1 00:00:16,616 --> 00:00:18,284 -- OCTOBER 15th, 2026. SELECT 2 00:00:18,284 --> 00:00:18,885 BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING WILL 3 00:00:18,885 --> 00:00:21,988 COME TO ORDER. IT IS 9:32 A.M.. 4 00:00:21,988 --> 00:00:23,022 I'M DAN STRAUSS, CHAIR OF THE 5 00:00:23,022 --> 00:00:26,693 COMMITTEE CLERK. WILL YOU PLEASE 6 00:00:26,693 --> 00:00:27,060 CALL THE ROLL? 7 00:00:27,060 --> 00:00:27,527 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 8 00:00:27,527 --> 00:00:28,261 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER HERE. 9 00:00:28,261 --> 00:00:32,132 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH 10 00:00:32,132 --> 00:00:32,699 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ HERE. 11 00:00:32,699 --> 00:00:34,501 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE HERE. 12 00:00:34,501 --> 00:00:35,135 COUNCILMEMBER LIN COUNCILMEMBER 13 00:00:35,135 --> 00:00:37,270 RINCK HERE. 14 00:00:37,270 --> 00:00:37,904 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA PRESENT. 15 00:00:37,904 --> 00:00:38,538 -- CHAIR STRAUSS SIX. PRESENT. 16 00:00:38,538 --> 00:00:40,039 -- THANK YOU. ALL NOT PRESENT 17 00:00:40,039 --> 00:00:44,010 ARE EXCUSED UNTIL THEY ARRIVE. 18 00:00:44,010 --> 00:00:45,512 WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA 19 00:00:45,512 --> 00:00:47,881 TODAY. WE HAVE THE CENTRAL STAFF 20 00:00:47,881 --> 00:00:49,315 ANALYSIS OF THE SEATTLE POLICE 21 00:00:49,315 --> 00:00:50,583 DEPARTMENT. SEATTLE FIRE 22 00:00:50,583 --> 00:00:52,752 DEPARTMENT, CARE DEPARTMENT AND 23 00:00:52,752 --> 00:00:53,853 HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AS 24 00:00:53,853 --> 00:00:56,055 WELL AS THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM 25 00:00:56,055 --> 00:00:59,058 BUDGET. SO THE ANALYSIS ON THESE 26 00:00:59,058 --> 00:01:03,696 FIVE DIFFERENT GROUPS BROKEN 27 00:01:03,696 --> 00:01:06,066 APART INTO A MORNING SESSION AND 28 00:01:06,066 --> 00:01:08,435 AN AFTERNOON SESSION. THE 29 00:01:08,435 --> 00:01:08,968 SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT 30 00:01:08,968 --> 00:01:10,804 PRESENTATION ITSELF IS 26 PAGES 31 00:01:10,804 --> 00:01:14,941 LONG. AND SO WE MAY BREAK 32 00:01:14,941 --> 00:01:17,677 DIRECTLY AFTER THAT TO HOLD THE 33 00:01:17,677 --> 00:01:18,845 REMAINING SESSIONS AFTER LUNCH. 34 00:01:18,845 --> 00:01:21,381 IF WE DO NOT GET TO ALL SESSIONS 35 00:01:21,381 --> 00:01:23,049 TODAY, WE WILL HAVE FRIDAY 36 00:01:23,049 --> 00:01:25,819 AFTERNOON COMMITTEE. SO JUST 37 00:01:25,819 --> 00:01:27,921 WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES MINDFUL OF 38 00:01:27,921 --> 00:01:29,422 THE TIME TODAY AND THE AMOUNT OF 39 00:01:29,422 --> 00:01:30,890 INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO GET 40 00:01:30,890 --> 00:01:32,625 THROUGH, I WILL STILL CALL FOR 41 00:01:32,625 --> 00:01:34,494 ABOUT A ONE HOUR BREAK UNLESS 42 00:01:34,494 --> 00:01:36,362 PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO POWER 43 00:01:36,362 --> 00:01:37,464 THROUGH OR THEY NEED MORE TIME. 44 00:01:37,464 --> 00:01:39,933 IT WAS NICE TO HAVE AN HOUR AND 45 00:01:39,933 --> 00:01:43,603 15 YESTERDAY AND TODAY IS THE 46 00:01:43,603 --> 00:01:45,338 GREAT SHAKEOUT. SO IN ABOUT 45 47 00:01:45,338 --> 00:01:48,308 MINUTES AT 1015 WE WILL HAVE AN 48 00:01:48,308 --> 00:01:49,809 EARTHQUAKE DRILL. WE HAD AN 49 00:01:49,809 --> 00:01:51,044 EARTHQUAKE TWO WEEKS AGO WHILE 50 00:01:51,044 --> 00:01:52,045 WE WERE IN COMMITTEE, AND NO ONE 51 00:01:52,045 --> 00:01:53,246 DID IT CORRECTLY, INCLUDING 52 00:01:53,246 --> 00:01:55,148 MYSELF. SO THIS IS A GOOD 53 00:01:55,148 --> 00:01:57,250 REMINDER ON HOW TO PRACTICE TO 54 00:01:57,250 --> 00:01:58,485 DO IT CORRECTLY. IN THIS ROOM IN 55 00:01:58,485 --> 00:02:00,520 PARTICULAR, THERE'S A LOT OF 56 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:04,524 GLASS AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT 57 00:02:04,524 --> 00:02:07,527 WE JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT TWO 58 00:02:07,527 --> 00:02:08,361 OUT OF THE FOUR WALLS CONTAIN A 59 00:02:08,361 --> 00:02:10,930 LOT OF GLASS IN HERE. SO JUST AS 60 00:02:10,930 --> 00:02:11,898 WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT GOING 61 00:02:11,898 --> 00:02:13,633 INTO THE GREAT SHAKEOUT TODAY, 62 00:02:13,633 --> 00:02:15,435 THESE ARE THE LONGEST CHAIR'S 63 00:02:15,435 --> 00:02:16,870 COMMENTS THAT I'VE PROVIDED 64 00:02:16,870 --> 00:02:17,504 TODAY. AND COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 65 00:02:17,504 --> 00:02:21,508 IS GOING TO SHARE WITH US WHY 66 00:02:21,508 --> 00:02:22,141 WE'RE WEARING PURPLE TODAY. 67 00:02:22,141 --> 00:02:23,276 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. AND FOR 68 00:02:23,276 --> 00:02:25,445 THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, WE HAD 69 00:02:25,445 --> 00:02:28,481 THE GREAT PRESS CONFERENCE 70 00:02:28,481 --> 00:02:29,015 YESTERDAY ON GENDER BASED 71 00:02:29,015 --> 00:02:30,917 VIOLENCE, WHICH HAS THREE PARTS 72 00:02:30,917 --> 00:02:33,386 SEXUAL ASSAULT, COMMERCIAL 73 00:02:33,386 --> 00:02:35,522 SEXUAL, SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND 74 00:02:35,522 --> 00:02:36,956 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. AND SO TODAY 75 00:02:36,956 --> 00:02:38,091 IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. WEAR 76 00:02:38,091 --> 00:02:41,327 PURPLE TODAY, IN SUPPORT. SO 77 00:02:41,327 --> 00:02:43,029 CHAIR, NICE JOB WITH YOUR PURPLE 78 00:02:43,029 --> 00:02:44,230 TIE. GOOD WORK. 79 00:02:44,230 --> 00:02:45,598 -- THANK YOU. AND I SEE MANY OF 80 00:02:45,598 --> 00:02:48,134 US UP HERE ARE WEARING PURPLE. 81 00:02:48,134 --> 00:02:49,135 AND ANYONE ELSE WANT TO MAKE 82 00:02:49,135 --> 00:02:53,673 COMMENTS ON THIS? SINCE I'VE 83 00:02:53,673 --> 00:02:54,307 OPENED THE DOOR. SEEING NONE, WE 84 00:02:54,307 --> 00:02:56,009 ARE GOING TO MOVE RIGHT INTO 85 00:02:56,009 --> 00:02:56,943 PRESENTATIONS. THIS HAS BEEN THE 86 00:02:56,943 --> 00:02:58,011 LONGEST CHAIR'S REPORT SINCE WE 87 00:02:58,011 --> 00:02:59,145 OPENED THIS SECTION OF THE 88 00:02:59,145 --> 00:03:01,814 BUDGET. AND SO IF THERE'S NO 89 00:03:01,814 --> 00:03:03,149 OBJECTION, I WILL. IF THERE'S NO 90 00:03:03,149 --> 00:03:04,617 OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE 91 00:03:04,617 --> 00:03:05,652 ADOPTED WITH THE DEPARTMENTS 92 00:03:05,652 --> 00:03:09,055 THAT I LISTED OUT BEFORE HEARING 93 00:03:09,055 --> 00:03:11,524 NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS 94 00:03:11,524 --> 00:03:13,026 ADOPTED. WE DON'T HAVE VERBAL 95 00:03:13,026 --> 00:03:15,128 PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. IT'S ONLY 96 00:03:15,128 --> 00:03:17,730 ON THE FIRST PART OF EACH 97 00:03:17,730 --> 00:03:19,299 SECTION. SO WE WILL MOVE INTO 98 00:03:19,299 --> 00:03:20,800 THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS 99 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:21,568 TODAY. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE 100 00:03:21,568 --> 00:03:23,069 READ THE FIRST ITEM INTO THE 101 00:03:23,069 --> 00:03:25,538 RECORD 102 00:03:25,538 --> 00:03:29,275 -- SPD DESECRATING DEAD BODIES 103 00:03:29,275 --> 00:03:29,842 -- AGENDA ITEM ONE. SEATTLE 104 00:03:29,842 --> 00:03:30,910 POLICE FOR BRIEFING AND 105 00:03:30,910 --> 00:03:32,845 DISCUSSION. 106 00:03:32,845 --> 00:03:33,479 -- THANK YOU. WE ARE JOINED BY 107 00:03:33,479 --> 00:03:35,415 DIRECTOR LISH WHITSON AND GREG 108 00:03:35,415 --> 00:03:36,049 DOSS OF COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. 109 00:03:36,049 --> 00:03:37,350 GREG, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A MEATY 110 00:03:37,350 --> 00:03:40,653 PRESENTATION FOR US TODAY, SO 111 00:03:40,653 --> 00:03:41,421 WHY DON'T WE RUN THROUGH THE 112 00:03:41,421 --> 00:03:42,655 WHOLE THING? AND THEN IF THERE 113 00:03:42,655 --> 00:03:44,624 ARE, IF WE NEED TO COME BACK TO 114 00:03:44,624 --> 00:03:47,560 CERTAIN SECTIONS AND WALK 115 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:48,027 THROUGH SECTIONS FOR 116 00:03:48,027 --> 00:03:50,530 COUNCILMEMBER CONVERSATION, WE 117 00:03:50,530 --> 00:03:52,498 CAN OR FOLKS WILL JUST SHARE 118 00:03:52,498 --> 00:03:53,800 WHAT WALK THROUGH THE 119 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:54,867 PRESENTATION AS THEY WANT TO 120 00:03:54,867 --> 00:03:56,436 COMMENT ON IT OR ASK QUESTIONS. 121 00:03:56,436 --> 00:03:58,805 SO WITH THAT, OVER TO YOU, 122 00:03:58,805 --> 00:03:59,439 INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TAKE IT 123 00:03:59,439 --> 00:03:59,639 AWAY. 124 00:03:59,639 --> 00:04:03,042 -- GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU, 125 00:04:03,042 --> 00:04:04,243 COUNCILMEMBER CHAIR STRAUSS GREG 126 00:04:04,243 --> 00:04:05,245 DOSS, COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. 127 00:04:05,245 --> 00:04:07,747 YES, I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION 128 00:04:07,747 --> 00:04:08,815 TODAY, SO I GUESS I'LL APOLOGIZE 129 00:04:08,815 --> 00:04:11,551 UP FRONT. I WILL BE TALKING A 130 00:04:11,551 --> 00:04:15,088 LITTLE WHILE, BUT WE'LL HAVE 131 00:04:15,088 --> 00:04:17,090 PLENTY OF CHANCE TO TAKE YOUR 132 00:04:17,090 --> 00:04:18,358 QUESTIONS. SO I'M GOING TO JUMP 133 00:04:18,358 --> 00:04:21,794 RIGHT INTO IT. THE 2020 728 134 00:04:21,794 --> 00:04:23,529 PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE SEATTLE 135 00:04:23,529 --> 00:04:24,163 POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD INCREASE 136 00:04:24,163 --> 00:04:28,635 BY ABOUT $68 MILLION, AND 137 00:04:28,635 --> 00:04:31,504 THAT'S 13.9% COMPARED TO THE 138 00:04:31,504 --> 00:04:33,439 2026 ADOPTED BUDGET. AND I NEED 139 00:04:33,439 --> 00:04:43,950 TO PUT THIS ON SCREEN DIONNE. 140 00:04:45,251 --> 00:04:48,288 THERE WE GO. I DON'T WANT TO 141 00:04:48,288 --> 00:04:51,958 MAKE IT BIGGER. THAT'S NOT THE 142 00:04:51,958 --> 00:04:55,561 WAY I WANT TO GO. I NEED TO GO 143 00:04:55,561 --> 00:04:56,829 HERE. PARDON ME FOR JUST ONE 144 00:04:56,829 --> 00:05:04,971 MOMENT. YOU'RE FINE. TOWARDS 145 00:05:04,971 --> 00:05:13,913 THE BOTTOM. GOT IT. THANKS. 146 00:05:13,913 --> 00:05:17,650 OKAY. SORRY FOR THAT SLIGHT 147 00:05:17,650 --> 00:05:21,187 DELAY. SO, AS I SAID, THE BUDGET 148 00:05:21,187 --> 00:05:21,821 INCREASES BY ABOUT $68 MILLION, 149 00:05:21,821 --> 00:05:25,491 AND THAT'S ABOUT A 13.9% 150 00:05:25,491 --> 00:05:27,326 INCREASE OVER THE 2026 ADOPTED 151 00:05:27,326 --> 00:05:29,028 BUDGET. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT 152 00:05:29,028 --> 00:05:31,531 INCREASE IS IN OUT OF $56 153 00:05:31,531 --> 00:05:32,832 MILLION. THAT IS PUT INTO THE 154 00:05:32,832 --> 00:05:34,701 BUDGET TO PAY FOR SWORN SALARIES 155 00:05:34,701 --> 00:05:36,102 THAT WERE BARGAINED AS PART OF 156 00:05:36,102 --> 00:05:38,104 THE SEATTLE POLICE OFFICER GUILD 157 00:05:38,104 --> 00:05:41,374 AND SEATTLE POLICE MANAGEMENT 158 00:05:41,374 --> 00:05:42,008 ASSOCIATION CONTRACTS THAT WERE 159 00:05:42,008 --> 00:05:43,810 SETTLED LAST YEAR. SO THE MONEY 160 00:05:43,810 --> 00:05:46,279 TO PAY OFFICERS FOR THOSE 161 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:48,448 CONTRACT SETTLEMENTS IS IS PUT 162 00:05:48,448 --> 00:05:52,151 INTO THE 2027 BUDGET FOR FIRST 163 00:05:52,151 --> 00:05:54,721 TIME, AND IT'S A FAIRLY SIZABLE 164 00:05:54,721 --> 00:05:57,790 SUM. THE SECOND MOST SIGNIFICANT 165 00:05:57,790 --> 00:05:59,659 INCREASE IN THE BUDGET IS 166 00:05:59,659 --> 00:06:02,862 RELATED TO 12.5 MILLION. THAT IS 167 00:06:02,862 --> 00:06:05,031 ADDED FOR SWORN SALARIES. AND 168 00:06:05,031 --> 00:06:08,000 THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE 1250 169 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:11,304 FUNDED FTE. THAT IS USED TO PAY 170 00:06:11,304 --> 00:06:13,139 FOR SWORN AND WILL BE TALKING 171 00:06:13,139 --> 00:06:16,776 ABOUT THAT THROUGHOUT THE 172 00:06:16,776 --> 00:06:18,211 PRESENTATION. AS WAS POINTED OUT 173 00:06:18,211 --> 00:06:21,114 BY THE EXECUTIVE DURING THEIR 174 00:06:21,114 --> 00:06:23,282 PRESENTATION, 95% OF SPD'S 175 00:06:23,282 --> 00:06:25,451 BUDGET IS RELATED TO EITHER 176 00:06:25,451 --> 00:06:26,018 STAFF OVERTIME OR CENTRAL 177 00:06:26,018 --> 00:06:29,322 CHARGES. SO AS YOU LOOK AT THIS 178 00:06:29,322 --> 00:06:30,490 TABLE IN FRONT OF YOU, REALLY 179 00:06:30,490 --> 00:06:33,025 WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS 180 00:06:33,025 --> 00:06:34,394 INCREASES HERE THAT ARE SPREAD 181 00:06:34,394 --> 00:06:36,629 OUT, THAT ARE FOR WAGE INCREASES 182 00:06:36,629 --> 00:06:39,632 FOR THE UNIONS THAT I JUST 183 00:06:39,632 --> 00:06:41,067 MENTIONED, OR FOR STAFFING 184 00:06:41,067 --> 00:06:43,703 INCREASES, THEY ARE THERE'S NOT 185 00:06:43,703 --> 00:06:46,439 ONE PARTICULAR CHANGE THAT IS 186 00:06:46,439 --> 00:06:47,840 WORTH HIGHLIGHTING RIGHT NOW AT 187 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:49,942 THIS STAGE. THERE IS A 188 00:06:49,942 --> 00:06:51,277 SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FOR THE 189 00:06:51,277 --> 00:06:52,411 SCHOOL ZONE CAMERA PROGRAM. 190 00:06:52,411 --> 00:06:53,679 THERE ARE SOME NEW CAMERAS THAT 191 00:06:53,679 --> 00:06:58,451 ARE GOING TO BE PUT OUT INTO THE 192 00:06:58,451 --> 00:06:59,552 CITY, AND THOSE THOSE CAMERAS. 193 00:06:59,552 --> 00:07:01,587 THAT BUDGET IS MANAGED BY SPD. 194 00:07:01,587 --> 00:07:03,189 SO THAT'S A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT 195 00:07:03,189 --> 00:07:04,090 INCREASE. THE REST OF IT IS 196 00:07:04,090 --> 00:07:05,358 PRETTY MUCH ALL RELATED TO, AS I 197 00:07:05,358 --> 00:07:08,094 SAY, EITHER THE THE SWORN 198 00:07:08,094 --> 00:07:11,798 STAFFING OR THE LABOR INCREASES. 199 00:07:11,798 --> 00:07:13,132 THERE WERE A NUMBER OF 200 00:07:13,132 --> 00:07:15,668 INDIVIDUAL CUTS THAT WERE MADE 201 00:07:15,668 --> 00:07:17,170 OF POSITIONS, AND THE EXECUTIVE 202 00:07:17,170 --> 00:07:19,772 WENT OVER THOSE IN DETAIL DURING 203 00:07:19,772 --> 00:07:21,140 ITS PRESENTATION. I'M NOT GOING 204 00:07:21,140 --> 00:07:22,575 TO GO OVER EVERY SINGLE ONE OF 205 00:07:22,575 --> 00:07:25,077 THOSE. I WILL BE GOING OVER THE 206 00:07:25,077 --> 00:07:27,914 MOST SIGNIFICANT ONES. I'VE GOT 207 00:07:27,914 --> 00:07:28,514 EIGHT ISSUES UP TODAY IN THE 208 00:07:28,514 --> 00:07:30,616 ISSUE PAPER. SO I THINK PROBABLY 209 00:07:30,616 --> 00:07:33,419 WE WILL HIT AN ISSUE. OR IF YOU 210 00:07:33,419 --> 00:07:36,022 HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT A POSITION 211 00:07:36,022 --> 00:07:37,056 ELIMINATION, IT'S PROBABLY ONE 212 00:07:37,056 --> 00:07:38,691 OF MY ISSUES. IF IT'S NOT, THEN 213 00:07:38,691 --> 00:07:43,496 WE CAN DISCUSS IT AT THE END. 214 00:07:43,496 --> 00:07:44,230 ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO GO 215 00:07:44,230 --> 00:07:48,100 AHEAD AND JUMP INTO THIS. SPD, 216 00:07:48,100 --> 00:07:49,869 OF COURSE, HAS ONE OF THE 217 00:07:49,869 --> 00:07:53,573 LARGEST WORKFORCES IN THE CITY 218 00:07:53,573 --> 00:07:56,742 WITH ABOUT 1879 FTE, ABOUT THREE 219 00:07:56,742 --> 00:07:59,312 QUARTERS OF THOSE FTE ARE SWORN 220 00:07:59,312 --> 00:08:00,880 OFFICERS. I HAVE SOME 221 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:03,883 ATTACHMENTS IN THE ISSUE PAPER 222 00:08:03,883 --> 00:08:06,052 THAT BREAKS THAT NUMBER DOWN. 223 00:08:06,052 --> 00:08:06,686 WHERE THERE'S ATTACHMENT, ONE 224 00:08:06,686 --> 00:08:09,922 THAT SHOWS L 498 OFFICERS ARE 225 00:08:09,922 --> 00:08:11,791 DEPLOYED TO THE PRECINCTS IN 226 00:08:11,791 --> 00:08:14,193 SEATTLE AND ANSWER THE 911 227 00:08:14,193 --> 00:08:16,762 CALLS. THE ATTACHMENT TWO IN THE 228 00:08:16,762 --> 00:08:20,399 ISSUE PAPER SHOWS A BREAKDOWN OF 229 00:08:20,399 --> 00:08:21,434 HOW ALL OFFICERS ARE DISTRIBUTED 230 00:08:21,434 --> 00:08:22,001 THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT, 231 00:08:22,001 --> 00:08:24,237 WHETHER IT BE ON SPECIALTY UNITS 232 00:08:24,237 --> 00:08:25,204 LIKE WATER OR HARBOR, OR 233 00:08:25,204 --> 00:08:27,907 CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. AND 234 00:08:27,907 --> 00:08:28,841 WE'LL ALSO BE TALKING ABOUT 235 00:08:28,841 --> 00:08:31,477 THAT A BIT LATER IN THE 236 00:08:31,477 --> 00:08:33,479 PRESENTATION. SO EVERY AUGUST, 237 00:08:33,479 --> 00:08:35,481 SPD SUBMITS A STAFFING PLAN THAT 238 00:08:35,481 --> 00:08:38,084 IDENTIFIES THE DEPARTMENT'S 239 00:08:38,084 --> 00:08:39,552 HIRING AND SEPARATION 240 00:08:39,552 --> 00:08:40,152 PROJECTIONS FOR THE UPCOMING 241 00:08:40,152 --> 00:08:41,721 YEAR AND WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT 242 00:08:41,721 --> 00:08:46,058 OF YOU IS THE HISTORICAL HIRES 243 00:08:46,058 --> 00:08:47,226 AND SEPARATIONS. AND THEN YOU 244 00:08:47,226 --> 00:08:49,962 SEE A NET ADDS COLUMN. THAT'S A 245 00:08:49,962 --> 00:08:54,901 SIMPLE PRODUCT OF OF HIRES, LESS 246 00:08:54,901 --> 00:08:55,534 SEPARATIONS. AND YOU'LL SEE 247 00:08:55,534 --> 00:09:00,072 THAT IN 2026, WE THERE'S A 248 00:09:00,072 --> 00:09:00,840 PROJECTED NUMBER IN 2027, A PLAN 249 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:07,914 NUMBER. AND IN 2028, A PLAN 250 00:09:07,914 --> 00:09:10,516 NUMBER. IF THE 2020 728 PROPOSED 251 00:09:10,516 --> 00:09:12,451 BUDGET AND THE MONEY THAT IS 252 00:09:12,451 --> 00:09:14,987 DEDICATED TO STAFFING IS 253 00:09:14,987 --> 00:09:17,757 REALIZED IN THE WAY THAT THE 254 00:09:17,757 --> 00:09:18,524 EXECUTIVE HAS PROGRAMED IT IN 255 00:09:18,524 --> 00:09:21,827 THE BUDGET, THERE WILL BE 128 256 00:09:21,827 --> 00:09:23,696 NEW HIRES IN 2027, AND THERE 257 00:09:23,696 --> 00:09:28,834 WILL BE 85 SEPARATIONS, AND THAT 258 00:09:28,834 --> 00:09:32,071 WILL CREATE 43 NEW OFFICER ADDS. 259 00:09:32,071 --> 00:09:36,042 IN 2028, THERE WOULD BE 79 NEW 260 00:09:36,042 --> 00:09:38,778 HIRES AND 79 SEPARATIONS, AND 261 00:09:38,778 --> 00:09:41,747 THAT YEAR IS DELIBERATELY 262 00:09:41,747 --> 00:09:44,617 CALIBRATED TO BE SUSTAINMENT 263 00:09:44,617 --> 00:09:46,519 HIRING. THERE WOULD NOT BE 264 00:09:46,519 --> 00:09:48,754 GROWTH IN THE DEPARTMENT EACH OF 265 00:09:48,754 --> 00:09:49,889 THOSE YEARS IS, AS YOU SEE, AT 266 00:09:49,889 --> 00:09:54,427 THE VERY RIGHT OF THE TABLE, 267 00:09:54,427 --> 00:09:57,763 CORRESPONDS TO 1250 FTE. THIS IS 268 00:09:57,763 --> 00:09:59,699 A NUMBER THAT THAT HAS BEEN 269 00:09:59,699 --> 00:10:03,269 DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT LATELY. 270 00:10:03,269 --> 00:10:06,305 IMPORTANT TO CLARIFY, THIS IS 271 00:10:06,305 --> 00:10:10,009 NOT A COUNT OF OFFICERS, 1250 272 00:10:10,009 --> 00:10:11,711 FUNDED FTE IS A BUDGET NUMBER, 273 00:10:11,711 --> 00:10:12,912 AND IT'S A BUDGET NUMBER THAT 274 00:10:12,912 --> 00:10:14,347 SUPPORTS NOT JUST SWORN 275 00:10:14,347 --> 00:10:16,916 OFFICERS, BUT ALSO RECRUITS WHO 276 00:10:16,916 --> 00:10:18,050 DON'T TAKE THE SWORN OATH UNTIL 277 00:10:18,050 --> 00:10:20,920 THEY GET TO THE TO THE 278 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:22,722 DEPARTMENT AND FINISH THEIR 279 00:10:22,722 --> 00:10:24,123 ACADEMY TRAINING. SO WHEN WE'RE 280 00:10:24,123 --> 00:10:25,958 TALKING ABOUT 1250, IT WILL 281 00:10:25,958 --> 00:10:28,361 NEVER BE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF 282 00:10:28,361 --> 00:10:30,029 OFFICERS. IT ALSO INCLUDES ABOUT 283 00:10:30,029 --> 00:10:32,298 RIGHT NOW, 150 STUDENT OFFICERS 284 00:10:32,298 --> 00:10:33,165 THAT COULD NOT BE OUT ON THE 285 00:10:33,165 --> 00:10:37,436 STREET ANSWERING CALLS. SO IT'S 286 00:10:37,436 --> 00:10:40,272 A FUNDED NUMBER. IT'S A BUDGET 287 00:10:40,272 --> 00:10:40,806 NUMBER, AND IT SUPPORTS A 288 00:10:40,806 --> 00:10:42,742 PARTICULAR LEVEL OF HIRING IN 289 00:10:42,742 --> 00:10:44,777 THE STAFFING PLAN. THE WAY THAT 290 00:10:44,777 --> 00:10:47,546 THE MAYOR USES THOSE FUNDS, 291 00:10:47,546 --> 00:10:53,085 AGAIN, 43 NET NEW IN 2027 AND 292 00:10:53,085 --> 00:10:58,557 SUSTAINMENT HIRING ONLY IN 2028. 293 00:10:58,557 --> 00:10:59,792 SO DIVE INTO THE DETAILS A 294 00:10:59,792 --> 00:11:02,928 LITTLE BIT. WHAT YOU SEE NOW IS 295 00:11:02,928 --> 00:11:04,630 A BAR CHART THAT SHOWS HOW 296 00:11:04,630 --> 00:11:06,265 HIRING IS GOING TO LOOK OVER THE 297 00:11:06,265 --> 00:11:10,236 BIENNIUM. AS I MENTIONED 298 00:11:10,236 --> 00:11:10,770 EARLIER, THE GOAL IS FOR 299 00:11:10,770 --> 00:11:17,910 SUSTAINMENT HIRING IN 2028. THE 300 00:11:17,910 --> 00:11:18,511 MAYOR HAS SHIFTED SHIFTED THE 301 00:11:18,511 --> 00:11:20,913 WAY THAT POLICE STAFFING IS 302 00:11:20,913 --> 00:11:26,218 MONITORED AND THE WAY IT IS 303 00:11:26,218 --> 00:11:27,653 PROGRAMED. USUALLY WE WOULD BE 304 00:11:27,653 --> 00:11:29,922 TALKING ABOUT HOW MANY NET ADDS. 305 00:11:29,922 --> 00:11:31,624 THE MAYOR'S BUDGET ADDS TO BY 306 00:11:31,624 --> 00:11:34,326 WAY OF OFFICERS. IN THIS 307 00:11:34,326 --> 00:11:39,165 PARTICULAR CASE, WHAT THE MAYOR 308 00:11:39,165 --> 00:11:39,799 HAS DONE IS ESTABLISHED A FUNDED 309 00:11:39,799 --> 00:11:40,566 FTE CAP, THAT 1250 CAP THAT I 310 00:11:40,566 --> 00:11:42,868 DISCUSSED A MOMENT AGO AND THAT 311 00:11:42,868 --> 00:11:44,370 IS THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT IS 312 00:11:44,370 --> 00:11:47,606 BEING ADDED TO THE BUDGET. AND 313 00:11:47,606 --> 00:11:49,508 THE MAYOR IS SIMPLY SAYING, 314 00:11:49,508 --> 00:11:50,609 MANAGE TO THAT FUNDING LEVEL. SO 315 00:11:50,609 --> 00:11:53,946 I'M DESCRIBING TO YOU WHAT THAT 316 00:11:53,946 --> 00:11:55,014 FUNDING LEVEL BUYS AND THE WAY 317 00:11:55,014 --> 00:11:58,150 IT WORKS OUT IS THAT IN THE 318 00:11:58,150 --> 00:12:00,352 FIRST COUPLE QUARTERS OF 2027, 319 00:12:00,352 --> 00:12:02,488 THE FIRST TWO BARS THERE, YOU'LL 320 00:12:02,488 --> 00:12:06,192 SEE THE RECRUITS ARE HIRED AT A 321 00:12:06,192 --> 00:12:08,594 RATE OF ABOUT 36 PER QUARTER. 322 00:12:08,594 --> 00:12:10,429 THAT'S ABOUT 12 RECRUITS PER 323 00:12:10,429 --> 00:12:12,631 MONTH. AND THEN LATERALS ARE 324 00:12:12,631 --> 00:12:16,001 HIRED ABOUT TWO PER MONTH. AND 325 00:12:16,001 --> 00:12:23,008 SO TO MEET THAT 1250 CAP IN 326 00:12:23,008 --> 00:12:24,710 2028, THE DEPARTMENT CAN HIRE AT 327 00:12:24,710 --> 00:12:28,214 ITS CURRENT LEVEL, THE 36 328 00:12:28,214 --> 00:12:30,883 OFFICERS OR 36 RECRUITS PER 329 00:12:30,883 --> 00:12:32,585 QUARTER IT CAN HIRE AT THAT 330 00:12:32,585 --> 00:12:34,253 LEVEL ONLY FOR ABOUT TWO MORE 331 00:12:34,253 --> 00:12:36,188 MONTHS, AND THAT IT NEEDS TO 332 00:12:36,188 --> 00:12:38,524 START REDUCING ITS ITS HIRING SO 333 00:12:38,524 --> 00:12:41,060 THAT WHEN WE GET TO 2028, THEY 334 00:12:41,060 --> 00:12:44,463 CAN STAY WITHIN THE FUNDED FTE 335 00:12:44,463 --> 00:12:48,768 LEVEL. SO WE'RE BACK TO TALKING 336 00:12:48,768 --> 00:12:50,536 ABOUT WHAT THE FUNDED FTE LEVEL 337 00:12:50,536 --> 00:12:54,807 WILL, WILL, WILL BUY. AND IF YOU 338 00:12:54,807 --> 00:12:58,744 LOOK AT 25, 26 AND 27, THE 339 00:12:58,744 --> 00:13:00,446 HIRING PACE THAT SPD HAS BEEN 340 00:13:00,446 --> 00:13:04,150 ON, THE INCREASED HIRING PACE 341 00:13:04,150 --> 00:13:06,385 HAS RESULTED IN A LOT OF STUDENT 342 00:13:06,385 --> 00:13:07,853 OFFICERS AND A LOT OF RECRUITS. 343 00:13:07,853 --> 00:13:09,855 RIGHT NOW, THE DEPARTMENT HAS 344 00:13:09,855 --> 00:13:12,491 ABOUT 50 RECRUITS AND ABOUT 150 345 00:13:12,491 --> 00:13:14,026 SWORN STUDENT OFFICERS. SO A BIG 346 00:13:14,026 --> 00:13:16,228 CHUNK OF OF THE DEPARTMENT'S 347 00:13:16,228 --> 00:13:19,832 WORKFORCE RIGHT NOW IS OFFICERS 348 00:13:19,832 --> 00:13:22,001 IN TRAINING. THOSE OFFICERS ARE 349 00:13:22,001 --> 00:13:23,235 GOING TO MOVE OUT OF THE 350 00:13:23,235 --> 00:13:24,503 TRAINING PHASE IN THE NEXT YEAR 351 00:13:24,503 --> 00:13:28,007 OR TWO. AND AS THAT HAPPENS, 352 00:13:28,007 --> 00:13:30,509 YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE NUMBER 353 00:13:30,509 --> 00:13:32,044 OF BOTH DEPLOYABLE OFFICERS AND 354 00:13:32,044 --> 00:13:34,146 FULLY TRAINED OFFICERS INCREASE. 355 00:13:34,146 --> 00:13:35,681 AND SO THE BLUE LINE HERE ON 356 00:13:35,681 --> 00:13:37,850 THIS CHART IS THE FULLY TRAINED 357 00:13:37,850 --> 00:13:41,554 OFFICERS AND THE GREEN LINE IS 358 00:13:41,554 --> 00:13:43,389 THE DEPLOYABLE OFFICERS. THE 359 00:13:43,389 --> 00:13:45,524 DIFFERENCE IS THAT A FULLY 360 00:13:45,524 --> 00:13:47,426 TRAINED OFFICER IS JUST WHAT IT 361 00:13:47,426 --> 00:13:49,929 SOUNDS LIKE, A DEPLOYABLE 362 00:13:49,929 --> 00:13:52,064 OFFICER IS. THAT NUMBER IS A 363 00:13:52,064 --> 00:13:54,266 LITTLE BIT LOWER BECAUSE IT 364 00:13:54,266 --> 00:13:55,367 TAKES OUT OFFICERS THAT ARE ON 365 00:13:55,367 --> 00:13:56,869 ANY KIND OF LONG TERM LEAVE, IF 366 00:13:56,869 --> 00:13:58,837 THEY'RE ON LONG TERM DISABILITY 367 00:13:58,837 --> 00:13:59,839 OR MILITARY LEAVE OR ANY OTHER 368 00:13:59,839 --> 00:14:05,077 KIND OF LEAVE, THAT IS OVER MANY 369 00:14:05,077 --> 00:14:06,111 MONTHS. THEN THEY'RE TAKEN OUT 370 00:14:06,111 --> 00:14:07,179 OF THE EQUATION. AND WHAT WE'RE 371 00:14:07,179 --> 00:14:08,414 LEFT WITH IS THE OFFICERS THAT 372 00:14:08,414 --> 00:14:10,416 YOU CAN ACTUALLY DEPLOY. AND 373 00:14:10,416 --> 00:14:12,818 THAT'S THAT GREEN LINE. ONE 374 00:14:12,818 --> 00:14:16,889 THING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE 375 00:14:16,889 --> 00:14:18,657 ABOUT THE MAYOR'S STAFFING PLAN 376 00:14:18,657 --> 00:14:23,462 IS THAT THE 1250 F LEVEL AT 1250 377 00:14:23,462 --> 00:14:26,198 FUNDING LEVEL, FTE THAT ARE 378 00:14:26,198 --> 00:14:28,901 PROVIDED IN 2027 AND 2028, THE 379 00:14:28,901 --> 00:14:32,438 STAFFING PLAN DOES NOT USE ALL 380 00:14:32,438 --> 00:14:33,505 OF THAT MONEY IN 2027, THE. IN 381 00:14:33,505 --> 00:14:36,742 ORDER TO STAFF AT THE RATE THAT 382 00:14:36,742 --> 00:14:38,878 THE MAYOR HAS IDENTIFIED, WHICH 383 00:14:38,878 --> 00:14:42,615 IS FOR 43 NET NEW IN 2027, THE 384 00:14:42,615 --> 00:14:46,285 DEPARTMENT ONLY NEEDS TO USE 385 00:14:46,285 --> 00:14:49,922 1229 FUNDED FTE. ITS PLAN IS TO 386 00:14:49,922 --> 00:14:52,458 TAKE THE REMAINDER. THE 387 00:14:52,458 --> 00:14:54,660 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ONE TWO, 388 00:14:54,660 --> 00:14:56,629 TWO NINE FTE AND THE 1250 FTE, 389 00:14:56,629 --> 00:14:58,163 AND MOVE SOME OF THAT MONEY INTO 390 00:14:58,163 --> 00:15:00,266 THE TECHNICAL SERVICES BUREAU TO 391 00:15:00,266 --> 00:15:04,637 PAY FOR SOME LONG TERM. 392 00:15:04,637 --> 00:15:05,971 TECHNOLOGY COSTS THAT THE 393 00:15:05,971 --> 00:15:08,641 DEPARTMENT HAS HAD AND HAS HAD 394 00:15:08,641 --> 00:15:11,277 DIFFICULTY COVERING THOSE COSTS 395 00:15:11,277 --> 00:15:13,012 IN THE PAST THEY HAVE USED SWORN 396 00:15:13,012 --> 00:15:14,246 SALARY SAVINGS TO PAY FOR SOME 397 00:15:14,246 --> 00:15:16,582 OF THOSE COSTS, SO THAT THIS 398 00:15:16,582 --> 00:15:18,918 MOVE IS NOT UNPRECEDENTED IN ANY 399 00:15:18,918 --> 00:15:21,387 WAY. IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE 400 00:15:21,387 --> 00:15:23,856 DEPARTMENT HAD PLANNED TO DO. SO 401 00:15:23,856 --> 00:15:27,459 THE POINT BEING THAT NOT ALL OF 402 00:15:27,459 --> 00:15:29,028 THE 1250 FTE IS NEEDED IN 27, 403 00:15:29,028 --> 00:15:33,565 AND THERE WILL BE SOME FUNDING 404 00:15:33,565 --> 00:15:35,601 THAT WILL GO TO OTHER THINGS. 405 00:15:35,601 --> 00:15:37,903 AND TALK JUST A MINUTE ABOUT 406 00:15:37,903 --> 00:15:41,840 WHAT THOSE OTHER THINGS ARE. THE 407 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:44,410 DIFFERENCE IS ABOUT 4.5 MILLION 408 00:15:44,410 --> 00:15:46,512 BETWEEN WHAT THEY NEED FOR 409 00:15:46,512 --> 00:15:49,048 PAYING SWORN SALARIES AND WHAT 410 00:15:49,048 --> 00:15:50,716 THEY'VE GOT, AND ABOUT 2.5 411 00:15:50,716 --> 00:15:51,817 MILLION OF IT IS GOING TO GO TO 412 00:15:51,817 --> 00:15:53,385 THAT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES BUREAU, 413 00:15:53,385 --> 00:15:54,787 AS I MENTIONED, AND THE 414 00:15:54,787 --> 00:15:58,357 REMAINING 2 MILLION IS GOING TO 415 00:15:58,357 --> 00:16:00,225 BE AN AMOUNT THAT IS 416 00:16:00,225 --> 00:16:01,493 CHARACTERIZED AS A CUSHION FOR 417 00:16:01,493 --> 00:16:05,230 THE SWORN STAFFING PLAN. THAT IS 418 00:16:05,230 --> 00:16:07,866 ACTUALLY A GOOD THING TO DO. THE 419 00:16:07,866 --> 00:16:10,502 STAFFING PLAN HAS HAD SOME NEW 420 00:16:10,502 --> 00:16:13,305 IMPACTS THIS YEAR AROUND 421 00:16:13,305 --> 00:16:17,443 SEPARATIONS LESS OFFICERS, FEWER 422 00:16:17,443 --> 00:16:18,077 OFFICERS WERE LEAVING THE FORCE, 423 00:16:18,077 --> 00:16:19,178 AND THAT RESULTED IN IN THE 424 00:16:19,178 --> 00:16:20,779 DEPARTMENT NEEDING TO SLOW DOWN 425 00:16:20,779 --> 00:16:22,281 ITS HIRING TO STAY WITHIN 426 00:16:22,281 --> 00:16:27,586 BUDGET. THAT'S THE KIND OF FORCE 427 00:16:27,586 --> 00:16:29,722 THAT HAVING SOME EXTRA FUNDING 428 00:16:29,722 --> 00:16:30,789 AVAILABLE WOULD HELP TO MAKE 429 00:16:30,789 --> 00:16:33,359 SURE THAT YOU CAN MEET YOUR 43 430 00:16:33,359 --> 00:16:34,026 NET NEW OFFICERS. AND SO THAT'S 431 00:16:34,026 --> 00:16:36,895 A BIT OF A CUSHION. SO AGAIN, 432 00:16:36,895 --> 00:16:38,430 THIS 4.5 MILLION, TWO AND A HALF 433 00:16:38,430 --> 00:16:41,567 MOVED OUT TO PAY FOR TECHNOLOGY 434 00:16:41,567 --> 00:16:44,870 ITEMS, ONE 2 MILLION STAYING IN 435 00:16:44,870 --> 00:16:47,439 AS A CUSHION FOR THE STAFFING 436 00:16:47,439 --> 00:16:52,010 PLAN. SO NOW I'M GOING TO GO 437 00:16:52,010 --> 00:16:55,981 OVER THE OPTIONS THAT CENTRAL 438 00:16:55,981 --> 00:16:57,816 STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED FOR YOU ALL 439 00:16:57,816 --> 00:17:02,488 TO CONSIDER. AND WHAT WE'VE GOT 440 00:17:02,488 --> 00:17:04,723 SEVERAL OPTIONS HERE. THE FIRST 441 00:17:04,723 --> 00:17:06,392 ONE IS THE 2 MILLION THAT I 442 00:17:06,392 --> 00:17:09,762 MENTIONED IN 2027. THAT WOULD BE 443 00:17:09,762 --> 00:17:10,863 A CUSHION TO THE STAFFING PLAN 444 00:17:10,863 --> 00:17:12,364 SO THAT IT CAN ABSORB ANY, ANY 445 00:17:12,364 --> 00:17:15,334 KIND OF IMPACTS AROUND SWORN 446 00:17:15,334 --> 00:17:21,140 HIRING THAT AREN'T EXPECTED. IT 447 00:17:21,140 --> 00:17:22,608 IS. IT'S A POLICY OPTION. IF 448 00:17:22,608 --> 00:17:24,643 THE COUNCIL WISHED TO USE THAT 449 00:17:24,643 --> 00:17:26,512 TO HIRE NEW SWORN OFFICERS OR 450 00:17:26,512 --> 00:17:27,980 FOR ANY OTHER GENERAL FUND 451 00:17:27,980 --> 00:17:30,616 MATTER. SO THAT IS AN AMOUNT 452 00:17:30,616 --> 00:17:31,517 THAT COULD BE REMOVED BY REMOVE 453 00:17:31,517 --> 00:17:34,586 IT. YOU'RE SIMPLY JUST SINKING 454 00:17:34,586 --> 00:17:37,489 THE SALARY BUDGET FOR SPD TO THE 455 00:17:37,489 --> 00:17:40,559 EXPECTED NEEDS TO PAY OFFICERS. 