>>> ARE WE READY?
ALREADY, GREAT, THANK YOU.
THE JULY 12th, 2022 MEETING OF
THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE WILL COME TO
ORDER.
IT IS 9:33 A.M.
I'M LISA HERBOLD.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR HERBOLD.
>> PRESENT.
>> WE HAVE FOUR PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON IS EXCUSED
FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE
MEETING.
ON TODAY'S AGENDA, WE'LL HEAR
FOUR ITEMS, THE FIRST IS
REGARDING INVESTIGATIONS OF THE
CHIEF OF POLICE.
THE INTENT IN THIS COMMITTEE
MEET SOMETHING TO VOTE THE BILL
OUT OF COMMITTEE BEFORE
CONSIDERING A SUBSTITUTE
VERSION THAT CENTRAL STAFF HAS
PREPARED TO MAKE MINOR TEXT
ACTUAL TEXTUAL EDITS.
WE DID VOTE IN THE LAST
COMMITTEE MEETING.
THIS ONE IS ALSO A SUBSTITUTE,
RATHER THAN GOING THE AMENDMENT
ROUTE.
AGAIN, SOME VERY MINOR CHANGES
IN THIS ONE.
WE'LL BE HEARING THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE REPORT.
WE'LL BE RECEIVING AN OVERVIEW
OF THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP
INTERVENTION AND CHANGE
PROGRAM, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS
LINC.
AND FINALLY HEARING FROM KING
COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH REPORT ON
THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL
APPROACH TO GUN VIOLENCE.
WE'LL NOW APPROVE OUR AGENDA
FROM COMMITTEE MEETING.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
TODAY'S AGENDA MEETING WILL BE
ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, TODAY'S
MEETING IS ADOPTED.
I WILL MONITOR THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IN THE FOLLOWING
MANNER.
SPEAKERS WILL EACH BE GIVEN TWO
MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I WILL ALTERNATE BETWEEN IN
PERSON AND COMPUTER CALLERS.
IF YOU'VE NOT YET REGISTERED TO
SPEAK, BUT WOULD LIKE TO DO SO,
YOU CAN SIGN UP BEFORE THE END
OF THE COMMENT SESSION.
ONCE I CALL A SPEAKER'S NAME,
IF YOU ARE USING THE VIRTUAL
OPTION, WILL YOU HEAR A PROMPT.
ONCE YOU'VE HEARD THAT PROMPT,
YOU NEED TO HIT STAR 6 TO
UNMUTE YOURSELF.
PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKING BY
STATING YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM
YOU ARE ADDRESSING.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME ONCE
THE ALLOTTED TIME IS WRAPPING
UP.
WE ASK YOU TO WRAP UP YOUR
COMMENTSES, IF THE SPEAKERS DO
NOT WRAP UP THEIR COMMENTS, THE
SPEAKER'S MIC WILL BE MUTED
AFTER 10 SECONDS TO ALLOW FOR
THE NEXT SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU'VE COMPLETED YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE
DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE.
IF YOU PLAN TO FOLLOW THE
MEETING, WE WELCOME YOU TO DO
SO, BUT DO SO PLEASE VIA THE
SEATTLE CHANNEL OR THE LISTING
OPTIONS LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
WE'VE GOT TWO FOLKS SIGNED UP
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND WITH THAT I WILL BEGIN THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS HOWARD
GALE.
HOWARD GALE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
ALEX ZIMMERMAN.
HOWARD.
>> GOOD MORNING, HOWARD
COMMENTING ON OUR FAILED POLICE
SYSTEM.
SIX DAYS AGO, A KING COUNTY
DISTRICT JURY, AFTER NINE DAYS
OF DELIBERATING IN THE CHARLENE
INQUEST, SPOKE UNAMBIGUOUSLY.
THE SEATTLE POLICE DID
PRECISELY WHAT THEY WERE
TRAINED TO DO WHEN THEY SHOT
CHARLEENA WYLES, THE PREGNANT
MOTHER, IN FRONT OF HER
CHILDREN.
THE JURY DID NOT FIND THE
KILLING CORRECT OR MORALLY
JUSTIFIED.
THE JURY FOUND THAT THE SPD
OFFICERS ACTED PRECISELY TO
THEIR TRAINING AND POLICY.
THE MURDER HAPPENED JUST FOUR
WEEKS AFTER THE POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY LEGISLATION WAS
PASSED.
LEGISLATION THAT ALLOWED THE
SPD TO CONTINUE THIS LEVEL OF
KILLING.
THE PERSON STILL UNNAMED ON
BEACON HILL, KILLED IN JANUARY
BY THE SPD.
ALL PEOPLE EXPERIENCING A
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS LIKE
CHARLEENA, ALL DEEMED LAWFUL
AND PROPER HAVE A NEW
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM ALL DONE
ACCORDINGLY TO POLICY AND
TRAINING.
SEATTLE'S POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE CPC AND
THIS COUNCIL HAS REVISED AND
APPROVED SPD POLICIES OVER THE
LAST TEN YEARS.
IF WE FOLLOW THE JURY'S
FINDINGS, THE RESPONSIBILITY
FOR CHARLEENA'S KILLING LIES
WITH YOU.
YET EVERY ONE OF YOU HAVE BEEN
STRANGELY SILENT THIS WEEK.
CHAIRMAN HERBOLD, YOU SAID FIVE
YEARS AGO, THAT QUOTE, WE ARE
SHAMED.
WHAT I AM PLEDGING TO YOU IS TO
WORK ON FINDING A NEW WAY OF
DOING THINGS, SO WE ACTUALLY
GET DIFFERENT RESULTS.
UNQUOTE.
THESE LAST FIVE YEARS HAVE
GIVEN US WORSE RESULTS.
EMBRACE CONTROL OVER POLICE
INVESTIGATIONS, POLICY OF
POLICE DISCIPLINE, AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY, POLICE POLICY.
LOOK FORWARD TO A FUTURE OF
JUSTICE, AND NOT BACK --
>> THANK YOU, HOWARD.
OUR NEXT AND LAST SPEAKER IS
ALEX ZIMMERMAN.
>> SIEG HEIL, AND I COMPLAIN
THE LAST THREE MONTHS TO
EVERYBODY.
NO ONE [ INAUDIBLE ] SO I ONCE
SPOKE ABOUT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
ONE ABOUT POLICE.
I COME TO POLICE COMMISSION
MEETING FOR LAST MANY YEAR AND
EVERY MEETING I ASK VERY SIMPLE
QUESTION.
CAN WE SPEAK THIS FOR US TWO
MINUTE?
IT NEVER HAPPEN.
COMPLAIN TO DOZEN GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEE, IT NEVER HAPPEN.
GUYS, WE HAVE 12 FREAKING IDIOT
IN THIS COMMISSIONER WHO NEVER
HAVE EXPERIENCE POLICEMAN
WORKING.
NOBODY WILL BE ARRESTED, NOBODY
IN JAIL.
DON'T KNOW HOW SYSTEM IS
WORKING.
I TREAT THEM PROSECUTOR.
I KNOW SYSTEM LIKE MY FIVE
FINGER.
AIN'T NOBODY CARE ABOUT THIS,
AIN'T NOBODY GIVE A CHANCE.
SPEAK FOR TWO MINUTE AND GIVE
US OPINION.
PROBABLY DIFFERENT TO SUGGEST
12 IDIOT COMMISSIONER KNOW
ABOUT THIS.
IT'S MAKING ME SICK.
AND I SPEAK TO YOU FOR MANY
YEAR ABOUT THIS.
ZERO REACTION.
YOU CAN INVEST IN FREAKING NINE
SATURDAYS ANIMAL.
WHY YOU OPTION LIKE A NAZI
GASTOPO RAT?
CAN YOU LISTEN ME?
LISTEN TO DIFFERENT OPINION.
DOES NOT SURPRISE ME TO SEE
SEATTLE CORPORATION DEAD RIGHT
NOW.
IT'S A BANKRUPTCY 1 100
PERCENTAGE.
BECAUSE YOU DON'T LISTEN TO
DIFFERENT OPINION.
I LIVE THIS FOR 35 YEARS AND
EVERY YEAR SEATTLE COMMISSION
WORSE, WORSE WORSE, BECAUSE YOU
GESTAPO RATS AREN'T DOING
NOTHING!
THANK YOU.
>> THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD, AND WE'LL MOVE
INTO THE ITEMS ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
THE CLERK PLEASE READ IN AGENDA
ITEM NUMBER ONE.
>> COMMITTEE AGENDA ITEM ONE.
337, TO CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT OF
POLICE, ESTABLISHING A PROCESS
FOR INVESTIGATING COMPLAINTS
FOR THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
TO RENUMBER THE EXISTENCE OF
CHAPTER 503.29, AND SECTIONS
29.50, AND 3.29510.
FOR BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE ARE JOINED BY ANN GORMAN OF
CENTRAL STAFF.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE FOURTH
HEARING ON THE BILL, AND ANN'S
MEMO OUTLINES THE CLEANUP,
TEXTUAL OPTIONS THAT WERE
INADVERTENTLY OMITTED FROM D TO
B. BEFORE WE ASK ANN TO
SUMMARIZE THOSE EDITS AND WORK
TO TRY TO GET THE NEW VERSION
IN FRONT OF US, I JUST WANT TO
REALLY THANK FOLKS WHO HAVE
BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO GET
THIS LEGISLATION RIGHT,
INSPECTOR GENERAL JUDGE, AND OP
DIRECTOR PERKINS AND THE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION AND
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR THEIR
COLLABORATION.
I'LL HAVE SOME MORE THANKS
TOWARDS THE END, IF ALL GOES
WELL, BUT JUST WANTED TO GET
THAT OUT THERE FIRST.
WITH THAT, WE'LL TURN IT OVER
TO ANN TO DESCRIBE THE EDITS IN
THE VERSION BEFORE US TODAY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
ANN GORMAN, COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
THIS ITEM IS VERSION D3 OF
COUNSEL BILL 1337.
IT IS PROPOSED AS A SUBSTITUTE
FOR THE CURRENT BASE VERSION OF
THE BILL.
THE CURRENT BASE VERSION IS
D2B.
CHANGES FROM D2B TO D3 ARE
DESCRIBED IN YOUR MEMO AND
THEY'RE NOT SUBSTANTIVE.
AS CHAIR HERBOLD NOTED, THEY'RE
LARGELY FOR CONSISTENT, AND
REFLECTED HURRIED WORK LATE IN
THE WEEK OF JUNE 20th, SO WE
ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SET THEM RIGHT.
THIS BILL WAS INTRODUCED, AND
DEFERRED ON JUNE 7th.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK TO REFINE
IT, AND CHANGES WERE INCLUDED
IN VERSION D2A ON JUNE 14th,
AND D2B ON JUNE 28th.
JUST A QUICK SUMMARY OF THE
BILL.
IT ESTABLISHES A PROCESS AND A
FRAMEWORK FOR THE INVESTIGATION
OF COMPLAINTS TO THE OFFICE OF
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY IN WHICH
THE CHIEF OF POLICE IS NAMED.
THIS IS A SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCE
REGARDING WHICH THE CITY'S
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE
IS SILENT.
THE BILL PROPOSES AN OVERSIGHT
ROLE IN THESE CASES FOR THE
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL.
A ROLE THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH
THE FOUNDATIONAL ORDINANCE, THE
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
ORDINANCE.
COUNCIL BILL 120337 ALSO
REQUIRES NOTIFICATION OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY STAKEHOLDERS AT
INVESTIGATIVE MILESTONES.
THE BILL ALSO MAKES CLEAR THAT
SPD WILL NOT BE INVOLVED IN ANY
INVESTIGATION OF THE CHIEF, AND
THAT THE ONLY TIME AN EXTERNAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WILL
LEAD SUCH AN INVESTIGATION IS
WHEN CRIMINAL CHARGES MAY
RESULT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, ANN.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CHANGE
IN THIS VERSION OF THE BILL?
NOT SEEING ANY, I'M GOING TO
WORK TO GET THE CURRENT VERSION
OF THE BILL BEFORE US.
WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE
SUBSTANTIVE VERSION.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE BILL IS NOW BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE.
I MOVED IT.
ACTUALLY, I RESET THAT.
CAN THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE SUBSTITUTE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> VICE CHAIR LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> THAT'S FOUR IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND WE MOVE
ONTO THE MAIN MOTION, AGAIN,
WE'VE HEARD THIS BILL BEFORE,
THANK YOU ANN FOR RECAPPING IN
OUR LAST COMMITTEE MEETING YOU
MAY RECALL CENTRAL STAFF, ASHA
DID THE OVERVIEW OF THE
SUBSTITUTE, SUBSEQUENT TO THAT
I DID SHARE A PROCESS MAP OF
THE PROCESS THAT THIS BILL
CONTEMPLATES THE BILL, I SEE IS
LARGELY A TECHNICAL ISSUE.
BUT A REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE
FOR US TO RESOLVE.
THE 2017 POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
ORDINANCE ASK NOT ADDRESS
COMPLAINTS, MEANING THE CHIEF
WOULD BE HANDLED AND THIS HAS
LED TO A LACK OF CLARITY INTO
HOW TO PROCEED WITH PREVIOUS
COMPLAINTS.
I BECAME AWARE OF THIS ISSUE
EARLY IN 2022, REACHED OUT TO
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL, AND OPA TO
CHART A PATH FORWARD TO ADDRESS
THIS, AND TO ESTABLISH CLEAR,
FAIR PROCESS WITH AS MUCH
CONSENSUS AS POSSIBLE.
AS NOTED IN THE RECITALS TO THE
LEGISLATION ITSELF, THERE WERE
THREE COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE
FORMER CHIEF OF POLICE IN 2020
THAT LINGERED UNTIL MAYOR
HARRELL'S OFFICE FORWARDED THE
COMPLAINTS TO AN EXTERNAL
AGENCY FOR INVESTIGATION.
MOVING FORWARD, IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR PUBLIC TRUST TO
HAVE A CLEAR PROCESS TO RESOLVE
THESE TYPES OF COMPLAINTS.
AS BEFORE, I WANT TO THANK
INSPECTOR GENERAL JUDGE,
INTERIM DIRECTOR PERKINS, THEIR
STAFFS.
CENTRAL STAFF MEMBERS IN MY
OFFICE HELD A NUMBER OF
MEETINGS WITH THEM AND WORKED
THROUGH SEVERAL COMPLICATED
ISSUES.
ITY TO THANK THE POLICE
COMMITTEE, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
FOR THEIR COLLABORATION ON THIS
LEGISLATION, AND IN ADDITION TO
ANN, GREG DOSS, AND ASHA OF
CENTRAL STAFF, AND MY STAFF,
NEIL ALDRICH FOR THEIR WORK ON
THIS BILL.
IF THERE ARE ANY FURTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE
BILL?
NOT SEEING ANY.
THEN I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO
THE MAIN MOTION.
I MOVE TO ADOPT, LET'S SEE
WHAT'S THE NUMBER HERE.
COUNCIL BILL 120247.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> VICE CHAIR LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT
THE COUNCIL BILL PASS, AND IT
WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE JULY
19th CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR A
FINAL VOTE.
WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ONTO
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ IN
ITEM NUMBER TWO.
>> I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE OUR
PANELISTS HERE FOR AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER TWO YET.
>> OKAY.
WELL THEN, DO WE HAVE EVERYBODY
HERE FOR AGENDA ITEM 3? OUR
LINC PRESENTATION.
I SEE SOME NODDING HEADS.
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, I'D
LIKE TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO
TAKE ITEMS OUT OF ORDER, AND
WE'LL MOVE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM
3. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ
IN ITEM NUMBER 3.
>> YOUTH, LEADERSHIP, AND
CHANGE PROGRAM FOR A BRIEF
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BEFORE I PASS IT OVER TO
INTRODUCTIONS OF OUR PANELISTS,
I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY
FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
I'VE SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE
STEERING COMMITTEE OF LINC FOR
THE PAST YEAR OR SO.
THIS IS A MULTIJURISDICTIONAL,
MULTICOORDINATED EFFORT TO
REDUCE YOUTH GUN VIOLENCE AND
INVOLVEMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN
GANGS.
REALLY GLAD TO HAVE FOLKS HERE
TODAY, TO SHARE LINC'S WORK
WITH COUNCILMEMBERS, AND THE
INTEREST IN THE PUBLIC.
WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT OVER.
I BELIEVE, WILLIAM, YOU'RE
GOING TO GET US STARTED.
WE'LL DO SOME INTRODUCTIONS.
>> I WAS LITERALLY JUST FROZE
FOR LIKE THE LAST MINUTE.
>> I'M HANDING IT OFF TO YOU,
WILLIAM, IF YOU WANT TO
FACILITATE INTRODUCTIONS, AND
GET US STARTED.
>> DO YOU WANT ME TO JUMP ON
IT, BILLY?
>> YES.
>> OH, BOY.
>> SOUNDS LIKE BILLY LOCKED UP.
GOOD MORNING, Y'ALL.
>> IT'S LIKE IN AND OUT FOR ME,
SO --
>> NO WORRIES, BILLY, I'LL JUMP
ON IT.
>> MY NAME'S TED BOE, I'M CHIEF
OF POLICE DOWN IN BURIEN.
ONE OF THE AREAS SERVED BY THIS
REGIONAL PROJECT, AND FOR THE
LAST TWO YEARS I'VE BEEN
FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE COCHAIR
OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE,
WHICH REALLY IS THE GUIDING
COMMITTEE FOR THIS WORK, I
COCHAIR THAT COMMITTEE WITH
AARON FOX, AND I WILL PASS IT
OVER TO HIM TO SAY HELLO TO YOU
ALL.
>> MY NAME IS AARON FOX.
I USE HE/HIM PRONOUNS.
I'M HERE IN SEATTLE THROUGHOUT
KING COUNTY.
ONE OF OUR PROGRAM OF THE LIVE
AND FREE PROGRAM SERVES AS AN
OUTREACH COMPONENT FOR THE LINC
WORK.
I'LL PASS IT ALL OVER TO GINA,
WHO IS PART OF OUR CREW TODAY
TOO.
>> THANKS SO MUCH, AARON.
MY NAME IS GINA TERADA.
I USE SHE/HER PRONOUNCES.
I'M A SERVICES COORDINATOR.
PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU ALL
HERE TODAY.
GO AHEAD, FREDDY.
>> I AM FREDERICKA PIE.
MOST PEOPLE CALL ME FREDDY PIE.
I USE SHE/HER PRONOUNS.
OVER HERE AT THE CHIEF JUSTICE.
>> BILLY, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE
BACK LIVE.
DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE
YOURSELF, SIR?
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.
I AM BILLY HAIRSTON.
