>>> WELCOME TO 2019, IT IS 9:32
A.M.
THIS IS A SPECIAL MEETING OF
THE GENDER EQUITY, SAFE
COMMUNITIES, NEW AMERICANS, AND
EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
I'M COUNCIL MEMBER LORENA
GONZALEZ.
I KNOW MY TWO COLLEAGUES WILL
BE JOINING ME AT THE TABLE A
LITTLE BIT LATER.
WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND GET
STARTED.
THIS WILL BE A LITTLE AWKWARD
BECAUSE I HAVE TO APPROVE THE
AGENDA AND THERE'S NOBODY AT
THE TABLE TO OBJECT, BUT
NONETHELESS, I'M GOING TO ASK
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
RESOUNDING SILENCE, HEARING NO
OBJECTION, TODAY'S HEARING IS
ADOPTED.
THERE'S SIX ITEMS ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
FIRST WE'LL DISCUSS AND VOTE ON
COUNCIL BILL 119589.
AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO THE
CITY'S CRIMINAL CODE.
SECOND THE COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION AND THE OFFICE OF
INSPECTOR GENERAL WILL PRESENT
THEIR MID YEAR REPORT AS
REQUIRED BY THE 2017 POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE.
FOLLOWING THAT THE OFFICE OF
INSPECTOR GENERAL INTELLIGENCE
REPORT ALSO REQUIRED BY
ORDINANCE.
THEN WE'LL BE HAVING A
DISCUSSION AND TAKING A
POSSIBLE VOTE ON RETIRING A
COUPLE OF CLERK FILES RELATING
TO THE SEATTLE POLICE CHIEF
2018 ANNUAL REPORT AND THE
CHIEF OF POLICE AUDIT REPORT AS
REQUIRED BY CITY ORDINANCES.
LASTLY THE COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION WILL REJOIN US AT
THE TABLE AND PRESENT THEIR
2018 ANNUAL REPORT.
ALSO ONCE AGAIN AS REQUIRED BY
THE 2017 POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
ORDINANCE.
BEFORE WE CONTINUE THE VERY
FULL AGENDA, WE WILL DO WHAT WE
ALWAYS DO, HOLD OUR REGULAR
PERIOD OF PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT.
UNLESS THERE'S SOMEBODY IN THE
AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO GIVE A
PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT DID NOT
SIGN UP.
BRIANNA THOMAS, YOU DO NOT
COUNT.
ANY OTHERS?
SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD,
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
CLOSE OUT THE PERIOD OF PUBLIC
COMMENTS.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN THE
PROCESS OF GETTING INTO
BUSINESS FOR THE DAY.
SO I'M GOING TO HAVE ROXANA
READ AGENDA ITEM ONE, THE DNA
BILL.
I WOULD INVITE THOSE FOLKS HERE
TO PRESENT ON THE DNA BILL TO
PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY UP TO THE
COMMITTEE TABLE.
THANK YOU.
>> AGENDA ITEM ONE, COUNCIL
BILL 119589, AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO THE SUBMISSION OF
BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES FOR BRIEFING
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU, ROXANA.
HI, GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A POWER
POINT.
GREG, START WITH YOU, AND I
WILL HAND IT OFF.
WILL YOU DO AN INSTRUCTION AND
THEN HAND IT TO THE OTHER
PRESENTERS.
>> GREG DOSS, COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
>> REBECCA JOHNSON, PART OF
YOUR LOBBYING TEAM IN OLYMPIA.
>> DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.
>> KELLY HARRIS CHIEF OF CHROME
DIVISION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE WITH US.
I KNOW THIS BILL HAS BEEN LONG
IN THE MAKING, I'M REALLY
EXCITED THAT WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A
DISCUSSION TODAY AND POSSIBLY
VOTE IT OUT OF COMMITTEE.
SO GREG, I'M GOING TO HAND IT
OVER TO YOU TO WALK US THROUGH
YOUR COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF
ANALYSIS AND REPORT.
>> COUNCIL BILL 1195890 WOULD
CONFORM THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
CODE TO STATE LAW FOR 10
SERIOUS OR SEX RELATED CRIMES
THAT REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF DNA
TO THE WASHINGTN STATE PATROL
CRIME LAB.
THERE'S A LIST OF THESE CRIMES
IN YOUR STAFF REPORT.
BY WAY OF BACKGROUND THE WSP
CRIME LAB PROCESSED AND ENTERED
INTO THE FEDERAL COMBINED DNA
DATA BASE.
ALL DNA FROM SEATTLE
MISDEMEANOR OFFENDERS UNTIL
2014.
IN 2014 THE CRIME LAB INFORMED
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT
IT WOULD NO LONGER ACCEPT DNA
SAMPLES FROM SEATTLE BECAUSE
SEATTLE ARE CONVICTED UNDER THE
SMC CODE.
NOW HAS 650 OF THEM STORED IN
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
EVIDENCE UNIT.
IN A MOMENT THE LAW DEPARTMENT
WILL TALK ABOUT THE LEGAL
DEVELOPMENTS THAT NOW REQUIRE
THE STATE PATROL TO ACCEPT THAT
DNA EVIDENCE, AND PROVIDE SOME
HISTORY OF THE ISSUE AND WHY
THE BILL IS BEFORE YOU HERE
TODAY.
BEFORE I TURN IT OVER THOUGH, I
SHOULD MENTION I CONTACTED THE
WASHINGTON STATE PATROL ABOUT
PROCESSING OF THE 650 SAMPLES
AND WHAT THEY HAD TOLD ME THEY
HAVE A STATEWIDE BACKLOG, SO
THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET TO
ALL OF THOSE SAMPLES UNTIL NEXT
YEAR.
AS THEY ENTER THEM NIGHTLY IN
FBI ALGORITHM TO SEE IF THERE
IS ANY MATCH WITH ANY OF THE
DNA IN THIS SYSTEM IF THERE IS
A MATCHED LAW ENFORCEMENT,
IMMEDIATELY IDENTIFIED.
BUT AS I SAID THAT WOULD HAPPEN
ON A PIECEMEAL BASIS OVER THE
NEXT YEAR.
WITH THAT I TURN IT OVER TO THE
LAW ENFORCEMENT UNLESS YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS.
>> ACTUALLY BEFORE WE GET TO
THE LAW DEPARTMENT, CAN I ASK
REBECCA, CAN I ASK YOU TO GIVE
A QUICK REPORT ON OR HOWEVER
LONG YOU WANT TO TAKE TO GIVE
US AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE
WORK THAT YOU PRIORITIZED ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY AND OTHER
STAKEHOLDERS IN OLYMPIA THIS
YEAR THAT'S SORT OF LAYING THE
FOUNDATION FOR WHY WE'RE TAKING
THIS ACTION TODAY.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU.
SO THIS IS A CONVERSATION WE'VE
BEEN HAVING IN OLYMPIA SINCE
THE STATE PATROL MADE THEIR
DECISION IN 2014, 2015, THAT
THEY WOULD NOT BE PROCESSING
DNA COLLECTED UNDER MUNICIPAL
ORDINANCE CONVICTIONS.
IT'S AN ISSUE THAT WE WORKED
WITH, THE COALITION OF SEXUAL
ASSAULT PROGRAMS ON STATE
PATROL, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
OFFICE, THE JUDGES, THE NUMBER
OF OTHER CITIES.
AND THE QUESTION THAT HAD BEEN
HAPPENING IN OLYMPIA FOR
SEVERAL YEARS IS WHETHER OR NOT
THIS WAS AN ISSUE THAT COULD BE
RESOLVED BY CITIES TAKING
ACTIONS, HOPEFULLY THE ONE
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE TODAY.
OR IF IT NEEDED TO BE STATE
ACTION.
LAST SUMMER REPRESENT HAS BEEN
A HUGE CHAMPION FOR THIS ISSUE
FOR MANY YEARS.
SUBMITTED A REQUEST FOR AN
ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION,
ASKING THE QUESTION OF IS THIS
AN ISSUE THAT CITIES CAN SOLVE
BY INCORPORATING THE RCW.
OR MUST THE STATE TAKE ACTION.
WE USUALLY GOT THAT ANSWER BACK
IN THE MIDDLE OF LEGISLATIVE
SESSION THIS YEAR, WHICH IS
LATE FOR ACTION, BUT WE HAD
SEVERAL CHAMPIONS INCLUDING
REPRESENTATIVE GOODMAN, SENATOR
PETERSON, JENKINS, MANY FOLKS
CAME TOGETHER TO PUT INTO STATE
LAW, A RECOGNITION THAT WE DO
HAVE THE 650 SAMPLES SITTING ON
OUR SHELVES.
SO WITH THE STATE LEGISLATION
AND WHAT THEY DO, SAY WE AND
OTHER CITIES WHO ARE SIMILARLY
SITUATED HAVE UNTIL I BELIEVE
JANUARY TO CHANGE OUR LAWS, TO
INCORPORATE THE RCWS AND THE
STATE PATROL NOW HAS THE
AUTHORITY TO TEST THOSE SAMPLES
THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
IT'S BEEN MANY YEARS OF
CONVERSATIONS, I'M SO EXCITED
TO HAVE THE SOLUTION ON THE
HORIZON AND THERE REALLY ARE A
NUMBER OF GREAT ORGANIZATIONS,
I'M SURE I DIDN'T LIST ALL OF
THEM.
WE HAVE AN AWESOME ORGANIZATION
A PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS AND
PROBLEM SOLVING IN OLYMPIA AND
HERE.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR REBECCA
BEFORE WE MOVE ON?
GREG.
I'LL HAND IT OVER TO OUR CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
>> WELL THANK YOU FOR
CONSIDERING THIS BILL AS
REBECCA MENTIONED, THIS IS PART
OF THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN
WORKING THROUGH IN OLYMPIA FOR
A NUMBER OF YEARS SINCE THE
CRIME LAB STOPPED ACCEPTING OUR
DNA IN 2014.
AFTER WE GOT THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OPINION, WHICH IS
REALLY NECESSARY TO CLARIFY FOR
US WHETHER THIS COULD BE
ADDRESSED AT THE CITY LEVEL OR
THE STATE LEVEL, THEY DID
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIX
OUR PORTION OF THE ISSUE.
SO THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF WHAT
THIS BILL ACTUALLY DOES, IT
INCORPORATES CERTAIN
STATECRIMES INTO OUR CITY CODE
BY REFERENCE.
EVERY CITY IN WASHINGTON IS
REQUIRED TO HAVE ITS OWN
CRIMINAL CODE.
SEVERAL HUNDRED CITIES IN THE
STATE AND THEY ALL WRITE THEIR
CODE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY.
SEATTLE HAS TRADITIONALLY HAD A
SEPARATE WRITTEN CODE THAT
DOESN'T DO ANY INCORPORATION.
BUT SINCE THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE CLARIFIED THAT
CORPORATION BY REFERENCE IS
NECESSARY FOR MUNICIPAL DNA
SAMPLES TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE
CRIME LAB, WE NEED TO TAKE THIS
STEP OF INCORPORATING CERTAIN
PORTIONS OF STATE LAW INTO OUR
CODE BY REFERENCE IN ORDER TO
HAVE THE DNA SAMPLES ACCEPTED
BY THE CRIME LAB.
THAT'S WHAT THIS BILL DOES.
NO SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO ANY
CURRENT CITY CRIMES AND IT
WOULD MAKE THESE CRIMES
IDENTICAL IN TERMS OF THEIR
ILLEGAL ELEMENTS IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND ELSEWHERE IN THE
STATE.
>> AND JUST REALLY QUICKLY
BEFORE KELLY CHIMES IN.
WE ARE ALSO NOT CREATING ANY
NEW CATEGORIES OF CRIMES THAT
CURRENTLY EXIST WITHIN
MUNICIPAL CODE?
>> CORRECT.
THERE'S NO ACTUAL SUBSTANTIVE
CHANGES TO THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE.
>> OKAY.
>> KELLY COULD TALK TO YOU
ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR HOW WE
HAVE WORKED WITH THE COURTS AND
THE CRIME LAB FOR SUBMISSION OF
DNA AND WHAT THIS WILL ACTUALLY
LOOK LIKE IN THE CRIMINAL
DIVISION.
>> GREAT.
KELLY?
>> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO
EXPLAIN HOW THIS WILL ALL
CHANGE THINGS FOR THE RANK AND
FILE ASSISTANCE WHO ARE TAKING
THESE SAMPLES CURRENTLY.
LIKE YOU DISCUSSED, NO
SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO FIG IN
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
TO CHANGE IN HOW WHAT WE NEED
TO PROVE, NOT ADDING ANY
ADDITIONAL CRIME CATEGORIES OR
FENCES.
JUST PROVIDES THE MECHANISM FOR
THE WASHINGTON STATE PATROL TO
BE ABLE TO ACCEPT THESE
SAMPLES.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE
STATE PATROL, THE JAIL, KING
COUNTY JAIL, AND SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL COURT TO REFINE THE
PROCEDURES FOR HOW THIS IS DONE
SINCE THIS BURDEN WILL NOW
LARGELY FALL ON THE KING COUNTY
JAIL FOR COLLECTION OF IN
CUSTODY SAMPLES AND FOR SPD FOR
OUT OF CUSTODY SAMPLES.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR
THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS SINCE
THE STATE LAW CAME INTO EFFECT.
AS WE KNEW WHAT THE CHANGES
WERE COMING DOWN THE ROAD.
BUT WITHOUT THIS CHANGE, IT
WOULD ONLY LAST TO THE END OF
THE YEAR.
WE WOULDN'T HAVE A WAY FORWARD
AFTER THIS.
SO THIS HELPS US MOVE FORWARD
WITH ONE PROCEDURE THAT WON'T
CHANGE FOR THE FUTURE.
>> AND WHEN YOU SAY THAT WE
WOULDN'T HAVE A WAY TO MOVE
FORWARD, MY UNDERSTANDING IS
THAT MEANS IF WE DON'T PEAK
THESE CHANGES, THEN AT THE END
OF THE YEAR WE WOULD NO LONGER
HAVE A REASON TO COLLECT DNA
SAMPLES BECAUSE WE WOULD BE
CREATING A BACKLOG AT THAT
POINT?
THAT MEANS SEXUAL ASSAULT KITS.
GIVE ME A TYPE OF THING THAT
WE'RE COLLECTING THAT WE WOULD
NO LONGER COLLECT.
>> WE WOULD NO LONGER BE ABLE
TO CONNECT DNA FOR ANY OF THE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRIMES THAT
WE HAVE CONVICTIONS ON.
ANY OF THE SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
CRIMES, SEXUAL EXPLOITATION,
STALKING, INDECENT EXPOSURE, A
LOT OF THOSE CRIMES THAT WE DO
NOW THAT WE ARE ABLE TO COLLECT
SAMPLES ON AT THE END OF THE
YEAR.
IF THIS WON'T PASS, THERE WOULD
BE NO WAY TO HAVE STATE PATROL
ACCEPT THOSE INTO THE SYSTEM.
AND SO THAT WOULD JUST GO AWAY
FOR US, WHICH AS A PUBLIC
SAFETY MATTER, QUESTION NOT
HAVE HAPPEN.
>> AND REMIND ME WHY WE CAN'T
JUST TEST THEM OURSELVES.
>> WELL THEY ARE ENTERED INTO A
STATE PATROL DATA BASE, THE
CODE SYSTEM.
AND THAT IS THE SYSTEM THAONCE
A SAMPLE IS COLLECTED, IT GOES
IN.
THE COMPARISON WE COULD NOT DO
WITHOUT STATE PATROL BECAUSE
THEY HOLD THAT INFORMATION.
THE CITY DOES NOT HOLD THAT
INFORMATION ITSELF.
>> SO WE COULD TEST THEM, BUT
IT WOULDN'T GET US VERY FAR
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE MARKERS
BY WHICH TO COMPARE THE RESULTS
TO.
SO WE COULD HAVE DNA TESTING
RESULTS, BUT WITHOUT SORT OF A
COMPARISON IN TERMS OF THE DATA
BASE.
IT WOULD JUST BE INFORMATION
WITHOUT A MATCH?
>> RIGHT.
WE'RE NOT REALLY TESTING OTHER
THAN JUST ENTERING THESE
SAMPLES INTO THE SYSTEM FOR A
COMPARISON.
>> GOT IT.
>> UNLESS THERE IS A MODE TO
COMPARE IT TO, WHICH THE STATE
PATROL HAS CONTROL OF
COLLECTING THEM WOULD MEAN
NOTHING.
>> OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?
OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK IN
OLYMPIA.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN SOMETHING
YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A
LONG TIME.
JUST OVERALL PRIVACY
PROTECTIONS.
ANY CONVERSATIONS COME UP
DURING OLYMPIA ON MISUSE OF
DNA?
AND HOW USE IN THE FUTURE, ANY
OTHER PERIDEX CONVERSATIONS
THAT YOU'VE HAD ABOUT.
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ADDING ANY
NEW CRIMES AND THIS IS ACTUALLY
JUST ALIGNING THE PRACTICE.
THIS IS REALLY ALIGNMENT, LIKE
PUTTING OUR SAMPLES INTO THE
SAME CATEGORY AND TREATED THE
SAME WAY AS ALL OTHER EVIDENCE
COLLECTED UNDER STATE LAW OR
OTHER MUNICIPAL CONVICTIONS TO
DO THE SAME THING WE DO HERE.
>> AND I KNOW IT IS AN
IMPORTANT DISTINCTION.
I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.
THE DNA COLLECTION THAT OCCURS
IN THIS CONTEXT IS ALL POST
CONVICTION.
AND SO IT IS NOT, EVEN THOUGH I
WOULD HAVE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT
COCERNS ABOUT BOTH THE STATE
BILL AND THIS BILL IF IT WAS A
PRECONDITION, DNA COLLECTION
AND COMPARISON MODE THAT COULD
SORT OF BE USED IN MULTIPLE
WAYS.
