT OF TEAMS OUT THERE, THIS
DOES NOT INCLUDE PARTNERS SUCH
AS MOBILE CRISIS TEAMS.
THERE IS A LOT OUT THERE.
I THINK THAT ON THE POLICE
SIDE AND THE CRISIS RESPONSE
TEAM AND ON OUR SIDE OF HEALTH
ONE THERE ARE SPECIALTY UNITS.
THEY ARE ABLE AND WILLING TO
SPEND LENGTHY PERIODS OF TIME
WITH THESE COMPLEX CLIENTS.
I THINK WE ARE VERY CONFIDENT
THAT IS THE WAY TO GO.
WE ARE A VICTIM OF OUR OWN
SUCCESS HERE.
THE IDEA WITH THESE TRIAGE TEAM
AS JULIE MENTIONED IS IT WILL BE
A FASTER SO THEY CAN PROCESS
MORE OF THESE CALLS, TAKE MORE
OF A LOAD OFF OF SPD PATROL
OPERATIONS WHICH ISN'T TO SAY IT
WILL JUST BE A ONE AND DONE.
WE LOOKED AT HOW
OFTEN THESE CALLS COME IN AND
WHAT TIME AND I THINK FOLKS KNEW
IN THEIR HEAD AND IT WAS GOOD TO
SEE IT PLAY OUT IN THE DATA THAT
IT IS REALLY HAPPENING DURING
THE WEEK A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER ON
THE WEEKENDS BUT REALLY DIR
DURING THE WEEK FROM 7:00 OR
8:00 IN THE MORNING TILL ABOUT
7:00 OR 8:00 AT NIGHT.
THE DENSEST PART BEING THE DARK
THE COLOR BEING AROUND
LUNCHTIME, IN THE AFTERNOON,
RUNNING UP TO DINNER.
ANY PERSON WHO LOOKS AT 911
DATA OR LISTENS TO THE LIVE
STREAM IS WHEN WE HAVE A LOT OF
PEOPLE OUT AND ABOUT GOING TO
WORK, DOWNTOWN FOR LUNCH,
WALKING AROUND.
THAT IS WHEN THEY ENCOUNTER THE
PERSON WHO IS DOWN OR WHEN THEY
GO -- SOMEONE DOESN'T SHOW UP TO
WORK AND SOMEONE CALLS IN AND
SAYS CAN YOU DO A WELFARE CHECK.
THIS ALL MAKES SENSE BUT WE SAW
IT IN THE DATA ABOUT THE WHEN
AND THE WHERE, I THINK A LOT OF
THIS IS CONCENTRATED IN THE
DOWNTOWN CORE IN TERMS OF THE
VOLUME.
THAT IS HOW MOST OF OUR CALLS
ARE CONCENTRATED.
IF YOU DO A HEAT MAP, THERE ARE
MORE RESPONSES DOWNTOWN.
SPECIFIC CALL TYPES WILL HAVE
DENSITIES ELSEWHERE.
THE VOLUME OF WORK DOWNTOWN,
ESPECIALLY POST PAN COMETIC OR
PREPANDEMIC ALWAYS MAKES A
DENSITY THERE AND AS WE DID LOOK
AT MOST OF THESE RESULTED IN A
FINAL DISPOSITION OF THE -- THEY
RENDERED SOME ASSISTANCE BUT
NOTHING THAT NECESSARILY MET A
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SORT OF
ASSISTANCE.
THEY HELPED THE PERSON.
MAYBE THEY -- HAD GOT THEM
MOVING AGAIN.
WE WOULD HAVE TO READ ALL THE
COMMENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF ASSISTANCE
RENDERED WAS.
THIS LESS THAN 10% WAS THERE
ANYTHING WHERE IT SEEMED LIKE IT
NEEDED AN OFFICER AND IT SAYS
HERE ONLY 2% WAS THERE AN ARREST
FOR SOME REASON AND AGAIN IT
WOULD TAKE A REVIEW OF THE NOTES
TO UNDERSTAND THE WHY OF THE
ARREST.
WAS IT SPECIFIC DOING WHAT
HAPPENED THERE OR WAS IT FOUND
TO SOME OTHER REASON THIS WAS
SOMEBODY THAT FOLKS WERE LOOKING
FOR?