WE OVERSEE KIND OF THE
COORDINATING PART OF THE LINC
BOARD.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT ROUND OF
INTRODUCTIONS.
I'M MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE GOT,
I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER
OPENING REMARKS, IF WE WANT TO
JUST JUMP RIGHT INTO THE
PRESENTATION.
IS THERE A POWERPOINT OR
ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO
SHARE WITH US, THAT WE CAN
ASSIST GETTING ON THE SCREEN?
>> THERE IS A POWERPOINT, AND I
BELIEVE IT WAS SENT OVER THE
OTHER DAY TO GO IN THE PACKET.
DO YOU NEED ME TO SEND THAT
AGAIN?
>> ALEX, ARE WE GOOD?
>> I WILL PULL IT UP HERE.
>> WE'RE WORKING ON PULLING IT
UP.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I CAN ALSO SHARE A SCREEN.
>> IF YOU'VE GOT IT HANDY.
THAT'S USUALLY WHAT WE ASK FOR
FOLKS TO DO IS SOMEBODY FROM
THE PRESENTATION TEAM.
PERFECT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, BILLY.
>> ALL RIGHT, WE CAN PROBABLY
JUMP RIGHT DOWN TO THE SECOND
SLIDE AND START TALKING ABOUT
WHAT THE COMPREHENSIVE GANG
MODEL IS.
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LINC.
REALLY THE MODEL THAT IT'S
BASED ON GOES BACK TO THE LATE
'80s, WHEN THERE WAS A SURGE IN
GANG VIOLENCE AND THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WAS TRYING TO COME
UP WITH A STANDARD MODEL THAT
REALLY HELPED REDUCE GANG
INVOLVEMENT, AND GANG ACTIVITY
IN THE ASSOCIATED BEHAVIORS AND
CRIMINAL VIOLENCE.
IN THE EARLY '90s, THEY STARTED
WORKING ON THE COMPREHENSIVE
GANG MODEL, AND IMPLEMENTING IT
IN SERVICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
IT IS ONE OF THE MOST TESTED
MODELS OUT THERE, AND HAS
REALLY SHOWN EFFECTIVENESS IN
BOTH REDUCING GANG INVOLVEMENT,
BUT ALSO REDUCING THE NEGATIVE
BEHAVIORS INVOLVED IN GANGS,
BOTH ON THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL AS
WELL AS ON THE COMMUNITY LEVEL.
SO IT'S ONE OF THE PROGRAMS
THAT REALLY HAS SHOWN A 30 YEAR
TRACK RECORD OF BEING EFFECTIVE
WHEN IT'S IMPLEMENTED.
AND WE'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH
HERE IN KING COUNTY TO HAVE
THIS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED SINCE,
I'D HAVE TO ASK BILLY WHAT WAS
THE DATE WAS FOR IMPLEMENTING.
>> 2011.
AND THAT IS THE MODEL WE HAVE
HERE.
I'M GOING TO JUMP OFF A LITTLE
BIT.
ACTUALLY, I AM NOT, BECAUSE
THIS IS THE THIRD SLIDE.
I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHY I
LOVE THE PROGRAM, BUT I WILL
WAIT UNTIL THE THIRD SLIDE.
AARON, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THE
NEXT SLIDE ABOUT WHAT WE DO IN
OUR WORK?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SO WE DO THIS THROUGHOUT ALL OF
KING COUNTY.
ALL OF THE CITIES REPRESENTED
ON THE SLIDE HERE FOR FEDERAL
WAY, SEATAC, SEATTLE, TUKWILA,
AND ANY OTHER AREA.
KING COUNTY THAT WE COULD
SERVE.
SO IT'S A COLLABORATIVE
APPROACH.
WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM
ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT CITIES,
THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THOSE
CITIES.
THE COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS IN THOSE CITIES
HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF
REPRESENTATION AS WELL AS
LEADERS AT THE CITY AND COUNTY
LEVELS, AS WELL.
>> AND LIKE AARON AND CHIEF HAD
MENTIONED, THE MODEL IN WHICH
IT APPROACHES IS FUNCTIONAL FOR
MOSTLY ONE SPACE, BUT WHAT'S
UNIQUE ABOUT OUR MODEL IS WE
HAVE COLLABORATION THROUGHOUT
THE WHOLE COUNTY, THROUGHOUT
THE REGION, SO WE ALL GET TO
WORK TOGETHER COLLECTIVELY FOR
OUR PEOPLE, INSTEAD OF JUST
WORKING IN ONE SPACE.
>> NOW IS THE WHY I LOVE THIS
PROGRAM PART.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS MOST
ATTRACTIVE WHEN I BECAME THE
POLICE CHIEF IN BURIEN WAS
FINDING A PROGRAM THAT PUT
EVERYBODY TOGETHER, AND PUT THE
YOUNG PERSON'S NEEDS IN THE
MIDDLE.
I THINK OFTEN WE THINK ABOUT
COMMUNITY RESPONSE, AND SYSTEMS
RESPONSE, AND SCHOOL DISTRICT
RESPONSE, AND KIND OF BREAK
THEM ALL APART.
WHAT HAPPENSIS ALL OF THAT LACKS
IN OVERCOMMUNICATION AND GAPS.
WHAT I REALLY LIKE ABOUT THIS
PROGRAM IS HOW YOU BRING ALL
THE SERVICES THAT YOUNG PEOPLE
NEED TORE GETTING OUT OF THE
POSITION THEY'RE IN, IF IT'S A
NEGATIVE POSITION, AND BRINGING
THEM BACK INTO A GOOD PLACE.
IT'S IN THAT MODEL THAT I HAVE
FOUND SUCCESS BOTH BECAUSE MY
PHILOSOPHY IS THAT PUBLIC
SAFETY IS REALLY A TEAM SPORT,
IT'S NOT A POLICE CENTRIC
THING, BUT RATHER, IT'S ALL OF
US COMING TOGETHER AROUND THE
MISSION OF WHAT DOES A SAFE
COMMUNITY LOOK LIKE?
THIS PROGRAM EMBODIES THAT
EXACT PHILOSOPHY.
THEY SPENT 30 YEARS TESTING IT,
AND PROVED IT WORK.
INSTEAD OF PUTTING POLICING
COURTS IN THE CENTER, WE PUT
YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE CENTER.
THEY SAID WHAT ARE THESE THINGS
THAT YOUNG PEOPLE REALLY NEED,
AND TO GET BACK IN A HEALTHY
SPACE?
THAT IS MY PHILOSOPHY.
THIS PROGRAM LINES UP PERFECTLY
WITH IT, IT REALLY HAS SHOWN A
LONG HISTORY OF SUCCESS.
BILLY, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO
FOLLOW UP WITH ON THAT?
>> YEAH, I WOULD JUST SAY THIS
WRAP AROUND TYPE SERVICE IS A
TRUE MODEL WRAP AROUND IS A
PARTICULAR TYPE OF SERVICE THAT
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
DO TO SUPPORT THE YOUTH.
YOUTH VOICES CENTERED IN
EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
WE DON'T TELL THE YOUNG PEOPLE
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, WE HELP
TO SUPPORT THEM THROUGH THAT
THROUGH A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS
THAT SUPPORT THAT INDIVIDUAL,
FROM POLICE, TO COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS TO MENTAL HEALTH
PROVIDERS TO SUBSTANCE YOUTH
PROVIDERS, EDUCATION, ALL
LEVELS OF EDUCATION THROUGHOUT
SECURITY TO COUNSELORS TO
ACTUAL TEACHERS.
WE WORK WITH ALL OF THOSE
INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE CLIENTS' NEEDS, WANTS, AND
GOALS CAN BE ADDRESSED AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
>> YEAH, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO
TALK ABOUT THE YOUTH IN THIS [
INAUDIBLE ] AND IT'S REALLY
BASED OFF THEIR SUPPORT SO THEY
CAN OPERATE, AND NAVIGATE THE
SYSTEMS AND SPACES THAT THEY
FIND THEMSELVES IN IN A VERY
HIGH CAPACITY OF, I'VE LOST MY
WORDS, BUT WE TRY TO FOCUS ON
THE SUPPORT OF YOUNG PEOPLE SO
THAT THEY CAN OPERATE.
>> THANK YOU.
BEFORE WE MOVE OFF OF THIS, I
APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS THE
MODEL.
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE A GRAPHIC
REPRESENTATION OF THE MODEL,
AND THE WRAP AROUND SERVICES,
BUT I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD
JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
HOW YOU'VE DEVELOPED THE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE
INSTITUTIONS REPRESENTED BY THE
SPOKES AROUND THE HUB OF CLIENT
AND FAMILIES.
>> I'LL JUMP ON IT A LITTLE
BIT.
A LOT OF IT IS REALLY LOOKING
AT WHO'S AT THE TABLE, AND
WHO'S WORKING WITH THE YOUNG
PEOPLE ALREADY.
AND BRINGING THEM INTO ONE
COLLECTIVE SPACE.
I THINK A LOT OF THIS WORK GOES
BACK TO, AND A LOT OF THESE
RELATIONSHIPS GO BACK TO WHEN
JUSTICE BRIDGE WAS REALLY
BUILDING THE PROGRAM AND
LEVERAGING PERSONAL CAPITAL
INTO THE TABLES TO START WITH.
AND I THINK WE BUILT OFF OF
THAT, AND JUST CONTINUED TO
REACH OUT TO PARTNERS THAT ARE
CONNECTED TO THIS WORK.
SO WE LOOK AT THIS PROGRAM FROM
A STEERING COMMITTEE LEVEL, AND
SAY WHERE IS THE GAP?
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF A
CONNECTION WITH THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT, OR WE DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH CONNECTION WITH MENTAL
HEALTH.
THEN WE GO OUT AND JUST
ACTIVELY RECRUIT IN THOSE
WORLDS.
WE TALK ABOUT THE STORY AND THE
PROGRAM, AND TALK ABOUT HOW
WE'RE IMPACTING YOUNG PEOPLE.
GENERALLY SPEAKING THAT GETS
PEOPLE TO WANT TO BE PART OF A
MORE COLLECTIVE SERVICE,
INSTEAD OF TRYING TO TAKE THE
WHOLE LOAD ON THEMSELVES.
WE ALSO LEAN ON BILLY IMMENSELY
TO GO OUT AND DO ATON OF
RECRUITING FOR US.
BILLY.
>> I THINK, ESPECIALLY IN THIS
SPACE, EVERYTHING IS
RELATIONSHIP BASED.
SO KIND OF IDENTIFYING WHERE
THOSE HOLES ARE FOR OUR
OWNERSHIPS AND STEERING
COMMITTEE LEVEL AND RENEWING
THAT SPACE TO HAVE THOSE PEOPLE
AT THE TABLE TO BE SUPPORT BACK
FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
PART OF THE WAY TO GET THAT TO
WORK IS AARON AND CHIEF.
WE'VE KIND OF BROKEN THAT INTO
COMPONENTS OF HAVING A
RECRUITMENT, AND RETENSION
SUBCOMMITTEE AND HAVING THESE
OTHER SUBCOMMITTEES SO PEOPLE
CAN ZOOM FOCUS ON THEIR AREAS
OF SPECIALTIES AND EXPERTISE TO
ADD TO THE FACTORS AT THE MBIT
COMMITTEE AS WELL AS AT THE
STEERING LEVELS SO WE HAVE THAT
FROM TOP TO DOWN.
DID I MISS ANYTHING, AARON?
>> TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, IT'S A
BASIC CONCEPT THAT WE KNOW
YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES
OF 14 AND 24 ARE ENGAGED IN
CERTAIN TYPES OF SUPPORT,
ESPECIALLY WHEN THOSE FOLKS ARE
COMING FROM POVERTY
SITUATIONSES OR FROM HOUSING
INSTABILITY, AND DIFFERENT
THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THERE'S SOME NATURAL FOLKSES
THAT WE REACH OUT TO THAT DO
HOUSING, OR WHO DO PROBATION
SERVICES OR DIFFERENT THINGS
LIKE THAT, THAT WE'VE
MENTIONED.
SOME OF IT IS ORGANIC INTO WHEN
YOUNGS PEOPLE NEED SUPPORT,
THERE ARE CERTAIN ENTITIES THAT
STEP UP IN PARTS OF DIFFERENT
ROUNDS.
SO WE JUST TARGET THOSE FOLKS
THERE.
EVEN CHURCH BASED FOLKS, PEOPLE
WHO ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON
SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE.
WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO WHOEVER
THOSE FOLKS ARE.
WHOEVER THOSE ENTITIES ARE, AND
I THINK NOT ONLY DOES THE
STEERING COMMITTEE HELP TO DO
THAT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE FOLKS
THAT ARE BOOTS ON THE GROUND
THAT REALLY INFLUENCE WHO WE
SHOULD GO AFTER AS WELL,
BECAUSE THERE IS THE EVER
CHANGING ENVIRONMENT AS TO
REGARDS TO WHO IS SUPPORTING
YOUNG PEOPLE IN WHAT WAY WE
ARE.
WE JUST TRY TO STAY IN TUNE,
AND CONTINUE TO ALWAYS REACH
OUT, AND TO TALK ABOUT IT AS
WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, TALK
ABOUT OUR SERVICES AND TRY TO
GET AS MANY FOLKS INVOLVED AT
ANY LEVEL.
IT'S ALSO ABOUT VOLUNTEERS AND
COMMUNITY LEVELS AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IF YOU'LL SWITCH THE NEXT
SLIDE, I THINK THIS IS AARON'S
SLIDE.
THIS IS THE ON THE GROUND WORK.
THIS IS AARON'S TEAM, AND WHAT
THEY'RE DOING OUT THERE IN THE
COMMUNITY.
>> SO OUR STREET OUTREACH TEAM,
THE LIFE OF FREE PROGRAM HAS
BEEN AROUND FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
STARTED OUT A LONG TIME AGO AND
IT'S MOVED INTO A PROGRAM FOR
THE 11 PLUS YEARS.
THESE ARE ALL FOLKS THAT ARE
HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE, THAT ARE
COMING FROM THE COMMUNITY,
LIKELY HAVE HAD SOME GANG TIES
OR INFLUENCE IN THEIR LIFE
DIRECTLY, OR THROUGH FAMILY
MEMBERS, AND THEY'RE OUT ON THE
STREETS EVERY DAY, MEETING WITH
THE PEOPLE ON THEIR CASE
LEVELS, AND DOING OUTREACH TO
OTHER FOLKS TOO, THAT ARE OUT
THERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO GET
THESE SERVICES.
WE GET THEM CONNECTED TO OUR
PROGRAM, AND START TO WORK WITH
THEM EVERY DAY.
WE HAVE A GROUP OF ABOUT 12
OUTREACH WORKERS THAT ARE
LITERALLY OUT ON THE STREETS AT
THE SCHOOLS, AT THE STORES,
WHEREVER THE PARKS, WHEREVER
YOUNG PEOPLE MIGHT BE THAT ARE
POTENTIALLY INVOLVED IN GANG
ACTIVITY, AND WE LITERALLY GO
OUT TO THEM AND WALK UP TO THEM
AND ENGAGE, AND JUST TRY TO GET
THEM TO START WORKING WITH US,
AND FIND OUT WHAT THEIR GOALS
ARE AND TAKE IT FROM THERE.
WE HAVE A SEATTLE TEAM OF ABOUT
SIX FOLKS, AND SIX FOLKS WHO
WORK THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE
COUNTY.
THE OUTREACH FOLKS ARE ON THE
DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES, WHEREAS
THE CASE MANAGERS PROVIDE MORE
OF A DIRECT LINK OR CONNECTIONS
TO OTHER BASED ORGANIZATIONS,
SUBSTANTIVE PROVIDERS,
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, REALLY
ANYTHING.
FOOD, HOUSING, WHATEVER THAT
YOUNG PERSON IDENTIFIES AS A
BASIC NEED, THE CASE MANAGERS
HELP PROVIDE, CONNECT TO THOSE
SERVICES.
>> I'LL JUST SAY ON TOP OF THE
LIVE AND FREE PROGRAM, WE ALSO
WORK WITH FREEDOM PROJECT
WASHINGTON AS WELL, AS I
MENTIONED WITH THE
RELATIONSHIPS AND CONNECTIONS
AND COMMUNITY, WE HAVE A NUMBER
OF DIFFERENT FOLKS THAT WE'RE
WORKING WITH, AND WE HAVE, IT'S
GREAT THAT WE HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH TWO
OUTREACH PROVIDERS INSTEAD OF
JUST THE ONE.
THEY HAVE THE TEAM, AND THE
TEAM THAT SOMETIMES CARRIES
FOLKS ON THEIR OWN, AND ALSO
PARTNERS WITH THE ALIVE AND
FREE TEAM TO WORK WITH YOUNG
PEOPLE AS WELL, AND HAVE THOSE
HAND OFF THE SERVICES.
>> BILLY, NEXT SLIDE.
AND ACTUALLY, ANN THIS IS YOUR
WORK REALLY AS WELL ON THE
GROUND.
DO YOU MIND COVERING THIS ONE?
>> AS I SAID, IT TAKES QUITE A
BIT OF TIME TO DEVELOP
RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOUNG
PEOPLE.
ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY DON'T KNOW
US.
IT DOES HELP A LOT OF TIMES
DIFFER FROM OUR DIFFERENT
CLIENTS TO REACH OUT TO THEIR
FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND CONNECT
TO THEM THAT WAY.
THERE IS A MODEL, YOU COME IN
AT LEVEL ONE, AND HOPEFULLY
GRADUATE THE PROGRAM TO LEVEL
FOUR.
YOU CAN TAKE ANYWHERE FROM SIX
TO NINE MONTHSES, SOMETIMES A
YEAR.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING
IN FOR THREE MONTHS OR SO.
BUT THE REAL MEAT AND POTATOES
OF THE WORK IS THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS AS BILLY
MENTIONED.
SO OUR AVERAGE WORK AND CASE
MANAGERS REALLY JUST DO AS WE
MENTIONED, PEOPLE OFTEN, THREE
TO FIVE TIMES A WEEK THROUGH IN-
PERSON, THROUGH TEXT MESSAGE,
AND PHONE CALLS, AND JUST
REALLY SUPPORT THEM WITH
WHATEVER THEY'VE GOT GOING ON.
REALIZING THAT THE MORE CONTACT
WE HAVE WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, THE
BETTER THEY'RE GOING TO FEEL
SUPPORTED, AND HAVE MORE
POSITIVE DECISION MAKING.
AS THEY GROW THROUGH THE
PROGRAM FROM LEVELS TWO, THREE,
AND FOUR, WE DO LESS AND LESS
CONTACT AS THOSE FOLKS BECOME
STABLE IN WHATEVER GOALS THERE
ARE.
