>> HERE.
>> SAKA?
>> HERE.
>> CHAIR KETTLE?
>> HERE.
>> FIVE MEMBERS PRESENT .
>> WELCOME TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE MEETING, A QUICK NOTE,
I WANTED TO NOTE AS A FOLLOW-UP
THAT IT IS INTERESTING , ALREADY
, HEARING DIFFERENT WORDS AND
DIFFERENT SECTORS SAYING,
PROSTITUTION HAS BEEN HERE
FOREVER, THE SECOND OLDEST
PROFESSION. IT IS WHAT IT IS
KIND OF THING . OR , THESE ARE
MISDEMEANORS , WE SHOULD NOT BE
BOTHERING WITH MISDEMEANORS. I
SAY THIS BECAUSE THIS IS THE
START. PREVIOUSLY, IN THE CHAIR
COMMENT AND WITH THE PRESS
CONFERENCE, I MENTIONED THIS IS
HOW IT STARTS, WE SHOULD BE
FOCUSED, YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN
-- THESE ARE THE VOICES I HEAR,
RATHER THAN CONTINUE TO WASTE
LIMITED RESOURCES ON A FAILED
LEGAL AND CRIMINAL SYSTEM ,
RESOURCES TO LOW-LEVEL
MISDEMEANOR OFFENSES, WE SHOULD
BE TAKING A DIFFERENT APPROACH
AND THESE LOW-LEVEL OFFENSES
INCLUDE THINGS LIKE THEFT,
OBSTRUCTION, AND PROSTITUTION .
WE ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE
THERE WILL BE INDIVIDUALS AND
GROUPS THAT WILL BE COUNTERING ,
CREATING THE SITUATION .
INSTEAD, WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON
OUR FRAMEWORK, YOU KNOW, POLICE
STAFFING IS VERY IMPORTANT,
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM , OUR
SECOND PILLAR , OUR THIRD PILLAR
IS REDUCTION PREVENTION VIOLENCE
, THESE ARE THE THINGS WE SHOULD
BE WORKING THROUGH . OUR FOURTH
IS CRIME REDUCTION THROUGH URBAN
MEDIATION . IMPORTANT FOR THIS
AS WELL IS ADDRESSING PUBLIC
SAFETY, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC
HOUSING , HUMAN SERVICES, THE
OTHER SIDE IN TERMS OF THE WOMEN
, YOUNG GIRLS, MINORS, SERVICES
IN ORDER TO ALLOW THEM TO ESCAPE
THE SITUATION. THE SIXTH PILLAR
IS COLLABORATION . I HAD A
MEETING , FOLLOW UP ON THIS
ISSUE IN TERMS OF CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM AND WORKING WITH
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, A .5 FTE
CITY ATTORNEY , PROSECUTOR,
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE KING
COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY AND
OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO WORK THIS
AREA WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT. YOU
HEARD THE CITY ATTORNEY TALKING
ABOUT THE EXTREME PROTECTION
ORDER PIECES. THESE ARE THE
THINGS WE NEED TO ENSURE POLICE
-- THAT THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE
DESIGNED TO HELP THE WOMEN,
PARTICULARLY THE MINORS , ARE
THERE. IMPORTANT , I HAVE BEEN
TO NORTH PRECINCT, WE GO TO THE
VARIOUS PRECINCTS I WAS IN THE
NORTH PRECINCT TALKING TO
LIEUTENANTS WHO SAID THE HARD
PART IS, A LOT OF THESE GROUPS
DO NOT SHOW UP. WHEN IT IS
SECOND AND THIRD WATCH. WE NEED
TO WORK WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS
THAT ARE THERE ON SECOND AND
THIRD WATCH BECAUSE THE NEXT DAY
IS TOO LATE. THESE ARE THE
THINGS WE NEED TO BE WORKING
THROUGH. NOT GET CARRIED AWAY
WITH THE VARYING VOICES TO
CREATE THE TWO MINES CHALLENGE
WE HAVE . THAT IS MY COMMITMENT
TO MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL
AND TO VARIOUS PEOPLE IN THE
SPACE IN NORTH SEATTLE. THAT IS
THE CHAIR COMMENT. NO OBJECTION
, THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
SEEING NO ADVECTION , THE AGENDA
IS ADOPTED . -- SEEING NO
OBJECTION , THE AGENT IS ADOPTED
AND WE WILL OPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS
WHICH RELATE TO ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA, WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF
THIS COMMITTEE, HOW MANY
SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP?
>> THREE IN PERSON AND THREE
REMOTE SPEAKERS.
>> EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO
MINUTES AND WE WILL START WITH
IN-PERSON. PLEASE READ THE THE
INSTRUCTIONS AND WHEN YOU THE
CHIME, YOU HAVE 10 SECONDS.
>> THE PUBLIC, TIME IS UP TO 60
MINUTES AND SPEAKERS WILL BE
CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THE
REGISTERED AND SPEAKERS WILL
HEAR A CHIME WENT 10 SECONDS
LEFT AND SPEAKERS MICROPHONES
WILL BE MUTED TO ALLOW US TO
CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER, PUBLIC
COMMENT TIME IS NOW OPEN AND WE
WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST IN
PERSON SPEAKER, JEFF SILVERMAN.
>> GOOD MORNING. THIS IS AN
APOLOGY FOR BIG GOVERNMENT , IN
THE 1860S THE UNION PACIFIC
RAILROAD LED 1100 MILES OF TRACK
IN FOUR YEARS AND SOUND TRANSIT
WILL LIGHT LESS THAN 100 MILES
OF TRACK IN 50 YEARS, IN THE
19th CENTURY, THE ONLY COMPUTING
DEVICES THE ENGINEERS HAD WERE
SLIDE RULES AND THE 21st
CENTURIES THEY HAD COMPUTERS AND
SUPERCOMPUTERS AND ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE. WHY WERE THE
ENGINEERS IN THE 19th CENTURY SO
MUCH MORE PRODUCTIVE THAN THE
ENGINEERS IN THE 21st CENTURY? A
GOOD QUESTION. LET'S FIND OUT.
WE ARE SMARTER NOW THAN WE WERE
IN THE 19th CENTURY, IN THE 19th
CENTURY RAILROADS -- PROPERTY
RIGHTS OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE,
THEY DID NOT CARE ABOUT -- THEY
DID NOT UNDERSTAND BUFFALO WERE
PART OF THE ECOSYSTEM AND DID
NOT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING ABOUT
FLOODING OR THE WEATHER OR
TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN DISTANCE AND
GRAIN . WHEN I LOOK AT THE
PROBLEMS ON AURORA AVENUE NORTH
WITH THE BENEFIT OF A TRUE
UNDERSTANDING OF THE PHYSIOLOGY
AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES AND A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF
ECONOMICS. IN THE 18th CENTURY,
WHEN THE SECOND AMENDMENT WAS
WRITTEN , A COUNTRY COULD GIVE
OFF A SHOT AND A COUPLE OF
MINUTES AND TODAY ANY IDIOT WITH
A SUBMACHINE GUN CAN GET OFF A
SHOT IN A COUPLE OF
MILLISECONDS. WHEN I LOOK AT
AURORA AND LISTEN PEOPLE WITH AN
18TH-CENTURY OR 19TH-CENTURY
UNDERSTANDING OR I DON'T CARE ,
JUST DO SOMETHING, AND DON'T
WASTE TAXES. I DESPAIR. MR.
KETTLE , YOUR COMMENTS ARE VERY
WELL TAKEN . A GOOD SOLUTION TO
THE PROBLEMS OF AURORA AVENUE
MAY NOT BE CHEAP, BUT AN
EXPENSIVE SOLUTION TO THE
PROBLEMS OF AURORA AVENUE MAY
NOT BE GOOD. DO NOT RUSH TO A
QUICK SOLUTION. BUT ALSO DO NOT
BE PARALYZED LOOKING FOR A
PERFECT SOLUTION WHEN A GOOD
SOLUTION PRESENTS ITSELF. TO
CONCLUDE , I THINK YOUR CRITICS
ARE WRONG BUT I'M NOT SURE YOUR
SUPPORTERS ARE RIGHT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT, RICK
FORDYCE.
>> GOOD MORNING. MY FAMILY ROOTS
GO BACK TO THE 1910s ,
SCANDINAVIAN IMMIGRANTS WHO CAME
TO SEATTLE SPEAKING NO ENGLISH.
MY GODMOTHER WOULD SIT ON THE
PRESIDENCY, I LIVE ON 102nd AND
HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A
COUPLE YEARS. HOW DO YOU TAKE
THE IDEOLOGY THAT CRIMINALIZED
PROSTITUTION WILL HELP THEM WHEN
IT DOES THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE ,
IT CREATED THAT, SIX PROSTITUTES
ON 102nd . INSTEAD OF HELPING
THEM , IT CREATED THE BIGGEST
SEX MARKET IN THE COUNTRY FROM
WHAT I UNDERSTAND. THERE IS
THAT. THE OTHER THING , YOU HAVE
HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE RIDING BY THIS FOR THE
LAST FIVE YEARS , WHY SHOULD
THEY FOLLOW ANY RULES? THEY SEE
THIS, WHY SHOULD ANYBODY GET A
LICENSE FOR A BUSINESS AND PAY
TAXES? THIS CORRODES THE
STABILITY OF THE CITY REALLY
BADLY. AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THE
IDEA OF LAW ENFORCEMENT , IT IS
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, INSTEAD
OF DEFUNDING THE POLICE , YOU
HAVE TO CHANGE THE CONCEPT OF
WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY DO,
OTHERWISE, IT MAKES IT WORSE, IT
HARMS THE PEOPLE IT WAS
SUPPOSEDLY MEANT TO HELP.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND NEXT, PETER ORR.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, I AM A
RESIDENT OF NORTH AURORA SINCE
2010 AND THIS PAST FRIDAY WAS
THE ANNIVERSARY OF JUNETEENTH
CELEBRATING THE END OF SLAVERY
IN OUR COUNTRY AND IN THE SAME
DAY I ENCOUNTERED THIS YOUNG
GIRL AT 102nd DRESSED FOR SALE ,
HER MASTER WATCHED NEARBY. I HAD
SEEN HER WEDNESDAY, TOO WHEN I
WAS IN THE AREA AND MY NEIGHBOR
OBSERVED HER . LAST YEAR, MAYOR
HARRELL SUPPORTED FOUR SERVICE
ORGANIZATION SERVICING VICTIMS
OF THE COMMERCIAL SEXUAL
EXPORTATION LIKE THIS GIRL. THE
INTENT WAS TO FUND 24/7
ASSISTANCE AND I'VE SEEN NO
EVIDENCE OF FOLLOW-THROUGH AND
MY UNDERSTANDING, THE MORE WE
LOVE IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION
CAPABLE OF SUCH SERVICES AND
THEY DO NOT HAVE A CITY
CONTRACT, PLEASE PROVIDE AN
UPDATE ON THE USE OF THIS
FUNDING AT THE NEXT MEETING.
DESPITE CHIEF BARNES RECENT
ASSIGNMENT OF TWO REGULAR
PATROLS ALONG AURORA AVENUE AND
OUR CALLING 911 TO REPORT THIS,
SHE CONTINUES TO BE ON THE BLOCK
FOR SALE, THEY CLAIM OFFICER
SEARCH FOR THE INCIDENT BUT DID
NOT FIND THE INCIDENT , IT SEEMS
TO ME THAT WE NEED POLICE IN
MISSOURI TO BE -- I WOULD
ENCOURAGE POLICE PRESENCE BY
OPENING A SATELLITE PRECINCT AT
THE CORNER OF 97 AT AURORA AND
FLEXIBLE LEASE TERMS AND
ASSURANCE OF FUNDING TO SECURE
IT. I ADVOCATE FOR FUNDING
PROSECUTOR DEDICATED TO AURORA
AVENUE AND TARGET PIMPS AND
JOHNS, WHAT I HAVE HEARD IN THE
LAST MONTH IS THAT THIS HUMAN
TRAFFICKING SITUATION ON AURORA
IS UNACCEPTABLE. WE ARE
ACCEPTING IT. EVERY NIGHT THAT
GOES BY WITHOUT BARRIERS TO KEEP
PEOPLE FROM CRUISING A
RESIDENTIAL STREETS, EVERY DAY
THIS GIRL IS FOR SALE.
>> NOW, WE ARE TRANSITIONING TO
REMOTE SPEAKERS. OUR FIRST IS
AARON. PLEASE PRESS STAR 6. YOU
HAVE BEEN UNMUTED. PLEASE PRESS
STAR 6.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT. AND SORRY
ABOUT MY VOICE, I AM PRETTY
SICK. I AM A NEIGHBOR WHO LIVES
ALONG AURORA AND I WANT TO ECHO,
WE HAVE A CRISIS ON AURORA AND I
WANT TO THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF
THIS COMMITTEE, FOR TAKING ON
THIS ISSUE PUBLICLY. AND FOR
BRINGING THE FACTS TO THE PUBLIC
DURING THE PRESS CONFERENCE LAST
WEEK. THANK YOU FOR TELLING THE
CITY THERE ARE GIRLS TO OUR
YOUNG, 14 YEARS OLD, 13 YEARS
OLD, THANK YOU FORETELLING THE
CITY VIOLENT TRAFFICKING IS
HAPPENING ALONG THIS ROADWAY.
DESPITE BEING, SEATTLE IS THE
18th OR 19th LARGEST CITY IN THE
COUNTRY, -- PROSTITUTION STREET
IN THE COUNTRY. THANK YOU -- THE
MAJOR SHOOTING ALONG 101st,
STREETS WERE CLOSED RIGHT AWAY,
I BELIEVE THE ORDER , LATER THAT
MORNING, AND THAT SIGNIFICANTLY
DECREASED THE VIOLENCE ALONG THE
ROADWAY. WE ARE WATCHING AS FAR
AS THE ROAD CLOSURES NOW. I HAVE
SEEN SIGNS GO UP SAYING TOMORROW
THERE WILL BE CONSTRUCTION IN
THE AREA. FINGERS CROSSED IT
HAPPENS. WE WILL BE HOLDING THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE ACCOUNTABLE AND
THIS THURSDAY WILL BE THE
DEADLINE THAT SHE SAID THE
STREETS WOULD BE CLOSED.
FINALLY, TO YOUR POINT ,
COUNCILMAN KETTLE , TWO MINDS,
FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO BELIEVE THE
WOMEN ON AURORA ARE THERE BY
CHOICE, COME TO AURORA AT NIGHT
TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON.
>> THANK YOU. AND LAST UP, DAVID
HAYNES.