456 00:17:40,559 --> 00:17:43,796 OPTION B IS TO RETAIN CURRENT 457 00:17:43,796 --> 00:17:45,297 RECRUIT HIRING AN AVERAGE OF 458 00:17:45,297 --> 00:17:48,534 ABOUT 12 PER MONTH THROUGH 2028. 459 00:17:48,534 --> 00:17:51,136 I SHOWED YOU IN THAT EARLIER 460 00:17:51,136 --> 00:17:53,005 SLIDE HOW RECRUIT HIRING 461 00:17:53,005 --> 00:17:56,008 CURRENTLY AND IN THE BEGINNING 462 00:17:56,008 --> 00:17:58,510 OF OF 2027 IS ABOUT 12 RECRUITS 463 00:17:58,510 --> 00:18:01,480 PER MONTH THAT THAT HIRING WILL 464 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:05,217 SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT SEVEN. AND SO 465 00:18:05,217 --> 00:18:07,186 SEVEN RECRUITS PER MONTH. SO IF 466 00:18:07,186 --> 00:18:08,153 THE COUNCIL WANTED TO KEEP THAT 467 00:18:08,153 --> 00:18:11,223 RECRUIT HIRING AT THE SAME LEVEL 468 00:18:11,223 --> 00:18:13,392 AS NOW, ESSENTIALLY JUST NOT 469 00:18:13,392 --> 00:18:15,194 SLOW HIRING AT THE DEPARTMENT, 470 00:18:15,194 --> 00:18:17,396 THEN YOU WOULD PICK OPTION B, 471 00:18:17,396 --> 00:18:22,267 AND THAT WOULD REQUIRE AN ADD OF 472 00:18:22,267 --> 00:18:23,302 792,000 IN 2027. AND THAT WOULD 473 00:18:23,302 --> 00:18:27,439 ADD ABOUT 23 NET NEW OFFICERS IN 474 00:18:27,439 --> 00:18:29,441 IN 2027. AND THIS IS ABOVE THE 475 00:18:29,441 --> 00:18:35,447 MAYOR'S PLAN. AND THEN AN 11.6 476 00:18:35,447 --> 00:18:38,116 MILLION ADD IN IN 2028 WOULD ADD 477 00:18:38,116 --> 00:18:41,787 69 NET NEW OFFICERS. ONE OF THE 478 00:18:41,787 --> 00:18:42,421 THINGS THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT 479 00:18:42,421 --> 00:18:46,492 TO MENTION, THE EXECUTIVE HAS 480 00:18:46,492 --> 00:18:47,993 PUT FORTH A PROPOSAL, REALLY A 481 00:18:47,993 --> 00:18:49,127 PARADIGM SHIFT, AGAIN, IN THE 482 00:18:49,127 --> 00:18:51,163 WAY THAT THAT POLICE ARE 483 00:18:51,163 --> 00:18:52,865 BUDGETED, BUDGETED AND MANAGED, 484 00:18:52,865 --> 00:18:56,735 MANAGED. AND IT'S THE CASE THAT 485 00:18:56,735 --> 00:18:59,271 IN THE PAST THERE WOULD BE A NEW 486 00:18:59,271 --> 00:19:01,740 OFFICER TARGET AND THE 487 00:19:01,740 --> 00:19:03,642 DEPARTMENT WOULD RACE TOWARDS 488 00:19:03,642 --> 00:19:05,010 THAT TARGET WITHOUT WORRYING 489 00:19:05,010 --> 00:19:06,111 ABOUT HOW MUCH FUNDING IT NEEDED 490 00:19:06,111 --> 00:19:08,247 IN THE FUTURE, GIVEN THAT 491 00:19:08,247 --> 00:19:11,116 THERE'S A FOCUS ON THIS BY THE 492 00:19:11,116 --> 00:19:13,285 EXECUTIVE I HAVE PUT INTO THESE 493 00:19:13,285 --> 00:19:14,753 OPTIONS THE FUTURE REQUIREMENTS 494 00:19:14,753 --> 00:19:16,622 FOR FUNDING. IF YOU WERE TO TAKE 495 00:19:16,622 --> 00:19:19,691 OPTION B IN 2029, THE COUNCIL 496 00:19:19,691 --> 00:19:20,826 WOULD NEED TO ADD OR THE MAYOR 497 00:19:20,826 --> 00:19:24,997 WOULD NEED TO ADD 22 MILLION TO 498 00:19:24,997 --> 00:19:28,333 THE CITY BUDGET. SO OPTION C IS 499 00:19:28,333 --> 00:19:29,668 PROBABLY WHAT I WOULD CALL THE 500 00:19:29,668 --> 00:19:33,705 FULL MEAL DEAL. OPTION B IS THE 501 00:19:33,705 --> 00:19:35,307 VALUE MENU. OPTION B IS JUST 502 00:19:35,307 --> 00:19:37,209 KEEPING THE RECRUIT HIRING AT 503 00:19:37,209 --> 00:19:39,578 THE SAME OPTION. C KEEPS 504 00:19:39,578 --> 00:19:42,281 EVERYTHING THE SAME. IT KEEPS 12 505 00:19:42,281 --> 00:19:44,917 RECRUITS PER MONTH AND TWO 506 00:19:44,917 --> 00:19:47,619 LATERALS PER MONTH, AND IT WOULD 507 00:19:47,619 --> 00:19:49,588 KEEP ALL OF THAT HIRING THE SAME 508 00:19:49,588 --> 00:19:51,523 THROUGH 2028. IT WOULD REQUIRE A 509 00:19:51,523 --> 00:19:55,027 HIGHER INVESTMENT, 2.1 MILLION 510 00:19:55,027 --> 00:19:57,896 IN 2027, AND THAT WOULD RESULT 511 00:19:57,896 --> 00:20:02,034 IN 38 NET NEW OFFICERS. AND IT 512 00:20:02,034 --> 00:20:02,601 WOULD REQUIRE 17,000,000 IN 513 00:20:02,601 --> 00:20:05,470 2028. AND THAT WOULD BE THAT 514 00:20:05,470 --> 00:20:07,139 WOULD ADD 87 NEW OFFICERS. AND 515 00:20:07,139 --> 00:20:12,844 IT WOULD HAVE ONGOING COSTS OF 516 00:20:12,844 --> 00:20:14,846 29.1 MILLION IN 2029. SO FAIRLY 517 00:20:14,846 --> 00:20:17,716 SIGNIFICANT COSTS FOR ABOUT 125 518 00:20:17,716 --> 00:20:21,153 NEW OFFICERS. AS YOU SEE, THERE 519 00:20:21,153 --> 00:20:23,755 ARE OPTIONS HERE. EITHER OPTION, 520 00:20:23,755 --> 00:20:25,624 OPTION A TAKING THE MONEY AND 521 00:20:25,624 --> 00:20:29,127 USING IT FOR EITHER B OR C IS IS 522 00:20:29,127 --> 00:20:34,199 ANOTHER OPTION. AND THEN E IS NO 523 00:20:34,199 --> 00:20:38,136 CHANGE. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO 524 00:20:38,136 --> 00:20:40,072 MOVE ALONG. SO THE NEXT ISSUE IS 525 00:20:40,072 --> 00:20:41,240 A QUESTION. WHAT IS THE RIGHT 526 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,008 NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS FOR 527 00:20:43,008 --> 00:20:45,644 SEATTLE. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT 528 00:20:45,644 --> 00:20:47,846 YOU ALL DISCUSSED AT LENGTH 529 00:20:47,846 --> 00:20:48,647 DURING THE EXECUTIVE 530 00:20:48,647 --> 00:20:51,416 PRESENTATION. AND I HEARD 531 00:20:51,416 --> 00:20:53,185 SEVERAL TIMES FROM MANY OF YOU 532 00:20:53,185 --> 00:20:56,054 THAT YOU WERE INTERESTED IN 533 00:20:56,054 --> 00:20:58,023 SEEING A COMPARISON FOR SEATTLE 534 00:20:58,023 --> 00:21:00,726 TO SIMILAR SIZED CITIES THAT 535 00:21:00,726 --> 00:21:01,293 WOULD SHOW POPULATION CRIME 536 00:21:01,293 --> 00:21:02,961 RATES, THE NUMBER OF SWORN 537 00:21:02,961 --> 00:21:05,464 OFFICERS, AND HOW THAT WORKED 538 00:21:05,464 --> 00:21:08,700 OUT FROM A STARTING POINT FOR 539 00:21:08,700 --> 00:21:10,235 OFFICERS PER THOUSAND. AND SO 540 00:21:10,235 --> 00:21:11,103 THAT'S WHAT I HAVE HERE IN 541 00:21:11,103 --> 00:21:13,705 FRONT OF YOU, RESPONSIVE TO YOUR 542 00:21:13,705 --> 00:21:17,009 REQUEST. GO OVER THIS AT A HIGH 543 00:21:17,009 --> 00:21:18,910 LEVEL. THE DATA HERE IS ALL FOR 544 00:21:18,910 --> 00:21:20,345 2025, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE LAST 545 00:21:20,345 --> 00:21:23,215 FULL YEAR OF REPORTING. IT WAS 546 00:21:23,215 --> 00:21:25,384 TAKEN FROM THE FBI. THE FBI 547 00:21:25,384 --> 00:21:27,286 REQUIRES LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO 548 00:21:27,286 --> 00:21:28,920 REPORT THEIR CRIME DATA AND DATA 549 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:30,822 ABOUT THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENTS, 550 00:21:30,822 --> 00:21:32,290 AND THAT IS TRUE OF ALL THE 551 00:21:32,290 --> 00:21:33,592 COLUMNS. UNTIL WE GET TO THE 552 00:21:33,592 --> 00:21:35,060 POLICE BUDGET COLUMN, WHICH IS 553 00:21:35,060 --> 00:21:36,962 THE SECOND FROM THE RIGHT, THAT 554 00:21:36,962 --> 00:21:41,166 ONE IS SIMPLY TAKEN. THE DATA 555 00:21:41,166 --> 00:21:43,001 FROM THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE 556 00:21:43,001 --> 00:21:44,703 SITES FOR THOSE VARIOUS CITIES 557 00:21:44,703 --> 00:21:47,372 FOR 2025, AND THEN THE RATE 558 00:21:47,372 --> 00:21:49,041 RINCK SPENDING COLUMN. THAT'S A 559 00:21:49,041 --> 00:21:50,409 COLUMN I ADDED BECAUSE I 560 00:21:50,409 --> 00:21:52,310 ANTICIPATED THAT, THAT YOU ALL 561 00:21:52,310 --> 00:21:53,679 WOULD WANT TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE 562 00:21:53,679 --> 00:21:54,980 THIS. ALL THAT REALLY DOES IS IT 563 00:21:54,980 --> 00:21:56,581 TAKES THE BUDGET AND DIVIDES IT 564 00:21:56,581 --> 00:21:58,417 BY THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS, SO 565 00:21:58,417 --> 00:21:59,818 THAT YOU ALL CAN SEE WHAT KIND 566 00:21:59,818 --> 00:22:03,455 OF INVESTMENT IS BEING MADE. 567 00:22:03,455 --> 00:22:06,525 FINANCIAL INVESTMENT IN IN THOSE 568 00:22:06,525 --> 00:22:09,027 OFFICERS. I THINK WHAT THIS 569 00:22:09,027 --> 00:22:14,333 SHOWS IS. THIS SHOWS OBVIOUSLY 570 00:22:14,333 --> 00:22:15,734 THAT THAT DEPENDING ON WHERE 571 00:22:15,734 --> 00:22:20,205 YOU'RE AT IN THE COUNTRY AND 572 00:22:20,205 --> 00:22:23,675 YOUR YOUR BUDGET SIZE, THERE ARE 573 00:22:23,675 --> 00:22:26,178 VARIOUS LEVELS OF INVESTMENT IN 574 00:22:26,178 --> 00:22:27,713 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THIS KIND 575 00:22:27,713 --> 00:22:29,548 OF APPROACH, THIS OFFICER TO 576 00:22:29,548 --> 00:22:31,416 POPULATION RATIO IS AN EASY 577 00:22:31,416 --> 00:22:35,220 METHOD TO COMPARE STAFFING. BUT 578 00:22:35,220 --> 00:22:36,254 IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A GREAT 579 00:22:36,254 --> 00:22:37,522 METHOD. IT'S, IT'S PROBLEMATIC 580 00:22:37,522 --> 00:22:39,658 FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS. 581 00:22:39,658 --> 00:22:42,394 ONE REASON IS THAT IT DOESN'T 582 00:22:42,394 --> 00:22:44,863 ACCOUNT FOR GEOGRAPHICAL 583 00:22:44,863 --> 00:22:46,598 DIFFERENCES, DIFFERENCES IN 584 00:22:46,598 --> 00:22:48,166 WORKLOAD, CALL COMPLEXITY, SAY, 585 00:22:48,166 --> 00:22:50,168 FOR INSTANCE, SEATTLE, WITH THE 586 00:22:50,168 --> 00:22:53,004 DOWNTOWN AREA BEING QUITE HILLY 587 00:22:53,004 --> 00:22:55,207 AND TRAFFIC CONGESTING THE 588 00:22:55,207 --> 00:22:56,208 DOWNTOWN AREA, OR THE FACT THAT 589 00:22:56,208 --> 00:22:59,010 WE ARE SURROUNDED BY WATER AND 590 00:22:59,010 --> 00:23:00,679 HAVE OUR PRECINCTS DIVIDED IN 591 00:23:00,679 --> 00:23:03,215 HALF THESE, THESE KINDS OF 592 00:23:03,215 --> 00:23:05,050 OBSTACLES CAN MAKE IT UNIQUE AND 593 00:23:05,050 --> 00:23:06,017 DIFFERENT AND DIFFICULT FOR 594 00:23:06,017 --> 00:23:07,552 SEATTLE TO RESPOND TO. 911 595 00:23:07,552 --> 00:23:09,287 CALLS, SAY, VERSUS AN AREA OR A 596 00:23:09,287 --> 00:23:12,657 CITY THAT'S COMPLETELY FLAT, 597 00:23:12,657 --> 00:23:13,825 TRANSIENT POPULATIONS, PLACES 598 00:23:13,825 --> 00:23:14,926 THAT HAVE A LOT OF TOURISTS COME 599 00:23:14,926 --> 00:23:17,262 IN DURING THE DAY, PLACES THAT 600 00:23:17,262 --> 00:23:21,867 ARE HUBS FOR WORKING OR LIVING. 601 00:23:21,867 --> 00:23:23,468 AND THEN IF IT'S WORK BASED, 602 00:23:23,468 --> 00:23:24,603 PEOPLE CLEAR OUT AT NIGHT. A LOT 603 00:23:24,603 --> 00:23:28,373 OF THESE FACTORS CAN MAKE IT 604 00:23:28,373 --> 00:23:28,974 DIFFICULT TO SAY THAT SEATTLE 605 00:23:28,974 --> 00:23:31,510 SHOULD BE COMPARED TO ANY OF 606 00:23:31,510 --> 00:23:33,111 THESE CITIES. WHEN IT COMES TO 607 00:23:33,111 --> 00:23:35,247 DETERMINING HOW MANY POLICE 608 00:23:35,247 --> 00:23:38,083 OFFICERS THE CITY SHOULD HAVE, 609 00:23:38,083 --> 00:23:39,251 IT'S ALSO DIFFICULT TO LOOK AT 610 00:23:39,251 --> 00:23:41,486 THE BUDGET AND FIGURE OUT 611 00:23:41,486 --> 00:23:43,755 WHETHER OR NOT MORE POLICE 612 00:23:43,755 --> 00:23:46,591 OFFICERS SHOULD BE SUPPORTED BY 613 00:23:46,591 --> 00:23:49,127 THAT BUDGET. MOST PEOPLE DON'T 614 00:23:49,127 --> 00:23:50,862 UNDERSTAND THAT POLICE OFFICERS 615 00:23:50,862 --> 00:23:51,863 ARE PAID VERY DIFFERENTLY 616 00:23:51,863 --> 00:23:52,931 DEPENDING ON THE PART OF THE 617 00:23:52,931 --> 00:23:54,499 COUNTRY THEY'RE IN. IT'S THE 618 00:23:54,499 --> 00:23:56,835 CASE THAT IF YOU'RE IN ON THE 619 00:23:56,835 --> 00:24:01,139 EAST COAST, AND I'M GOING TO 620 00:24:01,139 --> 00:24:01,706 JUST PAUSE FOR A SECOND, I 621 00:24:01,706 --> 00:24:02,741 CAN'T SEE THE TIME. SO CAN 622 00:24:02,741 --> 00:24:05,544 SOMEONE GIVE ME A HEADS UP WHEN 623 00:24:05,544 --> 00:24:06,178 WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO 1015? 624 00:24:06,178 --> 00:24:06,578 -- YEAH, WE'LL. 625 00:24:06,578 --> 00:24:10,248 -- GIVE YOU. OKAY. SO IF YOU'RE 626 00:24:10,248 --> 00:24:11,683 ON THE EAST COAST, OFFICERS ARE 627 00:24:11,683 --> 00:24:13,985 PAID QUITE A BIT LESS THAN 628 00:24:13,985 --> 00:24:14,920 OFFICERS ON THE WEST COAST. JUST 629 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,856 AS AN EXAMPLE, IF YOU LOOK AT A 630 00:24:17,856 --> 00:24:19,324 FIVE AND A HALF YEAR OFFICER IN 631 00:24:19,324 --> 00:24:23,161 THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THAT 632 00:24:23,161 --> 00:24:24,129 OFFICER MAKES ABOUT 122,000 AS 633 00:24:24,129 --> 00:24:25,697 THEIR BASE PAY. IF YOU LOOK AT 634 00:24:25,697 --> 00:24:27,265 THE SAME OFFICER IN SEATTLE, 635 00:24:27,265 --> 00:24:28,800 ACTUALLY A LITTLE LESS FIVE 636 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:31,837 YEARS, THAT OFFICER MAKES 637 00:24:31,837 --> 00:24:34,506 155,000. SO IT'S BECAUSE 638 00:24:34,506 --> 00:24:36,241 OFFICERS HAVE SUCH VARIED RATES 639 00:24:36,241 --> 00:24:37,242 OF PAY THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT 640 00:24:37,242 --> 00:24:39,377 SOME OF THESE EAST COAST CITIES, 641 00:24:39,377 --> 00:24:43,248 YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY HAVE MORE 642 00:24:43,248 --> 00:24:44,683 OFFICERS PER THOUSAND THAN SOME 643 00:24:44,683 --> 00:24:46,985 OF THE WEST COAST CITIES. AND 644 00:24:46,985 --> 00:24:49,421 THE BUDGETS, THE BUDGETS REFLECT 645 00:24:49,421 --> 00:24:52,390 HIGHER SPENDING ON ON OFFICERS. 646 00:24:52,390 --> 00:24:56,561 IT'S IT'S NOT A GREAT WAY. 647 00:24:56,561 --> 00:24:58,063 IT'S REALLY NOT A GREAT WAY TO 648 00:24:58,063 --> 00:24:59,998 COMPARE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT YOUR 649 00:24:59,998 --> 00:25:03,802 OFFICER LEVEL NEEDS TO BE. IT IS 650 00:25:03,802 --> 00:25:06,238 SORT OF A HIGH LEVEL LOOK AND A 651 00:25:06,238 --> 00:25:10,609 GOOD FIRST PLACE TO START. SO 652 00:25:10,609 --> 00:25:12,744 WHAT IS THE RIGHT WAY TO 653 00:25:12,744 --> 00:25:14,112 DETERMINE HOW MANY OFFICERS YOU 654 00:25:14,112 --> 00:25:15,146 NEED? WELL, THE BEST WAY IS TO 655 00:25:15,146 --> 00:25:16,948 TAKE ALL THOSE THINGS INTO 656 00:25:16,948 --> 00:25:17,749 CONSIDERATION THAT I JUST TALKED 657 00:25:17,749 --> 00:25:19,918 ABOUT. GEOGRAPHY, HISTORICAL 658 00:25:19,918 --> 00:25:21,953 WORKLOAD, 911 RESPONSE, 659 00:25:21,953 --> 00:25:23,622 PROACTIVE WORK, ALL THOSE 660 00:25:23,622 --> 00:25:25,190 VARIABLES AND AND PUT THEM INTO 661 00:25:25,190 --> 00:25:28,527 A MODEL AND TO FIGURE OUT HOW 662 00:25:28,527 --> 00:25:30,428 MANY STAFF YOU NEED TO, TO 663 00:25:30,428 --> 00:25:34,399 ACCOMPLISH YOUR GOALS. SO WHAT 664 00:25:34,399 --> 00:25:36,268 SPD DID TO TRY TO DO JUST THIS 665 00:25:36,268 --> 00:25:38,470 THING WAS THEY TOOK THEIR PATROL 666 00:25:38,470 --> 00:25:40,438 STAFF ONLY. SO THAT'S ONLY THE 667 00:25:40,438 --> 00:25:42,574 500 OR SO FOLKS THAT ANSWERED 668 00:25:42,574 --> 00:25:43,541 THE 911 CALLS AND ARE IN THE 669 00:25:43,541 --> 00:25:45,410 PRECINCTS, AND THEY HIRED A 670 00:25:45,410 --> 00:25:47,245 CONSULTANT TO COME IN AND LOOK 671 00:25:47,245 --> 00:25:50,715 AT THAT WORK GROUP TO LOOK AT 672 00:25:50,715 --> 00:25:51,383 ALL THE APPROPRIATE DATA. NINE, 673 00:25:51,383 --> 00:25:53,785 ONE, ONE DATA, WORKLOAD, ALL OF 674 00:25:53,785 --> 00:25:55,720 THAT, AND FIGURE OUT HOW MANY 675 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:58,056 OFFICERS ARE NEEDED TO REACH A 676 00:25:58,056 --> 00:26:00,258 CERTAIN GOAL IN THIS PARTICULAR 677 00:26:00,258 --> 00:26:03,428 GOAL, THE GOAL OF THE CONSULTANT 678 00:26:03,428 --> 00:26:05,997 WAS TO ENSURE THAT OFFICERS ONLY 679 00:26:05,997 --> 00:26:07,899 SPENT 60% OF THEIR TIME 680 00:26:07,899 --> 00:26:08,833 ANSWERING CALLS FOR SERVICE. 681 00:26:08,833 --> 00:26:12,938 THIS IS CALLED THE RULE OF 60 IN 682 00:26:12,938 --> 00:26:15,173 POLICING, AND IT IS KNOWN THAT 683 00:26:15,173 --> 00:26:16,374 IF AN OFFICER, THROUGH RESEARCH 684 00:26:16,374 --> 00:26:19,778 THAT IF AN OFFICER SPENDS MORE 685 00:26:19,778 --> 00:26:22,447 THAN 60% OF THEIR TIME ANSWERING 686 00:26:22,447 --> 00:26:24,916 911 CALLS, THEY BECOME 687 00:26:24,916 --> 00:26:26,184 COMPLETELY REACTIVE. THEY WILL 688 00:26:26,184 --> 00:26:27,786 SIT IN THE CAR AND WAIT FOR MORE 689 00:26:27,786 --> 00:26:30,088 CALLS AND PROACTIVE POLICING 690 00:26:30,088 --> 00:26:32,624 PRETTY MUCH STOPS. BUT IF THEY 691 00:26:32,624 --> 00:26:34,893 ARE UNDER THAT 60% THRESHOLD, 692 00:26:34,893 --> 00:26:35,927 THEN THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO GET 693 00:26:35,927 --> 00:26:39,197 OUT OF THE CAR AND DO SOME 694 00:26:39,197 --> 00:26:39,698 PROACTIVE POLICING WITH 695 00:26:39,698 --> 00:26:41,333 COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S THE 696 00:26:41,333 --> 00:26:43,835 PARTICULAR GOAL THAT THIS STUDY 697 00:26:43,835 --> 00:26:46,605 WAS TRYING TO ACHIEVE BY LOOKING 698 00:26:46,605 --> 00:26:49,708 AT THE DATA AND FIGURING OUT 699 00:26:49,708 --> 00:26:51,843 WHAT SPD WOULD NEED TO BE AT 700 00:26:51,843 --> 00:26:54,112 THAT 60% THRESHOLD, AND WHAT 701 00:26:54,112 --> 00:26:55,647 THEY FOUND WAS THAT YOU WOULD 702 00:26:55,647 --> 00:27:01,519 NEED TO INCREASE SPD'S PATROL BY 703 00:27:01,519 --> 00:27:06,257 ABOUT 153 OFFICERS, AND ANOTHER 704 00:27:06,257 --> 00:27:09,461 ANOTHER 16 SERGEANTS, FOR A 705 00:27:09,461 --> 00:27:13,398 TOTAL OF 169 OFFICERS. SO IF YOU 706 00:27:13,398 --> 00:27:15,333 ADDED 169 OFFICERS TO THE PATROL 707 00:27:15,333 --> 00:27:16,634 FORCE, YOU WOULD HAVE A FORCE 708 00:27:16,634 --> 00:27:21,006 THAT IS A SIZE OF ABOUT 662 709 00:27:21,006 --> 00:27:24,209 OFFICERS. I LOOKED BACK IN THE 710 00:27:24,209 --> 00:27:25,410 HISTORY OF STAFFING WITH SPD, 711 00:27:25,410 --> 00:27:28,513 AND WHAT I FOUND WAS YOU CAN 712 00:27:28,513 --> 00:27:30,715 IT'S DISPLAYED IN THE TABLE 713 00:27:30,715 --> 00:27:32,217 RIGHT BELOW THAT. SPD WAS AT 714 00:27:32,217 --> 00:27:34,352 THAT STAFFING LEVEL IN 20 IN 715 00:27:34,352 --> 00:27:35,987 2019. YOU SEE THAT HERE IN THE 716 00:27:35,987 --> 00:27:38,456 TABLE. IT'S AT 2020. THAT'S THE 717 00:27:38,456 --> 00:27:39,524 THAT'S WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER TO 718 00:27:39,524 --> 00:27:42,193 BE THE PEAK OF SPD STAFFING, AT 719 00:27:42,193 --> 00:27:44,129 LEAST IN THE LAST 20 YEARS. 720 00:27:44,129 --> 00:27:47,098 THERE WERE THE 668 FOLKS 721 00:27:47,098 --> 00:27:49,434 ASSIGNED TO 911 RESPONSE, AND A 722 00:27:49,434 --> 00:27:54,873 TOTAL OF 694. NOW, AUGUST OF 723 00:27:54,873 --> 00:28:00,178 2026, THERE'S 485 PATROL AND A 724 00:28:00,178 --> 00:28:02,247 TOTAL OF 498 ASSIGNED TO ALL 725 00:28:02,247 --> 00:28:05,450 FUNCTIONS AT THE PRECINCTS. SO 726 00:28:05,450 --> 00:28:07,218 ONE WAY TO THINK ABOUT THE 727 00:28:07,218 --> 00:28:10,288 RESULTS OF THE STUDY. IF SPD GOT 728 00:28:10,288 --> 00:28:13,758 BACK TO ITS PRIOR STAFFING RATES 729 00:28:13,758 --> 00:28:16,361 BEFORE THE 350 FOLKS LEFT AFTER 730 00:28:16,361 --> 00:28:18,163 THE PANDEMIC, THEN YOU WOULD BE 731 00:28:18,163 --> 00:28:21,433 AT A 60% WORKLOAD THRESHOLD, 732 00:28:21,433 --> 00:28:24,936 WHICH ACHIEVES THE GOAL OF THIS 733 00:28:24,936 --> 00:28:27,272 STUDY. BUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT 734 00:28:27,272 --> 00:28:29,741 ABOUT THAT STUDY IS THAT IT HAD 735 00:28:29,741 --> 00:28:31,509 SOME LIMITATIONS. IT WAS 736 00:28:31,509 --> 00:28:34,846 ASSUMING A SAME STATE. IT WAS 737 00:28:34,846 --> 00:28:36,781 ASSUMING THAT THAT 911 CALL 738 00:28:36,781 --> 00:28:39,117 METRICS AND OTHER POLICE METRICS 739 00:28:39,117 --> 00:28:44,823 WERE ROUGHLY HELD CONSTANT. IF 740 00:28:44,823 --> 00:28:47,125 THE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO IMPROVE 741 00:28:47,125 --> 00:28:48,293 ITS RESPONSE TIME, THEN IT NEEDS 742 00:28:48,293 --> 00:28:49,527 TO USE A DIFFERENT MODEL. IT 743 00:28:49,527 --> 00:28:51,730 NEEDS TO USE A MODEL THAT CAN A 744 00:28:51,730 --> 00:28:53,431 STATISTICAL MODEL THAT WHERE 745 00:28:53,431 --> 00:28:55,200 THEY CAN PLUG IN A DESIRED 746 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:56,201 RESPONSE TIME. AND I'M GOING TO 747 00:28:56,201 --> 00:28:57,702 SAY LIKE SIX MINUTES AS A 748 00:28:57,702 --> 00:28:59,270 DESIRED RESPONSE TIME OR FIVE 749 00:28:59,270 --> 00:29:00,772 MINUTES AS A DESIRED RESPONSE 750 00:29:00,772 --> 00:29:02,173 TIME, AND THEN THE MODEL WILL 751 00:29:02,173 --> 00:29:05,043 COME BACK AND TELL SPD THIS, HOW 752 00:29:05,043 --> 00:29:05,910 MANY OFFICERS YOU NEED TO GET TO 753 00:29:05,910 --> 00:29:08,079 THIS PARTICULAR METRIC, AND THEY 754 00:29:08,079 --> 00:29:09,414 ARE RUNNING THAT STUDY RIGHT 755 00:29:09,414 --> 00:29:11,416 NOW. THEY HAVE TAKEN THIS 756 00:29:11,416 --> 00:29:13,251 CONSULTANT STUDY, AND THEY'RE 757 00:29:13,251 --> 00:29:14,552 BUILDING ON IT WITH THEIR OWN 758 00:29:14,552 --> 00:29:19,023 STUDY AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 759 00:29:19,023 --> 00:29:20,191 WHAT THE IDEAL 911 RESPONSE TIME 760 00:29:20,191 --> 00:29:21,459 WOULD BE, AND HOW MANY OFFICERS 761 00:29:21,459 --> 00:29:23,628 THEY WOULD NEED TO MEET. IT. THE 762 00:29:23,628 --> 00:29:25,196 OTHER THING THAT THEY'RE DOING 763 00:29:25,196 --> 00:29:28,466 THAT IS IMPORTANT TO MENTION 764 00:29:28,466 --> 00:29:33,471 RIGHT NOW WITH THIS WORK, IS TO 765 00:29:33,471 --> 00:29:35,373 FIGURE OUT HOW ALTERNATIVE 766 00:29:35,373 --> 00:29:38,176 POLICING WILL PLAY INTO THE 767 00:29:38,176 --> 00:29:41,012 EQUATION, GIVEN THAT MANY OF THE 768 00:29:41,012 --> 00:29:42,780 PRIORITY TWO RESPONSE CALLS 769 00:29:42,780 --> 00:29:43,414 COULD POTENTIALLY BE ANSWERED IF 770 00:29:43,414 --> 00:29:45,984 THEY ARE NONVIOLENT AND 771 00:29:45,984 --> 00:29:48,386 NON-CRIMINAL BY OUR CARE 772 00:29:48,386 --> 00:29:50,755 DEPARTMENT. IF IT IS FOLKS THAT 773 00:29:50,755 --> 00:29:52,490 NEED BEHAVIORAL OR MENTAL HEALTH 774 00:29:52,490 --> 00:29:54,025 SERVICES, THAT'S ANOTHER THING 775 00:29:54,025 --> 00:29:55,960 TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHEN YOU'RE 776 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:57,028 FIGURING OUT HOW MANY OFFICERS 777 00:29:57,028 --> 00:30:00,064 YOU NEED. SO SPD IS IS CURRENTLY 778 00:30:00,064 --> 00:30:00,999 LOOKING AT THIS, TRYING TO 779 00:30:00,999 --> 00:30:03,368 FIGURE OUT HOW MANY OFFICERS 780 00:30:03,368 --> 00:30:05,170 THEY WOULD RECOMMEND, AND THEY 781 00:30:05,170 --> 00:30:06,638 EXPECT TO FINISH THIS STUDY BY 782 00:30:06,638 --> 00:30:11,743 THE END OF THE YEAR. SO THE NEXT 783 00:30:11,743 --> 00:30:13,945 THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHEN 784 00:30:13,945 --> 00:30:15,380 TALKING ABOUT THE RIGHT NUMBER 785 00:30:15,380 --> 00:30:17,649 OF POLICE OFFICERS FOR SEATTLE, 786 00:30:17,649 --> 00:30:21,286 IS, IS, IS THE SECOND PART OF 787 00:30:21,286 --> 00:30:22,554 THE RULE OF 60. I TALKED ABOUT 788 00:30:22,554 --> 00:30:25,990 THE FIRST PART THAT OFFICERS 789 00:30:25,990 --> 00:30:29,627 NEED TO SPEND LESS THAN 60% OF 790 00:30:29,627 --> 00:30:30,995 THEIR OR THEY, THEY, THEY CAN'T 791 00:30:30,995 --> 00:30:32,297 SPEND MORE THAN 60% OF THEIR 792 00:30:32,297 --> 00:30:34,165 TIME ANSWERING 911 CALLS. THE 793 00:30:34,165 --> 00:30:37,402 SECOND PART OF THAT EQUATION IS 794 00:30:37,402 --> 00:30:40,738 THAT THE ENTIRE SWORN FORCE 795 00:30:40,738 --> 00:30:46,544 SHOULD HAVE 60% OF THE OFFICERS 796 00:30:46,544 --> 00:30:47,045 DOING PATROL FUNCTIONS, 797 00:30:47,045 --> 00:30:50,181 RESPONDING TO 911 CALLS, OR 798 00:30:50,181 --> 00:30:51,883 DOING PROACTIVE WORK OUT IN THE 799 00:30:51,883 --> 00:30:54,018 COMMUNITY. AND SO IF THAT IS A 800 00:30:54,018 --> 00:30:59,490 GOAL THAT SPD SEEKS, THEY ARE 801 00:30:59,490 --> 00:31:01,759 HISTORICALLY BEHIND ON THAT ONE. 802 00:31:01,759 --> 00:31:04,529 THEY TYPICALLY HAVE FEWER THAN 803 00:31:04,529 --> 00:31:07,865 50% OF THEIR OFFICERS ASSIGNED 804 00:31:07,865 --> 00:31:10,635 TO A PRECINCT. NOW, SEATTLE HAS 805 00:31:10,635 --> 00:31:12,737 SOME CAVEATS HERE, HAS SOME 806 00:31:12,737 --> 00:31:16,107 PARTICULAR NEEDS. SEATTLE HAS A 807 00:31:16,107 --> 00:31:17,308 HARBOR PATROL. MANY CITIES 808 00:31:17,308 --> 00:31:19,877 DON'T HAVE A HARBOR PATROL. THE 809 00:31:19,877 --> 00:31:21,846 VARIOUS NEEDS OF SEATTLE MAY 810 00:31:21,846 --> 00:31:24,983 DICTATE THAT WE HAVE FEWER THAN 811 00:31:24,983 --> 00:31:27,385 60% OF OUR OFFICERS ON PATROL 812 00:31:27,385 --> 00:31:29,687 FORCE, BUT IF WE'RE FOLLOWING 813 00:31:29,687 --> 00:31:31,890 THE. THE NATIONAL GUIDELINES, 814 00:31:31,890 --> 00:31:35,159 YOU WOULD WANT TO SEE CLOSE TO 815 00:31:35,159 --> 00:31:37,395 60%. THIS PARTICULAR TABLE HERE 816 00:31:37,395 --> 00:31:38,062 SHOWS HOW OFFICERS ARE 817 00:31:38,062 --> 00:31:40,465 DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE 818 00:31:40,465 --> 00:31:41,866 DEPARTMENT. AND IN THE APPENDIX, 819 00:31:41,866 --> 00:31:43,568 THERE'S ACTUALLY A HISTORICAL 820 00:31:43,568 --> 00:31:45,003 TABLE THAT SHOWS HOW THEY HAVE 821 00:31:45,003 --> 00:31:46,104 BEEN DISTRIBUTED OVER THE LAST 822 00:31:46,104 --> 00:31:47,138 MANY YEARS. SO YOU CAN GO BACK 823 00:31:47,138 --> 00:31:52,010 AND YOU CAN LOOK WHAT I WOULD 824 00:31:52,010 --> 00:31:53,444 POINT OUT HERE IS THAT YOU HAVE 825 00:31:53,444 --> 00:31:57,949 ABOUT 43% OF THE FORCE RIGHT NOW 826 00:31:57,949 --> 00:32:00,385 ON 911 RESPONSE IN THE 827 00:32:00,385 --> 00:32:03,521 PRECINCTS. THAT NUMBER WILL GO 828 00:32:03,521 --> 00:32:06,291 TO 50. IF ALL OF THE STUDENT 829 00:32:06,291 --> 00:32:09,394 OFFICERS, THERE'S ABOUT 150 OF 830 00:32:09,394 --> 00:32:11,729 THEM. THEY'RE THOSE OFFICERS 831 00:32:11,729 --> 00:32:14,599 ARE ARE IN IN OPERATION SUPPORT. 832 00:32:14,599 --> 00:32:16,834 AND IF THOSE STUDENT OFFICERS 833 00:32:16,834 --> 00:32:17,969 GRADUATE AND THEY GET PUT IN THE 834 00:32:17,969 --> 00:32:20,138 PATROL FORCE AND SPD DOESN'T 835 00:32:20,138 --> 00:32:21,940 MOVE ANYBODY OUT OF THE PATROL 836 00:32:21,940 --> 00:32:24,242 FORCE, THEY JUST LET IT BUILD, 837 00:32:24,242 --> 00:32:25,576 THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE CLOSER 838 00:32:25,576 --> 00:32:27,078 TO THE 60%. WE'RE GOING TO BE 839 00:32:27,078 --> 00:32:31,282 MORE 50 TO 57% AND CLOSER TO 840 00:32:31,282 --> 00:32:32,417 THAT GUIDELINE. THE REASON I 841 00:32:32,417 --> 00:32:35,153 BRING IT UP IS THAT IT'S 842 00:32:35,153 --> 00:32:37,922 IMPORTANT THAT IT'S IMPORTANT 843 00:32:37,922 --> 00:32:39,324 THAT OFFICERS AREN'T MOVED OUT 844 00:32:39,324 --> 00:32:39,924 OF PATROL AS THE NEW OFFICERS 845 00:32:39,924 --> 00:32:44,095 ARE MOVED IN. AND SO THAT'S 846 00:32:44,095 --> 00:32:46,364 GOING TO GET TO A COUPLE OPTIONS 847 00:32:46,364 --> 00:32:51,169 FOR THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. THE 848 00:32:51,169 --> 00:32:52,503 FIRST IS OPTION A, AND THAT IS A 849 00:32:52,503 --> 00:32:54,706 STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT 850 00:32:54,706 --> 00:32:56,307 THAT WOULD ENCOURAGE SPD TO DO 851 00:32:56,307 --> 00:32:59,844 PRETTY MUCH JUST WHAT I SAID. 852 00:32:59,844 --> 00:33:03,114 USE THE NEW OFFICERS TO ENHANCE 853 00:33:03,114 --> 00:33:05,116 OR SUPPLEMENT PATROL ONLY FOR 854 00:33:05,116 --> 00:33:07,285 THE PURPOSE OF REDUCING 911 855 00:33:07,285 --> 00:33:09,754 RESPONSE TIMES AND INCREASING 856 00:33:09,754 --> 00:33:10,955 CAPACITY TO ANSWER 911 CALLS. 857 00:33:10,955 --> 00:33:13,758 THE OTHER THING THAT THE SLIDE 858 00:33:13,758 --> 00:33:17,795 COULD REQUEST IS THAT THE. THE 859 00:33:17,795 --> 00:33:19,597 DEPARTMENT FOCUS ON ADDING MORE 860 00:33:19,597 --> 00:33:22,100 BIKE AND PROACTIVE UNITS TO WORK 861 00:33:22,100 --> 00:33:23,668 CRIME HOTSPOTS SUCH AS THIRD AND 862 00:33:23,668 --> 00:33:26,671 PIKE PINE, DOWNTOWN 12th AND 863 00:33:26,671 --> 00:33:27,605 JACKSON. IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE. 864 00:33:27,605 --> 00:33:29,607 THIS IS A REQUEST FROM THE 865 00:33:29,607 --> 00:33:31,843 COUNCIL. THE CHARTER PROVIDES 866 00:33:31,843 --> 00:33:33,144 THE POLICE CHIEF WITH SPECIFIC 867 00:33:33,144 --> 00:33:35,747 POWERS, AND IT IS NOT THE 868 00:33:35,747 --> 00:33:37,482 COUNCIL'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE OR 869 00:33:37,482 --> 00:33:40,251 IN ANY WAY DICTATE, BUT THE 870 00:33:40,251 --> 00:33:41,786 COUNCIL COULD SAY IT IS. OUR 871 00:33:41,786 --> 00:33:43,888 INTENT IS. IT IS. WE ARE MAKING 872 00:33:43,888 --> 00:33:45,356 A STATEMENT THAT WE WANT YOU TO 873 00:33:45,356 --> 00:33:47,258 KEEP THESE OFFICERS THAT ARE 874 00:33:47,258 --> 00:33:49,527 COMING OUT OF OUT OF TRAINING, 875 00:33:49,527 --> 00:33:51,863 INTO PATROL, AND DON'T DON'T 876 00:33:51,863 --> 00:33:54,399 MOVE OTHER OFFICERS OUT. THE 877 00:33:54,399 --> 00:33:57,068 SECOND THING THAT THAT IS AN 878 00:33:57,068 --> 00:33:58,736 OPTION HERE IS A STATEMENT OF 879 00:33:58,736 --> 00:34:00,638 LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT WOULD 880 00:34:00,638 --> 00:34:01,205 REQUEST AN ANALYSIS OF THE 881 00:34:01,205 --> 00:34:03,775 DEPLOYMENT OF OFFICERS OUTSIDE 882 00:34:03,775 --> 00:34:06,110 OF PATROL FUNCTIONS. SO AS WE'VE 883 00:34:06,110 --> 00:34:09,480 BEEN, AS I HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING, 884 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:11,983 SPD HAS TAKEN SOME TIME TO GET A 885 00:34:11,983 --> 00:34:13,684 CONSULTANT STUDY DONE ON PATROL 886 00:34:13,684 --> 00:34:15,119 STAFFING, AND NOW THEY'RE DOING 887 00:34:15,119 --> 00:34:18,289 THEIR OWN WORK. AND THAT'S ALL 888 00:34:18,289 --> 00:34:20,124 ON PATROL. AND THAT'LL THAT'LL 889 00:34:20,124 --> 00:34:22,126 BE VERY HELPFUL WHEN THEY 890 00:34:22,126 --> 00:34:23,127 IDEALLY IDENTIFY THE TARGET 891 00:34:23,127 --> 00:34:23,728 RESPONSE TIMES AND THE OTHER 892 00:34:23,728 --> 00:34:25,730 METRICS THEY WANT TO MEET. BUT 893 00:34:25,730 --> 00:34:26,297 WHAT THEY'RE NOT DOING IS 894 00:34:26,297 --> 00:34:29,534 LOOKING AT THE REST OF THE 895 00:34:29,534 --> 00:34:31,235 OFFICERS THAT ARE IN 896 00:34:31,235 --> 00:34:33,838 INVESTIGATIVE UNITS OR SPECIALTY 897 00:34:33,838 --> 00:34:34,505 UNITS, AND DETERMINING WHETHER 898 00:34:34,505 --> 00:34:36,541 OR NOT WE HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS 899 00:34:36,541 --> 00:34:38,409 IN THOSE UNITS. AND SO ONE 900 00:34:38,409 --> 00:34:40,678 POTENTIAL OPTION FOR THE COUNCIL 901 00:34:40,678 --> 00:34:42,814 IS TO HAVE A SLIDE THAT THAT 902 00:34:42,814 --> 00:34:46,350 REQUIRES THEM TO LOOK AT THAT 903 00:34:46,350 --> 00:34:50,755 AND REPORT BACK. SO MOVING 904 00:34:50,755 --> 00:34:52,924 ALONG, POLICY ISSUE, POLICY 905 00:34:52,924 --> 00:34:55,359 CONSIDERATION NUMBER THREE IS 906 00:34:55,359 --> 00:34:57,295 REDUCTIONS THAT ARE MADE TO THE 907 00:34:57,295 --> 00:35:00,064 RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION 908 00:35:00,064 --> 00:35:01,999 BUDGET. AS THIS SLIDE SAYS, 909 00:35:01,999 --> 00:35:05,403 THERE IS 2.4 MILLION AND 3.5 910 00:35:05,403 --> 00:35:07,138 MILLION CUT FROM SPD'S BUDGET. 