>> GOOD MORNING, THE JULY 11th
2023 MEETING OF THE PUBLIC
SAFETY AND HE HUMAN RESOURCES
COMMITTEE, IT IS 9:33 A.M.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> COUNSELOR AARON?
>> COUNSELOR NELSON
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON? VICE
CHAIR LEWIS? CHAIR HER VAULT ?
PRESENT.
>> ONTO TODAY'S AGENDA, WE WIL
BE HEARING THREE ITEMS, THE
FIRST IS A MIDYEAR REPORT BY
THE COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION
THE OFFICE OF THE EXPECTED
GENERAL AND -- INSPECTOR
GENERAL, AND THE OFFICE OF
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY, THE NEXT
ACCOUNT WE WILL HERE IS THE
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE ON
COUNSEL BILL 1206 08 , COMPRISE
AMENDMENTS TO THE POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY LEGISLATION
REGARDING OPERATIONS OF THE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION.
LASTLY, WE WILL BE HEARING
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE ON
AMENDMENTS RELATED TO COUNSEL
BILL 1205 EIGHT ZERO ON
DEACTIVATION PROTECTIONS FOR A
BASE WORKERS, WE ARE GOING TO B
CONTINUING TO CONSIDER
AMENDMENTS WE BEGAN
CONSIDERATION OF AT OUR LAST
MEETING . WITH THAT, WE WILL
MOVE ON TO APPROVE OUR AGENDA
FOR THE COMMITTEE MEETING, IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION, TODAY'S
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED,
HEARING NO OBJECTION, TODAY'S
AGENDA IS ADOPTED, WE WILL
TRANSITION INTO PUBLIC COMMENT
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN ONE
MINUTE TO SPEAK, WE HAVE ABOUT
20 , 29 PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO
SPEAK, I WILL ALTERNATE BETWEE
VERSE -- VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON
COMMENTS, I WILL CALL BY NAME
AND THE ORDER THEY REGISTERED
ON THE WEBSITE AND ON THE IN
PERSON SILENT -- SIGN IN FORM,
IF YOU HAVE REGISTERED BUT
STILL WOULD LIKE TO DO SO, YOU
CAN SIGN UP BEFORE THE END OF
THE PUBLIC COMMON SECTION, IF
YOU A█RE USING THE VIRTUAL
OPTION, YOU WILL HEAR A PROMPT
AND ONCE YOU HEAR THAT PROMPT,
WE ASK YOU PRESS START SIX IN
ORDER TO UNMUTE YOURSELF,
PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKING BY
STATING YOUR NAME AND YOUR ITEM
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHE
THERE IS 10 SECONDS LEFT, WE AS
YOU BEGIN TO WRAP UP YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENTS. SPEAKERS DO NO
END THEIR COMMENTS AT THE END O
THE ALLOTTED TIME, THE SPEAKER
WILL BE MUTED AFTER 10 SECONDS
TO ALLOW US TO HEAR FROM THE
NECK SPEAKER. ONCE YOU HAVE
COMPLETED PUBLIC COMMENT, WE AS
YOU PLEASE DENNIS -- DISCONNEC
FROM THE LINE. WE ASK YOU DO SO
VIA THE SEATTLE CHANNEL OR THE
LISTENING OPTION IS ON THE
AGENDA, THERE ARE 22 PEOPLE
SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD SEVEN PEOPLE VIRTUALLY,
SORRY. 15 IN PERSON, LET'S SE
HERE. AS LONG AS THERE IS NO
OBJECTIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO ECH
THE FRONT OF THE COMMENT PERIO
EXTENDED TIME. TO HOLD INSTEA
OF FROM 20 MINUTES, WE WILL
HAVE A GO FOR A FULL 30 MINUTE
SPIRIT THAT WILL BRING US TO
9:47 A.M. . MOVING ON, WE WILL
GO RIGHT INTO PUBLIC COMMENT
WITH IN PERSON SPEAKERS, WE WIL
START WITH MARIA HERNANDEZ,
WITH INTERPRETATION FROM
HANNAH.
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS
ALBERTO SUSAN.
>> IF YOU CAN GET ON THE MIC.
PULL IT RIGHT UP TO YOU.
>> I USED TO WORK FOR RUDY, O
A CAREER COMPANY. I WAS
DEFECTIVE IT -- DEACTIVATED
LAST YEAR, IT COST ME
UNPREDICTED STRESS WITH A LOSS
OF INCOME AND LIFE QUALITY.
RECEIVING NOTICE OF THE
ACTIVATION FOR -- REASONS WE
ARE EXEMPT TO CHOOSE WHETHER
THEY CAN TAKE AN OFFER. WHETHE
IT'S FINANCIALLY VIABLE , ON A
CERTAIN ACCEPTABLE RATING THAT
CAN BE ACTIVATED OR EVEN A
VIOLATION. EVEN THOUGH THEY
CLAIM YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO
CHOOSE -- [ INDISCERNIBLE ] T
EXCUSE THAT ANDY KLEIN OFFERS T
DEACTIVATE YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT
SPEAKER IS MARIA HERNANDEZ WITH
INTERPRETATION FROM HANNAH.
[ SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLISH
LANGUAGE ]
>> GOOD MORNING TO THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE, FOR AL
OF US WHO ARE GIG WORKERS. I
WAS DEACTIVATED BY DOOR DASH, W
ARE HERE TO ASK YOU TO LISTEN T
US BECAUSE WE NEED THE
DEACTIVATION POLICIES BECAUSE
THEY CANNOT PIGEONHOLE US ALL A
BAD WORKERS. WE NEED SPECIFIC
INFORMATION TO KNOW THE
DEACTIVATION CODE IS, WE ARE
ESSENTIAL WORKERS 24 HOURS,
THERE ARE WORKERS WITH NO
SALARY, NO BENEFITS WERE
COMPLETELY UNPROTECTED BY THE
COMPANIES WE WORK FOR. PLEASE
UPHOLD THE INTENTIONS OF THIS
POLICY SO WE CAN HAVE
DEACTIVATION WITH MEANINGFUL
INFORMATION. THANK YOU.
>> MOVING ON TO SOME OF THE
ONLINE SPEAKERS, WE HAVE
COURTNEY GILLESPIE FOLLOWED BY
BARBARA FINNEY. COURTNEY?
>> MY NAME IS COURTNEY
GILLESPIE, THE DIRECTOR OF
AFFAIRS THAT CASH RABBIT, THANK
YOU FOR THE STAKEHOLDER MEETIN
TODAY AND FOR LETTING ME SPEAK
TODAY ABOUT THE ACTION
ORDINANCE, IT'S A TWO SIDED
MARKETPLACE THAT CONNECTS PEOPL
WITH SELF-EMPLOYED INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTORS WHO OFFER SERVICES
WHILE DEACTIVATION'S ARE RARE,
IT'S USERS VALUE THE NEED TO
REMOVE A USER FOR SAFETY. THE
AVERAGE RATE OF A TASK IS TWO
HOURS AND TAKES PLACE INSIDE A
HOME, THAT MEANS THE CLIENT
INTERACTS FOR A SIGNIFICANT
PERIOD OF TIME. WE MUST BE ABLE
TO BURN -- RESPOND FOR
PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY AS WELL AS
PHYSICAL WELL-BEING. WE ARE
GRATEFUL FOR THE RECENT
AMENDMENTS IN THE BILL, SEVERA
OF THEM THAT HAVE -- THANK YOU
AGAIN FOR COMMENT, WE LOOK
FORWARD TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERN
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER SIGNED UP
REMOTELY AS BARBARA FINNEY.
>> AND BARBARA FINNEY, I URGE
YOU TO VOTE NO ON THE HUMAN
IT'S RELATED TO THE COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION'S PROPOSED
CHANGES. IT IS SUPPOSED TO
SERVE. REJECTING VOICES AND
PARTICIPATION OF THOSE CRITICA
OF SPD ACCORDING TO THOSE MOST
PHYSICALLY HARMED BY THEM.
AFTER A YEAR-LONG STRATEGIC
LEARNING PROCESS, IT STATES THA
THE CBC COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
TODAY IS LACKING DEPTH, CBC IS
VIEWED AS UNINVOLVED AND
DISCONNECTED FROM COMMUNITY
ONLY ENGAGING CERTAIN VOICES.
IN THEIR ENGAGEMENT,". THIS
CONCLUSION HITS THE MARK IN
2021, THE CBC SUCCESSFULLY
FOUGHT AGAINST CITY COUNCIL
FUNDING IN 2017 FROM THE CITY
OF SEATTLE UNDER THE POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM INCLUDING
CPC INDEPENDENTLY AUDITED, THA
WAS THE FAILURE OF CITY COUNCIL
NOW THEY ARE ASKING FOR MORE
POWER. VOTE NO TODAY. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, NEXT SIGNED UP
REMOTELY FOR, -- COMMENT IS
TONY FINNEY OF . WE WILL MOVE
BACK TO IN PERSON AND HEAR FROM
KIMBERLY WOLF. TONY, IF YOU AR
WITH THIS, CAN YOU HIT STAR SIX
TO UNMUTE YOURSELF?
>> MY NAME IS TONY AND I AM
HEAD OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS FO
DOOR DASH, I'M OFFERING
TESTIMONY ON THE DEACTIVATION
ORDINANCE. WE APPRECIATE THE
COUNCILS WERE, WE TAKE A
DEACTIVATION SERIOUSLY AND WORK
TO ENSURE ANY DASHER HAS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAL THE
DECISION . OUR FULL DEACTIVATIO
POLICY IS AVAILABLE ON OUR
WEBSITE. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
WE LIMIT OUR ABILITY TO ACT
QUICKLY IN RARE INSTANCES,
HARMFUL BEHAVIOR WHERE
IMMEDIATE DEACTIVATION IS
NECESSARY TO PROTECT CUSTOMERS.
WE HAVE CONCERN ABOUT THE BILLS
EXTENSIVE DISCLOSURE
REQUIREMENTS WHICH MANDATES ALL
EVIDENCE AND EVEN OTHER WORKER
BE TURNED OVER TO A DEACTIVATED
WORKER. EVEN IF THE NAMES OF
REPORTING INDIVIDUALS ARE
REDACTED. WE SUPPORT MANY
AMENDMENTS TODAY, INCLUDING
7A, 7B, 10 A.B. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KIMBERL
WOLF, KIMBERLY WILL BE FOLLOWE
BY KAY NEFF.
>> WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME
STAKEHOLDER IN. IS REALLY
ANNOYING THAT THE APPS WHO AR
SO SILENT DURING THAT TIME
DECIDED INSTEAD TO MAKE A
RUNAROUND AT THE END AND PUSH
FOR ALL THESE AMENDMENTS. IT'S
DISAPPOINTING FOR COUNCILMEMBER
THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, YOU
MENTIONED YOU WANTED TO EXCLUDE
THE DOG WALKERS FROM THIS ,
MUCH LIKE THEM TRYING TO DO
NETWORK APPS BEING EXCLUDED. IT
WAS NOT KIND OF COMMENSURATE
WITH THE LAST BILL. THE THING
IS, IT WAS. AT THE LAST MINUTE
AMENDMENTS, RUNAROUND EXCLUDED
I WOULD ASK WITH THE EXCEPTION
OF HERBOLD'S AMENDMENT THAT YO
PULL THE REST OF THE AMENDMENTS
EVERYONE OF THEM ARE GETTING
THIS BILL AND IT'S JUST
RIDICULOUS.
>> THANK YOU, OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS KAY NEFF AFTER KAY, WE WILL
HEAR FROM VALERIE.
>> HELLO ALL, I AM THE LEAD
DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
AT ROVER, MY COMMENTS REGARD --
THANK YOU TO THIS COMMITTEE FO
ENGAGING US, THANK YOU FOR
WASHINGTON FOR YOUR MEETINGS
WITH US. ROVERS PROCESSES ALIG
WITH THE PROCESS, THEY ARE HUMA
LED AND DO NOT ALLOW
DEACTIVATION WITH ALGORITHM,
GIVE USERS TRANSPARENCY AND
DIALOGUE AND SHARED COMMUNITY
GUIDELINES, WE HEARD FROM THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THAT ARE
CRUCIAL TO PET CARE TO IN-HOME
SERVICES AND TO MARKETPLACE
COMPANIES, WE ARE THANKFUL THE
COMMITTEE HAS VOTED TO EXPAND
THE DEFINITION OF EGREGIOUS MIX
-- MISCONDUCT. WE BELIEVE
ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS REMAIN
IMPORTANT TO PROTECT THE SAFET
OF ALL USERS AND THE REST --
REPUTATION OF SITTERS WHO OFFER
EXCEPTIONAL CARE AND OFFER THA
CARE ON ROVER. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR CONSIDERATION.
>> NEXT, WE HAVE VALERIE WITH U
REMOTELY FOLLOWED BY MICHELLE
.
>> I AM HERE IN PERSON, THE
QUESTION I HAVE TO ASK IS HOW
CAN THERE BE POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN THE PEOPLE
WHO OVERSEE IT ARE
UNACCOUNTABLE? OVER 10 YEARS
AGO, THE SEATTLE COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION WAS CREATED B
THE FEDERAL COURT OVERSEEING TH
REFORM OF SPD, IT WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNIT
BUT OVER THE LAST DECADE, THEY
HAVE BECOME THE COMMISSION TO
POLICE THE COMMUNITY , THE CBC
HAS REJECTED ENGAGEMENT WITH
THOSE MOST HARMED BY THE POLICE
NOT A SINGLE CBC COMMISSIONER
OVER THE LAST DECADE HAS BEEN A
PERSON DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY
SEATTLE POLICE VIOLENCE, JUST
AS THE POLICE ABUSE THEIR POWER
WHEN THEY REMAIN UNACCOUNTABLE,
SO TOO HAS THE CBC. WE ARE HER
TODAY TO ASK YOU TO VOTE NO ON
THE CBC'S PROPOSED CHANGES TO
THE LEGISLATION, THE
ACCOUNTABILITY LEGISLATION,
PLEASE VOTE NO ON CP 120608,
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHELLE
MAE AND MY APOLOGIES IF I AM I
PRESENT -- MISPRONOUNCING HER
NAME.
>> MY NAME IS MICHELLE, THE CPC
HAS EXCLUDED THE COMMUNITY,
THEY HAVE BEEN HOSTILE IN
ATTACKING THE COMMUNITY, WHEN
SOMEONE IS IMPACTED BY VIOLENCE
AT A PUBLIC MEETING IN
FEBRUARY, THE MIC WAS SHUT OFF
AND THAT WAS TOLD TO END THE
MEETING, FIVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
ATTENDED A MEETING, A SILENT,
NONVIOLENT PROTEST ATTEMPTING
DIALOGUE, IN TURN, THE CBC LIE
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED SO THAT THE
COMMISSIONER SAFETY WAS PUT AT
RISK AND THREATENED TO CALL TH
POLICE IN THE FUTURE, THEY
THREATEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE
SUFFERED THE WORST VIOLENCE WIT
FURTHER VIOLENCE, THE CBC THENC
IS EXPERTLY FOUGHT AGAINST THE
CITY AUDITOR PROPOSAL TO HAVE
THE ENTIRE POLICE SYSTEM
INCLUDING THE CPC INDEPENDENTLY
AUDITED, NOW THEY ARE ASKING FO
MORE MONEY AND POWER TO REMAIN
UNACCOUNTABLE AND UNAUDITED,
TODAY THEY ARE ON AUTHORITARIAN
AND UNACCOUNTABLE, IT DOES NOT
-- [ INDISCERNIBLE ] IT'S NOT
LISTENING TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY
NEEDS, VOTE NO ON SB 12 0608.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, OUR NEXT
IN-PERSON SPEAKER IS ROBBING
GOAL FOLLOWED BY VIC ARIEL.
>> HELLO, THE CBC HAS NOW BECOM
A FORCE THAT STYMIES PROGRESS B
PROMOTING FAUX ACCOUNTABILITY
WHILE FIGHTING AGAINST
ACCOUNTABILITY, INCLUDING THOSE
IMPACTED BY POLICE VIOLENCE A
VOICE, WE WILL CONSIDER THE
PROPOSED GRAB FOR MORE MONEY,
MORE POWER, AND MORE PRIVILEGE,
THERE SHOULD BE NO CHANGES TO
THE 2022 ORDINANCE UNTIL THE
FOLLOWING DEMANDS ARE MET, A
PUBLIC FORM WITH THOSE IMPACTED
BY SPD VIOLENCE PROPOSING
LEGISLATION, A FULLY INDEPENDEN
AUDIT OF THE CBC AND FOR THE
CPC TO END IT INTERFERES WITH
BOTH THE ATTEMPT AT FORMING A
PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE IMPACTED BY
VIOLENCE AND WITH THE CPC'S
FAILED ATTEMPT TO CREATE A
APPEALS PROCESS . THESE PROJECT
MUST BE SHAPED BY PEOPLE MOST
IMPACTED BY POLICE VIOLENCE,
WHEN I TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT THE
CPC, THEY EITHER HAVE NEVER
HEARD OF IT OR DON'T KNOW WHAT
IT IS, OR THEY ARE LIKE ME, OR
HOWARD , AND THEY ARE WAY TOO
EXPERIENCED WITH HOW ON
INTERACTIVE THEY ARE.