ULTIMATELY, THE AVERAGE PERSON
WE SEE FOR ABOUT 8 MONTHS OR
SO.
THERE IS A TIME WHERE YOUNG
PEOPLE HAVE TO GO TO JAIL OR BE
INCARCERATED FOR A TIME, AND WE
WORK WITH THEM WHEN THEY COME
OUT TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY,
AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A SOLID
GOAL PLAN.
AND I KNOW FREEDOM PROJECT THEY
DO SIMILAR APPROACHES TO THE
WORK IN REGARDS TO REALLY
STAYING WITH FOLKS FOR A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME IN
YOUR LIVES TO MAKE SURE THEY'VE
MET THEIR GOALS.
>> THANK YOU, AARON.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE ABOUT HOW
LINC WORKS WITH DIVERSION
PROGRAMS?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SO WE DON'T JUST THINK THAT WE
HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS AND THAT
EVERYBODY AT OUR TABLE IS DOING
THE RIGHT WORK.
WE DO SOME DIVERSION WORK, AND
OTHER AGENCIES, LIKE CHOOSE 180
THAT DO DIVERSION AS WELL.
SOMETIMES IT IS A REFERRAL TO
ANOTHER AGENCY THAT CONNECTS
THEM THERE, AND DOES MORE OF,
DEPENDING ON WHAT THEIR AGENCY
IS DOING, AND AT THE SAME TIME,
BOTH COMPLETE THE PROJECT AS
FOLKS COME INTO OUR PROGRAMS IF
THEY ARE IN SOME SORT OF
DIVERSION PROGRAM, OR
COORDINATED DIVERSION PROGRAM,
WE WORK WITH WHOEVER IS
CONNECTED IN THEIR LIVES TO
HELP THAT YOUNG PERSON MAINTAIN
WHATEVER STIPULATIONS THEY
HAVE.
SOME OF IT IS MORE, MORE
DIRECTLY FUNDED THROUGH THE
DIVERSION EFFORTS, AND SOME OF
IT IS DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT
YOUNG PERSON WANTS THAT MAYBE
WANT TO CONNECT WITH OUR
PROGRAM JUST BECAUSE OF
CONNECTIONS, RELATIONSHIPS, AND
DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE DIVERSION IS A HUGE PIECE
OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, I THINK
NOW IS THE CLIMATE WE'RE OWNING
IT IN A DIFFEREN WAY TO WHERE
WE WERE DOING DIVERSION BEFORE
WITHOUT HAVING IT OFFICIALLY
CALLED DIVERSION, NOW WE HAVE
OTHER FUNDING AND DEDICATED
SOURCES TO WHERE DIVERSION WORK
IS MORE HIGHLY FOCUSED,
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO
NOT HOUSE YOUNG PEOPLE IN
INCARCERATION, ESPECIALLY IN
LOWER LEVEL OFFENSES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON, WE'VE
ALSO IN THE PAST BEEN THE
PARTNER FOR DIVERSION BECAUSE
OF VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS, MAYBE A
YOUTH MAY OR MAY NOT QUALIFY,
BUT IF THEY'RE IN LINC, THEY'LL
LET THEM GO TO CHOOSE OR LET
THEM DO SOMETHING ELSE THROUGH
THAT ROUTE.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN KIND OF LIKE --
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>> DID WE LOSE BILLY AGAIN?
>> I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE.
>> HE WAS SAYING SOMETHING
BRILLIANT, BECAUSE HE ALWAYS
DOES.
THAT'S WHAT I KNEW WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE CAN CHANGE
SLIDES.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE CAN HEAR US.
BILLY, CAN YOU JUMP NEXT SLIDE.
THE NEXT TWO SLIDES ARE REALLY
GOING TO BE NUMBERS.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUTCOMES AND
HOW THE PROGRAM IS WORKING HERE
IN KING COUNTY.
>> THERE WE GO.
>> SO THIS YEAR SERVED
APPROXIMATELY 130 KIDS IN THE
PROGRAM.
THE PROGRAM CONSTANTLY HAS
PEOPLE COMING IN AND GOING OUT.
SO AVERAGE CLIENTS IS RIGHT
AROUND 100, WITH ABOUT 46
COMING IN LAST YEAR, 50 THIS
YEAR, OR 50 LAST YEAR.
THEN 33 PEOPLE HAVE
SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THEIR
PROGRAM.
SO REALLY, YOUNG PEOPLE STAY
WITH US FOR ABOUT A YEAR ON
AVERAGE.
AND THERE'S ALWAYS YOUNG PEOPLE
COMING IN, AND MOVING ON FROM
THE PROGRAM.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE EXCITING
ONE, WHICH TALKS ABOUT WHAT
DOES THAT LOOK LIKE, WHEN YOUNG
PEOPLE ARE ACHIEVING THEIR
GOALS AND MOVING ON.
>> BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT,
THANK YOU.
SO THAT TOTAL YOUTH SERVED THIS
YEAR OF 131, THAT INCLUDES
FOLKS FROM 2021 WHO ENROLLED IN
THE PROGRAM, BUT ARE CONTINUING
THEIR ENGAGEMENT.
>> I'M GOING TO WAIT FOR GINA
TO SHAKE HER HEAD YES OR NO.
THIS IS HER AREA.
>> IT INCLUDES PLANS THAT WERE
IN THE PROGRAM FROM THE
BEGINNING OF 2021.
I'M SORRY, THESE ARE THE 2021
NUMBERS, YES.
PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THE PROGRAM
AT THE BEGINNING OF 2021, OR
JOINED SOMETIME DURING 2021.
>> YOU MIGHT BE COVERING THIS
IN THE NEXT SLIDE, BUT CAN YOU
TALK A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT A
COMPLETION IS?
>> BILLY, I CAN TAKE THAT ONE.
SURE, YEAH.
FOR HOW WE DEFINE COMPLETION IS
WORKING THROUGH THOSE GOALS
LIKE AARON SAID EARLIER, UP TO
A LEVEL FOUR, WHICH IS HOW WE
MEASURE YOUNG PEOPLE'S PROGRESS
THROUGH THE PROGRAM.
SO A LEVEL FOUR CLIENT IS VERY
STABLE AND ABLE TO SELF-
ADVOCATE, AND ACHIEVE GOALS
WITH REALLY MINIMAL
INTERVENTION OR SYSTEMS
SUPPORT.
SO WE LOOK AT WHAT THEIR GOALS
ARE, AND WHAT REMAINS IN NEED
OF SUPPORT WHEN LOOKING AT
THOSE COMPLETIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WOULD JUST ADD THAT NOT
ALL CLIENTS GO ONE, TWO, THREE,
FOUR.
WE HAVE CLIENTS THAT COME IN AS
A ONE, AND GO VERY QUICKLY TO A
FOUR.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON EACH
INDIVIDUAL.
BUT AS GINA WAS STATING,
COMPLETION, WHEN THEY'RE
COMPLETED, AND EXITED FROM THE
PROGRAM, THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE
SHOWING A LOT OF POSITIVE, GOOD
CHOICES THAT ARE ENGAGED IN
ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SUPPORTS,
AND REALLY HAVE LEARNED HOW TO
NAVIGATE A SYSTEM WITHOUT THE
ASSISTANCE OF A PAID
PROFESSIONAL.
NEXT SLIDE, BILLY.
I THINK BILLY MIGHT BE STUCK
THERE.
OUR NEXT SLIDE WOULD BE TO TALK
ABOUT PARTICIPANT OUTCOMES.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GOING TO SHOW
THE 2021 NUMBERS FROM JANUARY
TO DECEMBER.
THERE WE GO.
INTERVENTION PLANS THAT WERE
VIEWED, LOOKS LIKE WE HAD 574.
THESE ARE ALL 2021 NUMBERS.
WE WILL BE HAVING OUR MID-YEAR
THIS MONTH, MID-YEAR MEETING
THIS MONTH, AND WE WILL UPDATE
ALL OF OUR 2022 NUMBERS.
BUT 2022 HAS BEEN ABOUT THE
SAME AMOUNT, NUMBERS AS 2021
COMING OUT OF COVID, COVID
RESTRICTIONS, IT WAS A LOT
HARDER TO SERVE.
OUR NUMBERS HAD GONE DOWN A
LITTLE BIT, JUST BECAUSE IT WAS
HARD TO ENGAGE WITH FOLKS
VIRTUALLY THAT WAY, AND AS
WE'VE BEEN GETTING BACK IN
PERSON WE'VE SEEN A HUGE
INCREASE NOT ONLY IN THE
NUMBERS OF PEOPLE THAT WE'RE
SERVING, BUT ALSO WITH A LOT OF
POSITIVE OUTCOMES.
2021, SOME OF THOSE OUTCOMES,
WE HAD 18 FOLKS THAT RE-
ENROLLED IN SCHOOL.
43 FOLKS HAVE IMPROVED SCHOOL
PERFORMANCE.
36 COMPLETED PROBATION OR A
COURT ACTIVITY.
12 FOLKS ENROLLED IN MENTAL
HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE USE.
6 COMPLETED MENTAL HEALTH, OR
SUBSTANCE USE.
45 YOUNG PEOPLE GAINED
EMPLOYMENT.
OF THOSE 32 CONSISTENTLY
MAINTAINED THOSE EMPLOYMENT.
15 DOCUMENTED HOUSING, AND 55
INCREASED UBER INVOLVEMENT.
WHICH IS OUR NUMBER ONE
INVOLVEMENT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, ALL OF THESE
ARE TYPES OF THINGS THAT OUR
OUTREACH WORKERS AND CASE
MANAGERS HELP TO COMPLETE.
THIS IS STUFF THEY'RE WORKING
WITH FOLKS ON A DAY-TO-DAY
BASIS.
I WOULD SAY ALSO, ADDING THE
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING THAT WE
DO, THAT IS ANOTHER THING THAT
WE DON'T CAPTURE IN THE SAME
WAY, BUT SEEING PEOPLE'S PRO-
SOCIAL ATTITUDES ADJUST AND
CHANGE, AND BE A LOT MORE
POSITIVE IS ANOTHER THING THAT
WE SEE COMING OUT OF THE AMOUNT
OF CONTACT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> A COUPLE THINGS.
MDIT IS --
>> YES.
>> ASSISTED MULTIREGIONAL TEAM,
OUR TEAMSES THAT MEET AND CASE
PLAN FOR YOUTH.
>> AND I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF
ONE OF OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF
THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT WE
PARTNERSHIP IN PERIODICALLY.
I HAVE TO SAY THEY'RE VERY
USEFUL FOR UNDERSTANDING THE
COMPLEXITY OF ISSUES THAT YOUNG
PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH, AND
THE WAYS THAT YOU ALL, NOT ONLY
HOLD THE YOUNG PEOPLE
ACCOUNTABLE FOR MEETING THEIR
GOALS, BUT THAT YOU BRAIN STORM
AND SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER AS
PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING CLOSELY
WITH THESE YOUNG FOLKS, AND
IDENTIFY AND SORT OF DO PROBLEM
SOLVING AROUND PEOPLE'S NEEDS.
IT WAS A REALLY INTERESTING,
AND ILE ILLUMATIVE EXPERIENCE
PARTNERSHIPPING IN THOSE
MEETINGS.
IF YOU COULD PUT THAT SLIDE UP,
IF POSSIBLE.
THE NUMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
OUTCOMES DON'T REFLECT -- THEY
REFLECT PEOPLES ACHIEVING THEIR
GOALS.
FOR INSTANCE, THE NUMBER
ASSOCIATED WITH ACHIEVING
HOUSING, OR STABILIZING HOUSING
IS NOT THE UNIVERSE OF PEOPLE
WHO ARE HOUSED.
IT'S THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO
HAVE IDENTIFIED HOUSING AS A
GOAL, ANDS HAS ACHIEVED IT.
SIMILARLY, GAINING EMPLOYMENT
45, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT
ONLY 45 OF THE INDIVIDUALS
SERVED ARE EMPLOYED.
IT MEANS THAT 45 OF THE FOLKS
WHO HAVE IDENTIFIED EMPLOYMENT
AS A GOAL HAVE DONE SO.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YES.
NOT EVERYONE THAT WE WORK WITH
IS READY TO NECESSARILY HAVE A
JOB.
WE DO WORK WITH HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO YES, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT
TO WHERE THE GOAL PLANS DICTATE
A LOT OF THE OUTCOMES THAT WE
HAVE.
AND THAT'S A PRIME EXAMPLE OF
WHAT SOMEONE'S GOAL PLAN IS,
WHAT WE REALLY WORK ON HELPING
THEM ACHIEVE.
>> SO I THINK THE REAL TAKEAWAY
HERE IS THAT 78% OF THE
PARTICIPANTSSERVED WERE ABLE
TO COMPLETE ONE OR MORE OF
THEIR GOALS.
>> THE ONLY EXCEPTION I'D SAY
FROM COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD IS
THAT ALMOST EVERY SINGLE LINC
CLIENT HAS A GOAL TO DECREASE
GANG INVOLVEMENT, WHETHER
THAT'S BY REPLACING THAT
ACTIVITY WITH OTHER SOCIAL
ACTIVITIES OR DECREASING THEIR
ASSOCIATION WITH PEERS THAT ARE
GETTING INVOLVED.
THAT GOAL EXISTS, I THINK IT'S
LIKE 90% OF LINC CLIENTS.
>> GOT IT.
SO THAT'S SORT OF AN OVER-
ARCHING GOAL, THAT EVERYBODY BY
MERIT OF BEING IN THE PROGRAM
IS ASSUMED TO HAVE BEEN
EMBRACING THAT AS A GOAL.
ANY OTHER GOALS ARE GOALS THAT
ARE IDENTIFIED TO SORT OF HELP
THE YOUNG PEOPLE TO ACHIEVE
THAT BROADER DECREASE IN GROUP,
OR GANG VIOLENCE?
>> YEAH, AS IDENTIFIED, THE
GOALS ARE YOUNG PEOPLE CHOOSING
THEIR ONLY GOALS IN WHAT THEY
WANT TO DO.
AS FAR AS THE 78.2%, THAT
NUMBER HAS GONE DOWN DUE TO
COVID, AS WE WERE RECOVERING
AND REGAINING SOME OF OUR
SUPPORT FACTORS AT THE TABLES,
BUT IT'S USUALLY LIKE 82% OF
PARTICIPANTS COMPLETED GOALS.
WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THAT BACK
UP.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ONE LAST THOUGHT ON
OUTCOMES.
ONE OF THE BEAUTY OF THIS, A
LOT OF THESE ARE REALLY
SYNERGISTIC GOALS.
A YOUNG PERSON WHO GETS
REENGAGED IN SCHOOL IS GOING TO
BE SURROUNDED BY MORE HEALTHY
INDIVIDUALS, HEALTHY
INFLUENCES, AND ALL OF THAT
WORKS TO HELP THAT YOUNG PERSON
GET IN A BETTER PLACE.
I THINK THE THINGS LIKE THE
MENTAL HEALTH, THOSE ARE A LOT
OF THE THINGS CAUSING
BEHAVIORS, AND THE OTHER BIG
ONE IS NOT HAVING STRUCTURES IN
PLACE.
CONNECTING TO STRUCTURE, LIKE
SCHOOL, YOU REALLY GET A
SYNERGISTIC EFFECT THAT HELPS
YOUNG PEOPLE DEAL WITH A LOT OF
THE OTHER CRIMINAL JUSTICE
ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES THAT
WE'RE SEEING THE SYMPTOMS.
THESE ARE THE PROBLEMS THAT
AARON AND HIS TEAM ARE REALLY
HELPING THESE YOUNG PEOPLE
SOLVE.
NEXT SLIDE, BILLY.
I THINK IT'S JUST QUESTIONS.
>> YEAH.
SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO -- OH,
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
THANK YOU.
>> THANKS.
I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE.
THIS IS AN UNUSUAL QUESTION.
BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
IS WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE ABOUT
YOUR MODEL?
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ABLE
TO DO THAT YOU CAN'T RIGHT NOW
BESIDES SIMPLY EXPANDING THE
PROGRAM AND YOU KNOW,
INCREASING THE BUDGET TO EXPAND
THE PROGRAM, BECAUSE I THINK WE
NEED A LOT MORE OF ANYTHING,
FRANKLY.
BUT WHERE ARE THE BARRIERS, AND
THIS IS AN OPEN ENDED QUESTION,
I HAVE NO AGENDA.
WHAT DO YOU WISH YOU COULD DO
DIFFERENTLY?
>> DO YOU WANT TO TALK ON THE
GROUND LEVEL OF THAT?
>> I WOULD LOVE TO.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A HARD TIME
HAVING DIRECT SUPPORT TO YOUNG
PEOPLE.
A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WE
SEE NEED, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF
BASIC NEEDS, AND A LOT OF OUR
FUNDING DOES NOT ALLOW FOR
THOSE TYPES OF SERVICES, SO A
LOT OF TIMES WE'RE HAVING TO
CONNECT FOLKS TO OTHER PLACES
TO, YOU KNOW, GET DONATIONS AND
DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO BASIC NEEDS FROM JUST FOOD,
CLOTHES, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO, EVEN SOMETIMES
EVEN WITH RENT SITUATIONS, EVEN
THOUGH THERE IS A LOT OF
SUPPORT THAT PEOPLE CAN ACCESS
THOSE THINGS, A LOT OF TIMES
FAMILIES NEED IT TO BE A LITTLE
MORE IMMEDIATE.
SO BASIC NEEDS.
ONE THING THAT'S JUST ALL GOING
TO IS OUR STRAIGHT OUTREACH
WORKERS, THEY'RE ON THE GROUND,
DOING THE WORK.
THEY'RE USUALLY, THOSE ARE
USUALLY SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT
ARE PAID THE LOWEST IN THE
COMMUNITY, SO FIGURING OUT A
RATE THROUGH GRANT FUNDING, AND
TO INCREASE PAY FOR THE FOLKS,
BECAUSE THAT IS ONE THING WE DO
SEE WITH TURNOVER WITH STAFF,
DUE TO MAKING YOU KNOW, $24 AN
HOUR OR SO, AND STILL TRYING TO
MAINTAIN, AND LIVE IN THE CITY,
OR PARTICULAR CITY OF SEATTLE,
BUT EVEN THROUGHOUT KING
COUNTY, RENT IS HIGH, SO
FIGURING OUT A WAY TO BE ABLE
TO GET A HIGHER RAGE FOR OUR
STRAIGHT OUTREACH WORKERS.
ONE THING THAT I WOULD SAY IS
SUPER IMPORTANT I THINK OVERALL
IS CONTINUING TO HAVE FOLKS
THAT HAVE INFLUENCE AT ALL
LEVELS TO BE A PART OF THE
STEERING COMMITTEE, TO BE ABLE
TO HELP INFLUENCE WHERE FUNDING
GOES.