911 00:35:07,138 --> 00:35:08,506 THAT DOES A COUPLE OF THINGS. 912 00:35:08,506 --> 00:35:12,376 THE FIRST THING IT DOES IS IT 913 00:35:12,376 --> 00:35:15,179 ELIMINATES THE HIRING BONUSES, 914 00:35:15,179 --> 00:35:18,049 WHICH WERE 7500 FOR RECRUITS, 915 00:35:18,049 --> 00:35:21,652 50,000 FOR LATERALS. AND IT'S 916 00:35:21,652 --> 00:35:23,154 IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT 917 00:35:23,154 --> 00:35:24,322 THAT THAT PROGRAM HAS ALREADY 918 00:35:24,322 --> 00:35:25,957 BEEN DISCONTINUED. IT WAS 919 00:35:25,957 --> 00:35:27,825 DISCONTINUED BY THE CHIEF IN 920 00:35:27,825 --> 00:35:30,962 JULY. AND IT IS THE CASE THAT 921 00:35:30,962 --> 00:35:33,264 THE CITY IS NO LONGER OFFERING 922 00:35:33,264 --> 00:35:34,565 THOSE INCENTIVES. THERE'S ALSO 923 00:35:34,565 --> 00:35:36,033 ABOUT A $2 MILLION CUT IN THERE 924 00:35:36,033 --> 00:35:38,669 FOR THE MEDIA AND MARKETING 925 00:35:38,669 --> 00:35:42,373 CAMPAIGN. IT IS THE IT IS THE 926 00:35:42,373 --> 00:35:45,643 DETERMINATION OF THE EXECUTIVE 927 00:35:45,643 --> 00:35:48,346 THAT THESE THINGS ARE NO LONGER 928 00:35:48,346 --> 00:35:50,081 NEEDED TO ATTRACT OFFICERS TO 929 00:35:50,081 --> 00:35:52,550 THE CITY OF SEATTLE BECAUSE IT 930 00:35:52,550 --> 00:35:55,186 IS THE CASE THAT THE NEWEST 931 00:35:55,186 --> 00:35:57,588 CONTRACTS THAT MADE SEATTLE 932 00:35:57,588 --> 00:35:58,122 POLICE DEPARTMENT PAY THE 933 00:35:58,122 --> 00:36:01,425 HIGHEST IN THE STATE AND UPPER 934 00:36:01,425 --> 00:36:03,794 RANKING IN THE WEST COAST SEVEN 935 00:36:03,794 --> 00:36:04,629 THAT. THAT WILL BE ENOUGH TO 936 00:36:04,629 --> 00:36:07,331 ATTRACT OFFICERS. IT'S DIFFICULT 937 00:36:07,331 --> 00:36:10,635 TO KNOW AT THIS POINT IN TIME 938 00:36:10,635 --> 00:36:11,636 WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S GOING TO 939 00:36:11,636 --> 00:36:13,304 BE A BIG CHANGE. IT'S JUST BEEN 940 00:36:13,304 --> 00:36:15,540 A MONTH OR TWO, SO THE DATA ARE 941 00:36:15,540 --> 00:36:19,877 NOT REALLY PICKING UP A CHANGE 942 00:36:19,877 --> 00:36:22,980 YET. BUT WHAT WE CAN SEE IS HOW 943 00:36:22,980 --> 00:36:26,250 SURVEYS OF OFFICERS HAVE 944 00:36:26,250 --> 00:36:29,020 HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF 945 00:36:29,020 --> 00:36:32,256 THE HIRING INCENTIVE, OR THE 946 00:36:32,256 --> 00:36:35,893 ADVERTISING AND SURVEYS OF 947 00:36:35,893 --> 00:36:38,496 OFFICERS HAVE SHOWN THAT FEWER 948 00:36:38,496 --> 00:36:41,832 THAN 15% OF THEM LEARNED ABOUT 949 00:36:41,832 --> 00:36:43,134 OPPORTUNITIES AT SPD OR THE 950 00:36:43,134 --> 00:36:46,270 HIRING INCENTIVE FROM 951 00:36:46,270 --> 00:36:46,837 TRADITIONAL MEDIA OR SOCIAL 952 00:36:46,837 --> 00:36:49,040 MEDIA. THE LARGE MAJORITY OF 953 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:52,243 OFFICERS READ OR HEAR ABOUT THE 954 00:36:52,243 --> 00:36:54,045 OPPORTUNITIES AT SPD. ACTUALLY 955 00:36:54,045 --> 00:36:59,183 ON SPD'S WEBSITE AND AND THROUGH 956 00:36:59,183 --> 00:37:03,387 OTHER MEANS, THE THE DATA AROUND 957 00:37:03,387 --> 00:37:05,923 OFFICERS ON BONUSES IS A LITTLE 958 00:37:05,923 --> 00:37:10,261 BIT HIGHER. THERE. YOU HAVE 959 00:37:10,261 --> 00:37:12,363 ABOUT 60 TO 64% OF ENTRY LEVEL 960 00:37:12,363 --> 00:37:16,400 OFFICERS SAYING THAT THE BONUS 961 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:19,270 WAS SOMETHING THAT FACTORED INTO 962 00:37:19,270 --> 00:37:21,138 THEIR DECISION IN FEBRUARY OF 963 00:37:21,138 --> 00:37:22,907 24, THE SEATTLE OFFICE OF 964 00:37:22,907 --> 00:37:23,474 INNOVATION AND PERFORMANCE 965 00:37:23,474 --> 00:37:26,143 PUBLISHED A FORMAL EVALUATION OF 966 00:37:26,143 --> 00:37:27,945 THE HIRING BONUSES. AND WHAT 967 00:37:27,945 --> 00:37:31,282 THEY FOUND WAS THAT IT WAS 968 00:37:31,282 --> 00:37:32,683 SIMILAR TO WHAT I JUST SAID WITH 969 00:37:32,683 --> 00:37:34,652 THE SURVEY. THEY FOUND THAT IT 970 00:37:34,652 --> 00:37:37,021 WAS A FACTOR, BUT THAT ON 971 00:37:37,021 --> 00:37:39,190 AVERAGE, INCENTIVE PAY RANKED 972 00:37:39,190 --> 00:37:40,858 BELOW SALARY AND BENEFITS. SO 973 00:37:40,858 --> 00:37:42,393 THAT THAT IS MORE CONSISTENT 974 00:37:42,393 --> 00:37:43,961 WITH WITH WHAT THE EXECUTIVE HAS 975 00:37:43,961 --> 00:37:48,332 BEEN SAYING SO THE PARTICULAR 976 00:37:48,332 --> 00:37:51,435 OPTIONS IN THIS POLICY AREA ARE 977 00:37:51,435 --> 00:37:53,771 RESTORE THE MEDIA AND MARKETING 978 00:37:53,771 --> 00:37:55,740 FUNDING FOR $2 MILLION IN 2027 979 00:37:55,740 --> 00:38:00,311 AND $2 MILLION IN 2028. SHOULD 980 00:38:00,311 --> 00:38:03,014 THIS NOT BE TAKEN THERE IS STILL 981 00:38:03,014 --> 00:38:06,017 A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF $82,000 982 00:38:06,017 --> 00:38:07,518 AVAILABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT TO 983 00:38:07,518 --> 00:38:09,286 DO SOME ADVERTISING WITH. 984 00:38:09,286 --> 00:38:11,589 OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S NOTHING BY 985 00:38:11,589 --> 00:38:13,724 COMPARISON OF SCALE, AND THEY 986 00:38:13,724 --> 00:38:15,893 WILL CONTINUE TO DO SOCIAL MEDIA 987 00:38:15,893 --> 00:38:17,995 POSTS, POSTS ON THE WEB PAGE. SO 988 00:38:17,995 --> 00:38:19,430 THEY'RE NOT GOING TO STOP 989 00:38:19,430 --> 00:38:21,499 EVERYTHING ALL TOGETHER. BUT 990 00:38:21,499 --> 00:38:24,101 OBVIOUSLY THE $2 MILLION IN 27 991 00:38:24,101 --> 00:38:26,470 AND 28 WILL GREATLY IMPACT THEIR 992 00:38:26,470 --> 00:38:29,640 ABILITY TO USE OUTSIDE 993 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:31,242 ADVERTISING FIRMS. OPTION B IS 994 00:38:31,242 --> 00:38:34,378 TO RESTORE THE HIRING INCENTIVE 995 00:38:34,378 --> 00:38:37,181 FOR LATERALS AND RECRUITS 996 00:38:37,181 --> 00:38:40,918 THROUGH 2028. THAT OPTION WOULD 997 00:38:40,918 --> 00:38:44,021 COST 955,000 IN 2027, AND $2 998 00:38:44,021 --> 00:38:50,094 MILLION IN 2028. IT IS THE CASE 999 00:38:50,094 --> 00:38:54,298 THAT IT IT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE 1000 00:38:54,298 --> 00:38:54,765 TO RESTORE THE HIRING 1001 00:38:54,765 --> 00:38:56,300 INCENTIVES, HIRING INCENTIVES 1002 00:38:56,300 --> 00:38:58,135 FOR LATERALS AND RECRUITS IF THE 1003 00:38:58,135 --> 00:39:00,938 COUNCIL CHOSE TO CONTINUE TO 1004 00:39:00,938 --> 00:39:05,743 EXPAND THE FORCE WITH EITHER 1005 00:39:05,743 --> 00:39:06,977 OPTION B OR C THAT I TALKED 1006 00:39:06,977 --> 00:39:09,547 ABOUT WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT 1007 00:39:09,547 --> 00:39:13,384 STAFFING, IT IS. IT IS THE CASE 1008 00:39:13,384 --> 00:39:14,885 THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PAY HIRING 1009 00:39:14,885 --> 00:39:16,787 BONUSES TO PEOPLE THAT ARE 1010 00:39:16,787 --> 00:39:17,421 PLANNING TO COME TO THE SEATTLE 1011 00:39:17,421 --> 00:39:19,190 POLICE DEPARTMENT FORCE ANYWAY. 1012 00:39:19,190 --> 00:39:20,691 IT'S THE IDEA THAT YOU'RE 1013 00:39:20,691 --> 00:39:23,360 TRYING TO ADD INCREMENTALLY. SO 1014 00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:25,996 IT IT THIS SHOULD THEORETICALLY 1015 00:39:25,996 --> 00:39:27,164 WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH YOUR 1016 00:39:27,164 --> 00:39:28,766 OPTIONS FOR STAFFING THAT I 1017 00:39:28,766 --> 00:39:31,302 MENTIONED. THE SECOND PAYMENT OF 1018 00:39:31,302 --> 00:39:33,270 THE HIRING BONUS, THE HIRING 1019 00:39:33,270 --> 00:39:35,039 BONUS IS BROKEN INTO. TWO 1020 00:39:35,039 --> 00:39:36,040 PAYMENTS OFFICERS GET ONE 1021 00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:37,475 PAYMENT WHEN THEY SIGN AND THEY 1022 00:39:37,475 --> 00:39:39,310 GET ANOTHER PAYMENT ABOUT A YEAR 1023 00:39:39,310 --> 00:39:40,711 LATER. THE SECOND PAYMENT OF 1024 00:39:40,711 --> 00:39:42,246 THAT HIRING BONUS WILL CREATE 1025 00:39:42,246 --> 00:39:42,913 ONGOING COSTS OR NOT ONGOING 1026 00:39:42,913 --> 00:39:45,282 COSTS. A ONE TIME COST OF 1.4 1027 00:39:45,282 --> 00:39:49,387 MILLION IN THE 2029 2030 1028 00:39:49,387 --> 00:39:52,423 BIENNIUM, AND OPTION C IS 1029 00:39:52,423 --> 00:39:54,592 RESTORING THE INCENTIVE FOR 1030 00:39:54,592 --> 00:39:57,995 LATERALS ONLY. SO THIS IS JUST 1031 00:39:57,995 --> 00:40:00,598 THE $50,000 THIS ONE WOULD PAY 1032 00:40:00,598 --> 00:40:03,334 FOR LATERALS COMING IN IN THE 1033 00:40:03,334 --> 00:40:04,702 NEXT TWO YEARS, WITH THE HOPE 1034 00:40:04,702 --> 00:40:09,306 THAT YOU WOULD INCREASE BEYOND 1035 00:40:09,306 --> 00:40:12,243 THE CURRENT STAFFING PLAN. BACK 1036 00:40:12,243 --> 00:40:13,477 TO THAT CURRENT LEVEL OF HIRING, 1037 00:40:13,477 --> 00:40:16,847 WHICH IS TWO PER MONTH. AND IF 1038 00:40:16,847 --> 00:40:20,184 THE COUNCIL WERE TO DO THAT, IT 1039 00:40:20,184 --> 00:40:22,686 WOULD COST 550,000 IN 2027 AND 1040 00:40:22,686 --> 00:40:24,822 1.1 MILLION IN 2028. THE TOTAL 1041 00:40:24,822 --> 00:40:28,492 COST OF THAT, AGAIN, IS ABOUT 1042 00:40:28,492 --> 00:40:31,896 1.4 MILLION IN 2029. 1043 00:40:31,896 --> 00:40:34,498 -- AND THEN GREG, SORRY, I WAS 1044 00:40:34,498 --> 00:40:36,667 WAITING FOR YOU TO SAY D NO 1045 00:40:36,667 --> 00:40:36,901 CHANGE. 1046 00:40:36,901 --> 00:40:38,269 -- THANK YOU'D. NO CHANGE. 1047 00:40:38,269 --> 00:40:40,538 -- NO CHANGE IS THERE. AND I'M 1048 00:40:40,538 --> 00:40:42,106 JUST I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A 1049 00:40:42,106 --> 00:40:44,542 QUICK PAUSE. IT'S TEN, 12 A.M. 1050 00:40:44,542 --> 00:40:47,311 SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE NEW 1051 00:40:47,311 --> 00:40:47,945 PARTICIPANTS IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS 1052 00:40:47,945 --> 00:40:49,847 TODAY. AT 1015, WE ARE GOING TO 1053 00:40:49,847 --> 00:40:50,681 HAVE AN EARTHQUAKE DRILL. YES, 1054 00:40:50,681 --> 00:40:52,183 WE DID HAVE AN EARTHQUAKE IN 1055 00:40:52,183 --> 00:40:54,318 CHAMBERS TWO WEEKS AGO. AND NO, 1056 00:40:54,318 --> 00:40:55,553 WE DID NOT DO IT CORRECTLY. SO 1057 00:40:55,553 --> 00:40:56,987 WE ARE GOING TO TAKE IT 1058 00:40:56,987 --> 00:41:01,425 SERIOUSLY TODAY AND FOR THE NEWS 1059 00:41:01,425 --> 00:41:02,927 CAMERAS THAT HAVE COME IN THE 1060 00:41:02,927 --> 00:41:03,961 MOST DANGEROUS PLACES IN THIS 1061 00:41:03,961 --> 00:41:07,097 ROOM ARE GOING TO BE NEAR GLASS. 1062 00:41:07,097 --> 00:41:08,933 SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE 1063 00:41:08,933 --> 00:41:09,967 DIDN'T CONSIDER LAST WEEK WHEN 1064 00:41:09,967 --> 00:41:13,070 WE HAD A REAL EARTHQUAKE. I HAVE 1065 00:41:13,070 --> 00:41:13,971 A PARTICULAR WE'RE JUST GOING 1066 00:41:13,971 --> 00:41:15,906 TO KIND OF TALK FOR A SECOND. I 1067 00:41:15,906 --> 00:41:17,308 HAVE A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN 1068 00:41:17,308 --> 00:41:18,309 HAVING MORE LIGHT IN THIS ROOM, 1069 00:41:18,309 --> 00:41:19,710 WHICH IS WHY I ALWAYS ASK FOR 1070 00:41:19,710 --> 00:41:21,812 THE BACK DOORS TO BE OPEN. AND 1071 00:41:21,812 --> 00:41:23,247 IF THERE WAS AN EARTHQUAKE, THE 1072 00:41:23,247 --> 00:41:26,317 SAFEST PLACE IN THIS ROOM IS 1073 00:41:26,317 --> 00:41:28,152 GOING TO BE RIGHT UNDERNEATH 1074 00:41:28,152 --> 00:41:29,920 THOSE LEDGES. AND TO CLOSE THOSE 1075 00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:32,356 DOORS, BECAUSE THE HAZARDS IN 1076 00:41:32,356 --> 00:41:34,525 THIS ROOM ARE GOING TO BE THE 1077 00:41:34,525 --> 00:41:36,093 CAN LIGHTS THAT ARE HUNG TO THE 1078 00:41:36,093 --> 00:41:38,796 CEILINGS, THE GLASS, THE SPEAKER 1079 00:41:38,796 --> 00:41:41,866 THAT IS HANGING RIGHT ABOVE OUR 1080 00:41:41,866 --> 00:41:43,000 DESKS, THESE FLAGS AND ANYTHING 1081 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:46,470 THAT CAN FALL OR BREAK. SO JUST 1082 00:41:46,470 --> 00:41:48,272 AS WE'RE THINKING THROUGH THIS, 1083 00:41:48,272 --> 00:41:50,140 I HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH THIS 1084 00:41:50,140 --> 00:41:52,309 CONVERSATION AS IN DEPTH IN PAST 1085 00:41:52,309 --> 00:41:54,245 YEARS, BUT WE DID FAIL AT OUR 1086 00:41:54,245 --> 00:41:56,046 RESPONSE TO EARTHQUAKE TWO WEEKS 1087 00:41:56,046 --> 00:41:57,548 AGO. SO THAT'S WHY I'M KIND OF 1088 00:41:57,548 --> 00:41:59,817 TALKING IT THROUGH A LITTLE BIT 1089 00:41:59,817 --> 00:42:01,318 MORE. WE WILL HEAR AN 1090 00:42:01,318 --> 00:42:02,286 ANNOUNCEMENT. WE'LL ALL GO 1091 00:42:02,286 --> 00:42:03,554 UNDER OUR DESKS. OR IF YOU'RE IN 1092 00:42:03,554 --> 00:42:05,189 THE PUBLIC, FIND A SAFE PLACE 1093 00:42:05,189 --> 00:42:14,765 AWAY FROM GLASS. AND I THINK 1094 00:42:14,765 --> 00:42:15,432 THAT'S ABOUT IT. WE HAD COUNCIL 1095 00:42:15,432 --> 00:42:16,033 PRESIDENT, HOLLINGSWORTH AND 1096 00:42:16,033 --> 00:42:16,667 COUNCILMEMBER LIN JOIN US AT 1097 00:42:16,667 --> 00:42:18,235 ABOUT SLIDE TWO, AND WE HAVE 1098 00:42:18,235 --> 00:42:19,203 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA WITH US AS 1099 00:42:19,203 --> 00:42:24,708 WELL. SO WE DO HAVE A FULL, FULL 1100 00:42:24,708 --> 00:42:26,310 COUNCIL WITH US WHEN THE 1101 00:42:26,310 --> 00:42:27,978 EARTHQUAKE DRILL GOES IN INTO 1102 00:42:27,978 --> 00:42:29,446 PLACE, WE WE WILL BE AT EASE, 1103 00:42:29,446 --> 00:42:32,850 WHICH MEANS THAT YOU CAN'T LEAVE 1104 00:42:32,850 --> 00:42:34,118 AND IF YOU CAN JUST CUT THE 1105 00:42:34,118 --> 00:42:36,020 MICROPHONE SO THAT YOU'RE NOT 1106 00:42:36,020 --> 00:42:38,055 CATCHING ALL THE DRILL NOISE 1107 00:42:38,055 --> 00:42:39,490 COMING THROUGH THE SPEAKERS OF 1108 00:42:39,490 --> 00:42:45,362 OUR CITY HALL WITH THAT, GREG, 1109 00:42:45,362 --> 00:42:48,832 YOU'RE MAKING GOOD TIME. WE'RE 1110 00:42:48,832 --> 00:42:51,602 ON SLIDE 14 OF 26 AND JUST ABOUT 1111 00:42:51,602 --> 00:42:54,104 TO GET INTO PARKING ENFORCEMENT 1112 00:42:54,104 --> 00:42:58,175 OFFICERS AFTER THIS EARTHQUAKE 1113 00:42:58,175 --> 00:42:59,243 DRILL. YES. NOW, THIS IS THE 1114 00:42:59,243 --> 00:43:00,577 AWKWARD PAUSE. 1115 00:43:00,577 --> 00:43:01,178 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN JUST HOW 1116 00:43:01,178 --> 00:43:02,413 LONG DOES IT TYPICALLY LAST? DO 1117 00:43:02,413 --> 00:43:04,515 YOU HAVE ANY IDEA? I THINK. 1118 00:43:04,515 --> 00:43:05,015 -- ABOUT THREE MINUTES. 1119 00:43:05,015 --> 00:43:07,451 -- THREE MINUTES. 1120 00:43:07,451 --> 00:43:07,718 -- OKAY. 1121 00:43:07,718 --> 00:43:11,055 -- YEAH 1122 00:43:11,055 --> 00:43:11,655 -- I THINK OUR CHAMBER CLOCKS 1123 00:43:11,655 --> 00:43:12,756 ARE A LITTLE FAST BECAUSE LAST 1124 00:43:12,756 --> 00:43:16,760 YEAR WHEN I SAID TEN, 15. 1125 00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:17,161 -- 15 SOMETHING. 1126 00:43:17,161 --> 00:43:20,798 -- YEAH, IT BEEPS AT US. SO WE 1127 00:43:20,798 --> 00:43:22,399 WILL BE AT EASE UNTIL THE 1128 00:43:22,399 --> 00:43:25,135 EARTHQUAKE DRILL IS OVER. AND 1129 00:43:25,135 --> 00:43:26,670 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 1130 00:43:26,670 --> 00:43:30,007 -- MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION. 1131 00:43:30,007 --> 00:43:37,715 -- PLEASE? 1132 00:43:37,948 --> 00:43:48,425 -- WELL. THANK YOU. WE ARE BACK 1133 00:45:25,756 --> 00:45:26,890 OUT OF EASE. I WILL SAY WE DID 1134 00:45:26,890 --> 00:45:27,591 MUCH BETTER WITH THE DRILL THAN 1135 00:45:27,591 --> 00:45:29,126 WE DID WITH THE ACTUAL 1136 00:45:29,126 --> 00:45:30,360 EARTHQUAKE TWO WEEKS AGO. SO 1137 00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:31,662 WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO BRING 1138 00:45:31,662 --> 00:45:36,567 US RIGHT BACK TO CENTRAL STAFF 1139 00:45:36,567 --> 00:45:38,001 ANALYST GREG DOSS TO CONTINUE 1140 00:45:38,001 --> 00:45:38,635 WALKING US THROUGH THE CENTRAL 1141 00:45:38,635 --> 00:45:39,603 STAFF ANALYSIS OF THE SEATTLE 1142 00:45:39,603 --> 00:45:41,105 POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET. WE 1143 00:45:41,105 --> 00:45:44,908 HAVE LEFT OFF ON PAGE 13. SORRY, 1144 00:45:44,908 --> 00:45:50,347 NOT 14, BUT 13. FOURTH POLICY 1145 00:45:50,347 --> 00:45:50,814 CONSIDERATION PARKING 1146 00:45:50,814 --> 00:45:51,448 ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, BACK TO 1147 00:45:51,448 --> 00:45:51,882 YOU, GREG. 1148 00:45:51,882 --> 00:45:55,486 -- THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. MOVING 1149 00:45:55,486 --> 00:45:56,053 ALONG, PARKING ENFORCEMENT 1150 00:45:56,053 --> 00:45:57,554 OFFICERS, AS THIS COMMITTEE HAS 1151 00:45:57,554 --> 00:46:00,924 DISCUSSED IN THE PAST, SPD HAS 1152 00:46:00,924 --> 00:46:03,327 ABOUT 18 LONG TERM VACANCIES IN 1153 00:46:03,327 --> 00:46:04,728 THIS GROUP. THE PROPOSED BUDGET 1154 00:46:04,728 --> 00:46:06,463 CUTS. ABOUT HALF OF THESE 1155 00:46:06,463 --> 00:46:08,165 VACANCIES, THE POSITIONS AND THE 1156 00:46:08,165 --> 00:46:10,868 DOLLARS, AND IT LEAVES REMAINING 1157 00:46:10,868 --> 00:46:12,703 THE OTHER HALF, WHICH SPD SAYS 1158 00:46:12,703 --> 00:46:15,072 THAT THEY ARE GOING TO FILL. 1159 00:46:15,072 --> 00:46:16,440 THEY EXPECT TO FILL THESE BY THE 1160 00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:19,009 FIRST QUARTER, ALTHOUGH SLIGHT 1161 00:46:19,009 --> 00:46:20,377 DISCLAIMER THEY HAVE SAID THAT 1162 00:46:20,377 --> 00:46:22,746 IN PRIOR YEARS AND IT HAS NOT 1163 00:46:22,746 --> 00:46:23,647 HAPPENED, THEY'VE HAD SOME 1164 00:46:23,647 --> 00:46:25,249 TROUBLE HIRING FOR THESE 1165 00:46:25,249 --> 00:46:27,784 POSITIONS. AND THEY TALKED A BIT 1166 00:46:27,784 --> 00:46:30,087 ABOUT IT DURING THE EXECUTIVE 1167 00:46:30,087 --> 00:46:33,290 PRESENTATION. THEY ARE HOPING 1168 00:46:33,290 --> 00:46:34,758 THAT A RECENT CONTRACT 1169 00:46:34,758 --> 00:46:36,894 SETTLEMENT WITH THE GUILD THAT 1170 00:46:36,894 --> 00:46:37,528 REPRESENTS PARKING ENFORCEMENT 1171 00:46:37,528 --> 00:46:38,996 OFFICERS AND A PAY INCREASE 1172 00:46:38,996 --> 00:46:40,831 THERE WILL HELP WITH THIS HIRING 1173 00:46:40,831 --> 00:46:43,300 ISSUE. DIRECTOR PETER ALSO 1174 00:46:43,300 --> 00:46:46,136 TALKED ABOUT SOME POTENTIAL 1175 00:46:46,136 --> 00:46:48,038 SOLUTIONS AROUND BACKGROUNDING 1176 00:46:48,038 --> 00:46:49,306 AND PUTTING MORE FOLKS INTO 1177 00:46:49,306 --> 00:46:51,742 BACKGROUNDING THAT THEY MIGHT 1178 00:46:51,742 --> 00:46:53,777 EXPECT OUT SOME VARIOUS KINDS OF 1179 00:46:53,777 --> 00:46:54,378 OPERATIONAL ADJUSTMENTS THAT 1180 00:46:54,378 --> 00:46:57,548 MIGHT INCREASE, INCREASE THE 1181 00:46:57,548 --> 00:46:58,615 NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT THEY CAN 1182 00:46:58,615 --> 00:47:02,052 GET ONTO THIS GROUP. 1183 00:47:02,052 --> 00:47:03,854 UNFORTUNATELY, THEY HAVE A 1184 00:47:03,854 --> 00:47:05,889 DISINCENTIVE TO MAKE THESE 1185 00:47:05,889 --> 00:47:07,724 HIRES. IT IS THE CASE THAT THEY 1186 00:47:07,724 --> 00:47:11,195 HAVE A RATHER SIGNIFICANT 1187 00:47:11,195 --> 00:47:13,697 CIVILIAN VACANCY RATE CUT. AND 1188 00:47:13,697 --> 00:47:15,532 WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE CITY 1189 00:47:15,532 --> 00:47:17,034 BUDGET OFFICE EXPECTS THAT 1190 00:47:17,034 --> 00:47:19,570 THEY'RE GOING TO BE CERTAIN 1191 00:47:19,570 --> 00:47:21,438 AMOUNT OF VACANCIES OVER THE 1192 00:47:21,438 --> 00:47:25,242 YEAR FOR SPD AND SO THE CITY 1193 00:47:25,242 --> 00:47:26,243 BUDGET OFFICE HAS CUT SOME OF 1194 00:47:26,243 --> 00:47:31,415 THE SALARY THAT WOULD BE USED TO 1195 00:47:31,415 --> 00:47:33,317 PAY THE THE CIVILIAN MEMBERS OF 1196 00:47:33,317 --> 00:47:38,589 SPD. AND SO WHAT WHAT THIS DOES 1197 00:47:38,589 --> 00:47:41,758 IS IT IT PUTS SPD IN A POSITION 1198 00:47:41,758 --> 00:47:43,460 WHERE IF THE NATURAL VACANCIES 1199 00:47:43,460 --> 00:47:45,329 THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ARE NOT 1200 00:47:45,329 --> 00:47:45,963 ALLOWING THEM TO MEET THE CUT, 1201 00:47:45,963 --> 00:47:48,232 THEY WILL HAVE TO HOLD SOME 1202 00:47:48,232 --> 00:47:50,033 POSITIONS. VACANT. VACANT 1203 00:47:50,033 --> 00:47:51,501 PURPOSEFULLY TO MEET THIS CUT. 1204 00:47:51,501 --> 00:47:52,936 AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY 1205 00:47:52,936 --> 00:47:54,271 HAVE DONE WITH THIS GROUP POS IN 1206 00:47:54,271 --> 00:47:56,807 THE PAST UNFORTUNATELY, THEY 1207 00:47:56,807 --> 00:47:58,976 HAVE AN INCENTIVE TO LEAVE THESE 1208 00:47:58,976 --> 00:48:01,645 POSITIONS VACANT AND TO USE THE 1209 00:48:01,645 --> 00:48:04,014 SALARY DOLLARS TO MEET THEIR CUT 1210 00:48:04,014 --> 00:48:05,249 TARGETS. THAT'S A GOOD THING 1211 00:48:05,249 --> 00:48:06,617 FOR SPD, BUT IT'S NOT A GOOD 1212 00:48:06,617 --> 00:48:09,486 THING FOR THE CITY. AS I HAVE 1213 00:48:09,486 --> 00:48:15,359 MENTIONED IN THE PAST, A TYPICAL 1214 00:48:15,359 --> 00:48:16,560 TEP WILL COST ABOUT $115,000 OF 1215 00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:19,496 SALARY AND BENEFITS, AND THEY 1216 00:48:19,496 --> 00:48:21,698 BRING IN ABOUT $200,000 IN 1217 00:48:21,698 --> 00:48:22,332 REVENUE WHEN THEY ARE ENFORCING 1218 00:48:22,332 --> 00:48:23,400 THE RIGHT OF WAY. OF COURSE, 1219 00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:26,770 THIS ISN'T ABOUT MONEY. THIS IS 1220 00:48:26,770 --> 00:48:27,404 ABOUT PROPER ENFORCEMENT OF THE 1221 00:48:27,404 --> 00:48:32,175 RIGHT OF WAY. AND OTHER OTHER 1222 00:48:32,175 --> 00:48:33,911 ACTIVITIES THAT PEOS DO. SO I 1223 00:48:33,911 --> 00:48:35,512 ASKED THE DEPARTMENT IF THEY HAD 1224 00:48:35,512 --> 00:48:38,248 EVER, OR IF THEY HAD PERFORMED A 1225 00:48:38,248 --> 00:48:39,616 WHAT'S CALLED A VIOLATION 1226 00:48:39,616 --> 00:48:43,387 CAPTURE RATE STUDY. ARE THERE 1227 00:48:43,387 --> 00:48:43,987 MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENFORCE 1228 00:48:43,987 --> 00:48:45,088 THE RIGHT OF WAY THAN OUR PEOS 1229 00:48:45,088 --> 00:48:47,457 ARE CURRENTLY USING AT THEIR 1230 00:48:47,457 --> 00:48:50,160 EXISTING STAFF LEVELS? THEY HAVE 1231 00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:52,362 NOT DONE SUCH A STUDY. SO I GOT 1232 00:48:52,362 --> 00:48:55,098 DATA ON THE NUMBER OF CITATIONS 1233 00:48:55,098 --> 00:48:58,268 AND THE NUMBER OF PEOS 1234 00:48:58,268 --> 00:49:01,605 PRE-PANDEMIC. AS YOU SEE IN THIS 1235 00:49:01,605 --> 00:49:05,275 TABLE, YOU'LL SEE 2018 AND 1236 00:49:05,275 --> 00:49:07,077 2019, WHERE THE NUMBER OF POS 1237 00:49:07,077 --> 00:49:08,879 WERE STAFFED AT A HIGHER LEVEL, 1238 00:49:08,879 --> 00:49:12,182 92 OR 95. AND THERE YOU SEE THAT 1239 00:49:12,182 --> 00:49:14,685 THE CITATION COUNT, THE HIGHEST 1240 00:49:14,685 --> 00:49:16,653 WAS 448,000 CITATIONS. AND THEN 1241 00:49:16,653 --> 00:49:21,258 YOU SEE POST PANDEMIC 23 AND 24, 1242 00:49:21,258 --> 00:49:24,528 YOU HAVE THE LOWER COUNT OF PEOS 1243 00:49:24,528 --> 00:49:25,329 AROUND 77. AND THE HIGH WATER 1244 00:49:25,329 --> 00:49:29,499 MARK THERE IS 363,000. SO 1245 00:49:29,499 --> 00:49:31,768 OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE VIOLATIONS 1246 00:49:31,768 --> 00:49:34,237 THAT ARE NOT BEING CAPTURED 1247 00:49:34,237 --> 00:49:39,743 BECAUSE OUR FORCE IS NOT FULLY 1248 00:49:39,743 --> 00:49:41,244 STAFFED. AND SO THERE IS AN 1249 00:49:41,244 --> 00:49:41,878 OPPORTUNITY TO ENFORCE THE RIGHT 1250 00:49:41,878 --> 00:49:46,383 OF WAY BETTER. PROBABLY AS 1251 00:49:46,383 --> 00:49:49,353 IMPORTANTLY, IS THAT THIS GROUP 1252 00:49:49,353 --> 00:49:50,821 OF FOLKS NOW UNDER THE MOST 1253 00:49:50,821 --> 00:49:53,123 RECENT CONTRACT, HAS THE ABILITY 1254 00:49:53,123 --> 00:49:55,792 TO DO SOME TRAFFIC CONTROL AND 1255 00:49:55,792 --> 00:49:59,996 SOME EVENT WORK. AND CAN COME IN 1256 00:49:59,996 --> 00:50:04,401 AND TAKE THE PLACE OF, OF WHAT 1257 00:50:04,401 --> 00:50:05,769 HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN POSTED OR 1258 00:50:05,769 --> 00:50:08,839 STAFFED BY A SWORN OFFICER. SO 1259 00:50:08,839 --> 00:50:11,141 IF WE HAD MORE PEOS, WE COULD 1260 00:50:11,141 --> 00:50:12,642 DEPLOY THEM TO MORE EVENTS AND 1261 00:50:12,642 --> 00:50:14,945 TAKE STRESS OFF OF THE POLICE 1262 00:50:14,945 --> 00:50:17,681 DEPARTMENT TO HAVE TWO STAFF, 1263 00:50:17,681 --> 00:50:20,550 SOME NON SAFETY ORIENTED 1264 00:50:20,550 --> 00:50:21,651 POSITIONS, SOME TRAFFIC CONTROL 1265 00:50:21,651 --> 00:50:25,489 THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WHAT WE'RE 1266 00:50:25,489 --> 00:50:28,892 SEEING HERE IS THAT THERE IS AN 1267 00:50:28,892 --> 00:50:29,493 OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER ENFORCE 1268 00:50:29,493 --> 00:50:30,594 THE RIGHT OF WAY. THERE'S AN 1269 00:50:30,594 --> 00:50:31,928 OPPORTUNITY TO BOLSTER EVENTS 1270 00:50:31,928 --> 00:50:32,996 WITH PCOS. BUT THE PCOS HAVE TO 1271 00:50:32,996 --> 00:50:39,336 BE HIRED. SO TO THE POLICY 1272 00:50:39,336 --> 00:50:40,437 OPTIONS IN THE LAST COUPLE 1273 00:50:40,437 --> 00:50:43,573 YEARS, I'VE PROVIDED THE COUNCIL 1274 00:50:43,573 --> 00:50:45,776 VARIOUS POLICY OPTIONS. THE 1275 00:50:45,776 --> 00:50:49,312 COUNCIL HAS ADDED TWO FTES TO 1276 00:50:49,312 --> 00:50:50,914 THE TRAINING UNIT TO TO TRY TO 1277 00:50:50,914 --> 00:50:52,649 ALLEVIATE THE DEPARTMENT'S 1278 00:50:52,649 --> 00:50:53,316 WORRY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HIRE 1279 00:50:53,316 --> 00:50:58,255 TOO MANY PCOS AND WIND UP 1280 00:50:58,255 --> 00:50:59,923 OVERSTAFFED. THE. THE COUNCIL 1281 00:50:59,923 --> 00:51:02,959 ADDED LAST YEAR, $2 MILLION AND 1282 00:51:02,959 --> 00:51:04,027 RESTRICTED IT BY PROVISO AND 1283 00:51:04,027 --> 00:51:05,996 SAID, SPD, IF YOU HIRE THESE 1284 00:51:05,996 --> 00:51:07,531 POSITIONS, THEN WE KNOW THEY'LL 1285 00:51:07,531 --> 00:51:10,200 CREATE REVENUE AND WE'LL RELEASE 1286 00:51:10,200 --> 00:51:12,702 THIS PROVISO. SO IT PAYS FOR 1287 00:51:12,702 --> 00:51:13,770 THEIR THEIR POSITIONS. YOU 1288 00:51:13,770 --> 00:51:15,539 DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE 1289 00:51:15,539 --> 00:51:16,873 VACANCY CUT. THEY DID NOT DO 1290 00:51:16,873 --> 00:51:21,878 THAT. SO. THIS YEAR, ALL I'M 1291 00:51:21,878 --> 00:51:23,647 RECOMMENDING IS ADOPTING A 1292 00:51:23,647 --> 00:51:26,450 STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT 1293 00:51:26,450 --> 00:51:28,085 THAT ASKS THEM TO REPORT BACK. 1294 00:51:28,085 --> 00:51:30,287 THEY OBVIOUSLY ARE THEY HAVE NOT 1295 00:51:30,287 --> 00:51:32,689 FILLED THE TRAINING POSITIONS. 1296 00:51:32,689 --> 00:51:35,125 THEY DID NOT FILL THEM LAST 1297 00:51:35,125 --> 00:51:36,927 YEAR. SO IT THIS IS REALLY IN 1298 00:51:36,927 --> 00:51:44,367 THE EXECUTIVE'S HANDS SO THE 1299 00:51:44,367 --> 00:51:46,436 NEXT ISSUE IS CIVILIAN STAFFING 1300 00:51:46,436 --> 00:51:50,207 IN THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER 1301 00:51:50,207 --> 00:51:51,641 THE ORIGINAL AD FOR THE REAL 1302 00:51:51,641 --> 00:51:53,143 TIME CRIME CENTER CIVILIAN STAFF 1303 00:51:53,143 --> 00:51:55,245 WAS FOR 21 POSITIONS IN TOTAL, 1304 00:51:55,245 --> 00:51:58,849 12 OF THESE POSITIONS HAVE BEEN 1305 00:51:58,849 --> 00:52:02,319 HIRED AND ARE CURRENTLY STAFFING 1306 00:52:02,319 --> 00:52:02,953 THE ARTIE CC. THEY ARE STAFFING 1307 00:52:02,953 --> 00:52:05,689 IT BETWEEN 8:00 IN THE MORNING 1308 00:52:05,689 --> 00:52:09,359 AND 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. THE 1309 00:52:09,359 --> 00:52:11,895 EXECUTIVE HAS SAID THAT THEY 1310 00:52:11,895 --> 00:52:14,097 INTEND TO ADD SIX MORE POSITIONS 1311 00:52:14,097 --> 00:52:15,165 TO THE 12 TO BRING IT TO A TOTAL 1312 00:52:15,165 --> 00:52:17,801 STAFF OF 18, AND THAT WOULD 1313 00:52:17,801 --> 00:52:23,607 ALLOW THE THE CENTER TO BE 1314 00:52:23,607 --> 00:52:26,109 STAFFED 24/7 AND RESPOND TO 1315 00:52:26,109 --> 00:52:26,743 ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT 1316 00:52:26,743 --> 00:52:30,080 THE DAY, ANY DAY OR WEEK, 1317 00:52:30,080 --> 00:52:32,315 ANYTIME. THERE ARE THREE 1318 00:52:32,315 --> 00:52:33,016 POSITIONS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO 1319 00:52:33,016 --> 00:52:35,452 BE ADDED IN THE 2027 BUDGET THAT 1320 00:52:35,452 --> 00:52:39,823 ARE DEFUNDED AND NOT PLANNED TO 1321 00:52:39,823 --> 00:52:41,324 BE ADDED. THOSE POSITIONS, THE 1322 00:52:41,324 --> 00:52:43,426 EXECUTIVE HAD SAID, ARE NOT 1323 00:52:43,426 --> 00:52:45,962 NECESSARY AT THIS TIME THAT THEY 1324 00:52:45,962 --> 00:52:48,198 WOULD BECOME NECESSARY IF ANY OF 1325 00:52:48,198 --> 00:52:51,101 THAT EXISTING 18 STAFF STARTED 1326 00:52:51,101 --> 00:52:53,470 TO USE LONG TERM LEAVE, OR THERE 1327 00:52:53,470 --> 00:52:58,942 WAS A VACANCY PROBLEM THERE, OR 1328 00:52:58,942 --> 00:53:00,010 IF IF THE NUMBER OF CAMERAS 1329 00:53:00,010 --> 00:53:01,912 EXPANDED IN THE CITY, THEN THERE 1330 00:53:01,912 --> 00:53:03,380 WOULD BE A NEED POTENTIALLY TO 1331 00:53:03,380 --> 00:53:06,316 HIRE THOSE ADDITIONAL THREE 1332 00:53:06,316 --> 00:53:09,252 STAFFERS. SO ACKNOWLEDGING THAT 1333 00:53:09,252 --> 00:53:10,820 THE EXECUTIVE HAS LEFT THOSE 1334 00:53:10,820 --> 00:53:13,924 POSITIONS IN THE BUDGET, THEY'RE 1335 00:53:13,924 --> 00:53:15,025 UNFUNDED. THE COUNCIL COULD NEXT 1336 00:53:15,025 --> 00:53:15,926 YEAR, IF THERE IS A NEED, ADD 1337 00:53:15,926 --> 00:53:17,561 FUNDING TO A SUPPLEMENTAL 1338 00:53:17,561 --> 00:53:18,562 BUDGET, AND THEN SPD COULD HIRE 1339 00:53:18,562 --> 00:53:20,263 THOSE POSITIONS. BUT AS OF RIGHT 1340 00:53:20,263 --> 00:53:23,099 NOW, THEY SAY THAT IT'S 1341 00:53:23,099 --> 00:53:23,967 UNNECESSARY. IT IS THE CASE, I 1342 00:53:23,967 --> 00:53:26,069 THINK, THAT THIS COUNCIL IS WELL 1343 00:53:26,069 --> 00:53:29,472 AWARE OF THAT. THE MAYOR HAS PUT 1344 00:53:29,472 --> 00:53:31,241 SOME ACTIVATION OF CAMERAS, 1345 00:53:31,241 --> 00:53:31,875 PARTICULARLY AROUND GARFIELD AND 1346 00:53:31,875 --> 00:53:35,745 CAPITOL HILL, ON HOLD, AND THAT 1347 00:53:35,745 --> 00:53:37,814 THAT THE ACTIVATION OF THOSE 1348 00:53:37,814 --> 00:53:39,449 CAMERAS IS PENDING A COUPLE 1349 00:53:39,449 --> 00:53:41,885 EVALUATIONS THAT WILL BE DONE ON 1350 00:53:41,885 --> 00:53:44,387 PRIVACY PROTECTIONS AND 1351 00:53:44,387 --> 00:53:46,957 TECHNOLOGY PROTECTIONS TO MAKE 1352 00:53:46,957 --> 00:53:47,924 SURE THAT CAMERAS ARE NOT 1353 00:53:47,924 --> 00:53:51,661 CREATING ANY ANY RISK FROM AYE 1354 00:53:51,661 --> 00:53:55,799 PRIVACY RIGHTS STANDPOINT. IF 1355 00:53:55,799 --> 00:53:57,968 THAT STUDY COMES BACK AND THE 1356 00:53:57,968 --> 00:53:59,402 MAYOR DECIDES TO ACTIVATE THOSE 1357 00:53:59,402 --> 00:54:01,237 CAMERAS, IF THE MAYOR DECIDES TO 1358 00:54:01,237 --> 00:54:02,672 EXPAND THE CAMERAS, THEN THAT 1359 00:54:02,672 --> 00:54:04,874 MIGHT BE A TIME TO ADD BACK THE 1360 00:54:04,874 --> 00:54:07,277 THREE. OR YOU, THE COUNCIL COULD 1361 00:54:07,277 --> 00:54:09,879 CHOOSE TO ADD BACK THOSE THREE. 