>> THANK YOU, MOVING BACK TO
VIRTUAL PUBLIC SPEAKERS, WE WIL
HAVE CATHERINE HOME FOLLOWED BY
BJ.
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR HERBOLD
MY NAME IS CATHERINE AND I'M TH
WESTERN REGION DEPUTY GOVERNMEN
AFFAIRS MANAGER FOR INSTACART
WE ARE HERE TO SHARE OUR
CONCERNS WITH THE DEACTIVATION
PROPOSAL. WE PARTICIPATED IN
STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS OVER
NUMEROUS AMENDMENTS BUT
UNFORTUNATELY CANNOT SUPPORT TH
ORDINANCE UNTIL CERTAIN
AMENDMENTS ARE ACCEPTED . AS WE
STATED, THE SAFETY OF THE
SHOPPER, CUSTOMER, AND RETAILER
IS PARAMOUNT. THERE ARE NO
SITUATIONS IN WHICH A SHOPPER
WOULD BE DEACTIVATED WITH THE
FIRST BEING OFFENDED, WE
INVESTIGATE ALLEGED BEHAVIOR
BEFORE MAKING A FINAL DECISION.
DEPENDING ON THE ALLEGED
VIOLATION, A SHOPPER MAY EVEN
RECEIVE MULTIPLE NOTICES BEFOR
A SUSPENSION. THE CURRENT DRAFT
HAS 14 DAYS NOTICE BEFORE
DEACTIVATION, WE STRONGLY OPPOS
THIS BECAUSE IT IS DANGEROUS FO
FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES ACROS
THE CITY, NO OTHER INDUSTRY HAS
A 14 DAY NOTICE REQUIREMENT FOR
GOOD REASON, SOMETIMES IMMEDIAT
ACTION IS NECESSARY. THE DATA
SUBMISSION EVERY QUARTER IS --
NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE
PHYSICAL NOTE WHICH WE BELIEVE
WILL BLOW UP THE COST OF THE
ORDINANCE. WE REMAIN COMMITTED
TO BEING A TRUSTED PARTNER IN
SEATTLE. THANK YOU.
>> THANKS SO MUCH, BJ WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY JUSTIN HIGHER.
>> MY NAME IS BJ, THE CBC IS NO
THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY, IT
IS HOSTILE IN BOTH --
ESPECIALLY THOSE MOST HARMED BY
POLICE, THE COUNCIL SHOULD
REJECT CB 120 608, THERE SHOUL
NOT BE ANY CHANGES TO THE POLIC
ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE WITHOU
AT LEAST A PUBLIC FORUM AND A
FULLY INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF THE
CPC, THE COUNCIL SHOULD REMOVE
CPC FROM ITS ATTEMPTS TO SET UP
A PROGRAM AFFECTED BY SERIOUS
VIOLENCE FOR FIELD
INVESTIGATIONS. WE ARE ACTIVEL
FIGHTING AGAINST THESE PROGRAMS
AND BLOCKING COMMUNITY MEMBERS
FROM PARTICIPATING, IF THEY
APPROVE IT, WORKERS
DEACTIVATION PROTECTION WITHOUT
WATERING DOWN THE BILL WAS
REALLY COUNCILMEMBERS. THEY
SHOULD NOT BE LISTENING TO ANY
OF THE COMPANIES CALLING IN
TODAY WATERING DOWN THIS BILL
INCLUDING THOSE WITH HISTORY O
ABUSING WORKERS, THAT'S WHY WE
ARE HERE. THESE WORKERS SCROLL
OVER THE COMPANY'S 4.7 MILLION
FROM THE YEAR DEACTIVATED
WORKERS ALONE IN SEATTLE
ACCORDING TO STANDARDS, THERE
SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED
SERIOUS PARTNERS ON LEGISLATION
PROTECTING THEIR WORKERS, THANK
YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JUSTIN
HIGHER , THAT IS THE LAST
SPEAKER WE HAVE VIRTUALLY AND
JUSTIN WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN
IN PERSON PUBLIC SPEAKER, DI C
ESTES. JUSTIN?
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS
JUSTIN AND I'M THE DIRECTOR
COVENANT AFFAIRS, THANK YOU FO
PROVIDING ME A FEW MOMENTS . FO
A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR
PLATFORM, WE ARE A RETAIL TECH
COMPANY THAT CONNECTS USERS TO
DELIVER, WE VALUE SHOPPERS USIN
OUR PLATFORM ESTABLISHING
CONNECTIONS WITH BOTH SHOPPERS
CUSTOMERS, AND RETAILERS IN THE
ECOSYSTEM THAT WE HAVE WHILE W
ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING
ACCESS TO WORK OPPORTUNITIES TO
THOSE UTILIZING OUR PLATFORM, W
MUST ALWAYS PRIORITIZE BOTH
SAFETY AND SECURITY, CUSTOMERS
PUT AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF
TRUST TO DELIVER PERSONAL ITEM
TO THEIR HOMES AND PLACES OF
BUSINESS AND IT'S PARAMOUNT
THEY EXPERIENCE THIS ON THE
PLATFORM AND DON'T RISK THE
SAFETY OF OTHER USERS INCLUDING
CUSTOMERS IN THE RETAIL PARTNER
WE WORK WITH, WE RARELY TAKE
THE SHOPPER RELATION SERIOUSLY,
DEACTIVATING ANY ACCOUNT IS OF
COURSE A LAST RESORT. THIS
PROCESS INCLUDES INTERNAL
REVIEW, IT IS NOT A DECISION WE
TAKE LIGHTLY, I AM HAPPY TO
MEET ANY OF YOU TO EXPRESS
CONCERNS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME.
>> THANK YOU, MOVING BACK TO IN
PERSON, PUBLIC COMMENT, WE HAVE
-- FOLLOWED BY ARTHUR GILFORD
>> HELLO, I AM A MENTAL HEALT
COUNSELOR AT A LOCAL NONPROFIT
HERE, I WAS TAKING ON THE CPC
PROPOSED CHANGES, I'M VOTING NO
AGAINST IT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE
WE SHOULD HAVE AN AUDIT OF THIS
PROGRAM , I HAD A COWORKER THAT
WAS A PART OF IT AND IT DID NOT
FEEL LIKE A SAFE SPACE FOR HER
TO SHARE WHAT SHE WANTED TO
BRING. A LOT OF US ARE FORCED T
SHARE TRAUMA WHEN WE ARE BROUGH
TO COMMUNITY SPACES, IT IS JUST
NOT REALLY FAIR TO US TO HAVE T
POUR EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO
CHANGE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE
CITY, I WOULD LIKE TO VOTE NO
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT
SPEAKER IS ARTHUR GILFORD ,
ARTHUR WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
HOWARD GILL.
>> GOOD MORNING, I WOULD LIKE T
REITERATE COMMENTS MADE BY THE
COMMUNITY TO VOTE NO ON CD 1206
08 , THE CPC PROPOSED CHANGES
UNTIL THERE CAN BE THE THREE
DEMANDS ALREADY MADE, PUBLIC
FORUM WITH THOSE IMPACTED BY
SPD VIOLENCE PROPOSING CHANGES
TO LEGISLATION , A FULLY
INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF THE CPC AN
FOR THE CPC TO END HIS INNER
FRIENDS WITH BOTH ATTEMPT AT
FORMING THE CITY PROGRAM AND
WITH THE CPC'S FAILED ATTEMPT T
CREATE AN APPEALS PROCESS FOR
FIELD INVESTIGATIONS OF POLICE
COMPLAINTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
>> NEXT SPEAKER IS HOWARD GILL
HOWARD WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ARIA
RUSSELL. HOWARD GILL?
>> YOU SKIPPED -- I AM CALLING
, I WILL FIGURE IT OUT IF I SKI
SOMEBODY BUT I KNOW I'M CALLING
DR. GAIL.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS
YOU HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED ALL
THE INFORMATION BY EMAIL AND OU
PUBLIC COMMENTS IN DEVIOUS
OCCASIONS, IT'S REALLY NOT MUCH
TO SAY. THE TWO THINGS I WILL
TELL YOU IN TODAY'S PRESENTATIO
FROM THE CPC, THERE ARE TWO
SLIDES THAT ARE RELEVANT. ONE
SLIDE IS A SLIDE YOU WILL NOT
SEE, THAT IS A SLIDE IN THE
PRESENTATION LAST YEAR THAT
SHOWS THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT
STUDY INDICATED THAT THEY WERE
DETACHED AND HOSTILE TO THE
COMMUNITY. THIS IS A CPC OWN
REVIEW FROM 2021, 2022 SORRY.
THE OTHER SLIDE WHICH YOU WILL
SEE TODAY IS THE SLIDE ON
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT CELEBRATING THE FACT
THAT ONE OF THEIR STAFF WENT T
DUBAI FOR A POLICE CONFERENCE.
HOW DETACHED FROM REALITY AND
THE COMMUNITY DO YOU HAVE TO BE
TO CELEBRATE SENDING A MEMBER
OF YOUR STAFF FROM THE COMMUNIT
POLICE COMMISSION TO AN
AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENT WHICH
THE POLICE ROUTINELY BEAT
PEOPLE UP? THEY ARE PROUD OF
THAT. THIS BETTER THAN ANYTHIN
SHOWS YOU HOW DISCONNECTED AND
REMOVED THEY ARE FROM THE
COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.
>> MOVING BACK TO THE VET, MY
APOLOGIES. I THINK IT IS BACK
-- VICK ABLE .
>> I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON CB ONE
TWO 608, THEY HAVE PRESENTED A
PLAN TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADD
TO ITS ONE $.9 MILLION BUDGET
FOR BUREAUCRACY, THEY WANT A
DEPUTY DIRECTOR MORE THAN
DOUBLING THE MONTHLY STATEMENTS
FOR THEIR THREE CO-CHAIRS
AMOUNTED TO $42,000 A YEAR, WE
CANNOT FIND ANY CITY
COMMISSIONER PAYS COMMISSIONERS
THIS WAY, COMMISSIONERS CAN GET
$550 MONTHLY STIPENDS WHILE NOT
EVEN SHOWING UP TO MEETINGS OR
TURNING THEIR CAMERAS ON, WHICH
COMMISSIONERS HAVE ADMITTED TO
ATTENDING ONE SUPPOSEDLY ONLY
ATTENDING CPC MEETINGS, THE
LEGISLATION WILL INCREASE
STIPENDS TO $700, THE ONLY
APPROVAL NEEDED IS THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PEOPLE
ASKING FOR THE STIPEND HAVING
UNILATERAL CONTROL , THIS IS A
SYSTEM THAT BREEDS CORRUPTION
AND I INSIST ON A NO VOTE.
>> THANK YOU, OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS ARIA RUSSELL, SHE WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY ELIZABETH STANTON.
>> TODAY ON YOUR AGENDA IS A
PROPOSAL FROM COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION TO ALTER THE 2017
ACCOUNTABILITY LEGISLATION. IN
2021, THE CPC FOUGHT AGAINST TH
PROPOSAL TO HAVE THE ENTIRE
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM
INDEPENDENTLY AUDITED, NOW THEY
ARE ASKING FOR MORE POWER AND
MONEY WHILE DEMANDING TO REMAIN
UNACCOUNTABLE IN UNAUDITED. ALL
WHILE THEY CONNECT -- ATTACK
COMMUNITY MEMBERS IMPACTED BY
POLICE VIOLENCE, VOTE NO ON CB
120 608 , THE CDC'S PROPOSED
CHANGES UNTIL THERE CAN BE ONE
A PUBLIC FORUM WITH THOSE
IMPACTED BY SPD VIOLENCE
PROPOSING CHANGES TO THE
LEGISLATION, TWO, A FULLY
INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF THE CPC,
THREE, FOR THE CPC TO END ITS
INTERFERENCE OF BOTH THE ATTEMP
AT FORMING A CITY PROGRAM FOR
PEOPLE AND FAMILY MEMBERS
IMPACTED BY SERIOUS SPD VIOLENC
AND BY THE CPC'S FAILED ATTEMP
TO CREATE AN APPEALS PROCESS FO
FIELD INVESTIGATIONS OF POLICE
COMPLAINTS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME.
>> THANK YOU, OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS ELIZABETH STANTON FOLLOWED B
MICHAEL WOLF .
. IS ELIZABETH STANTON WITH US?
THANK YOU.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE
COUNCIL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AN
EXPRESS MY EMPATHY AND
COMPASSION FOR TO -- SORROW FO
THE AMOUNT OF VIEWS YOU ARE
RECEIVING FROM THE COMMUNITY AS
YOU TRY TO GO ABOUT DEALING WIT
OUR PROBLEMS DURING THESE
DIFFICULT TIMES. THAT SAID, I'
VERY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR OVERAL
BUDGET BUT I WILL SPEAK
SPECIFICALLY TO THE VOTE TODAY
AS I UNDERSTAND IT ON EXPANDING
THE FUNDING AND SERVICES OF TH
CITIZENS POLICE COMMISSION. I
HEARTILY HAVE AFFECTION FOR ALL
THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION
AND THE HARD WORK THEY DO, BUT
GIVEN THE EVERY DAY THAT I'M
FACED WITH INFORMATION ABOUT
OUR BUDGETARY RESTRAINTS , I
FEEL IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE TO
EXPAND THEIR BUDGET INVOLVEMEN
AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU FOR TH
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A VOICE .
>> THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER IS
MICHAEL WOLF, MICHAEL WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY CASTILLE HIGHTOWER.
>> I WANT TO FIRST TAKE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO THANK ALL THE
CENTRAL STAFF DOING SUCH HARD
WORK ON THE AD BASE WORKERS
DEACTIVATION BILL, IT HAS BEEN
PLEASURE TO WORK WITH THEM AND
WITH COUNSEL, I WANT TO THANK
THE COMMITTEE FOR ADOPTING
AMENDMENT THREE LAST WEEK, THAT
WAS IMPORTANT TO US AND OUR
MEMBERS AND DRIVE FORWARD
STANDS IN FULL SUPPORT OF
PASSAGE OF THE BILL, WE DO
OBVIOUSLY HAVE AGNOSTIC MANY
REMAINING AMENDMENTS AND ARE
LOOKING FOR A BILL THAT IS AS
FAIR AND BALANCED AND COVERS AS
MANY OF OUR MEMBERS AND
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS AS
POSSIBLE, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR
ALL THE HARD WORK.
>> OUR LAST SPEAKER IS CASTILL
HIGHTOWER.
>> M CASTEEL HIGHTOWER, MY
BROTHER WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY
SEATTLE POLICE IN 2004, IT IS
NOTHING NEW. YOU ALL KNOW THAT
THE AFFECTED PERSON PROGRAM I
KNOW IS BEING UNDERMINED BY THE
CPC, YOU KNOW THAT THEY HAVE
WORKED TO UNDERMINE OUR STATUS
AND YOU ALSO KNOW THAT THEY
THREATENED US WITH VIOLENCE TH
LAST TIME THAT WE DID A PEACEFU
PROTEST IN FRONT OF THEM,
THREATENED ME WITH POLICE
VIOLENCE , THREATENED MY LIFE,
MY LIVELIHOOD, THREATENED TO
OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH
VIOLENCE FOR HAVING A PEACEFUL
PROTEST TO TALK ABOUT THE WAYS
THAT THEY HAVE BEEN UNDERMINING
THE COMMUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE
WAYS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN HARMIN
THE COMMUNITY, THE WAYS THEY
REFUSE TO LISTEN TO THE
COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF DOING THAT
THEY DECIDED TO THREATEN US WIT
VIOLENCE . YOU KNOW THE EVIL
THEY ARE DOING IN THIS
COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW THE HARM
THEY ARE DOING AND INSTEAD OF
HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE, YOU
ARE DECIDING TO GIVE THEM MORE
MONEY , YOU ARE DECIDING TO
REWARD THEM AND IT IS
DISGUSTING, I AM TIRED OF
HAVING TO TALK ABOUT MY BROTHER
BEING KILLED OVER AND OVER AND
YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO GIVE
THEM MORE MONEY OVER AND OVER
AGAIN, CONTINUE TO GIVE THEM
MORE PLATFORMS, ALLOW THE POLIC
TO COME AND -- IT IS DISGUSTIN
AND I'M TIRED, I DO NOT GIVE A
ABOUT IT, I DON'T CARE. I'M
TIRED OF IT. WHY HERBOLD, WHY
ARE YOU ALLOWING THEM TO DO THI
AND CONTINUE TO HURT US? WHY
LEWIS, Y NELSON, Y PEDERSEN? AN
WHY TERESA MOSQUEDA, YOU ALL
CONTINUE TO --
>> WE WILL HAVE TO WRAP IT UP .