WE AVE SEEN MANY EXAMPLES OF
HOW THOSE ABUSES HAVE COME TO
PLAY AND THAT HAVE REALLY
RESULTED IN JUST REALLY BROAD
BREACHES OF PEOPLE'S PRIVACIES.
WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO PLAY
INTO THAT SYSTEM OR HAVE THAT
KIND OF A SYSTEM, BUT FOR ME
THE FACT THIS IS POST
CONVICTION, IT IS A CRITICAL
PIECE OF IT.
AND WE DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO CIRCULATE THE BILL AND WITH
JOHN'S HEALTH, HE CREATED A
REALLY HANDY PAGE AND A HALF
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE BILL
THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CIRCULATE
TO SOME KEY STAKEHOLDERS
INCLUDING WASHINGTON AND OTHERS
AND ALL OF THEM CAME BACK
SAYING THEY HAD NO SUBSTANTIVE
COMMENTS ON IT.
AND SO I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SORT OF
STRUCTURE THIS CITY'S VERSION
OF THE BILL IN A WAY THAT
DOESN'T MODIFY THE STANDARDS
THAT WERE ADOPTED AT THE STATE
LEVEL, WHICH IS WHERE THE
CONVERSATION AND THE STRUGGLES
ARE REALLY OCCURRING AROUND
SOME OF THE PRIVACY ISSUES AND
THE OTHER ASPECTS RELATED TO
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
DID I OVERSTATE ANYTHING?
>> NO, THAT'S PERFECT.
KELLY, DID YOU WANT TO CHIME
IN?
>> AND THESE SAMPLES, THEY'RE
NOT ONLY JUST FOR, YOU KNOW,
FOR FINDING FUTURE CRIMES, BUT
THEY'RE ALSO USED TO EXONERATE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WRONGLY
CONVICTED OF CRIMES, THAT THESE
ARE IN THE STATE DATA BASE.
AND SO IT SERVES A DUAL
PURPOSE.
THE NATIONWIDE, THERE'S BEEN
INCIDENTS WHERE DNA WAS
COLLECTED.
IT SHOWED SOMEONE WAS WRONGLY
CONVICTED.
IMPORTANT FOR BOTH OF THOSE
REASONS THAT WE HAVE THESE
SAMPLES IN THE SYSTEM.
>> OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
AND THEN JOINING US JUST NOW AT
THE TABLE IS COUNCIL MEMBER
PACHECO.
SO WE WILL GIVE HIM A MINUTE TO
CATCH UP HERE.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE ANY
SUBSTANTIVE QUESTIONS ON THIS
PARTICULAR COUNCIL BILL.
WE'RE STILL ON AGEND ITEM ONE.
ALL RIGHT, SO I DON'T HAVE ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS.
I WANTED TO ACTUALLY THANK
REBECCA AND A LOT OF THE SEXUAL
ASSAULT ADVOCATES AND FOR ALL
THE WORK YOU HAVE BEEN DOING
OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS OR SO.
FIVE OR SIX YEARS ON REALLY
TAKING THIS ISSUE SERIOUSLY.
I KNOW IT TOOK A REALLY LONG
TIME AND THERE ARE MANY VICTIMS
AND SURVIVORS WHO I HAVE HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO
DIRECTLY ABOUT WHY THEY BELIEVE
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP FOR
THE CITY TO TAKE FORWARD.
CERTAINLY THINK IT IS AN
IMPORTANT STEP IN THE STATE
LEVEL.
I KNOW MANY OF THOSE
INDIVIDUALS I'VE TALKED TO GAVE
SOME VERY POWERFUL TESTIMONY
DURING THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE
SESSION THAT REALLY CHANGED
MINDS AND HEARTS ON WHY THIS
WAS, THIS BILL WAS NECESSARY.
REALLY WANTED TO EXPRESS MY
GRATITUDE TO REPRESENTATIVE
ORWELL WHO HAS BEEN A TRUE
CHAMPION ON THESE ISSUES.
AND I THOUGHT HER FORESIGHT IN
REQUESTING AN OPINION FROM THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE WAS
BRILLIANT AND I KNOW LAST YEAR
WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT
POTENTIALLY PASSING THIS BILL
THROUGH AND I HAD CONCERNS ON
WHERE THAT WAS NECESSARY OR
NOT.
I APPRECIATED HAVING THE
BENEFIT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
OFFICES OPINION ON THAT ISSUE
THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY NECESSARY
IN ORDER TO MOVE THIS PRACTICE
FORWARD AT THE CITY LEVEL, AND
SO REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF
THAT AND I APPRECIATE THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WORK ON THIS
ISSUE.
JOHN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
SPENDING SO MUCH TIME WITH US,
WALKING US THROUGH THE INITIAL
CONCERNS, AND ULTIMATELY
DRAFTING THE BILL AND MAKING
SURE WE HAVE THAT EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY, SO WE CAN DISTILL
SOMEWHAT DENSE, YET NOT
SUBSTANTIVE BILL WITH OUR
STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE BEEN
FOLLOWING THIS ISSUE VERY
CLOSELY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
WORK.
GREAT, OKAY.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS, I'M GOING TO GO
AHEAD AND CALL THIS ONE FOR A
VOTE SINCE IT WAS LISTED AS
SOMETHING THAT THERE COULD BE A
POTENTIAL VOTE AND FEELS TO ME
AS THOUGH IT IS READY TO BE
CONSIDERED BY THE FULL COUNCIL.
SO I'M GOING TO MOVE THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND THE CITY
COUNCIL PASS COUNCIL BILL
119589.
>> SECOND.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY
AYE.
>> AYE.
>> OKAY, ANY NOES?
NO EXTENSIONS, THE MOTION
CARRIES AND THE COMMITTEE WILL
RECOMMEND TO THE FULL CITY
COUNCIL THAT IT PASS COUNCIL
BILL 119589.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE WITH US THIS MORNING.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO
MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 2, WHICH WE
WILL BE HEARING FROM THE CPC
AND THE OIG ON THEIR MID YEAR
REPORT.
I'M GOING TO INVITE THOSE
PRESENTERS TO MAKE THEIR WAY TO
THE TABLE, I WILL HAVE ROXANA
READ AGENDA ITEM TWO INTO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 2 COMMUNITY
POLICE EXCISION HAD AND OFFICE
OF INSPECTOR GENERAL, MID YEAR
REPORT FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING, THANK
YOU ALL FOR BEING WITH US.
SO WE HAVE A FULL SET OF
PRESENTERS TODAY.
SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND ASK YOU
ALL TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND
THEN GREG, DO YOU HAVE
PRELIMINARY COMMENTS ON THIS
ONE?
THEN HAD WE'LL HAND IT OVER TO
YOU ALL TO TAKE US THROUGH THE
PRESENTATION.
SO JUST QUICK ROUND OF
INTRODUCTIONS.
WE'LL START WITH YOU, GREG.
>> GREG DOSS, COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
>> BESSIE SCOTT, INTERIM
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION.
>> EMMA, COMMISSIONER CO-CHAIR.
>> GOOD MORNING, LISA JUDGE,
INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR PUBLIC
SAFETY.
>> GOOD MORNING, OFFICE OF
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
>> ANDREW MEYER, DIRECTOR OF
OFFICER POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
>> GREAT EXTENT THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US.
WILL YOU KICK US OFF, BESSIE?
>> SURE, THANK YOU FOR HAVING
US HERE THIS MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US
PRESENT AND THE OPPORTUNITIES
TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP.
WE'RE HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF THE
POWER OF COMMUNITY.
THROUGH THE TIRELESS WORK OF
COMMUNITY AND MANY OF YOU, THE
LANDMARK POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
ORDINANCE WAS PASSED JUST OVER
TWO YEARS AGO.
THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
ORDINANCE USES THE POWER OF
TRANSPARENCY TO FOSTER
ACCOUNTABILITY.
THROUGH SUBCHAPTER 4,
MECHANISMS TO SUPPORT
ACCOUNTABILITY AT SECTION
3.29.400 OF REPORTING A
POTENTIAL MISCONDUCT IN POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY ISSUES, IT DOES
THIS BY DIRECTING THE CPC AND
THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
TO PRESENT MID YEAR REPORTS TO
THIS COMMITTEE ABOUT THE STATUS
OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS,
RECOMMENDS TO SPD AND THE
TIMELINESS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
RESPONSE.
WE'RE HERE TO DO THAT TODAY.
WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT
TO RECOGNIZE THE PROGRESS WE'VE
MADE IN ACCOUNTABILITY.
TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE
HAVE ALL FOUR AGENCIES
INCLUDING THREE CIVILIAN LED
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS SITTING
HERE TODAY.
CPC, OFFICE OF INSPECTOR
GENERAL, AND THE OFFICE OF
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AS WELL
AS THE CITY OF POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
THIS HAD PIERRE REPORT
HIGHLIGHTS MAJOR PROJECTS BY
THE ACCOUNTABILITY OVERSIGHT
ENTITIES, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND
IMPLEMENTATION STATUS BY SPD.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
TO WORK IN THIS PARTNERSHIP.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
CODIS CO-CHAIR EMMA CATAGI.
>> GREAT.
GOOD MORNING.
SO I WILL START AN INTRODUCTION
OF THE FOUR PRONGS OF OUR
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
THE CPC IS THE COMMUNITY VOICE
IN THE POLICE REPORT PROCESS.
OIG IS THE CIVILIAN AND
PROVIDES SYSTEMIC REVIEWS OF
SPD AND THEIR POLICIES.
OPA IS A MIX OF CIVILIAN LED
AND SWORN OFFICERS HANDLING
INVESTIGATIONS OF POSSIBLE
POLICY VIOLATIONS BY SPD
EMPLOYEES.
SPD IS ON ACCOUNTABILITY AND
PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY.
>> CAN SOMEBODY CLICK THE
BUTTON ON THE POWER POINT
PRESENTATION?
>> I WILL BE THE LOVELY
ASSISTANT FOR THIS PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
OKAY, IF THERE IS A TEAM SO FAR
IN 2019, IT'S COLLABORATION.
THE FOUR PRONGS OF THAT
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM HAS
BROUGHT TOGETHER MANY ISSUES.
WE'VE CONVENED QUARTERLY
MEETINGS WITH SPD, CPC, OPA TO
DISCUSS OUR COMMON DISCUSSIONS.
MOSTLY INVOLVED CREATING CROSS
AGENCY TEAMS, OIG.
CPC, OPA, AND SPD ARE ALL
WORKING TOGETHER IN IMPROVING
POLICE INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES.
THE OPA AND SPD HAVE WORKED
TOGETHER TO CREATE A NEW SYSTEM
TO BETTER ADDRESS MANAGEMENT
ACTION RECOMMENDATION, WHICH
ARE PROPOSED POLICY CHANGES
INITIATED BY OPA.
OKAY.
SO THE COLLABORATION INCLUDES A
LOT OF WORK IMPLEMENTING
INITIATIVE I-940.
I940 PASSED WITH 60% OF THE
VOTE IN NOVEMBER.
IT INCLUDES MANDATE FOR MORE
TRAINING, INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATION OF PROVISIONS OF
SERIOUS AND CREATED A GOOD
FAITH STANDARD IN WASHINGTON.
ONE BIG THING LEADING TO THE
AIRPORTS TO IMPLEMENT I-940 IS
THIS PIECE.
I'M SORRY.
SO THREE SOLUTIONS TO THAT
ACCOUNTABILITY LEGISLATION.
COUNCIL ASKED THE CPC TO
EXPLORE WAYS OF CONDUCTING
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION TO
SERIOUS AND DEADLY USES OF
FORCE.
WE CONVENE THE SERIOUS USE OF
TASK FORCE IN MAY OF 2018.
IT IS THE STAFF AND FUNDED
THROUGH THE CPC.
THE TASK FORCE IS MADE UP OF
COMMUNITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
LEADERS.
CPC, OIG, OPA, SPD, AND OTHER
SYSTEM PARTNERS.
THE TASK FORCE IS EXPECTED TO
HAVE AT THE LAST MEETING ON
AUGUST 16.
THEY ALREADY AGREE ON THE
STATEMENTS OF THE VALUES ON THE
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION POST
I-940.
THAT RECOMMENDATION WILL BE
CONSIDERING VOTING IN AUGUST
INCLUDED, BUT NOT LIMITED TO
INCLUDING SUPPORT TO FAMILIES
IMPACTED BY POLICE USE OF
FORCE.
HOW TO CONDUCT INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATION WITHOUT RELYING
ON OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND WAYS POLICE AND CIVILIAN
OVERSIGHT AGENCIES CAN COME
TOGETHER IN THE AFTERMATH OF
SERIOUS AND DEADLY USES OF
FORCE TO ASSIST WHAT HAPPENED,
AND TO SEE IF THERE ARE POLICY
OR TRAINING POLICIES THAT NEED
TO BE PUT IN PLACE THAT COULD
HAVE AVOIDED IT.
AGAIN THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE
IN THE STAGE.
WE EXPECT FOR THEM TO BE VOTED
ON AUGUST 16.
AND BESSIE, JUMP IN ON ANYTHING
I MISSED, OKAY.
AND SO THE CPC HAS ALREADY
PARTIES TATED IN THIS STATEWIDE
EFFORT TO FILE THE TRAINING
PRACTICES WITH I-940.
THE WASHINGTON CRIMINAL JUSTICE
TRAINING COMMISSION ORGANIZED
THOSE EFFORTS.
THE CPC PARTICIPATED IN OTHER
GROUPS TO GIVE COMMUNITY INPUT.
OKAY.
>> THANK YOU.
SO DURING THE PROCESS WE HELP
SUGGEST LAND BY LAND REVISION
TO THE RULES AND THEIR
CONSIDERATION.
HELP CREATE AN OUTLINE FOR THE
200 OR SO HOURS OF TRAINING
REQUIRED BY I-940.
WE HELPED PEOPLE TO GET THEIR
INPUT TO THE TRAINING
COMMISSION ONLINE PUBLIC
COMMUNITY PORTAL.
WE ALSO HELP PEOPLE WITH MENTAL
ILLNESS WHO ARE CURRENTLY
INCARCERATED.
GIVE THEIR INPUT BY COLLECTING
THEIR COMMENTS AND BRINGING
THEM TO THAT TRAINING
COMMISSION.
THEIR FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE WITH
ARREST AND THE SYSTEM GAVE
VALUABLE INSIGHT.
WE ALSO HELP INFORM COMMUNITY
GROUPS WITH OUR EXPERIENCE
PARTICIPATING IF CRISIS
INTERVENTION TRAINING.
THE NEW WERE APPROVED BY THE
TRAINING COMMISSION LAST JUNE.
WE'RE NOW PARTICIPATING IN A
SIMILAR TRAINING COMMISSION LED
PROCESS ABOUT HOW INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATIONS SHOULD WORK IN
WASHINGTON.
THE CPC IS PARTICIPATING WITH
SPD, OPA, AND OIG IN THIS
PROCESS.
SO FAR THERE'S BEEN THREE
MEETINGS BETWEEN KEY
STAKEHOLDERS.
WE HOPE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL
PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE
STATEWIDE RULES.
THE TRAINING COMMISSION PLANS
TO HOST A PUBLIC MEETING IN THE
NEXT MONTH OR SO.
THEY EXPECT TO RELEASE THEIR
ROLES SOMETIMES IN SEPTEMBER.
OKAY.
CONSENT DECREE COMPLIANCE.
THE CPC HAS PUT A LOT TO OUR
CONSENT DECREE COMPLIANCE,
LARGELY AROUND POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY REFORMS AFTER
POLICE CONTRACTS WERE APPROVED.
IN FEBRUARY WE SUBMITTED TO THE
COURT WITH OUR CONCERNS ABOUT
HOW CONTRACT COULD IMPACT
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
IN MAY THE COURT HELD A
CONFERENCE.
WHILE IT DID FIND SPD IN
COMPLIANCE WITH TEN AREAS OF
THE CONSENT DECREE, THE COURT
FOUND SEATTLE OUT OF COMPLIANCE
ON THE AREA OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
THE COURT ORDERED THE CITY TO
WORK WITH THE DOJ, MONITORING
TEAM, AND CPC TO IDENTIFY THE
GAPS AND WEAKNESSES THAT HAVE
BEEN CREATED IN THE
DISCIPLINARY SYSTEM.
SINCE THEN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
IS GETTING AN EXTENSION FROM
THE COURT AND HIRED A GROUP OF
OUT-OF-STATE CONSULTANTS.
COMMUNITY GROUPS, MANY OF WHICH
WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE
CONSENT DECREE, BEING ENACTED
HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS WITH
THE MAYOR'S DECISION.
THE MAYOR'S CONSULTANT PLANS TO
FILE THEIR METHODOLOGY FOR
THEIR WORK WITH THE COURT THIS
COMING AUGUST 15.
OKAY.
THE CPC --
>>
YOU'RE DOING GREAT, EMMA.
>> THANK YOU.
THE CPC IS ALSO FOCUSING ON
ADDRESSING DISPARITY AND
POLICING.
SPD RECENTLY COMPLETED A REPORT
CALLED CODE AND CODE, DESPITE
THE REVIEW PART ONE.
OIG AND CPC INDEPENDENTLY HAVE
ALL WAITED.
SPD'S METHODOLOGY AT THE
REVIEW.
AND THAT REPORT FINDS PEOPLE OF
COLOR WERE MORE LIKELY TO BE
PRESSED BY SEATTLE POLICE THAN
WHITE PEOPLE.
AND THAT'S DESPITE THE FACT
SUBJECTS OF COLOR WERE LESS
LIKELY TO BE FOUND WHEN PRESSED
BY WHITE PEOPLE.
PEOPLE OF COLOR WERE ALSO MORE
LIKELY TO HAVE FIREARMS POSTING
AT THEM.