MAYBE THEY HAD A WARRANT AND
THEY KNEW THEM BUT THERE COULD
BE MULTIPLE REASONS ABOUT WHY AN
ARREST OCCURRED.
>> GREET THE STAFFING
INSTRUCTURE 1 WE ARE TRYING TO
WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE
UNIONS THAT WILL BILL
BE IMPACTED BY THIS NEW MODEL.
WE DO APT PATE ANTICIPATE THIS
WILL
BE A CIVILIAN FORWARD RESPONSE.
CRISIS RESPONSE, DE-ESCALATION,
HOMELESSNES OUTREACH, CHEMICAL
DEPENDENCY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS
OUT THERE AND WHAT IS THE BEST
SECONDARY RESPONSE TO DEAL WITH
THE INCIDENT BEFORE THEM.
SO WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE ROBUST
LINKS BUT IF ALL THE EXISTING
RESOURCES THAT ARE OUT THERE --
INCLUDING THE MOBILE CRISIS TEAM
T CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM, HEALTH
1, COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS,
IT SET HAVE A.
THEN RISK MANAGEMENT PURPOSES
AND THE ABILITY TO BE VERY
FLEXIBLE AND NIMBLE.
CITY EMPLOYEES WITH FUTURE
OPPORTUNITIES TO INCORPORATE
COMMUNITY BASED PARTNERS EARTHER
IN SECONDARY RESPONSES OR PART
OF THE TEAM AS WELL.
WE ARE TRYING TO WORK WITH THE
UNION SO WE CAN COME ONE A MOD
THAT HE WILL WORK -- MODEL THAT
WORKS FOR EVERYBODY AND IS SAFE
FOR EVERYBODY.
JOHN EHRENFELD DO YOU WANT TO
TAKE THIS ONE?
>> SURE.
UM, SO I THINK THAT -- AGAIN
RIGHT NOW HOW IS THIS TEAM
CONCEPTIONALLY GOING TO DIFFER?
I THINK THAT THE IDEA -- THE
IDEAL PIPELINE HERE WILL BE FROM
THE CSCT FROM THE FIRST TIME
CALL OUT TO THE FIELD ALLOWING
FIRST LINE OF DISPATCH TO GET
EYES ON AND -- YOU KNOW, REFER
BACK AS NEED BE.
I THINK WE REALLY SEE THEM AS
HAVING THAT MORE IMMEDIATE -- TO
BOTH POLICE AND FIRE OPERATIONS.
YOU KNOW THE -- THE TRIAGE WILL
BE THE FIRST THING.
IS THIS IMMEDIATELY A CRIMINAL
ACT?
IS THIS SOMEONE IN A MEDICAL
EMERGENCY OR IS THERE SOME OTHER
UNDETERMINED NEED?
I FEEL LIKE OUR FEELING IS THIRD
CATEGORY WILL BE THE GREATEST
ONE.
REGARDLESS OF HOW THE CALL
PRESENTED AT 911 WHICH IS REALLY
A PRECISE TOOL.
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN BOTH ON THE
HEALTH ONE FRONT AND ALSO WITH
CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM THAT THE --
OUR COLLEAGUES OVER THERE IS YOU
HAVE TO HAVE SOME BACK END
OPPORTUNITIES TO DO REFERRALS.
THE SYSTEM IS EXTREMELY
FRAGMENTED.
PHYSICAL HEALTH, BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER,
THESE TAKE A LONG TIME.
PASS THEM TO.
ON OUR END AGAIN, WE ARE
SUGGESTING A SIMILAR APPROACH
HERE.
I THINK YOU WILL HAVE TO BEEN
ABOUT THAT.
I THINK WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT
THE HOURS OF OPERATION.
AGAIN THIS IS KIND OF GETTING --
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THIS WILL BE COLLABORATIVE
WITH THE BARGAINING THAT IS AT
OPERATIONS.
I THINK WELFARE CHECK CALLS WE
HAVE GONE OVER ALREADY IS IT IS
A GOOD WAY IN.
I THINK RIGHT NOW THE FEELING IS
THAT WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD INDEX
OF SUSPICION AS WE WOULD SAY IN
THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY FOR THESE
GOING THE WAY WE WANT THEM TO IN
TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE
AN EFFECTIVE RESPONSE.