THANK YOU. CAN YOU PLEASE WRAP
UP? WE ARE GOING TO END PUBLI
COMMENT, YOU ARE OUR LAST
SPEAKER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE -- MR
CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE , IS THE
MIKE STONE? OKAY. WE WILL MOV
ON , WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEX
ITEM ON THE AGENDA. THANK YOU
AND I AM SORRY. WITH THAT, OU
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
CLOSE, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON
TO THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, MR.
CLERK, CAN YOU READ IN AGENDA
NINE OF NUMBER ONE?
>> 2023 MIDYEAR POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT .
PRESENTERS, PLEASE COME TO THE
TABLE.
>> WHILE WE ARE BEING JOINED BY
THE PRESENTERS FOR OUR FIRST
ITEM ON THE AGENDA, JUST SOME
QUICK INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, THI
IS THE MIDYEAR ACCOUNTABILITY
REPORT, THIS REPORT IS REQUIRED
BY THE 2017 POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY LEGISLATION
SPECIFICALLY FOR THE COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION AND THE OFFIC
OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL. THE
OPA IS REQUIRED TO BE PRESENT
FOR THIS REPORT BUT THE
ORDINANCE DOES NOT REQUIRE A
REPORT FROM THE OPA, WE ARE VER
PLEASED THAT THE OPA IS JOINING
US NOT ONLY TO BE PRESENT BUT
ALSO TO REPORT OUT ON THEIR WOR
, SPD IS ALSO REQUIRED BY THE
ORDINANCE TO BE AT THE TABLE
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
PRESENCE OF SPD, COULD THE
PRESENTERS PLEASE INTRODUCE
THEMSELVES?
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS GIN
BETTS, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE
OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
>> I AM JUSTIN, THE POLICY
MANAGER WITH OPA.
>> GOOD MORNING, I AM BETSY
MARIE SCOTT, DEPUTY INSPECTOR
GENERAL.
>> MY NAME IS MIRIAM SIERRA WIT
THE UPPER SEVEN VECTOR GENERAL.
>> I AM CALLING ALICE, INTERIM
DIRECTOR OF THE CPC.
>> GOOD MORNING, BRIAN MAXEY,
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER SEATTL
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I HAVE GIVEN SOME
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, I THINK
WITH THAT, WE WILL HAND IT OVER
TO YOU TO DO THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CHURN -- CHAIR
HERBOLD. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE
HERE THIS MORNING TO PRESENT
OPA'S MIDYEAR REPORT TO THE
COMMITTEE, I STARTED OPA ALMOS
A YEAR AGO, AND WHEN I GOT
HERE, OBVIOUSLY I LOOKED AT THE
ORDINANCE TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS
REQUIRED OF OPA, I ALSO
CONNECTED WITH THE COMMUNITY TO
FIND OUT WHAT WAS EXPECTED OF
OPA. AFTER TOURING THE CITY,
LISTENING TO STAKEHOLDERS , I
CAME BACK TO MY TEAM AND
CHALLENGE THEM TO MAKE 2023
ABOUT RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT
OPA , IMPROVING THE COMPLAINANT
EXPERIENCE WITH OPA, AND
ULTIMATELY THE OVERALL GOAL IS
TO EARN COMMUNITIES CONFIDENCE
IN THE WORK WE DO. WITH THAT, I
WILL TURN IT OVER TO OPA POLICY
MANAGER, JUSTIN FIGURE REALLY
TO TALK ABOUT OUR PROCESS
REACHING THOSE GOALS.
>> THANK YOU. HELLO, COUNSEL.
SO, HERE'S A ROAD MAP WHERE WE
ARE GOING TODAY WITH REGARD TO
OPA'S PRESENTATION, WE HAVE
CASES BY CLASSIFICATION TYPE,
ALLEGATIONS BY TYPE AND
LOCATION, ULTIMATE CASE
DISPOSITIONS, MANAGEMENT ACTION
RECOMMENDATIONS THEN WE WILL
TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY OUTREACH
AND ENGAGEMENT AND OUR Q3
ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECTS.
>> ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE TOTAL
NUMBER OF CASES BY
CLASSIFICATION TYPE, THIS STATU
FROM JANUARY TO JUNE 21st OF
THIS YEAR. SO, INTAKES
BASICALLY, WE HAVE NOT YET
ASSIGNED THEM MORE CLASSIFIED
THEM TO A BUCKET AT THIS POINT
SO THEY WILL BE SOON . CONTACT
LOGS ARE BASICALLY CASES THAT
DO NOT WARRANT OPA INVESTIGATIO
AFTER WE KIND OF DETERMINE THE
SUPERVISOR ACTIONS WOULD BE A
MINOR MISCONDUCT THAT IS BEST
HANDLED BY CHAIN OF COMMAND
SPD, THEN INVESTIGATIONS ARE
FULL INVESTIGATIONS THAT WE DO
FULL INTERVIEWS OF ALL PARTIES
AND NAMED EMPLOYEES AFFECTED,
THEN EXPEDITED INVESTIGATION,
WE HAVE ENOUGH TO PERFORM
WITHOUT DOING FULL INTERVIEWS.
BASICALLY, WE REQUIRE A LITTLE
LESS WORK FROM OUR STAFF IN
TERMS OF INTERVIEWING. ALL
RIGHT, THE SHOWS BASICALLY
SHARE YEAR-OVER-YEAR OF EACH O
THESE CATEGORIES AND WE WOULD
EXPECT AS INTAKES KIND OF GET
PLACED, WE PROBABLY HAVE
SLIGHTLY HIGHER INVESTIGATIONS
AS A PERCENT OF THE TOTAL THIS
YEAR RELATIVE TO OTHERS BUT WE
WILL SEE IT SOON. AGAIN, THIS I
UP UNTIL JUNE 21st .
>> CAN YOU ON THAT PAGE SPEAK
BRIEFLY TO THE FLUCTUATION IN
EXPEDITED INVESTIGATIONS?
>> THAT'S THE CATEGORY I SEE
THE MOST CHANGE IN , IT IS
POSSIBLE WITH THE OTHER CATEGOR
BEING SO HIGH THAT WE DRAW FRO
THAT CATEGORY AND IT WOULD BE
HIGHER, I DON'T REALLY KNOW.
WHERE IT WILL END UP BEING AT
THE END OF THE YEAR.
>> GOT IT, BECAUSE THIS IS JUST
MY APOLOGIES, I WAS THINKING
THAT EACH OF THE YEARS WAS A
YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISON, IT IS
NOT, THE OTHER THREE YEARS
PROVIDED HERE ARE FULL YEARS
WHEREAS 2023 IS ONLY FOR
THROUGH JUNE.
>> CHAIR, I WOULD POINT OUT THA
WE STILL HAVE 22% OF OUR
INTAKES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN
CLASSIFIED , THOSE COULD
POSSIBLY BOOST THE EXPEDITED
INVESTIGATION NUMBERS BY THE EN
OF THE YEAR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO, WHERE DO OUR COMPLAINTS
COME, HOW DO WE SOLICIT THEM, A
GOOD PERCENTAGE ACTUALLY ARE
INTERNAL, WHAT THAT MEANS IS SP
REPORTS THE COMPLAINTS AND THEY
HAVE A DUTY TO DO SO, BASICALL
THEY TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM
SERIOUSLY AND BRING IN THE
COMPLAINTS TO US OF NOTE, THER
IS ALSO A GREAT DEAL OF
PAPERWORK THAT COMES WITH
DEALING WITH THOSE COMPLAINTS
AND FILING REPORTS AT THE END O
THE DAY FROM WHAT I GATHER, THE
ARE WORKING MUCH PAST THE END O
SHIFT TO COMPLETE CERTAIN
COMPLAINTS. THE FILING METHOD
WE TYPICALLY DRAW FROM OPA
WEBSITE PHONE, AND EMAIL, OUR
NEXT IN LINE WE GET SOME THINGS
LIKE CERTIFIED MAIL TOO. ON
OCCASION. ALL RIGHT, SO,
ALLEGATIONS BY TYPE AND
LOCATION OF COMPLAINTS. THIS
CHART , I NEED TO MOVE ZOOM
SCREEN HERE. IT'S A LITTLE
COMPLICATED, SO BEAR WITH ME A
MINUTE. YOU HAVE THE ALLEGATION
TYPE ON THE BOTTOM PORTION, THI
CHART ACTUALLY COMPARES 2022
WITH 2023 PRELIMINARY, THE WAY
THAT WAS DONE IS THEY ARE PUT O
TWO DIFFERENT AXES IF YOU LOOK
AT THE LEFT SIDE, THAT IS THE Y
AXIS FOR 2023 TO DATE. MORE OR
LESS, SO JUNE, IT IS INCOMPLET
AND THAT IS WHY THE RIGHT AXIS
THE Y-AXIS IS 2022 SO WE COULD
COMPARE THE TWO AND GRANTED,
THE YEAR IS NOT DONE BUT WE HAV
A RELATIVE COMPARISON. WITH
THAT SAID, WE STILL HAVE
PROFESSIONALISM IS OUR TOP
ALLEGATION TYPE. BIAS THROUGH
POLICING AND USE OF FORCE ARE
ACTUALLY SLIGHTLY INCREASE THIS
YEAR SO FAR. I WILL GET MORE
INTO THAT IN THIS NEXT CHART.
ALL RIGHT. SO, THIS ONE JUST
SHOWS USE OF FORCE AS A
PERCENTAGE OF OUR TOTAL
ALLEGATIONS AND 2023 AS JANUAR
TO JUNE 21st AGAIN. SO, IT
ACTUALLY WENT FROM EIGHT TO 12%
OF OUR TOTAL ALLEGATIONS .
AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT RIGH
AXIS, IT IS JUST TELLING US
THAT IS THE PERCENTAGE SHARE.
NOTHING MORE. WELL, IT IS WORT
PROBABLY HEADING ON IN 2019,
THE USE OF FORCE PERCENTAGES OF
ALLEGATIONS WAS 19 I THINK THE
YEAR PRIOR WAS 18%. SO, THAT
WAS PRE-PANDEMIC FOR WHAT
THAT'S WORTH. I LOOKED INTO A
COUPLE OTHER CITIES, SAN
FRANCISCO IS 7% USE OF FORCE
ALLEGATION IN 2021, THAT IS MAD
PANDEMIC , CHICAGO WAS 17% IN
2022, THERE ARE DIFFERENT
PEOPLE, PLACES, DIFFERENT INTAK
PROCEDURES, THERE ARE A LOT OF
VARIABLES, COMPARISONS CAN BE
DIFFICULT FOR WHAT THAT'S WORTH
OKAY. THIS IS THE CHART ON TH
LEFT, ACCOUNT OF INTAKES BY
LOCATION OF INCIDENT . I COULD
GIVE YOU THE SAME FOR 2022 BUT
IT DOES NOT REALLY TELL YOU
ANYTHING LOOKING AT THOSE ALL
THOSE COLORS WHICH IS WHY THE
BAR CHART ON THE RIGHT ACTUALL
GIVES YOU A COMPARISON OF 2022
RELATIVE TO 2023, WE HAVE A
COUPLE OF CATEGORIES AND AREAS
THAT WENT DOWN A COUPLE THAT
WENT UP, EAST AND NORTH ARE
SLIGHTLY ELEVATED AND IN THE
REST ARE KIND OF THE SAME OR
LOWER.
DISPOSITION OF CASES. I HAVE T
MOVE THIS AROUND. THIS IS OUR
NUMBER OF SUSTAINED FINDINGS
RELATIVE TO THE OVERALL TOTAL
AND EACH OF THE NONSUSTAINED
CATEGORIES. THIS IS FOR JANUAR
TO JUNE. THEN DISCIPLINE
IMPOSED, WE HAVE GOT A WRITTEN
REPRIMAND AS A MAJOR CATEGORY
AND WE EXPECT MORE WILL BE
ASSIGNED , SOME RESIGNED PRIOR,
THEY PROBABLY WILL BE SOME
OTHER CATEGORIES DEPENDING ON
HOW THESE PENDING'S AND UP AT
THE END OF THE YEAR.
>> AT THE LEFT ARE OF THE CHART
WHAT IS -- THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
FINDINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT
JUST SO I DON'T HAVE TO DO THE
MATH IN MY HEAD.
>> I BELIEVE IT IS 393.
>> ALMOST 400, THANK YOU.
>> I HAVE ANOTHER MATH QUESTION
LET'S GO BACK TO THE OTHER ONE
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR ME
SO, SUSTAINED CASES WAS 31 AND
THEN IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE THE
CHART ON THE RIGHT EQUALS THE
SAME AMOUNT. IT
>> IT IS OFF BY ONE, THERE IS
AT LEAST ONE DOUBLE COUNTING
WHERE SOMEONE WAS -- THEY
RESIGNED IN AND THERE WAS A
WRITTEN REPRIMAND, I AM NOT SUR
HOW WE ENTIRELY ACCOUNT FOR
THAT.
>> THE CHAR ON THE RIGHT DOES
NOT REFLECT THE ORAL REPRIMANDS
HANDED OUT. IT WAS ABOUT FIVE O
THOSE, SO THAT SHOULD MAKE UP
THE DIFFERENCE THAT WE ARE NOT
SEEING.
>> WHEN ELECTED, IT IS 31, ON
THE RIGHT IT IS 25, WE HAD 5 TO
6 ORAL REPRIMANDS THAT WERE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, CAN YOU QUICKLY G
OVER THE DISPOSITIONS?
>> THE DEFINITIONS OF THE --
DISPOSITIONS.
>> SURE PICK SUSTAINED FINDING
AS WE INVESTIGATED AND WE FOUN
THAT MORE LIKELY THAN NOT, THE
EMPLOYEE VIOLATED POLICY , NOT
SUSTAINED AS WE INVESTIGATED AN
THERE WAS A -- WE FOUND THE
ALLEGATIONS DO NOT OCCUR AS IT
WAS ALLEGED , NONSUSTAINED
TRAINING REFERRAL MEANS THAT WE
INVESTIGATED MINOR MISCONDUCT
MAY HAVE OCCURRED BUT IT WAS
BEST HANDLED BY TRAINING OR
COUNSELING BY THE CHAIN OF
COMMAND. NOT SUSTAINED FOR
TIMELINESS, THAT'S IF WE BLOW
THE 180 TIMELINE WHICH RARELY
HAPPENS , IT HASN'T HAPPENED
SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, NOT
SUSTAINED LAWFUL AND PROPER
MEANS THAT IT IS NOT SUSTAINED
BECAUSE THE OFFICER ACTED WITHI
POLICY AND ACCORDING TO POLICY
AND TRAINING, AND NOT SUSTAININ
CONCLUSIVE MEANS THERE IS
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO
OVERCOME OUR APPROVAL WHICH IS
PROPONENT OF THE EVIDENCE.
>> I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT THE
CATEGORY NONSUSTAINED TRAINING
REFERRAL IN SOME OTHER CITIES,
THOSE TYPES OF CASES ARE
CONSIDERED SUSTAINED , I
RECOGNIZE THAT THERE -- WE ALL
UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE
FINDINGS OF THE VIOLATION BUT
MINOR VIOLATIONS, BUT I JUST
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FOR THE
VIEWING PUBLIC THAT THAT
LANGUAGE CAN SOMETIMES BE
CONFUSING. REALLY WANT TO NOTE
THAT THIS WAS AN ISSUE THAT WA
RAISED BY THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
IN THE DISCIPLINARY AUDIT THAT
THEY HAD DONE A COUPLE OF YEARS
AGO. THEY LIFTED UP THE FACT
THAT OTHER CITIES , THESE TYPES
OF COMPLAINTS AS WE HAVE
CATEGORIZED THEM WOULD BE
CONSIDERED SUSTAINED, THEY
FLAGGED THIS AS AN ISSUE FOR
FUTURE DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THIS
ONE JUST SHOWS OUR ALLEGATIONS
AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF EACH OF
THE CATEGORIES. THAT SAID, IF
WE MOVE TO THE CASE LEVEL AND
KEEP IN MIND, A CASE CAN HAVE
SEVERAL ALLEGATIONS WITHIN IT,
YOU CAN HAVE THREE OR FOUR
ALLEGATIONS WITHIN A PARTICULAR
CASE IF YOU LOOKED AT OUR RIGHT
WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE 2022
SUSTAINED VERSION --
NONSUSTAINED RATES AND
PERCENTAGES, 2022, WE WERE 13%
SUSTAINED CASES. SO FAR, IN
2023, WE HAVE 23 SUSTAINED CASE
AND THAT IS A 19% RATE. THAT I
ACTUALLY A GROWTH OF 46% OR AN
INCREASE OF 46%.
>>
>> SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS PAGE
I'M HAVING A HARD TIME MAKING
THE IMAGES ON THE RIGHT
CONSISTENT WITH THE IMAGES ON
THE LEFT, WE HAVE A PERCENT
SUSTAINED ON THE LEFT BUT 19%
SUSTAINED ON THE RIGHT .
>> THE LEFT ARE ALLEGATIONS.
THE RIGHT OUR CASES, SO YOU CAN
HAVE A CASE WITH THREE, FOUR
ONCE WE START DIGGING, THERE
COULD BE EVEN MORE ALLEGATIONS
WE FIND .