SPD BIAS, POLICING POLICY
DISCUSSION, REQUIRING CPC AND
OIG TO FIND WAYS TO INTRODUCE
DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTS.
THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE
BETTER DESEGREGATING THE DATA
IF FUTURE DISPARITY REVIEWS.
WE ENCOURAGE SPD TO FIND WAYS
TO UTILIZE THEIR SOON-TO-BE
HARD COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS
TO HELP REDUCE DISPARITY.
WE ASKED SPD TO ENGAGE IMPACTED
COMMUNITIES ABOUT DISPARITY.
FINALLY WE RECOMMENDED SPD
LEADERSHIP CREATE A PLAN TO
ADDRESS DISPARITY.
SINCE THEN THE CPC AND SPD HAVE
PARTNERED TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO
HOLD CONVENING, WHICH WILL
ENGAGE IMPACTED COMMUNITIES IN
THIS PROCESS BEFORE SEPTEMBER.
WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO
CREATE FOCUS GROUPS TO REVIEW
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SPD AND
THE COMMUNITY AND GAIN INSIGHTS
FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT
HOW INTERACTION COULD HAVE
GOTTEN BETTER.
SPD HAS SAID IT IS PREMATURE TO
DISCUSS CHANGES TO PRACTICES.
THEY WANT TO SEE THE RESULTS
FROM PART II OF THIS REPORT,
WHICH THEY WILL HAVE MORE DATA.
INITIAL RESULTS FROM PART II
ARE SCHEDULED TO BE AVAILABLE
IN LATE OCTOBER.
OKAY, WE HAVE A NEW ONE,
OFFICER WELLNESS.
CPC IS FOCUSED IN THE WAY TO
INCREASE OFFICER WELLNESS.
RECRUIT AND RETENTION.
CPC HAS BEEN DOING ASPECT OF
THIS WORK FOR A WHILE AND
RECENTLY RECOMMITTED THE
EXPLORING THIS INTENTIONALLY --
SORRY, WITH THE CREATION UPON
OFFICER WELLNESS WORK GROUP.
THERE ARE TWO PARTS TO THIS
WORK.
THE THINGS CPC WILL BE DOING IN
PARTNERSHIP AND THE THINGS
WE'LL BE LOOKING AT
INDEPENDENTLY.
AS FAR AS PARTNERSHIPS, CPC,
SPD, OIG, AND OPA HAVE ALL
BEGUN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW
WE SHOULD APPROACH THIS WORK
JOINTLY.
THE CPC AND SPD LEADERSHIP HAVE
ALSO BEEN IN CONTACT ABOUT THE
NEEDS.
IN REGARDS TO MENTAL HEALTH AND
RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.
THEY HAVE ASSIGNED EXCISIONERS
TO DETERMINE THE SCOOP AND
GUIDE OF THIS WORK.
OTHER PRIORITIES, WHILE WE'RE
GIVING YOU SOME HIGHLIGHTS,
WE'RE WORKING ON MUCH MORE.
WE HAVE ASSIGNED COMMISSIONERS
TO THE LIAISON FOR THE CPC IN
THOSE COMMUNITIES.
WE'VE FINALIZED CPC 101.
A PRESENTATION WE'VE BEGUN
GIVING IN COMMUNITIES TO
EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT SEATTLE'S
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
WHERE SHE ALSO FOCUSED ON YOUTH
ENGAGEMENT BY PARTNERING WITH
OPA AND SPD TO GO TO CLEVELAND
HIGH SCHOOL, WORK WITH YOUNG
PEOPLE TO HELP THEM BECOME
FAMILIAR WITH POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
POLICE PRACTICES.
WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING OVERSIGHT
OF POLICE SURVEILLANCE AND THE
COMMUNITY OFFICER PROGRAM.
THE CPC IS ALSO LOOKING AT WAYS
WE COULD CREATIVELY ADDRESS THE
HATE CRIME OUR AREA IS SEEING.
WE ARE WORKING WITH SPD TO
IMPROVE THEIR PUBLIC PROCESS
AND GAIN MORE INSIGHTS ABOUT
911 DISPATCH.
WE'RE ALSO SENDING SOME
COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF TO
SPD'S CRISIS INTERVENTION
TRAINING.
COLLABORATION.
WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS TO
OFFER SOME TRAININGS, TAKING
TRAUMA
TRAUMA INFORMED APPROACHES IN
THIS WORK.
IN THE FINAL STAGES OF
IMPLEMENTING POLICY TRACKING
DATA BASE, TO CREATE TRAINING
FOR OFFICERS TO GIVE THEM MORE
INSIGHT.
THIS IS ALL ON TOP OF BIG
CHANGES HAPPENING WITHIN THE
CPC.
CPC WILL SOON BE MAKING A
CHANGE TO CHOOSE A PERMANENT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
EIGHT NEW COMMISSIONERS WERE
ALSO JUST APPOINTED TO THE CPC,
SO WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSING AND
HELPING THEM TO GET TO TIS
WORK.
AND SO I'M GOING TO HAND IT OFF
TO THE OIG.
NOW WE HAVE BEEN DOING WORK IN
PARTNERSHIPS ESPECIALLY AROUND
POLICE INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING OUR COLLABORATION
GOING FORWARD.
>> I WILL IS A, BEFORE YOU KICK
OFF, THIS SEEMS LIKE A GOOD
POINT FOR US TO PAUSE IN THE
EVENT THAT ANY OF US COLLEAGUES
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR FOLLOW-UP
COMMENTS OR THE REPRESENTATIVES
OF THE COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION WHO ARE AT THE
TABLE.
WE HAVE A QUIET AUDIENCE.
USUALLY YOU GET A HOT BENCH,
BUT NOT TODAY.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL
FOR YOUR WORK BEFORE YOU MOVE
ON.
I KNOW IT IS, THERE'S BEEN A
LOT OF TRANSITION HAPPENING
OVER AT THE COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION, AND THERE ARE A LOT
OF DEMANDS ON YOUR TIME.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
TAKING THE TIME TO COME HERE
AND SHARE WITH US A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT YOUR WORK.
I DON'T HAVE ANY FOLLOW-UP
QUESTIONS ON IT BECAUSE I HAD
AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH
MEMBERS OF THE CPC AND STAFF OF
THE CPC ON THIS VERY REGULAR
BASIS.
SO I'M FAMILIAR WITH ALL THE
THINGS YOU'RE DOING AND I'M
GRATEFUL FOR THAT ONGOING
PARTNERSHIP.
IT'S MEANINGFUL FOR ALL THE
WORK WE'RE ABLE TO DO ON THIS
HAD CITY COUNCIL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, EMMA.
GOOD MORNING MADAM CHAIR AND
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
COME TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE
WORK THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR
GENERAL IS DOING.
BEFORE I GET ROLLING ON THE
SUBSTANTIVE PART OF MY
PRESENTATION, I JUST WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE AND REALLY EXPRESS
MY GRATITUDE FOR THE
PARTNERSHIP THAT I HAVE
EXPERIENCED IN BUILDING THE
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.
WE HAVE BEEN OPEN FOR BUSINESS
A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW AND
THE COLLABORATION AND THE
RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE
ESTABLISHED WITH OPA, CPC, AND
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
HAVE JUST BEEN INVALUABLE IN
SETTING UP OUR OFFICE, GETTING
OUR OPERATIONS RUNNING.
ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMMUNICATION
THAT'S MANDATED IN THE
ORDINANCE THAT'S BUILT IN FOR
QUARTERLY PARTNER MEETINGS.
THESE MEETINGS, IT'S A GREAT
WAY TO HAVE STRUCTURE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE WORK WE
DO TOGETHER.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO AS PARTNERS
IF BETWEEN THOSE MOMENTS
ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS THAT
ARE REALLY GOOD TO BUILD ON OUR
OPERATIONS, SO WE ARE WORKING
IN CONCERT, NOT DUPLICATING
WORK OR COMPLICATING THE WORK
WE'RE ALL DOING.
I JUST WANTED TO PRESS MY
REMARKS WITH THAT A LITTLE BIT.
AND SO MY OFFICE HAS REALLY
THREE MAIN FUNCTIONS, A POLICY
AND BEST PRACTICES FUNCTION, AN
AUDIT FUNCTION, THE MEET AND
POTATO OF OUR OFFICE, AND THEN
A COUPLE OF FOLKS THAT ENGAGE
IN OPA OVERSIGHT.
THEY DO CONFLICT INVESTIGATIONS
FOR ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT
INVOLVING OPA MEMBERS AND
PROVIDE INPUT ON CLASSIFICATION
OF COMPLAINTS AND CERTIFICATION
OF OPA INVESTIGATIONS.
SO I WILL TALK IN DEPTH A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THOSE IN
A FEW MOMENTS, BUT I WANT TO
START BY HIGHLIGHTING A JOINT
PROJECT THAT WE HAVE ONGOING
WITH CPC, SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, AND OPA IN TERMS OF
WORKING TO INNOVATE, INTERVIEW
PRACTICES WITH THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I THINK MY OFFICE BECAUSE WE DO
SOME INVESTIGATIONS IN THE
OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
ARE ALSO PARTNERING IN THE
WHAT COMES OUT OF THIS.
IN INTERVIEWING AND
INTERROGATION PRACTICES FROM
THE U.K.
WHO USE THIS SCIENCE-BASED, I'M
SORRY, NOT ADVANCING MY OWN
SLIDES PROPERLY NOW.
I THOUGHT I WAS REALLY HITTING
MY STRIDE.
I DID NOT.
USING EVIDENCE-BASED RESEARCH
THAT'S BEEN DONE IN THE AREA OF
HUMAN COMMUNICATION IN MEMORY
OF INTERVIEWING AND USING THAT
INFORMATION TO BUILD A PROGRAM
THAT IS INTERNAL TO SEATTLE, SO
THEY COULD CREATE THEIR OWN
POLICIES AND TRAINING PROGRAM
TO PROVIDE ONGOING TRAINING
FROM OFFICERS COMING OUT OF THE
ACADEMYTO GET SOME KNOWLEDGE
ON HOW TO EFFECTIVELY
COMMUNICATE WITH RESIDENTS AND
THOSE INVOLVED WITH THE
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION TO
SPECIALIZED INVESTIGATORS OF
SEXUAL ASSAULT DETECTIVES WHO
NEED SPECIAL TECHNIQUES AND
KNOWLEDGE.
SO IT'S PRETTY EXCITING PROJECT
AND IT HAS BEEN COLLABORATIVE,
SO I'M APPRECIATIVE OF
EVERYBODY WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED
IN THAT AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THESE
PROJECTS AS WE'RE TALKING.
I WANT TO START A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE
WORK OUR POLICY POLICIES HAVE
DONE, JUST IN TERMS OF MAKING
SURE WE AS THE OFFICE OF
INSPECTOR GENERAL ENGAGE IN OUR
OWN EDUCATION, SO THAT WHEN WE
DO AN ANALYSIS OF THE PROCESS,
WE ARE COMING AT IT FROM A
PLACE OF KNOWLEDGE.
SO ONE OF THE PROJECTS JUST
COMPLETED AND WE HOPE IS
ASSISTIVE TO OUR PARTNERS AND
THE STAKEHOLDERS IS A COMPLETE
MAPPING OF THE ENTIRE
DISCIPLINARY INITIATIVE ALL THE
WAY TO ANY SORT OF ARBITRATION
PROCEDURES THAT WILL GO ON.
AND WHO GET TO PLAY A RULE IN
THE OPA, SPD, INCLUDING MANY
ASPECTS OF THEIR ASPIRATIONS TO
HELP US OUT.
THE SEATTLE POLICE MANAGEMENT
ASSOCIATION, THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S LABOR RELATIONS
FOLKS AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE AND THE KING COUNTY
PROSECUTOR.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF
COLLABORATION TO MAKE SURE THIS
MAPPING PROCESS IS ACCURATE AND
IT HAD THE BUY IN OF ALL OF
THOSE INVOLVED IN THE COMPLAINT
PROCESS.
AND THIS GRAPHIC HERE UP ON THE
BOARD IS A VERY GENERAL MAP
OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS.
AND EACH ONE IS BROKEN DOWN AND
COMES WITH THEIR OWN VERY
DETAILED GRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF
THE PROCESS ITSELF.
THEY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO
ANYBODY WHO WOULD FIND THAT
ASSISTIVE IN THEIR WORK.
>> AND SO I THINK I REALLY WANT
TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE AND SORT
OF COMMEND YOUR STAFF'S WORK ON
THIS PARTICULAR ASPECT.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE
BRIEFED ON THE WORK PRODUCT AND
I WAS ALSO REALLY GRATEFUL FOR
YOUR RECEPTIVENESS TO DOING THE
WORK IN THE FIRST PLACE.
WHEN THEY CAME OUT AROUND THE
OFFICER.
>> YES.
SEEING IT LIKE IT WAS LISTED ON
THE FILE.
RESULTS CAME BACK IN TERMS OF
THE ARBITRATION PROCESS.
I WOULD HAVE A SERIOUS AND
ONGOING CONCERNS ABOUT HOW OUR
SYSTEM WAS SET UP IN A MANNER
THAT MIGHT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO
BOTH THE DELAY IN THE PUBLIC
RELEASE OF THE RESULTS OF THAT
ARBITRATION, BUT ALSO JUST
UNDERLINING CONCERNS ABOUT THE
SUBSTANCE OF THE ARBITRATION
AND HOW WE ENDED UP IN THAT
PARTICULAR RESULT AND HAD
REACHED OUT TO YOUR OFFICE
ABOUT DIGGING INTO THIS BODY OF
WORK TO GIVE US A BETTER SENSE
OF WHAT THE OVERALL
DISCIPLINARY PROCESS IS AND ALL
ASPECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY
THERE IN YOUR OFFICE AND REALLY
DUG INTO THIS WORK.
DID A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK
AND PRODUCED SOMETHING THAT I
THINK IS EASILY DIGESTIBLE,
THAT IS GOING TO BE HELPFUL TO
US AS POLICYMAKERS IN
IDENTIFYING ADDITIONAL
REFINEMENTS TO THIS PARTICULAR
PROCESS THAT IS INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT TO US AND INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC TO MAKE
SURE WE'RE GETTING IT RIGHT AND
NOT PROMOTING A SYSTEM THAT IS
GOING TO ERODE PUBLIC TRUST IN
OUR DISCIPLINE AND APPEALS
PROCESS.
WHEN A CHIEF OF POLICE DOES
ACTUALLY, IN FACT, FIND THAT
DISCIPLINE IS MERITED.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS GOING
TO BE REALLY HELPFUL PARTICULAR
TO THOSE OF US WHO WERE ON THE
LABOR POLICY COMMITTEE WHO ARE
GOING TO BE ASKED TO CONSIDER
ONCE AGAIN HOW TO MODIFY AND
NEGOTIATE WITH THEIR POLICE ON
THESE PRECEASE ISSUES.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK AND
FOR COLLEAGUES, YOU ALL IF YOU
HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO HAVE
THE BRIEFING OR TO SEE THE
MAPPING OF THE DISCIPLINARY
PROCESS AND REALLY ENCOURAGE
YOU TO GET YOUR HANDS ON THOSE
DOCUMENTS.
AND I'M SURE IT TOOK A COUPLE
OF HOURS FOR YOU TO PRINT THESE
GRAPHICS OUT FOR US, BUT REALLY
STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DIG
INTO THIS INFORMATION.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND THE MOST BRILLIANT PART IS
THE OIG, THEY WOULD GET THAT
CERTIFICATION FROM ALL THE
DIFFERENT ENTITIES WHO HAVE
BEEN INVOLVED IN THE
DISCIPLINARY PROCESS AND SEEING
THIS WAS AN ACCURATE
REPRESENTATION OF THEIR PIECES
OF THE PROCESS.
SO I HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF
CONFIDENCE THIS IS ACCURATE AND
ACCURATE AND FAIR DEPICTION OF
WHAT THE SYSTEM IS, SO THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
>> I APPRECIATE THE REMARKS.
I APPRECIATE THE ACKNOWLEDGE OF
THE HARD WORK OF MY OFFICE, THE
STAFF REALLY DID GO ABOVE AND
BEYOND TO PRODUCE SOMETHING
THAT'S BOTH DETAILED AT A LEVEL
AND ACCESSIBLE TO MOST FOLKS.
FOR THOSE OF YOU LIKE ME WHO
AREN'T PROCESS DRIVEN PEOPLE.
MY OFFICE IS VERY HAPPY TO COME
IN AND DO A BRIEFING FOR YOU
AND WALK YOU THROUGH ALL OR ANY
OF THE ASPECTS OF IT THAT YOU
WOULD LIKE AND WE WILL PROVIDE
ANY TRAINING OR EXPLANATION
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO
ANYBODY.
SO THANK YOU.
I'D LIKE TO SAY ALL OF THE
MATERIALS THAT WE HAVE PRODUCED
ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.
>> SO THESE MATERIALS AND THE
REPORTS THAT I'M ABOUT TO TALK
ABOUT ARE AVAILABLE THERE AS
WELL.
OKAY, SO LET'S GET INTO AUDITS
AND ASSESSMENTS.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING
TODAY IS TO ADVISE YOU ON THE
STATUS OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS
AS THESE ARE IN PROGRESS.
THERE WON'T BE THAT PORTION OF
THE SHOW.
BUT IT WILL HIGHLIGHT THE WORK
THAT WE'VE GOT ONGOING AND THEN
I'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE
REPORTS THAT WE HAVE COMPLETED
FOR YOU.
AND SO AS YOU KNOW AUDITS ARE
REALLY THE BACKBONE OF OIG'S
ACCOUNTABILITY WORK.
THE WAY WE DECIDE ON PROJECTS
TO AUDIT IS WE PRIORITIZE AREAS
OF PUBLIC INTEREST AND THEN WE
DO A RISK-BASED ANALYSIS TO
REALLY TRY TO DIG INTO THE
POTENTIAL FOR HARM THAT MIGHT
RESULT IF THESE AREAS ARE GOING
WITHOUT ATTENTION AND THE
LIKELIHOOD OF THAT HARM.