>> HI. YOU KNOW, IT IS OBVIOUS
THAT THE CITY AND THE COUNTY
WILL NOT MAKE A CONCERTED
EFFORT, NEWS PRESS RELEASE, IT
HAS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND
THE STATE GOVERNMENT, IT IS
REALLY CONCERNING HOW THE POLICE
CHIEF, HIS CAPTAIN WANTS TO
LEAVE IT UP TO THE CAPTAIN TO
FIGHT CRIME BUT HE WILL HOLD THE
PRIME FIGHTING TOOLS. HOW MUCH
OVERTIME IS SEATTLE PAYING FOR
LAW-ABIDING EVENTS AND HOW MANY
COPS WERE BY THE STADIUM DURING
THE WORLD CUP GAME AND WHY
CAN'T THOSE COPS SHOW UP AT
AURORA AND GRAB THESE EVIL
PREDATORS? WICKEDNESS OF THE TWO
MINDS, TWO FACE HYPOCRITES IN
SEATTLE THAT ENJOY OTHER PEOPLE
SUFFERING, THEY DO NOT KNOW ANY
BETTER. I SAW THE COPS --
PROSTITUTES ON THE GROUND WITH
THEIR SKIRTS SHOWING, I WAS
THINKING, WOW, THEY WILL NOT
ARREST HER AND SEPARATE HER FROM
THE PIMP BECAUSE SHE IS 18, BUT
THEY GOT THEIR CHEAP THRILLS.
WHY DID THE CHIEF GET HIRED?
BECAUSE HE IS BLACK AND WILLING
TO RUN INTERFERENCE FOR BLACK
DRUG PUSHERS AND PIMPS? HE
ALWAYS HAS A EXCUSE. WHEN YOU
HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY SHOW UP
AND SAY I NEED ANOTHER ATTORNEY
AND SHE HAS SAID SHE WILL NOT
PROSECUTE ANY DRUG CRIMES THAT
ARE MISDEMEANORS, SHE IS HELPING
PREDATORS WHO ARE COMMITTING
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND ONLY
LISTED AS MISDEMEANOR BECAUSE
THERE UNDER 3.5 GRAMS. YOU ALL
SHOW UP, SO THE COMMUNITY --
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WANT TO
THANK EVERYONE, THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD HAS EXPIRED.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE
ENCOURAGED -- TO SUBMIT WRITTEN
PUBLIC COMMENT OR EMAIL THE
COUNCIL . I WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU FOR THE VARIOUS COMMENTS TO
INCLUDE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE
POLICE. I AM HAVING A MEETING
WITH CHIEF BARNES TOMORROW AND I
WILL ASK ABOUT THE VARYING
LEVELS OF THAT IF THERE IS WAY
TO INCREASE PRESENCE. THIS IS
PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS I HAVE
OUT AS WELL WITH THE CITY
ATTORNEY. FOR ERIN, HER FOCUS ON
THE MINORS IS VERY IMPORTANT
BECAUSE IT IS THE OLDEST
FASHION, -- PROFESSION , YOU ARE
CONSIGNING A 13 OR 14-YEAR-OLD
TO THIS LIFE. THAT IS NOT RIGHT.
I DO NOT COMMENT ON MR. HAYNES
NORMALLY, THE KING COUNTY
PROSECUTOR, 99 IS A STATE
HIGHWAY BUT I WANT TO THANK THE
FBI, HAD A STING ON AURORA THAT
WAS SUCCESSFUL. THESE ARE THINGS
WE NEED TO DO A PARTNERSHIP
BECAUSE IT IS NOT RIGHT. THANK
YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
>> CHAIR? MAY I HAVE A FOR THE
PRIVILEGE QUICKLY ?
>> YES, MAY I SAY FIRST,
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA IS HERE,
SHE IS ONE OF OUR
REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE
ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON CITIES
AT A CONFERENCE WITH THE
ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON CITIES
AND THAT IS WHERE SHE WILL BE
FOR THIS AND HAVE TO LEAVE AT
11:00 AS BEING A PART OF THE
WASHINGTON CITIES ASSOCIATION
CONFERENCE AND I WANTED TO NOTE
THAT SHE IS HERE REMOTELY AND IT
IS BECAUSE OF THE ASSOCIATION.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA , WE WILL
WANT YOU TO SPEAK TO THE THIRD
ITEM ON THE AGENDA BEFORE YOU
STEP AWAY. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> I WILL BE VERY FAST AND SAY
MY COMMENTS. I WANT PEOPLE TO
TAKE A STEP BACK AND NOTE THAT
THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE IS
BACK IN 2016, WE HAD TWO OR
THREE SET ASIDE FOR A POLICE
STATION ON AURORA AND THE
COMMUNITY CAME OUT AND THAT DID
NOT HAPPEN. IF YOU CAN GO BACK
INTO THE TIME MACHINE, I DO NOT
TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THIS, WE HAD
12 VOTES VOTING YES FOR A
PRECINCT ON AURORA FOR THESE
REASONS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN
2026 . ON THE 13th VOTE IN
AUGUST OF 2016, I WAS THE ONLY
YES VOTE AND THAT WAS A LONG
STORY, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE VIDEO
. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT
HISTORICALLY WE HAVE SEEN THIS
PROBLEM AND BEEN WORKING ON THIS
PROBLEM , OUR ANSWER WAS TO STOP
UP AND BUILD A COMMUNITY
CENTER-POLICE STATION ON AURORA
ON 125th, BOUGHT THE PROPERTY
AND HAD THE VOTES, WE HAD BLOCK
AND IT ENDED. THAT SHOULD BE
NOTED. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT
UP, IMPORTANT CONTEXT AND GOES
TO THE POINT I HAVE BEEN
RAISING, MY VICE CHAIR I THINK
WOULD AGREE THAT THIS COMMITTEE
TO INCLUDE THE PAST TERM OF THE
COUNCIL, THAT WOULD HAVE PASSED.
UNFORTUNATELY, TO YOUR POINT, IT
GOT UNDERMINED AND IT IS IMPACT
TODAY ON NORTH AURORA. WE WILL
NOW MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST ITEM OF
BUSINESS, PLEASE READ AGENDA
ITEM 1 INTO THE RECORD.
>> CB 121232 , AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO THE OPERATIONS OF
THE COMMUNITY ASSISTED RESPONSE
AND ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT,
DESCRIBING THE DUTIES OF THE
COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONDER TEAM,
AMENDING SECTION 3.15.060 OF THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE AND
ADDING A NEW SECTION 3.15.064 TO
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
>> I WANT TO INVITE MR. JOHNSON
FROM CENTRAL STAFF AND FROM
C.A.R.E., AND WE HAVE OUR
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY HERE
AS WELL. YOU ARE WELCOME TO JOIN
OR YOU CAN STAY WHERE YOU ARE,
YOUR CHOICE. WHAT WE WILL DO IS
HAVE A REVIEW , SUMMARY OF MR.
JOHNSON AND GO TO THE CHIEF,
QUESTIONS , AND MOVE ON. AS WE
WORK THROUGH THE THREE AGENDA
ITEMS . MR. JOHNSON?
>> GOOD MORNING , I AM TAMASO
JOHNSON FROM COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF . THE ORDINANCE BEFORE
YOU, CB 121232, DISCUSSED IN
DRAFT FORM TWO WEEKS AGO. WE
DISCUSSED THE SUBSTANCE OF IT ,
AT SOME LENGTH, GOING TO PROVIDE
A BRIEF SUMMARY. THE ONLY CHANGE
FROM THE VERSION THAT WAS HEARD
IN DRAFT AT THE LAST COMMITTEE
IS A TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO
SOME LANGUAGE IN THE BILL THAT
WAS AN ERROR. THERE ARE NO
AMENDMENTS TO THE BILL AT THIS
TIME. BY WAY OF REMINDER, THIS
ORDINANCE RELATES TO THE PART OF
THE MUNICIPAL CODE THAT
DESCRIBES THE FUNCTION AND
PURPOSE OF THE COMMUNITY
-ASSISTED RESPONSE AND
ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, THIS
DEPARTMENT WAS ESTABLISHED BY
ORDINANCE IN 2023, C.A.R.E.
SUPPORTS THE PUBLIC SECTOR
RESPONSE WITH OPERATION TO 911
COMMUNICATION CENTER AND
FIELDING THE COMMUNITY CRISIS
RESPONDER, THE DEPLOYMENT OF
THAT HE HAS EXPANDED
SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE THE ORIGINAL
ORDINANCE WAS PASSED IN 2023,
MOST NOTABLY, IN THE LAST
BUDGET, THE CCR TEAM WAS FURTHER
EXPANDED , DOUBLED IN SIZE TO 48
RESPONDERS. THIS LEGISLATION
WOULD AMEND SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
CODE , BY ACKNOWLEDGING CCR TEAM
AS A CORE FUNCTION OF THE
C.A.R.E. DEPARTMENT AND -- THIS
LANGUAGE SERVES THE PURPOSE OF
DESCRIBING THE BODY OF WORK THE
CCR TEAM DOES AS THAT IS A
SIGNIFICANT FUNCTION OF THE
DEPARTMENT NOT CURRENTLY
DESCRIBED IN THE CODE. WE
CLARIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE
FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT .
THAT IS IT FOR ME BUT AM HAPPY
TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU . ANY QUESTIONS FOR
MR. JOHNSON? NOT SEEING
ANYTHING. CHIEF?
>> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU
FOR HAVING ME. CHAIR KETTLE ,
WHEN I HEARD YOU WERE WORKING ON
THIS, NOT SURE WHAT MAY BE
ACCOMPLISHED BEYOND THE 2022
ORDINANCE. WHEN I REVIEWED IT, I
REALIZED I WAS WRONG, THE
ORIGINAL C.A.R.E. ORDINANCE AS
DRAFTED , JOB DESCRIPTIONS FOR
THE C.A.R.E. RESPONDERS BEFORE
WE HAVE STATE LEGISLATION
EXPANDING THE DEFINITION OF
FIRST RESPONDERS TO INCLUDE
SOCIAL WORKERS, BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH CONDITIONS, COMMUNITY
HEALTH WORKERS, AND PEER SUPPORT
SPECIALIST WHO GO OUT ALONGSIDE
POLICE , FIRE, AND EMS, THAT WAS
HOUSE BUILT 1811 IN 2025. THE
ORDINANCE WAS DRAFTED, THE
SIGNIFICANT COORDINATION EFFORT
WITH THE COUNTY AND CRISIS
CONNECTION LEADERS TO
STANDARDIZE LANGUAGE AND
ARTICULATE PROTOCOLS FOR 91 WANT
TO DIVERT APPROPRIATE CALLS TO
THE SYSTEM AND NETWORK IS
CULMINATING IN PRACTICE THE
SUMMER . IT WAS DRAFTED BEFORE
WE HAD CONSIDERED THE PEOPLE AT
OUR DEALS EVERY DAY AND WENT
STRAIGHT BACK INTO THE SAME
SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR.
BEFORE I PERSONALLY UNDERSTOOD
WHAT 911 IS AN ALWAYS BEEN A
CRISIS HOTLINE . CRIME
CORRELATES WITH CRISIS AND THE
OBJECT IS A CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM MUST BE PERMANENTLY DEAL
WITH CRISIS -- C.A.R.E. IS AT
THE INTERSECTION OF PUBLIC
HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE
THE NEXUS OF THE CRIMINAL AND
LEGAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
SYSTEMS, THIS DEPARTMENT DOES
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO COORDINATE
INVESTMENTS AND PROVIDE LINE OF
SIGHT INTO HOW PEOPLE ARE MOVING
ACROSS THE SYSTEMS AND WHETHER
OR NOT THERE INTERVENTIONS ARE
WORKING. I AM IN FAVOR OF
LEGISLATION THAT ENTRENCHES
DIVERSE RESPONSE IN SEATTLE
PUBLIC SAFETY. THE JOURNEY THAT
BRINGS PEOPLE TO THE STATE OF
CRISIS THAT MERITS A 911 CALL
CAN BE COMPLEX, BUT SENDING THE
RIGHT RESPONSE TO THE CALL IS
NOT, IT SHOULD BE SIMPLE AND
STRAIGHTFORWARD, THAT PART OF
THE SYSTEM COULD BE EASILY FIXED
. I THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO
PRESS TO MAKE THINGS BETTER AND
REMEMBERING THE PROMISES WE MADE
TO OUR COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU , CHIEF . I
APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU, CENTRAL
STAFF, YOUR WORK ON THIS, AND
THE WAY , A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS
ENGAGED WITH ON THIS BILL TO ,
IT IS ALIGNMENT. THANK YOU, AND
THANK YOU TO THE VARIOUS
STAKEHOLDERS WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING WITH, PARTICULARLY MY
TEAM , THE CLERK AND POLICY
DIRECTOR , MR. LOWE. COLLEAGUES,
VICE CHAIR, QUESTIONS?
>> NO.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY OTHER
COLLEAGUES? GOOD, IN TERMS OF MY
THREE AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY. I
WOULD WANT TO SUM UP THAT , ONE
OF THE CHANGES WE MADE IN HERE ,
IT IS ABOUT BEING COMPASSIONATE.
IT IS ABOUT BEING ACCOUNTABLE.
ACCOUNTABILITY ACROSS THE BOARD.
IN TERMS OF OUR ACCOUNTABILITY.
FURTHERED BECAUSE OF THE FACT
THAT AN ACTION, PDA IN ITS LEAD
PROGRAM IS WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE THIS IN THE
ORDINANCE TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND
FROM ACCOUNTABILITY , YOURS IN
TERMS OF THE DEPARTMENT HEAD,
HOURS IN TERMS OF THE COMMITTEE
TO OVERSEE PUBLIC SAFETY. THAT
IS REALLY IMPORTANT . I ALSO ,
IT IS ABOUT ALIGNMENT AND
REALIZING THAT IT IS BROADER
THAN WHAT WE HAVE SEEN ON THE
FACE OF IT. WE CAN GET CAUGHT UP
IN THE 911 PIECE VERY QUICKLY
AND VERY EASILY , IT IS
IMPORTANT TO SAY THERE ARE OTHER
MECHANISMS, THERE ARE SO MANY
MECHANISMS AND THIS IS WHERE WE
COME TO, THE REASON WHY OUR
STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK IS UPDATED
TO TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND
PUBLIC HEALTH. HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS, THAT SEAM IS
WHERE, AS AN ALTERNATIVE
RESPONSE IS WHERE C.A.R.E. WAS.
WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGED THESE
PIECES, TO ENABLE CARE TO DO HIS
JOB. AS MY ROLE, WHAT CAN WE DO
TO SET UP INDIVIDUALS AND
ORGANIZATIONS UP FOR SUCCESS? I
DO NOT THINK C.A.R.E. WAS SET UP
FOR SUCCESS IN MANY WAYS BUT
THIS IS AN EVOLVING PIECE AND AS
I SAID TWO YEARS AGO, THERE WILL
BE CHANGES AND THESE ARE DONE
WITH THE THOUGHT WE NEED TO SET
C.A.R.E. UP FOR SUCCESS AND SET
THOSE ON THE STREETS WITH
CLINICAL ISSUES OR BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH ISSUES UP FOR SUCCESS. TO
CLEAR UP THE LINES, IF YOU WILL
, TO RECOGNIZE LEADERSHIP IS
ABOUT RECOGNIZING WHO YOUR
PEOPLE ARE AT WORK THEY DO. AS
STATED IN STATE LAW, WE DO HAVE
POLICE FIRST RESPONDERS, FIRE
FIRST RESPONDERS WHICH HAS A
MEDICAL PIECE , IF YOU'RE HAVING
A HEART ATTACK. ALSO , IF YOU
OD'd . THAT ALTERNATIVE
RESPONSE PIECE IS ALSO A FIRST
RESPONDER AND I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT, IF WE WANT TO
MOTIVATE AND LEAD TEAMS, THIS IS
OUR JOB AS UPPER MANAGEMENT, WE
NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE TEAMS
KNOW THAT THEY, TOO, HAVE A
MISSION ON EVERY STREET TO DO
THE FIRST RESPONSE, PARTICULARLY
IN THE AREA OF CLINICAL PIECES
AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PIECES. I
ALREADY MENTIONED DIVERSION. BUT
WE NEED TO GET DIVERSION RIGHT.
TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE GOOD ,
MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS ON THE
SAME PLAYING FIELD, THIS WILL
SHOW UP, AND IT GOES THE
RELATIONSHIP WITH SPD AND OTHER
ELEMENTS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY
SYSTEM. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
IS THAT, BEING AT THE FOCAL
POINT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND
PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH,
KING COUNTY, SO MANY PIECES IN
KING COUNTY , INCLUDING THE
JAILS, THAT HAND-OFF. WHAT CAN
WE DO TO GET AHEAD OF A PROBLEM
INSTEAD OF REACTING? C.A.R.E.
AND THIS MISSION WITH RESPONSE
HOPEFULLY AIDED BY THESE CHANGES
IN THIS BILL WILL ALLOW THEM TO
BE AHEAD AND TAKE PROACTIVE
ACTION AS OPPOSED TO BEING
REACTIVE . AT THE END OF THE
DAY, THAT WILL PROVE -- IMPROVE
SEATTLE STREETS BECAUSE THAT IS
THE COURSE WE TAKE AS A COUNCIL
AND THAT IS MY APPROACH . WE
HAVE TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE
APPROACH WERE ALTERNATIVE
RESPONSE IS IN OURCENTRAL
RESPONSE WITH POLICE AND FIRE
AND TRADITIONAL AREAS. WE NEED
TO WORK THESE PIECES, AND THAT
IS WHAT THE INTENT OF THIS BILL
IS TO DO. I LOOK TO SEEING
FORWARD C.A.R.E. BEING THE FOCAL
POINT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE
DIVERSION, FOR US TO DO OUR
PART. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT
IS ABOUT HELPING THOSE
SITUATIONS ON OUR STREETS. A
CRISIS SITUATION THAT DOES NOT
NEED THE CURSOR ROLE -- IT NEEDS
SOMETHING. AT THE END OF THE
DAY, BUT WE CAN'T HAVE, WE DO
HAVE THIS IDEA IN OUR CITY,
EITHER WE ARE DOING THE LOCK
THEM UP SYSTEM, OR WE DO NOTHING
AND CALL IT COMPASSION. DOING
NOTHING AND CALLING IT
COMPASSION IS NOT COMPASSION.
HOPEFULLY THIS ALLOWS THE ENTIRE
SYSTEM AND PARTICULARLY C.A.R.E.
TO DO SOMETHING ON THE
COMPASSION PIECE WITH
ACCOUNTABILITY. COLLEAGUES, WITH
THESE TWO MEETINGS , PRETTY
STRAIGHTFORWARD, IN TERMS OF
PIECES, I WOULD RECOMMEND
PASSAGE OF CB 121232 .
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED. PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL.
>> JUAREZ ?
>> AYE.
>> LIN?
>> YES.
>> RIVERA NEXT TO AYE.
>> SAKA?
>> AYE.
>> KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
COUNCIL WILL BE ADOPTED AND SENT
TO JUNE 30 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND
ITEM OF BUSINESS, WITH THE CLERK
PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM 2 .
>> SELFLESS FOR 2026 FIRST
QUARTER SWORN STAFFING OVERTIME
PERFORMANCE METRICS.
>> WE HAVE MR. DOSS FROM CENTRAL
STAFF JOINING US FROM THE TABLE
AND MS. SMITH IS HERE, TOO, I DO
NOT WANT TO PLAY FAVORITES, I AM
LETTING, MS. SMITH HERE WITH THE
DIRECTOR. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL RUN
THROUGH THIS BRIEFING SO PLEASE
WRITE DOWN YOUR QUESTIONS AND
HOLD THEM TO THE END, THIS WILL
FACILITATE OUR THIRD AGENDA ITEM
AS WELL.
>> GOOD MORNING, GREG DOSS,
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF PRESENTING
THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2026 SPD
SWORN STAFFING OVERTIME AND
METRICS REPORT WHICH IS BEING
PRESENTED LATE THIS YEAR, I HAVE
ONLINE , BUDGET CHAIR , BUDGET
DIRECTOR WHO WILL BE ABLE TO
PROVIDE SOME UPDATES TO THE DATA
I WILL BE SHOWING YOU TODAY. I
SAY THAT, WHILE THIS
PRESENTATION HAS MY NAME ON IT,
I HAVE TO SHARE CREDIT WITH THE
DEPARTMENT, DOES A LOT OF WORK
TO MAKE SURE I GET THINGS RIGHT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT
PARTNERSHIP. I WILL JUMP RIGHT
IN. WE WILL START OUT TALKING
ABOUT STAFFING. I THINK THAT THE
COUNCILMEMBERS ARE WELL AWARE OF
THE PRESIDENT -- HAPPENING SINCE
THE FALL OF 2024 , IN THE FIRST
QUARTER OF THIS YEAR 41 HIRES
AND 19 SEPARATIONS . YOU CAN SEE
THAT IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND
CORNER, CLOSE TO THE ORIGINAL
PLAN AND DOES NOT CHANGE THE
ANNUAL PICTURE VERY MUCH . DOWN
AT THE BOTTOM PROTECTIONS, --
PROJECTIONS WHICH LEAD TO ONE
ADDITIONAL UNPLANNED -- WHAT IS
NOT CAPTURED IS SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES LAST YEAR, THE FOURTH
QUARTER OF LAST YEAR, 11 FEWER
SEPARATIONS THAN PLANNED AND
THAT CREATED A NET CHANGE OF
SEVEN MORE OFFICERS THAT HE
HIRING WAS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT
AND WHEN YOU ADD THAT TO THE ONE
FTE ON THE SLIDE, NET CHANGE,
SPD IS RUNNING EIGHT FTE AHEAD
OF THEIR STAFFING PLAN,
SUPPORTED BY STAFFING DOLLARS IN
THE BUDGET. RUNNING AHEAD OF
PLAN MEANS SALARY FASTER THAN
THEY HAVE BUDGET SO -- BUDGET TO
SUPPORT. I WILL TALK ABOUT THE
CHART HERE, WHICH YOU CAN SEE,
THERE ARE 985 FULLY-TRAINED
OFFICERS AND THAT IS REFLECTIVE
OF AN OFFICER COMPLETED ALL OF
THEIR CLASSROOM WORK, FIELD
TRAINING AND ON THE STREET AND
CAN BE DEPLOYED ALONE. YOU SEE A
SMALLER NUMBER , NUMBER OF
DEPLOYABLE , 939. THAT NUMBER
TAKES INTO ACCOUNT OFFICERS WHO
ARE FULLY TRAINED AND OUT ON
LONG-TERM SICK LEAVE, PARENTAL
LEAVE , OR MILITARY LEAVE ,
THINGS THAT TAKE THEM OUT OF THE
DEPLOYMENT PROCESS. SO, AS YOU
CAN SEE, IF THINGS GO ON THEIR
CURRENT TRAJECTORY THE
DEPARTMENT CAN EXPECT 1029 FULLY
TRAINED OFFICERS AT THE END OF
THIS YEAR. IF TRENDS HOLDS ON
THE OFFICERS OUT ON MILITARY
LEAVE , ET CETERA, LONG-TERM
LEAVE, EXPECT 981 OFFICERS
AVAILABLE TO BE DEPLOYED .
HOWEVER, I WILL CAUTION THAT
THERE ARE ASSUMPTIONS THAT COME
INTO THOSE NUMBERS AND WE WILL
BE TALKING ABOUT THEM SOON.
OKAY. SO, I AM GOING TO TALK
ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON BEHIND
THE DATA POINTS I SHOWED YOU. AS
I FIRST SAID , STARTING IN THE
FIRST QUARTER , FOURTH QUARTER
OF LAST YEAR YOU WERE FULLY
TRAINED OFFICERS WITH SPD .
BECAUSE OFFICERS ARE STAYING
LONGER, MORE PRESSURE ON THE SPD
BUDGET BECAUSE IT IS MORE
EXPENSIVE TO RETAIN EXISTING
HIGHER SALARIED OFFICERS THAT DO
HIRE A LOWER SALARY RECRUIT.
OUTSIZE IMPACT WITH THE
DEPARTMENT'S ABILITY TO HIRE OR
RECRUIT AND RANKS . SPD HAD
PLANNED TO HIRE 174 NET NEW
OFFICERS OVER THE 2025-2026
PERIOD. THAT PLAN MAY HAVE TO
CHANGE BECAUSE OF THE CHANGING
SEPARATION PICTURE. THE
DEPARTMENT TO ME NEED TO SLOW
HIRING OR COME UP WITH
REDUCTIONS IN OTHER AREAS OF THE
BUDGET TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL
UNPLANNED OFFICER HIRES. RIGHT
NOW, WITH THE ADDITIONAL EIGHT
FTEs, SPD IS POISED TO OVERSPEND
BY $1.7 MILLION , THEY WOULD
HAVE TO FIND IT IN ANOTHER PLACE
IN THE BUDGET OR BE A STAFFING
SLOW DOWN TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE
WITHIN THE BUDGET . ANOTHER
STAFFING CHALLENGE IS THE
ABILITY TO TRAIN OFFICERS . SPD
HAD 135 OFFICERS IN FIELD
TRAINING IN APRIL, SOME OF THOSE
OFFICERS IN FIELD TRAINING ARE
IN THE CLASSROOM AND SOME OF
THEM ARE OUT ON THE STREET WITH
SPECIALIZED TRAINING OFFICERS TO
HELP THEM LEARN HOW TO RESPOND
TO 911 CALLS. FOR CONTEXT, 135
IN APRIL IS COMPARABLE TO AN
AVERAGE OF ABOUT 56. SO, A LOT
MORE IN FIELD TRAINING WITH THE
HIRING SUCCESSES SPD HAS HAD .
ONE OF THE PROBLEMS SPD IS
HAVING RIGHT NOW, NOT ENOUGH
TRAINED OFFICERS TO ASSIGN TO
THE STUDENTS WHO FINISH THEIR
CLASSROOM WORK . IN APRIL, THERE
WERE ABOUT 21 OFFICERS WAITING
ON TRAINERS TO BE AVAILABLE SO
THEY COULD BEGIN THEIR
FIELDWORK. SPD HAS BROUGHT THAT
NUMBER DOWN A BIT AND AT THE END
OF THE SLIDE TELL YOU MORE ABOUT
THE PROGRESS THEY ARE MAKING. AS
I SAID, CONTEXT, THAT 35 NUMBER
IS NORMALLY 56, IN A NORMAL
SITUATION, SPD WOULD EXPECT TO
GRADUATE 6 TO 7 OFFICERS EACH
MONTH OUT OF FIELD TRAINING AND
INTO THE SPD RANKS, AND THEIR
CURRENT STAFFING PLAN IS
HOPEFULLY THEY 10CAN DO
GRADUATIONS PER MONTH OUT OF
FIELD TRAINING AND INTO THE
OFFICER RANKS . IF THAT HAPPENS,
THEY CAN REACH THOSE NUMBERS I
SHOWED YOU IN THE FIRST SLIDE .
IF IT DOES NOT HAPPEN, THEY WILL
NOT REACH THOSE PROJECTIONS .
WHY ARE THERE NOT ENOUGH
TRAINERS ? EXISTING LABOR
AGREEMENTS ALLOW OFFICERS TO
VOLUNTEER TO BE TRAINERS, NOT
ENOUGH OF THEM ARE VOLUNTEERING
. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THE
DEPARTMENT CAN DO TO ENTICE
OFFICERS TO BECOME TRAINERS, WE
WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. I AM
GOING TO PAUSE AT THE END OF
THIS SLIDE TO GIVE DAN A CHANCE
TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE
DEPARTMENT AND -- MR. CHAIR?