>> THANK YOU.
>> SORRY, I'M JAMMING A LOT.
>> VERY HELPFUL. I APPRECIATE
IT.
>> I LOOK INTO SUSTAINED CASE
RATES, SAN FRANCISCO HAD 11%
SUSTAINED CASE RATES IN 2021,
THE NATIONAL AVERAGE THEY SAY I
4%. AGAIN, THERE ARE A LOT OF
DIFFERENCES EVEN IN TERMS OF HO
THEY CATEGORIZE. THAT'S WORTH
THINKING ABOUT. MANAGEMENT
ACTION, RECOMMENDATIONS, THIS I
2023, IN 2022, UNTIL RECENTLY,
OPA LATTE POLICY PERSON AND WHA
I FOUND IS THEY WERE WRITTEN
INTO THE DCM'S, HERE WERE NOT
THAT MANY SO FAR. WE EXPECT TO
HAVE MORE BUT THESE ARE
BASICALLY THE DIFFERENT
CATEGORIES THEY FALL INTO,
ACTIVE WOULD BE WE JUST PUT IT
OUT THERE AND ARE WAITING FOR
SOME RESPONSE, FULLY IMPLEMENTE
MEANS WE CONSIDER THE SPD TO
HAVE COMPLIED WITH IT PARTIALL
IMPLEMENTED MEANS THEY ARE
EITHER PATHWAY OR PARTIALLY
THERE , IN PROGRESS MEANS WE AR
STILL KIND OF WAIVING IT, COULD
BE A LONGER THREE-YEAR, FIVE
YEAR PROCESS AND THEN DECLINE
ACTION. I'M GOING TO TURN IT
OVER TO DIRECTOR BATS.
>> I GAVE THE DR. THE HEAVY
LIFT , I GET TO COME IN AND TAL
ABOUT THE FUN STUFF WE ARE DOIN
IT OPA. HOW DO I GO TO THE NEX
LIGHT?
>> ALL RIGHT, SO, TO DATE, WE
HAVE PARTICIPATED IN 35 EVENTS
SURPASSING LAST YEAR'S TOTAL O
EVENTS THAT WE ATTENDED LAST
YEAR, IT WAS 33 EVENT , WE
ALREADY AT 35, WE HAVE
INTERACTED WITH OVER 2664
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WE HAVE
NINE MORE EVENTS SCHEDULED
THROUGHOUT AUGUST. MY
CONVERSATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT TEAM IS NOT TO SHOW
UP AND BE PRESENT, AND BE
VISIBLE BUT TO REALLY BE
INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE EVENTS WE
ARE ATTENDING AND REALLY BEING
PROACTIVE ABOUT DISSEMINATING
INFORMATION OPA. WHAT WE KNOW
IS THAT CERTAIN COMMUNITIES
HAVE DISPROPORTIONATE POLICE
CONTACTS , WE ARE VERY
INTENTIONAL ABOUT GOING TO
THOSE EVENTS LIKE WE WENT TO
JACK THE YOUTH DETENTION CENTE
IN THE KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
PRESENTATION, WE WENT TO A
COMPANY CALLED BLACK COFFEE
NORTHWEST, THEY ARE IN BUSINESS
BUT ALSO DO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
AS WELL, I SPOKE AT THE
BREAKFAST CLUB, A MENTORING
PROGRAM FOR BLACK YOUTH HERE IN
SEATTLE. ABOUT A MONTH AGO, WE
ARE BEING VERY INTENTIONAL AND
PROACTIVE ABOUT REACHING OUT TO
THE COMMUNITY OF COURSE, CPC IS
THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY BUT
OPA, THERE IS STILL SPACE FOR
OPA TO ENGAGE WITH THE
COMMUNITY, LEARN WHAT THE
COMMUNITY EXPECTS FROM US.
>> THE NEXT ONE?
>> WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PROJECT
IN THE PIPELINE. NUMBER ONE IS
COMPLAINT AND EXPERIENCE SURVEY
THE PURPOSE OF THAT SURVEY IS
TO GET FEEDBACK FROM
COMPLAINANTS WHO HAVE GONE
THROUGH THE OPA PROCESS OF US
INVESTIGATING THEIR COMPLAINT T
LEARN WHAT WORKED, WHAT DID NOT
WORK, AND HOW WE CAN IMPROVE.
WE ARE WORKING ON A MORE ROBUST
SURVEY TARGETED TOWARD
COMMUNITIES WITH DISPARATE
POLICE CONTACTS, WE KNOW THAT
BLACK YOUTH AND INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES HAVE
DISPROPORTIONATE POLICE CONTACT
WE ARE NOT SAYING THE SAME
NUMBER OR RATIO OF OPA
COMPLAINTS FROM THOSE
DEMOGRAPHICS, WE WANT TO FIGURE
OUT WHY, IS IT BECAUSE THEY
DON'T KNOW ABOUT OPA? FOR SOME
DESTRUCT WE HAVE TO -- DISTRUS
WE HAVE TO OVERCOME FOR OUR
COMMUNITIES. NEXT SLIDE. OKAY,
THE PROJECT ON THE LEFT WAS
ACTUALLY INSPIRED BY CHIEF
HERBOLD, SHE NOTICED WE INCLUDE
THE IMPULSE DISCIPLINE IN OUR
CLOSED CASE SUMMARY BUT WE WERE
NOT INCLUDING WHAT THE
DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDE
TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE. SO FOR
US TO PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY, SHE
RECOMMENDED WE HAD THAT. IT IS
NOW ALIVE AND ACTIVE, YOU CAN
FIND OUT ON OUR CLOSED CASE
SUMMARY GOING FORWARD. THE
PROJECT ON THE RIGHT ALSO
INSPIRED BY CHIEF HERBOLD HITS
IN THE EARLY STAGES RIGHT NOW,
IF YOU ARE A COMMUNITY MEMBER
AND YOU WANT TO SEARCH THE
PROGRESS OR TRACK THE PROGRESS
OF AN OPA INVESTIGATION, YOU
HAVE TO HAVE THE OPA CASE
NUMBER, THAT IS NOT PRACTICAL
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE SO WE WANT
TO IMPLEMENT A KEYWORD SEARCH,
USE OF FORCE CASES, YOU CAN TYP
IN USE OF FORCE AND IT WILL
POPULATE USE OF WORSE CASES, IF
THERE IS A PACIFIC -- SPECIFIC
CASE YOU WANT TO TRACK, YOU
SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOG IN THE
KEYWORD. IT'S IN THE EARLY
STAGES, WE ARE WORKING WITH TH
MAJOR, PRIVATE COMPANY HELPING
US BRING US TO LIFE.
>> JUST A COUPLE -- I WANT TO
GIVE ALL THE PROPER CREDIT. I
MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE INITIATOR
FOR THE SOLUTION. AN AUDIT THA
WAS DONE BY A MEMBER OF THE OI
TEAM, THEY AND THEY IDENTIFIED
THIS ISSUE, I SUGGESTED A WAY T
ADDRESS IT AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE DAN PITTS AND THE
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
FOR BRINGING THIS ISSUE FORWARD
AND FOR YOU WORKING WITH ME AS
WELL AS SPD AND THE APARTMENT
AND IDENTIFYING A WAY TO ADDRES
THIS ISSUE OF IMPORTANT
TRANSPARENCY, THEN THE CLOSED
CASE CIRCUIT PROJECT. THAT
AROSE BECAUSE OF MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY WHO MIGHT NOT KNOW A
PARTICULAR CASE NUMBER AND THAT
WAS THE ONLY WAY TO SEARCH FOR
THE WAY TO MONITOR, KNOWING A
NUMBER THAT ONLY THE COMPLAINT
AND KNOWS BUT NOT A MEMBER OF
THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY BEING ABL
TO INSERT SEARCH WORDS, THAT
WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR FOLKS T
NARROW DOWN THE CASES THAT THEY
WANT TO WATCH AND REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION TO
THOSE EFFORTS RIGHT FROM DAY
ONE, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT
POINT OF CLARITY, THANK YOU FOR
YOUR SUPPORT, ALWAYS APPRECIATE
IT. THAT IS ALL WE HAVE FOR
OPA, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OIG
>> PAWS, YES.
>> QUESTIONS ABOUT THE OPA
PRESENTATION. THIS IS THE TIME
WE NEED YOU BACK. THIS MIDYEAR
UPDATE, JUST WANTED TO GO BACK
TO A COUPLE OF SLIDES TO ASK
SOME CLARIFYING QUESTIONS IF WE
COULD GO BACK TO THE SLIDE NINE
, THE ONE THAT HAS TWO AXES . I
WANT TO PUT IN A REQUEST IF WE
COULD GET , HAVE YOU SENT TO TH
COUNCIL A VERSION THAT USES THE
SAME ACCESS ON BOTH SIDES JUST
SO THAT WE CAN COMPARE APPLES T
APPLES, I APPRECIATE YOU TRYING
TO FILL THAT DATA INTO ONE SIDE
IT WOULD JUST BE HELPFUL BECAUS
OTHERWISE, THE 2023 NUMBER,
SOMETIMES IT LOOKS BETTER THAN
THE 2022 NUMBER EVEN THOUGH IT
IS NOT, IT'S TRYING TO
ANNUALIZE IT, I APPRECIATE YOU.
>> FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, THE BAR
ON THE LEFT AXIS, THOSE NUMBERS
ARE ON THE BOTTOM WHEREAS THE
OTHER NUMBERS ARE UP TOP IF YOU
NEED A CHECK.
>> UNDERSTOOD. THE SCALE IS
ACTUALLY 2-1. TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTION, YES WE WILL DO THAT.
THANK YOU. I KNOW I JUST GOT
ANOTHER QUESTION ON SLIDE 10
SO, WITH THIS, I APPRECIATE YOU
PROVIDING SOME ADDITIONAL
CONTEXT JUST FOR THE VIEWING
PUBLIC WHEN -- I UNDERSTAND IT
BETTER, WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT
2022 AND THEN WE WILL GO TO
HALF THE YEAR IN 2023, YOU ARE
USING THIS PERCENTAGE SO THAT
SHOULD ACCOUNT FOR THE DEAF
RENTS IN THE TWO TIME PERIOD,
YOU'RE GOING FOR A PERCENT TO
12%, AND SO I GUESS THIS IS TH
ADDITIONAL CONTEXT THERE THAT I
COMING DOWN FROM THE EARLIER
YEARS AND YOU MENTIONED
PRE-PANDEMIC YEARS, I THOUGHT
THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE
2020 OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE
ADDITIONAL ALLEGATIONS DURING
THE PROTEST PERIOD , BUT IN 201
AND 2019, I HEARD YOU SAY 18%
OR NIGHT. -- 19%.
>> I'M SORRY, 2018 IT WAS 18%,
2019 IT WAS 11% SO WE ARE BACK
AROUND THE 2019 TERRITORY RIGH
NOW.
>> THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING
PRE-PANDEMIC CONTEXT , THAT IS
SUPER HELPFUL. WE ARE LOOKING
AT OTHER CITIES, AT SOME POINT
JUST LOOKING AT THE OTHER
NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES AND
WHAT SOME OTHER CITIES WE WANT
TO EMULATE, I DON'T KNOW YOU
MENTIONED SAN FRANCISCO,
CHICAGO. THOSE ARE HELPFUL TO
LOOK AT AND ALSO LOOKING AT ONE
THAT ARE TRYING TO EMULATE AS
WELL. USING THOSE AS BENCHMARKS
WOULD BE HELPFUL, I APPRECIATE
YOU PROVIDING THIS ADDITIONAL
TRANSPARENCY. THANK YOU
>> FOR THE QUESTIONS, I MOVE ON
TO COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. I
WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE TAKE
AWAY WAS FROM YOUR MENTIONING
OTHER CITIES PERCENTAGE OF
STAINED CASES ET CETERA, IS
THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE DOING A
CHANGE OVERTIME HERE, IS THAT
BECAUSE YOU ARE DOING A MUCH
BETTER JOB OVERSEEING
INVESTIGATIONS OR IS IT BECAUSE
MORE THINGS ARE HAPPENING HERE?
>> IT IS A CONVERSATION WE HAVE
ALL THE TIME, I'LL BE DOING IT
THE REAL OR BETTER JOB , ARE TH
POLICE DOING A BETTER JOB? ALL
THESE THINGS ARE POSSIBILITIES
>> THANK YOU.
>> HOW MUCH. SHOULD WE DO A TIM
CHECK? WE ARE DOING ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THANKS S
MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE, GIVEN
THE PRESENTATION FOR THE OFFICE
OF INSPECTOR GENERAL, OUR
MIDYEAR REPORT. WE ARE GOING TO
BE TALKING ABOUT AUDITS AND
REVIEWS INCLUDING YOUTH MARAND
AUDIT, YOUTH ADMINISTRATORS
AUDIT, AS WELL AS SURVEILLANCE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOLLOW UP AND
MUTUAL AID, THEN WE WILL MOVE T
OPA REVIEWS TALKING ABOUT
CLASSIFICATION REVIEW
STATISTICS, ROOM -- BIAS
REVIEWS AND THEN CLOSE THAT WIT
POLICY PROJECTS, MONITORING
TRANSITION IS ONE OF THEM,
WORKABLE MAPPING WHICH WILL HAV
A LITTLE TOOL WE CREATED AS WEL
AS TRAFFIC STOPS AND EVENT
REVIEW, DECEPTIONS AND PUBLIC
SAFETY. OUR FIRST AUDIT UNION,
WE ARE DOING A YOUTH MARANDA
AUDIT, REDEEMING SPD COMPLIANCE
WITH YOUTH MARANDA RATE LAWS.
SPD HAS BEEN VERY ENGAGED WITH
OIG THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE OUTCOMES,
WE ARE APPRECIATIVE OF SPD BEIN
VERY INVESTED, IN THE FINDINGS
RECOMMENDATIONS. WE HAVE BEEN
REVIEWING AS PART OF THE
PROCESS, STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMEN
. WE A█RE EXPECTED TO BE
RELEASED IN THE FALL. IN ITS
ENTIRETY PRIOR TO RETIREMENT,
THIS IS INITIATED BY SOMEONE FO
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. WE ARE
LOOKING AT TWO AREAS OF RISK,
ONE IS COVERTLY BUT WE WILL BE
COMPLETING THAT REPORT IN THE
FALL. OUR PERSONAL USING SICKL
PRIOR TO RETIREMENT, IN A FEW
MONTHS. IT WE WERE REQUIRED TO
DO THIS AUDIT TWICE A YEAR, THE
CHALLENGE OF THIS PARTICULAR
AUDIT IS THAT IT WAS WRITTEN IN
1979 WHICH IS WELL BEFORE THE
INTERNET, IT HAS BEEN
INTERESTING TRYING TO ALIGN
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE 21st
CENTURY. WHICH INCLUDES SEXUAL
RELIGIOUS, AND POLITICAL BELIEF
AND ACTIVITIES. USING PROTECTE
INFORMATION, SO WE WILL ALSO BE
RELEASING THAT AUDIT NEXT MONTH
ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP IS THE
ANNUAL SURVEILLANCE REVIEWS. W
ARE REQUIRED TO REVIEW THIS , W
HAVE TO REPORT ON 10
TECHNOLOGIES . THOSE INCLUDE
COP LOGIC, COMPUTER AIDED
DISPATCH. INFRARED REALTIME
VIDEO, LOGGING RECORDER,
WITHOUT RECORDING. VIDEO
RECORDING SYSTEMS AND SPD
FACILITIES, AUTOMATED LICENSE
PLATE READERS, PARKING
ENFORCEMENT USING AUTOMATED
LICENSE PLATE READERS, AUDIO
RECORDING SYSTEMS. WE HAVE
ALREADY ISSUED FIVE OF THESE
TECHNOLOGY REVIEWS THIS YEAR.
THE MISUSE OF PATTERNS, SHARING
AND ANALYSIS OF IMPACT ON
CIVIL LIBERTIES.
>> COUNCIL ALLOCATED DOLLARS
FOR AN ADDITIONAL FTE LAST YEAR
TO HELP WITH THESE AUDITS. IS
THAT WORKABLE, THAT IS A LOT O
WORK.
>> WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE
ADDITIONAL -- WHEN WE FIRST
STARTED, WE FULLY RELIED ON
EXTERNAL EXPERTS THAT WE ARE
DEVELOPING IN-HOUSE EXPERTISE.
IT IS A LOT OF WORK, ESPECIALLY
FOR SOMETHING LIKE 1412 WHICH
WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SAME
RECOMMENDATION SINCE IT WAS
WRITTEN IN 1989, WITH THAT AS
WELL. I THINK IT WOULD BE
HOPEFULLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH
SPD TO TALK ABOUT THE 10 AREAS
WHICH ONES ARE MORE OF AN ISSUE
WITH CIVIL LIBERTIES, WHICH ONE
NEED THE TIMETABLES. SOME EVER
FIVE YEARS, THERE IS A
STRATIFICATION WITH THEM WE CAN
TALK ABOUT. THANK YOU FOR THE
QUESTION. THE NEXT AREA WE WER
WORKING ON IS RECOMMENDATION
FOLLOW-UP, THIS IS FOR
IMPLEMENTATION STATUS OF AUDIT
RECOMMENDATIONS TO SPD. WE ARE
LOOKING AT THE END OF THE YEAR
THE RECOMMENDATION, THIS IS R
RECOMMENDATION. WE ARE
FOLLOWING UP WITH ALL OF THOSE.