SO WE'VE GOT A MATRIX THAT WE
USE TO LINE UP THE PROJECTS AND
PRIORITY ORDERS WHEN WE TAKE
THEM.
THE ONES WE HAVE ONGOING RIGHT
NOW AND ONE IS FINISHING TODAY
AND WILL BE FILED WITH THE
COURT LATER THIS AFTERNOON IS
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE REVIEW
BOARD.
THAT CAME AS PART OF THE
SUSTAINABILITY EFFORT AND THE
PREVIOUS AUDIT WAS DONE BY SPD.
BUT SINCE THERE HAS BEEN SOME
ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT OIG WILL
LARGELY FOLD INTO THE FUNCTION
THAT HAS BEEN DONE BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND IN
TERMS OF ONGOING SYSTEMIC
OVERSIGHT WILL FALL TO OIG.
WE HAVE BEGUN TO FOLD INTO SOME
OF THOSE PROCESSES, CONDUCTING
AN AUDIT IN THE COURT
PAPERWORK, BUT IT'S NOT AN
AUDIT IN TERMS OF STANDARDS.
SO WE ARE CALLING IT AN
ASSESSMENT IN THESE MATERIALS.
IT WILL BE CALLED AN AUDIT IN
THE COURT FINDINGS.
AND SO THAT IS FAIRLY
COMPREHENSIVE.
NOT ONLY AT THE REVIEW BOARD
MEETINGS THAT WERE ATTENDED IT
SPRING.
THERE WAS A SUBSET OF THEM THAT
WERE IDENTIFIED BY THE MONITOR
AND DOJ, BUT ALSO A LOOK BACK
AT THE TRAINING AND THE MEMBERS
THAT THEY HAVE HAD INTERVIEWS
WITH THE FOREST REVIEW MEMBERS
AND OTHER THINGS TO PROVIDE
SOME INFORMATION AND CONTEXT TO
THE MAKE UP OF THE BOARD.
HOW ITS OWN MEMBERS BELIEVE
IT'S OPERATING.
THAT WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO
FOLKS WHO ARE ALSO BEGINNING A
MUTUAL AID AUDIT.
AND THAT HAS IN SOME WAYS TAKEN
OUT A LITTLE BIT OF A LIFE OF
ITS OWN BECAUSE THERE WILL BE
SOME LOOK AT HOW IMMIGRATION
POLICY IS FOLLOWED BY SPD
OFFICERS WITH THEY'RE NOT
OPERATING WITHIN A FORMAL SPD
CHAIN OF COMMAND.
SO THE OVERALL GOAL OF THIS AND
THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS AUDIT AT
THIS POINT IS TO LOOK AT HOW
SPDOFFICERS OPERATE HOW THEY
ENGAGE WHEN THEY'RE WORKING
WITH THE TASK FORCE WHERE THERE
MAY OR MAY NOT BE A FORMAL
CHAIN OF COMMAND THAT WILL GET
ORDINARY REVIEW LIKE THE WORK
THAT'S BEEN REALLY CONCENTRATED
ON BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
AND THE FEDERAL MONITORS.
SO WE WILL LOOK AT THOSE
OPERATIONS OUTSIDE THE CHAINS
OF COMMAND.
WE'RE GOING TO CONCENTRATE OUR
EFFORTS ON THIS GO AROUND ON
TOPICS THAT IMPACT
CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING.
SO WE'LL LOOK AT USES OF FORCE.
HOW FORCE IS REPORTED AND
INVESTIGATED IN OUTSIDE CHANCE
OF COMMAND.
HOW A PERSON'S MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS ARE DEALT WITH.
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT
ADHERENCE TO SPD IMMIGRATION
POLICY, AND HOW OPERATIONS
INVOLVING FIRST AMENDMENT
EXPRESS ARE HANDLED OUT THERE.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE TOPIC
AREAS WE HAVE ON TAP AT THIS
POINT.
WE'RE STILL IN THE BEGINNING
PHASES OF THAT AUDIT AND
MEETING WITH EXTERNAL AND
INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS TO REALLY
DEFINE OUR OBJECTIVES WITH THAT
ONE.
THE OTHER ONE THAT'S ABOUT TO
GET UNDERWAY IS AN AUDIT OF THE
K-9 OPERATIONS.
WE'RE IN THE SURVEY PHASE AT
THIS POINT, WHICH BEGINS
MEETING WITH STAKEHOLDERS.
AND SO WHEN WE HAVE MORE
INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR YOU,
I'M HAPPY TO PETE WITH YOU.
>> ON THE AUDIT, DO YOU HAVE A
SENSE OF HOW MANY, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT HAD THE TITLE IS, CHIEF,
HOW DO I REFER TO THEM OTHER
THAN JUST CANINES?
DO THEY HAVE A TITLE OR
SOMETHING?
>> THE K-9 UNIT?
THE HANDLERS?
>> THE ACTUAL DOGS.
>> THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT
NAMES.
>> HOW MANY OF THEM ARE THERE?
>> OH, I'M NOT SURE.
>> AT LEAST FIVE.
>> YES, FOUR OR FIVE.
THE DOG SNIFFING K9s, AND
EXPLOSIVE BOMB SNIFFING.
>> I'M SURE THEY DO.
THEY SAY HELLO.
THE CUTE ONES THAT WILL SHOW UP
AT PUBLIC EVENTS.
>> YES.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET A
SENSE FOR A LACK OF A BETTER
PHRASE AND FOR THE INVENTORY
WAS OF THE K-9s IN THE POLICE
DEPARTMENTS.
>> IT'S A LIMITED EVENT.
I THINK IT'S AROUND 10
POSSIBLY.
AND OUR AUDIT WILL FOCUS ON THE
PATROL K-9 FUNCTION, NOT THE
DETECTION FUNCTION.
>> OKAY.
OKAY.
AND ALSO IF ANY OF MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD
TO FIG, I'M SAYING THAT I KNOW
I'M RUNNING THROUGH THIS A
LITTLE BIT QUICKLY.
ANYTHING?
>> WELL, IT WOULD REWIND AND IN
REGARDS TO THE INTERVIEW
TRAINING THAT WE WILL BE DOING.
AND SO A LIMITED NUMBER OF
DETECTIVES WENT THROUGH A
RELATED TRAINING.
THE PEACE MODEL.
AND SO WE HAVE ALREAY BEGUN
EFFORTS ON THAT AND I THINK THE
OTHER TRAINING THAT'S COMING,
THEY WILL BE COMING IN THAT YOU
REFERENCED, THEY WILL REALLY
BUILD ON THOSE EFFORTS.
AND SPEAK TO SOMETHING
DEPARTMENT WIDE EVEN, YOU KNOW,
AND OBVIOUSLY WE'LL ROLL THIS
OUT SLOWLY.
BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A
GOOD THING.
>> OKAY, I WOULD JUST CHIME IN
FOR THE K-9 WORK THAT LISA'S
SYSTEM IS DOING, THAT'S ONE OF
THE THINGS WE HAVE DISCUSSED
AND FLAGGED FOR BOTH THE
DEPARTMENT, FOR THE DIG.
I THINK WE HAVE THREE OR FOUR
MANAGEMENT ACTIONS, NOW THE
POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT
FLOWED FROM SOME K-9 CASES THAT
WE SAW IN LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN
REVAMP THE POLICY, TO MAKE SURE
THEY ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE
POLICIES AND PEAK SURE WE'RE
CONSISTENT TO THE TRAINING
POLICY AND ACCURATELY AND
HOPEFULLY THAT'S STUFF THAT YOU
WILL COVER WITH A NEW POLICY
THAT'S COMING OUT.
>> YES, IT HAS BEEN TOTALLY
REWRITTEN AND THAT WILL BE
FILED WITH THE COURT TODAY WITH
THE REST OF THE USE OF FORCE
POLICY AND THEN BE ISSUED WHEN
WE HEAR BACK FROM THE COURT.
>> GREAT.
>> AND LISA, YOUR AUDIT IS
TAKING ALL THOSE MODIFICATIONS
INTO ACCOUNT?
>> IT IS.
>> OR A TRUE AUDIT IN TERMS OF
LOOKING BACK AND ONLY LOOKING
BACK?
>> AND THAT IS AN EXCELLENT
QUESTION, MADAM CHAIR.
>> I'M ALWAYS GOOD AT THOSE.
>> THAT WILL BE SOMETHING WE
DETERMINE IN THE SCOPE AND THE
OBJECTIVES OF OUR AUDIT.
BUT IT WILL CERTAINLY BE A LOOK
BACK AT OPERATIONS.
IN MAKING ANY RECOMMENDATIONS
OR LOOKING AT WHAT SPD HAS
ALREADY DONE TO REMEDY ANY SORT
OF CONCERNS THAT WE MIGHT
UNCOVER, THAT WILL CERTAINLY BE
A PART OFIT, UNFOLDED INTO THE
REPORT AND THE DISCUSSION.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION WITH
FEW OF OUR FORMAL AUDITS, THE
SUBJECT OF THE AUDIT, WHICH IS
GENERALLY SPD WILL HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO FILE A REPORT
ABOUT HOW THEY INTEND TO ACT ON
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS IF THEY
INTEND TO IMPLEMENT THEM OR
NOT, SO THAT WILL BE A PART OF
OUR FINAL REPORT AS THEIR
RESPONSE.
AND SO MOVING ON TO AUDITS AND
THE ASSESSMENTS THAT WE HAVE
COMPLETED.
THE FIRST PROJECT THAT WE HAD
IS AN INVENTORY GROUP THAT CAME
IN AS A COMPLAINT FROM SOMEONE
WHO MADE ALLEGATIONS THAT SPD
HAD A NUMBER OF MISSING FIREARM
AND OTHER INVENTORY.
OUR AUDIT FOLKS DID A LITTLE
INVESTIGATION AND THEY WERE
ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT, IN
FACT, OVER THE COURSE OF A
PERIOD OF A COUPLE OF DECADES,
THERE WERE, IN FACT, EIGHT
FIREARMS UNACCOUNTED FOR IN
THEIR INVENTORY.
WE IDENTIFIED A COUPLE OF
PROCESSES THAT WERE LARGELY
RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
AND ONE IS FIREARMS THAT HAVE
BEEN CONVERTED FOR SPD USE AND
FOR PERHAPS BEING IN THEIR
PROPERTY OR EVIDENCE THAT WE'RE
NOT COMPLAINED BY SOMEONE WE'RE
TURNED OVER AND MADE A PART OF
THEIR PROPERTY WHERE WE ARE
KEPT ON THE SEPARATE LIST AND
THE REGULAR FIREARMS LIST AND
SO THEY HAD NOT MARRIED THOSE
LISTS UP YET.
SOME OF THE THINGS THEY HAD
UNCOVERED JUST AS WE WERE
EMBARKING ON THE AUDIT AND THE
ASSESSMENT.
WE MADE THREE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THEY AGREED TO TAKE STEPS
TO RESPOND TO ALL THREE OF
THOSE SUGGESTIONS THAT WE MADE.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WANT
DETAILS ON WHERE THEY WERE
BECAUSE ALL OF IT HAD IS
AVAILABLE.
I THINK IN THE REPORTS
THEMSELVES, DO YOU WANT TO GO
INTO ANY DETAILS ON THAT?
>> I DON'T THINK SO RIGHT NOW
SINCE WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT
GENERAL FOR TODAY.
I KNOW THAT ON SOME OF THESE,
WE MAY NEED TO MAKE SPACE FOR
YOU AT A LATER DATE IN TIME TO
COME BACK AND DO A REPORT OUT
ON SOME OF THESE.
>> PERFECT, OKAY.
>> AND SO THE NEXT PROJECT WAS
OUR FIRST FORMAL AUDIT, AN
AUDIT THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE
CODE.
IT WAS SPD'S COMPLIANCE WITH
CHAPTER 14.12 COLLECTION OF
INFORMATION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
PURPOSES.
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE
INTELLIGENCE AUDIT.
I'M NOT GOING TO REALLY TALK
ABOUT THIS AT ALL BECAUSE WE'VE
GOT TIME SET ASIDE.
IF THERE IS EXTRA TIME, I'D
LIKE TO RESERVE THAT FOR BY
LEAD AUDITOR TO COME IN AND GO
INTO DETAIL WITH YOU.
UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY PARTICULAR
QUESTIONS NOW, I WILL JUST MOVE
ON.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> OKAY.
SO A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR
BEST PRACTICES RESEARCH.
THIS IS ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION
THAT WAS MADE TO CHIEF BEST
LAST FALL THAT THEY IMPLEMENT
SOME KIND OF PURE INTERVENTION
PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD USE SOCIAL
SCIENCE AND EVIDENCE-BASED
RESEARCH ON THE BISTANDARD
EFFECT, CREATE A PROGRAM TO
TEACH AND TO GIVE OFFICERS
TOOLS TO BECOME ACTIVE
BYSTANDERS WITH EACH OTHER, AND
ESSENTIALLY CREATE A
DEESCALATION PROGRAM FOR
OFFICERS TO HELP PEERS SORT OF
STEP IN AND TO TAKE OVER WHEN
PERHAPS THEY'RE HAVING A MOMENT
TO HELP EACH OTHER AND TO BE
EACH OTHERS KEEPERS IN THAT
PROGRAM.
MY OFFICE AND SOME MEMBERS OF
SPD ATTENDED A TRAINING, WHICH
IS ONE OF THE MAIN MODELS FOR
THIS KIND OF PROGRAM.
WE'VE AGREED WITH SPD THAT THEY
WILL DEVELOP AN IMPLEMENT ON A
PROGRAM, THE MOST EFFECTIVE
PROGRAM WOULD BE ONE THAT'S
BUILT BY THE LINE OFFICERS AND
THE LINE SUPERVISORS BECAUSE
THEY'RE REALLY THE
BENEFICIARIES OF THIS KIND OF
PROGRAM AND IT IS MORE
MEANINGFUL.
AND FOR IMPACTFUL IF IT COMES
FROM THEM DECIDING WAYS TO HELP
EACH OTHER OUT IN THOSE
CIRCUMSTANCES WITH FULL
SUPPORT.
WITH THE CHIEF AND COMMAND
STAFF.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE
WORKING ON PROVIDING TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE TO SPD AS THEY
DEVELOP THAT PROGRAM.
AND SO I REALLY THINK THIS ALSO
FITS IN WITH OUR EARLY
INTERVENTION PROGRAM AND
OFFICER WELLNESS PROGRAMS
EXPANDING.
AND IT IS ALL PART OF THE
HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE
OFFICERS AND THE SERVICE,
THINKING ABOUT THE PUBLIC.
>> YEAH, WE ARE REALLY VIEWING
THIS AS AN OFFICER WELLNESS
PROGRAM.
IT IS ONLY EFFECTIVE IF IT IS
NON-PUNITIVE.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN
FACETS OF IT.
IT'S GREAT.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
GREAT.
MY POLICY AND BEST PRACTICES
FOLKS HAVE ALSO DONE SOME WORK
WITH SPD'S AUDIT AND POLICY
RESEARCH SECTION TO TRY TO
IMPROVE THEIR PROCESSES.
THEY WORKED ON A PROCESS FLOW
AND IMPROVEMENT WITH HOW
POLICIES FLOW THROUGH THEIR
SECTION IN TERMS OF REVISING
SPD POLICIES, REWRITING THEM,
GENERATING NEW ONES.
WE HAVE DISCOVERED THERE WERE
SOME CHOKE POINTS IN AREAS
WHERE A POLICY MIGHT MOVE ALONG
IN THE REVISION OR ADOPTION AND
THEN GET JAMMED UP SOMEWHERE.
SO OUR FOLKS HAVE WORKED WITH
SPD TO MAP OUT WHO IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT PART OF
POLICY DEVELOPMENT, MAYBE SOME
TIME FRAMES THAT ARE ACCEPTABLE
INVOLVED IF THOSE AND A WAY TO
MANAGE POLICIES AS THEY FLOW
THROUGH THE SYSTEM, SO IT'S
MORE EFFECTIVE.
THE WORK WE'RE DOING WITH SPD'S
INTERNAL AUDIT AND POLICY
SECTION IS INTENDED TO HELP
THEM BECOME MORE EFFECTIVE AND
EFFICIENT AND ACT AS A FORCE
MULTIPLIER FOR OIG.
A SMALL OFFICE WITHOUT TOO MANY
RESOURCES, OUR STAFF IS FAIRLY
SMALL.
TO THE EXTENT WE COULD HAVE SPD
PROVIDING INTERNAL LOOKS THAT
GIVE US ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
THAT'S ASSISTIVE TO BOTH SPD
AND OIG.
AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE THREE
AREAS OF OPERATION AND THE LAST
ONE I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS
OUR AUDIT FUNCTION.
IN ADDITION TO AUDIT AND POLICY
WORK, WE HAVE AN OVERSIGHT RULE
REGARDING HOW COMPLAINTS ARE
TAKEN IN AND HANDLED BY THE
OFFICE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
LARGELY WE DETERMINE IF OPA HAS
APPROPRIATELY CLASSIFIED
SOMETHING FOR INVESTIGATION.
AND IF THEY HAVE THOROUGHLY
OBJECTIVELY AND ACCURATELY DONE
AN INVESTIGATION OF THAT.
SO I JUST WANT TO AT THIS POINT
REALLY COMPLIMENT ANDREW AND
HIS STAFF FOR HELPING US ALONG
IN IT PROCESS AND HELPING US TO
REFINE THE WAYS WE WORK
TOGETHER.
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MANAGEMENT
ACTION AND STUFF.
BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THE
COLLABORATION THAT YOU'VE
EXTENDED TO US HAS BEEN
INVALUABLE TO US AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE IT.