1362 00:54:09,879 --> 00:54:11,481 NOW EXPECTING THAT THAT THOSE 1363 00:54:11,481 --> 00:54:13,583 THINGS WILL HAPPEN. SO THAT'S 1364 00:54:13,583 --> 00:54:14,384 ESSENTIALLY THE OPTIONS THAT I 1365 00:54:14,384 --> 00:54:16,119 HAVE FOR YOU. RESTORING THE 1366 00:54:16,119 --> 00:54:18,755 THREE FTE, RESTORING FUNDING FOR 1367 00:54:18,755 --> 00:54:23,126 THE THREE FTE WOULD BE ABOUT 1368 00:54:23,126 --> 00:54:25,362 511,027, THE SAME AMOUNT IN 28 1369 00:54:25,362 --> 00:54:27,797 AND ROUGHLY THE SAME AMOUNT IN 1370 00:54:27,797 --> 00:54:31,201 29. THOSE AMOUNTS WOULD GO UP BY 1371 00:54:31,201 --> 00:54:32,669 INFLATORS, COLA INFLATION, ET 1372 00:54:32,669 --> 00:54:33,870 CETERA. BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT 1373 00:54:33,870 --> 00:54:34,938 THOSE ARE RIGHT NOW. SO I'M JUST 1374 00:54:34,938 --> 00:54:41,177 HOLDING THEM CONSTANT. SO THE 1375 00:54:41,177 --> 00:54:44,047 NEXT ITEM GOING TO BE RELATIVELY 1376 00:54:44,047 --> 00:54:46,950 SHORT IS CIVILIAN POSITIONS IN 1377 00:54:46,950 --> 00:54:49,286 THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS 1378 00:54:49,286 --> 00:54:52,455 BUREAU. IN THIS PARTICULAR 1379 00:54:52,455 --> 00:54:55,058 ISSUE, BACK IN 2025 AND 26, 1380 00:54:55,058 --> 00:54:57,360 THERE WERE 14 CIVILIAN POSITIONS 1381 00:54:57,360 --> 00:55:03,133 THAT WERE ADDED TO THIS BUREAU. 1382 00:55:03,133 --> 00:55:04,467 7 IN 2025 AND 7 IN 2026 TO 1383 00:55:04,467 --> 00:55:08,004 ASSIST DETECTIVES WITH VARIOUS 1384 00:55:08,004 --> 00:55:10,640 KINDS OF INVESTIGATIONS. THESE 1385 00:55:10,640 --> 00:55:13,943 CIVILIANS COULD EITHER BE PRIOR 1386 00:55:13,943 --> 00:55:14,611 SWORN INDIVIDUALS, DETECTIVES 1387 00:55:14,611 --> 00:55:16,680 WHO ARE, SAY, COMING BACK FROM 1388 00:55:16,680 --> 00:55:18,548 RETIREMENT. AND THAT INDEED IS 1389 00:55:18,548 --> 00:55:20,016 THE WAY THAT THAT SPD HAS BEEN 1390 00:55:20,016 --> 00:55:22,252 USING THIS GROUP, OR THEY COULD 1391 00:55:22,252 --> 00:55:24,721 BE CIVILIANS THAT COME IN AND 1392 00:55:24,721 --> 00:55:27,357 ASSIST WITH GETTING INFORMATION 1393 00:55:27,357 --> 00:55:27,924 FOR DETECTIVES TO HELP THE 1394 00:55:27,924 --> 00:55:28,992 THROUGHPUT ON CASES, WHETHER 1395 00:55:28,992 --> 00:55:31,394 THAT INFORMATION BE FROM 1396 00:55:31,394 --> 00:55:32,829 CRIMINAL HISTORIES OR FROM THE 1397 00:55:32,829 --> 00:55:34,698 COURT, THEY COULD SERVE IN A 1398 00:55:34,698 --> 00:55:38,201 SUPPORT FUNCTION TO HELP 1399 00:55:38,201 --> 00:55:40,737 DETECTIVES CLEAR CASES. IT IS 1400 00:55:40,737 --> 00:55:41,771 THE CASE THAT SEVEN OF THESE 1401 00:55:41,771 --> 00:55:43,473 POSITIONS WERE HIRED. FORMER 1402 00:55:43,473 --> 00:55:47,043 DETECTIVES, LARGELY IN 2025, AND 1403 00:55:47,043 --> 00:55:48,812 THE OTHER SEVEN HAVE BEEN ON 1404 00:55:48,812 --> 00:55:49,946 HOLD THROUGH 2026 DUE TO BUDGET 1405 00:55:49,946 --> 00:55:54,684 REASONS SPD HAS CUT IN THE OR. 1406 00:55:54,684 --> 00:55:56,252 I'M SORRY THE MAYOR HAS CUT IN 1407 00:55:56,252 --> 00:55:59,289 THE PROPOSED BUDGET. THE OTHER 1408 00:55:59,289 --> 00:56:00,690 SEVEN POSITIONS ALTOGETHER. AS 1409 00:56:00,690 --> 00:56:01,825 PART OF MY ANALYSIS OF THE 1410 00:56:01,825 --> 00:56:04,427 BUDGET, I HAVE ASKED THE 1411 00:56:04,427 --> 00:56:05,862 EXECUTIVE FOR WORKLOAD 1412 00:56:05,862 --> 00:56:08,932 INDICATORS FOR THIS UNIT, 1413 00:56:08,932 --> 00:56:10,333 PARTICULARLY WHETHER OR NOT 1414 00:56:10,333 --> 00:56:13,103 THERE'S A BACKLOG OF ANY CASES 1415 00:56:13,103 --> 00:56:16,840 THAT MIGHT BE BETTER ADDRESSED 1416 00:56:16,840 --> 00:56:18,808 THROUGH MORE STAFFING, AND I AM 1417 00:56:18,808 --> 00:56:19,976 CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF 1418 00:56:19,976 --> 00:56:22,412 WORKING WITH THEM ON THIS ISSUE. 1419 00:56:22,412 --> 00:56:26,483 AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO REPORT 1420 00:56:26,483 --> 00:56:31,454 BACK TO YOU ON IT ALL RIGHT. THE 1421 00:56:31,454 --> 00:56:35,925 NEXT ISSUE IS THE DIVERSITY, 1422 00:56:35,925 --> 00:56:37,127 EQUITY AND INCLUSION DEI 1423 00:56:37,127 --> 00:56:41,197 POSITION AND THE 30 BY 30 1424 00:56:41,197 --> 00:56:42,799 POSITIONS. IT IS THE CASE THAT, 1425 00:56:42,799 --> 00:56:46,436 AS THE SLIDE SAYS, THE EXECUTIVE 1426 00:56:46,436 --> 00:56:48,638 HAS ELIMINATED A DEI POSITION 1427 00:56:48,638 --> 00:56:50,473 AND FUNDING THAT WAS ADDED LAST 1428 00:56:50,473 --> 00:56:53,610 YEAR. THAT AMOUNTS TO 207,000. 1429 00:56:53,610 --> 00:56:56,179 AND THE EXECUTIVE HAS ALSO 1430 00:56:56,179 --> 00:56:57,180 ELIMINATED A POSITION THAT WOULD 1431 00:56:57,180 --> 00:57:02,285 HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO THE 30 BY 1432 00:57:02,285 --> 00:57:04,220 30 WORK PROGRAM. THE COUNCIL IS 1433 00:57:04,220 --> 00:57:05,922 FAIRLY FAMILIAR WITH THE 30 BY 1434 00:57:05,922 --> 00:57:07,791 30 POSITION. IT WAS THE COUNCIL 1435 00:57:07,791 --> 00:57:10,393 THAT ADDED THE UNFUNDED POSITION 1436 00:57:10,393 --> 00:57:11,494 LAST YEAR AND ADDED A PROVISO 1437 00:57:11,494 --> 00:57:13,563 THAT WOULD HAVE RESTRICTED 1438 00:57:13,563 --> 00:57:14,497 SPD'S BUDGET SO THAT THEY HAD 1439 00:57:14,497 --> 00:57:16,533 TO PAY FOR IT. AND IT IS THE 1440 00:57:16,533 --> 00:57:20,403 CASE THAT SPD HAS NOT HIRED IT. 1441 00:57:20,403 --> 00:57:23,406 AND THE MONEY THAT WAS DEDICATED 1442 00:57:23,406 --> 00:57:24,941 VIA PROVISO WILL JUST LAPSE INTO 1443 00:57:24,941 --> 00:57:26,376 THE GENERAL FUND THIS YEAR AND 1444 00:57:26,376 --> 00:57:28,178 BE USED TO SUPPORT THE BUDGET 1445 00:57:28,178 --> 00:57:32,782 NEXT YEAR TALK A LITTLE BIT 1446 00:57:32,782 --> 00:57:36,486 ABOUT THE 30 BY 30 PROGRAM. HERE 1447 00:57:36,486 --> 00:57:40,957 ON THIS SLIDE, SPD HAS MADE SOME 1448 00:57:40,957 --> 00:57:42,325 PROGRESS IN ADVANCING SOME OF 1449 00:57:42,325 --> 00:57:43,726 THE INITIATIVES THAT THEY 1450 00:57:43,726 --> 00:57:46,663 IDENTIFIED FOR THAT PROGRAM TO 1451 00:57:46,663 --> 00:57:47,931 INCLUDE CHILD CARE ADVERTISING, 1452 00:57:47,931 --> 00:57:50,333 CHANGING THE WAY IT TEACHES 1453 00:57:50,333 --> 00:57:50,967 DEFENSE TACTICS, EQUIPS WOMEN, 1454 00:57:50,967 --> 00:57:53,803 AND PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR NEW 1455 00:57:53,803 --> 00:57:54,504 MOTHERS. THESE YOU MAY REMEMBER, 1456 00:57:54,504 --> 00:57:55,705 THESE ARE THESE ARE THINGS THAT 1457 00:57:55,705 --> 00:57:57,507 THEY HAD ACCOMPLISHED BEFORE 1458 00:57:57,507 --> 00:58:00,143 LAST YEAR, THINGS THAT THEY WERE 1459 00:58:00,143 --> 00:58:02,412 AIMING TO ACCOMPLISH LAST YEAR 1460 00:58:02,412 --> 00:58:03,847 WAS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A 1461 00:58:03,847 --> 00:58:06,549 MENTORSHIP PROGRAM IDENTIFYING 1462 00:58:06,549 --> 00:58:09,919 FLEXIBLE SHIP'S OFFICE SHIFT 1463 00:58:09,919 --> 00:58:11,321 OPTIONS, OR A PROFESSIONAL 1464 00:58:11,321 --> 00:58:11,888 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. THOSE 1465 00:58:11,888 --> 00:58:14,090 THINGS HAVE NOT OCCURRED THIS 1466 00:58:14,090 --> 00:58:16,793 YEAR. I HAVE INCLUDED IN THE 1467 00:58:16,793 --> 00:58:18,928 ISSUE PAPER A TABLE THAT GOES 1468 00:58:18,928 --> 00:58:21,931 GOAL BY GOAL FOR THE 30 BY 30 1469 00:58:21,931 --> 00:58:22,999 PROGRAM, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE 1470 00:58:22,999 --> 00:58:24,667 WELCOME TO GO TO THAT TABLE AND 1471 00:58:24,667 --> 00:58:26,169 SEE WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED 1472 00:58:26,169 --> 00:58:30,473 IN THE LAST YEAR. I THINK SPD 1473 00:58:30,473 --> 00:58:31,107 ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE DEPARTMENT 1474 00:58:31,107 --> 00:58:32,976 AND THE 30 BY 30 WORKGROUP 1475 00:58:32,976 --> 00:58:34,811 CONTINUE TO WORK ON THESE AREAS. 1476 00:58:34,811 --> 00:58:37,013 THEY'RE DIFFICULT AND COMPLEX 1477 00:58:37,013 --> 00:58:39,082 UNDERTAKING AND PARTICULARLY FOR 1478 00:58:39,082 --> 00:58:40,917 THE SWORN ON THE GROUP THAT HAVE 1479 00:58:40,917 --> 00:58:43,319 FULL TIME JOBS. SO I THINK THE 1480 00:58:43,319 --> 00:58:44,354 COUNCIL RECOGNIZED THIS LAST 1481 00:58:44,354 --> 00:58:46,222 YEAR AND ADDED A POSITION. THIS 1482 00:58:46,222 --> 00:58:48,024 IS SOMETHING THAT THEY FEEL LIKE 1483 00:58:48,024 --> 00:58:50,460 THEY CAN DO WITH THEIR EXISTING 1484 00:58:50,460 --> 00:58:53,663 HR STAFF IN SUPPORT OF THIS 1485 00:58:53,663 --> 00:58:55,899 WORK. AND THAT IS ALSO THE CASE 1486 00:58:55,899 --> 00:59:00,036 FOR THE DEI POSITION. THEY FEEL 1487 00:59:00,036 --> 00:59:02,972 THAT THEIR EXISTING HR STAFF CAN 1488 00:59:02,972 --> 00:59:05,608 CAN MANAGE THE DEI 1489 00:59:05,608 --> 00:59:08,244 RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE 1490 00:59:08,244 --> 00:59:11,714 DEPARTMENT. I HAVE ASKED 1491 00:59:11,714 --> 00:59:14,784 SPECIFICALLY WHO IN THE HR 1492 00:59:14,784 --> 00:59:15,285 DEPARTMENT AND HOW MANY 1493 00:59:15,285 --> 00:59:16,519 POSITIONS WOULD BE DEDICATED TO 1494 00:59:16,519 --> 00:59:19,322 THIS DEI FUNCTION. AND WHAT I 1495 00:59:19,322 --> 00:59:21,591 WAS TOLD WAS THAT THERE IS ONE 1496 00:59:21,591 --> 00:59:23,393 CIVILIAN AND ONE SWORN PERSON 1497 00:59:23,393 --> 00:59:26,996 WORKING ON THESE TASKS. THE 1498 00:59:26,996 --> 00:59:29,465 CIVILIAN ALSO SUPPORTS THE CSO 1499 00:59:29,465 --> 00:59:30,967 GROUP, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, 1500 00:59:30,967 --> 00:59:34,938 EVENT PLANNING, AND THE. BEFORE 1501 00:59:34,938 --> 00:59:38,708 THE BADGE PROGRAM. SO OBVIOUSLY 1502 00:59:38,708 --> 00:59:42,879 THAT PERSON WOULD BE STRETCHED. 1503 00:59:42,879 --> 00:59:46,783 SO MY OPTIONS FOR YOU HERE ARE 1504 00:59:46,783 --> 00:59:49,719 SIMILAR TO PRIOR OPTIONS. ADD 1505 00:59:49,719 --> 00:59:52,322 BACK THE ONE FTE AND THE 207,000 1506 00:59:52,322 --> 00:59:57,360 FOR THE DEI POSITION. ADD ONE 1507 00:59:57,360 --> 01:00:03,333 FTE AND 207,000 FOR A 30 BY 30 1508 01:00:03,333 --> 01:00:04,867 POSITION OR NO CHANGE. WHAT'S 1509 01:00:04,867 --> 01:00:07,370 IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE HERE IS 1510 01:00:07,370 --> 01:00:09,739 THAT THERE IS PAST PRACTICE OF 1511 01:00:09,739 --> 01:00:12,308 NOT HIRING FOR THESE POSITIONS, 1512 01:00:12,308 --> 01:00:14,277 AND THE EXECUTIVE IS WITHIN 1513 01:00:14,277 --> 01:00:16,312 THEIR RIGHT TO DO THAT. THE 1514 01:00:16,312 --> 01:00:19,115 COUNCIL COULD ADD A PROVISO THAT 1515 01:00:19,115 --> 01:00:20,283 RESTRICTS THE FUNDING, BUT THE 1516 01:00:20,283 --> 01:00:21,985 EXECUTIVE COULD NOT HIRE FOR 1517 01:00:21,985 --> 01:00:23,453 THESE POSITIONS AGAIN AND LET 1518 01:00:23,453 --> 01:00:26,990 THE FUNDING LAPSE. SO THAT'S A 1519 01:00:26,990 --> 01:00:31,060 CONSIDERATION WHEN LOOKING AT 1520 01:00:31,060 --> 01:00:33,496 THESE OPTIONS. AND THE LAST 1521 01:00:33,496 --> 01:00:35,431 ISSUE IS OVERTIME. THIS IS 1522 01:00:35,431 --> 01:00:36,332 ALWAYS AN ISSUE. SO I JUST SAVED 1523 01:00:36,332 --> 01:00:43,706 IT FOR THE LAST SPD IS BUDGETED 1524 01:00:43,706 --> 01:00:46,809 FOR 473,000 HOURS OF OVERTIME IN 1525 01:00:46,809 --> 01:00:48,144 THE NEXT TWO YEARS OF THE 1526 01:00:48,144 --> 01:00:52,982 BIENNIUM. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN 1527 01:00:52,982 --> 01:00:56,886 THIS BAR CHART IN THE 2026. 2027 1528 01:00:56,886 --> 01:01:00,089 PROPOSED, THERE'S 473,000 HOURS. 1529 01:01:00,089 --> 01:01:02,925 AND THIS YEAR THERE WERE 473,000 1530 01:01:02,925 --> 01:01:07,030 HOURS OF BUDGET. WHAT WE KNOW IS 1531 01:01:07,030 --> 01:01:08,965 THAT OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, 1532 01:01:08,965 --> 01:01:13,770 SPD HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY 1533 01:01:13,770 --> 01:01:18,908 SPENDING ABOUT 500,000 HOURS OF 1534 01:01:18,908 --> 01:01:22,812 OVERTIME. THAT IN THE 2025. 1535 01:01:22,812 --> 01:01:25,448 BUDGET, THEY EXCEEDED THE 500 OR 1536 01:01:25,448 --> 01:01:26,916 THE BUDGET, SPENT 504, AND THERE 1537 01:01:26,916 --> 01:01:28,851 WAS A DEFICIT OF ABOUT 1.6 1538 01:01:28,851 --> 01:01:33,189 MILLION. AND THEY WERE ABLE TO 1539 01:01:33,189 --> 01:01:35,525 IN THAT YEAR, THEY WERE ABLE TO 1540 01:01:35,525 --> 01:01:37,026 ADDRESS THAT DEFICIT WITHIN 1541 01:01:37,026 --> 01:01:39,529 THEIR OWN BUDGET. THEY HAD 1542 01:01:39,529 --> 01:01:40,663 ENOUGH VACANCY SAVINGS, SALARY 1543 01:01:40,663 --> 01:01:41,597 SAVINGS, BOTH SWORN AND 1544 01:01:41,597 --> 01:01:43,232 CIVILIAN, THAT THEY COULD THEY 1545 01:01:43,232 --> 01:01:44,267 COULD ADDRESS THAT BUDGET 1546 01:01:44,267 --> 01:01:46,069 WITHOUT ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION 1547 01:01:46,069 --> 01:01:47,870 AUTHORITY. THAT IS NOT THE CASE 1548 01:01:47,870 --> 01:01:52,442 FOR THIS YEAR. FOR 2026. THIS 1549 01:01:52,442 --> 01:01:54,744 YEAR, THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO 1550 01:01:54,744 --> 01:01:57,113 ABSORB WHAT WILL BE A $2.1 1551 01:01:57,113 --> 01:01:58,514 MILLION DEFICIT FORECAST AT THE 1552 01:01:58,514 --> 01:02:01,584 END OF THE YEAR, AND SO I WILL 1553 01:02:01,584 --> 01:02:03,086 TALK ABOUT IN A MOMENT A REQUEST 1554 01:02:03,086 --> 01:02:04,287 THAT THEY WILL MAKE IN THE 1555 01:02:04,287 --> 01:02:07,657 FOURTH QUARTER, SUPPLEMENTAL FOR 1556 01:02:07,657 --> 01:02:09,859 $2.1 MILLION FOR OVERTIME THAT 1557 01:02:09,859 --> 01:02:12,662 WOULD ESSENTIALLY SINK THE THE 1558 01:02:12,662 --> 01:02:14,230 HOURS THAT THEY'VE USED WITH A 1559 01:02:14,230 --> 01:02:18,501 HIGHER LEVEL OF BUDGET, ABOUT 1560 01:02:18,501 --> 01:02:22,238 500,000 HOURS. SHOULD THE SAME 1561 01:02:22,238 --> 01:02:23,239 PATTERN HAPPEN THE WAY IT'S 1562 01:02:23,239 --> 01:02:26,609 HAPPENED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, 1563 01:02:26,609 --> 01:02:27,777 NEXT YEAR WE'D BE LOOKING AT 1564 01:02:27,777 --> 01:02:31,047 THE COUNCIL, WOULD BE LOOKING AT 1565 01:02:31,047 --> 01:02:35,318 ANOTHER $2 MILLION DEFICIT. AND 1566 01:02:35,318 --> 01:02:36,986 I THINK GIVEN AN ANALYSIS OF 1567 01:02:36,986 --> 01:02:38,454 SPD'S BUDGET, THE VACANCY RATE 1568 01:02:38,454 --> 01:02:40,089 CUT THAT I TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE 1569 01:02:40,089 --> 01:02:42,759 WHILE AGO, AND THE TIGHTNESS OF 1570 01:02:42,759 --> 01:02:44,961 THE SWORN STAFFING PLAN, I WOULD 1571 01:02:44,961 --> 01:02:45,661 EXPECT THAT THERE WOULD BE A 1572 01:02:45,661 --> 01:02:49,665 SIMILAR OUTCOME THAT SPD WOULD 1573 01:02:49,665 --> 01:02:50,900 NEED TO COME BACK AT THE END OF 1574 01:02:50,900 --> 01:02:54,003 NEXT YEAR, AND AT LAST, FOR AT 1575 01:02:54,003 --> 01:02:56,439 LEAST $2 MILLION, UNLESS 1576 01:02:56,439 --> 01:02:56,973 SOMETHING CHANGES, UNLESS 1577 01:02:56,973 --> 01:02:59,575 OVERTIME USE IS IS SOMEHOW 1578 01:02:59,575 --> 01:03:08,351 REDUCED DOWN TO 473,000 HOURS. 1579 01:03:08,351 --> 01:03:11,554 SO THE OPTION FOR OVERTIME IS 1580 01:03:11,554 --> 01:03:13,656 PROACTIVELY ADD 2.1 MILLION FOR 1581 01:03:13,656 --> 01:03:16,559 OVERTIME TO THE 2027 BUDGET. 1582 01:03:16,559 --> 01:03:18,161 THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE 1583 01:03:18,161 --> 01:03:20,463 COUNCIL COULD DO, OR NO CHANGE. 1584 01:03:20,463 --> 01:03:24,000 AND SEE IF SPD IS ABLE TO REDUCE 1585 01:03:24,000 --> 01:03:25,101 ITS OVERTIME SPENDING RATHER 1586 01:03:25,101 --> 01:03:25,802 THAN COMING BACK AT THE END OF 1587 01:03:25,802 --> 01:03:31,841 NEXT YEAR SO THE LAST THING I'M 1588 01:03:31,841 --> 01:03:34,043 GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS NOT AN 1589 01:03:34,043 --> 01:03:36,813 ISSUE, BUT MORE OF A SOMETHING 1590 01:03:36,813 --> 01:03:40,917 TO BE AWARE OF. AND I'VE I'VE 1591 01:03:40,917 --> 01:03:43,085 BEEN HEADED THIS WAY. SPD IS NOT 1592 01:03:43,085 --> 01:03:44,654 GOING TO BE ABLE TO FINISH THE 1593 01:03:44,654 --> 01:03:47,023 YEAR WITHIN ITS CURRENT 1594 01:03:47,023 --> 01:03:48,791 APPROPRIATION LEVELS. SO THE 1595 01:03:48,791 --> 01:03:50,526 YEAR END SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET, 1596 01:03:50,526 --> 01:03:51,661 WHICH IS TRANSMITTED ALONG WITH 1597 01:03:51,661 --> 01:03:53,896 THE OTHER BUDGET MATERIALS, 1598 01:03:53,896 --> 01:03:55,231 CONTAINS THREE ITEMS TO HELP 1599 01:03:55,231 --> 01:03:56,833 THEM MEET THEIR BUDGET. THE 1600 01:03:56,833 --> 01:03:58,601 FIRST ONE WE JUST TALKED ABOUT A 1601 01:03:58,601 --> 01:04:01,204 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR 1602 01:04:01,204 --> 01:04:06,776 OVERTIME. THE SECOND ONE IS A 1603 01:04:06,776 --> 01:04:09,378 RELEASE OF THAT $2.1 MILLION 1604 01:04:09,378 --> 01:04:11,547 PROVISO FOR POS. SO I MENTIONED 1605 01:04:11,547 --> 01:04:13,683 EARLIER THAT THE COUNCIL ADDED A 1606 01:04:13,683 --> 01:04:14,684 CHUNK OF MONEY AND THEN BUILT 1607 01:04:14,684 --> 01:04:15,918 WALLS AROUND IT, RESTRICTED IT, 1608 01:04:15,918 --> 01:04:17,253 AND SAID, YOU CAN HAVE THIS 1609 01:04:17,253 --> 01:04:18,754 MONEY IF YOU HIRE THE PEOS. AND 1610 01:04:18,754 --> 01:04:20,790 WE KNOW THEY'RE MAKING REVENUE. 1611 01:04:20,790 --> 01:04:23,092 AND THEN THEY'LL THAT'LL 1612 01:04:23,092 --> 01:04:25,228 ESSENTIALLY BACK THE REVENUE. 1613 01:04:25,228 --> 01:04:28,631 THEY DIDN'T HIRE THE POS, BUT 1614 01:04:28,631 --> 01:04:30,099 THEY WANT THE MONEY ANYWAY, AND 1615 01:04:30,099 --> 01:04:32,835 THEY WANT IT FOR BALANCING 1616 01:04:32,835 --> 01:04:34,136 PURPOSES. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF 1617 01:04:34,136 --> 01:04:36,105 THINGS THAT THEY THAT THEY WOULD 1618 01:04:36,105 --> 01:04:41,344 USE IT ON. THE MAJORITY OF 1619 01:04:41,344 --> 01:04:41,944 THINGS ARE TECHNICAL SERVICE 1620 01:04:41,944 --> 01:04:43,913 ITEMS THAT THEY SAY THAT THEY 1621 01:04:43,913 --> 01:04:46,382 DON'T HAVE FUNDING TO PAY FOR 1622 01:04:46,382 --> 01:04:48,017 THINGS LIKE A TABLEAU SERVER 1623 01:04:48,017 --> 01:04:50,820 RENEWAL OR THE ALPR COSTS, 1624 01:04:50,820 --> 01:04:52,855 VARIOUS TECHNOLOGY ITEMS THAT 1625 01:04:52,855 --> 01:04:54,824 THEY THAT THEY HAVE SAID HAVE 1626 01:04:54,824 --> 01:04:56,225 LACKED DEDICATED FUNDING AND IN 1627 01:04:56,225 --> 01:04:57,326 THE PAST HAVE BEEN COVERED WITH 1628 01:04:57,326 --> 01:05:02,098 SALARY SAVINGS. AND THE LAST 1629 01:05:02,098 --> 01:05:05,768 ITEM IS I'M CALLING IT AN ITEM. 1630 01:05:05,768 --> 01:05:07,603 THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS, SIX 1631 01:05:07,603 --> 01:05:09,238 OR SO ITEMS IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL 1632 01:05:09,238 --> 01:05:11,807 BUDGET WHERE THEY'RE JUST 1633 01:05:11,807 --> 01:05:14,810 ASKING FOR MORE AUTHORITY TO 1634 01:05:14,810 --> 01:05:15,811 COVER UNEXPECTED COSTS. THOSE 1635 01:05:15,811 --> 01:05:17,313 THINGS ADD UP TO ABOUT 1.8 1636 01:05:17,313 --> 01:05:18,381 MILLION. AND YOU'LL SEE ON THE 1637 01:05:18,381 --> 01:05:21,717 SLIDE HERE, IT'S EVERYTHING FROM 1638 01:05:21,717 --> 01:05:23,352 634,000 FOR CHIEF SHON BARNES 1639 01:05:23,352 --> 01:05:29,492 SEPARATION COSTS TO 125,000 FOR 1640 01:05:29,492 --> 01:05:31,027 DESIGN OF A NEW EVIDENCE 1641 01:05:31,027 --> 01:05:33,496 FREEZER. THESE ARE THE KINDS OF 1642 01:05:33,496 --> 01:05:37,633 SMALL ITEMS. I SAY SMALL BECAUSE 1643 01:05:37,633 --> 01:05:38,901 REMEMBERING THAT SPD IS A $55 1644 01:05:38,901 --> 01:05:41,070 MILLION BUDGET, OR $550 MILLION 1645 01:05:41,070 --> 01:05:42,204 BUDGET. THESE ARE THE KIND OF 1646 01:05:42,204 --> 01:05:43,973 SMALL ITEMS THAT SPD HASN'T IN 1647 01:05:43,973 --> 01:05:46,008 THE PAST COME FORWARD AND ASKED 1648 01:05:46,008 --> 01:05:48,210 FOR FUNDING FOR. I THINK THE 1649 01:05:48,210 --> 01:05:48,844 FACT THAT THEY'RE COMING AND 1650 01:05:48,844 --> 01:05:50,346 ASKING FOR FUNDING FOR THESE 1651 01:05:50,346 --> 01:05:55,318 THINGS NOW IS INDICATIVE OF 1652 01:05:55,318 --> 01:05:57,653 THEIR BUDGET BEING VERY TIGHTLY 1653 01:05:57,653 --> 01:06:00,489 CONTROLLED THROUGH VACANCY AND 1654 01:06:00,489 --> 01:06:01,657 SALARY SAVING CUTS. AND I THINK 1655 01:06:01,657 --> 01:06:03,693 THAT YOU SEE THE SAME THING WITH 1656 01:06:03,693 --> 01:06:07,196 THE MAYOR MOVING SOME OF THAT 1657 01:06:07,196 --> 01:06:09,932 SALARY FUNDING FROM THE 1250, 1658 01:06:09,932 --> 01:06:11,901 51,250 FTE, MOVING SOME SALARY 1659 01:06:11,901 --> 01:06:13,169 FUNDING OUT TO PAY FOR 1660 01:06:13,169 --> 01:06:15,304 TECHNOLOGY ITEMS THERE. THE 1661 01:06:15,304 --> 01:06:18,341 BUDGET IS IS UNDER STRESS AND 1662 01:06:18,341 --> 01:06:20,976 THEY ARE AT THE POINT WHERE THEY 1663 01:06:20,976 --> 01:06:24,246 CAN'T ABSORB SOME OF THESE 1664 01:06:24,246 --> 01:06:25,014 COSTS ANYMORE. AND THAT IS THE 1665 01:06:25,014 --> 01:06:27,683 END OF MY PRESENTATION. 1666 01:06:27,683 --> 01:06:32,254 -- THANK YOU. GREG. 26 SLIDES IN 1667 01:06:32,254 --> 01:06:35,224 60 MINUTES, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE. 1668 01:06:35,224 --> 01:06:36,759 THANK YOU FOR THAT. VERY 1669 01:06:36,759 --> 01:06:39,528 IN-DEPTH PRESENTATION. 1670 01:06:39,528 --> 01:06:41,330 COLLEAGUES. THERE ARE A NUMBER 1671 01:06:41,330 --> 01:06:44,333 OF DIFFERENT POLICY 1672 01:06:44,333 --> 01:06:45,468 CONSIDERATIONS HERE. SO WE I AM 1673 01:06:45,468 --> 01:06:46,836 GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO THE FLOOR 1674 01:06:46,836 --> 01:06:48,871 IN THE USUAL MANNER. I WOULD 1675 01:06:48,871 --> 01:06:51,674 APPRECIATE IF EVERYONE TAKES ONE 1676 01:06:51,674 --> 01:06:52,942 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, GET 1677 01:06:52,942 --> 01:06:55,244 THROUGH ALL OF YOUR ISSUES IN 1678 01:06:55,244 --> 01:06:57,380 ONE GO. GRANTED, IF YOU FORGET 1679 01:06:57,380 --> 01:07:00,383 SOMETHING, I'M NOT. WE WILL 1680 01:07:00,383 --> 01:07:01,550 ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENT, 1681 01:07:01,550 --> 01:07:02,551 BUT MY REQUEST HERE TODAY IS. 1682 01:07:02,551 --> 01:07:04,220 I'LL GIVE YOU THE FLOOR ONCE 1683 01:07:04,220 --> 01:07:05,588 AND IF YOU CAN JUST TAKE THAT 1684 01:07:05,588 --> 01:07:08,224 FLOOR BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF 1685 01:07:08,224 --> 01:07:09,992 CONTENT WITH THAT, I WILL 1686 01:07:09,992 --> 01:07:10,626 RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 1687 01:07:10,626 --> 01:07:12,228 AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE 1688 01:07:12,228 --> 01:07:14,597 OVERSEEING THIS DEPARTMENT TO 1689 01:07:14,597 --> 01:07:15,197 OPEN AND CLOSE COUNCILMEMBER 1690 01:07:15,197 --> 01:07:16,532 KETTLE. 1691 01:07:16,532 --> 01:07:17,633 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. I 1692 01:07:17,633 --> 01:07:18,667 APPRECIATE IT, MR. DOSS. THANK 1693 01:07:18,667 --> 01:07:20,136 YOU FOR THE BRIEFING. MR. 1694 01:07:20,136 --> 01:07:22,671 WHITSON, THANK YOU FOR BEING 1695 01:07:22,671 --> 01:07:24,340 HERE AS WELL. COLLEAGUES, IT'S 1696 01:07:24,340 --> 01:07:26,308 PROBABLY SAFE TO SAY THAT PUBLIC 1697 01:07:26,308 --> 01:07:28,444 SAFETY IS THE AREA OF GREATEST 1698 01:07:28,444 --> 01:07:30,112 CONTRAST WITH THE MAYOR AND THE 1699 01:07:30,112 --> 01:07:31,614 ADMINISTRATION IN TERMS OF 1700 01:07:31,614 --> 01:07:34,316 POLICY AND BUDGET AND EVERYTHING 1701 01:07:34,316 --> 01:07:35,951 ELSE. AND AS OPPOSED TO OTHER 1702 01:07:35,951 --> 01:07:37,052 POLICY AREAS. AND I THINK 1703 01:07:37,052 --> 01:07:39,622 THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE. AND 1704 01:07:39,622 --> 01:07:43,392 AND I'VE SAID BEFORE TO FROM A 1705 01:07:43,392 --> 01:07:45,194 BUDGETARY PROCESS, I APPRECIATE 1706 01:07:45,194 --> 01:07:46,829 WHAT THE MAYOR'S BEEN DOING IN 1707 01:07:46,829 --> 01:07:49,598 TERMS OF PRACTICES WITHIN THAT 1708 01:07:49,598 --> 01:07:52,034 REALM AND THIS SHOWS UP IN MANY 1709 01:07:52,034 --> 01:07:55,304 WAYS ACROSS THE BOARD. AND SO I 1710 01:07:55,304 --> 01:07:56,405 APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT CBO HAS 1711 01:07:56,405 --> 01:07:59,608 BEEN DOING ON THAT FRONT. NOW, 1712 01:07:59,608 --> 01:08:01,143 THAT SAID, RELATED TO PUBLIC 1713 01:08:01,143 --> 01:08:02,545 SAFETY, THERE IS SOME MAJOR 1714 01:08:02,545 --> 01:08:04,046 CHALLENGES. AND WHEN I SAY 1715 01:08:04,046 --> 01:08:04,880 PUBLIC SAFETY, PRIMARILY WITH 1716 01:08:04,880 --> 01:08:06,749 THE NINE ENTITIES THAT REPORT TO 1717 01:08:06,749 --> 01:08:08,083 MY COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO IN OTHER 1718 01:08:08,083 --> 01:08:09,085 AREAS, AS WE SAW WITH THE 1719 01:08:09,085 --> 01:08:13,622 UNIFIED CARE TEAM COLLEAGUES IN 1720 01:08:13,622 --> 01:08:15,057 THE LAST TERM OF THE COUNCIL, WE 1721 01:08:15,057 --> 01:08:20,696 PASSED 36 BILLS ON PUBLIC SAFETY 1722 01:08:20,696 --> 01:08:22,565 AND TEN THIS YEAR TO SEVEN 1723 01:08:22,565 --> 01:08:24,800 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE HAD 1724 01:08:24,800 --> 01:08:25,868 TWO RELATED TO CARE AND PUBLIC 1725 01:08:25,868 --> 01:08:27,002 DRUG USE AND POSSESSION THAT THE 1726 01:08:27,002 --> 01:08:30,239 MAYOR SIGNED THIS SUMMER. AND 1727 01:08:30,239 --> 01:08:30,873 OBVIOUSLY, IN HIGHLIGHTING THE 1728 01:08:30,873 --> 01:08:33,075 CONTRAST, WE HAD THE RESOLUTION 1729 01:08:33,075 --> 01:08:35,044 RELATED TO GUN VIOLENCE IN 1730 01:08:35,044 --> 01:08:37,079 SEPTEMBER, WHICH PASSED SEVEN 1731 01:08:37,079 --> 01:08:39,281 ZERO WITH TWO ABSTENTIONS, AND 1732 01:08:39,281 --> 01:08:41,117 THAT SHOWS IT. AND OUR STRATEGIC 1733 01:08:41,117 --> 01:08:42,151 FRAMEWORK PLAN FOR A SAFER 1734 01:08:42,151 --> 01:08:43,719 SEATTLE AND COMMITTEE IS REALLY 1735 01:08:43,719 --> 01:08:45,087 THE FRAMEWORK THAT DRIVES WHAT 1736 01:08:45,087 --> 01:08:47,389 WE'RE DOING ON PUBLIC SAFETY 1737 01:08:47,389 --> 01:08:48,724 OVER THESE YEARS ACROSS, YOU 1738 01:08:48,724 --> 01:08:51,861 KNOW, THE COUNCIL'S TERMS, BUT 1739 01:08:51,861 --> 01:08:54,597 ALSO ADMINISTRATIONS AND KEY TO 1740 01:08:54,597 --> 01:08:57,600 THAT PLAN IS, YOU KNOW, THE 1741 01:08:57,600 --> 01:09:00,603 ELEMENT OF SPD STAFFING CAN YOU 1742 01:09:00,603 --> 01:09:07,109 HAVE SLIDE THREE UP, PLEASE? WE 1743 01:09:07,109 --> 01:09:09,612 TOOK A MASSIVE HIT POST THE 1744 01:09:09,612 --> 01:09:11,580 PANDEMIC AND SO FORTH. IN TERMS 1745 01:09:11,580 --> 01:09:15,651 OF OUR STAFFING, IT CHANGED THE 1746 01:09:15,651 --> 01:09:17,019 ENTIRE DYNAMIC THAT WE HAD 1747 01:09:17,019 --> 01:09:19,054 RELATED TO THAT. BUT WE CAME IN 1748 01:09:19,054 --> 01:09:21,323 AND OUT OF THOSE 36 BILLS, A 1749 01:09:21,323 --> 01:09:23,359 NUMBER OF THEM WERE RELATED TO 1750 01:09:23,359 --> 01:09:26,896 STAFFING AND MIGHT I ADD, THE 1751 01:09:26,896 --> 01:09:27,463 LEADERSHIP THAT THE COUNCIL 1752 01:09:27,463 --> 01:09:28,297 SHOWN DURING THAT TIME PERIOD 1753 01:09:28,297 --> 01:09:29,999 AND CONTINUES TO SHOW. I'VE 1754 01:09:29,999 --> 01:09:30,733 TALKED TO MANY OFFICERS. THEY 1755 01:09:30,733 --> 01:09:33,969 SAID THAT, YES, WE CAN TALK 1756 01:09:33,969 --> 01:09:34,603 ABOUT SALARIES AND ALL THESE, 1757 01:09:34,603 --> 01:09:37,106 YOU KNOW, INCENTIVES AND SO 1758 01:09:37,106 --> 01:09:38,607 FORTH. BUT I'VE TALKED TO 1759 01:09:38,607 --> 01:09:40,276 OFFICERS AND A KEY PIECE IS THE 1760 01:09:40,276 --> 01:09:41,544 LEADERSHIP THAT WE'VE SHOWN, THE 1761 01:09:41,544 --> 01:09:42,478 FACT THAT WE GO TO THE 1762 01:09:42,478 --> 01:09:43,546 PRECINCTS, WE TALK TO THE 1763 01:09:43,546 --> 01:09:44,480 OFFICERS, WE HEAR THEIR 1764 01:09:44,480 --> 01:09:46,081 CONCERNS, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT 1765 01:09:46,081 --> 01:09:47,917 THEY'RE GOING THROUGH. THAT IS 1766 01:09:47,917 --> 01:09:50,352 ALSO A KEY FACTOR IN TERMS OF 1767 01:09:50,352 --> 01:09:52,922 THE THE MAJOR JUMP THAT WE SAW 1768 01:09:52,922 --> 01:09:56,992 IN IN TERMS OF SPD HIRING AND 1769 01:09:56,992 --> 01:09:59,128 IMPROVING OUR OUR NUMBERS DURING 1770 01:09:59,128 --> 01:10:03,065 THIS ENTIRE PERIOD. OUR GOAL WAS 1771 01:10:03,065 --> 01:10:03,699 THE MINIMUM 1414 HUNDRED PLUS. 1772 01:10:03,699 --> 01:10:04,300 AND YOU COULD ARGUE BASED ON 1773 01:10:04,300 --> 01:10:06,769 PEER CITIES AND SO FORTH, 1600 1774 01:10:06,769 --> 01:10:08,604 WOULD BE THE MORE APPROPRIATE 1775 01:10:08,604 --> 01:10:10,906 NUMBER. BUT FOR BUDGETARY 1776 01:10:10,906 --> 01:10:12,041 CONSIDERATIONS, WHICH MAKES 1777 01:10:12,041 --> 01:10:13,509 TOTAL SENSE. YOU KNOW, LIKE LAST 1778 01:10:13,509 --> 01:10:15,544 YEAR, 1184 WAS THE NUMBER FOR 1779 01:10:15,544 --> 01:10:17,179 BUDGETARY. BUT THE GOAL FOR THE 1780 01:10:17,179 --> 01:10:21,450 YEAR, AS I SAID MANY TIMES, WAS 1781 01:10:21,450 --> 01:10:23,519 1258. 