THIS WEEK ON A RECOMMENDATION
CLEARING PROJECT. TO FOLLOW UP
AND D CONFLICT RECOMMENDATION.
WITH EACH OTHER, INDEPENDENCE
AS INDIVIDUAL ENTITIES, WE CAN
ALL MAKE SEPARATE
RECOMMENDATIONS. IN THE
RECOMMENDATIONS CLEARINGHOUSE.
THIS PROJECT WAS STARTED IN
2019, WE FIRST STARTED TO LOOK
AT HOW SPD OFFICERS ARE WITH
OTHER AGENCIES. HOW THEY WERE
HAVING USE OF FORCE
INVESTIGATED, AT THAT TIME
IMMIGRATION WAS A BIG ISSUE.
EXPANDING THE WAY WE NEED TO
LOOK TOGETHER. HOUR 2023 WORK
PLAN, WE BEGAN SCOPING AND
RE-SCOPING THE WORD. YOU EXPEC
ME TO BEGIN THAT WORK NEXT MONT
I BELIEVE. WE ADDRESS THE
CURRENT RISK ASSOCIATED WITH TW
SEPARATE AREAS. THEY MADE THE
OPA REVIEW, OUR INVESTIGATION
UNIT. THERE ARE FOUR
CLASSIFICATION TYPES WE LOOK AT
SUPERVISOR ACTION. SO FAR THIS
YEAR, WE HAVE REVIEWED 502 FOR
CONTACT LOSS, 57 SUPERVISOR
ACTIONS . ONE MEDIATION, ONE
RAPID ADJUDICATION, AS OF JUNE
13th. NEXT UP, WE HAVE THE
INVESTIGATION REVIEW. WE HAVE
THE CERTIFIED OPA INVESTIGATION
THOROUGH, AND BIASED, AND
TIMELY. THEY HAVE CERTIFIED
HUNDRED 50 CASES SO FAR AS OF
JUNE 13, 93% OF THE
CERTIFICATIONS ISSUED WERE FULL
CERTIFICATIONS AND 11 WERE
PARTIAL CERTIFICATIONS. PARTIA
CERTIFICATIONS MEANS CASES HAVE
A FACTOR THAT DO NOT NEED ALL
THREE OF THE CERTIFICATION
CRITERIA FOR EXAMPLE, IN HAVE
BEEN THOROUGH AND UNBIASED, IT
MAY NOT HAVE BEEN TIMELY BUT
THAT THE PARTIAL CERTIFICATION
REFERRING TO. NEXT UP, WE HAVE
BIAS REVIEWS. SO FAR, WE
REVIEWED 62 IN 2023, WE HAVE
-- THAT OPA IS A DETERMINED.
OIG WILL BEGIN IN TWO COLLECT
ADDITIONAL DATA IN Q3 THAT
INCLUDES DISCERNIBLE PERSONAL
CHARACTERISTICS AND OTHER
DEMOGRAPHIC DATA OUTLINED IN IT
FREE POLICING POLICY.
>> JUST WANT TO NOTE HERE, I
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE BROADLY
AS WELL AS INCLUDING A REVIEW
OF THE PROCESS THAT THE OPA
USES FOR BIAS REVIEW COMPLAINTS
THE MOST RECENT OPA ANNUAL
REPORT IDENTIFIED THERE WERE 15
BIAS REVIEWS DONE IN 2022 .
THOSE REVIEWS ALLOW THE OPA TO
IDENTIFY CASES THAT MIGHT MERIT
AN OPA BIAS INTAKE AND FURTHER
INVESTIGATIONS, WE FOUND THAT
ONLY TWO OF THOSE 155 REVIEWS I
2022 WERE DEEMED TO MERIT AND
UPDATE, I KNOW THE OPA IS
LOOKING AT THIS ISSUE AS WELL,
THINK THAT THE REVIEW OF THE
PROCESS WILL BE ENHANCED BY THE
OIG PARTICIPATION.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. NOW
WE ARE MOVING ON TO OUR POLICY
UNIT, WHERE OUR BIGGEST EFFORT
RIGHT NOW WITH THE MONITORING
TRANSITION . WE ARE OBSERVING
THE MONITOR FUNCTION IN
ALIGNMENT WITH THE ORDINANCE AN
RECENT FILING IN THE COURT.
THE USE OF FORCE ASSESSMENT,
FORCE REVIEW BOARD ASSESSMENT,
AND STANDARD AND COMPLIANCE
TEAM. WE WILL START WITH USE O
FORCE ASSESSMENT. HOW THOROUGH
THE DISCUSSIONS ARE, WE WILL BE
DRAFTING THE FIRST REVIEW
ASSESSMENT RELEASED PROBABLY IN
QUARTER ONE, WE HAVE A NEW
COLLECTION TEMPLATE AND WILL
CONTINUE USING IT IN AUGUST AND
WILL USE THAT AS PART OF THAT
REVIEW. WE ALSO HAVE AN INTERI
PRICE INTERVENTION ASSESSMENT,
WE TALKED WITH SPD YESTERDAY .
USE OF FORCE ASSESSMENT WILL
ACTUALLY COME AFTER THE CRISIS
INTERVENTION ASSESSMENT, YOU
WILL SEE WHY IN MY NEXT COUPLE
OF SLIDES, THAT REPORT WILL BE
COMPLETED IN OCTOBER . OUR NEW
STANDARDS IN COMPLIANCE TEAM
WILL HAVE A TEAM LEAD, A POLICY
ANALYST, ANY STATISTICAL
ANALYST, WE HAVE HIRED THE LEAD
AND ARE WORKING ON HIRING THE
POLICY ANALYST AND THAT WORK
WILL BE GETTING UNDERWAY IN THE
SUMMER. IT NEXT UP IS TRAFFIC
STOPS . IN 2021, WE WORKED WITH
SPD AND STAKEHOLDERS TO IDENTIF
LOW-LEVEL VIOLATIONS AND TO
RECATEGORIZE SECONDARY OFFENSES
RESULTING IN AN INTERIM
HOPEFULLY SOON TO BE PERMANENT
SPD POLICY WITH FIVE PRIORITIZE
VIOLATIONS WHICH INCLUDES
EXPIRED OR MISSING VEHICLE
REGISTRATION, ISSUES WITH
DISPLAY REGISTRATION PLATES,
TECHNICAL VIOLATIONS WHICH IS
WINDSHIELD OBSTRUCTION, AND BY
-- WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
MOVE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, WE
HAVE ROUNDTABLE SCHEDULED AND
WILL BE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT
JURISDICTIONS IN POLICY
DEVELOPMENT AND LEGISLATION, AS
WELL AS DEVELOPMENT OF A PUBLIC
DASHBOARD AND CONTINUED
ANALYSIS OF TRENDS AND DATA.
>> THANK YOU, I JUST WANT TO SA
I APPRECIATE THE PHASE ONE THA
THE OIG HAS LED WORKING TOGETHE
WITH SPD, AND I PRIORITIZE SOME
TRAFFIC STOPS AND APPRECIATE AS
WELL THAT EVERYBODY IS WORKING
TOGETHER IN PHASE TWO, THIS IS
AN AREA OF GREAT INTEREST AND
IT ALSO I THINK DUCK TALES INT
QUESTIONS AROUND RACIAL
DISPARITY AND BIAS POLICING.
JUST TWO QUESTIONS, ONE, WILL
THE PHASE TWO WORK INCLUDE
REVIEW OF SPD TRAFFIC STOP DATA
YOU MAY RECALL THAT SEVERAL
YEARS AGO, THE CITY COUNCIL
PASSED BIAS FREE POLICING BILL
THAT REQUIRED REPORTING ON
TRAFFIC STOP DATA, SPD DID NOT
HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO DO SO
UNTIL VERY RECENTLY , I THINK
MIDYEAR LAST YEAR SO I'M
INTERESTED TO KNOW WHETHER OR
NOT THE DATA ON TRAFFIC STOPS
PARTICULARLY THE DEMOGRAPHIC
DATA IS GOING TO BE INFORMING
THE SPACE TO WORK AROUND TRAFFI
STOPS . THIS IS AN AREA OF
GREAT INTEREST TO THE COUNCIL,
TO THE COURT, IN PARTICULAR I
KNOW COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA HA
BEEN WORKING WITH THE VERA
PROJECT ON A SIDE EFFORT AND
JUST WOULD HOPE THAT ALL OF THA
WORK GETS TIED IN TOGETHER.
>> WE NEED TO FIRST WORK --
BEFORE WE CAN MOVE TO THAT.
>> WE HAVE THAT, THAT IS THE
PLAN BUT WE KIND OF TRAILED
OFF.
>> WE FIRST NEED TO WORK ON THE
ROUNDTABLES AND DISCUSSIONS
BEFORE WE MOVE THE DATA AND HO
WE WILL PRESENT THAT DATA.
>> YOU ARE WORKING WITH SPD TO
RECEIVE IT?.
>> YEAH. THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP, WE HAVE THE CENTRAL
EVENT REVIEWS FOR OFFICER
INVOLVED SHOOTINGS OF PERSONS
IN PRICES, I PREVIOUSLY
MENTIONED TO CRISIS INTERVENTIO
ASSESSMENT WILL THIS PROJECT
WILL , THE IN TERMS OF
WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE EDUCATION
SERIES OF VIDEOS TO EDUCATE THE
COMMUNITY. THIS IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
IS THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK OF
THE COMMUNITY PLACE COMMISSION.
WE WORK HARD TO LEARN IF THE
LIVED EXPERIENCES OF A DIVERSE
ARRAY OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
FULFILLING OUR MANDATE FROM THE
ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE BE A
COMMISSION CHARGED -- WHICH
SHOULD INCLUDE VOICES FROM ALL
CORNERS OF THE CITY SO NO
GEOGRAPHIC AREA IS LEFT OUT. IN
2017 COMMUNITY AND CITY LEADERS
WORKING TOGETHER MADE A STRONG
SUS EDGE OF CIVILIAN OVER SIGHT
OF POLICING PART OF THE LAWS
THAT GOVERNMENT TERN CITY. THIS
SYSTEM WAS THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNE
TO INCORPORATE COMMUNITY AND TO
BUILD A STLAENT OTHER CITIES
STRUGGLE WITH BY INCLUDING THE
VOICE AND VALUES OF THE
COMMUNITY THAT IS BEING POLICED
THESE VOICES MAY NOT ALWAYS BE
THE LOUDEST BUT IT IS OUR CHARG
AS THE CPC TO LEARN FROM THEM.
THESE VOICES MAY NOT NECESSARIL
SPEAK ENGLISH OR WANT TO SPEAK
IN FRONT OF CROWDS OR EVEN SUCH
AS YOUNG CHILDREN BE ABLE TO
VOICE THEIR NEEDS AND VALUES BU
IT IS OUR JOB AS THE COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION SPELLED OUT I
OUR GOVERNING ORDINANCE LEARN
ABOUT THE VALUES AND INTEREST O
ALL COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST THE
LOISD ONES. THE COMMUNITY POLIC
COMMISSION ALWAYS ACCEPTS
WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT AT OUR
MEETINGS. AS YOU KNOW AS COUNCI
MEMBERS THE POLICE COMMISSION
DID NOT ACCEPT ORAL PUBLIC
COMMENT AS PART OF THE REGULARL
SCHEDULED PUBLIC MEETINGS TILL
JANUARY 2021. OF THE 46 MEETING
BETWEEN THEN AND MARCH 1ST WHEN
THE CPR RETURNED PRIOR PRACTICE
MORE THAN 60 PEST OF THE
COMMENTS WERE FROM ONE PERSON.
HOWEVER THE ACCOUNTABILITY
ORDINANCE MANDATES ALL PARTNERS
INCLUDING THE CPC REFLECTS THE
VALUES OF SEATTLE'S DIVERSE
COMMUNITIES. INCLUDING IMMIGRAN
AND REFUGEE COMMUNITIES AND FRO
THE AFRICAN AMERICAN, LGBTQ,
YOUTH FAITHED BUSINESS AND OTHE
COMMUNITIES. I KNOW THAT CITY
COUNCIL ALSO WANTS TO HEAR FROM
THE PERSPECTIVES OF A DIVERSE
SET OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHILE
ALSO CONSIDERING LIMITING ORAL
PUBLIC COMMENT AT SPECIAL CITY
COUNCIL MEETINGS AND RESTRICTIN
CERTAIN TYPES OF PUB LIB COMMEN
TO DANGER ITEMS. IN CONTRAST TO
THE HIGHLY RESTRICTED TIME
LIMITED ONE WAY PUBLIC COMMENT
AT PUBLIC MEETINGS, OUR
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STAFF HAS
BEEN ENGAGED IN DEVELOPING RICH
FEEDBACK MECHANISMS FOR OUR
WORK. FROM JANUARY TO JULY OF
2023 STAFF HAS SPENT
APPROXIMATELY 1,920 HOURS OF
ENGAGEMENT.
>> PLEASE STOP THE COMMENTS FRO
THE AUDIENCE. PLEASE STOP THE
DISRUPTIONS. CONTINUE PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU . COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT WORKS WITH
COMMUNITIES IN MULTIPLE WAYS
INCLUDING TABLING IN
PRESENTATIONS, TRUST BUILDING
AND BRIDGE WORK, COMMUNITY TO
SPD AND C.P. C TO THE COMMUNITY
THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS IN WHIC
WE BUILD BRIDGES IN THE
COMMUNITY. ONE WAY IS BY
ATTENDING DEMOGRAPHIC AND
PRECINCT ADVISORY COUNCILS.
THESE MEETINGS FOR MANY OF THE
COUNCILS THAT HAVE RESUMED SINC
COVID SUCH AS THE AFRICAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITY ADVISORY
COUNCIL T LGBTQ PLUS ADVISORY
COUNCIL, THE EAST AFRICAN
ADVISORY COUNCIL, NORTH PACK AN
SOUTH PACK. AT THESE MEETINGS
OFFICER LIAISONS ATTEND MEETING
AND SPEND TIME WITH COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS. THEY ALSO
PROBLEM SOLVE ISSUES WITH
COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE
DEPARTMENT AND IT'S ROLE,
RESPOND TO CRISIS SITUATIONS IN
THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES AN
FACILITATE MEETINGS. THE CPC
STAFF PROVIDE CRITICAL EXPERTIS
AND INSIGHT. THE TEAM WAS
INVITED TO MEET WITH THE POLICE
EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM TO
DISCUSS IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH
POLICING. THIS EVENT FOCUSED ON
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE FAMILIES
AND THEIR COMMUNICATIONS WITH
POLICE. CPC STAFF WAS ALSO
PRESENT AT THE SIGNING OF MAYOR
HAROLD'S ORDER IN SUPPORT OF
IMGRARNT AND REFUGEE
COMMUNITIES. ONE AREA OF
EXPERTISE -- WE HAVE STAFF WHO
SPEAK MULTIPLE LANGUAGES WHICH
ARE A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR
REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY
OUTREACH. CPC'S COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT STAFF MEETS IN
COMMUNITY SPACES. HERE WE SEE
THEM AT THE BEACH HEALTH FAIR
CONNECTING WITH COMMUNITY WITH
INFORMATION. COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT WAS ALSO REPRESENTED
AT THE FATHER AND SON'S
BARBERSHOP EVENT AND
REPRESENTING AT THE GUN VIOLENC
EVENT. THE COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION WAS AN OFFICIAL AND
PROUD SPONSOR OF THE SECOND
ANNUAL ONE SEATTLE JUNETEENTH
CELEBRATION. WE WERE PROUD TO B
ABLE TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT
THE CPC. IT MAY BE INTERESTING
TO KNOW THAT THE SEATTLE POLICE
COMMISSION HAS --
>> PLEASE. YOU HAVE BEEN
REPEATEDLY ASKED TO STOP
DISRUPTING THIS MEETING. PLEASE
STOP DISRUPTING THE MEETING. IF
-- I AM GOING TO HAVE TO ASK FO
YOUR REMOVAL FROM THE MEETING I
YOU DO NOT STOP DISRUPTING.
THANK YOU. PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR HERBOLD. TH
SEATTLE POLICE COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION HAS RECEIVED
INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION FOR OUR
GROUND BREAKING WORK. IN APRIL
THE CPC HOSTED LAW ENFORCEMENT
LEADERS FROM QUEBEC AND THE
POLICE AS PART OF THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE'S
INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM.
THESE OFFICIALS MET WITH CURREN
AND CPC STAFF AND COMMISSIONERS
TO LEARN ABOUT THE UNIQUE
DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTION OF THE
CPC AS MODEL FOR INCLUDING DAY
SERVICE VOICES IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE POLICE. IN OCTOBER 202
THE COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION'S COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT DIRECTOR WAS CHOSE A
AN GUEST KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THE
COMMUNITY POLICE DIALOGUE
SESSION CON FENCE WILL DUBAI.