>> I WANTED TO WELCOME YOU TO
THE MEETING, AND GIVE MYSELF A
CHANCE TO WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK. COLLEAGUES NOT ON THE
COMMITTEE ARE WELCOME TO JOIN
IN. MR. DOSS IS THROWING YOU THE
PASS, I WAS GOING TO DO A WORLD
CUP THING BUT I WILL RESIST.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL NOT MAKE
ANY SPORTS METAPHORS. AS GREG
MENTIONED, 21 TRAINERS IS THE
HIGH WATER MARK OF THE STATS
THIS YEAR OF PEOPLE READING FOR
A -- READY FOR AN FTO TO BE
ASSIGNED BUT WE DO NOT HAVE A
FTO, WE HAVE BEEN MAKING STEADY
PROGRESS AND EXPECT TO RESOLVE
THE ISSUE THIS YEAR. THE CHIEF
HAS BEEN ATTENDING ROBOCALLS AND
WORKING COOPERATIVELY WITH THE
POLICE UNIONS, SEATTLE POLICE
OFFICERS KILLED, WE ARE ALL --
POLICE OFFICERS GUILD, AND WE
ARE GOING THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
21 OFFICERS IS HOW MANY PEOPLE
AT THE END OF MARCH WAITING FOR
AN FTO TO BE ASSIGNED AND NOW
DOWN TO 60 AND HOPING TO CLEAR
THE DECK BY THE END OF THE YEAR
. PART OF THE WAY WE ARE DOING
THAT IS BY ADDING TO THE NUMBER
OF FOLKS WHO ARE CERTIFIED TO DO
FIELD TRAINING OFFICER WORK . WE
HAVE A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER
SCHOOL , CLASS TO DO THE
CERTIFICATION COMING UP IN JULY,
THERE ARE 20 SEATS AND WE
EXPECTED TO BE FILLED. HAVE UP
TO 20 NEW FTOS, WHICH WILL HELP,
AND OFFER ANOTHER 20 SEAT CLASS
IN NOVEMBER. WE DON'T KNOW YET
THEY WILL BE FILLED BUT WE
EXPECT, BASED ON PAST
PERFORMANCE THE LAST TIME THERE
WAS AN FTO CLASS WAS IN APRIL OF
2025 AND IT WAS FILLED WITH 20
FOLKS. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS BUT THE BOTTOM LINE
IS, WE HAVE A CHALLENGE, BECAUSE
WE HAVE HAD A SURGE IN NEW
RECRUITS AND FOLKS WHO HAVE
JOINED SPD , AND WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER
OF FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS AND
THAT IS FINALLY SHOWING SOME
PROGRESS, DOWN FROM 21 TO 16
WAITING A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER
TO BE ASSIGNED.
>> THANK YOU. LET'S FINISH THE
STAFFING SECTION AND GET THOSE
QUESTIONS.
>>
>> MOVING ALONG, THE COUNCIL HAS
EXPRESSED ITS INTEREST IN THE 30
BY 30 INITIATIVE OF THE LAST FEW
YEARS AND I HAVE PROVIDED DATA
ON FEMALE HIRES THROUGH MARCH OF
2026 WOMEN CONTINUE TO MAKE UP
ABOUT 10% OF THE SPD HIRES. THE
GOOD NEWS IS, DAN, CAN TELL YOU
IN A MINUTE THAT THINGS ARE
TRENDING BETTER. I WILL KEEP
MOVING . AS WE GET TO THE END OF
THE SLIDE, SLIDES ON STAFFING,
WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. SO,
AS YOU SEE HERE, SPD STAFFING,
PRECINCT STAFFING NUMBERS ARE
BROKEN OUT IN OFFICERS AND
SERGEANTS BY PRECINCT , 911 AND
OTHER AREAS . FOR YOUR
AWARENESS, ALL I PROVIDE THIS
TABLE FOR. WHAT IS IMPORTANT
ABOUT THE SLIDE IN THE RECENT
HISTORY OF NOT ONE RESPONSE,
OFFICER STAFFING, THAT THERE IS
NOT A LOT OF CHANGE IN THE LAST
THREE YEARS BETWEEN 2023 AND
2026, STILL SEEING ABOUT 490
OFFICERS ON PATROL, HOVERING
AROUND THAT NUMBER BECAUSE THERE
IS NOT YET BEEN AN INFLUX OF NEW
OFFICERS FROM THIS HIRING SURGE
, THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE TAKES
ABOUT ONE YEAR TO TRAIN OFFICERS
AND STILL IN THE PIPELINE AND IT
HAS TO DO WITH THE FACTS, THE
FTO BOTTLENECK WE JUST TALKED
ABOUT. I WILL STOP AND OFFER A
CHANCE FOR QUESTIONS .
>> ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO
STAFFING?
>> THANK YOU. I AM INTERNALIZING
ALL THIS, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS
AND OBSERVATIONS . I THINK THESE
THREE DISTINCT , SEPARATE BUT
RELATED CONTRACTS ALL FIT
TOGETHER AND I WILL RESERVE MY
OWN QUESTIONS FOR THE END OF THE
PRESENTATION.
>> PRESS ON. I AM NOT SEEING
ANYTHING. PLEASE, PRESS ON.
SORRY, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA HAS HER
HAND RAISED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA?
>> THANK YOU. I JUST, I HAVE A
COUPLE COMMENTS RELATED TO THE
WOMEN HIRES, I UNDERSTAND THE 30
BY 30 POSITION HAS NOT BEEN
HIRED BECAUSE OF THE HIRING
FREEZE . I WANT TODAY LIKE THIS
IS A POSITION WE COULD HELP WITH
FEMALE RECRUITING AND SOMETHING
WE STILL VERY MUCH NEED. SO,
REALLY, WE SHOULD BE HIRING THIS
PERSON TO HELP BEEF UP OUR
FEMALE OFFICER HIRING. MY
UNDERSTANDING FROM SPD IS THAT,
ASSISTANT CHIEF UNDERWOOD HAS,
AND OTHERS AT SPD, HAVE REVIEWED
FEMALE HIRES BEEN DENIED
APPLICATIONS TO MAKE FEWER, AND
ENSURE IT WAS NOT ANYTHING, TO
MAKE SURE THEY WERE FOLKS THAT
DID NOT MEET THE LEVEL OF
REQUIREMENTS. I APPRECIATE THE
CHIEF AND ASSISTANT CHIEF
UNDERWOOD AND OTHERS ON SPD WHO
HAVE TAKEN A SECOND LOOK TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE DOING THE BEST WE
CAN TO HIRE MORE FEMALE OFFICERS
BECAUSE THAT IS IMPORTANT. THANK
YOU, CHAIR.
>> I WILL PROMOTE DEPUTY CHIEF
UNDERWOOD. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING MY
PARTICIPATION IN COMMITTEE AND
THANK YOU GREG FOR YOUR
PRESENTATION , THERE IS A LOT OF
INFORMATION TO UNPACK AND IT
SPEAKS TO THE STRUCTURAL ISSUES
AND HOW WE ARE PROVIDING
SERVICES FROM THE DEPARTMENT . I
WANT TO START BY TAKING US TO
SLIDE 5. GREG, YOU HIGHLIGHTED
THE BOTTLENECK WITH FIELD
TRAINING OFFICERS AND 21
OFFICERS WAITING INSTRUCTOR , I
THINK I HEARD A CORRECTION OR
UPDATE FROM THE DIRECTOR IT IS
NOW 16 STUDENT OFFICERS . MY
UNDERSTANDING THIS IS THE FINAL
STAGE IN TRAINING OFFICERS.
>> YES, THE FINAL STAGE IS WHERE
AN OFFICER GOES OUT WITH AN
EXPERIENCE OFFICER. THAT IS
CORRECT.
>> WITHOUT THAT TRAINING, WHAT
CAN THESE STUDENT OFFICERS
ENGAGE IN?
>> I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE
DIRECTOR .
>> YES, COUNCILMEMBER , THANK
YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I WANT TO
ASSURE YOU THAT WE WILL HAVE
FOLKS WHO ARE NOT JUST WANTING A
THUMBS, THESE ARE FOLKS WHO HAVE
BEEN THROUGH THE ACADEMY, THEY
ARE SWORN OFFICERS BUT NOT OUT
IN THE STREET AS FULLY
INDEPENDENT POLICE OFFICERS .
KEEPING THEM BUSY. SUPPORTING
INVESTIGATIONS UNIT WITH CASES ,
WORKING WITH PRECINCT STAFF
CLERKING AND JOINING IN ON
PATROLS WITH SERGEANTS WHO ARE
NOT -- THEY'RE NOT ACTING
INDEPENDENTLY. THEY ARE DOING A
VARIETY OF WORK AND NOT JUST
INDEPENDENT POLICE OFFICERS
QUITE YET .
>> THANK YOU . WHAT KIND OF
CALLS 10 STUDENT OFFICERS
RESPOND TO? -- WHAT KIND OF
CALLS DUE SOON OFFICERS RESPOND
TO?
>> THEY DO NOT WAS BOND THEY
TAKE -- THEY DO NOT RESPOND,
THEY TAKE TELEPHONE CALLS AND
FILL OUT POLICE REPORTS, THEY
CAN'T ON SOME OCCASIONS GO OUT
INTO THE FIELD -- THEY CAN ON
SOME OCCASIONS GO OUT INTO THE
FIELD WITH SERGEANTS BUT NOT
OFFICERS ACTING ALONE, TO GET A
SENSE OF WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE
ON THE STREET.
>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING
THAT. WE ARE BRINGING ONLINE
ADDITIONAL FIELD TRAINING
OFFICERS TO HELP WITH THIS
BOTTLENECK WHAT ARE THE COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH ADDITIONAL FIELD
TRAINING OFFICERS AS MORE FOLKS
GET TRAINED? DO THEY RECEIVE A
BONUS FOR BECOMING A FTO?
>> OFFICERS FTO CERTIFIED DO NOT
RECEIVE ANY MORE PAY, RATHER,
THEY GET AN HOUR A DAY FOR
REPORT WRITING SO WE CAN ALLOW
FOR THEM TO KEEP TRACK OF FIELD
TRAINING -- OFFICER TRAINEES ARE
DOING AS THEIR TIME AS FTOS
PROGRESS.
>> I MAY SAY, THAT LAST HOUR, I
BELIEVE, IS PAID ON OVERTIME AND
WE WILL SEE THE IMPACT OF THAT
OVERTIME LATER IN THE
PRESENTATION.
>> THAT IS CORRECT .
>> THANK YOU. MOVING TO THIS
POINT, THE STAFFING PLAN ASSUMES
THAT 10 STUDENT OFFICERS
GRADUATING PER MONTH, ONLY
GRADUATING ABOUT SIX TO SEVEN
OFFICERS PER MONTH, UNLIKELY TO
REACH THAT GOAL BUT EVEN IF WE
DID, ARE WE SOLVING THE PROBLEM?
>> I WOULD SAY NO, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK , AT 10, THERE WOULD --
UNLESS SPD CAN BRING TO BEAR
ADDITIONAL FIELD TRAINING
OFFICERS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IF I MAY, I WOULD SAY, WE
HAVE BEEN TRACKING THIS CLOSELY
AS WELL, WE ARE CONFIDENT WE CAN
AVERAGE 10 PER MONTH. IN MAY, WE
HAD 11 FOLKS WHO GRADUATED. WE
HAVE NOT YET ACHIEVED THE STATE
OF TEN OR MORE GRADUATING FROM
FTO, BUT WE THINK, WITH
ADDITIONAL FTOS WHO WILL BECOME
CERTIFIED IN THE JULY CLASS AND
MORE IN NOVEMBER, WE WILL
ADDRESS THIS. ADDITIONAL
CAPACITY FROM THE 130 FOLKS WHO
ARE CURRENTLY FTO CERTIFIED,
PROPERLY TRAINED TO TAKE OVER
TRAINEES, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
WITH THE GUILD TO ENCOURAGE
FOLKS TO HELP THE ENTIRE
DEPARTMENT AND HELP THEMSELVES
WITH MORE TRAINEES.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT . I HAVE
ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION. THANK
YOU, CHAIR. TODAY'S
PRESENTATION HAS OUTLINED THAT ,
GIVEN THE TREND IN POLICE HIRING
THE DEPARTMENT IS ON TRACK TO
GREAT $1.7 MILLION IN UNFUNDED
SALARY COSTS BY THE END OF THIS
YEAR AND MY QUESTION TO THE
DIRECTOR , DOES THE CHIEF INTENT
TO SLOW HIRING TO MAKE SURE SPD
IS STAYING WITHIN THE APPROVED
BUDGET ?
>> I WOULD SAY THAT IS ON THE
TABLE. WE ARE LOOKING AT
CONTRACTS, NON-SWORN
EXPENDITURES , IT IS POSSIBLE IT
IS NOT ENOUGH SAVINGS, WE WILL
NOT SHRINK THE POLICE FORCE BUT
SLOW THE GROWTH IN THE POLICE
FORCE FOR THE REMAINING SIX
MONTHS OF THE YEAR SO WE STAY
WITHIN OUR 2026 BUDGET. IN
RECOGNITION THE DIRE STRAITS THE
GENERAL FUND FINDS ITSELF IN
THIS YEAR. WE DO NOT FEEL LIKE
THERE IS EXTRA MONEY.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT, DIRECTOR,
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU , COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK . AS CHAIR OF PUBLIC
SAFETY AND OF THE FINANCE BUDGET
COMMITTEE, INDICATED SPD TO
CONTINUE THE HIRING TO MAINTAIN
FOR OTHER REASONS IT IS
IMPORTANT TO DO SO. I DID NOT
KNOW, WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER
FOSTER JOINING US , I DID NOT
KNOW UNTIL I SAW HER ON MY
SCREEN. YOU ARE WELCOME.
QUESTION?
>> I DO. IT IS BRIEF, I
APPRECIATE THE UPDATE AND
NUMBERS ON THE 30 BY 30. SORRY
ABOUT MY DOG. WHEN IT COMES TO
SEPARATIONS, ANY NOTICEABLE
SEPARATION BY GENDER?
>> WE DO TRACK THAT NUMBER, I DO
NOT HAVE THAT WITH ME RIGHT NOW.
I WILL GET THAT TO YOU LATER.
>> I COULD NOT HEAR THE
QUESTION.
>> IT WAS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT
SPD SEPARATES SEPARATION BY
GENDER -- TRACKS SEPARATION BY
GENDER?
>> I DO NOT HAVE THE ANSWER. I
BELIEVE WE COULD ANSWER IT, BUT
NOT IN REAL TIME, I WILL FOLLOW
UP WITH YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. I WILL
NOTE, I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO
A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
FOR FIELD TRAINING. IT IS SO
IMPORTANT, AS MY AIR FORCE
COLLEAGUE KNOWS THAT TRAINING IS
PARAMOUNT FOR THE NEXT
GENERATION. SOMETHING LOOKED
UPON FAVORABLY WITHIN THE
MILITARY CIRCLES. THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY FOR SWORN OFFICERS
FOR THE NEXT GENERATION, WE HAVE
TO MAINTAIN THE 30 BY 30 , AT
LEAST 80 BY 20, AS THE NATIONAL
TRENDS ARE, AT LEAST THAT. MR.
DOSS, CAN YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT
SESSION ?
>> I WANTED TO GIVE THE DIRECTOR
AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE AN UPDATE
ON THE 30 BY 30 NUMBERS. SINCE
THE TIME OF THE WORK BEING PUT
TOGETHER, IT HAS MOVED A LITTLE
BIT AND DO NOT WANT TO BURY
THAT.
>> HAPPY TO DO THAT. AM I OFF
MUTE?
>> YES.