AND SO OUR PURPOSE THERE IS TO
IMPROVE THE TRANSPARENCY OF
OPAS, OPERATIONS, TO MAKE SURE
WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN TERMS OF
INVESTIGATION, INTERVIEW OF
MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS IS
APPROPRIATE FOR COMMUNITY TRUST
AND EFFECTIVE OPERATION.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
ASKED THE FORMER OPA AUDITOR
WHO IS A CONTRACT EMPLOYEE
BEFORE MY OFFICE WAS IN
OPERATION WAS TO PROVIDE A
FINAL REPORT ABOUT HIS
OBSERVATIONS OF OPA AND THEIR
OPERATIONS AND THAT IS ALSO
AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.
BUT WHAT THE PREVIOUS OPA
AUDITOR NOTICED WAS A MARKED
IMPROVEMENT IN PROCESSES AND
OPERATION OF THE OFFICE OF OPA
WITH DIRECTOR TAKING OVER THE
HELM.
AND SO WE USED THE OBSERVATIONS
THAT MR.FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ
HAD BOTH IN TERMS OF WHAT
SEEMED TO BE MOVING IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION, WORKING WELL
WITH ORBS PA, AND AREAS THAT
PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, STILL NEED
CONTINUED ATTENTION.
SO WE HAVE REALLY BUILT THOSE
INTO OUR APPROACH TO HOW WE
PROVIDE OVERSIGHT TO OPA.
I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROCESS OR
LET YOU COMMENT, ANDREW,
ANYBODY.
>> WHAT YOU'RE SAYING,
OBVIOUSLY, MR. RODRIGUEZ ISN'T
HERE, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE THANK
HIM FOR ALL THE WORK HE DID
WHEN HE WAS THE AUDITOR AND ANN
LEVINSON BEFORE HIM.
MANY OF THE SUGGESTIONS THAT O
HAS MADE, WE O HAD O HAS MADE.
>> AND THAT IS ALL THAT I'VE
GOT.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER, SO
WE COULD TALK ABOUT HIS OPA
MANAGEMENT ACTION EFFORTS WITH
SPD.
>> AND SO I THINK WE HAVE THE
SAME GROUP IN OUR LAST OPA
PRESENTATION.
ONE THING, THE ABILITY THAT OPA
HAS IS BASICALLY A POLICY
RECOMMENDATION THAT FLOWS FROM
AN INVESTIGATION.
SO IT COULD ARISE IN A CASE
WHERE MAYBE THERE WAS SOMETHING
THAT WENT WRONG, BUT IT'S DUE
TO A FAULTY POLICY OR A FAULTY
TRAINING OR AT LEAST OPA'S
PERCEPTION OF THE FAULTY POLICY
AND TRAINING.
SO WHAT I COULD DO IS MAKE A
RECOMMENDATION TO THE
DEPARTMENT TO CHANGE POLICY TO
CREATE A POLICY TO AMPLIFY
TRAINING IN A DEPARTMENT AND
THEN CONSIDER THAT
RECOMMENDATION.
AND TO CHIEF CORONER'S GREAT
PLEASURE.
I AVE ISSUED PROBABLY 60 OF
THEM IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
IT WAS A PRETTY, YEAH, YOU'RE
WELCOME, RIGHT.
IT WAS A PRETTY NONSTREAMLINE
PROCESS WHEN WE FIRST STARTED.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS I WOULD
WRITE UP MY CASE FINDINGS AND
WRITE OUT IN A LETTER BASICALLY
AND SEND IT TO THE CHIEF AND
SAY COULD YOU PLEASE ADDRESS
THIS.
BUT WE HAD NO DATA BASE, REALLY
NO RECORDS GOING BACK AND
FORTH.
IN THE LAST YEAR I WOULD SAY,
MONIQUE WHO HAS BEEN THE LEAD
FROM OPA ON THIS WITH KATHY AND
FROM SPD HAVE BEEN WORKING TO
CREATE NOT JUST A DATA BASE, A
WORKING DATA BASE FOR THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT ALSO A
PROCESS OF SHARING THEM.
SO IT'S NOT THIS PAPER PROCESS
GOING BACK AND FORTH NOW.
IT'S ALL DONE THROUGH OUR DATA
BASE.
SO IT'S GREAT, IT'S
STREAMLINED, MAKING THINGS
EASIER TO RECEIVE AND RESPOND
TO RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> THE GREAT THING ABOUT IT
WHEN IT GETS ASSIGNED WITHIN
THE DATA BASE.
ONE PERSON OWNS IT AT ANY ONE
TIME.
SO YOU CAN TRACK IT VERY
EASILY.
AND THEN ALL THE INFORMATION
THAT HAPPENED IS IN THERE.
>> THE OTHER GREAT THING, I'LL
LET MONIQUE DISCUSS IT BRIEFLY,
BUT THE OTHER GREAT THING
AGAIN, BEING THAT IT'S IN A
DATA BASE, IT'S SORTABLE AND
TRACKABLE AND DOESN'T
DISAPPEAR.
IF CHIEF CORONER LEFT TOMORROW
OR IF I LEFT TOMORROW, THERE'S
STILL A RECORD OF WHAT WAS
RECOMMENDED AND WHAT WAS DONE.
FOR CONTINUITY PURPOSES, THAT'S
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
MONIQUE, DO YOU WANT TO STRESS
SOME OF THE HIGH POINTS OF
THIS?
>> YEAH, SOME OF THE COOL
POINTS THAT I THINK WILL BE
VALUABLE TO ALL OF YOU INCLUDE
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A
TRACKING TABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.
SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND THE
DATE OF SUBMISSION, THE LETTER
WE SUBMITTED TO SPD WITH OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AS A
FORMAL RESPONSE FROM SPD UPON
COMPLETION.
WE ALSO ARE WORKING ON AS
THEY'VE MENTIONED OUR
COMMUNICATION FEEDBACK LOOP, SO
THAT'S MORE STANDARDIZED AND
EASY TO TRACK.
WE HAVE A TIMELINE THAT WE HAVE
ESTABLISHED FOR COMPLETION, SO
WE'RE GIVING 180 DAYS, WHICH
JUST LETS PEOPLE KNOW THE
EXPECTATION AROUND WHEN THE
THEY MIGHT BE COMPLETED.
WE HAVE ALSO WORKED ON
CLARIFYING THIS DATA'S
DEFINITION FOR THE STAGES,
LEADING TO A RESOLUTION.
AND SO THAT WE CAN JUST KEEP UP
TO DATE AND MORE INFORMED.
AND THEN WE HAVE CREATED A
WRITTEN DOCUMENT THAT OUTLINES
THE PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES
FOR BOTH OPA AND SPD.
>> AND SO IT'S WONKY AND
TECHNICAL AND REALLY BIG STEP
FORWARD.
THE ONE THING THE NEXT STEP FOR
US WOULD BE WE WOULD WELCOME
THE ADVICE OR THOUGHTS FROM THE
COUNCIL, HOW DO WE MAKE IT
AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, SO THE
PUBLIC COULD SAY OKAY, IT'S NOT
JUST THIS UNIVERSE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY FOLKS GOING ON
AND THEY COULD SAY HERE IS THE
WORK THAT'S GOING ON AND THE
ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED AND THE POLICIES
THAT ARE BEING CHANGED.
THAT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS.
BUT LIKE ALL WE DO IF WE COULD
PUSH IT OUT, IT'S GREAT.
ANY THOUGHTS YOU HAVE WILL BE
APPRECIATED.
>> I WOULD JUST SAY IN THIS,
IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
WORKED ITS WAY INTO THE POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE THAT I
WAS VERY SKEPTICAL ABOUT
BECAUSE IT FEELS WEIRD TO
LEGISLATE THE EXISTENCE OF A
DATA BASE.
AND SO ADMITTEDLY THERE WAS A
LOT OF DEBATE AMONGST ME AND
OTHERS WHO WERE WORKING ON THAT
ISSUE AT THE TIME, SORT OF
WONDERING IF IT WOULD REALLY
WORK AND IT SOUNDS LIKE I'M
PLEASED TO HEAR THAT I WAS
WRONG AND I LIKE TO ADMIT WHEN
I'M WRONG.
AND I'MPLEASANTLY SURPRISED
THAT IT IS A HELPFUL TOOL
TOGUES HAVE DUPED AND
INSTITUTIONALIZED AN ORDINANCE
THAT IS REALLY RESULTING IN A
BETTER PROCESS AND SYSTEM THAT
WILL REALLY SORT OF ALLOW US TO
AT A MINIMUM AS A FIRST STEP TO
BE ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND
DAYLIGHT THE INFORMATION.
I DO AGREE THE NEXT STEP IS HOW
DO YOU MAKE THAT RELEVANT TO
PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPACTED BY THIS
WORK.
I DON'T HAVE THE MAGIC ANSWER
FOR THAT, BUT I DO THINK
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO ONCE
WE HAVE A BETTER SET OF DATA
AND A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT IT IS TELLING US TO CREATE
MORE OF A NARRATIVE AROUND WHY
IT MATTERS, RIGHT?
THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT PROCESS
OR BEING WONKY, YOU KNOW, ARE
PEOPLE FOLLOWING UP WITH THE
RECOMMENDATIONS, HOW IS IT
GOING TO ACTUALLY IMPACT THE
DAY-TO-DAY LIVES OF ME COMING
INTO A CONTACT WITH A SYSTEM?
AND THAT IS SORT OF AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GET CREATIVE
AROUND HOW WE COMMUNICATE THAT
INFORMATION IN A WAY THAT IS
COLLABORATIVE AND ALSO REALLY
RELEVANT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE
IMPACTED BY THE SYSTEM.
>> OKAY.
THAT IS OUR REPORT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> ALL RIGHT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS, COLLEAGUES?
COUNCIL MEMBER PACHECO?
>> FUN FACT.
I USED TO FUNDRAISE FOR THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
SPECIFICALLY FOR THE K-9 UNITS.
THOSE DOGS ARE ABOUT $10,000
AND THEIR TRAINING IS ALSO VERY
EXPENSIVE.
BUT REAL QUICKLY.
AND SO DID YOU SAY EIGHT OR
NINE FIREARMS WERE MADE?
>> YES, EIGHT FIREARMS MISSING
OVER THE TWO DECADES.
>> UNACCOUNTED FOR.
I DON'T KNOW THE STATUS OF THEM
MISSING SEEMS TO IMPLY THEY'RE
OUT THERE IN THE UNIVERSE
SOMEWHERE.
THEY COULD BE IN A DESK DRAWER.
WE WERE NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE
THEIR LOCATIONS, SO THEY MIGHT
BE WITHIN THE CUSTODY OF SPD
SOMEWHERE OR NOT.
AND WE DID RUN CHECKS ON SERIAL
NUMBERS.
THEY'RE NOT OUT THERE.
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED
IN ANY FEDERAL DATA BASES OR
THE DATA BASES THAT HAVE
INDICATED THEY WOULD BE USED BY
ANYBODY.
SO WE DID TRY TO TAKE SOME
MEASURES TO FIGURE OUT IF WE
COULD SEE IF THEY HAD LEFT
SPD'S CUSTODY AND WE COULD NOT
HAVE DETERMINED THAT.
>> OKAY.
>> AND THEN IF I COULD GO
QUICKLY, JUST INTO YOUR MEMO.
SORRY, LET ME GO BACK EAR
QUICKLY.
PAGE FOUR.
AND SO THIS WAS REGARDING THE
DISPARITY REVIEW.
IN THE REPORT, YOU SAY SUBJECTS
OF COLOR WERE MORE LIKELY TO BE
IN THOSE SUBJECTS, I'M JUST
GOING TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE
INDIVIDUALS RATHER THAN
SUBJECTS, LESS LIKELY TO BE
FOUND WITH A WEAPON AND
INDIVIDUALS OF COLOR, THEY
WOULD HAVE A FIREARM POINTED
OUT AT THEM THAN WHITE
SUBJECTS.
THEN YOU GO ON TO SAY THAT
THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES,
INCLUDING TARGETING IN
DIFFERENT WAYS AND THE PRACTICE
IN QUESTION OR OTHER MEASURES.
ARE THERE OTHER MEASURES THAT
THEY WOULD USE AS BEST
PRACTICES THAT AS THESE
DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE, THAT SPD
IS LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT OR SAY
HEY, THIS IS A GOOD IDEA
COMING.
BECAUSE I SEE NEW ORLEANS IS
REFERENCED IN YOUR REPORT.
ARE THERE OTHER IDEAS THAT
YOU'RE LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTING
HERE?
>> YEAH.
I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER MOST OF
THE TIME TO ANSWER THAT
QUESTION TO SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
THE EFFORTS THAT OIG PUT INTO
THIS WAS TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER
THE SCORE MATCHING WAS A GOOD
METHODOLOGY FOR TRYING TO
ASSESS THE IMPACT OF ANY
DISPARITY ON THEIR OPERATIONS.
SO IF YOU WANT TO TALK MORE
BROADLY ABOUT IT, THEN I'M
HAPPY TO CHIME IN.
>> AND IT WAS INDEED VALIDATING
THE PHASE I REPORT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE WERE, THAT THE
METHODOLOGY WOULD GET TO THE
DATE THAT WE WOULD WANT TO GET
TO.
PHASE II, WE WILL DIG DEEPER
INTO THE DATA.
AND NOW IT HAS BEEN VALIDATED
AND TO SEE OKAY, WHERE ARE THE
DISPARITIES?
AND WHERE ARE THE UNWANTED
DISPARITIES?
AND THEN REALLY LOOK AT THOSE
AND LIKE OKAY, WHAT DO WE NEED
TO DO DIFFERENTLY IN OUR
OPERATIONS?
AND CERTAINLY WE CAN'T ANSWER
THAT QUESTION YET.
SO WE LIKELY WILL NEED TO LOOK
AT BEST PRACTICES NATIONWIDE.
WORK WITH THE CPC ON IT AND ON
ALL IDEAS ON THE TABLE.
>> ANYTHING CPC WOULD LIKE TO
ADD?
>> WE'RE WORKING FORWARD TO
CONVENE THE MEETINGS WITHIN HIS
PLAN FOR A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
IN TERMS OF CONVENING THE
COMMUNITY, LOOKING AT THE
VIDEOS.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE'RE
DOING THAT WE WILL GET TO, SOME
UNDERLINING ROOT CAUSE ISSUES
AND TO BUILD THAT CROSS
REFERENCE WITH BEST PRACTICES.
>> I THINK, SO FIRST OF ALL
THIS REPORT WAS DONE BY THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS
OPPOSED TO THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL, SORT OF THE PART OF
THE ASSESSMENTS REQUIRED BY THE
COURT UNDER THE CONSENT DECREE.
>> RIGHT.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
AND THEN HAD SECONDLY, I DO
THINK, YOU KNOW, WE ARE RUNNING
AT THE END OF THE LEGISLATIVE
CLOCK AT LEAST FOR CITY COUNCIL
AS A WHOLE BECAUSE OUR BUDGET
PROCESS STARTS IN SEPTEMBER AND
WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF
OPPORTUNITIES TO ACTUALLY HAVE
MORE SUBSTANTIVE POLICY RELATED
COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE
REPORTS THAT CAME OUT.
WAS IT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO?
MAYBE THREE MONTHS AGO FOR
GETTING THE TIMING OF WHEN IT
CAME OUT.
>> MAYBE A MONTH AGO.
I MEAN I DO THINK WE HAVE NOT
HAD A HEARING ON THIS
PARTICULAR ISSUE.
I CAN'T COMMIT TO GIVING YOU A
HEARING BEFORE THE BUDGET
STARTS, BUT I DO THINK, I DO
THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH
FIGURING OUT IF MAYBE THERE IS
AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT IN PARTICULAR
PRESENT TO FULL COUNCIL OR, FOR
EXAMPLE, AT SOME OTHER TIME
WHERE WE COULD DAYLIGHT THESE
ISSUES AND THE FINDINGS IN THAT
INITIAL REPORT AND GIVE IT SOME
TIME BECAUSE I DO THINK IT IS
AN IMPORTANT BODY OF WORK AND
ONE THAT CONTINUES TO COME UP
NOT ONLY IN SPD'S OWN REVIEW,
BUT HAS ALSO BEEN BROUGHT UP
PRETTY CONSISTENTLY BY THE
MONITOR IN TERMS OF HIS
ASSESSMENTS AS WELL.
SO I DO THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT
LITTLE NUANCE NICHE OF A BODY
OF WORK THAT WE NEED TO PAY
IMPORTANT ATTENTION TO AND
CONTINUE TO WORK
COLLABORATIVELY ON THE
SOLUTIONS INCLUDING IDENTIFYING
BEST PRACTICES ON HOW TO REALLY
MOVE THE NEEDLE ON THIS ONE.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID AS A
COUNCIL WAS PASS A BIAS
POLICING ORDINANCE TO TAKE WHAT
EXISTS IN POLICY AND MAKE IT
LAW, SO THAT WE KNOW AND WE
HAVE CONFIDENCE BOTH AS
POLICYMAKERS AND AS MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC THAT THOSE TWO WILL
BE ALIGNED IN THE FUTURE MOVING
FORWARD.
AND WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH A
LOT OF PEOPLE AT THIS TABLE
INCLUDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
ON MAKING SURE WE GOT THAT
ALIGNMENT JUST RIGHT IN TERMS
OF THE CODE AND WHAT EXISTS IN
POLICIES.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME HISTORY
IN WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS
ISSUE.
AND WE WOULD WELCOME THE
OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE THOSE
CONVERSATIONS AND TO REALLY
GROUND IT IN SOME OF THE DATA
DRIVEN WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.
>> THANK YOU.
WE'D BE HAPPY TO COME TO
PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, YOU
KNOW, JUST AS THIS, WHEREVER
THIS PHASE II LEADS AND TO
FOCUS ON IT.
>> YEAH.
>> PERFECT.
GREAT.
FIG ELSE, COLLEAGUES?