THE CONFERENCE GATHERED
OFFICERS, HEADS OF SECURITY FRO
KEY COMMUNITIES INCLUDING
RESIDENTIAL, EDUCATIONAL,
COMMERCIAL, ENTERTAINMENT
COMMUNITIES AND TECHNOLOGY
EXPERTS TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE
THROUGH PARTNERS BETWEEN DUBAI
POLICE FORCES AND SOCIETY
MEMBERS. THIS WAS AN
INTERNATIONALLY ATTENDED EVENT.
DIRECTOR CROSS SPOKE ABOUT
DEFINING COMMUNITY. BEING CHOSE
TO SPEAK TO AN INTERNATIONAL
AUDIENCE WAS A TESTAMENT TO
DIRECTOR CROSS' RECOGNIZE
LEADERSHIP ON COMMUNITY
LEADERSHIPS. FINALLY I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THE AWARD LEADING
STAFF OF THE COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION. JUST LAST MONTH
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST
RECEIVED THE SOUTHEAST SEATTLE
PEACE COALITIONS WHO IS RISING
IN 2023 AWARD. AS YOU KNOW THE
PEACE COALITION IS ONE OF 52
COMMUNITY WELLNESS ORGANIZATION
STATEWIDE. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
DIRECTOR CROSS A CERTIFIED
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CIVILIA
OVER SIGHT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
PRACTITIONER WAS SELECTED TO BE
A MEMBER OF THE PLANNING
COMMITTEE FOR THE 2023,
CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO. IN
CONCLUSION THE POLICE COMMUNITY
IS WELL PREPARED TONE GAUGE.
THIS IS A VERY EXCITING YEAR FO
US AND WE VERY MUCH LOOK FORWAR
TO CONTINUING COLLABORATION WIT
YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
PRESENTATION. I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT THE IN PERSON PUBLIC
COMMENT POLICIES. JUST CAUSE
THAT IS A VERY CONSISTENT
COMPLAINT THAT WE GET AS WAS
JUST HEARD FROM OUR PUBLIC
COMMENT TODAY AND THAT DID LEAD
TO SIGNIFICANT DAY RUPGSS DURIN
THIS MEETING OUT OF FRUSTRATION
WITH THAT POLICY. I USED FOR
SERVE ON THE SEATTLE HUMAN
RIGHTS COMMISSION. WE WERE ABLE
TO CONDUCT OUR WORK AND CONDUCT
OUR BUSINESS. UH, I UNDERSTAND
THAT PART OF THE JUSTIFICATION
OF LIMITING THE COMMENT SEEMS T
BE A PERCEPTION THAT IT WAS NOT
BEING WIDELY UTILIZED OR THAT I
WAS MOSTLY BEING DOMINATED BY A
SINGLE PERSON. I DON'T REALLY
SEE THOSE AS COMPELLING REASONS
TO LIMIT HAVING IN PERSON
COMMENT. WE OF COURSE A CENTER
PIECE OF OUR WORK HERE IS HAVIN
PUBLIC COMMENT AS PART OF OUR
COUNCIL MEETINGS. SO COULD WE
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT?
CAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE THE MOST
CRITICISM THAT WE ARE HEARING
FROM PEOPLE WHO WERE ENGAGE IN
THESE POLICIES. WHEN WE MOVE ON
TO THE NEXT DANGER ITEM MOST OF
THE OPPOSITION TO THAT AGENDA
SEEMS TO BE MOSTLY BASED ON
PERCEPTIONS THAT THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PROVIDERS AND PROCESSES
OF THE CPC ARE NOT VERY
INCLUSIVE.
>> THANK YOU. I'M JOINED BY ONE
OF THE CPC COMMISSIONERS TO
ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCI
MEMBER. FOR WHAT YOU SEE HERE
TODAY IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE FOR
THE LAST -- EVER SINCE WE WENT
BACK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, THIS I
WHAT YOU SEE TODAY AND THAT WE
FEEL THREATENED, OKAY. I FEEL
THREATENED BY THE PEOPLE. I'M -
WE ARE NOT ELECTED. WE ARE
VOLUNTEERS, COMMISSIONERS AND
WHAT YOU SAW TODAY IS WHAT WE
HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH EVER
SINCE WE ARE BEEN BACK TO PUBLI
COMMENT AND -- AND I THINK THAT
IT RAISES TO THE LEVEL THAT THE
-- YOU WILL PUT THEM OUT AND YO
WILL DO THAT BECAUSE YOU FELT
THREATENED. YOU MIGHT NOT SAY
THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE PEOPLE,
YOU HAVE SECURITY HERE. YOU HAV
PROTECTION. WHEN WE WENT BACK T
PUBLIC COMMENT AND STOPPED
BECAUSE SKIP -- WHEN HE WAS A
COMMISSIONER WHO WAS A
REPRESENTATIVE, A FORMER ELECTE
OFFICIAL, HE WAS -- HE WAS
CALLED OUT OF HIS NAME WITH A
SLUR. HE WAS JAPANESE HERITAGE
AND HAD A HEART ATTACK AND WE
WERE NOT ABLE TO TELL HIM WE
WERE SORRY FOR WHAT HAPPENED.
FROM WHAT YOU SAW HERE TODAY --
AND HE HAD A HEART ATTACK. WE
STOPPED PUBLIC COMMENT AND THE
INDIVIDUAL WHO IS LEADING MOST
OF THIS HAS NEVER EVER MISSED
BUT ONE MEETING. THIS IS BECAUS
THEY WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING
ELSE. THEY WANT TO DESTROY THE
COMMUNITY -- POLICE COMMISSION
ON NOT ONLY THE WHOLE -- THE
WHOLE FOUNDATION. THAT IS -- SO
THIS IS THE LAST -- THE CPC IS
THE LAST ONE THEY ARE COMING
AFTER. THEY HAVE GONE AFTER EAC
OF THESE DEPARTMENTS. SO JUST
LIKE YOU ARE FEELING -- JUST
LIKE WAS FEELING THEM, JUST
THINK ABOUT US. WE ARE AT A
TABLE JUST LIKE THIS, CLOSER TO
THE INDIVIDUALS THAN YOU ARE. I
WAS ASSAULTED DOWNTOWN IN 2021
JUST WALKING IN THE STREET BY A
IRATE PERSON. I AUTOMATICALLY
FEEL THREATENED. I MEAN WHEN
THEY COME WITH LOUD VOICES AND
THE NEXT TIME IF I FEEL
THREATENED BY THEM, I'M CALLING
SPD. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT. I
REALLY WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND
HOW WE FEEL. WE ARE VOLUNTEERS.
AND THEY ARE GOING SPECIFICALLY
-- THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN
HELPING BUILDING CPC. I MEAN TH
INDIVIDUAL LEADING THIS HAS COM
TO EVERY MEETING AND HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY AND I'M GLAD I'M
STILL HERE CAUSE I'M THE HISTOR
KEEPER. I UNDERSTAND IT. I'M TH
-- I AM THE HISTORY KEEPER FOR
THE CPC.
>> WE ARE GLAD YOU STILL HERE,
TOO.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU CAN
TELL I'M VISIBLY DIFFERENT THAN
I WAS BEFORE THE MEETING. I FEE
THREATENED HERE TODAY. I REALLY
DO. AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN
DOING THIS WORK FOR 30 YEARS IN
SEATTLE, 32 YEARS IN SEATTLE, I
FEEL THREATENED TODAY. I REALLY
DO. I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND
THAT. I REALLY DO. I WAS AT THE
TABLE. RICK WILLIAMS, THE
FAMILY, THEY WANTED TO DO PEACE
THEY WANTED TO DO RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE. THEY WANTED TO DO
CIRCLES AND RICK WILLIAMS, WHAT
THEY DID IN THE NATIVE
COMMUNITY, THEY PUT UP A PEACE
POLL. IT IS AT THE SEATTLE
CENTER TWLUCHLTZ AN AFFECTED
FAMILY WHO BROUGHT THE DOJ TO
TOWN BUT CHOSE PEACE. THAT IS
WHAT THEY CHOSE. YOU CAN SEE
THAT PEACE. IT IT WAS FIRST TIM
IN 75 YEARS THAT A PEACE POLL
HAD BEEN RAISED IN SEATTLE. THA
IS WHAT THE WILLIAMS FAMILY
WANTED. THEY WANTED PEACE AND I
LEAVE YOU WITH THAT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK
THIS IS A GOOD SEGWAY,
ESPECIALLY WITH YOU AT THE
TABLE. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE
RIGHT INTO THE NEXT ITEM IF THA
IS OKAY.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON.
>> IF FOLKS PRESENTING ON THE
NEXT ITEMS WANT TO START COMING
UP.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCE. THAT I
VERY COMPELLING AND I HEAR YOU.
I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT
ORDINANCE 125315 WHICH STATES
THE CPC'S INDEPENDENT BUDGET
PROCESS OBLIGATION TO DO THEIR
WORK WITHOUT INTERFERENCE AND
OVERALL INDEPENDENCE DOES STATE
IN MANY SECTIONS THE WORDS
WITHOUT INTERFERENCE AND
INDEPENDENT. SO THEREFORE I WAN
TO NOTE THAT IT IS I BELIEVE NO
THE PLACE OF COUNCIL TO DEFINE
DEFINE PUBLIC PROCESSIES AND
THAT IT IS THE COMMISSION'S JOB
TO EXERCISE THAT INDEPENDENCE
IMPLEMENT THE INDEPENDENT THEY
SEE AS MOST A#3R07UATE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL
MEMBER LEWIS.
>> I APPRECIATE REVEREND'S
RESPONSE MY QUESTION AND I THIN
ALL OF US UP HERE ON THE COUNCI
CAN -- CAN UNDERSTAND THE
TENSION AND FRUSTRATION WITH
PUBLIC COMMENTATORS. I WOULD EN
COURAGE TO DEVELOP PROVIDERS
THAT FOCUS THE IN PERSON COMMEN
AND HOLD THEM ACCOUNT FOOTBALL
THEIR COMMENT. WE DO BAN PEOPLE
WHO ENGAGE IN CONDUCT THAT IS
DISRUPTIVE, THAT IS THREATENING
AND INTIMIDATING. IT DOES SEEM
LIKE GETTING RID OF PUBLIC
COMMENT ENTIRELY IS SOMETHING
THAT GOES A LITTLE FURTHER THAN
WHAT IS EXPECTED OF GOVERNMENT
PRACTICE. I DO THINK THAT SEARC
SUSTAINLY NO ONE ON THE
COMMISSION SHOULD BE EXPECTED T
BE PUTTING UP WITH AND
TOLERATING ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR.
THERE SHOULD BE SOME WAYS TO
ACCOMPLISH THOSE GOALS SHORT OF
COMPLETELY ELIMINATING THE IN
PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT AND I
WOULD BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE
COMMISSION ON THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, CAN AS
YOU PLEASE READ IN AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER TWO.
>> DAMAGE IT EM TWO COUNCIL BIL
1260A. CLARIFYING THE ROLE OF
GOVERNANCE AND OPERATING
PROVIDERS OF THE POLICE
COMMISSION, GIVING IT AUTHORITY
TO REMOVE MEMBER EXPECT EDGETIV
DIRECTOR FOR CAUSE AND AMENDING
IT'S STIPEND PROVISIONS.
REFERRING TO THE COMMISSION'S
ROLE IN COLLECTIVE BARGAIN
HEARINGS. AMENDING SECTIONS
3.29.010, AND 4.04.120 OF THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE AND
PEELING ORDINANCE 124543.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ARE
JOINED BY GREG DOSS AND FROM TH
COMMISSION COCHAIR JOEL MERKEL
AND INTERIM DIRECTOR KELLY
ELLIS. THE CPC PRE SENTED IT. W
HAVE AN INTRODUCED VERSION OF
THE LEGISLATION BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE. WE HAVE GREG WITH US
APPRECIATE YOUR STAFF MEMO AND
YOU ARE HERE TO SUMMARIZE THE
BILL.
>> YES. GREG DOSS. GOOD MORNING
AS YOU HEARD THE CLERK READ IT
IS A VERY LONG TITLE. THIS
LEGISLATION DOES QUITE A FEW
THINGS. THE CPC COCHAIRS AND
EXEC WENT OVER IT A COUPLE OF
WEEKS AGO. I'M JUST GOING TO HI
THE HIGH POINTS OF WHAT THE
LEGISLATION DOES AS REMINDER TO
THE COMMITTEE. REALLY QUICK BY
WAY OF BACKGROUND CPC WAS
ESTABLISHED IN 2012 BY EXECUTIV
ORDER 022012 AND ORDINANCE
124021 WITH RESPONSIBILITIES
UNDER THE CONSENT DECREE BETWEE
CITY AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE. IN 2017 THE
ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE
EXPANDED IT. SO, COUNCIL BILL
120608 WOULD MAKE A NUMBER OF
CHANGES TO THE COMMISSION'S
LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY. IT
ENSURES PUBLIC CONFIDENCE OF
SPD. THE COCHAIRS HAVE INDICATE
THE COMMISSION'S ROLE IS TO
ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY TO
UNDERSTAND CONCERNS AND
RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO POLICE
POLICIES AND PRACTICES BUT IT I
NOT WITHIN THE COMMISSION'S
ABILITY TO AFFECT PUBLIC
CONFIDENCE IN SPD. THAT LANGUAG
WOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE
AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION. THERE
COULD BE A NEW DIPLOMACY DAY
WRECKER TO POSITIONS. A POSITIO
THAT CO-CHAIRS VIND KATED WOULD
CREATE PAIR DICHLT WOULD ALSO
ENSURE THE UNINTERRUPTED
OPERATION OF THE C.P. C WHEN TH
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS NOT
AVAILABLE. THE LEGISLATION WOUL
AMEND THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE
CPC MAY REMOVE IT'S EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR FOR CAUSE. THE BILL
WOULD ALLOW THE CPC COCHAIRS TO
REMOVE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
FOR CAUSE AFTER CONSULTATION
WITH THE SEATTLE HUMAN
RESOURCE'S DEPARTMENT. THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COULD STILL
CONTEST THE DECISION THROUGH A
VOTE OF COMMISSION AND OPEN
SESSION. THE BILL WOULD ADD
LANGUAGE THAT CLARIFIES THAT TH
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHOULD
DISCHARGE THEIR AUTHORITIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES IN CONSULTATIO
WITH AND UNDER SUPERVISION OF
THE COCHAIRS. IT WOULD REDUCE
THE SIZE OF THE COMMISSION FROM
21 MEMBERS TO 15 MEMBERS AND
TRANSFER THE SEATTLE POLICE
MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION. IT WOUL
CLARIFY THE CPC MAY REMOVE AN
APPOINTED COMMISSION FORCAUSE B
A TWO-THIRDS VOTE AND MAY DO SO
WITHOUT A CONFIRMATION VOTE FRO
THE CITY COUNCIL. IT WOULD
ELIMINATE A REQUIREMENT THAT AT
LEAST ONE COMMISSIONER MUST
REPRESENT EACH CITY COUNCIL
DISTRICT. IT WOULD ELIMINATE
REFERENCES TO ORDINANCE 124543
ON C.P. C STIPEND REIMBURSEMENT
WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN 2014.
INSTEAD THE BILL LAYS NOW WHOLE
THIS STIPEND REIMBURSEMENTS AND
ESTABLISHES THAT THE PURPOSE OF
THE REIMBURSEMENT IS TO
COMPENSATE FOR THE FINANCIAL
BURDEN ON PERFORMING DUTIES
AFTER COMMISSIONER. IN 2024
STIEP ENSD WOULD BE SET AT A
MONTHLY REIMBURSABLE RATE OF 12
HUNDRED TWLRS FOR A COCHAIR AND
$700 FOR A COMMISSIONER. AND
FINALLY IT WOULD MAKE
ADJUSTMENTS. THAT IS MY HIGH
LEVEL OVER VIEW OF THE BILL.
OPEN TO QUESTIONS NOW.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. REALLY
APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
APPRECIATE THAT AS THE SYSTEM
FUNCTIONS THERE ARE ON OCCASION
CONSIDERATION OF NECESSARY
CHANGES TO ASSURE THE
FUNCTIONING OF THE CPC AND
APPRECIATE THAT THE CPC CAME
FORWARD WITH A PROPOSAL AND THA
THE COMMISSION AS WHOLE REVIEWE
THE DRAFT, PRESENTED TO THIS
COMMUNITY ON JUNE 13TH BUT THEY
-- THEY ALSO REVIEWED IT WITHIN
THE COMMISSION BODY ITSELF. THE
INCREASE TO THE STIPEND FOR CPC
MEMBERS IS ROUGHLY IN LINE WITH
THE NATIONAL CONSUMER PRICE
INDEX CHANGE FROM 2014 WHICH WA
THE LAST TIME THERE HAS BEEN AN
INCREASE. THE COCHAIR POSITION
ENTAILS A A HIGHER VOLUME OF
DUTIES. I APPRECIATE YOU PROVID
ADD REALLY GOOD LEVEL OF DETAIL
IN THE FISCAL NOTE AND
APPRECIATE ALSO THE INFORMATION
IN THE MEMO ABOUT THE CITY
CHARTER. THIS IS A QUESTION THA
HAS COME UP AS WELL AS FOR
CORRECTING THE PUBLIC RECORD WE
HEARD DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. TH
POWERS ARE RELATED TO REMOVING
AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ARE
LIMITED TO INSTANCES WHERE THER
IS CAUSE SO THERE IS NO -- THER
ARE GOOD SAFE GUARDS IN PLACE
FOR THE POWERS GRANTED TO THE
CPC COCHAIRS. JUST CHECKING HER
TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS.