.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM GOING TO NEED TO WRAP THIS
UP.
MY APOLOGIES.
I SEE THERE ARE A COUPLE OF
ADDITIONAL SLIDES.
A COUPLE OF US HAVE ANOTHER
MEETING STARTING UP RIGHT NOW.
I WANT TO ADDRESS A COUPLE IN
CLOSING A COUPLE OF THE THINGS
ON THE ADDITIONAL SLIDES.
THE BULLETS SUGGEST THAT --
THE PROPOSAL WOULD FUND AN IT
PROJECT TO BUILD OUT A CRITERIA
BASED DISPATCH SYSTEM.
IT IDENTIFIES THE COST.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
IDENTIFYING A SOONER OPPORTUNITY
TO FIND THIS SYSTEM.
I DO NOT BELIEVE WE SHOULD WAIT
UNTIL THE PASSAGE OF THE 2022
BUDGET IN ORDER TO FUND THE
SYSTEM.
IT IS CLEAR THIS SYSTEM NEEDS TO
BE IN PLACE AND THERE NEEDS TO
BE TRAINING ON THE SYSTEM BEFORE
YOU STAND UP THE TRIAGE 1
PROGRAM.
I HAVE AN AMENDMENT THAT HAS
BEEN --
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ALSO WANT TO FLAG I THINK
ON THE FINAL SLIDE SIMILARLY
WITHIN THE SUPPLEMENTAL REALLY
APPRECIATE RECEIVING NEW
RECOMMENDATION FROM SPD.
TO FRONT LOAD $500,000 OF
THAT INVESTMENT IN THE
CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE HEAD
QUARTER SUPPLEMENTAL THAT WE ARE
IN RIGHT NOW.
I SUPPORT THAT.
WE WILL ALSO HAVE AN AMENDMENT
TO ADDRESS THAT AS WELL.
AS IT RELATE TO THE COMMUNITY
SERVICE OFFICER EXPANSION I
THINK WE WILL NEED TO TALK TO
THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT
THIS.
I HAD A PROPOSAL TO FILL THE
VACANT POSITIONS DURING OUR
EARLIER SPD BUDGET DISCUSSIONS.
I STILL ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT
FUNDING THOSE VACANT POSITIONS
AND INTEND TO PROPOSE AN
AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET TO DO SO
NEXT WEEK.
AS FAR AS FUTURE ADDITIONAL
EXPANSION BEYOND FILLING THOSE
SPOTS IN THIS YEAR I'M JUST
LOOKING FORWARD TO TALKING MORE
WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON THE
COUNCIL AS WELL AS SPD ON THAT
MAJORITY.
AGAIN REALLY EXCITED TO KNOW
THAT THE COUNCIL'S FUNDING FOR
THE HEALTH 1 EXPANSION TO ADD TO
THE MAYOR'S FUNDING FOR THE
HEALTH ONE EXPANSION THAT
ALREADY HAPPENED THAT WE ARE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ANOTHER
EXPANSION IN QUARTER 4.
BEFORE -- SORRY THAT WE ARE
RUSHING TO GET THROUGH THIS LAST
BIT BEFORE WE END THIS ITEM ARE
THERE OTHER COMMENTS IN CLOSING
FROM EITHER PRESENTERS OR
COUNCIL MEMBERS?
>> JUST TO THANK YOU FOR LETTING
US COME AND PRESENT AT THE
COMMITTEE, COUNCIL MEMBER.
I KNOW THERE WILL BE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DATA FROM
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.
WE ARE HAPPY TO SET UP A
BRIEFING TO DO A DATA DEEP DAVE
WITH EITHER CENTRAL STAFF OR
WHOMEVER IF THAT WILL BE
HELPFUL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU KNOW WE HAVE BEEN VERY
EXCITED AND EAGER TO GET THIS
INFORMATION.
DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO
HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO MORE.
SO -- WITH THAT NEXT PUBLIC
SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE IS SCHEDULED FOR
AUGUST 10TH.
BEFORE WE ADJOURN ARE THERE ANY
OTHER COMMENTS FROM MY
COLLEAGUES?
HEARING NONE.
THE TIME IS 12:34 P.M.
THANK YOU FOR STAYING LONG WITH
US TODAY AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.