>> YEAR TO DATE, WE HAVE MADE
PROGRESS IN HIRING FEMALE
OFFICERS . WE ARE NOT YET AT
30%, BUT INCREASING OVER PAST
YEARS. AT 17% OF THE NEW HIRES,
THAT IS A TOTAL OF 16 OF 95
OFFICERS HIRED IN 2026 ARE
FEMALE. 79 OR 83% ARE MALE.
ANOTHER QUESTIONS?
>> I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GIVE
THAT UPDATE.
>> I WOULD SEIZE THE MOMENT AND
LET YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS
GOAL IS FOR THE DEPARTMENT. WE
ARE COMMITTED TO CONTINUE
IMPROVEMENT IN THIS REGARD.
RECOGNIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS
FOR THE CITY , POLICE
DEPARTMENT, AND FOR THE PEOPLE
WE ALL SERVE, IT MAY MORE APTLY
REFLECT THE GENDER SPLIT ON THE
POLICE FORCE SO IT LOOKS MORE
LIKE THE PEOPLE WE ARE
PROTECTING IN THE COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU, MR. EDER. MR.
DOSS?
>> OVERTIME MONITORING. WE WILL
START OFF, SLIDE 10, POINT OUT,
WHAT WILL JUMP OUT RIGHT AWAY ON
THIS TABLE YOU ARE LOOKING AT,
THE BUDGET FOR OVERTIME BETWEEN
2022 AND 2026 HAS GROWN
SIGNIFICANTLY. IT IS IMPORTANT
TO POINT OUT THAT THAT BUDGET IS
GROWING SIGNIFICANTLY , NOT
BECAUSE SPD IS NECESSARY USING
MORE OVERTIME HOURS IN THE FIRST
QUARTER OF EACH YEAR, IT IS
USING ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF
OVERTIME HOURS IN THE FIRST
QUARTER EACH YEAR . IT WAS
SLIGHTLY DOWN IN 2026. WHAT YOU
ARE SEEING, THE INFLATION IN THE
NUMBERS, STRICTLY RELATED TO THE
INCREASES THAT CAME FROM THE
CONTRACT, AS WAGES GROW ,
OVERTIME WAGES GROW, AS YOU CAN
SEE ON THE FIRST BULLET, THERE
IS A BREAKDOWN FOR HOW THIS
CONTRACT IS AFFECTING OVERTIME
AND SPENDING OVERALL . LAST
YEAR, GOOD NEWS, SPD CAME IN
CLOSE TO ITS OVERTIME BUDGET AND
MORE GOOD NEWS, IT IS ON TRACK ,
SO FAR THIS YEAR, TO STAY WITHIN
ITS OVERTIME BUDGET. IF YOU LOOK
AT THE LAST LINE ON THE TABLE IN
2026, YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE IS
A STAR BY THE 34%, THERE WAS A
RETRO PAYMENT FOR THE CONTRACT
IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS
YEAR , THAT THROWS OUT OF
BALANCE THE COMPARISON WITH
PRIOR YEARS . IF YOU TAKE INTO
ACCOUNT THAT SPOG PAYMENT AND
TAKEN OUT OF THE EQUATION, SPD
IS RUNNING ABOUT 24% OF ITS
BUDGET IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
HIGHER THAN IT COULD BE EVEN THE
FACT THIS IS SEASONAL WORK BUT
IT DOES NOT SHOW ANY SIGN OF
GOING OVER THE BUDGET. DIVING A
LITTLE DEEPER INTO WHAT IS GOING
ON WITH OVERTIME , I THINK THAT
IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE
UNDERSTANDING THE TRENDS ,
UNDERSTANDS WHETHER OR NOT SPD
WILL STAY WITHIN THEIR BUDGET
THIS YEAR . THE FIRST THING I
WOULD POINT OUT, OVERTIME IN THE
PATROL PRECINCTS IS DOWN
SIGNIFICANTLY. DOWN BY ABOUT 29%
IN THE FIRST QUARTER. THIS WAS
BECAUSE OF PATROL PRECINCTS
PAIRING BACK ON THE USE OF
OFFICER OVERTIME FOR SPECIAL
EMPHASIS, COUNTER NARCOTICS AND
THEFT EMPHASIS GOT PARED BACK IN
THE FIRST QUARTER. THAT RESULTED
IN SOME SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS OF
THE OVERTIME BUDGET. YOU CAN SEE
EVENTS ARE QUITE A BIT HIGHER,
THAT IS AN EASY ONE. ALL OF THAT
IS REIMBURSED . THE LAST
IMPORTANT FORCE DRIVING OVERTIME
SPENDING HAS TO DO WITH TRAINING
, QUITE A BIT OF TRAINING IN THE
FIRST QUARTER DOING TO DO WITH
FIFA, THAT TRAINING, GOOD NEWS,
ALL REIMBURSABLE. I SHOULD POINT
OUT THAT THERE WERE QUITE A BIT
OF HOURS USED IN THE TRAINING OF
STUDENT OFFICERS. ABOUT 7200
HOURS OR $900,000 USED FOR FIELD
TRAINING FOR NEW OFFICERS. THERE
WERE ABOUT 3000 HOURS USED FOR
FIELD TRAINING OF NEW OFFICERS
AND THAT EXTRA HOUR OF OVERTIME
WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THAT IS
IMPACTING THE OVERTIME BUDGET IN
-- I DO NOT WANT IS A
SIGNIFICANT WAY BUT ONE OF THE
TRENDS DRIVING THE SPENDING
RIGHT NOW. DID YOU WANT ME TO
STOP, MR. CHAIR, AT THE END OF
THIS SECTION?
>> YES. COLLEAGUES , ANY
QUESTIONS ? QUESTIONS REGARDING
OVERTIME ? OKAY. PROCEED.
>> RESPONSE TIMES. THIS IS A
TABLE I SHOW EVERY YEAR,
RESPONSE TIME TO PRIORITY ONE
CALLS HAS NOT CHANGED, ABOUT 10
MINUTES ON AVERAGE AND SEVEN
MINUTES IN THE MEDIAN . WHAT IS
SIGNIFICANT ABOUT THAT, IT HAS
BEEN A 12% VOLUME INCREASE ,
OFFICERS HAVE FOUND A WAY TO
MAINTAIN RESPONSE TIMES EVEN
WHEN THERE HAVE BEEN MORE CALLS,
SOME MAYBE BECAUSE OF
ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE , HELPING
OFFICERS AND FREEING UP THEIR
TIME SO THEY CAN MOVE ON TO
OTHER TIMES , SOMETHING
DEPARTMENT AS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE
PAST , LAST YEAR DURING THIS
PRESENTATION. THERE IS, AT THE
BOTTOM, A TABLE SHOWING THE
NUMBER OF CALLS SPD HAS NOT
RESPONDED TO COME SMALL, 36
CALLS OUT OF 39,000 . ONE 10th
OF A PERCENT. SMALLER THAN THAT.
I PROVIDE THIS TABLE SHOWING A
HISTORY OF 911 RESPONSE TIMES BY
PRECINCT. SO THAT COUNCILMEMBERS
CAN SEE ON AVERAGE WITHIN THEIR
DISTRICTS HOW AVERAGE RESPONSE
TIME TO LOOK. THE THING TO POINT
OUT, IT REALLY HAS NOT VARIED A
LOT, NO DISTINCT PATTERN. TIMES
IT MAY BE UP OR DOWN SLIGHTLY,
REFLECTING PATTERNS AND
DEPLOYMENT OF CRIME IN A
PARTICULAR AREA. NOT A
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE ANYWHERE.
THAT IS LIKELY BECAUSE, AS WE
SAW EARLIER, THERE HAVE BEEN
ABOUT 490 FOLKS CONSISTENTLY IN
PATROL SINCE 2023. ONCE WE START
SEETING MORE FOLKS IN PATROL,
THERE MAY BE A MORE STEADY TREND
IN RESPONSE TIMES. I AM NOT
GOING TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME
RECAPPING THE ISSUES WE HAVE
DISCUSSED, I WOULD POINT OUT
THAT , IF SPD WILL REACH 174 NET
NEW HIRES BY THE END OF THE
YEAR, THEY WILL HAVE TO DO SO BY
FINDING OTHER WAYS TO SAVE
WITHIN THEIR BUDGET. AS I SAID
BEFORE , SPD IS NOT SHOWING
SIGNS OF AN OVERTIME PROBLEM
THIS YEAR BUT A BIG PART OF THAT
IS BECAUSE THERE WAS A 30%
REDUCTION IN EMPHASIS IN
SPENDING IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
AS THE DEPARTMENT RAMPS UP IN
SPENDING ON EMPHASIS IN THE 12th
AND JACKSON AREA OR DOWNTOWN
THEY MAY REQUIRE MORE OVERTIME.
THAT IS IT. ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS .
>> THANK YOU, MR. DOSS. VICE
CHAIR?
>> THANK YOU MR. DOSS AND EDER
FOR THE PRESENTATION . A LOVE
ENCOURAGING SIGNS AND DATA,
HIGHLIGHTING THE MOMENTUM AND
COLLECTIVE ACTIONS THAT MANY OF
US ON THIS COUNCIL HAVE TAKEN .
IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO
SPECIFICALLY BOOST OFFICER
HIRING AND RECRUITMENT . AND
MORALE . THROUGH THE VARIOUS
PRECINCT VISITS . SHOWING UP AND
SUPPORTING ALL OF OUR FIRST
RESPONDERS INCLUDING SPD ,
VARIOUS PIECES OF LEGISLATION TO
STREAMLINE AND BOOST THE OFFICER
HIRING PROCESS , ET CETERA, ET
CETERA. RECORD HIRING, INCLUDING
THE COVETED LATERAL HIRES ,
HIRING SURGE IF YOU WILL, GREAT
AND RETENTION. THE BOTTLENECK
WITH RESPECT TO TRAINING
OFFICERS. FIRST QUESTION
PERTAINS TO THAT BOTTLENECK . IT
SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS 16 FOLKS
THAT ARE A WAITING FIELD
TRAINING OFFICER ASSIGNMENT OF
SOME SORT AND PERFORM OTHER
DUTIES THAT WERE DESCRIBED. HOW
LONG IS THE AVERAGE LATENCY
PERIOD WHEREBY AN OFFICER IS
WAITING FOR A FTO TO BE ASSIGNED
? HOW LONG IS THE AVERAGE WEIGHT
OR LATENCY PERIOD FOR THAT?
>> PRIOR TO THIS YEAR, THERE HAD
NOT BEEN A WEIGHT, THERE WAS A
FIELD TRAINING OFFICER , A
STUDENT OFFICER HAD COMPLETED
HIS OR HER CLASSROOM TRAINING,
CLASSROOM TRAINING , YOU WOULD
IMMEDIATELY BE ASSIGNED A FIELD
TRAINING OFFICER TO BE IN THE
FIELD FOR TRAINING.
>> RECENT HISTORY . HOW LONG ,
THIS IS A NEWER PROBLEM OR NEWER
PHENOMENON, WHAT IS THE AVERAGE
WE ARE SEEING SINCE WE STARTED
OBSERVING THIS CHALLENGE ? A
MATTER OF WEEKS , ARE WE TALKING
MONTHS ? A COUPLE OF MONTHS ?
>> I WILL LET MR. EDER ANSWER
THAT . AS THE BACKLOG ROSE, EVEN
IF THE SPD IS ABLE TO GRADUATE
10 PER MONTH, THERE WILL BE 153
BACKLOG AT THE END OF THE YEAR,
UNLESS THERE ARE MORE FIELD
TRAINING OFFICERS BROUGHT INTO
THE FOLD. IT WILL CERTAINLY
GROW. I WILL LET MR. EDER GIVE
YOU MORE DETAIL .
>> I DON'T HAVE A READY ANSWER,
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, I WILL
FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.
THIS IS DIRECTED AT MR. EDER, 30
BY 30 INITIATIVE , VERY
IMPORTANT STRATEGIC PRIORITY OF
THIS COUNCIL , A PRIME SPONSOR
OF THIS LEGISLATION WITH MY
COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBERS RIVERA
AND I BELIEVE FOR COUNCILMEMBER
MOORE, TO CREATE DEPOSITION AND
AUTHORIZE LEGISLATION, 70% --
17% OF CURRENT HIRES BY THIS
YEAR ARE WOMEN, HOW DOES THAT
COMPARE OVER THE LAST TWO OR
THREE YEARS?
>> I APOLOGIZE, I DO NOT HAVE A
READY ANSWER FOR PAST YEARS , I
KNOW THE STATS FOR THIS YEAR,
THAT IS MORE, AS A PERCENT OF
THE TOTAL HIRES, A HIGHER
PROPORTION OF FEMALE HIRES THIS
YEAR THAN IN YEARS PAST BUT I DO
NOT HAVE THE ANSWER. ABOUT HOW
THIS COMPARES TO PREVIOUS YEARS
IN PERCENT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FEMALE
OFFICERS HIRED SO FAR THIS YEAR
AS OF MID-JUNE, EXCEEDS THE
NUMBERS OF ALL OF 2025.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR EDER ,
THAT LAST PIECE WAS IMPORTANT
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE HIRING SURGE, WHICH
STARTED ABOUT FALL OFF 2024,
LOOK TO THE END OF LAST YEAR,
DECEMBER OF 2025, 10% OF THE
HIRES WERE FEMAIL. THE BEGINNING
-- FEMALE. FOLLOW 2024 TO THE
END OF LAST YEAR, THE HIRING HAD
BEEN ALL THE WAY THROUGH MARCH
OF THIS YEAR, THE HIRING HAD
BEEN ABOUT 10% . IT HAS JUMPED
UP RECENTLY AND NOW , IF YOU
LOOK AT JUST THIS YEAR BY
ITSELF, 17% OF HIRES.
>> OKAY. THAT IS ENCOURAGING AND
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO
ALIGN ON A SHARED SET OF FACTS .
AND THE RAW DATA FROM THIS YEAR
ALONE IS LIMITED WITHOUT
ADDITIONAL CONTEXT. WE TALKED
ABOUT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS,
TO HAVE A -- SOME COMPARISONS IF
YOU WILL, THAT IS THE ONLY WAY
CAN TRACK AND MONITOR PROGRESS
AND HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE
FOR RESULTS . I APPRECIATE. 10%
, ROUGHLY, IN THIS CASE, MORE
COMPELLING FIGURE OR SET OF
STATS IS THE PERCENTAGE .
ROUGHLY 10% SINCE 2024 ON
AVERAGE AND NOW , ESPECIALLY
WITH THE SURGE THIS YEAR, 17%
THIS YEAR?
>> CORRECT.