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE
AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU WILL
STAY AT THE TABLE, BUT I THINK
SOME OF YOU WILL GO BACK INTO
THE AUDIENCE AND THEN COME
BACK.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE OUT
AGENDA ITEM 2 ANDLY HAVE ROXANA
READ AGENDA ITEM 3 INTO THE
RECORD.
IF YOU'RE HERE TO REPORT ON THE
OIG INTELLIGENCE REPORT, I ASK
YOU TO STAY AT THE TABLE OR
MAKE YOUR WAY UP TO THE TABLE.
>> AGENDA ITEM 3, SEATTLE
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL,
INTELLIGENCE REPORT BIEFING
AND DISCUSSION.
>> I WILL IS A, IS IT JUST YOU?
>> OKAY, HERE WE GO, HERE SHE
COMES.
I'LL SLIDE DOWN.
>> ALL RIGHT.
ROXANA, DID YOU READ THIS INTO
THE RECORD?
OKAY.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO
INTRODUCTIONS ONCE AGAIN AND
THEN LISA, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GREG DOSS, COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
>> MARY DORY, PUBLIC SAFETY
AUDITOR.
>> I WILL LISA JUDGE FOR
PUBLIC SAFETY.
>>> I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU A
BRIEF INTERVIEW OF OIG'S AUDIT
OF CHAPTER 14.12, COLLECTION OF
INFORMATION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
PURPOSES.
AND AS INSPECTOR JUDGE SAID YOU
MAY HAVE REFERRED TO AS THE
INTELLIGENCE AUDIT.
OIG DID THIS AUDIT, WHICH
REQUIRES AN AUDIT EVERY 180
DAYS OF SPD ACTIVITY RELATING
TO THE CHAPTER.
THE MOST RECENT AUDIT WAS
ASSIGNED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO CHAPTER 14, THE PURPOSE OF
CHAPTER 14.12 TO PROTECT
CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF
INFORMATION BEFORE THAT
INFORMATION IS COLLECTED BY
POLICE.
IT DOES SET SPECIFIC CRITERIAS
THAT HAVE TO BE MET BEFORE THE
INFORMATION COULD BE COLLECTED.
TWO GENERAL CATEGORIES OF
INFORMATION ARE PROTECTED BY
THE CHAPTER.
PRIVATE SEXUAL INFORMATION,
ORIENTATION.
AND THIS INFORMATION CAN BE
COLLECTED BY AN OFFICER AS LONG
AS IT IS RELEVANT.
THE SECOND CATEGORY PROTECTED
BY THE CHAPTER IS REFERRED TO
AS RESTRICTED INFORMATION.
THE EXACT DEFINITION IS QUITE
LENGTHY, BUT CAN BE GENERALLY
SUMMARIZED, REFERRING TO
INFORMATION ABOUT THE RELIGIOUS
OR POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS OF
INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANIZATIONS.
IN ADDITION TO MEETING KEY
CRITERIA INCLUDING REASONABLE
SUSPICION THAT A CRIME HAS BEEN
COMMITTED INRELEVANCY ON THE
CRIME ON HAND, NEED TO OBTAIN A
WRITTEN OBSERVATION FROM A UNIT
COMMANDER OR HIGHER BEFORE THAT
INFORMATION COULD BE COLLECTED
BY THE DEPARTMENT.
AND TO BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE OUR
FINDINGS, WE DID NOT DETECT ANY
VIOLATION OF THE CHAPTER.
HOWEVER, OUTDATED LANGUAGE OF
THE CHAPTER PRECLUDES AN
ASSESSMENT THAT SPD IS IN FULL
COMPLIANCE.
WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT ON
THE NEXT SLIDE.
ESSENTIALLY THE OUTDATED
LANGUAGE WILL CREATE THE GRAY
AREAS, WHICH WE COULD NOT
INTERPRET CERTAIN ACTIVITIES IN
COMPLIANCE OR NOT IN COMPLIANCE
WITH THE CHAPTER.
TO BE CLEAR, WE DID NOT DETECT
ANY OUTBOUND VIOLATIONS.
OTHER FINDINGS, INCLUDE SOME
TRAINING GAPS IDENTIFIED AND
ISSUES WITH RECORDS OR
RETENTION.
FINDING ONE, IT'S THE ONE THAT
I'M GOING TO GO INTO THE MOST
DETAILS ABOUT BECAUSE IT
INFORMS OUR THOUGHTS ABOUT
CHAPTER 14.12 REVISIONS.
CHAPTERS OUTDATED IN TERMS OF
THE LANGUAGE RIGHT ON THE 1979
AND HAS NOT BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY
UPDATED SINCE THEN.
SO IT'S WRITTEN IN A TIME WHEN
THINKING ABOUT HOW POLICE WOULD
COLLECT THIS TYPE OF PROTECTIVE
INFORMATION.
IT WAS THINKING ABOUT THINGS
LIKE INFILL TRAITORS, MORE
DIRECT MEANS OBTAINING THE
INFORMATION.
IT DOES NOT ADDRESS THE CONCEPT
OF INTERNET.
WEBSITES, SOCIAL MEDIA, OTHER
SOURCES ARE NOT ADDRESSED BY
THE CHAPTER.
WITHOUT CLEAR GUIDANCE, WE
OBSERVED INCONSISTENT
APPROACHES WITH THE SPD.
SO THE INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR
INCLUDES EVERY TIME THEY'RE
TOUCHING ON INFORMATION THAT
MAY POSSIBLY BE COVERED BY THE
CHAPTER.
OTHER ENTITIES WITH SPD SUCH AS
THE BIAS CRIME COORDINATOR
DISCUSSED SITUATIONS IN WHICH
HE FELT UNCOMFORTABLE
CORRECTING THE INFORMATION AT
ALL.
MAKES YOU BELIEVE HE WASN'T
ALLOWED BY THE CHAPTER OR THE
DEPARTMENT.
THEN FINALLY WE OBSERVED SOME
INCIDENTS, ONLY ABOUT 2% OF THE
SAMPLE OF 295 CASES THAT WE
HAVE LOOKED AT, BUT SOME CASES
IN WHICH WE SAW INFORMATION
THAT MIGHT POSSIBLY BE
PROTECTED BY THE CHAPTER
COLLECTED WITHOUT
AUTHORIZATION.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE OUTDATED
WORDING, WE COULD NOT DETERMINE
WHETHER A VIOLATION HAD
OCCURRED.
THIS INCLUDES EXAMPLES SUCH AS
COLLECTING PROTECTED
INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC SOURCES
SUCH AS THE RELIGIOUS MISSION
OF AN ORGANIZATION AS PUBLISHED
ON THEIR OWN WEBSITE OR
COLLECTING PROTECTED
INFORMATION ABOUT A KNOWN
SUSPECT FROM A THIRD PARTY.
SUCH AS A WITNESS OR A VICTIM
OF A CRIME.
THE CHAPTER IS NOT CLEAR ENOUGH
ON THAT POINT.
AND WE DID DISCUSS WITH THE
CITY'S ATTORNEY OFFICE AS TO
WHETHER THEY COULD PROVIDE
INSIGHT INTO THE WORDING OF THE
CHAPTER AND THEY AGREED IT WAS
DIFFICULT TO INTERPRET THE
RHYTHM.
>> I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA HAS A QUESTION, BUT
FINDING NUMBER ONE IS A SYMPTOM
OF THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO
UPDATE OUR INTELLIGENCE
ORDINANCE.
AND WE KNEW THAT AND RECOGNIZED
THAT WHEN WE WERE GOING INTO
THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS IN 2017
FOR THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
ORDINANCE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID
FUNCTIONALLY IS MOVE THAT BODY
OF WORK OVER TO THE OFFICE OF
INSPECTOR GENERAL WITH THE IDEA
WE WOULD AT LEAST HAVE A
BASELINE OPPORTUNITY TO
DETERMINE EXACTLY HOW OUTDATED
THE ORDINANCE WAS AND IS.
THE NEXT PHASE OF WORK HERE
WILL INCLUDE MAKING SOME
UPDATES TO THE INTELLIGENCE
ORDINANCE THAT SORT OF TAKES
INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT WE ALSO
HAVE A SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY
ORDINANCE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT I THINK WE'RE ALL AWARE
THIS IS, YOU KNOW, AN ANCIENT
LAW AT THIS POINT RELATIVE TO
HOW SURVEILLANCE AND
INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION IS
GATHERED.
>> YEP.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> I THINK YOU ANSWERED MY
QUESTION WHICH IS DO WE HAVE
ANY WORK IN PROGRESS TO
IDENTIFY LANGUAGE TO UPDATE THE
1979 ORDINANCE.
GIVEN THE ATTORNEY HAS ALREADY
ACKNOWLEDGED THIS IS NOT
SATISFACTORY, IS THERE A
TIMELINE OR A PROCESS THE
COUNCIL HAS ENGAGED THAT THE
OTHERS ARE ALREADY INFLUENCING?
>> I WOULD DEFER TO THE OFFICE
OF INSPECTOR GENERAL BECAUSE
THEY'RE SORT OF NOW RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS.
AND ALSO OUR EMPOWERED TO DO
POLICY WORK.
>> AND PER ORDINANCE WE ARE
CHARGED WITH CONTEMPLATING FROM
THOSE REVISIONS, WHICH WE'LL
GET TO THE END OF OUR
PRESENTATION.
>> THIS IS ON THE TO DO LIST?
>> IT IS DEFINITELY ON THE TO
DO LIST.
SHE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT
THERECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE
ISSUED TO SPD.
ONE OF THOSE IS SPD WORK WITH
THE CITY ATTORNEY ON REVISIONS.
AT THE END OF THIS.
I WILL TALK ABOUT IT.
BECAUSE AS I LEARNED, I WAS NOT
AN AUDITOR, I TOOK THIS JOB TO
AUDIT.
SO WE CAN'T PROVIDE, WE CAN'T
ASSIST IN THE ACTUAL WORDING OF
AN ORDINANCE, BUT WE HAVE
IDENTIFIED QUESTIONS THAT NEED
TO BE ADDRESSED IN
CONSIDERATIONS IN MOVING
FORWARD TO AMENDING THE
ORDINANCE.
WE HOPE WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE
KEY ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE
ADDRESSED, AND WE CAN PROVIDE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WITH THAT.
>> AND TO ANSWER THE QUESTION
DIRECTLY, THIS WILL PROBABLY,
THIS WILL BE A BODY OF WORK FOR
2020.
WHOEVER THE PUBLIC SAFETY CHAIR
IS THEN.
>> LIKELY NOT BE ME.
I KNOW, IT'S SAD.
BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE OTHER
FINDING, I WANT TO REITERATE
AGAIN IN THE SMALL PERCENTAGE
OF CASES WE SAW IN WHICH
THERE'S POSSIBLY A COLLECTION
OF PROTECTED INFORMATION, IT
WAS ALWAYS DIRECTLY RELEVANT TO
THE INCIDENT BEING
INVESTIGATED.
WE DIDN'T SEE ANY SIGNS THAT
OFFICERS WERE SORT OF
COMPLETELY OFF BASE WITH
COLLECTING THIS INFORMATION.
SO OUR OTHER FINDINGS, WHICH
THERE ARE THREE MORE.
I WILL BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE THEM.
BRIEFING TWO, SO I MENTIONED
THE INTELLIGENCE SECTION IS THE
ONLY ONE FROM SPD ROUTINELY
ISSUING THESE WRITTEN
AUTHORIZATION TO COLLECT THE
INFORMATION.
HOWEVER THEY WERE ALSO
FOLLOWING A PART OF THE CHAPTER
THAT REQUIRES THEM TO PURGE
THAT INFORMATION ONCE IT IS NO
LONGER RELEVANT.
SO GIVEN THE PAST MOST RECENT
AUDIT WAS DONE IN 2015, THEY
HAD A RECORD THAT THEY HAD
ISSUED AUTHORIZATIONS, BUT THE
AUTHORIZATIONS WERE NOT THERE
FOR US TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT.
SO THE INTELLIGENCE SECTION
SEEMED VERY WELL INFORMED ON
THE ORDINANCE.
NO SIGNS THEY WERE NOT
COMPLYING WITH IT.
HOWEVER WE DID NOT HAVE THE
RECORDS TO VERIFY AND SO IT WAS
IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO CONFIRM
COMPLIANCE.
IN FINDING THREE, WE FOUND
ALTHOUGH SPD POLICY DOES
ADDRESS THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER
WHICH OFFICERS MIGHT COLLECT,
MIGHT BE ALLOWED TO COLLECT
THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION DOES
NOT INCLUDE THE REQUIREMENT TO
INCLUDE A WRITTEN
AUTHORIZATION.
IT SEEMED CLEAR OTHER THAN THE
INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, MANY WERE
CONFIRMED.
SO IT'S NOT A POLICY AND NOT
TRAINING WITH SPD THAT HAS THAT
WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION OR
POLICY.
AND THEN WE FOUND CHAPTER
14.12'S RECORDS AND RETENTION
REQUIREMENTS WERE NOT
SUBSTANTIALLY UPDATED SINCE
1979 APPEAR TO CONFLICT WITH
STATE LAW.
FOR EXAMPLE STATE LAW REQUIRES
BODY-WORN VIDEO TO BE RETAINED
WITHIN SIX MONTHS.
IF YOU COLLECT THIS INFORMATION
WITHOUT AN AUTHORIZATION, IT
HAS A VARIETY OF SCHEDULES, BUT
MIGHT NEED TO BE PURGED WITHIN
FIVE TO SEVEN DAYS.
SO THOSE ARE IN CONFLICT.
IF CHAPTER 14.12'S REQUIREMENTS
WERE FOLLOWED WITH REGARDS TO
RECORD RETENTION, IT'S
REASONABLE TO ASSUME IT MIGHT
AFFECT SPD'S ABILITY TO
INVESTIGATE REPORTSOF
MISCONDUCT OR CRIMES.
SO WE ISSUED FIVE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS THE
FINDINGS.
THEY'RE PARAPHRASED HERE AND IN
THEIR PART AS WELL.
BUT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS CAN BE
SUMMARIZED AS HAVING SPD
PROVIDE INCREASED CLARITY AND
GUIDANCE TO SPD PERSONNEL AND
REGARDING THE CIRCUMSTANCES
UNDER WHICH A WRITTEN
OBSERVATION WAS REQUIRED.
ENSURING RECORDS AVAILABLE FOR
OIG REVIEW AND TO ADDRESS THE
RECORDS AND RETENTION FOR
REQUIREMENT.
FOR RECOMMENDATIONS ONE AND
FIVE, WHICH SPEAK TO THE
ORDINANCE MOST DIRECTLY, WE
DIRECTED SPD TO WORK IN
COORDINATION WITH THE CITY
ATTORNEY TO MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYTHING IS OKAY FROM THAT
PERSPECTIVE.
SPD CONCURRED WITH ALL OF OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS, THEN HAD
COMMITTED TO IMPLEMENTING THE
RECOMMENDATIONS BY QUARTER
THREE AND QUARTER FOUR OF 2019.
IN THE FULL REPORT YOU'LL SEE
THEY'VE SUBMITTED A PLAN FOR
THE RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AS
A WRITTEN MEMO EXPLAINING THEIR
APPROACH IN A LITTLE MORE
DETAIL.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I APOLOGIZE.
I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD KNOW THIS
AND FEEL FREE TO GIVE ME THE
101 AFTERWARDS.
BUT WHO DOES, WHO CARRIES OUT
THESE RECOMMENDATIONS THEN?
>> SO IN THIS CASE WE WERE
AUDITING THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
WE ISSUED THE RECOMMENDATION TO
THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND SHE CAN
DELEGATE FROM THERE.
>> THE CHIEF OF POLICE WILL
DELEGATE AND THEN WE, AS A
COUNCIL, CONFIRM LANGUAGE THAT
MAY COME FORWARD?
>> I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE
AUDITING FUNCTION.
SO THERE WOULD BE A FOLLOW UP
AS PART OF THIS AUDIT.
>> YES.
>> BY THE OIG'S OFFICE AS TO
WHAT THE STATUS OF THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATUS
ARE.
>> THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A
FOLLOW-UP PROCESS FOR
IMPLEMENTATION OF
RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS
OF FIGURING OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS
LIKE.
AND SO WE HOPE TO HAVE A FORMAL
PROCESS.
SO THAT ANYBODY COULD SEE THE
RECOMMENDATIONS, THE RESPONSE,
AND THE STATUS OF ANY
IMPLEMENTATION OR THE
DISAGREEMENT.
[ INAUDIBLE ]
AND TRACKING A RECOMMENDATION
DATA BASE?
OR IS IT A PART OF THAT?
>> YES AND NO.
ALL OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY
PARTNERS ARE REQUIRED TO HOUSE
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS WITH CPC.
AND TO KEEP A STATUS THERE.
SO IT WILL BE A PART OF THE
DATA BASE.
INTERNALLY IT WILL PROBABLY
HAVE A MORE ROBUST SET OF
INFORMATION ABOUT IT, BUT THEY
WILL DOVE TALE EACH OTHER AND
BE LARGELY THE SAME.
>> GREAT.
SO THE ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE
THAT WE PASSED IN 2017 INCLUDED
THE COMPONENT AROUND A DATA
BASE THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY
DESIGNED TO TRACK
RECOMMENDATIONS MADE TO SPD
AROUND POLICY CHANGES AND
PRACTICE CHANGES TO ALLOW US A
MORE COMPREHENSIVE WAY OF
UNDERSTANDING WHO IS MAKING
RECOMMENDATIONS TO WHOM.
AND WHAT THE STATUS OF THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS WERE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT EXISTED
BEFORE THAT PERIOD OF TIME WAS
OUT.
A LOT OF THE REPORTS GOING
EVERY WHICH WAY, WITH VERY
LITTLE UNDERSTANDING OF WHO WAS
RESPONSIBLE FOR ACTUAL TRACKING
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SOME OF
THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND
STATUS.