TO HELP INFLUENCE EVEN WITH
TURNOVER.
A LOT OF TIMES WE SEE FOLKS ON
THE STEERING COMMITTEE, WHERE
THEY'RE PERSONALLY INVESTED IN
IT, AND THEY MAY WORK FOR THE
CITY OF SEATTLE, OR THE CITY OF
BURIEN.
THEY MOVE INTO A DIFFERENT
POSITION, WE TEND TO SEE A
CERTAIN NUMBER OF FALLOFF OR
TRANSITION TO WHERE WE DON'T
HAVE FOLKS IN THOSE ROLES THAT
ARE NEEDED.
SO WORKING WITH ENTITIES, WITH
ALL THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE
DEDICATED STAFF BEING ABLE TO,
DEDICATED STAFF ROLES TO SERVE
ON THE COMMITTEE.
THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT ARE
REALLY CRUCIAL TO THE WORK IS
HAVING CONSISTENT FOLKS, OR
CONSISTENT REPRESENTATION AT
LEAST BOTH ON THE STEERING
COMMITTEE.
>> I THINK YOU HIT IT ON THE
HEAD.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES
OF THIS WORK IS GETTING
EVERYBODY ENGAGED ACROSS ALL
THE DIFFERENT PARTNERS, AND
SEEING THEM ENGAGED.
IT'S REALLY EASY, AND IT'S
WORKED ALONGSIDE OF THIS BUILD-
UP.
WHAT OUR FOCUS IS TO BREAK DOWN
THOSE SILOS.
THAT'S WHAT THE ENTIRE STEERING
COMMITTEE'S GOAL IS.
I THINK THAT'S THE ONE THING
THAT WOULD CHANGE IF IT WAS A
PERFECT WORLD IN RESPONSE TO
YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON IS GETTING PEOPLE TO PUT
THEIR PERSONAL DISCIPLINES
ASIDE A BIT, AND COME TO THE
TABLE WITH AN OPEN HEART TO PUT
THE YOUNG PERSON IN THE MIDDLE.
THAT'S OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN
ANY OF THIS WORK, NOT JUST
LINC, BUT IF I TALK
COLLECTIVELY, AND ALL OF THIS
WORK AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY IS
PUTTING THE MISSION IN THE
MIDDLE, AND FIGURING OUT WHO
NEEDS TO WORK TO GET THERE.
THAT WOULD BE MY BIGGEST
CHALLENGE, AND THE THING I
WOULD CHANGE WOULD BE HAVING
PEOPLE COME TO THE TABLE THAT
ARE IN POSITIONS OF POWER, AND
ARE WILLING TO PUT THE YOUNG
PERSON IN THE MIDDLE.
>> GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
>> KIND OF THE THING THAT I
THINK WE SEE FROM OUR
PERSPECTIVE AS WELL, OUR TOUCH
POITS ARE WITH OUR YOUNG
PEOPLE, AND HOW OUR YOUNG
PEOPLE MANEUVER THROUGH THE
SYSTEM,LIKE HOLISTICALLY, WHAT
ARE THE TOUCH POINTS, AND WHAT
ARE THE RUNGS ON THE LADDER, IN
OUR PROGRAM IS A LONG INTENSE
INTERVENTION PROGRAM, WHERE WE
HAVE PEOPLE FOR MONTHS OR
YEARS, BUT A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE
SEEING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN MY
CRISIS MODE.
THERE ARE AREAS AND SERVICES
THAT PREVENTED THEM FROM
GETTING TO OUR WRUNG HAD IT
BEEN PLACED IN EARLIER, WHAT
ARE THE SPACES THAT WE CAN
CONNECT TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE SO
THAT WAY WE CAN CATCH THEM WHEN
THEY'RE NOT IN FULL BLOWN
CRISIS, AND WE'RE ALWAYS
WORKING TO PLAY CATCH UP.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE SEE
AS WELL THAT CONNECTS TO AARON
AND CHIEF'S POINT IN HAVING
ORGANIZATIONAL, AND SYSTEM TIE
IN FROM THE TOP.
NOT AT THE INDIVIDUAL BUY-IN,
SO WE'RE ALL WORKING
COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM MY
COLLEAGUES?
>> SORRY.
>> GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT
YOU'RE DOING, EVERY SINGLE
SITUATION, EVERY PERSON YOU'RE
DEALING WITH IS IN A DIFFERENT
SITUATION AND OFTEN VOLATILE.
SO YOU NEVER REALLY KNOW WHAT
SUPPORTS WILL BE NEEDED WHEN
YOU'RE TRYING TO DEESCALATE, OR
KEEP IT FROM ESCALATING.
ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS IT LOOKS
TO ME AS THOUGH YOU'RE HITTING
THE INTERVENTIONS THAT ARE MOST
IMPORTANT AND I THANK YOU FOR
YOUR WORK.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
I JUST WANT TO ALSO JUST
PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE THAT THOUGH
WE HAVE OF COURSE SEEN AN
INCREASE IN VIOLENCE,
SPECIFICALLY IN GUN VIOLENCE IN
OUR REGION, AND WE'LL TALK MORE
ABOUT THAT SOON, LATER ON IN
THE AGENDA, WHAT WE'RE HEARING
ANECDOTALLY, LOCALLY.
>> LOCALLY FROM OUR OWN POLICE
CHIEF AND REPRESENTATIVES ON
THE STEERING COMMITTEE IS THAT
GANG AND STREET INVOLVED GUN
VIOLENCE IS ACTUALLY DOWN.
AND I HATE TO SEE WHAT KIND OF
TRAUMA AND HARM WOULD BE DONE
TO OUR COMMUNITIES IF IT WAS
NOT FOR THE REALLY IMPORTANT
WORK OF ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
LINC, PULLING TOGETHER SO MANY
DIFFERENT PARTNERS TO REALLY,
AGAIN MAKE SURE THAT THESE
INTERVENTIONS ARE CHILD AND
FAMILY CENTERED AND JUST
REALLY, I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO
THE WORK OF LINC AND ALL OF
YOUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS FOR
DOING THIS WORK, AND AT AN
INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING TIME FOR
OUR CITY AND REGION.
IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS, THANKS AGAIN FOR
BEING WITH US THIS MORNING.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE NEXT
HEARING COMMITTEE MEETING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> CAN YOU GO BACK TO ITEM
NUMBER TWO?
I BELIEVE CHIEF DIAZ IS WITH
US.
>> YES, COMMITTEE AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER TWO.
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT RACE
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE REPORT FOR A
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WELCOME CHIEF DIAZ.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ON SPD'S
2021 REPORT.
MY APOLOGIES FOR RUNNING A BIT
BEHIND.
SINCE THE COUNTRY'S INCEPTION
THERE HASN'T BEEN A LEVEL OF
THIS COUNTRY THAT HASN'T
EXPERIENCED SOME LEVEL OF HATE,
OR RACISM.
I THANK MY TEAM, THEIR
DEDICATED WORK AT SOME OF OUR
BUREAUS.
SOME OF THAT WORK I WILL
DISCUSS TODAY IS THE WORK THAT
I ACTUALLY HAVE BROUGHT UP IN
THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEES
EARLIER THIS YEAR.
WITH COVID RESTRICTIONS IN
PLACE, IT COULD HAVE EASILY
BEEN A VERY DIFFERENT YEAR TO
ACCOMPLISH OUR WORK PLAN.
HOWEVER, WE WERE ABLE TO
ACHIEVE A LOT.
IN 2021, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE A
POWERPOINT.
SO SOME OF IT WILL COME OFF OF
POWER POINT, BUT SOME OF IT
WILL ALSO GO OFF BY READING.
>> DO YOU HAVE SOMEBODY ON YOUR
TEAM WHO IS DRAWING THE
POWERPOINT?
>> I THINK JORDAN MIGHT BE ON
THE CALL AS WELL.
>> I SEE JORDAN, YES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> OKAY.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> IT'S ALL GOOD.
>> LET'S SEE HERE.
OKAY.
SO IN 2021, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
SEVERAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN
REGARDS TO OUR WOMEN AND
MINORITY BUSINESS CONSULTING
GOALS.
WE SET OUT FOR 25% OF OUR
CONSULTING CONTRACTSES TO BE
DONE BY WOMAN AND MINORITY
BUSINESSES.
IN 2021, AND THESE ARE JUST A
COUPLE THAT ARE IN THE
POWERPOINT.
BUT IN 2021, THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT GOAL IS TO RECRUIT
SMART, STRONG LEADERS WHO CARE
DEEPLY ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY.
IN TO 2021, WE WILL CONTINUE TO
SEE OUR HIRING OF PEOPLE OF
COLOR HIT 40% OF ALL HIRES.
RIGHT NOW IN 2022, WE'RE
ACTUALLY REACHING 20% OF ALL
HIRES BEING PEOPLE OF COLOR.
WHEN WE AREN'T SEEING A HIGH
CANDIDATE POOL -- WE'VE REMOVED
UNINTENTIONAL BARERS TO OUR
TESTING PROCESS.
USING THE NATIONAL TESTING
NETWORK AND THE APPLICATION FEE
WAS ALSO REMOVED.
WE CONTINUE TO AUTHORIZE WITH
SEATTLE GAY NEWS, NOR REGION
NEWS, KRIZ, LRAY AND OTHERSES.
WE'VE IMPLEMENTED A NEW -- ONE
SECOND -- WE'VE IMPLEMENTED NEW
CIVILIAN HIRING PROCESS TO
REDUCE OPPORTUNITY FOR BIAS,
WHICH I WILL COVER FURTHER IN
MORE DETAIL.
WE'VE EXPANDED WOMEN'S PERSONAL
SAFETY CLASSES TO INCLUDE
SENIORS, YOUTH, AND CLASSES IN
SPANISH LANGUAGES.
WE'VE CONDUCTED 42 CLASSESES
WITH A TOTAL OF 1,023
PARTICIPANTS.
WE'VE ALSO LAUNCHED A
PARTNERSHIP ON INDIGENOUS WOMEN
AND URBAN HEALTH INSTITUTE.
WE DID COVER THAT IN ONE OF THE
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
MEETINGS.
WE WERE AWARDED A GRANT TO
RESTORE PRACTICE TRAINING FOR
OFFICES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
WE'VE ALSO STARTED THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF 2021 OF PEACE
TRAINING.
AT NEW INVESTIGATIVE SKILLS,
THIS IS SHOWN TO REDUCE FALSE
CONFESSIONSES.
WE HAVE OVER HALF OF OUR
DETECTIVES THAT HAVE GONE
THROUGH THE TRAINING, AND
SHOULD HAVE ALL THE DETECTIVES
COMPLETED IT IN 2022.
THE HIDDEN BIAS IN PEOPLE HAVE
COMPLETED THE TRAINING THAT
BEGUN IN 2019.
THE 754 EMPLOYEES SUCCESSFULLY
PLEADED THIS TRAINING IN 2021.
WE'VE ALSO DONE 30 SECONDS, TO
30 YEARS, WHICH IS FOUR TRAIN
MODULES, INCLUDING TRAUMA, AND
RELATIONAL GROWTH MIND SET, AND
TACTICS FOR HIGH RISK PERSONS
IN CRISIS.
SO THAT IS ALSO STARTED IN
2021.
>> WHAT'S THAT CALLED?
>> 30 SECONDS TO 30 YEARS
TRAINING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE CONDUCTED AN OUTCOME
REPORT.
WE CONDUCTED A DISPARITY REVIEW
THAT EXAMINES STOPS, SEARCHES,
AND USE OF OTHER ACTIVITIES.
WE ALSO CONDUCTED AN OUTCOME
REPORT ON USE OF FORCE, WHICH
WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN A 49% OF
REDUCE OF FORCE FROM 2019 TO
2021.
WE CONTINUE TO SEE DISPARITIES
IN SOME OF THESE AREAS.
THAT IS THE REASON FOR TAKING A
COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AND
DEVELOPMENT INTO A
REALTIMESYSTEM, WHICH WE BULLET
OUT THE EQUALITY SYSTEM.
WE ALSO HAVE COMMUNITY SERVICE
OFFICERS AND WE'RE IN THE
PROCESS OF HAVING A FULLY
STAFFED CSO TEAM.
WE HAVE 13 ONBOARDING AND THE
REST ARE CURRENTLY BEING
BACKGROUNDED RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE
EVERYONE HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT
FEW MONTHS TO BE FULLY INTO THE
DEPLOYMENT PHASES OF THEIR
TIME.
WE ALSO LAUNCHED THE SPD BEFORE
THE BADGE.
IT TOOK 2021 FOR US TO PLAN
OUT.
WE STARTED OUR SECOND COHORT
JUST THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
THE FEEDBACK FROM THE FIRST
COHORT HAS ALREADY EXCEEDED OUR
EXPECTATIONS.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE
BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN
2021.
HOWEVER WE DO SEE SOME
CHALLENGES IN OPPORTUNITIES.
WE WILL GO ONTO THE NEXT SLIDE.
JUST OUT OF THE WAY.
WE DO SEE SOME CHALLENGES AND
SUPPORTING THE EXPANSION OF THE
CSO'S, ON MORE NONIMMERSIVE,
ENFORCEMENT.
THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR
US AS WE LOOK AT ALTERNATE
RESPONSES TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE
CSO'S IN A DIFFERENT MANNER AS
WELL.
WE ALSO MUST CONTINUE OUR
COMMITMENT TO REBUILD COMMUNITY
RELATIONSHIPS AND TRUST.
THE GRANT THAT I MENTIONED
EARLIER WILL HELP US BE ABLE TO
HELP DO SOME OF THOSE
RESTORATIVE CIRCLES AS WELL.
THE THIRD THING IS A HUGE
OPPORTUNITY.
WE FOCUS ON TRANSFORMATIVE
POLICING.
THERE'S A DEMAND FOR CULTURE
CHANGE WITHIN POLICING.
WE KNOW THAT THE SPD BEFORE THE
BADGE IS INCORPORATING THE
DIALOGUE AND LISTENING
OPPORTUNITIES: WE THINK THIS
WILL CREATE A START FOR TRULY
TRANSFORMATIVE POLICING.
I WANT TO GO INTO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
RIGHT NOW, AS MENTIONED FOR THE
ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE, WE
EXPANDED UP TO 20 CSO'S AND 40
CIVILIAN SUPERVISORS.
THEY'VE GONE THROUGH AN
EXTENSIVE LEVEL OF TRAINING,
CULTURAL COMPETENCY, AND ALSO
PARTNERSHIPPING IN SPD BEFORE
THE BADGE AS WELL, TO GIVE THEM
AN AWESOME NEW LOOK AT HOW WE
COVER CULTURE AND DIVERSITY
OPPORTUNITIES.
WE WILL GO ONTO THE NEXT SLIDE,
AND ONE MORE AFTER THAT.
SO THIS IS IN REGARDS TO SPD
BEFORE THE BADGE, WHICH I HAVE
COVERED.
I'M GOING TO COVER SOME OF THE
THINGS.
IN 2021, WE CONDUCTED FORMAL
RACIAL EQUITY TOOL KITS.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO GO TO
MAYBE TWO MORE SLIDES FROM THIS
ONE.
LET'S SEE HERE.
>> YOU MIGHT BE COVERING THIS
LATER.
LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE.
I WAS INTERESTED TO KNOW A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE
CHANGE IN THE HIRING PROCESS.
>> THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I
WANTED TO GET TO.
SO FOR US, IT WAS A GOAL.
THIS IS REALLY A NEW HIRING
PROCESS FOR CIVILIANS.
THE GOAL WAS TO REMOVE BIAS IN
OUR APPLICATION PROCESS.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE
REMOVED ALL IDENTIFIERS.
NAME, AGE, ET CETERA, BEFORE
PROVIDING A CANDIDATE LIST TO
THE HIRING MANAGER.
THIS ALLOWS US JUST TO FOCUS ON
A KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND
ABILITIES OF AN APPLICANT.
THIS NEW PROCESS CURRENTLY
FOCUSES JUST ON CIVILIAN HIRES
AT THIS TIME.
WHEN IT COMES TO SWORN
PERSONNEL, WE'RE EVALUATING ALL
ASPECTS AS WELL.
THIS IS FROM THE CSO HIRING
PROCESS IN THE LAST YEAR.
WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED POSITIVE
FEEDBACK FROM APPLICANTS WHO
HAVE REPORTED REDUCED FEAR OF
PUTTING INFORMATION INTO AN
APPLICATION.
WE DID COMPLETE A RACIAL TOOL
KIT FOR THE HIRING PROCESS AS
WELL.
THE OTHER THINGS WE'VE ALSO
CONDUCTED SIGNIFICANT OUTREACH
IN ALIGNMENT WAS ALSO INDUCTING
OUR CROWD MANAGEMENT, REFORM OF
OUR POLICY, STOPS AND
DETECTIONS AND USE OF FORCE.
A REVAMPING OF OUR EARLIER
INTERVENTION SYSTEM AS WELL.
WHAT WE HAVE SLATED FOR ONE
MORE SLIDE OVER, I THINK, MAYBE
SO IN 2022 WE ARE CONNECTING
THE SPD BEFORE THE BADGE RACIAL
EQUITY TOOL KIT.
THE POLICY TO REFLECT CIVILIAN
STAFF AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF
AND OUR PARTNERSHIP ON A 30 AND
30 INITIATIVE, WHICH IS FOCUSED
ON INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF
WOMEN THAT WE HIRE IN THE
POLICING PROFESSION BY 2030.
AND THAT IS WHAT I HAVE FOR
THIS PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU.
YEAH, COULD YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT
YOU HAVE PLANNED FOR THE
RESTORATIVE PRACTICES
COMMUNICATIONS?
>> RIGHT NOW WE, A LOT OF THE
WORK WE HAD DONE ON IMMIGRANT
FAMILY INSTITUTE, WHICH WAS
CREATING OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR
PEACE MAKING CIRCLE PRACTICE TO
HAVE DIALOGUE AND CONFIRMATION.
WE WANTED TO EXPAND THAT TO
JUST REALLY USE THESE AS
COMMUNITY CONVERSATION PIECES
TO JUST TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT
SUBJECTS.
WE HAD APPLIED FOR A GRANT A
COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
WE DIDN'T INITIALLY GET IT, WE
HAD BROUGHT THAT OUT LAST YEAR,
AND WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE THAT
GRANT.
THIS WILL HELP US TO BE ABLE TO
PAY FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT
THINGS TO HAVE COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIP IN THOSE
CONVERSATIONS.
BUT THAT IS STILL GOING TO ALSO
BE, RIGHT NOW IN THE PLANNING
STATIONS WITH OUR COLLABORATIVE
POLICING BUREAU, THAT IS ALSO
FINALIZING, AND WORKING THROUGH
THAT GRANT.