>> A LOT OF IMPORTANT
INFORMATION AND I DO APPRECIATE
THIS PRESENTATION. CAN YOU PULL
TOGETHER, MR. DOSS, MR. EDER,
AND MAKE CRYSTAL CLEAR, WHAT ARE
THE POTENTIAL POLICY DECISIONS
THAT ARE LOOMING? WHAT ARE THE
POTENTIAL POLICY DECISIONS ?
WHEN WITH THOSE NEED TO BE MADE?
>> I THINK, I WILL TAKE A FIRST
SHOT AT THAT. THE MAYOR AND
COUNCIL ARE ALREADY MAKING THOSE
POLICY DECISIONS , TO INCREASE
EMPHASIS , NARCOTIC EMPHASIS ,
HUMAN TRAFFIC EMPHASIS, CURRENT
HOTSPOTS IN SEATTLE WILL HAVE AN
IMPACT. THAT IS A POLICY
DECISION . IN TERMS OF STAFFING,
WE CONTINUE HIRING AT THE PACE
THAT IS HAPPENING NOW, WE WILL
HAVE BUDGETARY IMPACT. THERE ARE
INTERNAL POLICY DECISIONS THAT
SPD IS MAKING RIGHT NOW TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO INCREASE THEIR
FTO PARTICIPANTS , FIELD
TRAINING OFFICERS, THAT WILL
HAVE AN IMPACT ON HOW MANY
OFFICERS THEY CAN GET TO THE
STREET. I WOULD SAY THAT, OFF
THE TOP OF MY HEAD BUT THOSE ARE
THE BIG THREE POLICY PIECES. I
WONDER IF MR. EDER HAS ANY ?
>> THAT DOES A GOOD JOB OF
COVERING THINGS .
>> THANK YOU. I WILL CLOSE BY
SAYING, WE MADE A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF PROGRESS OVER THE LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS AND WE ARE
SEEING IT AGAIN AND EMPHASIZE WE
ARE SEEING IT AGAIN IN THE RAW
DATA IN TERMS OF OFFICER
RECRUITMENT, HIRING , RETENTION
, A DIRECT RESULT FROM COMMUNITY
LED EFFORTS TO RESTORE OUR
OFFICER STAFFING TO MORE
APPROPRIATE LEVELS WE NEED FOR A
CITY OF OUR SIZE AND SCOPE AND
SCALE A MINIMUM OF 1400 OFFICERS
AND WE ARE FAR SHORT,
ENCOURAGING DATA BUT WE ARE FAR
SHORT AND NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO
DEFUND THE POLICE. NOW IS NOT
THE TIME TO WITHDRAW OUR
SUSTAINED INVESTMENTS , TO BOOST
OUR OFFICER STAFFING LEVELS AND
THEREFORE BOOST OUR RESPONSE
TIMES AND IT IS TIME TO LEAN IN
AND NOT LEAN BACK. TIME TO TAP
IN, NOT TYPE OUT. PUBLIC SAFETY
IS OUR HIGHEST RESPONSIBILITY.
SO, ALL THE PUBLIC SAFETY
DEPARTMENTS, POLICE, FIRE,
C.A.R.E. , THOSE ARE SACROSANCT
AND WE SHOULD NOT SEEK TO
BALANCE THE BUDGET ON THE BACKS
OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS , SOCIAL
WORK RESPONDERS, AND YES,
POLICE. COMMUNITIES ARE ASKING
FOR, IN MY OWN COUNCIL DISTRICT
, COMMUNITIES ARE ASKING FOR
MORE EMPHASIS PATROLS AND
DIRECTOR RESULTS IN HARBOR
AVENUE, I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE
LEADERSHIP OF CHIEF BARNES,
SOUTHWEST PRECINCT COMMANDER,
STARTING A PILOT PROGRAM
RECENTLY TO HELP DO EXACTLY THAT
. IT IS A PILOT, LIMITED TERM,
ONE TIME. WE NEED SUSTAINED,
FOCUSED, YEAR-LONG EFFORTS AND
THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS
CONTINUED AT PACE OF HIRING. NOT
JUST THEM , THE COMMUNITIES
ACROSS THE CITY ARE FOR MORE
ASKING DIRECTED PATROLS AND
EMPHASIS PATROL. MAGNUSON PARK,
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA'S
DISTRICT, MEMBERS OF THE NORTH
END COMMUNITY, AURORA, THEY WANT
, THIS MORNING WE HEARD , WE
WANT OFFICERS TO BE MORE
VIGILANT WHO ARE THERE. WE
CANNOT BE MORE VIGILANT IF YOU
DO NOT HAVE ADEQUATE STAFFING
AND YOU CANNOT BE MORE VIGILANT
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THEM PROPERLY
TRAINED, THE FIELD TRAINING
OFFICERS. SO, AGAIN, NOW IS NOT
THE TIME, WE UNANIMOUSLY PASSED
A RESOLUTION , JOINT MAYORAL ,
COUNCIL RESOLUTION LAST YEAR,
THAT DID A NUMBER OF COOL THINGS
. IT REAFFIRMED OUR CITY'S
COMMITMENT TO OFFER A BALANCED ,
DIVERSIFIED APPROACH TO PUBLIC
SAFETY AND RESPONSE. IT THANKED
ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDER AND
DIRECTED THE CITY ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE TO FILE A MOTION TO LIFT
THE FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE WHICH
WAS ULTIMATELY LIFTED, AND
REPEALED THE DEFUND THE POLICE
MOVEMENT , NOW IS NOT THE TIME
TO DEFUND THE POLICE, I AM HERE
TO TAP IN, NOT TAP OUT. THANK
YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. TIME
FOR COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA TO JUMP
IN BEFORE SHE HAS TO GO.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. PLUS ONE,
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, I WAS GOING
TO MAKE THE POINTS YOU MADE AND
WILL JUST ADD ONE PIECE, I 300%
AGREE WITH AND MY CONSTITUENTS
AGREE WITH AND OTHER PEOPLE I'VE
SPOKEN TO FROM ACROSS THE CITY
AGREE WITH, CHIEF BARNES'
COMMUNITY POLICING STRATEGY CAN
ONLY HAPPEN IF WE HAVE A FULLY
STAFFED POLICE FORCE WHERE HE
CAN PLACE OFFICERS IN
COMMUNITIES IN THE COMMUNITY CAN
KNOW THEIR OFFICERS , THAT
STRATEGY , IT WORKS BEST WHEN
CONSTITUENTS HAVE A RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS AND
KNOW WHO THEY ARE . THAT CAN
ONLY BE ACCOMPLISHED IF WE HAVE
A POLICE FORCE AND I WOULD LIKE
TO ASK, I CAN GET AN ANSWER
LATER, GREG AND MR. EDER, HOW DO
OUR STAFFING NUMBERS COMPARED TO
OTHER CITIES OF SIMILARLY SIZED
TO SEATTLE BECAUSE I RECALL A
STORY LAST YEAR THAT SAID OUR
NUMBERS ARE LOWER THAN CITIES TO
OUR SIMILAR SIZE EVEN WITH THE
INROADS WE HAVE MADE. I
APPRECIATE THE FOCUS FROM CHIEF
BARNES ON COMMUNITY POLICING AND
I AM WITH COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, WE
HAVE TO KEEP PRESSING AND MOVING
FORWARD . I AM PLEASED TO SEE WE
HAVE DONE BETTER AND WE NEED TO
CONTINUE TO DO BETTER.
PARTICULARLY , ALSO , WE NEED TO
DO THE EMPHASIS OF PATROLS
BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING ON AURORA
, NOT MY DISTRICT BUT ONE I CARE
ABOUT, WITH MY SISTER HERE,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, WE NEED
POLICE TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES
AND I WANT TO THANK SPD FOR
THEIR RECENT OPERATION WHICH LED
TO , COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, MAYBE
YOU WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
THIS, I DO NOT WANT TO SPEAK OUT
OF TURN, TO SAY THAT, I
APPRECIATE I BELIEVE 13 WOMEN
AND CHILDREN WHO WERE REMOVED
FROM AURORA AND PROVIDED WITH
SERVICES LAST WEEK, I BELIEVE,
OR THE WEEK BEFORE. THESE THINGS
CAN'T HAPPEN IF WE ARE NOT
ADEQUATELY STAFFED ON THE POLICE
INSIDE . I WANT TO THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, FOR
BRINGING THIS EMERGENCY
LEGISLATION , I DO NOT THINK WE
NEEDED EMERGENCY LEGISLATION TO
DO THIS BUT UNFORTUNATELY THAT
IS WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO MAKE IT
HAPPEN. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
LEADERSHIP , COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ, IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN,
IT IS VERY NEEDED AND SO SORRY I
WILL BE NOT HERE FOR THE VOTE
TODAY BUT WOULD HAVE VOTED YES
AND WILL BE VOTING YES IN FULL
COUNCIL . WITH THAT, I SAY,
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU . COUNCILMEMBER LIN
?
>>
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. A QUESTION
IN TERMS OF, AS WE LOOK AT, WE
HAD A LOW NUMBER OF OFFICERS FOR
MANY YEARS, GOOD TO SEE THE
HIRING . GETTING TO A MORE
SUSTAINABLE LEVEL. WE ALSO ARE
FACING A DIFFICULT BUDGET THIS
YEAR. SO, I AM JUST WONDERING,
MAYBE THIS WOULD BE FOR A
DIFFERENT DISCUSSION OR
PRESENTATION, BUT, IN TERMS OF
HOW WE DEPLOYED OFFICERS AND THE
BEST STRATEGY, WHETHER HOT SPOT
POLICING OR COMMUNITY-BASED
POLICING, WHERE DO WE GET THE
MOST BANG FOR OUR BUCK IN TERMS
OF HOW OFFICERS ARE DEPLOYED
WITH RELATIVE LOW NUMBERS? GIVEN
OUR DIFFICULT BUDGET SCENARIO ?
DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS?
>> I WILL PASS TO DIRECTOR EDER,
OR, IF IT IS MORE APPROPRIATE TO
BRING UP COO SMITH TO TALK
ABOUT. YOU KNOW, 911 IS EASIER ,
I CAN TAKE THAT , THAT IS BASED
ON DEMAND. THERE ARE HISTORICAL
CALL RATES SPD CAN LOOK TO WHEN
FIGURING OUT HOW TO DEPLOY THE
911 FORCE. THE BIGGER QUESTION,
APPROPRIATE ONE, HOW DO YOU WORK
WITHIN THE CITY BOUNDARIES ON
THE CRIME HOTSPOTS ? IN THE PAST
, SPD HAS HAD PRIOR TO 2020,
WHEN THE STAFFING NUMBERS WERE
HIRED, THEY HAD DEDICATED FOOT
AND BIKE BEATS OF OFFICERS ON
REGULAR TIME THAT WILL GO TO
HOTSPOTS, AND WORK THOSE SPOTS
ON REGULAR TIME. THOSE SPECIAL
OPERATION TEAMS , WHETHER
ANTICRIME TEAMS, BIKE BEATS WENT
AWAY AFTER THE 2020 PANDEMIC .
THE ONLY ONE LEFT IS THE BIKE
BEAT IN WEST PRECINCT . AS THE
SPD NUMBERS AND OFFICERS
INCREASE , REGULAR TIME OFFICERS
INTO THOSE HOTSPOTS WILL BE FROM
A DEPLOYMENT STANDPOINT, NOT AT
THIS TIME. I WILL ASK DIRECTOR
EDER IF HE WANTS TO ADD
ANYTHING?
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE
APPROPRIATE FOR THE CHIEF TO
ANSWER AT ANOTHER TIME FOR HOW
THE DEPARTMENT IS PRIORITIZING
USE OF LIMITED RESOURCES TO BEST
ADDRESS THE PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS
OF THE COMMUNITY. ALL I WOULD
ADD AT THIS TIME, ONE OF THE
MOST SIGNIFICANT WAYS WE USE
OVERTIME GIVEN THE DIMINISHED
NUMBER OF OFFICERS WE HAVE ON
BOARD, IS AUGMENTATION. WE
PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STAFF
TO VOLUNTARILY USE -- WORK ON
OVERTIME SO WE CAN MEET MINIMUM
STAFFING AND ADDRESS, KEEP UP
THE RESPONSE TIMES THAT GREG'S
PRESENTATION TOUCHED UPON, WE
HAVE HAD AN INCREASE IN THE
NUMBER OF 911 CALLS, MAINTAINING
FAIRLY EVEN RESPONSE TIMES
ACROSS ALL PRIORITY CALLS. THAT
IS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN
PRIORITIZING USING OTHER STAFF
WHO ARE ON BOARD ON OVERTIME TO
FILL OUT THE MISSING LINKS OF
POLICE OFFICERS WE WOULD LIKE TO
HAVE MOVING FORWARD ON A TIME
BASIS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, JUST
A FINAL COMMENT , I GET THE
SENSE OF , AND SUPERLOW NUMBERS
IN TRIAGE MODE WHERE WE WERE
BARELY ABLE TO RESPOND TO THE
HIGHEST PRIORITY . HOPEFULLY ,
AS WE GET OUT OF TRIAGE MODE,
WHERE WE CAN BE, I THINK WE ARE
GETTING DO THAT PLACE WITH MORE
COMMUNITY-BASED POLICING AND
TURNED TOWARD PROACTIVE .
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
DISCUSSION OF HOW TO BEST USE
OUR RESOURCES AND BEST USE THE
COMBINED RESOURCES OF SPD AND
C.A.R.E. , AND ANY OTHER THINGS
WE CAN DO WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS
TO WORK ON SAFETY MORE
HOLISTICALLY. THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> BEFORE COUNCILMEMBER RINCK
ASKED A QUESTION, I WANT TO NOTE
IT IS 11:05.
>> I WILL KEEP IT SHORT. I WILL
BUILD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS
BASED ON WHAT COUNCILMEMBER LIN
SHARED TO CONNECT THE DOTS , WE
TALKED ABOUT HOW PATROL HAS
SUFFERED AROUND 490 OFFICERS
SINCE 2023 AND UNDERSTANDING ,
UNLESS THAT NUMBER INCREASES,
THE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE TO USE
OVERTIME TO INCREASE COVERAGE ?
CORRECT ?
>> YES.
>> TO DRAW THE DOTTED LINE TO
THE QUESTIONS ABOUT FTOS, IT
SEEMS LIKE THE BOTTLENECK WITHIN
FTOS IS NOT JUST LOVING OFFICER
GRADUATION BUT COSTING THE
DEPARTMENT IT MAY NOT HAVE,
PARTICULARLY OVERTIME, CORRECT?