>> MAYBE THIS IS FOR GREG.
MIERPD STANDING CAUSE THERE WAS
SOME PUBLIC COMMENT RELIGHT TO
THE POTENTIAL COST OF THE
REFORMS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT
IS IN ESSENCE SELF BALANCING BY
MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS IN ONE
PLACE AND SOME INCREASES IN
ANOTHER THAT WERE NOT
ANTICIPATED TO BE SEEK
SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT IN THE
BUDGET FOR THE CPC BASED SOLELY
ON THIS BILL. IS THAT A CORRECT
UNDERSTANDING?
>> I WOULD SAY PARTIALLY. IN
TERMS OF THE STIPEND
REIMBURSEMENTS I THINK THAT IS
PROBABLY TRUE BECAUSE THE CHANG
IN THE COMPENSATION OF THE
COMMISSIONERS GOING FROM 21 DOW
15 SORT OF OFFSETS THE INCREASE
IN COMPENSATION. THERE IS AN
ADDITIONAL $5,000 THAT WOULD BE
REQUIRED. THAT IS SOMETHING THE
CPC CAN HANDLE IN IT'S BUDGET.
THE ADDITION OF THE POSITION IS
NOT SOMETHING THAT IS
ANTICIPATED TO COST ANY MONEY
THIS YEAR BECAUSE THE CPC IS NO
ASKING FOR ANY BUDGET AUTHORITY
THIS YEAR. IT IS SOMETHING THAT
COULD REQUIRE BUDGET AUTHORITY
AND THE CPC HAS ASKED FOR BUDGE
AUGHT ANY 2024 THAT IS NOT PART
OF THE CURRENT 2024 ENDORSED
BUDGET.
>> SO THE POTENTIAL FINANCIAL
IMPACT WOULD BE 1FTE?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> OKAY. THAT IS A PRETTY
MINIMAL BUDGET IMPACT FOR THE
REFORM! YEAH. IT IS 191,000.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
>> THANK YOU. OTHER ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU, HAIR HERBOLD. I
WANT TO THANK THE VOLUNTEERS AN
LEADERSHIP OF THE COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION AND WELCOME
THE CPC STAFF WHO JOINED US HER
TODAY TO ASSIST CITY HALL AND
IT'S OVER SIGHT RESPONSIBILITIE
. WE CLEARLY RELY ON OUR
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS
INCLUDING THE OFFICE OF
ACCOUNTABILITY, THE OFFICE OF
INSPECTOR GENERAL AND THE POLIC
COMMISSION. EVEN WITH HEART FEL
CONCERNS RAISED TODAY, I THINK
THERE IS GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT
WE WANT THE CPC TO BE EVEN MORE
EFFECTIVE, ESPECIALLY AS WE
ENTER THE SECOND DECADE OF THE
ORGANIZATION'S EXISTENCE. I
APPRECIATE THE COMMITTEE CHAIR
PROVIDING TIME FOR US TO THINK
ABOUT THESE RECOMMENDATION. I
BELIEVE WE SHOULD IMPLEMENT ALL
OF THESE IM -- RECOMMENDATION.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON.
>> TO THE NINTH COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS BROUGHT UP, IT IS MY
UNDERSTAND THAT CAN THERE IS
BROAD SUPPORT AMONG FOLKS -- FO
THIS POSITION AND SIMPLY BECAUS
ADDING TON WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN JUST SAID, IT DOES ADD
TO THE STABILITY OF THE
ORGANIZATION. OKAY. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
>> I'M JUST WONDERING WHETHER O
NOT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS. IF THERE ARE NOT I
WILL PROCEED WITH THE MOTION.
SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS,
COUNCIL MEMBERS I MOVE THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE PASSAG
OF COUNCIL BILL 120608. IS THER
A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE O
COUNCIL BILL 120608. ARE THERE
FURTHER COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBE
LEWIS.
>> I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY SAY THA
I'M VERY VOUD OF THE WORK OF TH
NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM AT THE CPC
AND REALLY COMING OUT OF A VERY
DIFFICULT PERIOD DURING COVID
THAT RESULTED IN LOTS OF VIEW
ANSWERIES OF COMMISSIONERS. JUS
A LOT OF WORK INCREASING WITHOU
LOT OF ADDITIONAL RESOURCE.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE
RESOURCEFULNESS. JUST LOOK
FORWARD TO HOW WE CAN THROUGH
THESE REFORMS CONTINUE TO
ENHANCE THAT MISSION AND KEEP
GOING FORWARD. I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOU BEING DOWN HERE
TODAY AND RESPONDING TO OUR
QUESTIONS AND HOPE WE CAN KEEP
THE MOMENTUM GOING.
>> YEAH. I REALLY WANT TO JUST
ECHO WHAT YOU HEARD FROM MY
COLLEAGUES HERE. WE ARE INDEBTE
TO YOUR WORK AND WE APPRECIATE
THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING THIS
WORK AT A VERY CHALLENGING TIME
IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY,
APPRECIATE YOU ARE FRAMING YOUR
EFFORTS FOR CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT AS NEW BEGINNINGS
FOR THE CPC AND REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT YOU CENTER THE
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CPC AS
DEFINED IN THE ACCOUNTABILITY
ORDINANCE AS YOUR GUIDING NORTH
STAR AS IT RELATES TO COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT AND THE
RESPONSIBILITY THAT I KNOW ALL
COMMISSIONERS TAKE VERY
SERIOUSLY TO NOT ONLY LEAD WITH
COMPASSION AND ENGAGEMENT BUT
ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT THIS IS
WORK THAT IS ON GOING AND WE MA
NOT EVER FEEL LIKE WE ARE
REACHING ANY POINT BUT WE CAN
SEE THE PROGRESS YOU ARE MAKING
AND I JUST WANT YOU TO HEAR
THAT. WE SEE YOUR PROGRESS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WITH THAT MR. CLERK CAN YOU
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON.
>> I.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> VICE CHAIR LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> FOUR YES.
>> THANK YOU. THE BILL MOVES TO
THE FULL COUNCIL ON JULY 18TH.
YES. NO, YES JULY 18TH.
APPRECIATE AGAIN YOUR BEING HER
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR
YOUR PROGRESS AND CONTINUE OUR
ENGAGEMENT BOTH WITH YOU AND OU
OTHER PARTNERS. WE ARE AT 11:30
I PROMISED MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS
WE WOULD HAVE 11:45 AS OUR END
TIME. I'M GOING TO ENTERTAIN TH
HOPE WE CAN GET THROUGH 15
MINUTES WORTH OF AMENDMENTS.
THERE IS A SUBSTITUTE VERSION
WHICH INCORPORATES AMENDMENTS
ADOPTED AT THE JUNE 27TH
MEETING. I THINK WE ARE ABOUT A
DOZEN AMENDMENTS WE ARE LIKE I
SAID GOING TO GET THROUGH AS
MANY OF THEM AS WE CAN IT
REFLECTS A BASE BILL WE ARE NOW
CONSIDERING AND SO WE WILL MOVE
RIGHT INTO AMENDMENTS. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE READ IN AGENDA ITE
3.
>> COUNCIL BILL 12 #0 0 --
120580. AND ADDING A NEW CHAPTE
8.40 TO THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
CODE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. PRECEPTOR
CAN YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES?
>> JASMINE MARWAHA.
>> AND KARINA BULL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WAS
UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE
WERE NOT GOING TO BE MOVING THE
SUBSTITUTE AGAIN. IT JUST SIMPL
INCORPORATES THE AMENDMENT P
AMENDMENTS FROM OUR LAST BILL.
WE WILL HOLD ON TO THAT. IT IS
WORK IN PROGRESS. I DON'T NEED
TO GET THE SUBSTITUTE IN FRONT
OF US TO DAY S THAT CORRECT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT. THE POSTING
ON THE AGENDA REFLECTS A
MISCOMMUNICATION. THE SUBSTITUT
THAT IS FOR TODAY'S AGENDA IS
ALREADY REFLECTED IN VERSION TW
OF THE BASE BILL. THAT ONLY
REFLECTS THE AMENDMENTS VOTED O
IN COMMITTEE JUNE 27TH.
>> PERFECT. WE HAVE HAD A NUMBE
OF AMENDMENTS WITH DPRAUN
CONSIDERATION. THE AMENDMENTS I
UNDERSTAND ARE WITHDRAWING FROM
CONSIDERATION ARE AMENDMENT 65,
6B, 6D AND 9. OUR GOAL IS TO GE
THROUGH AS MANY AMENDMENTS AS
POSSIBLE TO DAY. LAST NIGHT MY
OFFICE CIRCULATED AMENDMENT 6F
TO BE WALKED ON TODAY. IT DOES
USE LANGUAGE AND CONCEPTS
ORIGINALLY DRAFTED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER NELSON. WITH THAT I THIN
THAT BRINGS US RIGHT UP TO
AMENDMENT 6F. IS THAT CORRECT?
EXCELLENT. AND COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF, HOW COULD YOU LIKE TO
HELP KEEP US ON TRACK AND ON
TARGET? EXCELLENT.
>> AND CONTROL L WOULD MAKE IT
FULL SCREEN.
>> FANTASTIC. SO JUST CONFIRMIN
MY UNDERSTANDING COUNCIL THEM
BETTER NELSON YOU ARE
WITHDRAWING 6C AND 6E.
>> FANTASTIC! SO WITH THAT WOUL
ASK THAT COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF
DESCRIBE 6F.
>> THANK YOU. 6F IS SPONSORED B
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD AND IT
WOULD MAKE TWO REVISIONS TO THE
ACTIONS THAT NETWORK COMPANIES
ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE BEFORE
DEACTIVATING AN AT BASE WORKER.
FIRST, THE AMENDMENT WOULD ALLO
NETWORK COMPANIES TO COMPLETE
INVESTIGATIONS OF THE ALLEGED
VIOLATION OF THEIR POLICIES
BASED ON REASONABLY AVAILABLE
SOURCES OF INFORMATION. RIGHT
NOW THE WAY THAT THE LEGISLATIO
IS DRAFTED, THE INVESTIGATION
MUST DEMONSTRATE AN UNBIASED AN
NEUTRAL VIEW COLLECTED. THIS
WOULD BROADEN THAT. THE SECOND
REVISION WOULD PERMIT -- IT
WOULD EXTEND THE AMOUNT OF TIME
FOR INVESTIGATIONS OF EGREGIOUS
MISCONDUCT. THOSE INSTANCES
NETWORK COMPANIES WOULD BE
ALLOWED TO IMMEDIATELY
DEACTIVATE AN AT BASE WORKER
WITHOUT PROVIDING ADVANCED
NOTES.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE -- I
WILL GET THE AMENDMENT IN FRONT
OF US. IF THERE IS ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS WE CAN
ENTERTAIN THAT THEN. I MOVE
AMENDMENT 6F. MAY I HAVE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AS
MENTIONED THE AMENDMENT
ADDRESSES SOME OF THE CONCERNS
THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM NETWORK
COMPANIES ABOUT BUILDING A
RELIABLE AND CONSISTENT PROCESS
FOR INVESTIGATIONS OF VIOLATION
OF CONDUCT AGREEMENTS. I HAVE
MET WITH NETWORK COMPANIES
REGARDING THE CHANGES IN THIS
AMENDMENT. I UNDERSTAND THAT A
THOROUGH AND REASONABLE
INVESTIGATION TAKES TIME.
RUSHING THOSE INVESTIGATIONS IS
HARMFUL TO BOTH THE NETWORK
COMPANY AND WORKERS. SEVERAL
PLATFORMS HAVE SHARED 14 DAYS I
A REASONABLE STANDARD FOR
INVESTIGATION TIMELINES AND
WORKERS I MET WITH HAVE SHARED
THAT THEY ALSO BELIEVE 14 DAYS
IS A REASONABLE TIMELINE THEY
CAN AGREE TO. THAT AMENDMENT --
THIS AMENDMENT ALLOWS FOR THAT
TIME WHILE STILL HOLDING THE
COMPANIES TO AN ACCOUNTABLE
TIMELINE. THIS AMENDMENT WAS
CREATED BY COMBINING -- I AM
VERY GRATEFUL FOR HER WORK
MOVING THESE CONCEPTS FORWARD.
>> ARE THERE ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YO
SO MUCH. ANY OTHERS? ALL RIGHT.
GREAT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION O
6F.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON.
>> I.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> VICE CHAIR LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> FOUR YES.
>> THANK YOU. THE AMENDMENT
PASSES AND WE CAN MOVE ON TO TH
NEXT AMENDMENT. 7A. WE HAVE TWO
AMENDMENTS LISTED UNDER 7, 7A
AND 7B. .
>> THEY ARE NOT MUTUALLY
EXCLUSIVE BUT ARE ALTERNATIVES
SO IF 7A DOES NOT PASS THE
COMMITTEE MAY CONSIDER 7B. IF 7
DOES PASS, THEN 7B WOULD BE
MOVED.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU WANT TO
DESCRIBE THEM FOR US?
>> CHAIR HERBOLD, I'M SORRY TO
INTERRUPT BUT I WITHDRAW 7A.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. WE WILL HEA
7B?
>> CORRECT.
>> OKAY. CAN YOU PLEASE DESCRIB
7B?
>> SURE. AMENDMENT 7B WOULD ADD
SUBSECTION 840070D FOR PROVIDIN
THE NOTICE OF DEACTIVATION. SO
THE ADDITION WOULD ALLOW THE
NETWORK COME -- COMPANY TO
PROVIDE NOTICE. MORE DETAIL IS
IN THE SECTION. IF THEY PROVIDE
THAT WARNING, THAT FUTURE
VIOLATION OF THE DEACTIVATION
POLICY MAY RESULT IN A
DEACTIVATION AND PROVIDE MEANS
FOR THE WORKER TO REVIEW
INFORMATION. IF THEY THOSE TWO
CONDITIONS MET, THEY CAN PROVID
THE NOTICE OF DEACTIVATION ON
THE DAY OF DEACTIVATION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSEN, WOULD YOU LIKE
TO SPEAK TO AMENDMENT 7B?
>> THANK YOU CHAIR HERBOLD AND
THANK YOU TO CENTRAL STAFF FOR
EXPLAINING 7B. COLLEAGUES, THIS
AMENDMENT IS SIMILAR TO THE ONE
COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON HAD OF 7A
MINE IS LESS EXTENSIVE. WITH MY
AMENDMENT THE 14 DAY NOTICE RUL
WOULD STILL APPLY EXCEPT WHEN
THE COMPANY HAS NOTIFIED THE
WORKER OF A PREVIOUS VIOLATION
AND THERE HAS BEEN A NEW
VIOLATION. IN THAT CASE REPEATE
ISSUES, THE NETWORK COMPANY
COULD DEACTIVATE WITHOUT
WAITING. THIS MEANS THE COMPANY
WOULD INFORM WORKER IF THERE HA
BEEN A VIOLATION PROVIDE NOTICE
THAT FUTURE VIOLATIONS MAY
RESULT IN DEACTIVATION AND
PROVIDE WAYS FOR THE WORKER TO
REVIEW THE INFORMATION REGARDIN
THE PAST VIOLATIONS VIA
SMARTPHONE APP OR ONLINE WEB
PORTAL. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WOULD YOU
LIKE TO OFFER A MOTION?
>> OH, YES. I WOULD LIKE TO MOV
AMENDMENT 7B.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
>> I WILL COMMENT!