>> THANK YOU.
ALSO I'D JUST BE REALLY
INTERESTED TO KNOW ABOUT HOW
YOU, YOU HAVE INFORMED ME THAT
THE, BEFORE THE BADGE, THE
TRAINING THAT COUNCIL PROVIDED
SOME FUNDING FOR LAST YEAR IS
VERY POPULAR WITH NEW RECRUITS,
AND THAT EXISTING OFFICERS ARE
LEARNING ABOUT THIS TRAINING,
AND ARE INTERESTED IN HOW THEY
MIGHT, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT
NEW RECRUITS, BENEFIT FROM THE
TRAINING.
>> THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPONENTS
THAT WE'RE PUSHING THE WHOLE
DEPARTMENT THROUGH, THE ACTUAL
BEFORE THE BADGE RECRUITS ARE
ALSO GETTING AS WELL.
SO GROWTH MINDSET IS BY THE END
OF THE SUMMER, WE SHOULD HAVE
EVERYBODY IN THE DEPARTMENT
THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH GROWTH
MINDSET.
WE ARE ACTUALLY HAVING EVERY
PERSON IN THE DEPARTMENT, WHICH
WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER,
BECAUSE IT'S IN A PERSON CLASS
GO THROUGH OUTWARD MINDSET.
THESE ARE TWO CLASSES THAT ALL
OF OUR PERSONNEL WILL HAVE GONE
THROUGH.
WE'VE ACTUALLY ADDED A
COMPONENT, OUTWARD MINDSET.
SO THERE'S GROWTH MINDSET, AND
OUTWARD MIND SET.
THEN WE'RE ACTUALLY, AS PART OF
30 SECONDS TO 30 YEARS, WE ARE
CONDUCTING THE RELATIONAL
POLICING COMPONENT, AND WE'RE
GOING TO LOOK AT EXPANSION OF
OTHER DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE
TRAINING THAT WE ARE DOING
WITH, BEFORE THE BADGE.
RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE VERY
SPECIFIC THINGS THAT OFFICERS
HAVE NOTED THAT REALLY HAS
HELPED WITH JUST, YOU KNOW,
DEALING WITH ALL OF THE THINGS
THAT THEY'VE GONE ON, MORE FROM
THE WELLNESS SIDE THAT HAVE
HELPED THEM, AND THEY SEE THESE
CLASSES AS REALLY BIG BENEFITS
TO THEIR BEING ABLE TO DO THEIR
JOB.
WE ARE EXPANDING SOME OF THAT
INTO OUR IN-SERVICE OFFICERS AS
WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO FLAG THE MENTION
EARLIER THAT YOU, I BELIEVE
WERE ON THE TRACK FOR HAVING
THE CSO POSITIONS FULLY FILLED.
I THINK WE'RE LOOKING FOR FULLY
FILLED POSITIONS, WHERE LOOKING
AT I THINK THERE ARE 24 SPOTS.
YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT THERE
ARE SORT OF A BUNDLE OF
RECRUITSES THAT ARE IN THE
HIRING PROCESS, THAT ARE BEING
BACKGROUNDED.
I JUST WANT TO JUST, BECAUSE
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
THE COUNCIL PROVIDED SOME
FUNDING LAST YEAR TO ADDRESS
SORT OF A BACKLOG IN THE
BACKGROUNDING PROCESS, WHICH
WAS TAKING A REALLY LONG TIME.
AND THAT WAS INTENDED, NOT ONLY
FOR OFFICER POSITIONS, BUT FOR
CIVILIAN POSITIONS.
THERE HAS BEEN A BIT OF A
CHALLENGE WITH THAT, THOUGH,
THAT IN THAT GIVEN THE GREAT
RESIGNATION, THE NOT SO GREAT
RESIGNATION, THAT THE
BACKGROUNDING STAFF THAT DO THE
BACKGROUNDING HAVE A LOT OF
VACANCIES TOO.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GETTING
CLOSE TO HAVING THAT DONE.
I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD GIVE
US AN ESTIMATE ON WHEN THAT
UNIT WILL BE FULLY STAFFED.
>> SO WE'VE ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN
THE ACCOMPANYING, WHICH WOULD,
TO DO SOME OF THE BACKGROUNDS
AND OUR BACKGROUND DETECTIVES
WITH THAT, AND RIGHT NOW, THAT
COMPANY HAS ALSO HAD STAFFING
CHALLENGES.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT WOULD
HELP OFFSET THE AMOUNT OF
BACKGROUNDERS THAT WE DON'T
HAVE IN OUR BACKGROUND UNIT.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO
ACTUALLY FILLING UP ALL OF THE
BACKGROUND DETECTIVES, WE
ACTUALLY JUST BROUGHT IN
ANOTHER TEMPORARY TO HELP WITH
OUR CIVILIAN SIDE, WHICH WE
CALL IT TEMPORARY LONG TERM
EMPLOYEE.
BUT AS FAR AS FULLY STAFFING IT
WITH SOME OF OUR DETECTIVES,
THAT MIGHT STILL TAKE SOME
TIME, AND THAT I CAN'T GIVE YOU
A DEFINITIVE ANSWER RIGHT NOW.
>> SO I THINK WHAT I HEARD YOU
RESPOND TO WAS A QUESTION ABOUT
FILLING THE BACKGROUNDING
POSITIONS.
BUT I'M ALSO WONDERING WHEN DO
YOU THINK THE BACKGROUNDING
WILL BE COMPLETED FOR THE CSO
CANDIDATES?
>> I HOPE TO HAVE THEM IN THE
NEXT TWO MONTHS, BECAUSE
THEY'VE BEEN STARTING THEIR
BACKGROUND PROBABLY ABOUT A
MONTH AND A WEEK INTO IT
ALREADY.
SO THEY'RE ALREADY IN THE
PROCESS OF THEIR BACKGROUNDS.
SO USUALLY BACKGROUNDS TAKE
ABOUT THREE MONTHS WITH
HOPEFULLY, AND PART OF IT IS,
EACH BACKGROUND IS GOING TO
VARY, BASED ON THE CANDIDATES
GETTING ALL THE INFORMATION
THAT THE BACKGROUNDER NEEDS IN
A TIMELY FASHION.
>> THANK YOU.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THE
REDRAMATIC RECRUITMENT PROCESS
FOR THE CSO?
WHEN YOU'VE OPENED UP THE
APPLICATION PROCESS?
>> YEAH, SO YOU KNOW, I THINK
THE VERY FIRST TIME WHEN WE
HAVE THE CSO'S, WE SAW A HUGE
AMOUNT OF INCREASE OF JUST THE
PEOPLE APPLYING FOR THE JOB.
WE HAD OVER 1,000 APPLYCATIONS.
1,000 APPLICATIONS.
THERE IS A LOT OF WORD OF
MOUTH.
PEOPLE CONTINUE TO EXPRESS
INTEREST.
WHICH IS POSITIVE.
THE MORE COMMUNITY EVENTS, THE
MORE PARTICIPATION, PEOPLE SEE
THOSE BENEFITS, AND THAT HAS
INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF
PEOPLE'S INTEREST IN APPLYING
FOR THE JOB.
SO IT REALLY IS BECOMING TWO
FOLD, BECAUSE THE FIRST TIME WE
DIDN'T HAVE CSO'S OUT IN THE
COMMUNITY.
SO IT WAS REALLY JUST GETTING
PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR THE JOB.
BUT NOW WE'RE GETTING A LOT
MORE INTERESTED APPLICANTS,
BECAUSE THEY'RE SEEING THE WORK
THAT'S BEING DONE.
WE CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE IN A
VARIETY OF PUBLICATIONS, WHICH
IS TYPICALLY PUBLICATIONS LIKE
I MENTIONED, SEATTLE GAY NEWS,
AND NORTHWEST WEEKLY, ET
CETERA, THOSE ARE CONTINUING
STUFF THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO.
BUT RIGHT NOW, I THINK WE
SHOULD BE ACTUALLY FILLED, AND
WE'LL HAVE ONE OFF
OPPORTUNITIES AS PEOPLE DO
LEAVE TO OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
>> AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING
THAT RIGHT NOW, CSO'S ARE
WORKING OUT OF THE WEST
PRECINCT.
BUT ONCE THEY'RE FULLY STAFFED,
THEY'LL BE WORKING OUT OF THE
FIVE SEPARATE PRECINCTS.
IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NOT
WORKED THROUGH THAT.
WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE, IN FACT,
THEY'RE ACTUALLY OUT OF
HEADQUARTERSES, AND THAT IS ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE
WORKING ON IN SPACE AND THE
DIFFERENT AREAS AS WE GET UP TO
A FULLY TRAINED STAFF.
SO THAT IS STILL SOMETHING THAT
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL
OF OUR PRECINCTS HAVE PEOPLE
DEPLOYING OUT OF THEIR AREAS.
SO THAT I CAN'T JUST GIVE YOU A
DEFINITIVE ANSWER, BUT THAT IS
RIGHT NOW THEY'VE GROWN OUT OF
THEIR SPACE OUT OF
HEADQUARTERS, SO WE'RE TRYING
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL
OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES IN EACH
OF THE PRECINCTS AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> THANK YOU CHIEF DIAZ.
DO YOU TRACK THE DEMOGRAPHICS
OF YOUR RECRUITS IN THE LAST
YEAR AND CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT
THE DEMOGRAPHICS PLEASE?
>> YEAH, IN 2021, 40% OF OUR
HIRES WERE PEOPLE WERE COLOR.
THAT WAS IN 2021.
IN 2022, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE
ACTUALLY AT 50% OF PEOPLE OF
COLOR.
SO WHILE WE ARE NOT
EXPERIENCING A HIGH NUMBER OF
APPLICANTS, BUT AS I MENTIONED,
THE QUALITY OF APPLICANTS,
PEOPLE HAVE TYPICALLY HIGHER
LEVELS OF EDUCATION.
THEY COME FROM A VARIETY OF
EXPERIENCES, SO WE'RE GETTING
REALLY GOOD CANDIDATES THAT ARE
JOINING THE DEPARTMENT.
>> THE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
YOU JUST QUOTED, IS THAT, I
DIDN'T CATCH, IS IT APPLICANTS
OR THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE
HIRED?
>> THOSE ARE PERCENTAGE OF
PEOPLE HIRED.
>> I ASK, BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE
THAT'S ALSO TRACKING WITH THE
APPLICANTS TOO.
IT LOOKS LIKE IN 2021, 50% OF
FOLKS WERE APPLYING WERE PEOPLE
OF COLOR.
SO THAT'S YOUR HIRING IS SORT
OF CONSISTENT WITH THE
DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE APPLICANT
POOL.
>> I DON'T HAVE THOSE EXACT
NUMBERS OF THE PERCENTAGE OF
THE APPLICANT POOL, BUT THESE
ARE THE ACTUAL HIRES.
SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THEY ARE
TRACKING.
BUT IT'S A LOT OF REALLY GOOD
TARGETED WORK IN OUR DIVERSE
COMMUNITIES FOR RECRUITING
EFFORTS SO I THINK THAT'S
REALLY HELPING AND PAYING OFF
ON GETTING THE APPLICANTS THAT
WE'RE GETTING.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
GREAT.
WELL I'M NOT SEEING ANY OTHER
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
LET ME LOOK AT THE VIRTUAL
HANDS HERE TOO.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING
SOME TIME IN YOUR VERY BUSY
WEEK TO COME AND PRESENT TO US
YOUR RSJI ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR
2022.
>> THANK YOU.
TAKE CARE.
>> BYE BYE.
ALL RIGHT, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE READ IN AGENDA ITEM 4.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE HAVE A NUMBER HERE FROM
SEATTLE KING COUNTY.
CAN WE START WITH A QUICK ROUND
OF INTRODUCTIONS, AND THEN I
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE FRAMING
REMARKS, AND WE'LL HAND IT OVER
TO YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, I CAN START.
HELLO CHAIR HERBOLD.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO COME AND PRESENT.
I KNOW THIS IS A TOPIC NEAR AND
DEAR TO YOUR HEART.
I'M DENNIS WORSHAM, THE INTERIM
DIRECTOR FOR SEATTLE KING
COUNTY.
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO TIA, AND
E ELUTHERA.
>> I'M ONE OF THE PROVIDERS FOR
ZERO YOUTH DETENTION.
>> I'M ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE, ELEUTHERA LISCH.
THANK YOU, CHAIRWOMAN FOR
HAVING US HERE TODAY.
DENNIS, I'LL GO BACK TO YOU,
AND THEN MOVE THROUGH OUR
PRESENTATION.
>> I THINK COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD IS GOING TO MAKE A FEW
COMMENTS.
THEN I WILL TAKE IT FROM THERE.
>> THANKS, I JUST REALLY WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
TODAY.
I INVITED THIS PRESENTATION
AFTER SEEING A VERSION OF IT AT
THE REGIONAL GUN VIOLENCE
REGION ADVISORY FOR THE
COMMITTEE I SERVE.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE HAS
CONTRIBUTED $2 MILLION TO THE
ORIGINAL PEACEKEEPERS
COLLECTIVE.
I WANT TO JUST LOOK UP.
THAT IS JOINING $7 MILLION FROM
THE COUNTY TO RAMP THE PROGRAM
UP THROUGH 2022 AND EARLY 2023.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE
CONTINUING TO ADDRESS THIS
ISSUE AS A REGIONAL EFFORT.
WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE AND
VIOLENCE CROSS CITY BORDERS,
AND WE MUST BE ABLE TO RESPOND
HOLISTICALLY, AND CONSISTENTLY
REGARDLESS OF THE INDIVIDUAL
JURISDICTION.
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THE WORK
ITSELF IS DATA DRIVEN.
IT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH.
AND IT PULLS IN AND COORDINATES
MULTIPLE SYSTEMS THAT TOUCH THE
LIVES MUCH FOLKS IMPACTED BY
VIOLENCE TO DECREASE THE
LIKELIHOOD OF MORE.
SO YOU'RE OUR SECOND VIOLENCE
PREVENTION PRESENTATION TODAY.
IF I HAD THOUGHT ABOUT IT,
MAYBE WE COULD HAVE MADE ONE
BIG TABLE.
I'VE SEEN THAT AT THE KING
COUNTY COUNCIL PRESENTATIONS
THAT YOU'RE DOING, THAT YOU'RE
ALSO BRINGING IN COMMUNITY
PARTNERS AS WELL.
IF THERE'S A FOLLOW-UP
PRESENTATION THAT WOULD BE GOOD
FOR US TO HAVE, WE CAN TALK
ABOUT SETTING UP ANOTHER TABLE.
WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT TO
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
YOU ACTUALLY HIT MOST OF MY
TALKING POINTS.
THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL
INTRODUCTION THERE.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO RAISE A
BIT IN MY OWN VOICE AS WELL IS
VIOLENCE IS A PREVENTIBLE DEATH
AD INTERVENTION THAT WE CAN
DO.
IT WAS ACTUALLY GREAT TO BE
HERE AND LISTEN IN TO THE YOUTH
YOUTH LINC COMMITTEE HEARING.
WHAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO IS HOW
DO WE BRING SAFETY AND WELL-
BEING INTO THE RESIDENCE OF
KING COUNTY?
WE'RE VERY COMMITTED TO THAT.
FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH,
GUN VIOLENCE, OF COURSE,
LOOKING AT BOTH DOWN STREAM AND
UPSTREAM FACTORS OF HOW DO WE
INTERRUPT THE VIOLENCE NOW, BUT
HOW DO WE DO MORE UPSTREAM
FACTORS, AND WE REALLY CREATE A
COMMUNITY OF WELL-BEING, AND
SAFETY FOR EVERYONE.
SO THE AMAZING WOMEN THAT I
HAVE WITH ME WILL SPEAK A
LITTLE ABOUT THE WORK THAT'S
HAPPENING.
TO YOUR COMMENT, THANK YOU FOR
SERVING ON OUR REGIONAL
LEADERSHIP ADVISORY COMMITTEE
HEARING THAT WE FORMED.
ED PRINCE FROM SOUND CITY AGES
ASSOCIATION.
WE DO BELIEVE THE IMPORTANCE OF
THIS REGIONAL APPROACH.
THE WHITE HOUSE HAS RECOGNIZED
THIS AS THE ONLY REGIONAL ONE
THAT WAS SELECTED BECAUSE OF
ITS UNIQUENESS TO DO AN
ORIGINAL APPROACH, AND ALSO
THAT IT WAS ROOTED AND SEEDED
IN PUBLIC HEALTH.
IT'S PUBLIC HEALTH HOW WE DO
THIS WORK.
WE ARE WORKING WITH A NUMBER OF
NATIONAL PARTNERS.
OTHERS IN THIS WORK AND LOOKING
BOTH AT UPSTREAM AND DOWN
STREAM FACTORS THAT WE NEED TO
DO TO INTERRUPT VIOLENCE IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
FROM AN EQUITY PERSPECTIVE,
IT'S BEEN A LEADING CAUSE OF
DEATH FOR YOUNG BLACK MEN IN
OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT'S NOT
ACCEPTABLE.
WE DO NEED TO DO THE WORK THAT
NEEDS TO HAPPEN FROM OUR PUBLIC
HEALTH APPROACH, AND WITH OUR
LAWMAKERS SUCH AS YOUR SEVEN,
AND OTHER ELECTEDS.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M
GOING TO HAPPENED THIS OVER TO
TIA, AND ELEUTHERA, WHO YOU'VE
MADE.
WE'D LOVE TO COME BACK AT ANY
POINT, AND KEEP YOU INFORMED IN
THE PROCESS.
BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR
COMMITMENT IN THIS WORK.
>> GOOD MORNING.
SO AGAIN MY NAME IS TIA
YARBROUGH, AND I'M ONE OF THE
STRATEGIC ADVISERS.
I OVERSEA OVERSEE COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND WELL-BEING.
I WILL READ THIS SLIDE, BUT I
WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF
OVERVIEW OF OUR WORK.
SINCE 2021, SEATTLE PUBLIC
HEALTH KING COUNTY HAS BEEN
LEADING AN INCLUSIVE, EXCUSE
ME, I NEED TO MOVE THIS OVER.
IN EARLY 2021, SEATTLE KING
COUNTY HAS BEEN LEADING AN
INCREASIVE COMMUNITY SAFETIAL
WELL-BEING PLANNING PROCESS.
IT'S A TWO PRONGED STRATEGY
THAT LINKS GROUPS TO PROVIDE
SOLUTIONS AND PROVIDE
RECOMMENDATIONS AND DOMAINS OF
JUVENILE JUSTICE.