1258 IN TERMS OF 1782 01:10:23,519 --> 01:10:25,187 MAINTAINING MOMENTUM TO IMPROVE 1783 01:10:25,187 --> 01:10:26,589 OUR STAFFING OF SPD, TO GET TO 1784 01:10:26,589 --> 01:10:33,362 THAT 1400 PLUS NUMBER. BUT WHAT 1785 01:10:33,362 --> 01:10:35,264 WE'VE SEEN NOW WITH THE 1250 1786 01:10:35,264 --> 01:10:36,365 NUMBER IS THAT IT'S NOT JUST A 1787 01:10:36,365 --> 01:10:38,534 BUDGET NUMBER, BUT THE NUMBER 1788 01:10:38,534 --> 01:10:39,234 THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS, YOU 1789 01:10:39,234 --> 01:10:41,170 KNOW, IS BASICALLY GOING FOR. 1790 01:10:41,170 --> 01:10:44,373 AND WE SEE THIS IN THE HIRING 1791 01:10:44,373 --> 01:10:46,141 PLAN, THE NUMBERS THAT MR. DOSS 1792 01:10:46,141 --> 01:10:47,476 SHOWS IN TERMS OF BASICALLY 1793 01:10:47,476 --> 01:10:49,745 ZEROING OUT. I THINK WE SEE THAT 1794 01:10:49,745 --> 01:10:52,748 RIGHT THERE AT THE BOTTOM OF 1795 01:10:52,748 --> 01:10:53,916 THAT TABLE. WE SEE THIS IN TERMS 1796 01:10:53,916 --> 01:10:55,684 OF, YOU KNOW, TAKING AWAY THE 1797 01:10:55,684 --> 01:10:57,419 INCENTIVES. AND I HAD NO ISSUE 1798 01:10:57,419 --> 01:10:58,621 RELATED TO CHANGING THE 1799 01:10:58,621 --> 01:10:59,421 INCENTIVES. I THINK WE SHOULD 1800 01:10:59,421 --> 01:11:01,357 LOOK AT IT. AND THE LATERAL 1801 01:11:01,357 --> 01:11:02,791 TRANSFERS IS THAT ONE AREA, 1802 01:11:02,791 --> 01:11:04,326 BECAUSE IF WE, PARTICULARLY 1803 01:11:04,326 --> 01:11:05,361 WASHINGTON STATE OFFICER, IF WE 1804 01:11:05,361 --> 01:11:06,195 WERE TO HAVE A LATERAL TRANSFER 1805 01:11:06,195 --> 01:11:07,463 AND THAT KIND OF PAYS FOR ITSELF 1806 01:11:07,463 --> 01:11:11,500 IN A LOT OF WAYS, BUT ALSO, YOU 1807 01:11:11,500 --> 01:11:12,101 KNOW, HEARD FROM ESSENTIALLY 1808 01:11:12,101 --> 01:11:13,802 WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER A 1809 01:11:13,802 --> 01:11:14,403 WHISTLEBLOWER TALKING ABOUT, 1810 01:11:14,403 --> 01:11:15,904 HEY, WE CAN'T DO ON THE HR 1811 01:11:15,904 --> 01:11:17,539 FRONT. WE CAN'T DO COLLEGE 1812 01:11:17,539 --> 01:11:20,309 FAIRS. I'M NOT JOB FAIRS 1813 01:11:20,309 --> 01:11:21,777 ANYMORE. HEY, WE CAN'T DO THIS 1814 01:11:21,777 --> 01:11:23,512 AND THAT. AS IT RELATES TO THE 1815 01:11:23,512 --> 01:11:25,414 HR PROCESS TO SPEED ALONG WHAT 1816 01:11:25,414 --> 01:11:27,082 WAS BEING DONE IN TERMS OF 1817 01:11:27,082 --> 01:11:28,951 TRYING TO ONBOARD THESE RECRUITS 1818 01:11:28,951 --> 01:11:30,452 THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING, THE 1819 01:11:30,452 --> 01:11:31,720 MASSIVE INCREASE THAT WE HAD. 1820 01:11:31,720 --> 01:11:37,459 AND AS LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT, 1821 01:11:37,459 --> 01:11:39,028 THAT SHOW THAT THE 1400 PLUS 1822 01:11:39,028 --> 01:11:40,763 NUMBER HAS BEEN ABANDONED, AND 1823 01:11:40,763 --> 01:11:41,830 THAT'S A PROBLEM BECAUSE AT THE 1824 01:11:41,830 --> 01:11:43,365 END OF THE DAY, IF WE WANT TO 1825 01:11:43,365 --> 01:11:45,200 REALLY TACKLE OUR CHALLENGES, 1826 01:11:45,200 --> 01:11:47,336 OUR CHRONIC PUBLIC SAFETY 1827 01:11:47,336 --> 01:11:49,204 CHALLENGES, EACH TIME WE HAVE A 1828 01:11:49,204 --> 01:11:50,673 PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGE, NORTH 1829 01:11:50,673 --> 01:11:53,175 AURORA, LITTLE SAIGON DOESN'T 1830 01:11:53,175 --> 01:11:54,176 MATTER EVERYWHERE. OKAY, 90 1831 01:11:54,176 --> 01:11:55,844 DAYS, WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE 1832 01:11:55,844 --> 01:11:56,578 BIKE COPS OR WE'RE GOING TO GET 1833 01:11:56,578 --> 01:11:57,279 MORE BIKE COPS, OR WE'RE GOING 1834 01:11:57,279 --> 01:11:59,515 TO GET MORE BIKE COPS. YOU 1835 01:11:59,515 --> 01:12:01,050 CAN'T KEEP ADDING MORE BIKE 1836 01:12:01,050 --> 01:12:02,751 COPS UNLESS YOU RAISE THE NUMBER 1837 01:12:02,751 --> 01:12:03,819 OF OFFICERS THAT WE HAD TO GET 1838 01:12:03,819 --> 01:12:07,056 TO THAT 1400 PLUS NUMBER. SO 1839 01:12:07,056 --> 01:12:07,823 WHEN YOU HEAR THAT, IT'S A BIT 1840 01:12:07,823 --> 01:12:10,626 OF AN EMPTY PROMISE. IT'S AN 1841 01:12:10,626 --> 01:12:11,660 EMPTY KIND OF STATEMENT. IF 1842 01:12:11,660 --> 01:12:14,863 IT'S NOT BACKED UP WITH WHAT 1843 01:12:14,863 --> 01:12:16,899 WE'RE DOING ON SPD STAFFING. 1844 01:12:16,899 --> 01:12:20,402 AND BY THE WAY, WE DO HAVE THAT 1845 01:12:20,402 --> 01:12:21,003 SINGULAR STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK 1846 01:12:21,003 --> 01:12:24,139 PLAN THAT GUIDES US. I THINK A 1847 01:12:24,139 --> 01:12:25,641 SINGULAR PLAN ON THE EXECUTIVE 1848 01:12:25,641 --> 01:12:27,976 SIDE WOULD ALSO ASSIST IN THIS. 1849 01:12:27,976 --> 01:12:30,579 SO UP TO THIS POINT, 1184 1250 1850 01:12:30,579 --> 01:12:32,815 WAS US TAKING OFF FROM SEATAC 1851 01:12:32,815 --> 01:12:37,186 SEA. CLIMBING UP TO THAT 1400 1852 01:12:37,186 --> 01:12:40,122 NUMBER. BUT WE'RE IN A 1853 01:12:40,122 --> 01:12:41,423 DIFFERENT PLACE NOW. IT'S AS IF 1854 01:12:41,423 --> 01:12:44,293 WE TURN AROUND AND WE'RE 1855 01:12:44,293 --> 01:12:47,763 LANDING, BUT WE'RE BELOW 1856 01:12:47,763 --> 01:12:49,231 GLIDESLOPE BECAUSE THAT 1250 1857 01:12:49,231 --> 01:12:51,333 NUMBER IS NOT A 1250 NUMBER. 1858 01:12:51,333 --> 01:12:52,501 THAT NUMBER, AS I THINK 1859 01:12:52,501 --> 01:12:53,569 HIGHLIGHTED IN THE BRIEFING. AND 1860 01:12:53,569 --> 01:12:57,406 I'LL ASK MR. DOS IS LIKE 11. 1861 01:12:57,406 --> 01:13:00,776 YOU KNOW, IN MY CHARTS HERE THAT 1862 01:13:00,776 --> 01:13:02,111 I HAVE OR NUMBERS OF, YOU KNOW, 1863 01:13:02,111 --> 01:13:04,413 27, MAYBE 1088 FULLY TRAINED 1864 01:13:04,413 --> 01:13:07,783 OFFICERS, MAYBE IN 28, 1151 1865 01:13:07,783 --> 01:13:10,419 TRAINED OFFICERS WE'RE LIKE 1866 01:13:10,419 --> 01:13:12,020 GLIDESLOPE. AND WITH THOSE 1867 01:13:12,020 --> 01:13:13,088 NUMBERS, WE'RE GOING TO LAND 1868 01:13:13,088 --> 01:13:15,891 SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. AT SCL. AT 1869 01:13:15,891 --> 01:13:17,559 SEATAC. AND THIS IS GOING TO 1870 01:13:17,559 --> 01:13:19,027 HAVE DRAMATIC IMPACTS IN TERMS 1871 01:13:19,027 --> 01:13:20,062 OF TRYING TO ADJUST THE ISSUES 1872 01:13:20,062 --> 01:13:22,898 THAT WE HAVE IN NORTH AURORA AND 1873 01:13:22,898 --> 01:13:24,566 DISTRICT FIVE OVER IN WEST 1874 01:13:24,566 --> 01:13:26,435 SEATTLE AND DISTRICT ONE, YOU 1875 01:13:26,435 --> 01:13:27,970 KNOW, LITTLE SAIGON, NORTH 1876 01:13:27,970 --> 01:13:30,372 BEACON HILL AND DISTRICT TWO. SO 1877 01:13:30,372 --> 01:13:31,306 WE CAN LOOK AWAY FROM THIS. BUT 1878 01:13:31,306 --> 01:13:32,875 I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO 1879 01:13:32,875 --> 01:13:33,876 HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE AT THE END OF 1880 01:13:33,876 --> 01:13:39,815 THE DAY, THIS IS A FUNDING OF 1881 01:13:39,815 --> 01:13:41,550 PUBLIC SAFETY AS OPPOSED TO WHAT 1882 01:13:41,550 --> 01:13:45,521 WE HAD HALF A DECADE AGO WITH 1883 01:13:45,521 --> 01:13:46,155 THE DEFUND MOVEMENT. BASICALLY, 1884 01:13:46,155 --> 01:13:47,389 IT'S A CONSCIOUS UNDERFUNDING 1885 01:13:47,389 --> 01:13:49,124 OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE 1886 01:13:49,124 --> 01:13:51,593 RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY, AND 1887 01:13:51,593 --> 01:13:53,529 THAT'S GOING TO HAVE MAJOR 1888 01:13:53,529 --> 01:13:57,166 IMPACTS. COLLEAGUES. MR. DOSS, 1889 01:13:57,166 --> 01:13:58,767 CAN YOU SPEAK? I THINK YOU'VE 1890 01:13:58,767 --> 01:14:01,436 PRETTY MUCH ADDRESSED THIS, BUT, 1891 01:14:01,436 --> 01:14:03,005 YOU KNOW, IN YOUR COUNCILMEMBER. 1892 01:14:03,005 --> 01:14:04,006 GREAT BRIEFING. THANK YOU VERY 1893 01:14:04,006 --> 01:14:06,542 MUCH. AND ALSO IN THE 1894 01:14:06,542 --> 01:14:09,378 COUNCILMEMBER MEMBER MEMO ON 1895 01:14:09,378 --> 01:14:11,880 PAGE SEVEN, IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, 1896 01:14:11,880 --> 01:14:13,282 FIGURE FOUR SHOWS THAT WITHOUT 1897 01:14:13,282 --> 01:14:13,916 FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL NET NEW 1898 01:14:13,916 --> 01:14:15,284 HIRE, SWORN STAFF WILL 1899 01:14:15,284 --> 01:14:17,453 EVENTUALLY PLATEAU AT 1174. 1900 01:14:17,453 --> 01:14:19,388 FULLY TRAINED OFFICERS AND 1125 1901 01:14:19,388 --> 01:14:21,690 DEPLOYABLE ONES. CAN YOU SPEAK 1902 01:14:21,690 --> 01:14:23,058 TO THAT 1903 01:14:23,058 --> 01:14:26,428 -- YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. 1904 01:14:26,428 --> 01:14:28,096 SO AS I MENTIONED, THE THE 1905 01:14:28,096 --> 01:14:29,998 THERE'S A BIT OF A PARADIGM 1906 01:14:29,998 --> 01:14:32,067 SHIFT GOING ON WITH SWORN 1907 01:14:32,067 --> 01:14:34,703 STAFFING AND BUDGETING AND THE, 1908 01:14:34,703 --> 01:14:37,706 AS THIS CHART INDICATES, THIS 1909 01:14:37,706 --> 01:14:42,044 THESE PROJECTIONS HERE, BOTH IN 1910 01:14:42,044 --> 01:14:44,780 FULLY TRAINED OFFICERS AND 1911 01:14:44,780 --> 01:14:46,248 DEPLOYABLE OFFICERS ARE WHAT CAN 1912 01:14:46,248 --> 01:14:52,621 BE PURCHASED FOR WITH THE 1250 1913 01:14:52,621 --> 01:14:57,359 1250 FTE AND WHAT YOU SEE WITH 1914 01:14:57,359 --> 01:14:59,828 CONTINUED FUNDING AT 1250 IS 1915 01:14:59,828 --> 01:15:01,697 SORT OF THE PLATEAU IN THE LAST 1916 01:15:01,697 --> 01:15:03,465 THREE YEARS, 28 THROUGH 30, 1917 01:15:03,465 --> 01:15:09,171 WHERE YOU HAVE 1174 TRAINED 1918 01:15:09,171 --> 01:15:12,007 OFFICERS AND 1125 DEPLOYABLE 1919 01:15:12,007 --> 01:15:13,275 OFFICERS. AGAIN, THE REASON 1920 01:15:13,275 --> 01:15:16,979 WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT 1250 IS 1921 01:15:16,979 --> 01:15:18,280 BECAUSE THAT IS NOT A COUNT OF 1922 01:15:18,280 --> 01:15:20,015 OFFICERS, THAT IS FUNDING AND 1923 01:15:20,015 --> 01:15:23,585 THAT IS FUNDING. THAT INCLUDES 1924 01:15:23,585 --> 01:15:24,987 MONEY FOR RECRUITS. SO YEAH. 1925 01:15:24,987 --> 01:15:26,288 -- SO WHEN THE BUDGET IS ROLLED 1926 01:15:26,288 --> 01:15:28,023 OUT ON A TUESDAY AFTER OUR 1927 01:15:28,023 --> 01:15:29,658 MEETING, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE 1928 01:15:29,658 --> 01:15:30,993 MEETING THAT MORNING, AND IT'S 1929 01:15:30,993 --> 01:15:32,594 ANNOUNCED 1250, WE'RE 1930 01:15:32,594 --> 01:15:34,596 INCREASING, THERE'S A CERTAIN 1931 01:15:34,596 --> 01:15:36,064 IMPRESSION THAT IS MADE. BUT AS 1932 01:15:36,064 --> 01:15:37,633 SEEN IN THIS BRIEFING AND WHAT 1933 01:15:37,633 --> 01:15:40,869 YOU JUST SAID, 1250 IS NOT 1250 1934 01:15:40,869 --> 01:15:42,337 IN TERMS OF ON THE GROUND 1935 01:15:42,337 --> 01:15:43,972 HELPING US, HELPING OUR 1936 01:15:43,972 --> 01:15:44,539 NEIGHBORHOODS, HELPING OUR 1937 01:15:44,539 --> 01:15:47,309 NEIGHBORS. IT'S MORE OF A, IT'S 1938 01:15:47,309 --> 01:15:48,677 MORE OF A AS USED, IT'S MORE OF 1939 01:15:48,677 --> 01:15:50,946 A PR NUMBER. I WOULD SAY IT'S 1940 01:15:50,946 --> 01:15:52,848 NOT IN TERMS OF ON THE GROUND 1941 01:15:52,848 --> 01:15:55,717 IMPACT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. 1942 01:15:55,717 --> 01:15:58,987 ANOTHER AREA IS OVERTIME. AND 1943 01:15:58,987 --> 01:16:02,324 THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING TO THAT. 1944 01:16:02,324 --> 01:16:03,825 I BELIEVE IN LOOKING AT THIS AND 1945 01:16:03,825 --> 01:16:06,995 IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH 1946 01:16:06,995 --> 01:16:07,563 DIFFERENT PEOPLE OVER TIME 1947 01:16:07,563 --> 01:16:10,565 IMPACTS POLICING DECISIONS. I 1948 01:16:10,565 --> 01:16:11,133 THINK WE SAW IN THE BIT OF 1949 01:16:11,133 --> 01:16:13,702 SEATTLE. IN FACT, AND, YOU KNOW, 1950 01:16:13,702 --> 01:16:15,304 HOW DOES THIS PLAY IN TERMS OF, 1951 01:16:15,304 --> 01:16:18,240 YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY FOR THE 1952 01:16:18,240 --> 01:16:22,311 THE DEPARTMENT TO REALLY AFFECT 1953 01:16:22,311 --> 01:16:22,945 ITS POLICING? YOU KNOW, YOU TALK 1954 01:16:22,945 --> 01:16:25,080 ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE OFFICER 1955 01:16:25,080 --> 01:16:26,515 SHORTAGE, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF 1956 01:16:26,515 --> 01:16:27,883 INTERPLAY BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, THE 1957 01:16:27,883 --> 01:16:29,451 STAFFING AND THE OVERTIME USE. 1958 01:16:29,451 --> 01:16:32,254 AND WE'LL SEE THIS IN FIRE AS 1959 01:16:32,254 --> 01:16:32,454 WELL. 1960 01:16:32,454 --> 01:16:34,990 -- YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. 1961 01:16:34,990 --> 01:16:40,162 THE OVERTIME IS IS OBVIOUSLY 1962 01:16:40,162 --> 01:16:42,297 USED AT A DEPARTMENT WIDE LEVEL 1963 01:16:42,297 --> 01:16:43,031 FOR EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN. 1964 01:16:43,031 --> 01:16:45,634 YOU CAN THINK OF, YOU KNOW, 1965 01:16:45,634 --> 01:16:47,502 WHETHER IT BE A CRIMINAL 1966 01:16:47,502 --> 01:16:48,904 INVESTIGATION OR EXTRA HOURS 1967 01:16:48,904 --> 01:16:49,972 TACKED ON TO THE END OF A SHIFT 1968 01:16:49,972 --> 01:16:51,840 FOR AN OFFICER TO TO TAKE 1969 01:16:51,840 --> 01:16:53,508 SOMEONE TO THE HOSPITAL OR TAKE 1970 01:16:53,508 --> 01:16:56,378 SOMEONE TO, TO JAIL OR FILL OUT 1971 01:16:56,378 --> 01:16:57,512 PAPERWORK. OVERTIME IS IS USED 1972 01:16:57,512 --> 01:16:59,481 IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS. 1973 01:16:59,481 --> 01:17:03,652 WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT THERE ARE 1974 01:17:03,652 --> 01:17:04,286 FOUR BIG CATEGORIES OF OVERTIME, 1975 01:17:04,286 --> 01:17:07,255 AND BY FAR THE TWO LARGEST 1976 01:17:07,255 --> 01:17:07,889 CATEGORIES OF OVERTIME ARE USE 1977 01:17:07,889 --> 01:17:12,027 FOR EVENTS, WHICH IS TYPICALLY 1978 01:17:12,027 --> 01:17:14,796 THE LARGEST OVERTIME CATEGORY 1979 01:17:14,796 --> 01:17:16,798 AND USE FOR PATROL AUGMENTATION. 1980 01:17:16,798 --> 01:17:19,334 AND SO PATROL AUGMENTATION IS 1981 01:17:19,334 --> 01:17:22,137 WHEN A SUPERVISOR, A SERGEANT IN 1982 01:17:22,137 --> 01:17:24,306 IN A PRECINCT KNOWS THE NUMBER 1983 01:17:24,306 --> 01:17:25,807 OF OFFICERS THAT ARE COMING IN 1984 01:17:25,807 --> 01:17:28,844 FOR A GIVEN DAY ARE GOING TO BE 1985 01:17:28,844 --> 01:17:31,446 TOO FEW TO RESPOND TO 911 CALLS 1986 01:17:31,446 --> 01:17:33,448 AND TO PROVIDE SERVICE. THEY 1987 01:17:33,448 --> 01:17:36,418 WILL BRING IN ON OVERTIME, EXTRA 1988 01:17:36,418 --> 01:17:37,786 OFFICERS TO HELP. THAT IS 1989 01:17:37,786 --> 01:17:39,621 SOMETHING THAT IS DONE EVERY 1990 01:17:39,621 --> 01:17:41,957 SINGLE DAY IN EVERY SINGLE 1991 01:17:41,957 --> 01:17:43,525 PRECINCT. AT THE CURRENT 1992 01:17:43,525 --> 01:17:47,262 STAFFING LEVEL. SO THAT IS 1993 01:17:47,262 --> 01:17:48,597 ANOTHER BIG ITEM. THEN AT A 1994 01:17:48,597 --> 01:17:50,065 LESSER LEVEL, TRAINING IS ALWAYS 1995 01:17:50,065 --> 01:17:55,504 A BIG ITEM FOR SPD. IT'S THE 1996 01:17:55,504 --> 01:17:56,772 CASE THAT OFFICERS NEED TO BE 1997 01:17:56,772 --> 01:17:58,273 BROUGHT IN ON OVERTIME TO DO 1998 01:17:58,273 --> 01:17:58,774 THEIR TRAINING, BECAUSE 1999 01:17:58,774 --> 01:17:59,541 OTHERWISE YOU'RE TAKING THEM 2000 01:17:59,541 --> 01:18:00,776 OFF THE STREET OR OUT OF DOING 2001 01:18:00,776 --> 01:18:01,977 CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS, OR OUT 2002 01:18:01,977 --> 01:18:05,914 OF DOING OTHER WORK. IF YOU IF 2003 01:18:05,914 --> 01:18:07,315 YOU PUT THEM ON OVERTIME, WHEN 2004 01:18:07,315 --> 01:18:08,250 THEY'RE DOING THEIR TRAINING, 2005 01:18:08,250 --> 01:18:10,519 IT IT DOESN'T IMPACT WORKLOAD. 2006 01:18:10,519 --> 01:18:11,820 AND SO THAT'S ALWAYS A BIG ONE. 2007 01:18:11,820 --> 01:18:14,456 AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS JUST 2008 01:18:14,456 --> 01:18:17,292 CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. YOU SEE 2009 01:18:17,292 --> 01:18:20,362 A LARGE AMOUNT OF OVERTIME USE 2010 01:18:20,362 --> 01:18:20,996 THERE FOR THINGS LIKE RESPONDING 2011 01:18:20,996 --> 01:18:22,364 TO VIOLENT CRIME, SHOOTING 2012 01:18:22,364 --> 01:18:23,632 DETECTIVES GOING OUT AND 2013 01:18:23,632 --> 01:18:26,201 RESPONDING TO SCENES THAT 2014 01:18:26,201 --> 01:18:26,835 OBVIOUSLY HAPPENING AFTER HOURS 2015 01:18:26,835 --> 01:18:29,971 AND HAPPENING ON OVERTIME. SO 2016 01:18:29,971 --> 01:18:33,408 THOSE ARE SORT OF THE THE FOUR. 2017 01:18:33,408 --> 01:18:35,343 BIG AREAS THAT OVERTIME IS USED 2018 01:18:35,343 --> 01:18:37,946 IN TERMS OF PULLING POLICY 2019 01:18:37,946 --> 01:18:39,448 LEVERS WITH EVENTS. TALKED A 2020 01:18:39,448 --> 01:18:42,617 LITTLE BIT ABOUT PEOS WITH 2021 01:18:42,617 --> 01:18:44,886 AUGMENTATION, TALKED ABOUT 2022 01:18:44,886 --> 01:18:46,655 ADDING OFFICERS TO PATROL, AND 2023 01:18:46,655 --> 01:18:47,155 ENSURING THAT PATROL IS 2024 01:18:47,155 --> 01:18:48,557 SUPPLEMENTED. THOSE THINGS WOULD 2025 01:18:48,557 --> 01:18:50,325 WOULD HELP ALLEVIATE SOME 2026 01:18:50,325 --> 01:18:53,161 OVERTIME USE. WOULD THEY SOLVE 2027 01:18:53,161 --> 01:18:56,965 AN OVERTIME PROBLEM IF IF WE'RE 2028 01:18:56,965 --> 01:19:01,336 TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET TO 2029 01:19:01,336 --> 01:19:04,206 BUDGET, TO SPENDING. IT'S HARD 2030 01:19:04,206 --> 01:19:05,640 TO KNOW AS YOU ADD MORE 2031 01:19:05,640 --> 01:19:08,443 OFFICERS, AN OFFICER WILL, WILL, 2032 01:19:08,443 --> 01:19:11,346 WILL NEED, AS I SAY, SOME TIME 2033 01:19:11,346 --> 01:19:13,582 TO OVERTIME TO EXTEND THEIR 2034 01:19:13,582 --> 01:19:15,884 SHIFT. SO ADDING OFFICERS IS NOT 2035 01:19:15,884 --> 01:19:17,452 A PANACEA FOR REDUCING OVERTIME. 2036 01:19:17,452 --> 01:19:21,857 IT DOES HELP. HOPEFULLY I'VE 2037 01:19:21,857 --> 01:19:22,958 ADDRESSED IN. IN RESPONSE. YOUR 2038 01:19:22,958 --> 01:19:23,225 QUESTION. 2039 01:19:23,225 --> 01:19:24,326 -- AND YOU HIGHLIGHT THE EVENTS 2040 01:19:24,326 --> 01:19:25,327 PIECE. THAT GOES TO MY POINT 2041 01:19:25,327 --> 01:19:28,029 ABOUT BY THE SEATTLE AND. AND 2042 01:19:28,029 --> 01:19:30,866 THE NEED, BY THE WAY, FOR US AND 2043 01:19:30,866 --> 01:19:33,001 WORKING WITH THE EXECUTIVE TO 2044 01:19:33,001 --> 01:19:34,970 WORK A PLAN TO RELATING TO MAJOR 2045 01:19:34,970 --> 01:19:35,804 VENUES AND MAJOR EVENTS. THIS 2046 01:19:35,804 --> 01:19:37,739 GOES TO GUN VIOLENCE, BUT ACROSS 2047 01:19:37,739 --> 01:19:38,340 THE BOARD, WE NEED TO HAVE A 2048 01:19:38,340 --> 01:19:40,075 COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO THAT. 2049 01:19:40,075 --> 01:19:42,077 AND I'M LOOKING TO WORK WITH 2050 01:19:42,077 --> 01:19:43,945 THE EXECUTIVE ON THAT. SPEAKING 2051 01:19:43,945 --> 01:19:47,949 OF OVERTIME, REAL TIME CRIME 2052 01:19:47,949 --> 01:19:48,984 CENTER. WHAT'S HAPPENED TO REAL 2053 01:19:48,984 --> 01:19:51,486 TIME CRIME CENTER IS SO 2054 01:19:51,486 --> 01:19:52,087 UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE THE REAL 2055 01:19:52,087 --> 01:19:53,321 TIME CRIME CENTER HELPS OUR 2056 01:19:53,321 --> 01:19:56,758 OFFICERS BE BETTER OFFICERS AND 2057 01:19:56,758 --> 01:19:59,027 DO POLICING BETTER. BUT WE'VE 2058 01:19:59,027 --> 01:20:00,061 UNDERMINED THAT. YOU KNOW, THE 2059 01:20:00,061 --> 01:20:01,630 BUDGET LAW FROM LAST YEAR SAID 2060 01:20:01,630 --> 01:20:03,365 THOSE POSITIONS SHOULD HAVE BEEN 2061 01:20:03,365 --> 01:20:05,100 FILLED. THEY WEREN'T. AND NOW 2062 01:20:05,100 --> 01:20:06,635 WE'RE OH, WE'RE GOING TO CUT 2063 01:20:06,635 --> 01:20:08,970 THE THREE, BUT WE CAN GO 24/7. 2064 01:20:08,970 --> 01:20:11,139 MR.. DOS, YOU SAID THEY SAY THEY 2065 01:20:11,139 --> 01:20:13,008 SAY, WELL, FIRST, BY THE WAY, 2066 01:20:13,008 --> 01:20:15,343 YOU SAID DEFUND. AGAIN, THIS IS 2067 01:20:15,343 --> 01:20:15,944 ANOTHER UNFUNDED ELEMENT HERE 2068 01:20:15,944 --> 01:20:17,879 THAT WE HAVE GOING ON. THEY SAY 2069 01:20:17,879 --> 01:20:19,447 THEY SAY FROM THE EXECUTIVE WE 2070 01:20:19,447 --> 01:20:23,919 CAN GO 24/7. WELL, THE THEY SAY 2071 01:20:23,919 --> 01:20:24,586 THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO SAYS THAT, 2072 01:20:24,586 --> 01:20:26,521 YES, WE CAN GO 24/7. FUNNY 2073 01:20:26,521 --> 01:20:30,659 ENOUGH, IF WE USE OVERTIME, THIS 2074 01:20:30,659 --> 01:20:31,927 IS JUST LIKE FIRE. AND WHAT 2075 01:20:31,927 --> 01:20:34,496 WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER AREAS. SO 2076 01:20:34,496 --> 01:20:36,631 THE ABILITY TO GO 24/7 PROPERLY 2077 01:20:36,631 --> 01:20:38,733 IN THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER, 2078 01:20:38,733 --> 01:20:40,769 THEY SAY, IS GOING TO REQUIRE 2079 01:20:40,769 --> 01:20:43,205 OVERTIME. AND SO THIS IS IRONIC 2080 01:20:43,205 --> 01:20:44,739 GIVEN HOW WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE 2081 01:20:44,739 --> 01:20:45,807 AWAY FROM OVERTIME AND THE 2082 01:20:45,807 --> 01:20:47,209 ISSUES OF OVERTIME AND CUT 2083 01:20:47,209 --> 01:20:49,411 OVERTIME. EXCUSE ME. UNFUND 2084 01:20:49,411 --> 01:20:50,345 OVERTIME. AND THIS IS 2085 01:20:50,345 --> 01:20:56,051 PROBLEMATIC AND COLLEAGUES, 2086 01:20:56,051 --> 01:20:56,718 IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE THAT WE 2087 01:20:56,718 --> 01:20:58,286 HAVEN'T STOOD UP PROPERLY OUR 2088 01:20:58,286 --> 01:21:00,522 REAL TIME CRIME CENTER, BECAUSE 2089 01:21:00,522 --> 01:21:02,757 IT DOES LEAD TO BETTER POLICING 2090 01:21:02,757 --> 01:21:04,960 AND MORE EFFECTIVE POLICING AND 2091 01:21:04,960 --> 01:21:06,661 HELPS ACROSS THE BOARD AND IN 2092 01:21:06,661 --> 01:21:08,430 PARTNERSHIP, LIKE WITH THE 2093 01:21:08,430 --> 01:21:10,232 CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION BUREAU, 2094 01:21:10,232 --> 01:21:12,467 CAN HELP US ADDRESS GUN 2095 01:21:12,467 --> 01:21:15,637 VIOLENCE. BUT HERE WE ARE AGAIN 2096 01:21:15,637 --> 01:21:16,471 WITH THE UNFUNDED. I'M GOING TO 2097 01:21:16,471 --> 01:21:17,739 JUST CHAIR. I'M JUST GOING TO 2098 01:21:17,739 --> 01:21:19,941 END ON TWO THINGS. ONE, PARKING 2099 01:21:19,941 --> 01:21:20,809 ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. WHEN CHIEF 2100 01:21:20,809 --> 01:21:22,177 SAYLES WAS HERE, I TOLD HIM, I 2101 01:21:22,177 --> 01:21:23,345 GO, YOU'RE MY FOURTH POLICE 2102 01:21:23,345 --> 01:21:24,679 CHIEF. I'M ONLY NOT EVEN THREE 2103 01:21:24,679 --> 01:21:26,781 YEARS IN. YOU'RE MY FOURTH 2104 01:21:26,781 --> 01:21:28,617 POLICE CHIEF. AND TO BE FRANK, 2105 01:21:28,617 --> 01:21:30,051 THE POLICE CHIEF'S PARTLY FOR 2106 01:21:30,051 --> 01:21:31,886 THE REASON THAT YOU HAVEN'T 2107 01:21:31,886 --> 01:21:32,454 REALLY CARED ABOUT PARKING 2108 01:21:32,454 --> 01:21:34,723 ENFORCEMENT YOU KNOW, THE 2109 01:21:34,723 --> 01:21:35,290 LEADERSHIP PIECE RELATED TO 2110 01:21:35,290 --> 01:21:36,424 PARKING ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN 2111 01:21:36,424 --> 01:21:38,393 LACKING. AND THERE'S DIFFERENT 2112 01:21:38,393 --> 01:21:39,995 DYNAMICS. AND THIS IS ANOTHER 2113 01:21:39,995 --> 01:21:41,062 UNFORTUNATE THING FROM A BUDGET 2114 01:21:41,062 --> 01:21:43,331 PERSPECTIVE. AS YOU SAID, THE 2115 01:21:43,331 --> 01:21:45,333 ANTICIPATION OF WHAT EACH 2116 01:21:45,333 --> 01:21:47,869 PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 2117 01:21:47,869 --> 01:21:49,404 WOULD BRING IN. BUT IT'S REALLY 2118 01:21:49,404 --> 01:21:50,438 IMPORTANT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF 2119 01:21:50,438 --> 01:21:51,239 THEY'RE OUT THERE DOING THEIR 2120 01:21:51,239 --> 01:21:52,240 JOB, IT'S KIND OF LIKE GETTING 2121 01:21:52,240 --> 01:21:54,309 A CLEAN, YOU KNOW, START 2122 01:21:54,309 --> 01:21:54,976 SWEEPING THE ROADS. AND, YOU 2123 01:21:54,976 --> 01:21:56,912 KNOW, IT'S ABOUT GOVERNMENT 2124 01:21:56,912 --> 01:21:58,213 DOING THE BASICS, WHICH IS WHAT 2125 01:21:58,213 --> 01:22:00,615 THESE PEOPLE SEATTLE WANT. AND 2126 01:22:00,615 --> 01:22:01,883 ACTUALLY, IF THEY'RE GIVING 2127 01:22:01,883 --> 01:22:02,651 PARKING TICKETS OR, YOU KNOW, 2128 01:22:02,651 --> 01:22:04,853 YOU DIDN'T HAVE UPDATED TABS 2129 01:22:04,853 --> 01:22:06,154 THAT WOULD VIEW THAT CITY 2130 01:22:06,154 --> 01:22:07,555 GOVERNMENT'S WORKING. BUT THIS 2131 01:22:07,555 --> 01:22:08,423 IS ANOTHER AREA WHERE IT KIND OF 2132 01:22:08,423 --> 01:22:11,226 SHOWS THAT IT'S NOT. AND HERE'S 2133 01:22:11,226 --> 01:22:12,060 THE SAD THING IS LAST NIGHT I'M 2134 01:22:12,060 --> 01:22:13,728 AT A COMMUNITY EVENT RELATED TO 2135 01:22:13,728 --> 01:22:15,930 PORTAL PARK AND BELLTOWN, AND A 2136 01:22:15,930 --> 01:22:17,899 YOUNG MAN COMES UP TO ME 2137 01:22:17,899 --> 01:22:18,433 AFTERWARDS TALKING ABOUT 2138 01:22:18,433 --> 01:22:19,100 DIFFERENT THINGS. AND HE SAYS, 2139 01:22:19,100 --> 01:22:22,003 YOU KNOW, I TRY TO BECOME A 2140 01:22:22,003 --> 01:22:22,971 PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. AND 2141 01:22:22,971 --> 01:22:23,738 HE STRIKE ME AS A, YOU KNOW, 2142 01:22:23,738 --> 01:22:26,474 SQUARED AWAY PERSON, BUT HE 2143 01:22:26,474 --> 01:22:28,176 DIDN'T WANT TO CARRY A GUN. HE 2144 01:22:28,176 --> 01:22:28,843 WASN'T HE DIDN'T WANT TO DO 2145 01:22:28,843 --> 01:22:30,111 THAT, BUT HE WANTED TO 2146 01:22:30,111 --> 01:22:31,279 CONTRIBUTE TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY 2147 01:22:31,279 --> 01:22:32,147 ELEMENT. HE GOES, OH, MAYBE I 2148 01:22:32,147 --> 01:22:34,015 CAN BE A PARKING ENFORCEMENT 2149 01:22:34,015 --> 01:22:35,884 OFFICER, WHICH HELPS NOT JUST 2150 01:22:35,884 --> 01:22:37,385 WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, BUT 2151 01:22:37,385 --> 01:22:39,654 ALSO, AS YOU NOTED, MR. DOSS 2152 01:22:39,654 --> 01:22:41,623 HELPING OUT THE FORCE TO 2153 01:22:41,623 --> 01:22:42,257 ALLEVIATE TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF 2154 01:22:42,257 --> 01:22:43,058 THE, YOU KNOW, THE PRESSURES 2155 01:22:43,058 --> 01:22:45,694 THAT THEY FEEL AND THEY TOLD 2156 01:22:45,694 --> 01:22:50,432 THEM BASICALLY, GO HOME. SO I'VE 2157 01:22:50,432 --> 01:22:51,066 ASKED THAT INDIVIDUAL TO SEND ME 2158 01:22:51,066 --> 01:22:52,934 AN EMAIL, AND I'M GOING TO 2159 01:22:52,934 --> 01:22:55,737 FORWARD IT TO THE EXECUTIVE AND 2160 01:22:55,737 --> 01:22:58,573 SAY, EXPLAIN THIS TO ME, 2161 01:22:58,573 --> 01:22:59,841 PARTICULARLY GIVEN WHAT WE HAVE 2162 01:22:59,841 --> 01:23:00,909 IN TERMS OF THE NUMBERS OF 2163 01:23:00,909 --> 01:23:01,643 PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. WE 2164 01:23:01,643 --> 01:23:04,412 HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO I'VE SEEN 2165 01:23:04,412 --> 01:23:06,381 IN MULTIPLE BELLTOWN COMMUNITY 2166 01:23:06,381 --> 01:23:08,984 EVENTS SQUARED AWAY. SMART GUY, 2167 01:23:08,984 --> 01:23:10,352 KIND OF QUIET, BUT HE'S LOOKING 2168 01:23:10,352 --> 01:23:12,420 TO HELP OUR CITY AND HE'S TOLD 2169 01:23:12,420 --> 01:23:15,290 TO GO AWAY. AND I'M JUST LIKE, 2170 01:23:15,290 --> 01:23:16,257 THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE 2171 01:23:16,257 --> 01:23:17,659 NEED TO ADDRESS. AND YOUR 2172 01:23:17,659 --> 01:23:19,060 BRIEFING KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS 2173 01:23:19,060 --> 01:23:20,628 THAT. SO COLLEAGUES, THERE'S 2174 01:23:20,628 --> 01:23:21,696 OTHER AREAS, BUT I KNOW MY 2175 01:23:21,696 --> 01:23:23,565 COLLEAGUES WANT TO SPEAK TO DIE 2176 01:23:23,565 --> 01:23:25,233 30 BY 30 AND SOME OF THESE OTHER 2177 01:23:25,233 --> 01:23:29,003 ISSUES, CHAIR, BUT I JUST WANT 2178 01:23:29,003 --> 01:23:30,538 TO REITERATE, WHEN WE CAME IN 2179 01:23:30,538 --> 01:23:32,707 24, WE CHANGED THINGS AROUND THE 2180 01:23:32,707 --> 01:23:34,976 NUMBER OF OFFICERS, THE NUMBER 2181 01:23:34,976 --> 01:23:36,845 OF APPLICANTS, YOU KNOW, THE 2182 01:23:36,845 --> 01:23:38,279 CANDIDATES ARE INCREASING. OUR 2183 01:23:38,279 --> 01:23:40,382 SPD STAFFING WAS TAKEN OFF 2184 01:23:40,382 --> 01:23:42,384 BUDGETARY NUMBERS WISE. WE WERE 2185 01:23:42,384 --> 01:23:43,952 USING 1184 WITH THE GOALS OF 2186 01:23:43,952 --> 01:23:46,421 1258 IN ROUTE TO 1400 PLUS. BUT 2187 01:23:46,421 --> 01:23:49,824 NOW WITH THIS NEW BILL, WE'RE 2188 01:23:49,824 --> 01:23:52,260 NOT TAKING OFF ANYMORE. WE'RE 2189 01:23:52,260 --> 01:23:54,062 LANDING. AND AS THE BRIEFING 2190 01:23:54,062 --> 01:23:56,064 SHOWS, THE 1250 NUMBERS, NOT THE 2191 01:23:56,064 --> 01:23:59,534 1250 NUMBER, WE'RE GOING TO 2192 01:23:59,534 --> 01:24:01,036 LAND SHORT. AND THAT CRASH 2193 01:24:01,036 --> 01:24:02,871 LANDING IS GOING TO IMPACT OUR 2194 01:24:02,871 --> 01:24:05,340 PUBLIC SAFETY POSTURE. AND IT'S 2195 01:24:05,340 --> 01:24:06,708 UNFORTUNATE. BUT HERE WE ARE. 2196 01:24:06,708 --> 01:24:07,876 THANK YOU, CHAIR. 2197 01:24:07,876 --> 01:24:08,977 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2198 01:24:08,977 --> 01:24:09,944 KETTLE TO THE COMMITTEE TABLE. 2199 01:24:09,944 --> 01:24:11,513 ANYTHING TO SHARE AT THIS TIME? 2200 01:24:11,513 --> 01:24:14,716 -- I JUST WANTED TO SAY I 2201 01:24:14,716 --> 01:24:16,317 APOLOGIZE IF I USE THE WORD 2202 01:24:16,317 --> 01:24:20,722 DEFUND AND I ALSO NEED TO 2203 01:24:20,722 --> 01:24:22,157 APOLOGIZE WHEN I SAY THAT CBO IS 2204 01:24:22,157 --> 01:24:24,559 MAKING CUTS. THESE ARE POLICY 2205 01:24:24,559 --> 01:24:26,327 DECISIONS THAT ARE ARE MADE BY 2206 01:24:26,327 --> 01:24:28,296 THE EXECUTIVE. CBO JUST 2207 01:24:28,296 --> 01:24:31,633 IMPLEMENTS THE CUTS. SO BEING A 2208 01:24:31,633 --> 01:24:32,934 FORMER CBO OR I TEND TO THINK 2209 01:24:32,934 --> 01:24:34,869 THAT WAY. BUT BUT I WANT TO BE 2210 01:24:34,869 --> 01:24:36,104 CLEAR THAT IS NOT THAT IS NOT 2211 01:24:36,104 --> 01:24:38,306 THE BUDGET OFFICE'S FUNCTION. 2212 01:24:38,306 --> 01:24:39,240 -- AND I AGREE. THAT'S HOW I 2213 01:24:39,240 --> 01:24:40,074 STARTED OFF. I JUST WANTED TO 2214 01:24:40,074 --> 01:24:42,143 MAKE THAT POINT. THANK YOU. 2215 01:24:42,143 --> 01:24:43,912 -- THAT'S ALL. THAT'S WHY WE 2216 01:24:43,912 --> 01:24:47,782 REALLY LIKE DIRECTOR PANUCCI 2217 01:24:47,782 --> 01:24:49,184 WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER 2218 01:24:49,184 --> 01:24:50,485 QUESTIONS? I SEE NO OTHER HANDS. 2219 01:24:50,485 --> 01:24:52,053 MAYBE THAT'S THE END. WE'LL BE 2220 01:24:52,053 --> 01:24:56,991 GOING TO LUNCH IF NO FURTHER. 2221 01:24:56,991 --> 01:24:57,992 OH. VICE CHAIR RIVERA, I SEE 2222 01:24:57,992 --> 01:24:59,561 YOUR HAND, COLLEAGUES, IF YOU 2223 01:24:59,561 --> 01:25:01,129 CAN. IF YOU DO WANT TO SPEAK, 2224 01:25:01,129 --> 01:25:02,363 JUST THROW YOUR HANDS UP NOW SO 2225 01:25:02,363 --> 01:25:04,666 WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH. 2226 01:25:04,666 --> 01:25:08,002 THANK YOU. OVER TO YOU, VICE 2227 01:25:08,002 --> 01:25:08,236 CHAIR. 2228 01:25:08,236 --> 01:25:09,838 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR. THANK. 2229 01:25:09,838 --> 01:25:14,576 THANK YOU, GREG, FOR YOUR REALLY 2230 01:25:14,576 --> 01:25:17,645 THOROUGH PRESENTATION. I REALLY 2231 01:25:17,645 --> 01:25:19,447 APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS 2232 01:25:19,447 --> 01:25:22,450 AND, YOU KNOW, I REALLY 2233 01:25:22,450 --> 01:25:23,885 APPRECIATE YOUR OBJECTIVITY. 2234 01:25:23,885 --> 01:25:25,520 ALSO, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO 2235 01:25:25,520 --> 01:25:29,991 LOOK AT THIS, YOU KNOW, IN THIS 2236 01:25:29,991 --> 01:25:32,560 OBJECTIVE MANNER. I BELIEVE WHEN 2237 01:25:32,560 --> 01:25:35,864 YOU'RE PRESENTING THE 2238 01:25:35,864 --> 01:25:37,966 INFORMATION AND I TO UNDERSTAND 2239 01:25:37,966 --> 01:25:39,067 THAT CBO HAVING I DIDN'T WORK AT 2240 01:25:39,067 --> 01:25:41,002 CBO, BUT I'VE WORKED ALONGSIDE 2241 01:25:41,002 --> 01:25:43,271 CBO FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. I 2242 01:25:43,271 --> 01:25:45,406 UNDERSTAND THAT THESE DECISIONS 2243 01:25:45,406 --> 01:25:47,275 ARE THE EXECUTIVE'S DECISIONS, 2244 01:25:47,275 --> 01:25:49,344 JUST LIKE CENTRAL STAFF HELP 2245 01:25:49,344 --> 01:25:49,844 SUPPORT COUNSEL AND OUR 2246 01:25:49,844 --> 01:25:51,279 DECISIONS ARE OURS, NOT CENTRAL 2247 01:25:51,279 --> 01:25:54,315 STAFF. SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE 2248 01:25:54,315 --> 01:25:56,117 HAVING REALLY SMART, THOUGHTFUL 2249 01:25:56,117 --> 01:25:57,085 PEOPLE THAT HELP US DO THE WORK 2250 01:25:57,085 --> 01:25:59,721 THAT WE DO. WE CAN'T DO THE 2251 01:25:59,721 --> 01:26:02,357 WORK WITH EITHER CBO OR CENTRAL 2252 01:26:02,357 --> 01:26:04,893 STAFF. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK 2253 01:26:04,893 --> 01:26:06,094 YOU PUBLICLY FOR ALL THE WORK 2254 01:26:06,094 --> 01:26:08,296 THAT THAT CBO AND CENTRAL STAFF 2255 01:26:08,296 --> 01:26:10,498 DOES IN GENERAL FOR THE CITY OF 2256 01:26:10,498 --> 01:26:12,734 SEATTLE. OKAY. 2257 01:26:12,734 --> 01:26:13,301 -- THAT MICROPHONE CLOSER. 