FROM AN AMAZING BODY OF INTENSE
REPORT WORK, WORK RELATED THAT
WERE SITTING ON A SHELF WITHOUT
ANY FOLLOW UP.
OR MAYBE THERE WAS FOLLOWUP,
BUT THERE WASN'T A CLEAR SENSE
OF TO WHAT DEGREE.
SO THAT'S THE TRACKING OF DATA
BASE THAT I'M REFERRING TO.
>> SURE.
YEAH, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE
MECHANISMS BUILT INTO THE
ORDINANCE THAT HAS TURNED OUT
TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE FOR ALL OF
US IN COORDINATING OUR EFFORTS.
A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE DO ON
THAT IS DONE AT THE QUARTERLY
PARTNERS MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE.
AND I THINK INTERIM DIRECTOR
SCOTT WILL PROBABLY TALK ABOUT
DEVELOPMENT OF THAT DATA BASE
AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, HOW
WE'RE ALL CONTRIBUTING TO IT,
HOW IT WILL BE MAINTAINED IN
HER REPORT.
I DON'T WANT TO ASSIGN WORK TO
YOU ON THE TABLE, BUT I'M
CONFIDENT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO
ADDRESS THAT IN A FEW MOMENTS.
>> GREAT.
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE
SURE WE'RE KEEPING TRACK OF ALL
THIS GREAT WORK.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S MOVE ON.
>> SO FINALLY AS I MENTIONED
BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE REALLY
PRECLUDED FROM DRAFTING THE
ORDINANCE OR PROVIDING SPECIFIC
DRAFT LANGUAGE, BUT THESE ARE
THE ISSUES THAT WE THINK ARE
KEY TO CONSIDER IN ANY SORT OF
REVISIONS OF 14.12.
AND ARE THERE STILL CATEGORIES
OF INFORMATION THAT SHOULD BE
PROTECTED BY A SEPARATE
ORDINANCE LIKE 14.12 OR IS THIS
BY THE OTHER ORDINANCES AND
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE CITY
OF SEATTLE HAS IMPLEMENTED WITH
REGARDS TO INTELLIGENCE AND
SURVEILLANCE AND THE GATHERING
OF THAT KIND OF INFORMATION.
IS IT NECESSARY.
HOW SHOULD IT ADDRESS THE
EXISTENCE OF PUBLIC AVAILABLE
ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
HOW DOES IT INTERSECT WITH
CHAPTER 14.
WHAT TYPES OF LEVELS AND
AUTHORIZATIONS SHOULD EXIST AND
HOW TO BE BEST PRESERVED.
HOW CAN THE CITY RETAIN
INFORMATION FOR OVERSIGHT
PURPOSES WHILE BEING SENSITIVE
TO ISSUES SUCH AS AGGREGATING
SENSITIVE INFORMATION, SUBJECT
TO PUBLIC EXPOSURE OR
INFORMATION REQUEST FROM
EXTERNAL AGENCIES.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE INTERESTS
WE THINK FEED TO BE CONSIDERED
AND BALANCED IN ANY SORT OF
REVISION OF THE ORDINANCE.
>> GREAT.
>> AND TO JUST PROVIDE A MINOR
POINT OF CLARIFICATION THAT I
DID NOT EXPLICITLY TALK ABOUT.
THE REASON WE KEEP REFERENCING
PUBLIC INFORMATION SUCH AS
SOCIAL MEDIA IS THAT THERE IS A
CURRENT EXCEPTION IN CHAPTER
14.12.
IF INFORMATION IS DIRECTLY
DISCLOSED TO THE POLICE OFFICER
BY THE SUBJECT OF THAT
INFORMATION, THEY DON'T NEED AN
AUTHORIZATION.
THEY COULD COLLECT IT AND IT'S
FINE.
IT'S JUST UNCLEAR ACCORDING TO
THE WORDING OF THAT EXTENT TO
OPEN SOURCES.
>> RIGHT.
>> YEAH, AS MARY MENTIONED AT
THE BEGINNING OF HER
PRESENTATION, WE ARE REQUIRED
TO CONDUCT SOME FORM OF REVIEW
EVERY SIX MONTHS.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO DECIDE HOW
TO DO THAT IN A MOST EFFECTIVE
WAY, WHETHER IT'S SOME SORT OF
A REAL-TIME REPORTING FROM SPD
OF AUTHORIZATIONS, SO WE COULD
JUST KEEP TRACK OF THEM, ENSURE
COMPLIANCE AND THEN ISSUE IT IN
AN ANNUAL REPORT OR HOW WE BEST
PROVIDE THE TRANSPARENCY THAT'S
NECESSARY, COMPLY WITH THE
ORDINANCE, THEN BALANCE THAT
WITH OUR OTHER PRIORITIES.
WE'LL BE UPDATING YOU ON THAT
PROCESS AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO
THE NEXT YEAR.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
ALL RIGHT.
WELL THANK YOU FOR THE WORK
THAT YOU DID ON THIS.
I KNOW IT IS VERY TECHNICAL
BODY OF WORK, SO I APPRECIATE
YOUR OFFICE'S WORK ON PROVIDING
THIS REPORT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO
AGENDA ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE.
I'VE ASKED ROXANA TO READ BOTH
OF THESE ITEMS INTO THE RECORD,
SO GREG YOU CAN ADDRESS BOTH OF
THEM AT THE SAME TIME SINCE
THEY ARE SORT OF RELATED.
YOU CAN DO THE SHORT TITLES.
>> AGENDA ITEM 4, CLERK FILE,
314417 SEATTLE POLICE CHIEF
2018 ANNUAL REPORT FOR BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION POSSIBLE VOTE.
AND AGENDA ITEM FIVE, CLERK
FILE 314423 CHIEF OF POLICE
AUDIT REPORT FOR BRIEFING
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> GREAT EXTENT THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, GREG.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS.
HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT 314417 AND
314423, THESE CLERK FILES WERE
ISSUED IN RESPONSE TO THE
CITY'S INTELLIGENCE ORDINANCE
THAT YOU JUST HEARD THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL TALK ABOUT
ALONG WITH ALL THE CHALLENGES
AND PROBLEMS THAT GO ALONG WITH
THAT INTELLIGENCE ORDINANCE AND
THE FACT IT IS SO OUT OF DATE.
THERE ARE SOME FILES THAT ARE
EXEMPT FROM THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL'S ANALYSIS THAT SHE
JUST TOLD YOU ABOUT.
AND THOSE FILES HAVE TO DO WITH
INFORMATION THAT IS COLLECTED
AROUND ORGANIZED CRIMINAL
ACTIVITY OR NARCOTICS ACTIVITY
OR INFORMATION THAT IS
COLLECTED FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
NETWORKS.
THIS KIND OF INFORMATION IS NOT
DISCLOSABLE EVEN TO THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL.
THIS INFORMATION IS SENT
DIRECTLY TO THE COUNCIL AND TO
THE MAYOR.
THIS IS INFORMATION THAT IS
SUMMARIZED IN THESE TWO CLERK
FILES THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING
RIGHT NOW.
IN THE CASE OF CLERK FILE
3144137, SPD HAS REPORTED THAT
AT TWO TIMES PROVIDED
AUTHORIZATIONS FOR COLLECTIONS
AND OF INFORMATION RELATED TO A
PERSON'S POLITICAL
AFFILIATIONS.
IN CLERK FILE 3144386, THE
DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT IT HAS
OBTAINED FROM THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY AND WESTERN STATES
INFORMATION NETWORKS, 30 ITEMS,
AND 176 ITEMS FROM THE WESTERN
STATES INFORMATION NETWORK.
THE REPORT I'M GIVING IS VAGUE
BECAUSE THESE ARE CONFIDENTIAL
FILES REVIEWED BY THE CHIEF AND
FORWARDED TO YOU ALL.
I DID HAVE A CHANCE TO BRIEF
THE CHAIR STAFF.
WOULD ASK IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT PROCESS OR THE
OVERVIEW I HAVE GIVEN.
>> NONE.
GREAT.
>> THANKS.
>> IS THAT IT?
OKAY.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
OKAY.
THANK YOU, GREG, FOR YOUR WORK
ON THIS AND FOR YOUR STAFF
REPORT AND FOR THE BRIEFINGS
THAT I KNOW YOU HAVE GIVEN MY
STAFF.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE BOTH
OF THESE ITEMS.
I'M GOING TO GO WITH THE FIRST
ITEM.
SO I MOVE THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMEND THE CITY COUNCIL FILE
314417.
>> SECOND.
>> OKAY, ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN
FAVOR OF THIS RECOMMENDATION
VOTE AYE.
>> AYE.
>> NO OPPOSITION.
MOTION CARRIES AND THE
COMMITTEE WILL RECOMMEND TO THE
FULL CITY COUNCIL THAT WE FILE
314417.
OKAY, WE'LL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA
ITEM 5 AND I WILL MOVE AGENDA
5. 314423.
>> SECOND.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IF
FAVOR SAY AYE?
AYE.
NO OPPOSITION, AND NO
EXTENSIONS.
LIKE WISE WE WILL RECOMMEND THE
FULL COUNCIL FILE 314423.
THANKS, GREG.
ALL RIGHT, WE ARE NOW GOING TO
MOVE TO OUR FINAL AGENDA TEM.
AND WE WILL HAVE ROXANA READ
THIS ONE INTO THE RECORDS.
THIS IS A REPORT, AN ANNUAL
REPORT PRESENTATION FROM THE
CPC.
>> AGENDA ITEM SIX, COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION 2018 ANNUAL
REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, ROXANA.
AND I SEE OUR PRESENTERS MAKING
THEIR WAY UP, AND ROXANA IS
GOING TO CUE UP THE
PRESENTATION WHILE THAT'S
HAPPENING.
WELCOME BACK.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
THIS IS OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM.
WE HAVE PHYSICAL 11:30 AND IT
IS 11:07 RIGHT NOW.
>> OKAY, WE'LL MAKE IT QUICK.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I HAVE COPIES OF OUR ANNUAL
REPORT THAT JUST CAME OFF THE
PRESS FOR YOU.
>> GREAT.
>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS AND THEN I'LL
HAND IT OVER TO YOU FOLKS.
>> GREG DOSS, COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
>> BESSIE SCOTT, INTERIM
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SEATTLE
COMMUNITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> THE DIRECTOR OF THE CPC.
>> CO-CHAIR OF COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION.
>> WELCOME.
THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK TO
THE TABLE.
REAL EXCITED ABOUT HEARING YOUR
REPORT.
>> YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MADAM CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE
WORK THE CPC IS DOING THIS
YEAR.
NOW WE WANT TO THROW IT BACK
AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DID IN
2018 THAT LED US HERE.
THIS IS THE FIRST OF CPC'S
ANNUAL REPORTS SINCE BECOMING
PERMANENT IN THE ACCOUNTABILITY
LEGISLATION.
AND WE WILL WALK YOU THROUGH
IT, THROUGH THE SLIDE SHOW.
>> MADAM CHAIR?
>> THIS IS MY FIRST TIME TO SEE
YOU AT THIS TABLE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND LOOKING
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WAS JUST MARVELING AT THE
VERY NICE FORMAT OF THE REPORT.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> BEAUTIFUL PUBLICATION.
>> THANK YOU.
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
INVITING US AND FOR US BEING
HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER, MADAM
CHAIR AND MOSQUEDA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WOW, SO THIS IS A LONG TIME
COMING HERE NUMBER ONE AND
THANK YOU AGAIN.
AS YOU SEE UP HERE THOSE ARE
THE COMMISSIONERS THAT WERE
THERE IN 2018.
SIX OF THOSE COMMISSIONERS WERE
APPOINTED IN 2013.
THAT WAS LISA DUGARD, CLAUDIA,
DALE, JAY HOLLINSWORTH, KEVIN
STUCKEY WHO WAS PRESIDENT OF
SPOG AND ALSO JILL KESSLER WHO
WAS REPRESENTING SPMA AND
MYSELF.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THERE, IT
SHOWS WE'VE HAD POLICE
INVOLVEMENT RIGHT FROM THE
BEGINNING WITH THE COMMISSION.
WE CONTINUE THE HOPE TO DO SO.
REVEREND AARON WILLIAMS'
PICTURE WAS NOT THERE, BUT HE'S
ONE OF THE ORIGINAL ONES AND
STILL THERE.
THE NEW ONES ARE LISTED THERE.
EMMA DID A FINE REPORT THERE.
ME -- MELINDA.
HER PICTURE IS NOT THERE.
OKAY, AND JOSEPH.
AND I'M A CO-CHAIR, AND EMMA IS
A CO-CHAIR AND ISAAC WHO IS
ALWAYS HERE, HE COULD NOT BE
HERE TODAY, BUT WE MISS HIM.
THANK YOU.
>> WE WILL GIVE HIM AN EXCUSED
ABSENCE TODAY.
>> YES, BECAUSE HE'S ALWAYS
HERE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> ALL RIGHT, SO THE NEXT SLIDE
IS, LET'S SEE, WE WILL TALK
ABOUT OUR WORK GROUPS THAT WE
HAVE HERE.
WOW, I MEAN WE'VE DONE A LOT OF
WORK.
WE HAVE THE STRATEGY WORK
GROUP.
AND THE STRATEGY, IT'S THE
THREE CO-CHAIRS AND THE HEAD OF
ALL THE OTHER WORK GROUPS.
AT THAT TIME IT WAS ENRIQUE,
ISAAC, MYSELF, CLAUDIA, LISA,
AND EMMA.
AND ALSO THE POLICE PRACTICE,
THE GROUP WAS LED BY LISA.
SHE WAS THE CHAIR OF THAT.
JAY HOLLINSWORTH, ISAAC, AND
REVEREND WALDEN AND OUR
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WAS EMMA,
CARLENE, JOSEPH, AARON
WILLIAMS, AND MELINDA.
OUR HELP GROUP, OUR GROUP WAS
LED BY CLAUDIA, HELEN, AND I
THINK HELEN IS THE CHAIR OF
THAT AND ALSO MELINDA.
THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WERE
WORKING IN 2018.
AND DID A LOT OF WORK.
AND THEN OUR NEXT SLIDE --
>>
AND CAN I ADD THAT THE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK GROUP
AS WELL AS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
WERE CREATED AND STARTED IN
2018.
THE POLICE PRACTICES, THEY LOOK
AT POLICING TECHNIQUES AND
POLICIES AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
GROUP LOOKS AT THE INTERSECTION
OF POLICING AND MENTAL HEALTH
AS WELL AS OTHER SOCIAL
DETERMINES OF HEALTH THAT
IMPACT PUBLIC SAFETY AND
POLICING.
>> YEAH.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
ALL RIGHT, OUR NEXT SLIDE IS
ABOUT, WOW.
WE'VE HAD 31 PUBLIC MEETINGS.
EACH RUNNING ABOUT THREE HOURS,
THE EXIT TEES THAT WERE
HAPPENING EITHER BIWEEKLY OR ON
A MONTHLY BASIS.
WE DID ALL OF THIS WITH JUST 14
OF OUR COMMISSION, OUR 21
COMMISSIONERS BEEN APPOINTED AT
THAT TIME.
A LOT OF MEETINGS WENT ON.
>> A LOT OF MEETINGS.
>> JUST TO REITERATE, THE
COMMITTEE IS A CONCENTRATION OF
ALL THE COMMITTEE'S LEADS AND
MEETS RIGHT BEFORE THE CPC
MEETINGS TO DETERMINE THE
AGENDA AS WELL AS THE ITEMS AND
SETS THE DIRECTION OF STRATEGY
AND THE POLICY OF THE CPC.
>> OF COURSE, WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT 2018 AND WE ARE NOW IN
2019, SO I KEEP HAVING TO
REMIND MYSELF THAT YES.
YES, WE'RE LOOKING BACK HERE,
NOT IN PRESENT TIME.
>> YES, SINCE THURSDAY.
SO NOW WE'RE GOING ON TO
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THAT'S MY REALM.
BUT FIRST I WANTED TO
ACKNOWLEDGE I'M SITTING AT THE
TABLE WITH ANOTHER ROXANA.
THAT IS VERY, VERY RARE.
AND WITH THE SAME SPELLING AS
WELL.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
THIS IS A HISTORIC MOMENT FOR
MULTIPLE REASONS.
[ LAUGHTER ] THE FOCUS OF THE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
WE GREW AS A TEAM IN 2018.
WE WENT FROM A STAFF OF ONE WHO
WAS DOING FOUR PEOPLES JOBS TO
A STAFF OF FOUR.
THE BIGGEST FOCUS WAS
IMPLEMENTING THE ACCOUNTABILITY
ORDINANCE, BUILDING CAPACITY TO
ENGAGE COMMUNITY ON A LARGER
SCALE AS OUR WORK WAS REALLY
FOCUSED ON THE CONSENT DECREE.
CREATING PROCESSES TO TRACK
ENGAGEMENT AND INFORM OUR
STRATEGIES MOVING FORWARD.
AND AS A NEWLY PERMANENT.
WE HAD OVER -- SO I'LL CLARIFY
WHAT WE MEAN BY ONE ON ONES.
WE HAD OVER 200 MEETINGS WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
THAT MEANS OUR ONE-ON-ONE
CONVERSATIONS.
ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS WHEN WE
WENT TO STAKEHOLDERS OR MET
WITH OPA, OIG, SPD, SO ON AND
SO FORTH.
WE'VE ATTENDED 25 EVENTS IN
WHICH THE CPC ATTENDED OR
PRESENTED AT.
ONCE AGAIN THE GROWTH OF OUR
TEAM, THREE NEW STAFF MEMBERS
WORKING ON ENGAGEMENT AND
COMMUNICATIONS, SO THE
PORTFOLIOS UNDER THE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT TEAM GREW.