>> IT IS TRUE THAT, WITHOUT
ADDITIONAL OFFICERS COMING OUT
TO WORK EMPHASIS ON REGULAR TIME
WITHOUT ADDITIONAL PATROL
OFFICERS, IN THE WAY SPD HAS A
STAFF , THROUGH USE OF OVERTIME
. THE DIRECTOR MENTIONED THERE
WAS SOME EFFORT UNDERWAY TO TAKE
FTO OFFICERS WHO HAVE NOT YET
RECEIVED AN ASSIGNMENT AND PAIR
THEM WITH OFFICERS TO PUT INTO
EMPHASIS AREAS. NOT SOMETHING I
AM FAMILIAR WITH, IT IS NEW
TERRITORY. I DO NOT KNOW HOW
THAT ALLEVIATES FOR OVERTIME .
INTUITIVELY , IT SEEMS LIKE IT
WOULD AND HAVE A HIGH LEVEL,
YES, UNTIL SPD SEES MORE
OFFICERS OVERTIME WILL BE THE
MAIN WAY FOR EMPHASIS.
>> THANK YOU . TO PUT A FINAL
POINT ON SOMETHING AT THE END OF
YOUR REMARKS, AS IT RELATES TO
THE MAYOR'S PLANS FOR AURORA,
MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FOR YOU
OR DIRECTOR EDER OR TO FOLLOW UP
WITH THE DEPARTMENT , WOULD THIS
BE DONE WITH EXISTING PATROLS OR
WILL OVERTIME BE USED FOR THESE?
>> I WILL KICK THAT TO THE
DEPARTMENT , THEY ARE MORE
FAMILIAR WITH THE PLAN. SPEND
PARTICULARLY -- WITH OVERTIME.
FOR MANY APPLICATIONS THAT WILL
BE THE CASE BUT THERE ARE SOME
EXCEPTIONS LITTLE SAIGON FOR
EXAMPLE , ON STRAIGHT TIME, THE
MAJORITY OF OUR EMPHASIS IS DONE
ON OVERTIME ON CONTROL WORK.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL CLOSE WITH
A COMMENT TO HIGHLIGHT THE
OBVIOUS, GROWTH IN $29 MILLION
IN OVERTIME SPENDING, 127 --
112% INCREASE IS SIGNIFICANT AND
I APPRECIATE IN THE PRESENTATION
THAT HAS BEEN LAID OUT CLEARLY
WHILE NOTING THE PRIMARY DRIVERS
OF THAT INCREASE, THE INTERIM
AGREEMENT IN 2023, THE CITY
APPROVED LAST YEAR, AND THE MOU.
SO, I JUST WANTED TO CLOSE IN
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT FACT, THANK
YOU, COLLEAGUES, FOR THE
DISCUSSION .'S PAYMENT THANK
YOU MR. DOSS AND MR. EDER. VICE
CHAIR, IT WAS JUST YOU AND I
THINKING BACK IN FEBRUARY OF
2024 , OUR FIRST COMMITTEE
MEETING I SAID THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, GIVE US ONE
YEAR, TO RETIRE OR TRANSFER TO
ANOTHER JURISDICTION , I KNEW
WITHIN ONE YEAR WITHIN THAT
COUNCIL , WE CAN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE AND WE ARE SEEING IT.
WITH FTOS, THAT NEEDS TO BE
FIXED. IF YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE
YOU WILL BE MAKING THESE CHANGES
AND MAKING THESE DIFFERENCES,
PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE HELP OF
ALL THE COUNCIL IN TERMS OF
GOING TO SHOW THAT LEADERSHIP,
NOT JUST ABOUT A CONTRACT
CHANGES , IT IS MORE THAN THAT.
30 BY 30 , WE NEED TO BE MORE.
THAT IS A LEADERSHIP PIECE , I
THINK WE CAN. DOJ SAYING IT IS
80/20, AT A MINIMUM WE NEED TO
BE DOING THAT AND LEAVE AND
OVERTIME, WE NEED TO BE SMART
ABOUT THESE, NEWS REPORTS ABOUT
THIS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR
TS ARE CROSSED. COMMON SENSE
TEST IS PUT INTO PLACE. RESPONSE
TIMES, 36, THAT MAY BE TRUE
TECHNICALLY BUT I AM STILL A
BLOCK WATCH CAPTAIN, WAITING FOR
THREE OR TWO HOURS, I RECOGNIZE
THE NUMBER BUT WE NEED TO BE
MINDFUL THAT PEOPLE WAITING FOR
TWO HOURS AND GIVE UP,
TECHNICALLY ACCORDING TO THE
DATA, ONE HOUR AND 52 MINUTES
LATER, WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL IN
TERMS OF HOW WE COMMUNICATE THAT
BECAUSE WE WILL JUST AGITATE,
RIGHTFULLY SO, PEOPLE PUBLIC
COMMENT, I WAITED TWO HOURS OR
THERE WAS NO CALL BACK . SAYING
IT WILL TAKE ANOTHER HOUR . WE
NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT. I AM
STILL A BLOCK WATCH CAPTAIN,
COMMUNITY-BASED POLICING, AS
CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY,
LIEUTENANT LARABEE AND OFFICER
LARABEE, THE TWO FROM THE
COMMUNITY POLICE TEAMS I WORKED
WITH , SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING
TO HAVE, PEOPLE WE HAVE. IN THE
DEPARTMENT. WHAT I WAS SAYING
EARLIER, IT IS THE PEOPLE,
SHOWING THAT INVESTMENT WITH THE
FTOS. I WANT TO END WITH ONE
PIECE, STABILITY. ALL OF THESE
ISSUES. I AM ON MY THIRD CHIEF
AT THE HALFWAY POINT OF MY THIRD
YEAR. I THINK CHIEF BARNES HAS
BEEN DOING A FANTASTIC JOB, WE
NEED THAT STABILITY OF THE
SENIOR TEAM TO WORK THESE CASES
WE HAVE SO WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON
IT. VICE CHAIR , WE WERE HERE IN
FEBRUARY OF 2024 AND WE ARE HERE
TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ,
MR. EDER AND DOSS. WE WILL MOVED
TO THE THIRD ITEM, WILL THE
CLERK ITEM -- PLEASE READ AGENDA
ITEM NUMBER THREE?
>> CB 121233 AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO CLOSING PUBLIC
STREETS TO MAINTAIN OR ENHANCE
PUBLIC SAFETY, AUTHORIZING THE
DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION TO
CLOSE STREETS, AMENDING SECTION
11.16.125 OF THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE; DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY, AND ESTABLISHING AN
IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE, ALL BY
A 3/4 VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
>> THANK YOU, CLERK . BEFORE
SPEAKING , I WANT TO HAVE THE
PRIVILEGE TO MY COLLEAGUE ,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ , FROM THE
AREA THAT IS EFFECTIVE .
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ?
>> DON'T YOU HAVE TO MOVE IT?
>> I MOVED TO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL
BILL CB 121233 , SECOND ?
>> SECOND .
>> MOVED AND SECONDED.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ , AS
SPONSOR OF THE BILL , YOU ARE
WELCOME TO SPEAK.
>> I AM REALLY HAPPY TO SPEAK. I
HAVE A FEW NOTES, THANK YOU,
CHAIR, THIS ORDINANCE ALLOWS
SDOT AND GOES PUBLIC STREETS
BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
CHIEF OF POLICE TO PREVENT
ACTIVITY, ORIGINAL LEGISLATION
WAS DRAFTED AND TRANSMITTED BY
THE FORMER MAYOR HARRELL AND I
WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER LIN
WHO BROUGHT THIS TO OUR
ATTENTION, COUNCILMEMBER LIN,
THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF
SHARED LEADERSHIP AND I
APPRECIATE THAT YOU STEPPED
FORWARD AND HELPED ME OUT. WE
HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH CITY
ATTORNEY EVANS, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH,
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND CHAIR SPD
-- PRINTED. OUR NEIGHBORS SAW AN
8% INCREASE IN GUN VIOLENCE IN
THE MONTH OF MAY FROM RECENT
SHOOTINGS HAVE TAKEN PLACE
FURTHER TO NEIGHBORHOODS AS
CRIME RELATED VEHICLES PARKED
AND WAITED NEIGHBORHOODS .
NEIGHBORS HELP PUBLIC SAFETY
MEETINGS AND CALLED FOR THE
STREETS TO BE SHUT DOWN,
NEIGHBORS BLOCKED THE STREET
WITH PLANTERS BETWEEN MAY 24th
AND MAY 28th AND THERE WAS A
REDUCTION IN ACTIVITY AND
SHOOTINGS ON THE STREETS DURING
THAT SHUTDOWN. ON MAY 28th AND
29th , THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
REMOVE THE PLANTERS AND
SLOWDOWNS. IN ANY EVENT , THE
SHOOTINGS RETURNED . MAY 30th TO
JUNE 1st AND ON JUNE 11th THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE ANNOUNCED A
CLOSE ROAD FROM 95th TO 102nd
STREET AND INCREASED POLICE
PRESENCE. THAT WAS DONE BECAUSE
, BEFORE WE HAD A PRESS
CONFERENCE, AT OUR JUNE 11th
PRESS CONFERENCE WITH COMMUNITY,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH
, CITY ATTORNEY EVANS, THE KING
COUNTY PROSECUTOR, COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA AND KETTLE AND THE MAYOR
AND INTERIM DIRECTOR OF SDOT
ATTENDED AND THIS IS WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN COMMUNITY GETS
TOGETHER, WE FOCUSED ON PULLING
TOGETHER AND WORKING WITH CHIEF
BARNES WHO WAS THERE AND BEEN
INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS PROCESS. I
REALLY APPRECIATE WORKING
HAND-IN-HAND WITH HIM . THIS
LEGISLATION HAS BEEN AS A
TEMPORARY TOOL WHEN PUBLIC
SAFETY ISSUES AND AREAS ARISE IN
CONCENTRATED AREAS PROVIDING THE
CITY THE ABILITY TO ACT QUICKLY
WHICH ALLOWS TIME TO ASSESS
LONG-TERM NEEDS AND IMPLEMENT
SOLUTIONS FOR THESE AREAS.
CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IS GUN
VIOLENCE , SHOOTINGS, SEX
TRAFFICKING, PROSTITUTION,
SOLICITATION, DRUG ACTIVITY ,
ALL OF THE ABOVE AND WE WILL SEE
OTHER ISSUES AS WELL AND
CRIMINAL ACTIVITY PER THE CODE
IS BROAD AND WE RELY ON THE
CHIEF OF POLICE TO MAKE THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON HIS
EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE. I WANT
TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND SDOT HAS HAD
AUTHORITY UNDER ARTICLES 4 AND
FIVE TO SUCH ACTIONS AND IN THE
CHARTER WE ARE ALL INCLUDED THE
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TO
PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE HEALTH
AND SAFETY AND GENERAL SDOT,
VIAWELFARE OF THE PEOPLE. THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE CAN CLOSE TREAT
FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, SPEED
LIMIT, TRAFFIC CALMING, HEALTHY
STREETS, SPEED BUMPS,
ROUNDABOUTS, PARKING
RESTRICTIONS, STREET VACATION,
STREET RACING AND OUR NATIONAL
NIGHT OUT EVENTS, AND FOR BIKE
LANES, THEY WERE THE STREET
CLOSURES FOR PEDESTRIANS AND
BICYCLES AND HEAVY FOOT SDOT
HASTRAFFIC AND WITH SPORTING
EVENTS. CLOSE STREETS ON GOLDEN
GARDENS DRIVE FOR SAFE STREETS,
PIKE PLACE, THROUGH A PILOT
PROJECT AND SHOPPERS AND
TOURISTS IN THE MARKET AND LAKE
WASHINGTON BOULEVARD FOR BICYCLE
WEEKENDS . THIS CAN BE DONE, IT
IS UNFORTUNATE THAT I WILL BE
STRAIGHTFORWARD, IT HAD TO GET
TO THIS POINT TO HAVE
LEGISLATION TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY
TO DO WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE .
I WANT TO THANK WORKING WITH
CITY ATTORNEY EVANS SINCE
JANUARY AND BROUGHT IN KING
COUNTY PROSECUTOR . AND
REQUESTED AND WILL REQUEST
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET A SHARED FTE
POSITION FUNDED BY THE CITY AND
KING COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
TO FOCUS DIRECTLY ON SEX
TRAFFICKING AND PROSTITUTION AND
CRIME AND DRUG ACTIVITY ON
AURORA. IF WE CAN HAVE THE
AUTHORITY TO SHUT DOWN A STREET
FOR BULLETS FLYING AND
ENDANGERING THE LIVES OF THOSE
THERE -- LET ME REPHRASE THIS
BECAUSE I THINK I STATED THIS
WRONG , WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY
AND IF WE CAN HAVE THE AUTHORITY
FOR WHAT I JUST RATTLED OFF, I
THINK WE DO HAVE THE AUTHORITY
TO SHUT DOWN A STREET FOR
BULLETS FLYING AND ENDANGERING
THE VERY LIVES OF THOSE WHO LIVE
THERE. WHO GO TO SCHOOL THERE
AND WALK THEIR CHILDREN TO
SCHOOL THERE, GET ON THE BUS
THERE, USE THE TRANSPORTATION,
WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON AURORA
IN THE LAST DECADE WE COULD GO
DOWN AURORA 85th TO 130, TWO
BLOCKS ON EAST SIDE ON THE EAST
AND WEST, NOT HYPERBOLE TO SAY
THE CRIME HAS GOTTEN MUCH WORSE
AND MUCH MORE VIOLENT AND MUCH
MORE PREDATORY. I ALSO WANT TO
THANK ALL THOSE FOLKS AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT STEPPED
FORWARD AND MARCHED AND ATTENDED
THE PUBLIC COMMENT . I WANT YOU
TO KNOW THAT FEAR IS CONTAGIOUS
BUT WHAT IS MORE CONTAGIOUS IS
COURAGE AND I KNOW A LOT OF YOU
REACHED OUT TO OUR OFFICE AND I
WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR
WORKING WITH US. FOR THOSE OF US
WHO THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING
ABOUT MORE POLICE OR WE ARE
OVER-POLICING, OR MILITARIZING,
WE ARE NOT , WE TOOK AN OATH
WHEN ELECTED FOR THE PUBLIC
SAFETY OF THIS GREAT CITY AND WE
ARE SAYING THERE ARE HOTSPOTS IN
THE CITY INCLUDING LITTLE
SAIGON. WE SEE EVERY WEEKEND ON
BEACON HILL , CAPITOL HILL, 12th
AND JACKSON, THIRD, DOWNTOWN,
AND AURORA WITH CAMERAS FOR
COMMUNITIES HAVE ASKED FOR
CAMERAS, I WILL SAY IT AGAIN,
THOSE ARE OUR CHILDREN BEING
SHOT, CHILDREN AND WOMEN I SEE
BEING TRAFFICKED AND THE ISSUES
WE FOCUSED ON WITH MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND
GIRLS AND BROWN AND BLACK GIRLS
BETWEEN 12 AND 16, THEY LOOK
LIKE ME . I HAVE SAID THIS
BEFORE AND I WILL SAY IT AGAIN,
YOU CAN JUDGE A SOCIETY ON HOW
THEY VALUE THEIR WOMEN AND
CHILDREN, I AM NOT GOING TO
POLITICIZE THIS ISSUE, THIS IS
ABOUT HAVING OFFICERS AT THE
READY WORKING WITH C.A.R.E.