OUR GO FIRST STRATEGY WAS OUR
IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO REGIONAL
PEACE-KEEPERS COLLECTIVE, AN
OVERARCHING UMBRELLA THAT
SUPPORTS MULTIORGANNIZATION AS
SUPPORTS.
INTENSIVE ENGAGEMENT, AND WRAP
AROUND LIFE CONFIRMING CARE TO
YOUTH IMPACTED BY GUN VIOLENCE.
I WANTED TO DETAIL A BIT, IF
YOU CAN GET TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND WELL-BEING
PLAN, THE REGIONAL APPROACH TO
GUN VIOLENCE LIVES WITHIN THE
CONTEXT OF THE SAFETY AND WELL-
BEING PLAN.
THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE
COORDINATED APPROACH WITH KING
COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
AS YOU KNOW IN 2020, EXECUTIVE
DOW CONSTANTINE DECLARED RACISM
A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.
THE COMMUNITY SAFETY IS IN
RESPONSE TO THIS URGENT MATTER.
THIS WAS CREATED BY CITY'S
UNITED, OUR PARTNER
ORGANIZATION OUT OF LOUISVILLE,
KENTUCKY, THAT PROVIDES
FRAMEWORK USED TO SUPPORT THE
PLANNING PROCESS FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY
AND WELL-BEING PLAN.
I WILL BRIEFLY DETAIL HOW THESE
FOUR QUAD RANTS REPRESENT OUR
WORK.
I FIRST WANT TO START HERE TO
MY LEFT.
úMAYBE YOUR RIGHT.
BUT ZERO YOUTH DETENTION OUR
CORE TEAM.
OUR FOCUS IS OVERALL SAFETY AND
WELL-BEING.
WE IF FUNCTION AT BOTH A HOST
AND CONVENER.
A REGIONAL APPROACH, BOTH FOR
GUN VIOLENCE AND THE REGIONAL
SAFETY AND WELL-BEING PLAN.
CITIES UNITED PROVIDED
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
QUAD RANT TWO IS OUR REGIONAL
VIOLENCE PREVENTION COALITION.
WE COLLABORATE AND CO-CREATE A
STRATEGIC RESPONSE TO THE GUN
VIOLENCE.
A DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON
BLACK AND BROWN YOUTH AND YOUNG
ADULTS THAT HILTED A VERY CLEAR
NEED FOR A CORRELATED RESPONSE.
WE MEET WITH THE COALITION
TOMORROW TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE
ON THE PROGRESS OF PHASE 2.
MANY OF THE MEMBERS.
REGIONAL VIOLENCE COALITION
PARTNERSHIPPED AS BOTH WORK
GROUP MEMBERS AND FACILITATORS
THROUGHOUT THE WORK GROUP
PROCESS.
I WANT TO GO OVER TO OUR
QUADRANT THREE.
THE REGIONAL ADVISORY GROUP
RECENTLY MET ON JUNE 9th.
WAS TRICHAIRED BY OUR EXECUTIVE
DOW CONSTANTINE.
OUR VERY OWN PRESENTER OF
PUBLIC HEALTH PRESENTED THE TWO
DOCUMENTS.
ELEVATING THE RESPONSE OF THIS.
BUDGET ALIGNMENT, AND
IDENTIFYING ALREADY EXISTING
FUNDING STRAINS AND MOVING
ULTIMATELY TOWARD
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE WORK
GROUPS.
QUADRANT 4 IS OUR REGIONAL
ADVISORY GROUP.
YOUTH VOICE IS ESSENTIAL IN
THIS PROCESS.
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND WELL-
BEING.
THIS PROCESS IDENTIFIED WITH
KEY PARTNERS AS A COLLECTIVE.
THIS APPROACH BEGAN WITH
IDENTIFYING KEY PARTNERS IN THE
COLLECTIVE APPROACH TO
ADDRESSING REGIONAL GUN
VIOLENCE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND WELL-BEING PLAN.
AS WE MOVE TOWARD A PHASE 3,
WHICH IS IMPLEMENTATION, WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE FIND
MEANINGFUL WAYS FOR YOUTH VOICE
TO BE CAPTURED, AND CONSIDERED
OUR HOPE IS TO AMPLIFY YOUTH
VOICE THROUGH POSSIBLE YOUTH
PANELS, INTERNSHIPS AND RFP'S.
I LASTLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OUR
LAST SPACE, WHICH IS THE
PLANNING GROUP.
THE FINAL VISUAL HERE YOU'LL
SEE WITH THIS GRAPHIC.
THE COMMUNITY SAFETY WELL-BEING
PLAN WILL YOU WANT MATILY EXIST
IN THREE PHASES.
PHASE ONE, WHICH IS REVIEWING
HISTORICAL DATA.
FACE TWO WAS ESTABLISHING THE
FIVE WORK GROUPS.
SO IDENTIFYING KEY DIRECTIONS
WHICH SERVES AS THE THEMATIC
FOCUS FOR THE WORK GROUPS.
SO THE FIVE WORK GROUPS WERE
COMMUNITY LED SAFETY,
EDUCATION, HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES AND JUVENILE JUSTICE.
I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
BILLY HARRISON PARTNERSHIPS IN
OUR GROUP, SO WE THANK THEM FOR
THE INVESTMENT IN THIS GROUP.
OUR FINAL GROUP WAS WORKFORCE
DEVELOP: OVER 90 MEETINGS WERE
HELD TO ENGAGE IN POLICY
CONCERNS.
TO STRATEGICALLY IDENTIFY
SOLUTIONS.
THE SPRING OF 2022, EACH WORK
GROUP SUBMITTED FIVE
RECOMMENDATIONS IN WHICH THE
TOP THREE WERE FOR REVIEW.
WE'RE PRIORITIZING COMMUNITY
FEEDBACK, CENTERING THE VOICES
MOST IMPACTED BY THE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
OUR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK SURVEY
REGARDING THE RECOMMENDATIONS
WENT LIVE LAST THURSDAY ON JULY
7th.
WE ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO
PARTNERSHIP ON CONVERGE MEDIA,
WHERE MYSELF, AND MY COLLEAGUE
IS NOT HERE TODAY AS A RESULT
OF THE A FAMILY EMERGENCY, HAD
A CHANCE TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK
WE'RE DOING WITH REGIONAL GUN
VIOLENCE AND THE COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND WELL-BEING PLAN.
THE LIVE LINK AGAIN WENT LIVE
LAST THURSDAY, JULY 7th, AND
WILL BE AVAILABLE UNTIL JULY
21st, TO COLLECT RESPONSES ON
THE ZYD WEB PAGE.
YOU'VE ALSO RECEIVED THE SAFETY
AND WELL-BEING PLAN.
THE DOCUMENTS, THE SURVEY LINK
AND ALSO THE SOCIAL MEDIA
MATERIALS FOR DISSEMINATION AT
YOUR WILL.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD WITH OUR
PARTNERS AS WE MOVE TOWARD
PHASE 3, WHICH IS
IMPLEMENTATION.
I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU
HAVE, BUT IF NOT, I WILL PASS
THE FLOOR TO MY COLLEAGUE,
ELEUTHERA LISCH.
>> THANK YOU, TIA.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU MADAM
CHAIR FOR HAVING US HERE, AND I
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU'LL
HEAR QUITE A BIT FROM ME, AND
IT IS BECAUSE MY GOOD
COLLEAGUE, WILLARD JIMERSON IS
NOT ABLE TO JOIN US TODAY, AND
OTHERWISE WOULD BE SHARING THE
BULK HEAD OF THIS INFORMATION.
HE HELPS MANAGE THE PROJECT,
SERVES AS COMMUNITY FACILITATOR
TO ORGANIZE COMMUNITY AROUND
HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN.
SO TO YOUR POINT, MADAM CHAIR,
WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF
ITERATIONS OF THIS, BUT ALL OF
THEM ARE CALLED OUT THE DATA
DRIVEN APPROACH.
ONE OF THE FIRST ACTIONS OF THE
CONVENING ACROSS ALL THE CITY
AND COUNTY GROUPS THAT CAME
TOGETHER TO START A PROCESS OF
LONG TERM PLANNING IDENTIFIED A
NEED, IN WHICH WE STOOD UP THE
PEACEKEEPER'S COLLECTIVE, WHICH
YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT TODAY.
THE GENESIS, BOTH DIRECTIONS
FROM THE PLAN COMES FROM A DATA
WALK THAT LOOKED AT, FIRST OF
ALL, DATA THAT CAN SOMETIMES BE
PERCEIVED AS HARMING FOLKS.
SO WE LOOK AT THE DATA IN A
CLEAR WAY, LEADING WITH RACIAL
EQUITY, AS WE DECONSTRUCT THE
MESSAGES.
BUT WITH A CLEAR, CLEAR
INDISPUTABLE SENSE OF CLARITY
THAT DISPROPORTIONATELY, BLACK
AND BROWN MEN ARE IMPACTED BY
GUN VIOLENCE, BOTH IN OUR
REGION, AND THROUGHOUT THE
NATION.
SO AS THE LEADING CHARGE FOR
CALLING US TO ACTION, YOU CAN
SEE BOTH THAT WE TIED IN TIA'S
COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE
ACKNOWLEDGED THAT RACISM IS A
PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE.
THAT GUN VIOLENCE IS A PUBLIC
HEALTH EMERGENCY, AND THAT THEY
ARE INTERCEPTED WITH HOW WE
MANAGE FINDING SOLUTIONS.
HERE WE SEE THE FAMILIAR DATA,
THIS IS A SNAPSHOT FROM THE
OFFICE AS A FINAL AMALGAMATION
OF ALL OF LAST YEAR'S DATA.
THIS ENDS AT THE END OF 2021.
WE HAVE NEW DATA,
UNFORTUNATELY, AS YOU MENTIONED
IN YOUR OPENING COMMENTS THE
UPTICK IN GUN VIOLENCE IS STILL
SURGING.
IN SOME POCKET COMMUNITIES WE
MEET WITH CHIEF BO AND CHIEF
PADILLA, AND KENT, AND CHIEF
DIAZ.
WHILE WE'RE SEEING A DOWN TREND
BECAUSE OF THE GREAT EFFORTS OF
PROGRAMS LIKE LINC, THERE'S
STILL SURGING VIOLENCE AND WE
STILL HAVE OUR WORK CUT OUT FOR
US TOGETHER.
SO NOT TO SORT OF POINT OUT THE
SAD TRUTHS, BUT ALSO TO ANCHOR
US IN THE CLARITY OF WHY WE DO
WHAT WE DO, AND HOW WE DO IT.
SO THE REGIONAL PEACEKEEPER'S
COLLECTIVE, AS I MENTIONED, AND
WILL SHARE FURTHER IS A
GROUPING OF PROVIDERS THAT HAVE
NOW GROWN TO 13, AS TIA SAID,
IT'S AN OVER-ARCHING UMBRELLA.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, SUPPORTING
THE WORK OF LINC, BUT TAKING
ALSO A DYNAMIC APPROACH TO
CENTERING FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN
DIRECTLY IMPACTED, AND HAVE LED
ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE CORRECTLY
IMPACTED FOLKS, WE ENHANCE SOME
OF THE SERVICE PROVISION TO
BRING TOGETHER THE REGIONAL
PEACEKEEPER'S COLLECTIVE, WHICH
INCLUDES ORGANIZATIONS I'LL
SHARE AND LIST AT THE END OF
THE PRESENTATION, BUT LED BY
THE GREAT WORK OF COMMUNITY
PASSAGEWAYS.
COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS WAS ALSO
SERVING AS A LEADER BASED
ORGANIZATION FROM THE SEATTLE
INITIATIVE, DOING INCREDIBLE
WORK IN THREE HUB LOCATIONS IN
SOUTHEAST SEATTLE, SOUTHWEST
SEATTLE, AND IN THE CENTRAL
AREA.
SO TAKING A PARTNERSHIP
APPROACH, AND RECOGNIZING THAT
WE NEEDED TO SCALE TO FOLLOW
GENTRIFICATION OUT IN THE AREAS
OF SOUTH KING COUNTY, WHERE
PEOPLE HAD BEEN MARGINALIZED,
AND WE WERE WANTING TO ENSURE
THIS WIDE UMBRELLA, WE HAVE
HIGH INTENSITY ENGAGEMENT, MUCH
LIKE THE LINC PROJECT.
BUT WE ALSO STOOD UP FOR
CRITICAL INCIDENT RESPONSE, LED
BY A LASTING LEGACY OF SOME OF
THE WORK THAT CHIEF DIAZ HELPED
STAND UP YEARS AGO TO CREATE A
SYSTEM AND APPROACH TO
REVIEWING THAT DATA, AND
ENSURING THROUGH ONE WAY
COMMUNICATION, THAT COMMUNITY
HAD THE INFORMATION THEY NEEDED
TO PROVIDE CRISIS RESPONSE.
WRAP AROUND CARE, MUCH LIKE THE
LINC PROJECT, EXPANDING ON
THAT.
CENTERING YOUTH AND FAMILIES,
WE'RE VERY PROUD TO SEE THE
WORK OF LINC, AND ALSO TO
SHOWCASE THESE ARE SHARED
METHODS OF PRACTICE.
WE ALSO TOOK A VERY STRATEGIC
APPROACH.
WE HAVE A REFERRAL STRATEGY TO
ENCATCH THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE AND
HELP SUPPORT THEM, SO PERHAPS
WE CAN PREVENT THE NEXT
INCIDENT OF VIOLENCE.
DECREASED NEGATIVE LAW
ENFORCEMENT CONTACT,
UNDERSTANDING THAT LAW
ENFORCEMENT HAS A WORK TO DO.
WE'RE ALL PART OF THE PUBLIC
SAFETY FRAMEWORK, BUT OUR YOUNG
PEOPLE WERE DISPROPORTIONATELY
CONTACTED BY POLICE, AND THIS
PROVIDES THE PROGRAMS LIKE LINK
AND OTHER PROGRAMS WE'LL
MENTION LATER TO BE ABLE TO
SUPPORT THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE SO
THEY DON'T DEEPEN THEIR
INVOLVEMENT IN THE JUSTICE
SYSTEM.
ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY CAPACITY,
AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH, PUBLIC
AWARENESS, RESTORATIVE EVENTS,
WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT US AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
I'LL GLOSS THROUGH THIS, BUT I
THINK I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WE
TAKE A BASED APPROACH, ONE OF
THE THINGS, WORKING WITH
JUSTICE BRIDGE, I FOUNDED THE
ALIVE AND FREE PROGRAM.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE ITS LEGACY,
AND IT CONTINUED IT'S WORK AS A
LINK PROGRAM.
IT'S INCREDIBLE TO SEE IT
GROWING THROUGHOUT KING COUNTY.
BUT A PLACE BASED STRATEGY IS,
CLEARLY NECESSARY.
SO CITIES OF AUBURN, KENT, AND
TUKWILA NEED THEIR PLACE BASED
SERVICES.
THEY NEED TO BE CULTURALLY
RESPONSIVE PLACE BASED SERVICES
DRIVEN BY THE COMMUNITY OF
FOLKS THAT ARE CLOSEST TO THE
PROBLEM AND OFTEN CLOSEST TO
THE SOLUTION AS WHAT WE CALL
INCREDIBLE MESSENGER APPROACH.
WE PUT IN THE WORD HOT SPOTS,
BUT PART OF THE WORK WE MAY DO,
THOUGH IT MAY MIRROR LAW
ENFORCEMENT IS DISTINCT AND
DIFFERENT.
YESTERDAY THE PRESIDENT SIGNED
A BILL INTO EFFECT THAT LOOKED
AT A CERTAIN TARGET APPROACHES,
ND THIS IS A PART OF A
HOLISTIC STRATEGY THAT ARE
COMMUNITY-LED THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY HAD A ARE ALIGNED WITH
THOSE PRACTICES.
HOT SPOT COMMUNITY DIRECTLY
INTO THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE
IDENTIFIED TO US AS HAVING A
HIGH IMPACT OF GUN VIOLENCE AND
BUILDING STRATEGY TOGETHER WITH
COMMUNITY, AND YOU CAN SEE SOME
OF THOSE PIECESES LISTED OUT
HERE.
FINALLY, WHAT'S IMPERATIVE, AND
I THINK ARCS THROUGHOUT OUR
REGION, AND ONE OF THE
REASONSES AS DENNIS MENTIONED
THAT WE ARE SELECTED BY THE
WHITE HOUSE FOR OUR REGIONAL
APPROACH TO PROVIDE PART OF A
PEER NETWORK, LEARNING
COMMUNITY WHICH THEY'RE CALLING
CIVIC.
THAT GROUP IS ALL INFORMED IN
THE SAME PRACTICES IN SHARING
THESE LEARNINGS AND PRACTICES.
COMPASSION-BASED CARE, THAT IS
TRAUMA INFORMED AND EMPHASIZES
SOLUTION, IS WHAT WE BELIEVE TO
BE THE BEST ACROSS THE NATION.
>> I THINK I MISSED THE POINT
THAT YOU WERE TRYING TO MAKE
ABOUT THE FACT THAT HOT SPOTS
IS IN PARENTHESES, OR QUOTATION
MARKS.
>> SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS A LAW
ENFORCEMENT STRATEGY AND WHILE
WE ARE ALIGNED, WE WANT TO BE
CLEAR THAT THAT IS DISTINCTLY A
LAW ENFORCEMENT STRATEGY, AND
THAT WE ARE MIRRORING SOME OF
THE APPROACH, IF THAT MAKES
SENSE.
>> I ALSO WANT TO FLAG, I
RECENTLY WAS INQUIRING ABOUT
THE STRATEGY OF MITIGATING THE
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AROUND
PLACES, HOT SPOTS, YOU KNOW.
I THINK WHEN TALKING ABOUT
THESE ISSUES AND HOW WE CAN
HELP AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, AS
REPRESENTATIVES OF GOVERNMENT,
THERE AREN'T OFTEN CONCRETE
THINGS BEYOND FUNDING PROGRAMS
THAT WE CAN HOPE AND LOOK FOR
THE DATA THAT SHOW THAT THEY
WORK, THAT WE CAN DO BUT WHEN
IT COMES TO MAKING PHYSICAL
DIRECTIONS THAT CAN IMPROVE THE
PHYSICAL CONDITIONS WHERE THIS
IS HAPPENING AND REDUCE THE
LIKELIHOOD, I'M VERY INTERESTED
IN SUPPORTING THAT WORK.
SO I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED
TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE
ASSESSMENT OF PHYSICAL
CONDITIONS IN THE AREAS THAT
YOU'RE FOCUSED ON HERE IN
SEATTLE, AND TALKING WITH MY
COLLEAGUES TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE
CAN SUPPORT MAKING THOSE
CHANGES AS NEEDED, OR FINDING
OUT WHERE IT IS IN THE SORT OF
CITY BUREAUCRACY PROCESS OF
DEALING WITH THOSE THINGS.