WE ASSIGNED A STAFF MEMBER TO
BE OUR SPD LIAISON, THE OTHER
STAFF MEMBER TO WORK ON YOUTH
ENGAGEMENT AND DEPARTMENTAL
NEEDS TO CONNECT US BETTER TO
THE CITY.
THEN OF COURSE THE SUPERVISOR
IN THAT REALM.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST ENGAGEMENTS
THAT HAPPENED IN 2018 WAS THE
CHIEF OF POLICE SEARCH.
BECAUSE OF THE ADDED CAPACITY,
WE WERE ABLE TO HELP BETTER
PRESENT THE COMMUNITY ON THE
CHIEF OF POLICE SEARCH AS YOU
REMEMBER CLEARING THE COMMUNITY
PANEL TO HELP WITH THE SEARCH
THAT INCLUDED TWO CPC
COMMISSIONERS UPON LEARNING OF
ALL ALTERNATIVE METHODS BEING
USED TO ASSESS CANDIDATES,
CALLING FOR TRANSPARENCY AND
ASK FOR DOCUMENTS FROM THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE.
BEFORE RESPONDING TO THE
REQUEST THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
ANNOUNCED THERE WERE THREE
FINALISTS AND CARMEN BEST HAD
BEEN ELIMINATED.
WITH OUR EXPANDED COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT STAFF, WE WERE ABLE
TO CONDUCT OUT OF STATE VISITS
TO POLICE DEPARTMENTS OF EACH
OF THOSE THREE FINALISTS AND
VET THEM THROUGH A COMMUNITY
LENS.
CHIEF BEST ENDED UP BEING
REINSTATED AS A CANDIDATE AND
EVENTUALLY NAMED AS SEATTLE
POLICE CHIEF.
>> ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO
TALK ABOUT ORDINANCE
IMPLEMENTATIONS.
I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH THIS
QUICKLY.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN
MOST FOCUSED ON IS IMPLEMENTING
THE ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE.
ORDINANCE WAS ADAPTED
UNANIMOUSLY BY COUNCIL IN 2017.
BETWEEN WORKS OF THE COMMUNITY
GROUP, CPC, AND ELECTED
MEMBERS.
MAYOR DURKAN SUPPORTED ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
INCLUDING REFORMS TO SEATTLE
POLICE OVERSIGHT DEPARTMENT.
MAKING THE CPC PERMANENT AND
INCREASED THE STAFFING, SCOPE
OF WORK, AND THE NUMBER OF
COMMISSIONERS FROM 15 TO 21.
THERE WERE ALSO 21 DIFFERENT
CALL OUTS FOR THE CPC IN THE
LEGISLATION TO HELP GUIDE ITS
WORK.
ALL RIGHT.
IN 2018 THE CPC IDENTIFIES WAYS
THAT THE NEW POLICE CONTRACT
WOULD UNDERMINE THE REFORMS.
URGING TO REJECT THE CONTRACT.
CPC MADE IT CLEAR THAT WE WERE
IN SUPPORT OF FAIR PAY AND
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RIGHTS,
AND THE CONTRACT UNDERMINED
ACCOUNTABILITY.
DOZENS OF COMMUNITY GROUPS JOIN
THE CPC ASKING THE CITY TO
REJECT THE CONTRACT.
THE CONTRACT WAS APPROVED.
IN LATE 2018 FEDERAL JUDGE
JAMES ROBART ISSUED AN ORDER TO
SHOW CAUSE WHY HE SHOULD NOT
FIND THE CITY OUT OF
COMPLIANCE.
THE CPC WAS ORDERED TO FILE A
BRIEF AND DID SO.
IN 2019.
AND SO BESIDES PROTECTING THE
ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE
ITSELF, WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO
FULFILL OUR PARTS OF THE
ORDINANCE.
HERE IS A LIST.
ONE OF THE AREAS WE'RE PROUD OF
IS THE LAST ONE.
LOOKING AT WAYS SEATTLE SHOULD
BE CONDUCTING EXTERNAL
INVESTIGATIONS OF USE OF FORCE.
YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT
EARLIER.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT
TO GO BACK TO INSPECTOR GENERAL
JUDGE MENTIONED WAS THE DATA
BASE OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
I THINK FOR US, ALTHOUGH I'M
VERY TECHNICAL, IT'S VERY
IMPORTANT.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST AND MOST
IMPORTANT TOOLS WHERE SHE AND
CREATED AND BUILT.
OUR SENIOR POLICY ADVISER BUILT
THE DATA BASE WITH THE CITY OF
SEATTLE'S I.T.
DEPARTMENT.
ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT IT, IT
HAS TO BE SHAREABLE AS WELL AS
CONFIDENTIAL.
WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE OUTSIDE
THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM BEING
ABLE TO GET INTO IT.
BUT WE DO EVENTUALLY WANT THAT
EXTERNAL FACING SYSTEM FOR
TRANSPARENCY.
SO WE MEET ABOUT THE DATA BASE
DURING THE ACCOUNTABILITY
PARTNER'S MEETINGS TO ALIGN OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS AND TO GO
THROUGH THE SUMMARIES AND THE
STATUS OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED.
BUT IF BETWEEN THOSE MEETINGS
AT THE ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS,
WE DO CHECK IN WITH INDIVIDUAL
OFFICES.
AND WE HAVE NOTICED THE
INCREASE IN TERMS OF LIKE JUST
WALKING ACROSS THE STREET TO
SPD OR WALKING DOWN THE HALL TO
OIG OR TALKING TO THEM ABOUT
THE STATUS OF SOME OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS SINCE WE'RE ALL
MAKING DIFFERENCE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE POLICY DATA BASE WAS
BRILLIANT IN TERMS OF PUTTING
ALL OF THOSE IN ONE PORTAL.
BUT WE HAVE NOTICED IT HAS MADE
OUR JOBS EASIER TO FIGURE OUT
THE STATUS TO CREATE REPORTS,
LOOK AT TRENDS, AND ALSO BE
FILLING THOSE WITH THE
MANAGEMENT ACTION
RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL.
SO WE ARE PRETTY PROUD OF THAT.
IT'S A COLLABORATION AMONGST
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM PARTNERS.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROJECTS
THAT HAS COME OUT OF THE CPC IS
A SERIOUS AND DEADLY USE OF
FORCE INVESTIGATION TASK FORCE.
IT'S A LEGISLATIVE MANDATE.
THIS TASK FORCE LOOKS AT
ESTABLISHING AN INVESTIGATION
PROCESS, EXTERNA TO THE SPD
FOR CASES INVOLVING SERIOUS AND
DEADLY USES OF FORCE.
THIS TASK FORCE IS STAFFED BY
THE CDC, THE POLICY ANALYST,
IT'S OUR LEAD STAFFER.
INCLUDES COMMUNITY LEADERS, LAW
ENFORCEMENT, CPC, OIG, AND
OTHER SYSTEM PARTNERS.
AND THIS HAD TASK FORCE HELD
SIX MEETINGS IN 2018.
ALL RIGHT.
SO HERE IS AGAIN A QUICK LOOK
AT THE STATUS OF THE 21
PROJECT, CALLED OUT.
THERE'S MORE DETAILS FOR THE
REPORT.
OBVIOUSLY WE COULD PUT IT ALL
ON THE SLIDE.
14 OF THE PROJECTS ARE BEING
FULFILLED AND ONGOING WORK AND
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CPC.
THESE ARE THINGS LIKE OVERSIGHT
THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE
ENGAGED IN.
FIVE PROJECTS WERE IN PROCESS
IN 2018, AND MOVING TOWARDS
COMPLETION.
JUST TWO OF THE PROJECTS WERE
ON HOLD AT THE END OF 2018.
THE FIRST WAS THE CPC'S
DISTRICT LIAISON PROGRAM, WHICH
ASSIGNS COMMISSIONERS TO ALL
SEVEN COUNCIL DISTRICTS TO ACT
AS LIAISONS BETWEEN THE CPC AND
THE COMMUNITY.
THAT GOT UNDERWAY ACTUALLY IN
2019 WHEN MORE COMMISSIONERS
WERE APPOINTED TO THE CPC.
WE ADDED THOSE EIGHT NEW
COMMISSIONERS AND THEIR FIRST
CPC MEETING WAS MAY 1. OF
2019.
THE SECOND IS ASSESSING THE
NEED FOR A COMPLAINT AND APPEAL
PROCESS.
WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS GETTING
THE WORK UNDERWAY, BUT CAPACITY
ISSUES HAVE KEPT US FROM DOING
IT SO FAR.
IT TURNS OUT WE CAN ONLY DO ONE
TASK FORCE A YEAR.
SO IN 2018 AND UNTIL SATURDAY
IT WRAPS UP AS A TASK FORCE WE
WILL BE CONCENTRATING ON, AND
THEN WE'LL START A TASK FORCE
ON THE MAIN AND APPEAL PROCESS
IN 2020.
>> I THINK THAT'S VERY SMART.
>> YES.
>> YOU ALL ARE VOLUNTEERS ON
THIS COMMISSION.
I MEAN SOME OF YOU WHO HAVE
SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS WHO
HAVE NEEDS BASED ISSUES RECEIVE
A STIPEND.
IT'S VERY MODEST IN NATURE.
BUT I DO THINK IN ORDER TO TAKE
ON A MEANINGFUL CHUNK OF SOME
OF THESE REALLY SERIOUS BODIES
OF POLICY WORK, IT CAN GET
TRICKY TO HAVE THAT QUALITY
CONTINUE TO FOLLOW US THROUGH.
IF YOU'RE TAKING ON TOO MANY OF
THOSE EFFORTS, CERTAINLY THE
SAT FIT WORK AND THE
IMPLEMENTATION IS A MASSIVE
POLICY SHIFT IN MAJOR CULTURE
SHIFT.
I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFULNESS
AND ACKNOWLEDGING BANDWIDTH AND
PRIORITIZING A MASSIVE PROJECT
THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF TIME TO
MAKE SURE YOU GET IT RIGHT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YEAH.
>> LOOKING FORWARD.
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING,
ACTUALLY IN 2019.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A
STATEMENT TO SAY BEFORE I SAY
THIS PIECE IS THAT I THINK WE
ARE SO ABSOLUTELY GLAD TO HAVE
OUR INTERIM DIRECTOR HERE,
BESSIE SCOTT.
SHE'S DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB
ALL OVER THE CITY.
EVERYWHERE I GO I HEAR PEOPLE
TALKING ABOUT HER.
SHE'S HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB
IN THE OFFICE.
THANK YOU TO BESSIE SCOTT AND
ALL THAT SHE'S DOING, AND
MAKING US, MAKING US LOOK GOOD.
WE THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SO MUCH.
THANKS.
>> YOU KNOW THEY WILL LET YOU
KNOW WHEN YOU'RE NOT MAKING
THEM LOOK GOOD.
>> YES.
>> THIS IS HOW IT WORKS.
>> AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
LOOK, THAT'S ONE OF OUR SITE OF
THE MEETING.
INCREASED VERY MUCH SO.
THAT'S THE PITCH OF ALL THE NEW
EXCISIONERS THAT WE HAVE ON
BOARD AND WE ONLY HAVE ONE MORE
TO UNBOARD.
AND SO WE HAVE A VERY QUIET
ROOM AND SO YOU MIGHT, I MEAN A
VERY FULL ROOM, SO WE MIGHT
NEED A LARGER SPACE AFTER A
WHILE FOR ALL OF OUR MEET.
MEETINGS.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS, THE
INCREASED NUMBER OF
COMMISSIONERS AND INCREASED
STAFF, CREATING
RESPONSIBILITIES.
I THINK WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB
IN 2018, AND HOWEVER WE'RE
LOOKING FORWARD TO KEEP THE
COMMITMENT UP AND SOME OF THE
GUIDING PRINCIPLES IN 2019.
WE'RE HERE TO CENTER WORK ON
THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY.
CONTINUE TO FULFILL THE
MANDATES OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY
ORDINANCE AND CONSENT DECREE
AND TO CONDUCT A LONG RANGE
PLANNING FOR THE COMMISSION AND
TO FURTHER GUIDE US AS WE GROW.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE FOR ME TO
SIT HERE 29 YEARS ON THE
MAKING.
THIS IS AUSPICIOUS THAT WE HAVE
COME THIS FAR IN ORDER TO HAVE
THE BODY OF OUR CIVILIANS TO BE
ABLE TO WORK FOR TRANSPARENCY
AND FOR POLICE OVERSIGHT.
I THINK WE'RE A GREAT MODEL.
AS WE LOOK ACROSS THE NATION,
NO ONE ELSE THAT HAS REACHED
THIS LEVEL OF WORK WITH THE
COMMUNITY AT THE TABLE AND
THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN DOING THE
WORK FOR A LONG TIME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THE
FORESIGHT OF BEING ABLE TO WORK
ON THE LEGISLATION IN 2017 THAT
MADE THIS DATE POSSIBLE.
WE REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
THAT.
>> YES, THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM YOU ALL?
>> I THINK THAT'S IT.
I THINK AS WE LOOK FORWARD,
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BEGIN
OUR LONG RANGE PLANNING.
WHETHER OR NOT THAT INCLUDES A
LIFE AFTER THE CONSENT DECREE,
AND THE LONG-RANGE PLANNING
WILL ALSO INCLUDE SUCCESSION
PLANNING.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO GET OUR
THEORY CHANGED, WHICH INCLUDES
A COMMUNITY CENTERED APPROACH
AS WELL AS LONGEVITY WITHIN OUR
STRATEGIC PLAN.
>> WELL I WANT TO ECHO REVEREND
WALDEN'S ACCOLADES OF YOU
INTERIM DIRECTOR SCOTT.
I THINK IT'S BEEN A REAL
PLEASURE TO GET TO KNOW YOU AND
TO SEE YOU IN ACTION, AND TO
REALLY SEE YOU TAKING VERY
SERIOUSLY THE ROLE THAT YOU
HAVE RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE CERTAINLY NOT BEHAVING
LIKE AN INTERIM.
YOURE MAKING USE OVER MINUTE
AND MOMENT THAT YOU HAVE TO
IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION AND LEAVE IT ON
SOLID GROUND.
AND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S
IMPROVING WITH EVERY MOMENT
THAT YOU'RE THERE AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT.
I APPRECIATE THE CONTINUED WORK
AND COLLABORATION THAT EXISTS
BETWEEN MY OFFICE AND THE
POLICE COMMISSION.
I THINK WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO AGREE 100% ON
THE TIME ON THE WAYS TO GET TO
A PLACE, BUT I THINK WE'RE IN
AN AGREEMENT ON THE DESTINATION
AND I REALLY VALUE THE
RELATIONSHIP I'VE BEEN ABLE TO
DEVELOP WITH SO MANY OF YOU ON
THE COMMISSION, AND REALLY
RESPECT EACH OF YOU
INDIVIDUALLY AND RESPECT THE
WORK THAT YOU DO COLLECTIVELY.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
ENTITY AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE
A CHAMPION OF THE WORK THAT YOU
ALL DO, EVEN WHEN WE DISAGREE
ON THE MECHANISM OF GETTING TO
A DESTINATION.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOU'RE
IN THE CAR AND YOU'RE WITH YOUR
FRIENDS OR YOUR PARTNERS AND
YOU WANT TO GO THIS WAY OR THAT
WAY.
WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE.
I'M COMMITTED TO GETTING THERE
AND I KNOW YOU ARE ALL
COMMITTED TO GETTING THERE, AND
I'M EXCITED ABOUT FIGURING OUT
HOW TO CONTINUE TO WORK
TOGETHER TO ACCOMPLISH THAT
BECAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR US TO GET THERE TOGETHER.
AND I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU ALL
FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF ME
PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY,
AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE VOICE
THAT YOU ALL FILL BECAUSE I
THINK HAD IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA
ANYTHING?
>> YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT'S A SHORT QUESTION.
HOW OFTEN DO YOU ALL GET TO
MEET WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
DIRECTLY, CHIEF OF POLICE
DIRECTLY AND SHARE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE
EXECUTIVE?
>> NOT AS OFTEN AS WE WOULD
LIKE, BUT WE ARE PLANNING ON
MORE OFTEN.
WE HAVE SOME MEETINGS SET UP
WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE THAT
ARE ONGOING, WHICH STARTED LAST
MONTH.
>> OKAY.
>> WE DO NOT HAVE A REGULAR
STANDING MEETING WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE.
WE DO HAVE REGULAR STANDING
MEETINGS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ.
AS WELL AS THE OIG AND THE OPA.
>> OKAY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> YES.
>> AND THANKS FOR ALL YOUR WORK
AND THIS REPORT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND TO YOUR POINT ON THIS
HAD QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE UNLESS THERE'S
SOMETHING IN WRITING THAT
REQUIRED MINIMAL AMOUNT OF
MEETING, IT WOULD BE THE FOCAL
POINT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A BUILT-IN
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
SO YOU'VE HEARD BESSIE AND
OTHERS REFERENCE THE QUARTERLY
MEETINGS AMONGST THE
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS, A PART
OF OUR ATTEMPT COLLECTIVELY TO
MAKE SURE WE HAVE AT LEAST SOME
REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERAX
BETWEEN THE ABILITIES AND THE
COUNTY AGENCIES.
THOSE PROVISIONS WERE
NOTIFIESLY NOTORIGINALLY
INCLUDED, BUT IT IS GOOD TO
HAVE REGULAR CHECK-INS WITH
POLICYMAKERS WITH YOU ALL AND
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
I CERTAINLY HAVE PRIORITIZED
THAT ON MY CALENDAR WITH ALL OF
THE VARIOUS ENTITIES RELATED TO
THIS WORK.
AND IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL.
YES.
ALL RIGHT.
ANYTHING ELSE?
I THINK THAT'S IT.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
REPORT.
REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE 2019
REPORT.
AND THIS IS OUR LAST ITEM ON
THE AGENDA, SO WE ARE NOW
ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
US.
>> YEAH, THANK YOU.