2258 01:26:13,301 --> 01:26:17,272 -- OH OKAY. AT A ROCK CONCERT, I 2259 01:26:17,272 --> 01:26:21,075 REMEMBER. THANK YOU. SO I JUST 2260 01:26:21,075 --> 01:26:24,045 WANTED TO MAKE A FEW NOTES HERE. 2261 01:26:24,045 --> 01:26:30,618 FIRST OFF, IT'S JUST. IT'S 2262 01:26:30,618 --> 01:26:32,120 REALLY CONCERNING. AND AGAIN, I, 2263 01:26:32,120 --> 01:26:34,989 I WAS IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IN 2264 01:26:34,989 --> 01:26:36,491 2020 AND WE ALL LIVED THROUGH 2265 01:26:36,491 --> 01:26:37,725 2020 TOGETHER. NO MATTER WHERE 2266 01:26:37,725 --> 01:26:40,295 YOU WERE IN THE CITY, BUT THE 2267 01:26:40,295 --> 01:26:44,532 IDEA THAT THIS BUDGET IS GETTING 2268 01:26:44,532 --> 01:26:46,401 CAPPED AT A CERTAIN AMOUNT SO 2269 01:26:46,401 --> 01:26:50,505 THAT TEN YEARS LATER, FROM 2020 2270 01:26:50,505 --> 01:26:55,143 TO 2030, WHAT WE WILL BE GOING 2271 01:26:55,143 --> 01:26:57,745 FROM DEPLOYABLE OFFICERS, 1281 2272 01:26:57,745 --> 01:27:00,815 FROM IN 2019, AND THEN THE MOST 2273 01:27:00,815 --> 01:27:03,751 IN 2030 WOULD BE 1125. SO THAT 2274 01:27:03,751 --> 01:27:05,220 IN TEN YEARS, WE HAVEN'T 2275 01:27:05,220 --> 01:27:07,355 RECOUPED THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS 2276 01:27:07,355 --> 01:27:11,492 THOUGH WE'VE ADDED AT LEAST 2277 01:27:11,492 --> 01:27:14,195 75,000 MORE PEOPLE TO THE CITY. 2278 01:27:14,195 --> 01:27:16,364 SO I JUST THINK THAT'S OF 2279 01:27:16,364 --> 01:27:19,267 CONCERN BECAUSE WHEN FOLKS, WHEN 2280 01:27:19,267 --> 01:27:20,802 CONSTITUENTS CALL US AND THEY, 2281 01:27:20,802 --> 01:27:22,704 YOU KNOW, TELL US, YOU KNOW, WE 2282 01:27:22,704 --> 01:27:25,373 CALL 911, THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP. 2283 01:27:25,373 --> 01:27:27,208 AND, AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE 2284 01:27:27,208 --> 01:27:30,612 LEVEL OF OFFICERS TO BE ABLE TO 2285 01:27:30,612 --> 01:27:31,145 ADDRESS OUR CONSTITUENTS 2286 01:27:31,145 --> 01:27:32,146 CONCERNS WRIT LARGE ACROSS THE 2287 01:27:32,146 --> 01:27:33,948 BOARD. SO I'M NOT SAYING 2288 01:27:33,948 --> 01:27:36,985 ANYTHING NEW. I KNOW MANY OF US 2289 01:27:36,985 --> 01:27:39,187 HAVE EXPRESSED THAT, BUT IT IS A 2290 01:27:39,187 --> 01:27:40,488 HUGE ISSUE AND ONE THAT WE 2291 01:27:40,488 --> 01:27:43,725 SHOULD BE ROBUSTLY ADDRESSING. 2292 01:27:43,725 --> 01:27:49,197 SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE MORE 2293 01:27:49,197 --> 01:27:52,166 AGGRESSIVE. AND IN THE HIRING 2294 01:27:52,166 --> 01:27:53,668 AND RETAINING OF OUR OFFICERS 2295 01:27:53,668 --> 01:27:57,605 AND NOT CAPPING OURSELVES. IF WE 2296 01:27:57,605 --> 01:27:59,741 HAVE THE ABILITY TO STAFF UP 2297 01:27:59,741 --> 01:28:01,209 QUICKER THAN WE SHOULD DO THAT, 2298 01:28:01,209 --> 01:28:03,478 BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE 2299 01:28:03,478 --> 01:28:04,712 OUR RESPONSE TIMES ARE NOT WHAT 2300 01:28:04,712 --> 01:28:08,249 THEY SHOULD BE. SO THAT IS OF 2301 01:28:08,249 --> 01:28:12,287 CONCERN. AND I FEEL LIKE THIS 2302 01:28:12,287 --> 01:28:14,522 ADMINISTRATION IS NOT LISTENING 2303 01:28:14,522 --> 01:28:16,624 TO CONSTITUENTS. THEY'RE NOT 2304 01:28:16,624 --> 01:28:18,393 LISTENING TO THE INABILITY TO DO 2305 01:28:18,393 --> 01:28:21,362 PROPER RESPONSE. 911 RESPONSE 2306 01:28:21,362 --> 01:28:25,700 TIMES ON THE SPD SIDE, WE'RE 2307 01:28:25,700 --> 01:28:26,701 GOING TO TALK ABOUT FIRE AFTER 2308 01:28:26,701 --> 01:28:28,269 THIS. I KNOW. SO THAT'S OF 2309 01:28:28,269 --> 01:28:31,706 CONCERN AS WELL. AND THAT IS OF 2310 01:28:31,706 --> 01:28:33,341 CONCERN TO ME. WE SHOULD ALL BE 2311 01:28:33,341 --> 01:28:35,510 ON THE SAME PAGE. WE NEED TO BE 2312 01:28:35,510 --> 01:28:38,346 ABLE TO RESPOND TO OUR 2313 01:28:38,346 --> 01:28:38,980 CONSTITUENTS WHEN THEY CALL 911, 2314 01:28:38,980 --> 01:28:41,382 AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO SO 2315 01:28:41,382 --> 01:28:45,253 TODAY. SO IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT 2316 01:28:45,253 --> 01:28:47,622 THE STAFFING LEVEL HAS BEEN 2317 01:28:47,622 --> 01:28:49,657 CAPPED SO THAT WE CAN'T CONTINUE 2318 01:28:49,657 --> 01:28:52,660 THE LEVEL OF HIRING THAT WE HAVE 2319 01:28:52,660 --> 01:28:54,062 SEEN IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS TO 2320 01:28:54,062 --> 01:28:56,397 GET US BACK TO A WHATEVER THAT 2321 01:28:56,397 --> 01:28:57,865 NUMBER IS. AND I UNDERSTAND WE 2322 01:28:57,865 --> 01:28:59,634 DON'T KNOW TODAY WHAT THE 2323 01:28:59,634 --> 01:29:01,135 PROPER NUMBER IS. WE'RE NOT 2324 01:29:01,135 --> 01:29:03,337 ANYWHERE NEAR WHATEVER THAT 2325 01:29:03,337 --> 01:29:04,605 NUMBER POSSIBLY COULD BE. SO I 2326 01:29:04,605 --> 01:29:06,341 THINK THAT REGARDLESS OF WHAT 2327 01:29:06,341 --> 01:29:07,809 THAT ULTIMATE NUMBER IS, WE KNOW 2328 01:29:07,809 --> 01:29:10,912 WE'RE NOT WHERE WE WERE 2329 01:29:10,912 --> 01:29:12,213 PRE-COVID. SO WE KNOW WE'RE NOT 2330 01:29:12,213 --> 01:29:14,782 WHERE WE NEED TO BE. AND SO, 2331 01:29:14,782 --> 01:29:17,185 LIKE I SAID, I, I AM CONCERNED 2332 01:29:17,185 --> 01:29:18,786 THAT WE'RE NOT GIVING THIS THE 2333 01:29:18,786 --> 01:29:21,255 LEVEL OF PRIORITY OR THAT THIS 2334 01:29:21,255 --> 01:29:22,757 BUDGET DOESN'T REFLECT THE LEVEL 2335 01:29:22,757 --> 01:29:24,992 OF PRIORITY WE SHOULD BE GIVING 2336 01:29:24,992 --> 01:29:26,294 TO THIS. SO I'LL JUST SAY THAT 2337 01:29:26,294 --> 01:29:29,597 IN TERMS OF THE PEOS, I'LL ALSO 2338 01:29:29,597 --> 01:29:31,466 SAY THAT I'M CONCERNED THAT 2339 01:29:31,466 --> 01:29:35,069 THEY HAVEN'T BEEN HIRED. WE DID 2340 01:29:35,069 --> 01:29:36,371 PUT A PROVISO IN PLACE LAST YEAR 2341 01:29:36,371 --> 01:29:38,706 BECAUSE WE WANT THESE POSITIONS 2342 01:29:38,706 --> 01:29:39,941 HIRED. WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THE 2343 01:29:39,941 --> 01:29:41,442 WORK IF WE DON'T HAVE THE 2344 01:29:41,442 --> 01:29:47,482 POSITIONS HIRED. AND. THE PEOS 2345 01:29:47,482 --> 01:29:49,250 ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE 2346 01:29:49,250 --> 01:29:50,418 SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE IN THE 2347 01:29:50,418 --> 01:29:51,519 CITY. AND THEN I'LL ALSO 2348 01:29:51,519 --> 01:29:52,620 MENTION, BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN 2349 01:29:52,620 --> 01:29:55,656 MENTIONED, IS THAT THEY ALSO 2350 01:29:55,656 --> 01:29:58,126 HELP RESPOND AND THEY WORK WITH 2351 01:29:58,126 --> 01:30:00,161 THE U. TEAM TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE 2352 01:30:00,161 --> 01:30:02,196 ADDRESSING ARV'S ACROSS THE 2353 01:30:02,196 --> 01:30:03,998 CITY AS WELL. AND SO THESE ARE 2354 01:30:03,998 --> 01:30:05,366 POSITIONS THAT COULD BE HELPING 2355 01:30:05,366 --> 01:30:06,601 WITH WORK. AND THEY'RE NOT 2356 01:30:06,601 --> 01:30:07,802 BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BEING 2357 01:30:07,802 --> 01:30:08,903 HIRED. AND THAT'S WHY THE 2358 01:30:08,903 --> 01:30:10,605 PROVISO WAS IMPORTANT. AND I'M 2359 01:30:10,605 --> 01:30:13,107 DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR THAT EVEN 2360 01:30:13,107 --> 01:30:14,675 PROVIDING THE MONEY DID NOT 2361 01:30:14,675 --> 01:30:17,545 INCENTIVIZE THE HIRING OF THESE 2362 01:30:17,545 --> 01:30:20,014 POSITIONS, THAT WE OBVIOUSLY 2363 01:30:20,014 --> 01:30:23,217 NEED IN TERMS OF THE CIVILIAN 2364 01:30:23,217 --> 01:30:23,885 INVESTIGATORS. I'M CONCERNED, 2365 01:30:23,885 --> 01:30:26,554 AND I HAVE A QUESTION. TWO 2366 01:30:26,554 --> 01:30:28,422 QUESTIONS, GREG. ONE IS, WERE 2367 01:30:28,422 --> 01:30:30,825 THEY NOT FILLED THOSE SECOND 2368 01:30:30,825 --> 01:30:32,927 SEVEN NOT FILLED BECAUSE OF A 2369 01:30:32,927 --> 01:30:36,931 HIRING FREEZE? OR WHAT WAS THE 2370 01:30:36,931 --> 01:30:39,133 REASON WHY THOSE WE PUT IN FOR 2371 01:30:39,133 --> 01:30:41,569 14, SEVEN AND 25, SEVEN AND 26 2372 01:30:41,569 --> 01:30:44,372 TO 25 GOT HIRED, 26 DIDN'T 2373 01:30:44,372 --> 01:30:45,773 THAT'S WE'RE IN 26. SO I'M 2374 01:30:45,773 --> 01:30:47,508 JUST WONDERING WHY WE DIDN'T 2375 01:30:47,508 --> 01:30:49,911 HIRE THOSE SEVEN CIVILIAN 2376 01:30:49,911 --> 01:30:53,181 POSITIONS, GIVEN THAT WE HAVE WE 2377 01:30:53,181 --> 01:30:56,451 ARE CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING SOME 2378 01:30:56,451 --> 01:30:57,919 SERIOUS CRIMES, LIKE IN THE BID 2379 01:30:57,919 --> 01:30:59,153 OF SEATTLE THAT WE DON'T WE HAVE 2380 01:30:59,153 --> 01:31:04,058 AN ARRESTED FOLKS FOR, OR THAT 2381 01:31:04,058 --> 01:31:06,494 FOLKS ARE STILL OUTSTANDING 2382 01:31:06,494 --> 01:31:08,329 SOMEWHERE. WHY WOULDN'T WE HAVE 2383 01:31:08,329 --> 01:31:09,730 PRIORITIZED THE HIRING OF THESE 2384 01:31:09,730 --> 01:31:10,431 CIVILIAN. AND I MIGHT ADD, 2385 01:31:10,431 --> 01:31:15,570 CIVILIAN POSITIONS WHICH ARE 2386 01:31:15,570 --> 01:31:18,406 IMPORTANT TO TO THIS WORK, I 2387 01:31:18,406 --> 01:31:20,541 PRESUME. 2388 01:31:20,541 --> 01:31:23,444 -- I THINK WHAT WE KNOW WE'VE 2389 01:31:23,444 --> 01:31:24,745 HEARD DIRECTOR TALK ABOUT IS 2390 01:31:24,745 --> 01:31:28,316 THAT WHEN THE MAYOR CAME IN AND 2391 01:31:28,316 --> 01:31:31,252 BEGAN ASSESSING THE FISCAL 2392 01:31:31,252 --> 01:31:32,820 SITUATION, THERE WAS THERE WAS A 2393 01:31:32,820 --> 01:31:34,889 HIRING FREEZE PUT IN PLACE. AND 2394 01:31:34,889 --> 01:31:37,492 AND WE KNOW THAT SPD'S CIVILIAN 2395 01:31:37,492 --> 01:31:39,927 POSITIONS, THESE SEVEN AND. AND 2396 01:31:39,927 --> 01:31:43,497 ALSO THE THE PEOS AND ALSO THE 2397 01:31:43,497 --> 01:31:45,299 THE R T CC POSITIONS SORT OF ALL 2398 01:31:45,299 --> 01:31:47,535 WENT ON HOLD. WHETHER OR NOT 2399 01:31:47,535 --> 01:31:48,736 THAT WAS A RESULT OF A HIRING 2400 01:31:48,736 --> 01:31:50,605 FREEZE, I DON'T KNOW 2401 01:31:50,605 --> 01:31:51,706 SPECIFICALLY THAT THAT'S 2402 01:31:51,706 --> 01:31:53,207 SOMETHING THAT I WOULD HAVE TO 2403 01:31:53,207 --> 01:31:54,642 ASK, AND I WILL AND I'LL FOLLOW 2404 01:31:54,642 --> 01:31:54,976 UP WITH YOU. 2405 01:31:54,976 --> 01:31:56,344 -- THANK YOU GREG, REALLY 2406 01:31:56,344 --> 01:31:58,246 APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN ALSO 2407 01:31:58,246 --> 01:31:59,881 WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THE, THE, 2408 01:31:59,881 --> 01:32:03,451 HOW REMOVAL OF THESE SEVEN 2409 01:32:03,451 --> 01:32:06,320 POSITIONS WILL IMPACT CLOSURE 2410 01:32:06,320 --> 01:32:08,689 RATES AT SPD INVESTIGATION, 2411 01:32:08,689 --> 01:32:11,092 CLOSURE RATES. I THINK THAT'S AN 2412 01:32:11,092 --> 01:32:12,159 IMPORTANT PIECE TO NOTE BECAUSE 2413 01:32:12,159 --> 01:32:14,495 AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE 2414 01:32:14,495 --> 01:32:15,329 NOT HIRING PEOPLE JUST TO HIRE 2415 01:32:15,329 --> 01:32:16,397 PEOPLE. WE'RE HIRING PEOPLE 2416 01:32:16,397 --> 01:32:18,699 BECAUSE WE NEED THIS WORK DONE. 2417 01:32:18,699 --> 01:32:21,035 AND ON THE INVESTIGATING OF 2418 01:32:21,035 --> 01:32:22,603 CRIMES PIECE. YOU KNOW, FOLKS 2419 01:32:22,603 --> 01:32:25,806 NEED THEY NEED CLOSURE. FOLKS 2420 01:32:25,806 --> 01:32:27,742 NEED TO WE NEED TO FOCUS. EXCUSE 2421 01:32:27,742 --> 01:32:29,944 ME. WE NEED TO HOLD FOLKS 2422 01:32:29,944 --> 01:32:31,178 ACCOUNTABLE. WE CAN'T DO ANY OF 2423 01:32:31,178 --> 01:32:34,382 THOSE THINGS IF WE DON'T HAVE 2424 01:32:34,382 --> 01:32:34,982 INVESTIGATORS TO INVESTIGATE 2425 01:32:34,982 --> 01:32:36,384 THESE CASES. SO THIS IS REALLY 2426 01:32:36,384 --> 01:32:42,590 IMPORTANT AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST 2427 01:32:42,590 --> 01:32:45,526 YOU DIDN'T SAY DEFUND. I'M 2428 01:32:45,526 --> 01:32:48,062 FEELING A LITTLE BIT LIKE WE'RE 2429 01:32:48,062 --> 01:32:50,498 GOING BACKWARDS HERE TOWARD 2430 01:32:50,498 --> 01:32:51,832 2020. AND THAT'S NOT WHERE WE 2431 01:32:51,832 --> 01:32:53,334 WANT TO BE. WE'VE MADE SOME 2432 01:32:53,334 --> 01:32:55,236 REALLY GREAT PROGRESS IN THE 2433 01:32:55,236 --> 01:32:57,438 LAST COUPLE YEARS. WE NEED TO 2434 01:32:57,438 --> 01:32:59,340 CONTINUE THE MOMENTUM, NOT STALL 2435 01:32:59,340 --> 01:33:01,075 AND NOT GO BACKWARDS. SO I'M 2436 01:33:01,075 --> 01:33:03,778 FEELING A LITTLE BIT LIKE WE 2437 01:33:03,778 --> 01:33:06,414 DON'T NEED IF WE DON'T WANT TO 2438 01:33:06,414 --> 01:33:07,949 CALL IT DEFUNDING, I UNDERSTAND, 2439 01:33:07,949 --> 01:33:12,186 BUT IT'S A DEPRIORITIZING. 2440 01:33:12,186 --> 01:33:13,788 IT'S JUST A DEPRIORITIZING. AND 2441 01:33:13,788 --> 01:33:15,323 THAT IS OF CONCERN. IT'S OF 2442 01:33:15,323 --> 01:33:17,124 CONCERN TO OUR CONSTITUENTS 2443 01:33:17,124 --> 01:33:19,093 BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE THE ONES 2444 01:33:19,093 --> 01:33:20,928 GETTING THE CALLS. WHEN 2445 01:33:20,928 --> 01:33:22,296 CONSTITUENTS CALL 911 AND THEY 2446 01:33:22,296 --> 01:33:24,465 DON'T GET SERVICED, THEY CALL 2447 01:33:24,465 --> 01:33:26,467 US COUNSEL, AND THEN WE HAVE TO 2448 01:33:26,467 --> 01:33:29,136 REQUEST TO THE EXECUTIVE, YOU 2449 01:33:29,136 --> 01:33:31,105 KNOW, OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE 2450 01:33:31,105 --> 01:33:32,239 FEELING LIKE THEY'RE CALLING 2451 01:33:32,239 --> 01:33:33,374 911 AND THEY'RE NOT SHOWING UP. 2452 01:33:33,374 --> 01:33:35,409 FOLKS DON'T JUST CALL 911 FOR 2453 01:33:35,409 --> 01:33:38,446 FUN. THEY NEED ASSISTANCE. AND 2454 01:33:38,446 --> 01:33:40,114 SO WE'RE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE 2455 01:33:40,114 --> 01:33:41,816 THAT SERVICE. IT'S OF HUGE 2456 01:33:41,816 --> 01:33:44,919 CONCERN. SO ANYWAY, THEN WHEN 2457 01:33:44,919 --> 01:33:45,553 SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN, WE NEED 2458 01:33:45,553 --> 01:33:48,356 TO BE ABLE TO INVESTIGATE THOSE 2459 01:33:48,356 --> 01:33:50,658 CRIMES. SO THOSE CLOSURE RATES 2460 01:33:50,658 --> 01:33:52,293 I'D LOVE TO KNOW, GREG. I 2461 01:33:52,293 --> 01:33:53,327 DON'T EXPECT YOU TO KNOW THAT 2462 01:33:53,327 --> 01:33:55,229 TODAY, BUT I THINK IT IS 2463 01:33:55,229 --> 01:33:57,231 IMPORTANT TO NOTE IN THE CONTEXT 2464 01:33:57,231 --> 01:34:01,369 OF THIS PROPOSED CUT TO THOSE 2465 01:34:01,369 --> 01:34:05,506 SEVEN INVESTIGATIVE CIVILIAN 2466 01:34:05,506 --> 01:34:06,674 INVESTIGATOR POSITIONS ON THE 2467 01:34:06,674 --> 01:34:09,810 REAL TIME CRIME CENTER. I KNOW 2468 01:34:09,810 --> 01:34:12,246 MY COLLEAGUE, PUBLIC SAFETY 2469 01:34:12,246 --> 01:34:13,748 CHAIR KETTLE, ALREADY SPOKE 2470 01:34:13,748 --> 01:34:15,182 ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING 2471 01:34:15,182 --> 01:34:18,352 ABLE TO HAVE THIS SERVICE RUN 2472 01:34:18,352 --> 01:34:23,157 247, SO I'M NOT GOING TO ADD TO 2473 01:34:23,157 --> 01:34:24,992 WHAT HE SAID. I AGREE WITH MY 2474 01:34:24,992 --> 01:34:28,095 COLLEAGUE. I NOTICE ON THE DATA 2475 01:34:28,095 --> 01:34:31,832 ANALYSIS SIDE, THERE'S ONE FTE 2476 01:34:31,832 --> 01:34:33,200 REDUCTION. WHAT A CURRENT WAIT 2477 01:34:33,200 --> 01:34:35,002 TIMES FOR CRIMINAL DATA AND 2478 01:34:35,002 --> 01:34:36,303 CRIMINAL TREND ANALYSIS, BECAUSE 2479 01:34:36,303 --> 01:34:39,407 I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT THIS 2480 01:34:39,407 --> 01:34:40,975 POSITION WAS DOING. AGAIN, THIS 2481 01:34:40,975 --> 01:34:42,943 GOES, YOU KNOW, ALONG WITH THE 2482 01:34:42,943 --> 01:34:45,146 CIVILIAN INVESTIGATORS, THIS IS 2483 01:34:45,146 --> 01:34:46,447 IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT WE 2484 01:34:46,447 --> 01:34:50,484 NEED. CRIMINAL DATA AND CRIMINAL 2485 01:34:50,484 --> 01:34:56,090 TREND ANALYSIS. AND THEN I'LL 2486 01:34:56,090 --> 01:34:58,859 JUST NOTE AND THIS, YOU KNOW, IT 2487 01:34:58,859 --> 01:35:00,194 GOES ALONG WITH A NUMBER OF 2488 01:35:00,194 --> 01:35:01,695 OFFICERS. BUT I WILL NOTE THAT 2489 01:35:01,695 --> 01:35:09,170 IN PARTICULAR, ON THE NORTH END. 2490 01:35:09,170 --> 01:35:11,939 WE HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF 2491 01:35:11,939 --> 01:35:14,909 FOLKS PER POPULATION IN OUR 2492 01:35:14,909 --> 01:35:19,713 PRECINCT. WE HAVE 42% TOTAL 2493 01:35:19,713 --> 01:35:22,149 POPULATION IN DISTRICTS FOUR, 2494 01:35:22,149 --> 01:35:26,720 FIVE AND SIX. AND YET OUR POLICE 2495 01:35:26,720 --> 01:35:27,388 NUMBERS IN THAT PRECINCT ARE WE 2496 01:35:27,388 --> 01:35:29,824 ONLY HAVE 25% OF THE OFFICERS, 2497 01:35:29,824 --> 01:35:33,928 BUT 42% OF THE POPULATION. WE'RE 2498 01:35:33,928 --> 01:35:35,229 LIKE A SMALL CITY UP ON THE 2499 01:35:35,229 --> 01:35:39,166 NORTH END. SO, YOU KNOW, MY 2500 01:35:39,166 --> 01:35:40,301 COMMENT THERE IS JUST SIMPLY TO 2501 01:35:40,301 --> 01:35:41,435 SAY WE NEED MORE OFFICERS, WE 2502 01:35:41,435 --> 01:35:46,207 NEED MORE OFFICERS TO PROVIDE 2503 01:35:46,207 --> 01:35:48,075 ASSISTANCE TO OUR CONSTITUENTS. 2504 01:35:48,075 --> 01:35:50,644 AND I WILL ALSO SAY I'M REALLY 2505 01:35:50,644 --> 01:35:51,979 DISAPPOINTED. THAT'S I IT'S 2506 01:35:51,979 --> 01:35:54,415 NOT EVEN A STRONG ENOUGH WORD ON 2507 01:35:54,415 --> 01:35:56,417 THE BOTH THE 30 BY 30, BECAUSE 2508 01:35:56,417 --> 01:35:58,119 THAT'S AN AD THAT I MADE LAST 2509 01:35:58,119 --> 01:36:02,790 YEAR SUPPORTED BY MANY OF MY 2510 01:36:02,790 --> 01:36:04,859 COLLEAGUES, INCLUDING MY FRIEND 2511 01:36:04,859 --> 01:36:05,459 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA HERE TO MY 2512 01:36:05,459 --> 01:36:08,596 LEFT YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING 2513 01:36:08,596 --> 01:36:11,332 TO BE DOING BETTER ON HIRING OF 2514 01:36:11,332 --> 01:36:13,300 WOMEN IF WE DON'T GIVE FOCUS TO 2515 01:36:13,300 --> 01:36:18,773 THIS. SO. THAT IS, IT'S 2516 01:36:18,773 --> 01:36:20,875 UPSETTING. IT'S CONCERNING. AND 2517 01:36:20,875 --> 01:36:26,514 THEN ALONG WITH THAT, THE DEI 2518 01:36:26,514 --> 01:36:27,915 RECRUITMENT EFFORTS, AS I'VE 2519 01:36:27,915 --> 01:36:28,582 SAID BEFORE, I'M GOING TO SAY 2520 01:36:28,582 --> 01:36:30,918 IT AGAIN. OUR POLICE FORCE 2521 01:36:30,918 --> 01:36:33,320 SHOULD REFLECT, SHOULD LOOK LIKE 2522 01:36:33,320 --> 01:36:35,556 THE FOLKS THAT THEY'RE SERVING 2523 01:36:35,556 --> 01:36:36,957 ON THE GROUND IN THIS CITY. AND 2524 01:36:36,957 --> 01:36:39,393 SO WE REALLY SHOULD, WE SHOULD 2525 01:36:39,393 --> 01:36:41,562 WE SHOULD BE TAKING THIS 2526 01:36:41,562 --> 01:36:43,497 SERIOUSLY. SO THIS IS THE SECOND 2527 01:36:43,497 --> 01:36:49,103 YEAR IN A ROW. THAT THIS 30 BY 2528 01:36:49,103 --> 01:36:56,477 30. FTE HIRE HAS GONE UP 2529 01:36:56,477 --> 01:36:57,678 UNFULFILLED. AND IT JUST AGAIN, 2530 01:36:57,678 --> 01:37:02,283 IT GOES TO THIS DEPRIORITIZATION 2531 01:37:02,283 --> 01:37:02,683 DEPRIORITIZATION. 2532 01:37:02,683 --> 01:37:04,218 DEPRIORITIZATION PIECE THAT I 2533 01:37:04,218 --> 01:37:08,622 SPOKE TO EARLIER. SO IT IS 2534 01:37:08,622 --> 01:37:11,425 IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE 2535 01:37:11,425 --> 01:37:13,994 RECRUITING WOMEN, PEOPLE OF 2536 01:37:13,994 --> 01:37:15,196 COLOR, JUST LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT 2537 01:37:15,196 --> 01:37:17,598 FOR US TO BE DOING TRAINING. WE 2538 01:37:17,598 --> 01:37:20,201 NEED TO BE DOING COMMUNITY 2539 01:37:20,201 --> 01:37:22,036 POLICING. AS CHIEF BARNES AND I 2540 01:37:22,036 --> 01:37:24,104 ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT, AND HE HAD 2541 01:37:24,104 --> 01:37:26,807 A HUGE FOCUS ON COMMUNITY 2542 01:37:26,807 --> 01:37:28,342 POLICING. IT WORKS. I'VE SEEN IT 2543 01:37:28,342 --> 01:37:29,476 WORKING AT MAGNUSON PARK WITH 2544 01:37:29,476 --> 01:37:32,346 THE TWO OFFICERS THERE. I AM SO 2545 01:37:32,346 --> 01:37:34,481 GRATEFUL TO BOTH CHIEF BARNES 2546 01:37:34,481 --> 01:37:35,649 AND THEN INTERIM CHIEF SALES, 2547 01:37:35,649 --> 01:37:36,350 WHO HAVE KEPT THE OFFICERS 2548 01:37:36,350 --> 01:37:38,052 THERE. MY FOLKS THAT LIVE AT THE 2549 01:37:38,052 --> 01:37:41,755 PARK, BOTH AT MERCY HOUSING AND 2550 01:37:41,755 --> 01:37:43,324 SOLID GROUND AND VISITORS TO THE 2551 01:37:43,324 --> 01:37:46,060 PARK ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE 2552 01:37:46,060 --> 01:37:47,928 AND KNOW THEIR OFFICERS BY FIRST 2553 01:37:47,928 --> 01:37:49,263 NAME NATHAN BEING ONE OF THEM. 2554 01:37:49,263 --> 01:37:51,765 THANK YOU NATHAN. IT'S IMPORTANT 2555 01:37:51,765 --> 01:37:53,133 AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. AND WE 2556 01:37:53,133 --> 01:37:54,969 CANNOT GET TO COMMUNITY POLICING 2557 01:37:54,969 --> 01:37:57,171 IF WE DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER OF 2558 01:37:57,171 --> 01:38:02,376 OFFICERS TO BE ABLE TO, TO HAVE 2559 01:38:02,376 --> 01:38:02,877 OFFICERS ALL ACROSS OUR 2560 01:38:02,877 --> 01:38:04,078 NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THAT'S WHAT 2561 01:38:04,078 --> 01:38:08,849 WE SHOULD BE ASPIRING TO. SO 2562 01:38:08,849 --> 01:38:10,284 THIS CAP IS OF CONCERN. AND THEN 2563 01:38:10,284 --> 01:38:11,518 ALSO, THE LAST THING I'LL SAY, 2564 01:38:11,518 --> 01:38:15,289 CHAIR, AND THANK YOU FOR THE FOR 2565 01:38:15,289 --> 01:38:18,592 GIVING ME THE TIME IS THAT. WE 2566 01:38:18,592 --> 01:38:22,096 ARE NOT THIS THIS BUDGET 2567 01:38:22,096 --> 01:38:24,465 DOESN'T ADD TO THE POLICE 2568 01:38:24,465 --> 01:38:27,434 BUDGET. IT ADDS MONEY THAT WAS 2569 01:38:27,434 --> 01:38:30,638 RELATED TO A POLICING CONTRACT, 2570 01:38:30,638 --> 01:38:33,007 BUT IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY ADD 2571 01:38:33,007 --> 01:38:35,276 MONEY TO REALLY ADD OFFICERS IN 2572 01:38:35,276 --> 01:38:37,211 A WAY THAT WE'VE BEEN RESPONDING 2573 01:38:37,211 --> 01:38:40,381 TO SINCE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE 2574 01:38:40,381 --> 01:38:42,616 AND MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE 2575 01:38:42,616 --> 01:38:44,718 BEEN HERE AND TRYING TO 2576 01:38:44,718 --> 01:38:46,253 ACCOMPLISH ON BEHALF OF OUR 2577 01:38:46,253 --> 01:38:47,588 CONSTITUENTS. SO I THINK IT IS 2578 01:38:47,588 --> 01:38:51,659 WRONG TO SAY THAT THE EXECUTIVE 2579 01:38:51,659 --> 01:38:52,960 HAS ADDED MONEY TO THE POLICE 2580 01:38:52,960 --> 01:38:54,528 BUDGET. THIS MONEY THAT WAS 2581 01:38:54,528 --> 01:38:56,030 ADDED WAS TO COVER MOSTLY THIS 2582 01:38:56,030 --> 01:38:58,832 MONEY WAS TO COVER THE CONTRACT, 2583 01:38:58,832 --> 01:39:01,001 BUT THAT IS NOT THE SAME. THOSE 2584 01:39:01,001 --> 01:39:03,737 ARE NOT THE SAME THINGS. AND SO 2585 01:39:03,737 --> 01:39:07,241 TO ME, AGAIN, IT IS A 2586 01:39:07,241 --> 01:39:09,977 DEPRIORITIZATION OF OUR POLICE 2587 01:39:09,977 --> 01:39:12,713 DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF AND 2588 01:39:12,713 --> 01:39:15,549 TOWARD GOOD RESPONSE TIMES FOR 2589 01:39:15,549 --> 01:39:21,588 OUR CONSTITUENTS. SO THIS BUDGET 2590 01:39:21,588 --> 01:39:24,291 TO ME ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY SIDE 2591 01:39:24,291 --> 01:39:26,894 IN GENERAL, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE 2592 01:39:26,894 --> 01:39:28,495 GOING TO TALK ABOUT FIRE LATER. 2593 01:39:28,495 --> 01:39:30,230 I FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT FIRE. 2594 01:39:30,230 --> 01:39:33,300 WE ARE DEPRIORITIZING OUR 2595 01:39:33,300 --> 01:39:39,006 CHARTERED RESPONSIBILITIES 2596 01:39:39,006 --> 01:39:40,441 PERIOD. FULL STOP. THERE IS NO 2597 01:39:40,441 --> 01:39:44,845 OTHER WAY TO SAY IT. THANK YOU 2598 01:39:44,845 --> 01:39:45,079 CHAIR. 2599 01:39:45,079 --> 01:39:46,613 -- THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR. RIVERA 2600 01:39:46,613 --> 01:39:47,548 COMMITTEE TABLE. ANYTHING TO ADD 2601 01:39:47,548 --> 01:39:50,217 AT THIS TIME? NOTHING TO ADD. 2602 01:39:50,217 --> 01:39:51,752 WE'VE GOT COUNCILMEMBER LIN 2603 01:39:51,752 --> 01:39:53,954 FOLLOWED BY SAKA, RINCK AND 2604 01:39:53,954 --> 01:39:54,521 FOSTER. COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 2605 01:39:54,521 --> 01:39:57,491 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU 2606 01:39:57,491 --> 01:40:01,829 COLLEAGUES. THANKS TO OUR 2607 01:40:01,829 --> 01:40:03,430 PRESENTERS. I'M JUST STRUGGLING 2608 01:40:03,430 --> 01:40:05,099 A LITTLE BIT WITH THE 2609 01:40:05,099 --> 01:40:08,402 PRESENTATION AND SOME OF THE 2610 01:40:08,402 --> 01:40:09,403 CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING. SO I 2611 01:40:09,403 --> 01:40:11,505 JUST WANT TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT, 2612 01:40:11,505 --> 01:40:14,908 I, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE LOOKING AT 2613 01:40:14,908 --> 01:40:19,413 DIFFERENT FACTS OR STATS BECAUSE 2614 01:40:19,413 --> 01:40:20,581 JUST WANT TO CONFIRM HOW MUCH 2615 01:40:20,581 --> 01:40:23,384 WAS ADDED TO LAST YEAR'S BUDGET 2616 01:40:23,384 --> 01:40:26,120 IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 2617 01:40:26,120 --> 01:40:28,122 -- YEAH. AS I MENTIONED AT THE 2618 01:40:28,122 --> 01:40:33,127 TOP, THERE WAS 68 MILLION ADDED 2619 01:40:33,127 --> 01:40:34,928 THAT INCLUDES 56 MILLION TO PAY 2620 01:40:34,928 --> 01:40:36,096 FOR SALARY INCREASES THAT WERE 2621 01:40:36,096 --> 01:40:38,065 BARGAINED. AND THERE WAS 12 2622 01:40:38,065 --> 01:40:39,833 MILLION ADDED TO THE SWORN 2623 01:40:39,833 --> 01:40:46,106 STAFFING PLAN FOR THE 1250 FTE. 2624 01:40:46,106 --> 01:40:48,275 THAT WOULD RESULT IN 43 NET NEW. 2625 01:40:48,275 --> 01:40:51,311 AND NEXT YEAR AND SUSTAINMENT IN 2626 01:40:51,311 --> 01:40:52,012 2028. 2627 01:40:52,012 --> 01:40:53,680 -- THANK THANK YOU. ARE YOU 2628 01:40:53,680 --> 01:40:55,549 AWARE, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE 2629 01:40:55,549 --> 01:40:56,316 FOCUSED ON SPD, BUT ARE YOU 2630 01:40:56,316 --> 01:40:58,352 AWARE OF ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT 2631 01:40:58,352 --> 01:40:59,319 THAT RECEIVES SUCH A LARGE 2632 01:40:59,319 --> 01:41:03,457 INCREASE IN THEIR BUDGET? MAYBE 2633 01:41:03,457 --> 01:41:03,657 FOR. 2634 01:41:03,657 --> 01:41:05,059 -- LIKE NO OTHER DEPARTMENT 2635 01:41:05,059 --> 01:41:06,293 RECEIVES SUCH A LARGE. 2636 01:41:06,293 --> 01:41:06,927 -- ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT RECEIVES 2637 01:41:06,927 --> 01:41:08,295 SUCH A LARGE INCREASE IN A 2638 01:41:08,295 --> 01:41:13,967 PERCENTAGE CHANGE? NO. OKAY. 2639 01:41:13,967 --> 01:41:16,670 WOULD YOU CALL THAT DEFUNDING OR 2640 01:41:16,670 --> 01:41:18,005 UNDERFUNDING OF THE POLICE 2641 01:41:18,005 --> 01:41:20,574 DEPARTMENT SUCH A LARGE 2642 01:41:20,574 --> 01:41:20,841 INCREASE? 2643 01:41:20,841 --> 01:41:24,378 -- I THINK HAVING STAFFED THE 2644 01:41:24,378 --> 01:41:27,714 COUNCIL DURING THE DEFUND 2645 01:41:27,714 --> 01:41:30,684 PERIOD, IT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO 2646 01:41:30,684 --> 01:41:33,053 NOTE THAT THE DEFUNDING PERIOD 2647 01:41:33,053 --> 01:41:34,588 WAS ABOUT TAKING FUNCTIONS OR 2648 01:41:34,588 --> 01:41:35,222 SHRINKING, TAKING FUNCTIONS AWAY 2649 01:41:35,222 --> 01:41:37,825 OR SHRINKING. THE DEPARTMENT. 2650 01:41:37,825 --> 01:41:40,594 AND THERE WERE PARTICULAR POLICY 2651 01:41:40,594 --> 01:41:41,728 REASONS OR GOALS THAT THE 2652 01:41:41,728 --> 01:41:43,297 COUNCIL HAD AT THAT TIME FOR 2653 01:41:43,297 --> 01:41:45,866 DOING THAT. BUT IT IS A 2654 01:41:45,866 --> 01:41:48,135 DIFFERENT THING TO TAKE 2655 01:41:48,135 --> 01:41:52,873 RESOURCES AWAY THAN IT IS TO NOT 2656 01:41:52,873 --> 01:41:55,109 ADD AND I, I IF I CHARACTERIZED 2657 01:41:55,109 --> 01:41:56,977 ANYTHING AS DEFUND THIS TIME 2658 01:41:56,977 --> 01:42:00,714 AROUND AGAIN, I, I APOLOGIZE. 2659 01:42:00,714 --> 01:42:01,982 WHAT WHAT IS BEING DONE MORE IN 2660 01:42:01,982 --> 01:42:04,384 THIS BUDGET IS NOT ADDING. 2661 01:42:04,384 --> 01:42:05,853 -- BUT, BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE 2662 01:42:05,853 --> 01:42:07,020 ARE ADDING. WE ARE ADDING A 2663 01:42:07,020 --> 01:42:08,555 NUMBER OF OFFICERS. 2664 01:42:08,555 --> 01:42:10,357 -- AS I SAID, WE ARE. WE ARE 2665 01:42:10,357 --> 01:42:10,591 ADDING. 2666 01:42:10,591 --> 01:42:12,860 -- OR THE PROPOSAL THAT. 2667 01:42:12,860 --> 01:42:13,660 -- WE'RE ADDING. 2668 01:42:13,660 --> 01:42:14,628 -- THANK YOU FRIENDS. I'M GOING 2669 01:42:14,628 --> 01:42:16,330 TO JUMP IN AND FACILITATE THIS 2670 01:42:16,330 --> 01:42:17,631 MORNING. THANK YOU. AND THE 2671 01:42:17,631 --> 01:42:18,866 REASON THAT I JUMP IN TO 2672 01:42:18,866 --> 01:42:19,967 FACILITATE IS WHEN WE HAVE 2673 01:42:19,967 --> 01:42:20,634 CROSSTALK. WE HAD A LITTLE BIT 2674 01:42:20,634 --> 01:42:22,336 OF IT YESTERDAY. SO I'M JUST 2675 01:42:22,336 --> 01:42:23,337 GOING TO JUMP RIGHT IN. 2676 01:42:23,337 --> 01:42:23,971 COUNCILMEMBER LIN YOU HAVE THE 2677 01:42:23,971 --> 01:42:24,671 FLOOR TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS, AND 2678 01:42:24,671 --> 01:42:26,206 I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO 2679 01:42:26,206 --> 01:42:27,641 THE COMMITTEE TABLE. THANK YOU. 2680 01:42:27,641 --> 01:42:29,877 -- THANK YOU. SO WE ARE ADDING 2681 01:42:29,877 --> 01:42:31,545 THE BUDGET PROPOSAL FROM THE 2682 01:42:31,545 --> 01:42:33,814 MAYOR, ADDS OFFICERS, JUST TO BE 2683 01:42:33,814 --> 01:42:36,183 CLEAR. SO WE ARE NOT DEFUNDING 2684 01:42:36,183 --> 01:42:37,150 ANYTHING ABOUT THE POLICE 2685 01:42:37,150 --> 01:42:38,352 DEPARTMENT, CORRECT? 