>> IF IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE,
MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD LOVE TO
MAKE SURE WE FOLLOW UP, AND
BRING SOME INFORMATION TO YOU.
WE HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT DATA
AND SOME STRATEGIES THAT HAVE
BEEN HIGHLY AFFECTIVE.
THERE'S ALSO A FEDERAL GRANT
THROUGH THE BURN GRANTS RIGHT
NOW, THROUGH OFFICE OF JUSTICE
THAT ALIGN WITH THESE
STRATEGIES THAT DO
ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AND
PARTNER LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH
COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS STRATEGY.
I'M ALSO NOTING AN EMAIL FROM
YOU, AND PLEASE FORGIVE MY
DELAY, WE HAD A COUPLE OF
EMERGENCIES THAT TALK ABOUT ONE
OF THOSE KEY LOCATIONSES.
IF IT'S APPROPRIATE, WE CAN
CIRCLE BACK IN THE CONVERSATION
HERE, OR WE CAN BRING FORWARD
INFORMATION FOR YOU IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF
SEATTLE PARTNERS.
>> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE THAT.
>> HERE WE'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT.
AS I MENTIONED, YOU'RE HEARING
TOO MUCH FROM ME TODAY.
I WANT TO JUST BE CLEAR,
BECAUSE WILLARD JIMERSON, MY
COLLEAGUE TALK BASIS HOW WE
FOCUS ON THE DATA AND WHY, AND
HOW WE PRIORITIZE THE
POPULATION BEING SERVED.
YOU'LL SEE AS I THINK WE HEARD
EARLIER, IT WAS E.I THINK IT
WAS AARON FOX THAT SAID IT WAS
12 TO 24-YEAR-OLDS.
THIS IS SLIGHTLY OUT OF DATE.
WE'RE NOW SERVING 12 TO 27-YEAR-
OLDS, BECAUSE THE DATA FROM OUR
PARTNERSHIP WITH HARBORVIEW
MEDICAL CENTER SUGGESTED THAT
THEY WERE SEEING FOLKS IN THAT
RANGE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY GUN
VIOLENCE AND JUST COULDN'T DRAW
TAT DISTINCT LINE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S DROPPED
LOWER THAN 12 NOW.
AND INVESTMENTS THAT COULD BE
MADE IN EXPANDING THE STRATEGY
WOULD ULTIMATELY HELP EITHER
THE CITY OF SEATTLE, OR US IN
CONJUNCTION OF THE CITY OF
SEATTLE ADDRESSING FROM 30 TO
39 YEARS DIRECTLY IMPACT THE BY
GUN VIOLENCE.
THERE SIMPLY ISN'T A SERVICE
PROVIDER NETWORK THAT ADDRESSES
THAT POPULATION'S NEEDS.
THIS COULD BE A MODEL FOR
CHANGE THAT COULD BE SCALED UP
TO SUPPORT THE AGENCIES THAT
ARE DOING THE WORK IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE TO DIRECTLY ADDRESS
THE DIFFERENT POPULATION, WHICH
I KNOW HAS BEEN A PRIORITY
SPEECHICALLY OF THE MAYOR'S
LIAISON.
SHE IS THE FIRST EVER LIAISON
FOR GUN VIOLENCE, AND HAS DONE
A BEAUTIFUL JOB OF HELPING US
LOOK AT THAT CONCERN.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE
IN THE OFFSET OF THIS, ALMOST
TWO YEARS AGO NOW, AS WE WERE
DESIGNING THE MODEL IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH HARBORVIEW
MEDICAL CENTER, IS STAND UP THE
MODEL TO SERVE WITHIN
HARBORVIEW.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF KEY
POSITIONS THAT ARE CENTERED IN
THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK
AT HARBORVIEW.
THEY'RE DIRECTLY IMPACTED
INDIVIDUALS BELOW HAVE HAD
GREAT SUCCESS MEETING BED SIDE
WITH FOLKS.
AND THEY CONNECT THE FOLKS IN
THE HOSPITAL DIRECTLY TO OUR
COMMUNITY PROVIDER NETWORK,
WHICH I'LL SPEAK A LITTLE TO
LATER.
BUT IT WAS THE DATA FROM
HARBORVIEW THAT HELPED US START
TO DRILL DOWN OUR FOCAL POINT
OF POPULATION BETWEEN 100, AND
150 YOUNG PEOPLE IN THAT AGE
BRACKET.
OF COURSE THE NUMBERS HAVE
SHIFTED AROUND.
WE'RE ALSO GETTING INFORMATION
THAT IDENTIFIES IN THE PRACTICE
THAT WE TAKE, SOCIAL NETWORK
ANALYSIS.
UNDERSTANDS THAT A VERY SMALL
GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE OFTEN
INVOLVED IN THE MOST AMOUNT OF
HARM.
IF WE CAN ADEQUATELY SUPPORT
THE SMALLEST GROUP OF YOUNG
PEOPLE, WE CAN ALSO PREHAVEN'T
LARGER SCALE HARM, IN WHICH
THIS CASE TAKES AN APPROACH
LOOKING AT 50 TO 80 YOUNG
PEOPLE IDENTIFIED FOR THEIR
PROXIMITY TO GUN VIOLENCE AND
THEIR NEED FOR SERVICE AND
CARE.
SO THIS PRIORITY POPULATION IS
PART OF WHAT GETS REFERRED INTO
THE NETWORK.
OUR SHARED METHODS OF PRACTICE.
ONE THING I WANT TO NOTE THAT
WAS A GREAT PART OF THE
PARTICIPATION, THE LINC PROJECT
SHARED, AND WORKING WITH THE
FORMER MEMBER OF AHMED
ADMINISTRATION TEAM, WE WERE
LOOKING AT HOW THE GANG
INTERVENTION MODEL WAS EXPLICIT
THAT NAMES GANGS AND HAS A
TREMENDOUS BODY OF RESEARCH
BEHIND IT, AND IS A HIGHLY
AFFECTIVE STRATEGY, BUT YOUNG
PEOPLE ARE EVOLVE WILLING, AND
THE ISSUES OF EMERGING VIOLENCE
ISSUES HAVE KIND OF MOVED
BEYOND CERTAIN LABELS, AND
THEREFORE WE WERE EXPANDING
COLLECTIVELY, ALL OF US IN
CONVERSATION INCLUDING THE
FOLKS IN THE LINC PROJECT,
TALKING ABOUT WHAT ARE THE
NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN A MORE
GENERATIVE STATE, SAYING YOUNG
PEOPLE MAY HAVE BEEN AFFILIATED
OR NOT IDENTIFY AS GANG MEMBERS
AT ALL, BUT ARE STILL IN
PROXIMITY TO GUN VIOLENCE.
IN WHICH A COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP
MODEL OF FOLKS CLOSEST TO ALL
THE EMERGING TRENTS ANDNESS
WHAT'S GOING ON, AND UNDERSTAND
THE SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS CAN
HELP US TO CONTINUE TO REFINE
THE EVIDENCE INFORMED PRACTICES
AND THE PRACTICE BASED EVIDENCE
THAT WE ARE COLLECTING WITH
COMMUNITIES' INPUT.
SO THE SHARED METHODS MUCH
PRACTICE HERE ARE A
MULTIPRONGED APPROACH.
MULTI-SYSTEMS OF FOLKS COMING
TOGETHER TO BREAK DOWN SILOS
ACROSS DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS
THAT QUESTION CAN SERVE OUR
YOUNG PEOPLE FLUENTLY AND
TOGETHER, AND WITHOUT DOUBLE-
SERVING THEM THERE'S A
LEADERSHIP AS THIS CALLS OUT.
THE MANAGEMENT IN A CENTRALIZED
SORT OF WAY HELPS PREVENT THE
POTENTIALLY NOT OVERSERVING,
BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE IN
THAT, BUT AGAIN, DOUBLE SERVING
UNINTENTIONALLY.
ONE OF THE PEACEKEEPER'S
PROTECTIVE MODEL AS DENNIS
MENTIONED, A UNDERSTAND I DID
EARLIER, WE'RE PART OF THE
CIVIC MODEL WITH THE WHITE
HOUSE, WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO
PRIORITIZE IN COMMUNITY
LEADERSHIP AND HELPING TO
PRIORITIZE AND IDENTIFY SOME OF
THE NATIONAL BEST TRAINERS IN
PRACTICE TO LEAD THE WORK.
ALL OF THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE
SERVING TO HELP US ENSURE THIS
MODEL.
COORDINATION AND SERVICE
DELIVERY IS REALLY ALSO A SORT
OF SIGNATURE OF THE REGIONAL
APPROACH.
IT TAKES A REGIONAL APPROACH,
AND IT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW,
CALLING OUT ONE PARTICULAR
BRAND OR ONE PARTICULAR GROUP
IT WOULDN'T BE FAIR.
EVERYBODY IS DOING REMARKABLE
WORK.
SOMETIMESWHAT'S MISSING IS
BROAD SCALE ORGANIZATION.
AND ONE OF THE GREAT MARKS OF A
PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH IS
ALLOWING FOR THAT LENS TO
PROVIDE THE RESEARCH AND
GUIDANCE ON THAT WIDE SCALE
COORDINATION MUCH LIKE WE
RESPONDED TO COVID, AND
OTHERMENTALS WE'RE ABLE TO
MOBILIZE AND RALLY IN A WAY
THAT'S DISTINCT TO THE PUBLIC
HEALTH MODELS.
THIS COORDINATED SERVICE MODEL
THAT'S DIFFERENTer GIVING
DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND
SUPPORTING DIFFERENT
ORGANIZATIONS TO BUILD MORE
CAPACITY FOR VIOLENCE
INTERRUPTION HOSPITAL BASED,
PLANNED SERVICES AND
RESTORATION IS BEGUN WITHIN THE
SUITE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING
WITHIN THE PEACEKEEPER'S
COLLECTIVE.
IF YOU CAN FORGIVE ME, IF I
MAKE SURE THAT MY SCREEN
FREEZES, I'LL BE BRIEF HERE, AS
WE TALKED EARLIER, AND TIA
MENTIONED IN THE DESCRIPTION OF
OUR GO-FIRST STRATEGY, WE'RE
SLIGHTLY DISRUPTIVE IN OUR
CADENCE OF HOW WE PUT THIS
TOGETHER.
WE'RE ACTUALLY AN INTERVENTION
STRATEGY THAT PRIORITIZES THE
SECONDARY INTERVENTION AND
MOVES TO RESTORATION WITHIN THE
SUITES OF SERVICES MENTIONING
LIKE I DID BEFORE, HOSPITAL
BASED INTERVENTION, THAT HOT
SPOT REMEDIATION WORK, IN OUR
CASE THAT LOOKS LIKE WEEKLY
CALLS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH
LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS WHO
IDENTIFY THOSE LOCATIONS THAT
ARE IN NEED OF CARE, AND THEN
OUR COMMUNITY PRACTITIONERS,
PARTNERING WITH COMMUNITY TO
ABATE SOME OF THE ISSUES OF GUN
VIOLENCE AND THE CITY OF
SEATTLE IS DOING SOME
REMARKABLE WORK IN THAT AREA.
SOUTHEAST SEATTLE, AND THEIR
REMARKABLE PASSAGE.
BECAUSE OF THEIR INCREDIBLE
PRESENTATION, THERE HAVE BEEN
LITTLE, IF NOT ZERO SHOOTINGS
IN THAT COMMUNITY SINCE THEY
IMPLEMENTED THEIR STRATEGY.
REGIONAL PEACEKEEPER'S
COLLECTIVE IS ALSO DISTRIBUTE
RESOURCES TO PARTNERS ABLE TO
HOLD UP THAT STRATEGY IN
DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, AND THE
RENEGADES THROUGH LIFE PROJECT
IS DOING INCREDIBLE WORK AT
12th AND JACKS.
THOSE ARE JACKSON.
PREVENTION MENTIONED JUNKER
YOUNGER SIBLINGS WE'RE IN
SUPPORT OF, THOUGH WE ARE NOT
FUNDING.
WE KNOW THERE ARE PROPOSALS TO
FUND MORE SAFE PASSAGE FOR
SCHOOLS THROUGH THE SAFE
INITIATIVE.
THOUGH YOU DON'T FIND IT HERE,
I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S FULLY
IMPLEMENTED, BUT WE BELIEVE
IT'S KEY OF THE OVERALL SERVICE
MODEL.
THEN RESTORATION, MOVING INTO
THAT CARE TEAM APPROACH, MUCH
LIKE THE LINK PROJECT TALKED
ABOUT IN THEIR WRAP AROUND CARE
MODEL, THEY'RE SIMILARLY
ALIGNED WITH THE BEST PRACTICES
CARE MODEL.
IN A SECOND I WILL MOVE TO THE
SLIDE.
I'M GOING TO SPEND A BIT OF
TIME HERE AND MOVE MORE QUICKLY
THROUGH THE OTHERS.
THIS IS A STRATEGY FULLY
REALIZED IN GRAPHIC FORM.
AS YOU MENTIONED, CHAIRWOMAN,
THIS IS A DATA APPROACH, AND IT
GOES THROUGH ONGOING PRACTICE
OF THIS WHEEL.
WE IS DO HAVE WEEKLY SHOTS
FIRED CALLS AND WE'RE REVIEWING
INCIDENTS FROM THE PREVIOUS
WEEK AND REVIEWING FOLLOW UP
CARE WITH THE INDIVIDUALS
IMPACTED.
WE ARE A PROTOCOL DRIVEN, AND
WE TAKE A STRIDENT, AND VERY
PROUD APPROACH TO A PROTOCOL
THAT WORKS ACROSS PARTNERS THAT
STARTS AS INITIATED BY
NOTIFICATION FROM DIFFERENT
PARTNERS, AND THE COMMUNITY IS
OFTEN LAW ENFORCEMENT, LETTING
US KNOW THIS SETS OFF A CHAIN
OF EVENTS THAT INCLUDES
DEPLOYMENT INCIDENTS TO PROVIDE
VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION SERVICES,
LIKE DEESCALATION AND CROWD
CONTROL AND MEDIATIONS AS
APPROPRIATE.
THAT INCLUDES THE HOSPITAL-
BASED RESPONSE.
STRATEGIC, IT SAYS SCHOOL BASED
AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING TO SUPPORT
THE SCALING UP.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND HOT
SPOT.
EVERYTHING WITH A SOLID WHITE
ARROW INDICATE HOW WE CONTACT
YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WE BELIEVE TO
BE IN CRISIS IN NEED OF CARE.
SO AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WHEEL,
YOU SEE WHERE THAT TURNS
ENROLLMENT INTO.
THIS LOOKS AT GREAT PEOPLE WHO
ARE STRATEGYING WHAT SERVICE
ORGANIZATION IS THE BEST FIT
FOR THE YOUNG PERSON AND MAKING
REFERRAL PERHAPS INTO THE LINC
PROGRAM OR TO THE PROVIDER
NETWORK, WHERE THEY WILL
RECEIVE SERVICES THAT ARE
FOCUSED ON LIFE COACHING AN
AFFIRMATION.
THOSE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED IN
A TEAM APPROACH THAT PUTSES AN
OUTREACH WORKER, SOME
ORGANIZATIONS CALL THEM CASE
MANAGERS OR SYSTEMS
NAVIGATORSES WHO PARTNER AROUND
THE YOUNG PERSON TO WALK THEM
TOWARDS THE ATTAINMENT OF THE
GOALS LIKE THEY SHARED IN THE
LINC PROJECT.
FINALLY, SIBLINGS SUPPORT
SERVICES, COMMUNITY
RESTORATION, AND HEALING
ACTIVITIES ARE BOTH ONGOING AND
DISTINCT.
WE REFER TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SIBLING
SUPPORT FOR ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
CHOOSE 180, HAVE A SPECIALTY IN
WORKING WITH THAT YOUNGER
POPULATION.
OUR POWER POINT, WE'VE SHARED
WITH YOU, I WON'T GO DEEPLY
INTO, THIS SHARES THE FUNCTIONS
OF THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS THAT
LIVE WITHIN THE MODEL.
I HOPE YOU CAN EXCUSE THE
GARBAGE TRUCK PASSING MY HOUSE
AND MAKING NOISE.
BUT THESE ARE THE DESCRIPTIONS
O THE STAFF THAT ARE FUNDED TO
STAND UP, AND PROVIDE THIS
WORK.
THEY'RE FAIRLY ALIGNED.
YOU WILL FIND THEM SOMEWHAT
INTERCHANGEABLE IN THE SENSE
THAT AS WE SCALE UP, WE HOPE TO
SEE, MUCH LIKE THE LINC
PROJECT, AND THE SCSI AND ALL
THE EMERGING WORK HAPPENING
WITH THE PEACEKEEPERS
COLLECTIVE, WE'VE ALSO ADDED IN
REINIER BEACH ACTION COALITION
AND INVESTED IN THEIR WORK TO
HELP SCALE UP TO AREAS OF
UNINCORPORATED SOUTH KING
COUNTY, SPECIFICALLY SKYWAY.
ALL OF THOSE ARE SUPPORTING THE
FUNCTION OF THIS WORKFORCE, TO
MAKE SURE THEY'RE ABLE TO
PROVIDE A NETWORK OF SERVICE,
AND A WEB OF SUPPORT FOR OUR
YOUNG PEOPLE.
>> I JUST WANTED TO MENTION,
THE SLIDE THAT YOU'RE
MENTIONING, YOU'RE ON THE RPR
SLIDE.
>> I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST.
IT SEEMS MY SCREEN IS FREEZING.
SO HOPEFULLY IT WILL CATCH UP
IN A SECOND HERE AND ALLOW ME
TO CONTINUE.
CAN YOU VERIFY, TIA, THAT
YOU'RE SEEING THE SLIDE NOW?
>> YES, THANK YOU.
>> SO THE PUBLIC HEALTH
APPROACH MODEL, AND AGAIN,
THESE HAVE BEEN SHARED OUT TO
YOU, THE DESCRIPTIONS THAT TIA,
I WAS FROZEN ON, HOPEFULLY THIS
IS SHOWING.
I WILL MOVE ONTO THE SLIDE THAT
DEFINES HOW THE MODEL HANGS
TOGETHER.
THE ORIGINAL PEACEKEEPER'S
COLLECTIVE SUPPORTED AT PUBLIC
HEALTH.
AGAIN, THAT IS HIGHLY
STRATEGIC, BECAUSE THE PUBLIC
HEALTH APPROACH HAS GAINED
NATIONAL ATTRACTION SINCE THE
1970s WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
HAS NAMED YOUTH AND GUN
VIOLENCE A PUBLIC HEALTH
CONCERN.