WHICH CAME OUT OF POST 2020, AND
OUR WORK WITH CHIEF MARTIN, WE
HAVE A COMMUNITY RESPONSE . THIS
IS NOT JUST ABOUT LET'S HIRE
MORE POLICE OFFICERS AND ARREST
MORE PEOPLE, THERE IS A PRISON
TO PIPELINE THING , THAT IS NOT
WHAT THIS IS, PURE COMMON SENSE
IS WHAT THIS IS AND REGARDLESS
OF HOW WE GOT HERE, WE ARE HERE
AND TODAY I AM ASKING MY
COLLEAGUES AND THANKING
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE TO BRING
THIS LEGISLATION AND GET IT
PASSED AND WORK WITH SDOT AND
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR
PERMANENT SOLUTIONS THAT I HAVE
SEEN IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS TO
PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND
THE COMMUNITIES AND THE SCHOOLS
ALONG AURORA. THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU. YES, FINAL AND
COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTIONS. SO
IMPORTANT. VICE CHAIR?
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. MAY WE
GET A QUICK OVERVIEW FROM
CENTRAL STAFF?
>> THANK YOU.
>> CALVIN CHOW , CENTRAL STAFF.
THE LEGISLATION , I WILL
HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT
FILL OUT SOME OF THE DETAILS.
LEGISLATION DOES MAKE CHANGES TO
THE MUNICIPAL CODE WHICH
PREVIOUSLY ALLOWS THE SDOT TO
ENCLOSE ALLEYWAYS AT THE
RECOMMENDATION OF THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT . THIS WOULD
EXTEND THAT TO THE STREETS . YOU
COULD ARGUE THAT IT WAS ELIGIBLE
.
>> I WILL ARGUE THAT. I LOOKED
AT THE CHARTER.
>> THE LEGISLATION , EMERGENCY
LEGISLATION AND WILL REQUIRE A
THREE FOURTHS VOTE FROM THE CITY
COUNCIL AND BE EFFECTIVE
IMMEDIATELY UPON THE SIGNATURE
OF THE MAYOR. THERE IS A SEGMENT
THAT DECLARES THE FINDINGS THAT
MAKES AN EMERGENCY AS WELL.
UNLESS THERE ARE SPECIFIC
QUESTIONS I AM HAPPY TO SUPPORT
THE COUNCIL WITH DISCUSSION.
>> ANY QUESTIONS?
>> I WANT TO THANK CALVING, I AM
SORRY -- THANK YOU, CALVIN, I AM
SORRY I JUMPED THE GUN, AND
COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WANT TO
START BY THANKING THE BILL
SPONSOR, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, I
WANTED YOU TO SAY IT LOUDER SO
THEY CAN HEAR YOU IN THE BACK. I
APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP. THIS
IS AN EXAMPLE OF SHARED
LEADERSHIP WHICH IS WHAT I WANT
TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOR
ALL HIS WORK AND THE EFFORTS TO
DAYLIGHT THIS OPPORTUNITY .
CHAIR KETTLE FOR HOLDING IT IN
COMMITTEE . AND EXPEDITING THIS.
IN THIS COMMITTEE HERE TODAY. I
WILL BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS
COUNCIL BILL WHICH WILL ALLOW
THE DIRECTOR OF SDOT TO GO TO --
CLOSE STREETS FOR CRIMINAL
ACTIVITY AND THIS FINAL PIECE OF
LEGISLATION ALIGNS PERFECTLY
WITH OUR ONGOING EFFORTS TO
IMPROVE SAFETY AND OUR
TRANSPORTATION ECOSYSTEM. IT
ALSO -- TAKE INNOVATIVE MEASURES
TO BE RESPONSIVE TO COMMUNITY
FEARS AND CONCERNS. AND, ALSO,
SAY THAT, I COULD NOT AGREE MORE
WITH YOUR COMMENTS. THE
AUTHORITY , DID NOT NEED TO BE
EXPRESSED , ALREADY STRONGLY
IMPLIED UNDER EXISTING
AUTHORITIES AND CHARTER AND
ORDINANCE LEVEL, BUT THIS MAKES
CRYSTAL CLEAR , WE HAD
PRE-EXISTING AUTHORITY TO CLOSE
STREETS, TO PROTECT OUR MOST
HONORABLE USERS ON THE ROAD.
HEALTHY STREETS IS ONE EXAMPLE
AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT EFFORTS
TO DO EXACTLY THAT, CLOSE
STREETS TO PROTECT OUR MOST
HONORABLE USES, PEDESTRIANS,
CYCLISTS, CARS, IN A THOUGHTFUL,
LIMITED BASIS, AND IF I SUPPORT
EFFORTS TO CLOSE STREETS, TO
PROTECT CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS
, I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THOSE
SAME EFFORTS TO PROTECT
COMMUNITIES FROM BULLETS. THE
COMMUNITY TOLD US, IN AURORA ,
OVER A MONTH AGO, WHAT THEY
NEEDED. TO PUT THEIR OWN
OBSTRUCTIONS TO BLOCK CERTAIN
ROADS IN AURORA. ALONG AURORA .
THEY TOLD US WHAT THEY WANTED .
WE HAD THAT AUTHORITY AT THE
TIME. I APPLAUD THE MAYOR'S
DECISION TO CLOSE SOME OF THE
STREETS AND APPRECIATE
COLLEAGUES , ESPECIALLY
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, FOR YOUR
STRONG LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE.
AGAIN, THIS IS IMPORTANT . WE
HAD THAT AUTHORITY, IF NOT
EXPRESSED , STRONGLY IMPLIED,
NOW WE'RE TAKING AWAY ALL
EXCUSES. LEAVING, FOR THE
AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT. NO DOUBT
NOW. LET US USE THIS, WE'LL
THIS NEW TOOL RESPONSIBLY AND
THOUGHTFULLY , AND PROACTIVELY,
AND, BECAUSE I STRONGLY SUPPORT
IT, I WOULD LOVE TO REQUEST TO
BE LISTED AS A COSPONSOR. IF IT
IS OKAY WITH YOU.
>> OF COURSE. I THINK I ALREADY
SAID IT.
>> THANK YOU. NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, CHAIR.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN?
>> THANK. THANK YOU ,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND CHAIR
KETTLE ARE GETTING THIS ON THE
AGENDA QUICKLY. AS PART OF THE
ONGOING DIALOGUE WE ARE HAVING
AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY , IT SEEMS
LIKE COMMON SENSE LEGISLATION TO
SUPPORT A HOLISTIC , ALL THE
TOOLS WE HAVE, EVERY TOOL WE
CAN, INCLUDING PRIVATE REGION --
CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, THERE WILL
BE A ROLE FOR PLAY AND
ENFORCEMENT TO PLAY BUT IF THERE
ARE OTHER THINGS TO DO TO MAKE
THEIR JOB EASIER, TO HELP CREATE
COMMUNITY AND MAKE THE COMMUNITY
SAFER, LET'S USE THOSE TOOLS.
AS WE THINK ABOUT AURORA AND WHY
THIS INSTANCE AND LOCATION, A
NUMBER OF REASONS AND PART OF
THE REASON IS BECAUSE THERE WAS
A HIGHWAY, BECAUSE OF THE LAND
USE DECISIONS WE HAVE ALLOWED TO
CONTINUE IN THAT AREA, MY
COMMITMENT TO YOU ALL, TO -- IF
THERE ARE OF THE THINGS WE CAN
DO ON AURORA TO MAKE IT A MORE
SAFE AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT,
IN A MORE POSITIVE WAY , I AM
HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ON THIS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN.
TO CLOSE, I WILL ADD, THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, PARTNERING
ON THIS AND OTHER ISSUES WITH
OUR COLLEAGUES ON COUNCIL . I
WANTED TO NOTE, OUR FIRST AGENDA
ITEM , CHIEF BARNES TO BE
PROACTIVE IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND
PUBLIC SAFETY, FIRST BILL THAT
CAME OUT OF THIS COMMITTEE WAS
WITH CHIEF SCOGGINS REGARDING A
DANGEROUS BUILDING. THAT WAS
COSPONSORED WITH COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES. WITH SPD, OVERNIGHT
ESTABLISHMENTS, IN EFFECT LAST
SUMMER , WE HAVE DONE THIS. WITH
CHIEF BARNES AND SDOT , THESE
ARE THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING TO
DO TO HAVE EFFECT ON THE GROUND
. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. I
LIKE THE REFERENCES TO THE
CHARTER. IT IS SO IMPORTANT . WE
HAVE ALL TAKEN AN OATH TO UPHOLD
THE CHARTER AND THE ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE. THANK
YOU. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ?
>> THANK YOU FOR THE LAST
COMMENTS . I HAVE THE CHARTER
RIGHT HERE. YOU KNOW ME.
COUNCILMEMBER LIN, I WANT TO
THANK YOU AGAIN . I APPRECIATE
WORKING WITH YOU ON THE DATA
CENTERS THAT WAS FUN , THE
POLICE ISSUE ON AURORA , YOU
BROUGHT UP A VERY INTERESTING
POINT AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT
OFF-LINE. AFTER I LEAVE HIM A
POLICY ISSUE, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT,
WE SAW IT ON LAKE CITY AND THE
ANNEXATION , WHEN IT BECAME A
PART OF SEATTLE IN THE 60s,
LAND-USE DECISIONS, HOW THAT WAS
MADE. IT IS UNIQUE IN IT HAS A
STATE HIGHWAY THROUGH IT. 523
AND AURORA AND THOSE ARE STATE
HIGHWAYS . HOMELESSNESS, DRUG
ACTIVITY, THE OTHER ISSUES , IT
HAS BEEN DIFFICULT AT TIMES BUT
SOMETIMES WE HAVE BEEN
SUCCESSFUL IN GAINING MONEY TO
ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES ON AURORA
AND LAKE CITY. I HAVE A GREAT
STAFF WORKING WITH SPD AND CHIEF
MARTIN AND CHIEF BARNES TO HAVE
A SATELLITE SPD OFFICE ON LAKE
CITY , AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO
SURVIVED BLOCK THE BUNKER AND
DEFUND THE POLICE AND POST 2020
AND THE CONSENT DECREE, WE HAVE
LEARNED A LOT AND TAKEN A LOT
FROM THAT . THAT IS WHERE
C.A.R.E. CAME OUT OF, THAT IS
HOW IT SHOULD BE . YOU ARE
RIGHT, FOR ME AS A LEGISLATOR,
THE FIRST TOOL I LOOK FOR IS
HEALING. AND COMMUNITY . NOBODY
SAYS THE FIRST THING YOU WANT TO
DO IS CALL THE POLICE. THAT IS
NOT OUR STANCE, OUR STANCE IS TO
LOOK AT THE HUMANITY OF THE
SITUATION AND NOT BE CRUEL. NOT
CREATE CHAOS BUT LOOK AT THE
HUMIDITY AND KINDNESS AND WHAT
PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR. NOT
POLITICIZE IT AND YOU PROMOTED
AND DOUBLE PERFORMATIVE CRAP.
THAT IS WHY I VOTED THE WAY I
DID ON THE CAMERAS. THAT MAY
CHANGE . NOT A DETERRENT TOOL,
IT IS AN INVESTIGATIVE TOOL,
WHEN PEOPLE POLITICIZE THOSE
ISSUES THEY FORGET THEY REMOVE
FROM PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY LIVE IN
THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEY
LOOK AT IT FROM THE LENS THAT IS
NOT, I DON'T THINK, RESPONSIBLE
OR ACCURATE . I WILL STAND BY
THOSE WORDS AND I STOOD BY MY
VOTE AND I PAID FOR THAT DEFUND
AND WOULD VOTEVOTE ON THE SAME
WAY TODAY AND WANT TO THANK THE
LEADERSHIP OF COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE , SOMEONE WHO WENT
THROUGH FOUR MAYORS AND FOUR
CHIEFS OF POLICE AND WATCHING
THE ARK OF HOW WE HAVE CHANGED
AS A CITY IN THE LAST DECADE AND
HOW WE APPROACH CRIME AND THE
UNDERLYING ISSUES THAT CAUSE
CRIME. QUITE FRANKLY , IT IS
POVERTY. IF YOU INTERRUPT THE
POVERTY CYCLE, PEOPLE HAVE OTHER
MEANS TO TRY TO LIVE AND THAT IS
JUST BASIC. THAT IS WHAT WE LOOK
AT FIRST AND WHY WE ARE SUCH A
GOOD CITY IN THE SENSE WE ARE A
SANCTUARY CITY, WE CARE ABOUT
OUR FOLKS, WE CARE ABOUT HOUSING
AND WANT PEOPLE TO BE SAFE AND
USE TRANSIT, FOR THAT REASON,
THANK YOU, CHAIR, FOR ALLOWING
ME TO BRING THIS LEGISLATION AND
THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER LIN
FOR BRINGING THIS TO ME WHEN YOU
WERE THE CITY ATTORNEY AND
HELPED DRAFT OF THIS. THANK YOU.
>> LET'S GET THE VOTE DONE
FIRST . PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO
ADOPT CB 121233?
>> JUAREZ?
>> YES.
>> LIN?
>> YES.
>> SAKA?
>> YES.
>> KETTLE?
>> YES.
>> IT WILL BE SENT TO THE JUNE
30th CITY COUNCIL MEETING. BY
THE WAY, THANK YOU,
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
COMMUNITY, REALLY IMPORTANT IN
CHAMBERS AND CITY HALL AND
GENERALLY, I REALLY APPRECIATE
THAT.
>> THANK YOU FOR GOING TO THAT ,
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE .
>> NOW, WE HAVE REACHED THE END
OF THE AGENDA . ANY FURTHER
BUSINESS?