2686 01:42:38,352 --> 01:42:39,853 -- CORRECT DOSE. YEP. BACK TO 2687 01:42:39,853 --> 01:42:44,458 YOU, MR. LYNN. 2688 01:42:44,458 --> 01:42:46,026 -- THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO 2689 01:42:46,026 --> 01:42:48,362 FROM A COMMENTARY STANDPOINT, 2690 01:42:48,362 --> 01:42:49,963 NOTE THAT THERE ARE OTHER 2691 01:42:49,963 --> 01:42:51,832 DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE ARE BEING 2692 01:42:51,832 --> 01:42:52,699 UNFUNDED, DEFUNDED, WHATEVER YOU 2693 01:42:52,699 --> 01:42:55,536 WANT TO CALL IT, INCLUDING 2694 01:42:55,536 --> 01:42:56,136 APPROXIMATELY 65 MILLION FROM 2695 01:42:56,136 --> 01:42:57,738 THE OFFICE OF HOUSING, WHICH 2696 01:42:57,738 --> 01:42:59,273 THROUGH FORWARD COMMITMENTS. SO 2697 01:42:59,273 --> 01:43:01,742 I JUST I WANT US TO HAVE A LEVEL 2698 01:43:01,742 --> 01:43:02,543 PLAYING FIELD AND SOME, YOU 2699 01:43:02,543 --> 01:43:04,378 KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE 2700 01:43:04,378 --> 01:43:05,846 CHARACTERIZING WHAT'S ACTUALLY 2701 01:43:05,846 --> 01:43:08,682 HAPPENING IN THE PROPOSED 2702 01:43:08,682 --> 01:43:09,383 BUDGET. AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE 2703 01:43:09,383 --> 01:43:11,351 AND WHAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE 2704 01:43:11,351 --> 01:43:13,921 CLEAR THAT I SUPPORT INCREASED 2705 01:43:13,921 --> 01:43:15,189 HIRING, AND I AM THANKFUL FOR 2706 01:43:15,189 --> 01:43:18,192 ALL THE HARD WORK OF COUNCIL 2707 01:43:18,192 --> 01:43:20,827 OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS OF 2708 01:43:20,827 --> 01:43:22,496 INCREASING HIRES. IT'S YOU KNOW, 2709 01:43:22,496 --> 01:43:23,964 IT'S A LITTLE BIT INTERESTING 2710 01:43:23,964 --> 01:43:27,000 AS PART OF THIS DISCUSSION TO 2711 01:43:27,000 --> 01:43:27,901 KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD 2712 01:43:27,901 --> 01:43:29,670 TO COME UP WITH METRICS ABOUT 2713 01:43:29,670 --> 01:43:32,372 HOW MANY OFFICERS WE NEED, 2714 01:43:32,372 --> 01:43:33,974 WHAT'S THE RIGHT RATIO, WHAT, 2715 01:43:33,974 --> 01:43:37,144 YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE GET FOR 2716 01:43:37,144 --> 01:43:38,245 INCREASED OFFICERS IN TERMS OF, 2717 01:43:38,245 --> 01:43:41,448 YOU KNOW, WE OFTEN WANT TO TALK 2718 01:43:41,448 --> 01:43:43,917 ABOUT. YOU KNOW, USING OBJECTIVE 2719 01:43:43,917 --> 01:43:45,752 METRICS AND OUTCOMES, OUTCOMES 2720 01:43:45,752 --> 01:43:47,888 BASED BUDGETING, IT'S HARD TO 2721 01:43:47,888 --> 01:43:50,023 DO WHEN THERE'S NOT SORT OF 2722 01:43:50,023 --> 01:43:51,225 CLEAR STANDARDS FOR, FOR WHAT WE 2723 01:43:51,225 --> 01:43:52,559 NEED AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO 2724 01:43:52,559 --> 01:43:55,329 GET. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THAT BEING 2725 01:43:55,329 --> 01:43:57,764 SAID, I DO BELIEVE WE NEED MORE 2726 01:43:57,764 --> 01:43:58,799 OFFICERS. AND I'VE SAID THAT 2727 01:43:58,799 --> 01:44:02,035 AND I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT. 2728 01:44:02,035 --> 01:44:05,906 AND SO I'M GLAD TO SEE A BUDGET 2729 01:44:05,906 --> 01:44:08,108 WITH INCREASED OFFICERS. I WOULD 2730 01:44:08,108 --> 01:44:10,544 HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND OR 2731 01:44:10,544 --> 01:44:18,118 COMMENTS JUST ABOUT SLIDE FIVE. 2732 01:44:18,118 --> 01:44:19,987 LET'S SEE. AND I JUST THINK 2733 01:44:19,987 --> 01:44:21,788 THAT THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL FOR 2734 01:44:21,788 --> 01:44:22,723 ME TO SEE, AND I THINK FOR THE 2735 01:44:22,723 --> 01:44:24,257 BUDGET TO SEE IN TERMS OF THE 2736 01:44:24,257 --> 01:44:27,694 IMPACT OF OUR HIRING. AND I 2737 01:44:27,694 --> 01:44:28,895 GUESS ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS, IN 2738 01:44:28,895 --> 01:44:32,666 TERMS OF OUR HIRING, THERE ARE 2739 01:44:32,666 --> 01:44:36,003 CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS IN TERMS OF 2740 01:44:36,003 --> 01:44:38,772 HIRING, GETTING NEW OFFICERS 2741 01:44:38,772 --> 01:44:39,906 DEPLOYED. AND RIGHT NOW THERE IS 2742 01:44:39,906 --> 01:44:42,309 SORT OF A CONSTRAINT, RIGHT, IN 2743 01:44:42,309 --> 01:44:43,477 TERMS OF NEW RECRUITS. SO EVEN 2744 01:44:43,477 --> 01:44:47,614 IF WE HAD MORE BUDGET, THERE IS 2745 01:44:47,614 --> 01:44:49,449 JUST, PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, 2746 01:44:49,449 --> 01:44:50,083 CONSTRAINTS AND HOW QUICKLY WE 2747 01:44:50,083 --> 01:44:53,754 CAN DEPLOY NEW OFFICERS IS THAT 2748 01:44:53,754 --> 01:44:54,021 CORRECT? 2749 01:44:54,021 --> 01:44:57,124 -- YES, COUNCILMEMBER. THERE ARE 2750 01:44:57,124 --> 01:45:00,027 A RECORD HIGH NUMBER OF STUDENT 2751 01:45:00,027 --> 01:45:03,664 OFFICERS THAT HAVE ENTERED THE 2752 01:45:03,664 --> 01:45:05,732 TRAINING PROGRAM. AND AS MY 2753 01:45:05,732 --> 01:45:09,069 PAPER STATES AND I PROBABLY 2754 01:45:09,069 --> 01:45:10,604 SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED EARLIER, 2755 01:45:10,604 --> 01:45:13,273 THERE IS A BACKLOG, SO TO SPEAK, 2756 01:45:13,273 --> 01:45:15,976 OF OFFICERS WHO ARE WAITING TO 2757 01:45:15,976 --> 01:45:18,311 RECEIVE TRAINING. THERE ARE 20 2758 01:45:18,311 --> 01:45:20,314 STUDENT OFFICERS THAT HAVEN'T 2759 01:45:20,314 --> 01:45:22,349 BEEN ASSIGNED TO TRAINER BECAUSE 2760 01:45:22,349 --> 01:45:25,452 THERE IS NOT A TRAINER 2761 01:45:25,452 --> 01:45:27,688 AVAILABLE. SO PROCESSING 2762 01:45:27,688 --> 01:45:29,056 THROUGHPUT OF OF NEW OFFICERS 2763 01:45:29,056 --> 01:45:30,991 HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE. IT'S 2764 01:45:30,991 --> 01:45:33,327 SOMETHING THAT WAS RAISED IN THE 2765 01:45:33,327 --> 01:45:33,927 QUARTERLY PRESENTATION THAT I 2766 01:45:33,927 --> 01:45:36,329 GAVE BACK IN JUNE. I KNOW IT'S 2767 01:45:36,329 --> 01:45:36,897 SOMETHING THE DEPARTMENT IS 2768 01:45:36,897 --> 01:45:40,500 WORKING ON, BUT AT THIS POINT WE 2769 01:45:40,500 --> 01:45:41,501 STILL HAVE A SMALL BACKLOG. 2770 01:45:41,501 --> 01:45:42,436 OKAY. THEY DO. 2771 01:45:42,436 --> 01:45:44,071 -- THANK YOU. AND IN TERMS OF 2772 01:45:44,071 --> 01:45:48,875 THIS CHART, WHAT I SEE HERE IS A 2773 01:45:48,875 --> 01:45:51,411 PROJECTION OF GROWING DEPLOYABLE 2774 01:45:51,411 --> 01:45:52,946 OFFICERS, WHICH I'M HAPPY TO 2775 01:45:52,946 --> 01:45:55,382 SEE. AND BASICALLY WHAT I SEE IN 2776 01:45:55,382 --> 01:45:56,950 THIS CHART IS SORT OF A LAG 2777 01:45:56,950 --> 01:46:00,387 BEHIND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HIRE 2778 01:46:00,387 --> 01:46:00,887 VERSUS WHEN THEY BECOME 2779 01:46:00,887 --> 01:46:02,689 DEPLOYABLE. AND WHEN I READ THE 2780 01:46:02,689 --> 01:46:05,058 MEMO, WHAT I, WHAT I READ WAS, 2781 01:46:05,058 --> 01:46:06,727 YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE BUDGET, 2782 01:46:06,727 --> 01:46:07,694 THERE WOULD BE A SLOWDOWN IN 2783 01:46:07,694 --> 01:46:13,767 HIRING AT THE END OF 2027 TO 2784 01:46:13,767 --> 01:46:14,368 ACCOUNT FOR POTENTIAL BUDGET 2785 01:46:14,368 --> 01:46:16,336 AUTHORITY. AND WHAT I SEE IN 2786 01:46:16,336 --> 01:46:17,938 THIS PROJECTION IS THAT YOU 2787 01:46:17,938 --> 01:46:20,474 START TO SEE THE IMPACTS OF THAT 2788 01:46:20,474 --> 01:46:22,042 SLOWDOWN IN HIRING, IN TERMS OF 2789 01:46:22,042 --> 01:46:23,577 SORT OF IT'S STILL GOING UP IN 2790 01:46:23,577 --> 01:46:29,483 TERMS OF PROJECTED DEPLOYABLE 2791 01:46:29,483 --> 01:46:30,650 AND FULLY TRAINED OFFICERS, BUT 2792 01:46:30,650 --> 01:46:31,418 THERE'S A SLOWDOWN AND THEN A 2793 01:46:31,418 --> 01:46:36,189 PLATEAU. AND WE SEE THAT PLATEAU 2794 01:46:36,189 --> 01:46:38,759 IN 2029, 2030. SO THE THE FELT 2795 01:46:38,759 --> 01:46:39,893 IMPACT THERE WILL BE A DELAY IF 2796 01:46:39,893 --> 01:46:43,230 WE IF WE SLOW DOWN HIRING, BUT 2797 01:46:43,230 --> 01:46:44,631 WE WILL CONTINUE TO TO GROW IN 2798 01:46:44,631 --> 01:46:46,633 TERMS OF BOTH DEPLOYABLE AND 2799 01:46:46,633 --> 01:46:48,135 FULLY TRAINED OFFICERS. IS THAT 2800 01:46:48,135 --> 01:46:49,069 CORRECT? 2801 01:46:49,069 --> 01:46:50,470 -- THAT'S CORRECT. YES. 2802 01:46:50,470 --> 01:46:52,072 -- THANK YOU. AND, YOU KNOW, 2803 01:46:52,072 --> 01:46:54,007 CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND IF FOLKS 2804 01:46:54,007 --> 01:46:54,941 ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IF THEY WANT 2805 01:46:54,941 --> 01:46:57,177 TO SEE THAT CONTINUE TO TO GO UP 2806 01:46:57,177 --> 01:46:59,079 AND IT'S STILL BELOW WHERE WE 2807 01:46:59,079 --> 01:47:02,416 WERE IN 2019. AND SO I 2808 01:47:02,416 --> 01:47:04,117 APPRECIATE THAT CONCERN, BUT I 2809 01:47:04,117 --> 01:47:07,320 JUST I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT 2810 01:47:07,320 --> 01:47:09,089 THIS THIS BUDGET SHOWS A 2811 01:47:09,089 --> 01:47:11,591 CONTINUED GROWTH AND THEN A 2812 01:47:11,591 --> 01:47:14,528 PLATEAU AT, AT THAT POINT JUST A 2813 01:47:14,528 --> 01:47:19,533 COUPLE OTHER QUESTIONS IN TERMS 2814 01:47:19,533 --> 01:47:20,934 OF OVERTIME. YOU KNOW, WHAT I 2815 01:47:20,934 --> 01:47:24,371 SEE IN THE OVERTIME IS THAT 2816 01:47:24,371 --> 01:47:25,038 OVERTIME IS LARGELY THE SAME. 2817 01:47:25,038 --> 01:47:26,439 AND I HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT 2818 01:47:26,439 --> 01:47:29,276 EVENTS, BUT ALSO KIND OF 2819 01:47:29,276 --> 01:47:31,311 STAFFING LEVELS. IS THERE A WAY 2820 01:47:31,311 --> 01:47:34,181 WHERE, YOU KNOW, AS WE CONTINUE 2821 01:47:34,181 --> 01:47:39,052 TO HAVE DEPLOYABLE OFFICERS THAT 2822 01:47:39,052 --> 01:47:40,387 OVERTIME CAN BE REDUCED, IS 2823 01:47:40,387 --> 01:47:42,389 THERE ANY SORT OF DISCUSSION 2824 01:47:42,389 --> 01:47:43,323 ABOUT REDUCING OVER YOU KNOW, I, 2825 01:47:43,323 --> 01:47:45,091 YOU KNOW, WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION 2826 01:47:45,091 --> 01:47:46,092 WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. LIKE 2827 01:47:46,092 --> 01:47:48,395 THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE 2828 01:47:48,395 --> 01:47:51,031 FULL TIME FOLKS AND THEN CUT 2829 01:47:51,031 --> 01:47:55,469 OVERTIME. AND, YOU KNOW, I, I 2830 01:47:55,469 --> 01:47:57,204 THINK NEWER GENERATIONS ARE NOT 2831 01:47:57,204 --> 01:47:59,940 AS ENTHUSED ABOUT OVERTIME AS 2832 01:47:59,940 --> 01:48:01,341 MAYBE OLDER GENERATIONS. SO BUT 2833 01:48:01,341 --> 01:48:02,876 IS THERE ANY SORT OF WAY TO 2834 01:48:02,876 --> 01:48:06,913 REDUCE OUR OVERTIME WITH 2835 01:48:06,913 --> 01:48:10,217 INCREASED HIRING? 2836 01:48:10,217 --> 01:48:10,851 -- IT'S IT'S A COMPLICATED 2837 01:48:10,851 --> 01:48:12,485 QUESTION AND IT'S A COMPLICATED 2838 01:48:12,485 --> 01:48:19,860 ANSWER. IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE 2839 01:48:19,860 --> 01:48:21,595 DIFFICULT TO REDUCE OVERTIME 2840 01:48:21,595 --> 01:48:23,396 USE, EVEN WITH IMPROVED HIRING. 2841 01:48:23,396 --> 01:48:26,766 AND THIS IS BECAUSE THERE ARE A 2842 01:48:26,766 --> 01:48:29,302 DIFFERENT FORCES AT WORK WHEN 2843 01:48:29,302 --> 01:48:32,005 YOU IMPROVE HIRING, WHEN YOU 2844 01:48:32,005 --> 01:48:33,573 IMPROVE HIRING, YOU CAN TAKE 2845 01:48:33,573 --> 01:48:35,041 DOWN SOME OF THE OVERTIME 2846 01:48:35,041 --> 01:48:36,776 THAT'S USED FOR PATROL 2847 01:48:36,776 --> 01:48:38,078 AUGMENTATION BECAUSE YOU HAVE 2848 01:48:38,078 --> 01:48:39,279 MORE MORE BODIES, MORE POLICE 2849 01:48:39,279 --> 01:48:40,680 OFFICERS TO PUT OUT ON THE 2850 01:48:40,680 --> 01:48:42,315 STREET. BUT I THINK YOU'VE ALSO 2851 01:48:42,315 --> 01:48:45,218 HEARD SPD SAY THAT THEY FEEL 2852 01:48:45,218 --> 01:48:46,953 LIKE THEY NEED TO BOLSTER SOME 2853 01:48:46,953 --> 01:48:48,488 EVENT STAFFING. SO IT IS 2854 01:48:48,488 --> 01:48:49,756 ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT IF THEY 2855 01:48:49,756 --> 01:48:51,458 HAD MORE BODIES, MORE POLICE 2856 01:48:51,458 --> 01:48:53,560 OFFICERS, THAT THEY WOULD 2857 01:48:53,560 --> 01:48:55,328 BOLSTER EVENT STAFFING AND THAT 2858 01:48:55,328 --> 01:48:56,496 WOULD USE OVERTIME. AS I'VE 2859 01:48:56,496 --> 01:48:58,765 SAID, AS YOU ADD OFFICERS, YOU 2860 01:48:58,765 --> 01:49:01,167 ADD OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT OFFICER 2861 01:49:01,167 --> 01:49:01,868 AT THE END OF THEIR SHIFT TO 2862 01:49:01,868 --> 01:49:04,271 TAKE SOMEONE TO THE HOSPITAL OR 2863 01:49:04,271 --> 01:49:05,872 JAIL OR DO PAPERWORK, AND THAT 2864 01:49:05,872 --> 01:49:08,108 WILL ADD OVERTIME. SO IT'S 2865 01:49:08,108 --> 01:49:09,442 DIFFICULT TO SAY WITH ABSOLUTE 2866 01:49:09,442 --> 01:49:11,545 CERTAINTY THAT WHEN YOU ADD MORE 2867 01:49:11,545 --> 01:49:13,847 OFFICERS TO THE MIX, THAT 2868 01:49:13,847 --> 01:49:16,650 OVERALL OVERTIME WILL GO DOWN 2869 01:49:16,650 --> 01:49:18,285 IT. IT'S THE CASE THAT THERE 2870 01:49:18,285 --> 01:49:21,187 ARE MULTIPLE FORCES ACTING 2871 01:49:21,187 --> 01:49:22,989 THERE, AND THAT SOME OF THAT 2872 01:49:22,989 --> 01:49:25,025 OVERTIME USE YOU WANT YOU WANT 2873 01:49:25,025 --> 01:49:28,395 TO HAVE OVERTIME, USED TO HAVE 2874 01:49:28,395 --> 01:49:29,296 OFFICERS CALLED OUT TO THE SCENE 2875 01:49:29,296 --> 01:49:29,930 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. IF 2876 01:49:29,930 --> 01:49:33,433 THERE WAS A SHOOTING. AND SO 2877 01:49:33,433 --> 01:49:35,535 YES, IT'S IT'S DIFFICULT TO 2878 01:49:35,535 --> 01:49:38,772 SAY THAT IT WOULD GO DOWN. 2879 01:49:38,772 --> 01:49:44,344 -- OKAY. THANK YOU. AND LAST 2880 01:49:44,344 --> 01:49:45,845 QUESTION IS JUST ARE ARE YOU 2881 01:49:45,845 --> 01:49:51,318 AWARE OF ANY SORT OF CONCERNS OR 2882 01:49:51,318 --> 01:49:52,686 JUST THINKING AROUND. IT SEEMS 2883 01:49:52,686 --> 01:49:55,255 LIKE WE'VE HAD RECORD NEW HIRES 2884 01:49:55,255 --> 01:50:00,460 IN TERMS OF JUST HOW THAT 2885 01:50:00,460 --> 01:50:02,696 CHANGES EITHER KIND OF THE, THE 2886 01:50:02,696 --> 01:50:04,931 LONG TERM STAFFING PLAN OF SPD 2887 01:50:04,931 --> 01:50:07,634 TO HAVE SORT OF THE SO MANY NEW 2888 01:50:07,634 --> 01:50:09,002 HIRES AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ARE WE 2889 01:50:09,002 --> 01:50:12,038 LOSING SIGNIFICANT SORT OF 2890 01:50:12,038 --> 01:50:12,672 INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE OR, YOU 2891 01:50:12,672 --> 01:50:13,773 KNOW, IS IT THE RIGHT MIX? I 2892 01:50:13,773 --> 01:50:16,042 DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY SORT 2893 01:50:16,042 --> 01:50:16,609 OF PLAN ON SORT OF WHAT THE 2894 01:50:16,609 --> 01:50:18,345 RIGHT MIX IS OF NEW HIRES TO 2895 01:50:18,345 --> 01:50:19,679 EXPERIENCED OFFICERS, JUST 2896 01:50:19,679 --> 01:50:20,680 WONDERING IF THAT'S COME UP AT 2897 01:50:20,680 --> 01:50:22,082 ALL AND SORT OF HOW THAT, YOU 2898 01:50:22,082 --> 01:50:22,983 KNOW, IF THERE'S ANY SORT OF 2899 01:50:22,983 --> 01:50:27,087 THOUGHTS TO WHAT THE RIGHT RATIO 2900 01:50:27,087 --> 01:50:27,253 IS. 2901 01:50:27,253 --> 01:50:28,288 -- THAT IS A QUESTION THAT IS 2902 01:50:28,288 --> 01:50:29,289 MORE APPROPRIATE TO THE 2903 01:50:29,289 --> 01:50:31,491 DEPARTMENT. THE ONLY THING THAT 2904 01:50:31,491 --> 01:50:33,827 I CAN TELL YOU IS WHAT I SEE IN 2905 01:50:33,827 --> 01:50:37,330 THE DATA AND IN THE DATA YOU 2906 01:50:37,330 --> 01:50:39,332 HAVE A FOCUS ON HIRING LATERALS. 2907 01:50:39,332 --> 01:50:40,934 OFFICERS THAT ARE EXPERIENCED 2908 01:50:40,934 --> 01:50:42,068 NEED LESS TRAINING, CAN HIT THE 2909 01:50:42,068 --> 01:50:45,305 STREET IMMEDIATELY, BUT THEY'RE 2910 01:50:45,305 --> 01:50:46,373 ALSO FOCUSING ON RECRUITS. SO I 2911 01:50:46,373 --> 01:50:47,340 CAN'T SAY THAT THEY'RE DOING 2912 01:50:47,340 --> 01:50:49,042 ONE AT THE EXPENSE OF THE OTHER. 2913 01:50:49,042 --> 01:50:49,876 OKAY. 2914 01:50:49,876 --> 01:50:50,543 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK 2915 01:50:50,543 --> 01:50:52,012 YOU, CHAIR. 2916 01:50:52,012 --> 01:50:53,413 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 2917 01:50:53,413 --> 01:50:54,481 I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTIONS, 2918 01:50:54,481 --> 01:50:57,684 COLLEAGUES. I WILL NOT ALWAYS 2919 01:50:57,684 --> 01:50:58,718 VERBALLY CHANGE THE SPEAKERS 2920 01:50:58,718 --> 01:50:59,953 FLOOR, BUT IF I'M NOT LOOKING 2921 01:50:59,953 --> 01:51:01,621 AT YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE THE 2922 01:51:01,621 --> 01:51:04,858 FLOOR. SO LAST YEAR, TOWARDS THE 2923 01:51:04,858 --> 01:51:06,159 END OF BUDGET AND THROUGHOUT A 2924 01:51:06,159 --> 01:51:06,926 LOT OF LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, I 2925 01:51:06,926 --> 01:51:08,928 WAS MUCH MORE STRICT ABOUT USING 2926 01:51:08,928 --> 01:51:10,196 ROBERT'S RULES AND 2927 01:51:10,196 --> 01:51:12,065 FACILITATION. I'VE BEEN LOOSE AT 2928 01:51:12,065 --> 01:51:13,466 THE BEGINNING OF THIS BUDGET 2929 01:51:13,466 --> 01:51:16,069 PROCESS. AS WE GET INTO MORE 2930 01:51:16,069 --> 01:51:17,537 INTENSE TOPICS AND MOVE INTO 2931 01:51:17,537 --> 01:51:19,239 AMENDMENTS, I WILL BE MORE 2932 01:51:19,239 --> 01:51:22,242 STRICT WITH MY FACILITATION. MY 2933 01:51:22,242 --> 01:51:23,777 ONE ASK IS WE DON'T SPEAK OVER 2934 01:51:23,777 --> 01:51:26,346 EACH OTHER, AND SO THAT IS GOING 2935 01:51:26,346 --> 01:51:28,314 TO BE THE METRIC THAT I USE WHEN 2936 01:51:28,314 --> 01:51:29,349 JUMPING IN TO FACILITATE A 2937 01:51:29,349 --> 01:51:31,718 LITTLE BIT MORE IS WHEN WE'RE 2938 01:51:31,718 --> 01:51:32,652 SPEAKING OVER EACH OTHER, WHICH 2939 01:51:32,652 --> 01:51:35,488 DID OCCUR YESTERDAY. AND 2940 01:51:35,488 --> 01:51:36,823 SOMETHING THAT I BECAME AWARE 2941 01:51:36,823 --> 01:51:38,291 OF. SO APPRECIATE YOUR 2942 01:51:38,291 --> 01:51:40,293 QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 2943 01:51:40,293 --> 01:51:42,328 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. FOLLOWED BY. 2944 01:51:42,328 --> 01:51:43,963 RINCK. FOSTER. AND RIVERA. WE'RE 2945 01:51:43,963 --> 01:51:44,664 GOING TO ASK YOU TO GO AT THE 2946 01:51:44,664 --> 01:51:46,599 END SINCE YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN 2947 01:51:46,599 --> 01:51:48,101 AGAIN WITH THAT. COUNCILMEMBER 2948 01:51:48,101 --> 01:51:48,301 SAKA. 2949 01:51:48,301 --> 01:51:50,336 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK 2950 01:51:50,336 --> 01:51:53,073 YOU, MR. DOS MR. WHITSON, FOR 2951 01:51:53,073 --> 01:51:55,542 FOR BEING HERE. FIRST OFF, LET 2952 01:51:55,542 --> 01:52:01,147 ME JUST START BY SAYING THAT I 2953 01:52:01,147 --> 01:52:03,349 HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED OVER THE 2954 01:52:03,349 --> 01:52:07,487 LAST FEW YEARS AT THE AT THE 2955 01:52:07,487 --> 01:52:12,859 LEVEL OF CENTRAL STAFF ANALYSIS 2956 01:52:12,859 --> 01:52:15,462 AND, AND THE EFFORT PUT IN TO 2957 01:52:15,462 --> 01:52:17,831 HELP ADVISE US AND FACILITATE 2958 01:52:17,831 --> 01:52:20,734 KEY DECISION MAKING ON STRATEGIC 2959 01:52:20,734 --> 01:52:25,171 INITIATIVES, WHATEVER IT IS. AND 2960 01:52:25,171 --> 01:52:27,507 I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED OVER 2961 01:52:27,507 --> 01:52:28,608 THE COURSE OF THIS THIS CURRENT 2962 01:52:28,608 --> 01:52:30,210 BUDGET SEASON, BY THE LEVEL OF 2963 01:52:30,210 --> 01:52:32,278 CENTRAL STAFF ANALYSIS. BUT, MR. 2964 01:52:32,278 --> 01:52:36,116 DOS, LET ME JUST TELL YOU, YOU 2965 01:52:36,116 --> 01:52:39,219 SET THE BAR EVEN HIGHER HERE 2966 01:52:39,219 --> 01:52:41,387 TODAY. THE THE DEPTH AND BREADTH 2967 01:52:41,387 --> 01:52:47,894 OF COVERAGE, THE THE ATTEMPTS TO 2968 01:52:47,894 --> 01:52:51,297 SIMPLIFY AND EXPLAIN VERY 2969 01:52:51,297 --> 01:52:54,267 COMPLEX POLICY CONSTRUCTS, 2970 01:52:54,267 --> 01:52:55,702 ARGUABLY THE MOST SOLEMN ROLE 2971 01:52:55,702 --> 01:52:59,239 FOR OUR CENTRAL STAFF EXPERTS IS 2972 01:52:59,239 --> 01:53:05,145 OBJECTIVITY AND NEUTRALITY. THE 2973 01:53:05,145 --> 01:53:05,745 APPEARANCE OF OBJECTIVITY AND 2974 01:53:05,745 --> 01:53:07,280 NEUTRALITY AND THE WAY YOU ALL 2975 01:53:07,280 --> 01:53:08,515 STITCH IT, THE WAY YOU STITCH IT 2976 01:53:08,515 --> 01:53:11,985 ALL TOGETHER. AMAZING. A PLUS, 2977 01:53:11,985 --> 01:53:14,554 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND 2978 01:53:14,554 --> 01:53:15,588 THAT'S I I'VE HEARD A LOT OF 2979 01:53:15,588 --> 01:53:21,795 GREAT ANALYSIS SO FAR. BUT, BUT 2980 01:53:21,795 --> 01:53:22,729 THANK YOU FOR BECAUSE THERE'S A 2981 01:53:22,729 --> 01:53:24,130 LOT GOING ON IN THE PROPOSED 2982 01:53:24,130 --> 01:53:27,233 BUDGET FOR SPD. SO THANK YOU. 2983 01:53:27,233 --> 01:53:33,873 GREAT JOB. SEE, LET'S START WITH 2984 01:53:33,873 --> 01:53:38,077 SLIDE 12. THE RECRUITMENT AND 2985 01:53:38,077 --> 01:53:41,581 MEDIA MARKETING. SO IT SOUNDS 2986 01:53:41,581 --> 01:53:42,282 LIKE THE EXECUTIVE HAS TAKEN THE 2987 01:53:42,282 --> 01:53:44,617 POSITION THAT BECAUSE OF THE 2988 01:53:44,617 --> 01:53:48,721 RECENTLY APPROVED SPA CONTRACT, 2989 01:53:48,721 --> 01:53:51,524 WHICH MAKES SEATTLE POLICE 2990 01:53:51,524 --> 01:53:53,092 OFFICERS THE HIGHEST PAID IN THE 2991 01:53:53,092 --> 01:53:54,928 STATE AND MAYBE EVEN AMONG THE 2992 01:53:54,928 --> 01:53:56,095 WEST COAST. FIVE, IF I RECALL 2993 01:53:56,095 --> 01:54:00,433 CORRECTLY. BUT IN ANY EVENT, THE 2994 01:54:00,433 --> 01:54:02,101 EXECUTIVE'S TAKEN THE POSITION 2995 01:54:02,101 --> 01:54:03,937 HANGING THEIR HAT ON THAT 2996 01:54:03,937 --> 01:54:04,904 CONTRACT AND SAYING, WELL, 2997 01:54:04,904 --> 01:54:08,508 BECAUSE OF THE CONTRACT, WE 2998 01:54:08,508 --> 01:54:11,177 DON'T NEED. THE RECRUITMENT 2999 01:54:11,177 --> 01:54:16,149 BUDGET TO REACH MORE QUALITY 3000 01:54:16,149 --> 01:54:16,783 CANDIDATES AND APPLICANTS FROM 3001 01:54:16,783 --> 01:54:21,688 AROUND THE COUNTRY. INCLUDING 3002 01:54:21,688 --> 01:54:25,925 HBCUS, BY THE WAY BUT WE DON'T 3003 01:54:25,925 --> 01:54:28,728 NEED THIS SORT OF ROBUST MEDIA 3004 01:54:28,728 --> 01:54:33,800 MARKETING BLITZ. OKAY? POSITION 3005 01:54:33,800 --> 01:54:35,335 NUMBER ONE, AND POSITION NUMBER 3006 01:54:35,335 --> 01:54:38,204 TWO IS WE ALSO DON'T NEED THE 3007 01:54:38,204 --> 01:54:41,040 OFFICER HIRING INCENTIVE. AND I 3008 01:54:41,040 --> 01:54:44,077 THINK TAKEN INDIVIDUALLY, 3009 01:54:44,077 --> 01:54:47,313 ESPECIALLY GIVEN THESE DIRE 3010 01:54:47,313 --> 01:54:52,018 BUDGET TIMES. THAT'S A THAT'S A 3011 01:54:52,018 --> 01:54:54,287 RATIONAL POSITION, ACTUALLY. 3012 01:54:54,287 --> 01:54:55,955 EVEN TAKEN COLLECTIVELY, IT'S A 3013 01:54:55,955 --> 01:54:59,025 RATIONAL POSITION. I ACTUALLY 3014 01:54:59,025 --> 01:54:59,692 DISAGREE WITH SOME OF IT. I'LL 3015 01:54:59,692 --> 01:55:00,894 TALK ABOUT IN A MOMENT, BUT 3016 01:55:00,894 --> 01:55:03,429 IT'S A RATIONAL POSITION. I 3017 01:55:03,429 --> 01:55:10,803 UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC THERE. 3018 01:55:10,803 --> 01:55:15,408 -- BUT I'M LESS. I'M GENERALLY 3019 01:55:15,408 --> 01:55:15,942 LESS CONCERNED ABOUT THE 3020 01:55:15,942 --> 01:55:19,078 RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE, ALTHOUGH 3021 01:55:19,078 --> 01:55:20,880 I AM MORE CONCERNED ABOUT IT. 3022 01:55:20,880 --> 01:55:23,182 FOR THE KEY LATERAL POSITIONS, 3023 01:55:23,182 --> 01:55:25,318 BECAUSE WE KNOW THE BOTTLENECK 3024 01:55:25,318 --> 01:55:27,687 IN TRAINING AND THE GETTING 3025 01:55:27,687 --> 01:55:28,921 TRAINEES OFF THE STREET UP TO 3026 01:55:28,921 --> 01:55:30,690 SPEED. AND WE'VE PREVIOUSLY 3027 01:55:30,690 --> 01:55:33,092 TALKED IN OTHER FORUMS ABOUT THE 3028 01:55:33,092 --> 01:55:34,827 FIELD TRAINING OFFICER BACKLOG 3029 01:55:34,827 --> 01:55:38,064 AND THE PIPELINE. IT'S IT'S 3030 01:55:38,064 --> 01:55:40,767 GETTING MORE LATERAL HIRING, 3031 01:55:40,767 --> 01:55:42,702 MORE LATERAL HIRING AND 3032 01:55:42,702 --> 01:55:46,105 RETAINING MORE LATERAL OFFICERS 3033 01:55:46,105 --> 01:55:47,907 AND RECRUITS IS MISSION CRITICAL 3034 01:55:47,907 --> 01:55:53,479 TO OUR BROADER EFFORTS. BUT THEN 3035 01:55:53,479 --> 01:55:57,684 WE TAKE AWAY ALL OFFICER HIRING 3036 01:55:57,684 --> 01:55:58,551 INCENTIVES AND MARKETING PLAN 3037 01:55:58,551 --> 01:56:01,321 AND, AND, AND TARGETED SORT OF 3038 01:56:01,321 --> 01:56:05,858 MEDIA BUYS AND RELYING INSTEAD 3039 01:56:05,858 --> 01:56:07,327 SOLELY ON EARNED MEDIA AND OUR 3040 01:56:07,327 --> 01:56:12,498 OWN PUBLISHING ON OUR OWN. I, 3041 01:56:12,498 --> 01:56:13,366 WELL, I, I UNDERSTAND THE 3042 01:56:13,366 --> 01:56:15,268 POSITION. I JUST DISAGREE WITH 3043 01:56:15,268 --> 01:56:17,003 BOTH OF THOSE THINGS 3044 01:56:17,003 --> 01:56:18,805 COLLECTIVELY BECAUSE WE'RE 3045 01:56:18,805 --> 01:56:22,008 EFFECTIVELY TAKING, TAKING OUT 3046 01:56:22,008 --> 01:56:23,209 TWO ARROWS IN THE QUIVER AND 3047 01:56:23,209 --> 01:56:24,110 JUST HANGING OUR HAT ON. WE GOT 3048 01:56:24,110 --> 01:56:27,113 WHAT WE GOT THIS ONE BIG ARROW. 3049 01:56:27,113 --> 01:56:31,517 THAT'S IT. THAT SHOULD DO IT. I 3050 01:56:31,517 --> 01:56:35,722 FUNDAMENTALLY DISAGREE WITH WITH 3051 01:56:35,722 --> 01:56:38,024 THAT APPROACH. SO THAT'S JUST 3052 01:56:38,024 --> 01:56:41,661 MORE OF A COMMENT MOVING ON TO 3053 01:56:41,661 --> 01:56:47,166 NUMBER 15. SLIDE 15. PARKING 3054 01:56:47,166 --> 01:56:49,068 ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. SO PARKING 3055 01:56:49,068 --> 01:56:50,603 ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHAT DO 3056 01:56:50,603 --> 01:56:51,871 THEY DO. THIS IS THE BASICS. 3057 01:56:51,871 --> 01:56:53,539 THIS IS THE NITTY GRITTY BASICS 3058 01:56:53,539 --> 01:56:58,711 OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THIS IS HOW 3059 01:56:58,711 --> 01:57:01,514 MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT KEEPS 3060 01:57:01,514 --> 01:57:04,751 PEOPLE SAFE, GETS STUFF DONE. 3061 01:57:04,751 --> 01:57:07,720 THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE 3062 01:57:07,720 --> 01:57:11,224 CRUSHING. FIRST AND FOREMOST. 3063 01:57:11,224 --> 01:57:11,724 AND PARKING ENFORCEMENT 3064 01:57:11,724 --> 01:57:13,626 OFFICERS, TO YOUR POINT, ENFORCE 3065 01:57:13,626 --> 01:57:17,997 THE RULES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY 3066 01:57:17,997 --> 01:57:20,566 AND SPANNING A COUPLE YEARS NOW, 3067 01:57:20,566 --> 01:57:26,038 WE'RE SEEING SIGNIFICANT GAP 3068 01:57:26,038 --> 01:57:27,073 BETWEEN THE AUTHORIZED MAX AND 3069 01:57:27,073 --> 01:57:27,707 WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY AT IN 3070 01:57:27,707 --> 01:57:29,575 TERMS OF STAFFING. AND WE'VE 3071 01:57:29,575 --> 01:57:30,176 DONE VARIOUS THINGS OVER THE 3072 01:57:30,176 --> 01:57:33,146 YEARS TO, TO HELP THE EMPOWER 3073 01:57:33,146 --> 01:57:36,949 THE DEPARTMENT TO BOOST THEIR 3074 01:57:36,949 --> 01:57:40,553 PUBLIC PARKING ENFORCEMENT 3075 01:57:40,553 --> 01:57:41,154 OFFICER STAFFING LEVELS, BUT 3076 01:57:41,154 --> 01:57:42,522 THEY ULTIMATELY HELP KEEP PEOPLE 3077 01:57:42,522 --> 01:57:46,092 SAFE I SEE, I VIEW THEM, IT'S 3078 01:57:46,092 --> 01:57:47,293 NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR 3079 01:57:47,293 --> 01:57:49,962 INTERACTIONS. AND WITH U, C, T 3080 01:57:49,962 --> 01:57:56,536 OR, OR WHATEVER IT IS THEY HELP 3081 01:57:56,536 --> 01:57:57,069 WITH ENFORCE DAY LIGHTING 3082 01:57:57,069 --> 01:57:58,538 RESTRICTIONS. WE TALKED A LOT 3083 01:57:58,538 --> 01:58:00,873 ABOUT DAY LIGHTING IN SOME OF 3084 01:58:00,873 --> 01:58:03,509 THE SAFER STREETS LEGISLATION. I 3085 01:58:03,509 --> 01:58:04,544 HAD SOME CONSTITUENTS THAT WERE 3086 01:58:04,544 --> 01:58:05,945 COMPLAINING TO MY OFFICE FOR 3087 01:58:05,945 --> 01:58:07,013 MONTHS BECAUSE RIGHT OUTSIDE OF 3088 01:58:07,013 --> 01:58:09,048 A SCHOOL IN WEST SEATTLE, THERE 3089 01:58:09,048 --> 01:58:12,318 WAS TWO BIG TRUCKS, BIG TRUCKS, 3090 01:58:12,318 --> 01:58:15,087 KIND OF CARGO DELIVERY TRUCKS. 3091 01:58:15,087 --> 01:58:16,122 TWO OF THEM PARKED AT THE VERY 3092 01:58:16,122 --> 01:58:19,826 END OF AN INTERSECTION, NOT 3093 01:58:19,826 --> 01:58:21,294 WITHIN THE 30FT. WE'RE IDEALLY, 3094 01:58:21,294 --> 01:58:23,563 IT HAVE BEEN DAYLIGHTED, BUT THE 3095 01:58:23,563 --> 01:58:25,865 VERY THE TIP OF THE INTERSECTION 3096 01:58:25,865 --> 01:58:26,432 PARKED THERE FOR MONTHS AND 3097 01:58:26,432 --> 01:58:29,368 MONTHS AND MONTHS. NOT MOVE, NOT 3098 01:58:29,368 --> 01:58:31,671 NOT TICKETED. AND THIS IS RIGHT 3099 01:58:31,671 --> 01:58:33,439 WHERE SOME OF OUR MOST 3100 01:58:33,439 --> 01:58:35,074 VULNERABLE USERS ARE VULNERABLE 3101 01:58:35,074 --> 01:58:36,142 TRAVELERS IN THE IN THE SAFER 3102 01:58:36,142 --> 01:58:39,579 STREETS. ADOPTING THAT FRAMEWORK 3103 01:58:39,579 --> 01:58:40,079 ARE REGULARLY CROSSING 3104 01:58:40,079 --> 01:58:41,347 PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS. 3105 01:58:41,347 --> 01:58:43,583 DANGEROUS. IT'S DANGEROUS. 3106 01:58:43,583 --> 01:58:49,989 IT'S DANGEROUS. AND. AND OUR 3107 01:58:49,989 --> 01:58:52,692 ABILITY TO HIRE OR NOT HIRE 3108 01:58:52,692 --> 01:58:56,062 THESE CRITICAL PEOS IMPACTS, 3109 01:58:56,062 --> 01:58:58,097 WHETHER THAT INTERSECTION, THAT 3110 01:58:58,097 --> 01:58:59,432 ONE PARTICULAR INTERSECTION IN 3111 01:58:59,432 --> 01:59:02,301 WEST SEATTLE IS GOING TO BE. 3112 01:59:02,301 --> 01:59:04,470 STEPS ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN TO 3113 01:59:04,470 --> 01:59:06,739 HELP MAKE IT SAFER. THESE ARE 3114 01:59:06,739 --> 01:59:08,241 THESE ARE MISSION CRITICAL 3115 01:59:08,241 --> 01:59:09,375 ROLES. AND WE'VE DONE A LOT 3116 01:59:09,375 --> 01:59:11,144 OVER THE YEARS TO TRY AND 3117 01:59:11,144 --> 01:59:13,379 EMPOWER THE DEPARTMENT TO, TO 3118 01:59:13,379 --> 01:59:16,048 HIRE MORE. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S 3119 01:59:16,048 --> 01:59:17,884 NOT WORKING. IT HASN'T WORKED 3120 01:59:17,884 --> 01:59:22,255 FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. YOU 3121 01:59:22,255 --> 01:59:28,828 TALKED, MR. DOSS, ABOUT THE. THE 3122 01:59:28,828 --> 01:59:31,764 PERVERSE INCENTIVE OR THE 3123 01:59:31,764 --> 01:59:32,698 DISINCENTIVE RATHER. I THINK 3124 01:59:32,698 --> 01:59:35,067 THAT WAS YOUR YOUR TERMINOLOGY 3125 01:59:35,067 --> 01:59:36,502 FOR THEM TO MAINTAIN BASICALLY 3126 01:59:36,502 --> 01:59:38,037 THE STATUS QUO AND NOT ACTUALLY 3127 01:59:38,037 --> 01:59:41,173 HIRE THESE THESE MISSION 3128 01:59:41,173 --> 01:59:47,046 CRITICAL BACKFILL ROLES. WHAT 3129 01:59:47,046 --> 01:59:50,416 JUST CURIOUS WHAT OTHER COUNSEL 3130 01:59:50,416 --> 01:59:51,551 OPTIONS COULD BE CONSIDERED TO 3131 01:59:51,551 --> 01:59:54,186 SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THE 3132 01:59:54,186 --> 01:59:58,257 DISINCENTIVE CHALLENGE THAT YOU 3133 01:59:58,257 --> 02:00:03,262 MENTIONED EARLIER BEYOND A SLI, 3134 02:00:03,262 --> 02:00:05,932 LIKE WHAT ELSE, WHAT OTHER 3135 02:00:05,932 --> 02:00:10,336 COUNSEL OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO 3136 02:00:10,336 --> 02:00:11,003 ADDRESS THAT DISINCENTIVE? IT'S 3137 02:00:11,003 --> 02:00:11,971 NOT WORKING. 3138 02:00:11,971 --> 02:00:14,307 -- MR. DOSS? 3139 02:00:14,307 --> 02:00:15,541 -- THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, I 3140 02:00:15,541 --> 02:00:17,243 NEED TO THANK YOU FOR THE 3141 02:00:17,243 --> 02:00:18,211 COMPLIMENT, AND I NEED TO SAY 3142 02:00:18,211 --> 02:00:21,747 THAT THE THE 20 SOME PAGE ISSUE 3143 02:00:21,747 --> 02:00:24,984 PAPER THAT I, I WROTE THAT'S 3144 02:00:24,984 --> 02:00:27,887 VERY LONG AND FULL OF DETAIL. 