WE'RE THE ONLY PUBLIC HEALTH
DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW HOLDING
AND MEETING THIS WORK.
SO WE'RE PROUD TO OFFER THAT UP
TO ALL THE SERVICE MODELS.
THE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE
RAINIER BEACH ACTION COALITION
RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE CITY
OF SEATTLE, FROM THE, AND BOTH
OUR GENERAL FUNDS AND EMERGENCY
DOLLARS MADE AVAILABLE BY THE
WHITE HOUSE.
AND WE ARE ALSO TURNING TO
CONVERSATIONSES WHERE WE WILL
GO TO COLLABORATING AND WRITING
FEDERAL GRANTS.
THOSE SUBCONTRACT OUT THE
SERVICE MODEL THAT YOU SEE
HERE.
CRITICAL INCIDENT MANAGERS
SUPPORT VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS
AND OUTREACH WORKERS ARE
SUPPORTED BY CLIENT SERVICE
MANAGERS ALONGSIDE OF THE CASE
MANAGERS.
THEY STAND ALONE, THEY FIT INTO
THIS LEADERSHIP TEAM, AND THE
RESTORATION SERVICE COORDINATOR
MANAGES THE FAMILY SUPPORT
SPECIALISTS AND SIBLING SUPPORT
SPECIALISTS WORK.
THE MEDIUM TIER HERE ACROSS THE
MIDDLE IS THE COORDINATION OF
VARIOUS FUNDING STREAMS FEED
INTO STANDING UP, AND
SUPPORTING THIS GROUP OF
WORKFORCE SO THAT THEY CAN WORK
TOGETHER SEAMLESS AS THE TEAM
TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE FOLKS
WORKING ON THE GROUND AT THAT
LEVEL, AND THEN REFERRING THEM
INTO THIS NETWORK THAT IS
FUNDED, AND STIRRING UP INTO
MODELS.
I THINK ONE IMPORTANT PIECE TO
NOTE IS THAT I KNOW THERE IS
SOMETIMES SOME CONFUSION ABOUT
WHO FUNDS WHAT.
I THINK AN IMPORTANT NOTE IS
OUR COMBINED FUNDING MAKES
POSSIBLE THIS WIDE BASED WEB OF
SUPPORT.
THE HOSPITAL BASED
INTERVENTIONIST STAFFS, THOUGH
THEY ARE FUNDED DIRECTLY BY
KING COUNTY, CAN'T STAND UP
ALONE WITHOUT THE CITY'S
FUNDING THAT INVESTS IN
SUPPORTING THE RESTORATION
SERVICE COORDINATOR AND THE
SIBLING SUPPORTS, AND THE FOLKS
THAT RECEIVE THAT WORK FROM THE
HOSPITAL INTERVENTIONIST.
IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT WE ARE
TECHNICALLY, COLLECTIVELY,
WE'RE FUNDING IN A SUCCESSFUL
MODEL.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I
HIGHLIGHT THAT.
IF MY SLIDES WILL ALLOW ME, I
WILL FINALLY SHOWCASE JUST THE
LIST OF THE PARTNERS IN EACH
COMPONENT OF THE STRATEGY.
YOU SEE THE YMCA LOGO, STANDING
FOR THE ALIVE AND FREE PROGRAM,
THAT AARON FOX WAS SHARING
TODAY, RENEGADES FOR LIFE AND
SEAN GOOD, THE FREEDOM PROJECT.
PROGRESS PUSHERS.
EDDIE PURPOSE AND HIS
INCREDIBLE TEAM, AND OF COURSE
THE HARBORVIEW BASED
INTERVENTION TEAM SO I WOULD
LOVE TO CALL OUT PAUL CARTER
SPECIFICALLY, AND WITH SUPPORT
OF ALL THE DOCTORS AND SOCIAL
WORKERS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
AS WE TALK ABOUT COORDINATION
OF CARE, NOT COLLAPSING MODELS,
BUT STANDING IN ALIGNMENT WITH
MODELS, SO THESE ORGANIZATIONS
THAT MAKE UP THE WORK OF THE
SCSI AND THE CITY OF SEATTLE
PROPER, AND THEN FINALLY THE
ENHANCED SERVICE PROVIDER
NETWORK THAT ALLOWS FOR US TO
SERVICE AREAS OF SKYWAY AND
WHITE CENTER, AND INCLUDING
SOME NEW AREAS IN SOUTH KING
COUNTY.
SO THIS GROUP OF ALL THESE
PROVIDERS YOU MAY SEE THE SAME
NAME AND YOU HEARD TWO OF THESE
MENTIONED IN THE ORGANIZATION
NETWORK, THE FREEDOM PROJECT
AND THE ALIVE AND FREE PROGRAM
WITH THE YMCA, THERE SR. NO
DUPLICATION OF SERVICES.
THERE IS SORT OF A WIDELY
UNDERSTOOD PARTNERSHIP THAT
ALLOWS FOR US TO EXPAND TO
FOLLOW OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND TO
BUST DOWN THE SILOS AND MALLS
THAT PREVENT THEM FROM
RECEIVING SERVICESES THAT THEY
MOVE, FOR INSTANCE, OUTSIDE OF
THE CITY LIMITS OF SEATTLE.
SO THOSE PROVIDERS ARE
CONTRACTED, AND PIECED
TOGETHER, THEIR WHOLE CONTRACTS
WITH VARIOUS INVESTMENTS TO BE
ABLE TO PROVIDE THE INCREDIBLE
WORK THAT THEY DO.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR FORMAL SLIDE
PRESENTATION, AND WE'D BE
THRILLED TO TURN IT OVER TO ANY
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
AND I JUST WANT TO, WHILE I'M
THINKING ABOUT IT, BE SURE TO
EXTEND MY THANKS AND WELL
WISHES TO WILLARD JIMERSON.
SORRY HE COULDN'T BE WITH US.
YOU'VE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB
FILLING IN HIS SHOES.
BUT WE DO MISS HIM WITH US HERE
TODAY.
A COUPLE QUESTIONS I HAD.
AS IT RELATES TO THE HOSPITAL
BASED PROGRAM, I THINK YOU KNOW
I HAVE A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN
THAT PROGRAM.
THE SLIDE SAID THAT EVERY YEAR
APPROXIMATELY 100, TO 150 YOUNG
PEOPLE IN THE TARGET AGE
POPULATION ARE SEEN IN THE
EMERGENCY ROOM FOR GUN RELATED
INJURIES.
CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE OF
THOSE 100, TO 150 PEOPLE SEEN
IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM, HOW MANY
EACH YEAR WE CAN EXPECT TO
RECEIVE THE SERVICES OF THE
HOSPITAL BASED PROGRAM?
>> I CAN DO MY VERY BEST TO
GUESS, AND I CAN ALSO REPORT
BACK ON THE DATA.
I FAILED TO MENTION THAT THE
ENTIRE PROJECT IS UNDER
EVALUATION INTO PUBLIC HEALTH,
AND THAT IS INTO DATA CAPTURE
NOW, BECAUSE WE HAD TO DO AN
ANALYSIS ON RAMPING UP THE
SERVICE MODEL, AND MAKE SURE IT
IS COGENT ENOUGH TO EVALUATE
IT.
SO WE DID SOME READINESS.
I THINK I AM HAPPY TO REFER TO
YOU, AND I'D PREFER TO DO IT,
IF IT'S ALREADY IN THE FORMAT
OF GETTING INFORMATION FROM OUR
LEADER, TO GIVE YOU A CLEAR
ANSWER.
I THINK THAT WE ARE WITH ONLY
ONE UP UNTIL LAST MONTH, WE
ONLY HAD ONE HOSPITAL BASED
INTERVENTIONIST IN PLACE, AND
IT WASN'T POSSIBLE FOR THEM SO
SEE EVERYBODY, BY ATTRITION
SOME ARE RELEASED FROM THE
HOSPITAL RIGHT AWAY, WHICH
DOESN'T ALLOW FOR TIME TO MAKE
THAT CONNECTION.
THEREFORE, WITHOUT WHAT WE KNOW
TO BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE BEST
PRACTICE TO ACTUALLY MEET BED
SIDE, WHERE THERE IS A MOMENT
OF TRUE CONNECTION IS NOT
ALWAYS LIKE LAY THAT FOLKS
ENGAGE IN SERVICES IF THEY'RE
FOLLOWED AFTER THE FACT.
SO OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE BEING
MET BED SIDE, WE'RE SEEING A
PRETTY HIGH ENGAGEMENT RATE.
I THINK ABOUT 75%.
I'D BE GRATEFUL FOR GRACE TO
BRING YOU THE ACCURATE DATA.
>> THANK YOU.
I WOULD LOVE THAT.
I'M TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF
WHAT THE OUTCOMES ARE FOR THE
HOSPITAL BASED PROGRAM SINCE IT
HAS MOVED TO A BED SIDE
INTERVENTION.
I THINK FOLKS HAVE HEARD ME SAY
BEFORE, YOU KNOW WE GET HERE
WEEKLY UPDATES ON SHOTS FIRED
FROM SPD AND SORT OF SEMI IN
REALTIME.
SO BOTH SHOTS FIRED, AND
GUNSHOT INJURIES AND
FATALITIES, AND EVERY TIME I
GET A REPORT, I'M JUST, I HAVE
THIS REAL SENSE THAT I WANT THE
ASSURANCESES THAT THE FOLKS WHO
ARE REPRESENTED BY NUMBERS IN
THIS REPORT ARE ACTUALLY
GETTING THESE SERVICES BECAUSE
I DO BELIEVE IN THE DATA THAT
SHOWS THE POSITIVE OUTCOMES.
I ALSO WANT TO ASK ABOUT THIS
PARTICULAR PROGRAM IF THE AGE
TARGET IS INCREASED TO, I THINK
I HEARD YOU SAY 34, DOES THAT
RESULT IN A NEED TO SHIFT SOME
COMPONENT OF THE PROGRAM ITSELF
TO ADDRESS WHAT MIGHT BE A
DIFFERENT SET OF NEEDS?
>> I THINK WHAT WE WOULD CALL
THE INSIDE-OUTSIDE JOB.
MAKING THAT REFERRAL.
BUT WHAT IS WORKING SO
BEAUTIFULLY IS THERE IS A
NETWORK OF PROVIDERS
COORDINATED TO RECEIVE THAT
REFERRAL.
WHAT WE HAVE ALL IDENTIFIED
TOGETHER AS A GAP IS THERE IS
NOT A NETWORKED SET OF
PROVIDERS FOR AN OLDER
POPULATION, SO WE WOULD NEVER
WANT TO SHIFT AWAY FROM THE
ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE PRIMARILY
UNIVERSITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
ORGANIZATIONS.
WE WOULD ENCOURAGE THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COME
TOGETHER AND CONSIDER HOW DO WE
NETWORK?
HOW DO WE SCALE UP THIS MODEL,
AND BUILD THE SERVICESES THAT
OLDER POPULATION.
COUNCILWOMAN SORT OF FALLS
BETWEEN 30 AND 39.
SO I THINK CERTAINLY AS THAT
MEDIUM NUMBER IS CERTAINLY
TRUE, BUT THAT IS ALSO
EMERGING, AS THE IMPACTS OF
COVID AND THE ECONOMIC
INSTABILITY AND HOUSELESS
ISSUES HAVE IMPACTED FOLKS IT
HAS BEEN AS CHIEF DIAZ REPORTS
TO US WEEKLY THROUGH HIS TEAM,
AND OUR SHOTS FIRED REVIEW, WE
ARE PRIMARILY LOOKING AT THE
YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WE CAN
CONNECT WITH, AND MAKE IMPACT.
WE'RE VERY AWARE THAT THE
SHOOTINGS IN HOME IT'S
ENCAMPMENTS, THERE'S NOT A
CONSTRUCT THAT'S DESIGNED AT
THE MOMENT TO ENSURE THEIR
REFERRAL INTO A SERVICE
PROVIDER NETWORK.
WE'RE ALSO AT LEAST HEARING
ROUTINELY THAT THERE ARE ISSUES
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THAT HAVE
INCREASED DURING COVID THAT
HAVE BEEN RESULTING IN SOME OF
THOSE STATISTICS AROUND THE
INCREASED SHOTS FIRED AND
SUICIDES AS WELL.
AND THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE
PRIMARILY PROVIDING SERVICES TO
YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WE IDENTIFIED
THROUGH THAT DATA THAT ARE IN
NEED OF CARE WITHIN A CERTAIN
AGE RANGE.
SO THERE IS TRULY AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SCALE UP AND
GROW.
I DON'T THINK WE WOULD WANT TO
CHANGE WHAT'S WORKING SO MUCH
AS TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THERE
IS LEARNING TO SCALE THAT UP.
>> AND YOU ANTICIPATED MY NEXT
QUESTION, WHICH IS GIVEN THAT
YOUR INTERVENTIONS ARE VERY
FOCUSED ON ON YOUNG PEOPLE
INVOLVED IN GANG VIOLENCE, SORT
OF FITTING IN DIFFERENT
CATEGORIESES, WHETHER OR NOT
IT'S SUICIDE OR DOMESTIC
THINGS THAT MAY NOT BE
NECESSARILY ADDRESSED IN THE
SAME WAY WITH THE SAME CONTRACT
WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
BUILDING OUT A MODEL FOR THOSE
UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE
SEPARATE FROM THE MODEL NOW,
AMEND WE'D LOVE TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT HOW WE CAN DO THAT, AND
THIS MODEL CAN BE RESPONSIVE,
AND ORGANIC, AND FLEXIBLE.
>> I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING
THAT, AND I THINK WE'D LOVE TO
BRING TOGETHER OUR FOLKS IN THE
CITY AND ARE COLLABORATING IN A
WAY THAT ALLOWS US TO CROSS
THROUGH THE INTERSECTIONS THAT
CROSS INTO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE'S
LIVES AND LEAD TO GUN VIOLENCE
AND HOW WE CAN BE RESPONSIVE.
I THINK ONE OF THE UNIQUE
ELEMENTS IS THAT OUR VISION IS
BUILDING A NEW MODEL OF PUBLIC
HEALTH WORKER.
IT'S WIDELY UNDERSTOOD WHEN
THERE'S PROTOCOL, FIREFIGHTERS
AND EMS AND OTHER FOLKS ARE
SEEN AS PART OF A PUBLIC
FRAMEWORK FORCE.
THIS HOPES TO BE SEEN AS THIS
FIRST RESPONDER, MUCH LIKE ANY
OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS, AND
THEREFORE ABLE TO BE NIMBLE IN
RESPONDING LIKE YOU SAID TO
THESE VARIOUS ISSUES THAT COME
UP TO THESE INTERSECTIONS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> I RETRACT MY QUESTION.
>> FINE.
ADMITTING THE TIME, BUT I DO
HAVE A QUESTION, WHICH IS DO
YOU HAVE, DO YOU HAVE A FORMAL,
OR DIRECT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
INDIVIDUAL FAMILY MEMBERS WHO
HAVE RECENTLY LOST A CLOSE
RELATIVE, AND THIS IS A
QUESTION SPECIFICALLY TO THE
HOSPITAL BASED PROGRAM.
I'M JUST BECOMING AWARE THAT
THERE ARE LOTS OF PLACES FOR
IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT AREA
TALKING TO THE MEDICAL
EXAMINER, AND THE CHIEF MEDICAL
OFFICER OF HARBORVIEW.
THERE'S A LOT OF HEALING THAT
CAN START RIGHT AT THAT MOMENT.
AND THESE FAMILIES COULD OVER
DIRECT EXPERIENCE AS WELL.
>> I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.
I WOULD LOVE TO ULTIMATELY
ELEVATE THE FACT THAT OUR
GRASSROOTS PARTNERS ARE IN
COMMUNITY AND WITH COMMUNITY
AND ALMOST SORT OF POUND FOR
POUND IF YOU WILL HAVE
RELATIONSHIPS, NOT ALWAYS, BUT
WE ALSO HAVE SYSTEMS TO WORK
THROUGH THAT.
AS YOU SITE THE CHIEF MEDICAL
EXAMINER, BECAUSE WILL IS NOT
AVAILABLE TO MEET TODAY, WE HAD
MEETINGS ON OUR BOOKS TO HAVE
THAT CONVERSATION TOGETHER.
SO WE INVITE FOLKS TO HAVE
CONVERSATIONS THAT WE CAN
COLLABORATE ON LOOKING FOR
THOSE HEALING SOLUTIONSES, AND
ALSO ELEVATE THE WORK THAT
COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BUILT
LIFE LONG RELATIONSHIPS AND
COMMUNITY FOR THE FOLKS WHO ARE
OFTEN THE MOST NIMBLE AND RAPID
IN ABLE TO BRING TOGETHER A
RESPONSE.
SOMETIMES WE JUST DON'T ALL
KNOW WHAT IS DOING WHAT.
SO OUR GOAL IS TO BRING THAT
ALL TOGETHER SO FOLKS KNOW WHAT
IS AVAILABLE AND HOW WE MIGHT
IMPROVE AND GROW TOGETHER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR
BEING WITH US TODAY.
I WANT TO ALSO THANK YOU FOR
LIFTING UP THE WORK OF THE
SEATTLE COMMUNITY SAFETY
INITIATIVE AS WELL IN YOUR
PRESENTATION.
THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMPION
FUNDING, THE TUNE OF $4 MILLION
A YEAR FOR THIS EFFORT, AND
REALLY GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE
BRINGING THEIR WORK INTO THE
FOLD, AND GRATEFUL TO THE SAFE
AND THRIVING DIVISION OF THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR
THEIR SUPPORT OF THAT WORK AS
WELL.
I WOULD LOVE TO TALK ABOUT
OFFLINE AFTER THIS MEETING, BUT
BEFORE WE GO INTO SPENDING OUR
COMMITTEE MEETINGS IN FAVOR OF
COUNCIL BUDGET DISCUSSIONS BUT
WOULD LOVE TO TALK ABOUT
WHETHER THERE IS A SECOND TABLE
WE CAN SET AND BRING IN SOME OF
THESE ADDITIONAL PARTNERS FOR
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THEIR WORK.
SO AGAIN, VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL
THE WORK YOU'RE DOING AND
LOOKING FORWARD TO LIFTING UP
THAT WORK.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, AND
THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE.
>> BYE BYE.
>> THAT WAS THE LAST ITEM ON
OUR AGENDA.
IT IS 11:38 A.M.
THE NEXT PUBLIC SAFETY AND
HUMAN SERVICE COMMITTEE IS
SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, JULY
26th.
BEFORE WE ADJOURN, ARE THERE
ANY COMMENTS FROM MY
COLLEAGUES?
NO COMMENTS?
FFANTASTIC.
AGAIN, IT IS 11:38, AND WE ARE
ADJOURNED.
APPRECIATE IT.