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> I APPRECIATE THE INTENT OF
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN AND
COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON IN
SPONSORING THE RELATED
AMENDMENTS THAT ARE TRYING TO
GET AT SOME OF THE ISSUES WE
HAVE HEARD FROM AMAZON FLEX. UH
I THINK SOME OF THE AMBIGUITY
CAN BE ADDRESSED IN RULE MAKING
I DO THINK THERE IS STILL SOME
AREAS WHERE I HAVE LINGERING
CONCERNS THAT IT COULD CREATE
TOO BROAD OF A LOOPHOLE FOR THE
14 DAY PROCESS. I AM INTERESTED
IN STILL ENGAGING WITH THE
PLATFORMS ON THIS PARTICULAR
ISSUE THAT -- THAT COULD MAYBE,
UM, BRING BACK A DIFFERENT
VERSION OF THIS LATER IN THE
PROCESS. BUT AT THIS TIME I
DON'T FEEL LIKE THIS CAN -- THA
THIS CAN EXIST WITHIN THE
EGREGIOUS CONDUCT DEFINITION WE
HAVE CREATED AND THAT IT CREATE
TOO BIG OF A LOOPHOLE IN AND OF
ITSELF. AT THAT POINT I'M A NO
BUT I AM SYMPATHETIC TO THE
ISSUE THAT THIS AMENDMENT IS
TRYING TO FIX.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF
REMAINING ISSUES IN ADDITION TO
THIS ONE WHERE THE SENTIMENT
EXPRESSED IS ONE I ALREADY SHAR
AND SO WITH THIS AMENDMENT AS
WELL AS AMENDMENT 11 I AM OPENE
TO TRYING TO CONTINUE TO GET AT
SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU ARE
RAISING. BUT I'M NOT PREPARED T
VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS AMENDMENT
TODAY. CAN I FOLLOW UP WITH
COMMENT.
>> YES, OF COURSE. YOU CAN CLOS
US OUT
>> OKAY. I WANT TO TAKE A STEP
BACK HERE. THE BIG PICTURE IS B
THE END OF THIS MONTH THE CITY
OF SEATTLE WILL ONCE AGAIN
IMPOSE UNIQUE NEW REGULATIONS O
EMPLOYERS THAT ARE THE FIRST OF
THEIR KIND. SO THESE PARTICULAR
WELL INTENTIONED REGULATIONS
REQUESTED BY ADVOCACY GROUPS LE
BY A GROUP CALLED WORKING
WASHINGTON AIMED TO PROTECT
WORKERS AGAINST UNREASONABLE
DEACTIVATION BY THE TECHNOLOGY
APPLICATION THE WORKERS USE TO
CONNECT WITH CUSTOMERS. I WANT
TO BE CAREFUL TO NOT OVER REACH
OR CREATE UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES. THIS IS ONE OF TH
REASONS WHY THERE ARE SO MANY
AMENDMENTS WE NEED TO CONSIDER.
BUT IT IS IMPORTANT CONTEXT WE
ARE GOING FROM NOTHING TO
SOMETHING NEW. SO TO CLAIM
AMENDMENTS WATER DOWN ANYTHING
IS MISLEADING BECAUSE WE ARE
CURRENTLY -- WE CURRENTLY DON'T
HAVE ANY OF THESE REGULATIONS
TODAY SO WE HEARD SOME THOSE
FROM PUBLIC COMMENTERS. SO WHIL
WE WILL HAVE NEW REGULATIONS, W
HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO BE CAR
INFORMAL HOW WE CRAFT THESE
REGULATION. THESE AMENDMENTS
HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE FOR WEEKS.
DID NOT HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES
THAT THEY WANTED TO MAKE
CHANGES. I'M HEARING ABOUT IT
THE FIRST TIME NOW. THIS IS A
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, NOT A
GIG WORKERS COMMITTEE. SO I
APPRECIATE THE PATIENCE AND
GRACE AS WE WORK THROUGH THESE
NEW REQUESTS TRYING TO GET THEM
RIGHT THE FIRST TIME SO I WILL
LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM
COLLEAGUES ON WHAT THEY ARE ABL
TO DO BUT WE ARE GOING FROM
NOTHING TO SOMETHING AND I THIN
WE WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL SO W
DON'T HAVE UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES.
>> THANK YOU. THE CONCERN I HAV
WITH THIS ONE IS THE BUILDING
OUT OF A WARNING SYSTEM DOESN'T
ALLOW FOR ANY CHALLENGE OF THE
UNDER LIKE WARNING AND THE GOAL
OF THIS LEGISLATION, THE LARGE
GOAL IS TO ALLOW FOR REVIEW OF
COMPLAINTS. SO WHERE AS I AM
SYMPATHETIC WITH THE INTEREST O
HAVING SORT OF A STEPPED
APPROACH TO DISCIPLINE, UM, I A
CONCERNED THAT THIS AMENDMENT A
IT IS WRITTEN COULD UNDERMINE
THE ENTIRE BILL BECAUSE OF THE
ABILITY TO USE THIS SYSTEM THIS
MANNER. UM, SO WITH THAT CAN WE
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT 7B?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON.
>> I.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> I.
>> VICE CHAIR LEWIS.
>> NO.
>> CHAIR HERBOLD.
>> NO.
>> TWO TO TWO
>> THANK YOU. THE MOTION FAILS.
THE AMENDMENT IS NOT ADOPTED.
MOVING ON TO AMENDMENTS A AND B
THESE ARE TWO MUTUALLY EXCLUSIV
AMENDMENTS. CENTRAL STAFF WILL
DISCUSS BOTH VERSION. THE
SPONSORS CAN SPEAK TO THE
AMENDMENTS. I WILL REQUEST A
MOTION AND A SECOND AND WE CAN
PROCEED WITH THE VOTES. COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF.
>> YES. THANK YOU. AS THE CHAIR
SOMEWHERE NOTED AMENDMENTS 8A
AND 8B ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
AMENDMENT 8A WOULD ALLOW FOR
SUMMERY INFORMATION TO BE
PROVIDED TO THE WORKER UPON THE
NOTICE OF DEACTIVATION IF THE
REASON FOR THE DEACTIVATION IS
BASED SOLELY ON COMPLAINTS FROM
A CUSTOMER OR A THIRD PARTY.
AMENDMENT 8B WOULD REVISE THE
NETWORK COMPANY REQUIREMENTS FO
SUBSTANTIATING DEACTIVATION IN
NUMBER OF WAYS. SO IT WOULD
REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR A
NETWORK COME NOW PROVIDE RECORD
SUBSTANTIATING A DEACTIVATION
AND INSTEAD REQUIRE A SUMMERY
DESCRIPTION OF EVIDENCE ONLY FO
AN AT BASED WORKER CHALLENGES
THE DEACTIVATION ACCORDING TO
THE NET WORK COMPANY'S INTERNAL
DEACTIVATION CHALLENGE
PROCEDURE. THE AMENDMENT WOULD
ALSO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THA
AN INDIVIDUAL AT THE COMPANY
WITH AUTHORITY TO REINSTATE THE
AT BASE WORKER PROVIDE A
CERTIFIED STATEMENT ATTESTING
THEY ARE TRUE AND ACCURATE
RECORDS. THE AMENDMENT WOULD
ALLOW FOR PERSONALLY
IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION FROM
THE SUMMERY DESCRIPTION WOULD
REMOVE DIFFERENT WOULD ALLOW FO
THE COMPANY TO REMOVE PERSONALL
IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION FROM
THE SUMMERY DESCRIPTION IF THE
COMPANY BELIEVES THAT THE
INFORMATION COULD COMPROMISE
SAFETY. FINALLY THE AMENDMENT
WOULD EXCLUDE MARKETPLACE
NETWORK COMPANIES FROM THE
REQUIREMENTS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIAT
THAT. SO LET'S FIRST -- BEFORE
WE SPEAK IN FAVOR OF EITHER
VERSION OF THE AMENDMENTS. LET'
SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> I NOTED LAST WEEK THAT I DO
NOT CONSIDER 8A AND 8B ARE
MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. I WANT TO
NOTE THIS IS THE CONCLUSION OF
CENTRAL STAFF RIGHT NOW. 8A
WOULD PROVIDE TO PROVIDE A
SUMMERY OF RECORDS SUPPORTING
DEACTIVATION RATHER THAN
UNDERLYING RECORDS. 8B WOULD
PROVIDE FOR A SUMMERY, TOO. IN
MORE IRK -- CIRCUMSTANCES -- I
THINK 8B WITH SOME MORE WORK CA
GET TO A PLACE WHERE IT
COMPLIMENTS RATHER THAN IS SEEN
AS CONTRADICT 8A. SO FOR THAT
REASON I COULD PULL THE
AMENDMENT FOR POSSIBLE
RECONSIDERATION ON JULY 17TH IF
WE HAVE THAT MEETING WITH THOSE
CHANGES.
>> CENTRAL STAFF, DO YOU WANT T
SPEAK TO THE DEBATE OF WHETHER
OR NOT THE TWO ARE -- PERHAPS
WHAT -- COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON I
SAYING IS THE INTENT IS FOR THE
NOT BE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
PERHAPS WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS
DRAFTED THEY ARE MUCHLLY
EXCLUSIVE.
>> YES. ONE WOULD REQUIRE A
SUMMERY DESCRIPTION ONLY IF THE
DEACTIVATION WAS BASED ON A
COMPLAINT. THE OTHER WOULD
REQUIRE A SUMMERY DESCRIPTION
UPON A CHALLENGE TO THE
DEACTIVATION OF THE NETWORK
COMPANY. THEY RELATE TO
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE
DEACTIVATION PROCESS. 8B
CONTAINS A NUMBER OF OTHER
AMENDMENTS THAT MAY BE POSSIBLE
TO LAYER ON TOP OF 8A. THERE
WERE ENOUGH ELEMENTS OF 8B THAT
WERE IN CON TWLIKT 8A THAT WE
DETERMINED WERE MUTUALLY
EXCLUSIVE. IT IS POSSIBLE THERE
COULD BE A WITH FURTHER
CONSIDERATION COULD BE A
LAYERING THAT IS DONE IF THAT
MAKES SENSE.
>> THAT DOES MAKE SENSE. LET'S
GET 8A IN FRONT OF US. THE
AMENDMENT WAS -- 8A WAS DRAFTED
IN RESPONSE FEEDBACK FROM THE
PLATFORMS WHILE ALSO TRYING TO
BALANCE SAFETY AND PRIVACY OF
CUSTOMERS WITH THE RIGHT OF
WORKERS TO BE AIL TO CHALLENGE
AN UNJUST DEACTIVATION. JUST TO
EXPLAIN THE POLICY INTENT. IS
THERE -- I WILL JUST MOVE 8A. I
MOVE AMENDMENT 8A. IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE INTEN
IS TO STRIKE A BALL LANTS BY
ALLOWING PLATFORMS TO SUMMARIZE
AND AMAN MISE SPECIFIC RECORDS
AND SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES THAT
MIGHT ENDANGER THE PRIVACY AND
SAFETY OF A CUSTOMER WHILE ALSO
REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF OTHE
RECORDS AT THE TIME OF
DEACTIVATION. AGAIN, THE GOAL I
TO GIVE WORKERS THE BEST CHANCE
TO CHALLENGE AN UNFAIR
DEACTIVATION BUT PROVIDING ALL
OF THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO DO
SO. I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS
AMENDMENT WITH PLATFORMS
INCLUDING TASK REASON IT AND
ROVER. THEY SHARED THEIR SUPPOR
FOR THIS AMENDMENT. AND I WILL
HOLD MY COMMENTS ON 8B AND MAYB
FOLLOWING YOUR LEAD COUNCIL
MEMBER NELSON AFTER WE VOTE ON
THIS ONE WE CAN TALK AT HOW WE
WANT TO ADDRESS 8B. SO WITH THA
MR. CHAIR CAN YOU --
>> IT WILL BE SEEN AS
CONTRADICTORY THEN.
>> THERE IS A MOTION FOR 8A AND
SECOND SO WE WILL DISPENSE WITH
THAT ONE. I RECOGNIZE YOU,
COUNCIL MEMBER AND THEN WE WILL
TALK ABOUT 8B.
>> OKAY! COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. GLIFEN WE
ARE SIX MINUTES PAST THE HARD
STOP -- I AGREE WITH THE POINT
THAT I THINK IT IS MOSTLY A
DRAFTING THING MIGHT MAKE 8A AN
B SOMEWHAT INCOMPATIBLE. I THIN
THE POLICY COULD BE COMPATIBLE
BETWEEN THE TWO WE ARE REWORKIN
OF THE AMENDMENT. SO MAYBE THIS
WOULD BE AN ELEGANT PLACE AFTER
WE TAKE ACTION TO STOP BUSINESS
FOR THE MORNING. JUST A
RECOMMENDED COURSE.
>> ABSOLUTELY. TAKE ACTION ON
8A, HEAR FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
NELSON ON HER PREFERRED FOR 8B.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS O
COMMENTS? SEEING NONE MR. CLERK
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON.
>> I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN THAT IS
TO INDICATE THAT I'M STILL
TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH THE
PROCESS. I'M SORRY.
>> IT IS ALL RIGHT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> ABSTAINED.
>> VICE CHAIR LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> TWO IN SUPPORT, TWO
EXTENSIONS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, THE MOTIO
CARRIES. COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON
BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT HERE, DO YO
WANT TO SPEAK TO THE NEXT
AMENDMENT AND DESCRIBE YOUR
PREFERRED COURSE OF AGS?
>> SURE. SO I WILL GIVE YOU THE
RATIONAL FOR 8B. AS DRAFTED IT
WOULD MAKE IT HARDER TO CREATE
SAFE COMMUNITY IN SEATTLE. WHEN
AN EMPLOYER HAS TO LET AN
EMPLOYEE GO THEY PROVIDE THE
REASON BUT DON'T LAY OUT ALL OF
THE INFORMATION THEY HAVE
GATHERED LEADING UP TO THAT
POINT BAUD IT COULD BETRAY THE
TRUST AND PRIVACY OF CUSTOMERS
OR COWORKERS WHO ESSENTIALLY
BLEW THE WHISTLE OR COMPLAINT.
SO TO PROMOTE A SAFER COMMUNITY
FOR ALL PEOPLE AND PETS, IT IS
CRITICAL PEOPLE FEEL SECURE. TH
REQUIRED PRODUCTION OF DETAILED
RECORDS AND PRIVATE
COMMUNICATIONS IN CONNECTION
RAISES SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS AND
PEOPLE ARE UNDERSTANDABLY
FEARFUL THAT IF SOMEONE LEARNS
THEY REPORTED THEM THEY MAY BE
EXPOSED TO HARASSMENT OR EVEN
PHYSICAL THREATS. THIS CONCERN
IS ACUTE FOR COMMUNITIES WHERE
WORKERS MAKE HOME DELIVERIES AN
COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE BECOME MOR
RELIABLE AND RELY MORE ON THESE
SERVICES. SO BY PROVIDING A
SUMMERY OF WHAT OCCURRED IT IS
VAGUE ENOUGH NOT WARRANT
RETALIATION BUT ALSO CLEAR
ENOUGH SO THAT A WORKER,
SHOPPER, PET SITTER, ET CETERA
UNDERSTANDS WHAT THEY DID YOUNG
AND WHY THEY ARE BEING DEING AT
INVESTIGATED. WE DON'T WANT TO
PROVIDE SO MUCH INFORMATION THA
IT COULD PROVIDE A PLAY BOOK FO
BAD ACTORS IN THE FUTURE. SO
THAT IS THE RATIONAL OF THIS
AMENDMENT AND BUT AGAIN I SAID
THAT IT IS FINE WITH ME TO
MASSAGE IT AND WORK WITH YOU SO
IT IS MORE COMPLIMENTARY.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE
EXPRESSION OF THAT INTENT.
SIMILARLY I DO HAVE THAT GOAL
FOR AMENDMENT 11 THAT WE ARE NO
ACTING ON TODAY BUT I THINK
THERE IS A LOT OF COMMON GROUND
WE CAN REACH. WE ARE GOING TO
HOLD 8B, AMENDMENT 10, 11 AND
AMENDMENT 12 FOR A -- AND
AMENDMENT 13 FOR THE NEXT
COMMITTEE MEETING.
>> HOW ABOUT 14?
>> AND 14 AS WELL. WE DO HAVE A
SPECIAL MEETING SCHEDULED ON
JULY 17TH. JUST PLUGGING ALONG
HERE TRYING TO GET THROUGH ALL
OF THE AMENDMENTS AS WE CAN.
ONCE WE HAVE DONE SO WE WILL
HAVE ANOTHER SUBSTITUTE VERSION
TO GET BEFORE US. HOPEFULLY IT
WILL BE A CLEAN VERSION ON JULY
25TH. HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE
VOTING THAT OUT OF COMMITTEE
WITH NO FURTHER AMENDMENTS AND
REALLY WANT TO THANK COUNCIL
MEMBERS FOR YOUR GOOD FAITH AND
SINCERE ENGAGEMENT ON THIS
POLICY AND THANK ALSO DOWN IS
ALL CENTRAL STAFF AND STAFF IN
OUR RESPECTIVE COUNCIL OFFICES.
THERE IS A LOT OF EFFORTS GOING
ON BEHIND THE SCENES AND THANK
YOU AS WELL TO OUR PARTNERS AT
THE OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS
AND WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN
ENGAGING VERY DEEPLY IN THE
DEVELOP. NO POLICY. WITH THAT
OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICE
COMMITTEE IS SCHEDULED FOR
TUESDAY JULY 25TH. THAT SOUR
NEXT REGULAR ONE. WE DO HAVE A
SPECIAL ONE SCHEDULED FOR
TUESDAY JULY 17TH. BEFORE WE
ADJOURN ARE THERE ANY CLOSING
COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES?
SEEING NONE THE TIME IS 11:57.
WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.