3145 02:00:27,887 --> 02:00:30,656 AND DATA IS ONLY POSSIBLE. AND 3146 02:00:30,656 --> 02:00:31,190 THIS PRESENTATION IS ONLY 3147 02:00:31,190 --> 02:00:32,925 POSSIBLE BECAUSE I GET REALLY 3148 02:00:32,925 --> 02:00:34,460 GOOD SUPPORT FROM THE SEATTLE 3149 02:00:34,460 --> 02:00:35,761 POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FROM THE 3150 02:00:35,761 --> 02:00:37,229 CITY BUDGET OFFICE AND FROM THE 3151 02:00:37,229 --> 02:00:39,398 MAYOR'S OFFICE. THEY RECOGNIZE 3152 02:00:39,398 --> 02:00:41,267 THAT WE'RE TALKING TODAY ABOUT 3153 02:00:41,267 --> 02:00:44,103 POLICY DECISIONS AND POLICY 3154 02:00:44,103 --> 02:00:45,204 DECISIONS DIFFER DEPENDING ON 3155 02:00:45,204 --> 02:00:46,706 THE ELECTED OFFICIAL, BUT THEY 3156 02:00:46,706 --> 02:00:49,342 RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE ALL WE'RE 3157 02:00:49,342 --> 02:00:51,544 ALL WORKING AT THE SAME CITY. WE 3158 02:00:51,544 --> 02:00:52,111 ALL BENEFIT FROM HAVING THE 3159 02:00:52,111 --> 02:00:54,614 RIGHT INFORMATION. AND, YOU 3160 02:00:54,614 --> 02:00:56,048 KNOW, THEY ANSWER QUESTIONS 3161 02:00:56,048 --> 02:00:57,049 OVERNIGHT. THEY ANSWER QUESTIONS 3162 02:00:57,049 --> 02:00:57,783 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. I 3163 02:00:57,783 --> 02:00:59,819 ASK THEM A LOT OF QUESTIONS. SO 3164 02:00:59,819 --> 02:01:02,822 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND 3165 02:01:02,822 --> 02:01:08,194 RECOGNIZE THEM TO YOUR QUESTION. 3166 02:01:08,194 --> 02:01:10,463 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA IT ABOUT THE 3167 02:01:10,463 --> 02:01:12,098 ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF THE 3168 02:01:12,098 --> 02:01:13,366 SAME THING I SUGGESTED LAST 3169 02:01:13,366 --> 02:01:15,601 YEAR, YOU COULD ADD 2.1 MILLION 3170 02:01:15,601 --> 02:01:18,104 TO THE BUDGET, PROVISO IT AND 3171 02:01:18,104 --> 02:01:21,207 SAY THIS MONEY IS AVAILABLE IF 3172 02:01:21,207 --> 02:01:26,579 YOU HIRE THE PEOS I HAVE BEEN 3173 02:01:26,579 --> 02:01:27,246 TOLD THAT ON THE EXECUTIVE SIDE, 3174 02:01:27,246 --> 02:01:29,282 THERE MIGHT BE SOME CONCERN THAT 3175 02:01:29,282 --> 02:01:31,050 IF THEY HIRED THE PEOS, THE 3176 02:01:31,050 --> 02:01:33,552 PROVISO WOULDN'T BE RELEASED. I 3177 02:01:33,552 --> 02:01:35,821 DON'T KNOW HOW SOMETHING LIKE 3178 02:01:35,821 --> 02:01:38,424 THAT MIGHT BE ADDRESSED. IT'S 3179 02:01:38,424 --> 02:01:39,859 SOMETHING THAT I'M HAPPY TO 3180 02:01:39,859 --> 02:01:40,926 WORK WITH YOUR OFFICE ON OVER 3181 02:01:40,926 --> 02:01:43,496 THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. AND 3182 02:01:43,496 --> 02:01:47,500 BRAINSTORM OPTIONS 3183 02:01:47,500 --> 02:01:48,000 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 3184 02:01:48,000 --> 02:01:52,505 -- THANK YOU, MR. DOSS. 3185 02:01:52,505 --> 02:01:53,939 APPRECIATE THAT. GOING BACK TO 3186 02:01:53,939 --> 02:01:56,075 SLIDE THREE, JUST WANT TO JUST 3187 02:01:56,075 --> 02:02:00,212 WANT TO CLARIFY BECAUSE I HEARD 3188 02:02:00,212 --> 02:02:00,846 YOU APPROPRIATELY MENTIONED THE, 3189 02:02:00,846 --> 02:02:03,616 YOU KNOW, SORT OF OR ALLUDE TO 3190 02:02:03,616 --> 02:02:05,785 THE FACT INFER THE SORT OF 3191 02:02:05,785 --> 02:02:09,055 REASON FOR THE, THE REDUCTION, 3192 02:02:09,055 --> 02:02:12,224 SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN, IN 3193 02:02:12,224 --> 02:02:12,858 OFFICER STAFFING OVER THE YEARS, 3194 02:02:12,858 --> 02:02:16,896 YOU KNOW, FROM OUR 2019 OR 20 3195 02:02:16,896 --> 02:02:18,331 20th JUNE OR WHATEVER PEAK HIGH 3196 02:02:18,331 --> 02:02:22,034 IT WAS. AND, YOU KNOW, REFERRING 3197 02:02:22,034 --> 02:02:24,036 APPROPRIATELY. SO TO, TO COVID. 3198 02:02:24,036 --> 02:02:25,604 AND YES, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY 3199 02:02:25,604 --> 02:02:28,541 TRUE. JUST BUT FOR CRYSTAL 3200 02:02:28,541 --> 02:02:30,076 CLARITY, ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT 3201 02:02:30,076 --> 02:02:31,977 REASON FOR THAT WAS THE DEFUND 3202 02:02:31,977 --> 02:02:34,847 MOVEMENT IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE. 3203 02:02:34,847 --> 02:02:39,185 AND IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A THEORY. 3204 02:02:39,185 --> 02:02:39,819 IT'S ACTUALLY UNCONTROVERTED 3205 02:02:39,819 --> 02:02:44,457 FACTS THAT THE DEFUND MOVEMENT 3206 02:02:44,457 --> 02:02:46,992 CONTRIBUTED TO THE SIGNIFICANT 3207 02:02:46,992 --> 02:02:49,995 REDUCTION IN IN OFFICER STAFFING 3208 02:02:49,995 --> 02:02:50,663 LEVELS. SURE. I SUPPOSE WE CAN 3209 02:02:50,663 --> 02:02:52,498 QUIBBLE AROUND THE EDGES, AROUND 3210 02:02:52,498 --> 02:02:55,234 THE EXTENT OF THAT, BUT IT'S 3211 02:02:55,234 --> 02:02:57,002 UNCONTROVERTED FACT THAT 3212 02:02:57,002 --> 02:02:58,504 CONTRIBUTED TO IT. AND I WOULD 3213 02:02:58,504 --> 02:02:59,739 ARGUE GREATLY CONTRIBUTED TO IT. 3214 02:02:59,739 --> 02:03:04,677 AND THERE'S AND IT'S BACKED BY 3215 02:03:04,677 --> 02:03:07,580 EVIDENCE IN TERMS OF EXIT 3216 02:03:07,580 --> 02:03:09,949 SURVEYS. WE LOST OUR WE FAMOUSLY 3217 02:03:09,949 --> 02:03:13,786 OR INFAMOUSLY LOST OUR CITY'S 3218 02:03:13,786 --> 02:03:17,123 VERY FIRST BLACK WOMAN POLICE 3219 02:03:17,123 --> 02:03:21,727 CHIEF BECAUSE OF DEFUND. SO, SO 3220 02:03:21,727 --> 02:03:23,963 JUST WANT TO LEVEL SET AND 3221 02:03:23,963 --> 02:03:26,632 CLARIFY THE RECORD BECAUSE COVID 3222 02:03:26,632 --> 02:03:28,834 WAS A GLOBAL CRISIS AND WE 3223 02:03:28,834 --> 02:03:31,270 EXPERIENCED IMPACTS OF THAT. AND 3224 02:03:31,270 --> 02:03:33,038 AS IT RELATES TO SPD STAFFING, 3225 02:03:33,038 --> 02:03:35,674 OTHER STAFFING OF OTHER CITY 3226 02:03:35,674 --> 02:03:37,343 DEPARTMENTS AS WELL, PART OF A 3227 02:03:37,343 --> 02:03:39,812 BROADER NATIONAL, WE CONTROL OUR 3228 02:03:39,812 --> 02:03:42,982 CONTROLLABLES. AND AND THAT WAS 3229 02:03:42,982 --> 02:03:44,049 WRONG THEN. WRONG NOW. AND I SAY 3230 02:03:44,049 --> 02:03:47,086 THAT BECAUSE CONTEXT MATTERS. 3231 02:03:47,086 --> 02:03:49,555 THAT'S MATTERS. FACTS MATTER. 3232 02:03:49,555 --> 02:03:51,290 HISTORY MATTERS. AND TO QUOTE 3233 02:03:51,290 --> 02:03:52,725 WINSTON CHURCHILL, THOSE THAT 3234 02:03:52,725 --> 02:03:54,360 FAIL TO LEARN FROM HISTORY ARE 3235 02:03:54,360 --> 02:03:58,564 DOOMED TO REPEAT IT. SO JUST 3236 02:03:58,564 --> 02:04:00,399 WANT TO KIND OF LEVEL SET ON HOW 3237 02:04:00,399 --> 02:04:01,934 WE GOT TO THE CURRENT STATE, 3238 02:04:01,934 --> 02:04:03,302 BECAUSE IT'S MORE THAN JUST 3239 02:04:03,302 --> 02:04:04,837 COVID AND ALL THESE OTHER 3240 02:04:04,837 --> 02:04:09,175 THINGS. YES. THAT'S TRUE. YES. 3241 02:04:09,175 --> 02:04:15,047 AND. FINALLY GOING TO SLIDE 24, 3242 02:04:15,047 --> 02:04:19,618 JUST CURIOUS. SO ON THE RADIO 3243 02:04:19,618 --> 02:04:20,820 ENCRYPTION LINE ITEM THERE. SO 3244 02:04:20,820 --> 02:04:21,620 COLLEAGUES, AS YOU KNOW, WE GET 3245 02:04:21,620 --> 02:04:24,590 A LOT OF WE HEAR A LOT OF GREAT 3246 02:04:24,590 --> 02:04:27,526 IDEAS ALL THE TIME FROM OUR 3247 02:04:27,526 --> 02:04:28,027 CONSTITUENTS, ADVOCACY 3248 02:04:28,027 --> 02:04:29,695 ORGANIZATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS 3249 02:04:29,695 --> 02:04:31,263 AND, AND ONE IDEA THAT I 3250 02:04:31,263 --> 02:04:34,366 REMEMBER HEARING VIVIDLY EARLIER 3251 02:04:34,366 --> 02:04:36,936 ON IN MY, IN 2024, AFTER SHORTLY 3252 02:04:36,936 --> 02:04:39,705 AFTER I TOOK OFFICE, WAS FROM A 3253 02:04:39,705 --> 02:04:41,740 CONSTITUENT NAMED MR. PATRICK 3254 02:04:41,740 --> 02:04:44,710 ROBINSON. HE'S THE HE OWNS AND 3255 02:04:44,710 --> 02:04:45,678 OPERATES THE WEST SIDE SEATTLE. 3256 02:04:45,678 --> 02:04:47,746 SO HE'S ALSO A JOURNALIST. AND 3257 02:04:47,746 --> 02:04:53,819 HIM AND HIS FAMILY BEFORE THAT 3258 02:04:53,819 --> 02:04:56,755 OPERATED THE THE STORIED AND AND 3259 02:04:56,755 --> 02:04:58,190 VERY FAMOUS WEST SEATTLE HERALD 3260 02:04:58,190 --> 02:05:01,961 PRINT EDITION AND BUT HE WAS HE 3261 02:05:01,961 --> 02:05:04,830 WAS INQUIRING AND GIVING ME SOME 3262 02:05:04,830 --> 02:05:07,566 IDEAS ABOUT RADIO ENCRYPTION 3263 02:05:07,566 --> 02:05:09,034 TECHNOLOGY AND WHETHER OR NOT 3264 02:05:09,034 --> 02:05:09,668 THAT THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE 3265 02:05:09,668 --> 02:05:11,337 FOR SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT 3266 02:05:11,337 --> 02:05:12,805 AND BASED OFF OF WHAT OTHER 3267 02:05:12,805 --> 02:05:14,440 CITIES WERE WERE DOING. AND I 3268 02:05:14,440 --> 02:05:17,276 LOOKED INTO IT AND HAD MULTIPLE 3269 02:05:17,276 --> 02:05:18,878 CONVERSATIONS WITH. THIS IS, I 3270 02:05:18,878 --> 02:05:21,313 GUESS, MY FOURTH POLICE CHIEF AS 3271 02:05:21,313 --> 02:05:23,482 WELL, WITH A FEW OF THE EARLIER 3272 02:05:23,482 --> 02:05:24,083 POLICE CHIEFS. AND I THINK AT 3273 02:05:24,083 --> 02:05:25,651 THE TIME, YOU KNOW, THERE 3274 02:05:25,651 --> 02:05:26,752 THERE'S TRADE OFFS FOR IT AND 3275 02:05:26,752 --> 02:05:28,554 AGAINST IT AND ALL ALL THE 3276 02:05:28,554 --> 02:05:30,322 THINGS AS THERE IS IN ANY 3277 02:05:30,322 --> 02:05:32,458 INVESTMENT DECISION OR 3278 02:05:32,458 --> 02:05:36,128 PURCHASING DECISION. BUT WHERE I 3279 02:05:36,128 --> 02:05:38,497 LANDED AT THE TIME, OR JUST 3280 02:05:38,497 --> 02:05:39,098 LEARNING AND TALKING DIRECTLY 3281 02:05:39,098 --> 02:05:42,701 FROM PRIOR POLICE LEADERSHIP, IS 3282 02:05:42,701 --> 02:05:43,702 THAT WAS IT NEEDED AT THE 3283 02:05:43,702 --> 02:05:45,271 MOMENT? SOUNDS LIKE THAT 3284 02:05:45,271 --> 02:05:46,272 DECISION HAS HAS BEEN CHANGED. 3285 02:05:46,272 --> 02:05:48,807 CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE 3286 02:05:48,807 --> 02:05:51,710 ABOUT THIS RADIO ENCRYPTION LINE 3287 02:05:51,710 --> 02:05:53,512 ITEM? WOULD THAT WOULD THAT 3288 02:05:53,512 --> 02:05:55,848 COVER END TO END ENCRYPTION OF 3289 02:05:55,848 --> 02:05:58,284 OF THE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS? 3290 02:05:58,284 --> 02:05:58,884 SOME JURISDICTIONS HAVE DONE 3291 02:05:58,884 --> 02:06:03,756 LATENT RADIO COMMUNICATION 3292 02:06:03,756 --> 02:06:06,091 WHEREBY IT'S THE THE COMMS IS 3293 02:06:06,091 --> 02:06:07,593 IS DELAYED BY 30 MINUTES, A 3294 02:06:07,593 --> 02:06:08,794 SPECIFIED PERIOD, WHETHER IT'S 3295 02:06:08,794 --> 02:06:10,262 30 MINUTES, AN HOUR, WHATEVER IT 3296 02:06:10,262 --> 02:06:11,363 IS. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT 3297 02:06:11,363 --> 02:06:13,365 MORE ABOUT THIS, THIS RADIO 3298 02:06:13,365 --> 02:06:14,300 ENCRYPTION LINE ITEM AND HOW IT 3299 02:06:14,300 --> 02:06:16,135 CAME TO BE ABOUT. 3300 02:06:16,135 --> 02:06:18,537 -- MR. DOS? 3301 02:06:18,537 --> 02:06:19,605 -- THANK YOU. I'M SORRY TO HAVE 3302 02:06:19,605 --> 02:06:21,206 TO DISAPPOINT YOU. I FEEL REALLY 3303 02:06:21,206 --> 02:06:22,474 BAD, BUT I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING 3304 02:06:22,474 --> 02:06:25,678 ABOUT RADIO ENCRYPTION. YEAH, MY 3305 02:06:25,678 --> 02:06:27,947 POINT FOR THIS SLIDE WAS TO TO 3306 02:06:27,947 --> 02:06:30,015 SHOW YOU WHAT WAS IN THE 3307 02:06:30,015 --> 02:06:31,483 SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET. AND TO MAKE 3308 02:06:31,483 --> 02:06:33,319 THE POINT THAT SPD IS NOW AT A 3309 02:06:33,319 --> 02:06:36,055 PLACE WHERE THEY ARE ASKING FOR 3310 02:06:36,055 --> 02:06:36,655 THESE SPECIFIC THINGS BECAUSE 3311 02:06:36,655 --> 02:06:39,058 THEY CAN'T ABSORB THEM IN THEIR 3312 02:06:39,058 --> 02:06:40,426 EXISTING EQUIPMENT BUDGET OR IN 3313 02:06:40,426 --> 02:06:41,060 THEIR OTHER BUDGETS. BUT I WILL 3314 02:06:41,060 --> 02:06:44,797 FIND OUT AND I WILL GET YOU THAT 3315 02:06:44,797 --> 02:06:45,130 INFORMATION. 3316 02:06:45,130 --> 02:06:45,764 -- COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER 3317 02:06:45,764 --> 02:06:45,965 SAKA. 3318 02:06:45,965 --> 02:06:46,532 -- THANK YOU. THAT WOULD BE 3319 02:06:46,532 --> 02:06:47,466 GREATLY APPRECIATED. AND SHOUT 3320 02:06:47,466 --> 02:06:51,537 OUT TO MR. ROBINSON IN WEST 3321 02:06:51,537 --> 02:06:53,973 SEATTLE. FINALLY, I'LL NOTE THAT 3322 02:06:53,973 --> 02:06:56,942 I TOO, I SHARE MY COLLEAGUE'S 3323 02:06:56,942 --> 02:06:59,011 CONCERN ABOUT THE CONSISTENT, 3324 02:06:59,011 --> 02:07:00,245 YOU KNOW, LACK OF EFFORT, 3325 02:07:00,245 --> 02:07:02,314 MOVEMENT, MOMENTUM TO HIRE THAT 3326 02:07:02,314 --> 02:07:07,052 CRITICAL 30 BY 30 POSITION. THE 3327 02:07:07,052 --> 02:07:09,588 BROADER DEI EFFORTS APPRECIATE 3328 02:07:09,588 --> 02:07:10,222 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA CONSISTENT 3329 02:07:10,222 --> 02:07:15,160 LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND AMONG 3330 02:07:15,160 --> 02:07:18,163 OTHER THINGS, THE. THIS 3331 02:07:18,163 --> 02:07:21,033 DEPARTMENT HAS HAS SOME 3332 02:07:21,033 --> 02:07:21,667 WELL-DOCUMENTED CHALLENGES WITH 3333 02:07:21,667 --> 02:07:31,644 CULTURE WELL DOCUMENTED. AND WE 3334 02:07:31,644 --> 02:07:32,878 THINK FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, IT 3335 02:07:32,878 --> 02:07:34,446 IS A. PERSPECTIVE IS AN 3336 02:07:34,446 --> 02:07:37,583 IMPORTANT. PERSPECTIVE IS NOT 3337 02:07:37,583 --> 02:07:39,918 THE ONLY THE BEST NECESSARILY. 3338 02:07:39,918 --> 02:07:41,086 PERSPECTIVE IN THIS CASE OR IN 3339 02:07:41,086 --> 02:07:42,621 GENERAL, BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT 3340 02:07:42,621 --> 02:07:44,123 PERSPECTIVE. WE THINK. AND THE 3341 02:07:44,123 --> 02:07:46,058 COUNCIL THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS 3342 02:07:46,058 --> 02:07:48,861 THAT HIRING THIS ROLE CAN HELP 3343 02:07:48,861 --> 02:07:52,965 ADDRESS THAT. AND WE'VE HAD SOME 3344 02:07:52,965 --> 02:07:55,467 PREVIOUS CONVERSATION AROUND, 3345 02:07:55,467 --> 02:07:57,703 WELL, MAYBE IT'S NOT THIS. AND 3346 02:07:57,703 --> 02:08:01,040 THEN WHAT ELSE? I JUST HAVEN'T 3347 02:08:01,040 --> 02:08:02,841 SEEN THE WHAT ELSE FROM THE 3348 02:08:02,841 --> 02:08:04,810 DEPARTMENT. AND SO UNLESS AND 3349 02:08:04,810 --> 02:08:10,649 UNTIL I SEE THE WHAT ELSE, WHAT 3350 02:08:10,649 --> 02:08:13,452 ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS. ARE YOU 3351 02:08:13,452 --> 02:08:15,554 EMPLOYING TO ADDRESS SOME OF 3352 02:08:15,554 --> 02:08:16,989 THESE CHALLENGES? I GOT TO 3353 02:08:16,989 --> 02:08:18,657 CONTINUE TO HANG MY HAT ON THE 3354 02:08:18,657 --> 02:08:21,894 ON THE, THE MISSION CRITICAL 3355 02:08:21,894 --> 02:08:24,363 NATURE OF THE 30 BY 30 POSITION 3356 02:08:24,363 --> 02:08:27,032 AND THE DEI ROLES TO TO HELP 3357 02:08:27,032 --> 02:08:29,835 IMPROVE THE CULTURE. AGAIN, 3358 02:08:29,835 --> 02:08:31,437 WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE 3359 02:08:31,437 --> 02:08:32,404 CONVERSATIONS DIRECTLY WITH THE 3360 02:08:32,404 --> 02:08:36,308 EXECUTIVE AND SPD, BUT I 3361 02:08:36,308 --> 02:08:40,312 HAVEN'T SEEN A WORKABLE 3362 02:08:40,312 --> 02:08:43,549 ALTERNATIVE PUT FORWARD. TO TO 3363 02:08:43,549 --> 02:08:44,917 JUSTIFY THE OR FRANKLY, OBVIATE 3364 02:08:44,917 --> 02:08:46,585 THE NEED TO TO HIRE THIS 3365 02:08:46,585 --> 02:08:49,488 CRITICAL ROLE. SO LOOKING 3366 02:08:49,488 --> 02:08:52,291 FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT WORK 3367 02:08:52,291 --> 02:08:54,726 ON THIS COUNCIL TOGETHER. THANK 3368 02:08:54,726 --> 02:08:55,027 YOU CHAIR. 3369 02:08:55,027 --> 02:08:55,694 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 3370 02:08:55,694 --> 02:08:56,462 COMMITTEE TABLE. ANYTHING TO ADD 3371 02:08:56,462 --> 02:08:57,830 AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE, WE'RE 3372 02:08:57,830 --> 02:08:59,898 GOING TO GO ON TO COUNCILMEMBER 3373 02:08:59,898 --> 02:09:02,000 ALEXIS MERCEDES RINCK FOLLOWED 3374 02:09:02,000 --> 02:09:03,168 BY COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. AND 3375 02:09:03,168 --> 02:09:04,103 THEN ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE 3376 02:09:04,103 --> 02:09:06,271 TO SPEAK AND WILL BE CLOSED OUT 3377 02:09:06,271 --> 02:09:08,073 BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA BEFORE 3378 02:09:08,073 --> 02:09:09,541 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. WITH THAT 3379 02:09:09,541 --> 02:09:11,210 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. WELCOME. 3380 02:09:11,210 --> 02:09:14,546 -- THANK YOU CHAIR STRAUSS. 3381 02:09:14,546 --> 02:09:15,147 BEFORE GOING INTO MY SPECIFIC 3382 02:09:15,147 --> 02:09:16,782 QUESTIONS ON THE PROPOSED 3383 02:09:16,782 --> 02:09:18,150 DEPARTMENT BUDGET AND POLICY 3384 02:09:18,150 --> 02:09:20,252 CONSIDERATIONS, I'D LIKE TO 3385 02:09:20,252 --> 02:09:21,987 OFFER A FEW OVERARCHING REMARKS 3386 02:09:21,987 --> 02:09:23,489 RELATED TO THIS, AND I HAVE A 3387 02:09:23,489 --> 02:09:24,857 FEW QUESTIONS FOR OUR CENTRAL 3388 02:09:24,857 --> 02:09:26,558 STAFF. DIRECTOR LISH WHITSON. 3389 02:09:26,558 --> 02:09:28,560 JUST A PLACE THIS BUDGET, THIS 3390 02:09:28,560 --> 02:09:29,561 DEPARTMENT BUDGET, AND TO THE 3391 02:09:29,561 --> 02:09:33,932 BROADER CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSED 3392 02:09:33,932 --> 02:09:35,167 EXECUTIVE'S BUDGET. TO BE VERY 3393 02:09:35,167 --> 02:09:37,870 CLEAR, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A 3394 02:09:37,870 --> 02:09:42,274 $68 MILLION INCREASE TO SPD OVER 3395 02:09:42,274 --> 02:09:44,810 13% THIS WOULD TAKE THE 3396 02:09:44,810 --> 02:09:48,881 DEPARTMENT BUDGET TO OVER HALF 3397 02:09:48,881 --> 02:09:49,815 $1 BILLION. I UNDERSTAND THAT IS 3398 02:09:49,815 --> 02:09:52,518 DUE IN LARGE PART TO FULFILLING 3399 02:09:52,518 --> 02:09:54,153 THE OBLIGATIONS FOR THE SEATTLE 3400 02:09:54,153 --> 02:09:57,523 POLICE OFFICERS GUILD UNION 3401 02:09:57,523 --> 02:09:59,858 CONTRACT AND AS WELL AS 3402 02:09:59,858 --> 02:10:03,495 ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO FULFILL A 3403 02:10:03,495 --> 02:10:05,330 STAFFING PLAN. AND I WANT TO 3404 02:10:05,330 --> 02:10:06,732 ALSO NOTE IN THIS AND HOPE WE 3405 02:10:06,732 --> 02:10:08,033 CAN DIG INTO DISCUSSION LATER 3406 02:10:08,033 --> 02:10:10,435 ABOUT THE $13 MILLION 3407 02:10:10,435 --> 02:10:14,940 OVERPAYMENT AS A PART OF THAT 3408 02:10:14,940 --> 02:10:16,175 CONTRACT AND HOW THAT AFFECTS 3409 02:10:16,175 --> 02:10:18,277 FUTURE BUDGETS. BUT I WANT TO I 3410 02:10:18,277 --> 02:10:20,245 WANTED TO GROUND IN THAT FACT 3411 02:10:20,245 --> 02:10:22,915 THAT THAT IS WHAT HAS BEEN 3412 02:10:22,915 --> 02:10:23,815 PROPOSED. AND LOOKING ACROSS THE 3413 02:10:23,815 --> 02:10:24,683 BOARD AND BUILDING ON SOME OF 3414 02:10:24,683 --> 02:10:27,286 THE QUESTIONS THAT COUNCILMEMBER 3415 02:10:27,286 --> 02:10:29,121 LIN RAISED, DIRECTOR WHITSON, 3416 02:10:29,121 --> 02:10:30,823 I'D LIKE TO ASK IN TERMS OF THE 3417 02:10:30,823 --> 02:10:33,192 BROADER PROPOSED BUDGET, HOW 3418 02:10:33,192 --> 02:10:35,527 MANY DEPARTMENTS HAVE PROPOSED 3419 02:10:35,527 --> 02:10:39,765 LAYOFFS OF CITY EMPLOYEES 3420 02:10:39,765 --> 02:10:40,999 -- MR. WHITSON? DON'T FORGET TO 3421 02:10:40,999 --> 02:10:42,701 USE THE MICROPHONE. 3422 02:10:42,701 --> 02:10:43,035 -- THANK YOU. 3423 02:10:43,035 --> 02:10:44,770 -- I DO NOT HAVE THAT NUMBER AT 3424 02:10:44,770 --> 02:10:46,305 HAND, BUT CAN DEFINITELY GET 3425 02:10:46,305 --> 02:10:49,208 BACK TO YOU. 3426 02:10:49,208 --> 02:10:52,177 -- THANK YOU. PERHAPS THROUGHOUT 3427 02:10:52,177 --> 02:10:53,145 THE DISCUSSION TODAY, WE CAN 3428 02:10:53,145 --> 02:10:54,213 FIND THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION 3429 02:10:54,213 --> 02:10:55,948 BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS 3430 02:10:55,948 --> 02:10:57,683 IMPORTANT CONTEXT. I KNOW IN 3431 02:10:57,683 --> 02:10:58,317 DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS THAT WE 3432 02:10:58,317 --> 02:10:59,218 HAD OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF 3433 02:10:59,218 --> 02:11:00,385 WEEKS, WE'VE I MEAN, WE'VE HAD 3434 02:11:00,385 --> 02:11:02,120 DISCUSSIONS ABOUT POSITIONS, 3435 02:11:02,120 --> 02:11:03,255 LAYOFFS WITHIN SDCI. FOR 3436 02:11:03,255 --> 02:11:06,792 EXAMPLE, I THINK IT WOULD BE 3437 02:11:06,792 --> 02:11:07,359 HELPFUL TO ALSO UNPACK THE 3438 02:11:07,359 --> 02:11:10,796 NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT WILL BE 3439 02:11:10,796 --> 02:11:11,430 ABROGATED AS VACANT POSITIONS, 3440 02:11:11,430 --> 02:11:12,531 BUT ALSO ADDRESS THE REALITY 3441 02:11:12,531 --> 02:11:15,067 THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CITY 3442 02:11:15,067 --> 02:11:16,535 EMPLOYEES, PEOPLE WHO ARE 3443 02:11:16,535 --> 02:11:18,670 CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY THE CITY, 3444 02:11:18,670 --> 02:11:20,539 WHO ARE BEING PROPOSED TO BE 3445 02:11:20,539 --> 02:11:24,209 LAID OFF. ACTUAL PEOPLE, 3446 02:11:24,209 --> 02:11:26,078 FAMILIES. AND SO I WANT TO MAKE 3447 02:11:26,078 --> 02:11:28,313 SURE WE'RE GROUNDING OUR 3448 02:11:28,313 --> 02:11:31,450 DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS PROPOSED 3449 02:11:31,450 --> 02:11:33,785 BUDGET AND THE $68 MILLION 3450 02:11:33,785 --> 02:11:36,288 INCREASE TO THE SEATTLE POLICE 3451 02:11:36,288 --> 02:11:38,123 DEPARTMENT. WHEN WE ARE 3452 02:11:38,123 --> 02:11:39,625 CONSIDERING THIS. BUT GOING INTO 3453 02:11:39,625 --> 02:11:41,793 SOME OF THE POLICY 3454 02:11:41,793 --> 02:11:43,595 CONSIDERATIONS, I WANT TO THANK 3455 02:11:43,595 --> 02:11:44,896 YOU AGAIN, GREG, FOR YOUR HARD 3456 02:11:44,896 --> 02:11:48,834 WORK ON THIS. IN PARTICULAR, I 3457 02:11:48,834 --> 02:11:51,603 APPRECIATE HOW DETAILED ALL 78 3458 02:11:51,603 --> 02:11:54,072 PAGES OF YOUR POLICY 3459 02:11:54,072 --> 02:11:55,474 CONSIDERATIONS MEMO WERE. I DID 3460 02:11:55,474 --> 02:11:57,276 HAVE A FEW FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS 3461 02:11:57,276 --> 02:11:59,511 ABOUT SOME OF THESE POLICY 3462 02:11:59,511 --> 02:12:01,246 CONSIDERATIONS THAT I WANTED TO 3463 02:12:01,246 --> 02:12:04,549 GET ON THE RECORD FOR THE SWORN 3464 02:12:04,549 --> 02:12:06,385 STAFFING PLAN FOR 2027, THERE IS 3465 02:12:06,385 --> 02:12:10,555 AN ADDITIONAL 4.5 MILLION MORE 3466 02:12:10,555 --> 02:12:12,491 IN SWORN STAFFING FUNDS THAN 3467 02:12:12,491 --> 02:12:13,592 REQUIRED, AND THERE IS ALREADY A 3468 02:12:13,592 --> 02:12:17,329 PLAN TO USE 2.5 MILLION OF THAT 3469 02:12:17,329 --> 02:12:20,332 SURPLUS FOR TECHNICAL SERVICES. 3470 02:12:20,332 --> 02:12:21,333 COULD YOU GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF 3471 02:12:21,333 --> 02:12:23,068 WHAT WHAT THESE PROGRAMS ARE? 3472 02:12:23,068 --> 02:12:26,138 -- YEAH. THANK YOU. SO SPD, AS I 3473 02:12:26,138 --> 02:12:29,975 SAY, HAS HAD SOME COSTS THAT 3474 02:12:29,975 --> 02:12:30,809 WHEN THEY WERE ADDED TO THE 3475 02:12:30,809 --> 02:12:32,978 BUDGET, THERE WAS NO DEDICATED 3476 02:12:32,978 --> 02:12:35,213 FUNDING ADDED. AND SO THESE 3477 02:12:35,213 --> 02:12:36,682 COSTS HAVE BEEN COSTS THAT 3478 02:12:36,682 --> 02:12:38,350 HISTORICALLY THEY HAVE ABSORBED 3479 02:12:38,350 --> 02:12:39,318 USING SALARY SAVINGS, EITHER 3480 02:12:39,318 --> 02:12:40,886 FROM THE SWORN SIDE OR OF THE 3481 02:12:40,886 --> 02:12:47,726 CIVILIAN SIDE THEY ARE COSTS FOR 3482 02:12:47,726 --> 02:12:51,129 AMAZON CLOUD SERVICE, FOR CON 3483 02:12:51,129 --> 02:12:51,730 CONTRACTS OR ONGOING SERVICE 3484 02:12:51,730 --> 02:12:56,835 AGREEMENTS FOR THINGS LIKE 3485 02:12:56,835 --> 02:12:57,469 CELLULAR COSTS FOR THE OFFICERS 3486 02:12:57,469 --> 02:12:58,870 AND CIVILIANS THAT HAVE CELL 3487 02:12:58,870 --> 02:13:03,108 PHONES. THEY ARE COSTS FOR, AS I 3488 02:13:03,108 --> 02:13:06,378 SAID EARLIER, SYSTEMS LIKE 3489 02:13:06,378 --> 02:13:08,613 AQUEDUCT OR ADOBE, A LOT OF 3490 02:13:08,613 --> 02:13:10,148 THESE THINGS THAT THAT ARE USED 3491 02:13:10,148 --> 02:13:13,185 BY THE DEPARTMENT ON A REGULAR 3492 02:13:13,185 --> 02:13:16,054 BASIS, EVEN THEIR THEIR 3493 02:13:16,054 --> 02:13:19,024 ANALYSIS, THEIR SPIDER TECH MANY 3494 02:13:19,024 --> 02:13:20,892 OF THESE SYSTEMS HAVE GROWN OVER 3495 02:13:20,892 --> 02:13:23,462 THE YEARS AS THEIR DEPENDANCE ON 3496 02:13:23,462 --> 02:13:25,664 TECHNOLOGY OR USE OF TECHNOLOGY, 3497 02:13:25,664 --> 02:13:28,266 TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OF 3498 02:13:28,266 --> 02:13:30,602 TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES, DATA 3499 02:13:30,602 --> 02:13:32,604 DRIVEN POLICING. MANY OF THESE 3500 02:13:32,604 --> 02:13:34,106 COSTS HAVE GROWN OVER THE YEARS, 3501 02:13:34,106 --> 02:13:37,242 AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO 3502 02:13:37,242 --> 02:13:38,543 ADDRESS THEM. SO I CAN GET YOU A 3503 02:13:38,543 --> 02:13:39,344 SPECIFIC LIST OF ALL OF THEM, 3504 02:13:39,344 --> 02:13:40,879 BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY 3505 02:13:40,879 --> 02:13:43,582 ARE, FOR THE MOST PART, ONGOING 3506 02:13:43,582 --> 02:13:45,350 LEASES FOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICE 3507 02:13:45,350 --> 02:13:46,752 PROVIDERS, AGAIN, LIKE AMAZON 3508 02:13:46,752 --> 02:13:51,223 OR, OR ACROBAT, ADOBE OR CELL 3509 02:13:51,223 --> 02:13:52,891 PHONE COSTS. AND YES, YOU ARE 3510 02:13:52,891 --> 02:13:56,828 CORRECT, OUT OF THE 4.5 MILLION 3511 02:13:56,828 --> 02:13:58,864 THAT IS PART OF THE STAFFING 3512 02:13:58,864 --> 02:14:01,533 PLAN FOR 2027 AND IS NOT USED TO 3513 02:14:01,533 --> 02:14:03,435 SUPPORT SWORN STAFF. 2.5 MILLION 3514 02:14:03,435 --> 02:14:04,970 IS GOING TO BE TAKEN OUT AND 3515 02:14:04,970 --> 02:14:08,840 ADDED FOR THOSE COSTS. 3516 02:14:08,840 --> 02:14:09,441 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK THANK 3517 02:14:09,441 --> 02:14:12,611 YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK YOU FOR 3518 02:14:12,611 --> 02:14:13,178 THAT RESPONSE. BUILDING US 3519 02:14:13,178 --> 02:14:14,246 DIRECTOR WHITSON APOLOGIES, 3520 02:14:14,246 --> 02:14:15,414 CHAIR, I'M SEEING DIRECTOR 3521 02:14:15,414 --> 02:14:16,748 WHITSON WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN. 3522 02:14:16,748 --> 02:14:18,417 -- SORRY TO GO BACK TO YOUR 3523 02:14:18,417 --> 02:14:19,084 PREVIOUS QUESTION. THERE ARE 3524 02:14:19,084 --> 02:14:20,652 LAYOFFS IN FIVE DEPARTMENTS, 3525 02:14:20,652 --> 02:14:22,821 INCLUDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, 3526 02:14:22,821 --> 02:14:25,323 WHICH IS SEEING THREE LAYOFFS. 3527 02:14:25,323 --> 02:14:27,826 -- AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT, 3528 02:14:27,826 --> 02:14:28,427 INCLUDING ABROGATIONS, IT'S 3529 02:14:28,427 --> 02:14:30,128 ABOUT 14. BACK TO YOU, 3530 02:14:30,128 --> 02:14:30,595 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 3531 02:14:30,595 --> 02:14:32,164 -- THANK YOU. IMPORTANT 3532 02:14:32,164 --> 02:14:33,832 CLARIFICATION AGAIN, COLLEAGUES, 3533 02:14:33,832 --> 02:14:34,366 REALLY INTERESTED IN JUST 3534 02:14:34,366 --> 02:14:35,967 PLACING THIS BUDGET AND OUR 3535 02:14:35,967 --> 02:14:36,601 CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS BUDGET 3536 02:14:36,601 --> 02:14:39,671 IN BROADER CONTEXT OF HIRING AND 3537 02:14:39,671 --> 02:14:42,474 LAYOFFS ACROSS THE CITY. THANK 3538 02:14:42,474 --> 02:14:45,410 YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE, GREG. AND 3539 02:14:45,410 --> 02:14:48,447 TAKING US TO I'M NOTING THAT 2 3540 02:14:48,447 --> 02:14:52,117 MILLION WAS ALLOCATED TO SPD FOR 3541 02:14:52,117 --> 02:14:53,652 THIS BUDGET AS AN INTENTIONAL 3542 02:14:53,652 --> 02:14:54,486 OVERFUND. WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE 3543 02:14:54,486 --> 02:14:57,322 BIT ABOUT THIS CUSHION TO COVER 3544 02:14:57,322 --> 02:15:00,325 ADDITIONAL SALARY COSTS IN 2027. 3545 02:15:00,325 --> 02:15:03,628 IN THE CASE THAT FEWER OFFICERS 3546 02:15:03,628 --> 02:15:04,262 SEPARATE THAN ANTICIPATED. COULD 3547 02:15:04,262 --> 02:15:06,231 THIS MONEY BE USED BY SPD IF 3548 02:15:06,231 --> 02:15:08,467 COUNCIL DECIDES TO LEAVE IT 3549 02:15:08,467 --> 02:15:10,302 UNTOUCHED, IT COULD BE USED TO 3550 02:15:10,302 --> 02:15:12,304 OVERTIME APPROPRIATION. IF SPD 3551 02:15:12,304 --> 02:15:14,372 GOES OVER BUDGET. 3552 02:15:14,372 --> 02:15:16,308 -- MR. STRAUSS. 3553 02:15:16,308 --> 02:15:19,244 -- OH, I'M SORRY, MR. CHAIR. 3554 02:15:19,244 --> 02:15:19,478 -- YES. 3555 02:15:19,478 --> 02:15:21,213 -- SIMPLE ANSWER. THANK YOU. 3556 02:15:21,213 --> 02:15:23,048 NOW, LATER IN THE PRESENTATION, 3557 02:15:23,048 --> 02:15:26,518 YOU TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT 3558 02:15:26,518 --> 02:15:28,253 THIS YEAR IN 2026, SPD WENT OVER 3559 02:15:28,253 --> 02:15:31,022 THEIR OVERTIME APPROPRIATION BY 3560 02:15:31,022 --> 02:15:35,961 2.1 MILLION. AND SO I RECALL IN 3561 02:15:35,961 --> 02:15:36,595 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE EARLIER 3562 02:15:36,595 --> 02:15:38,530 THIS YEAR, YOU HAD PRESENTED ON 3563 02:15:38,530 --> 02:15:41,833 SPD OVERTIME MONITORING. AND AT 3564 02:15:41,833 --> 02:15:44,903 THE TIME YOU STATED THAT AFTER 3565 02:15:44,903 --> 02:15:45,537 ADJUSTING RETROACTIVE CONTRACT 3566 02:15:45,537 --> 02:15:48,173 PAYMENTS AND ANTICIPATING 3567 02:15:48,173 --> 02:15:49,841 REVENUES FROM FIFA AND THE NFL, 3568 02:15:49,841 --> 02:15:51,443 THAT SPD WAS LIKELY TO FINISH 3569 02:15:51,443 --> 02:15:53,311 THE YEAR WITHOUT REQUIRING 3570 02:15:53,311 --> 02:15:54,880 ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM THE 3571 02:15:54,880 --> 02:15:56,248 CITY'S GENERAL FUND. SO MY 3572 02:15:56,248 --> 02:15:58,917 QUESTION IS, WHAT CHANGED? 3573 02:15:58,917 --> 02:16:04,189 -- MR. DAS 3574 02:16:04,189 --> 02:16:06,725 -- I SHOULD HAVE LOOKED AT PRIOR 3575 02:16:06,725 --> 02:16:07,692 YEARS WHERE THE DEPARTMENT 3576 02:16:07,692 --> 02:16:09,161 TRADITIONALLY GOES OVER BUDGET. 3577 02:16:09,161 --> 02:16:10,662 I WAS BEING OPTIMISTIC. I WAS 3578 02:16:10,662 --> 02:16:12,163 ALSO JUST LOOKING AT THE 3579 02:16:12,163 --> 02:16:15,333 NUMBERS. WHAT CHANGED IN THE 3580 02:16:15,333 --> 02:16:16,601 FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR WHEN I 3581 02:16:16,601 --> 02:16:21,473 MADE THAT REPORT, SPD WAS DOING 3582 02:16:21,473 --> 02:16:23,608 LESS PATROL AUGMENTATION. THEIR 3583 02:16:23,608 --> 02:16:25,110 PATROL AUGMENTATION IS, AS I 3584 02:16:25,110 --> 02:16:28,146 DISCUSSED EARLIER, FOR THE 3585 02:16:28,146 --> 02:16:30,148 PURPOSE OF OF MEETING CERTAIN 3586 02:16:30,148 --> 02:16:31,483 THRESHOLDS WHEN RESPONDING TO 3587 02:16:31,483 --> 02:16:34,386 911 CALLS. IT IS ALSO TO MAKE 3588 02:16:34,386 --> 02:16:36,221 AVAILABLE PROACTIVE UNITS THAT 3589 02:16:36,221 --> 02:16:36,988 CAN WORK HOTSPOTS 12th AND 3590 02:16:36,988 --> 02:16:40,592 JACKSON OR OTHER AREAS. IT IS 3591 02:16:40,592 --> 02:16:42,227 THE CASE THAT AFTER I MADE THAT 3592 02:16:42,227 --> 02:16:44,563 PRESENTATION, THE MAYOR 3593 02:16:44,563 --> 02:16:46,965 ANNOUNCED THAT THERE WOULD BE 3594 02:16:46,965 --> 02:16:48,400 MORE PROACTIVE USE OF OFFICERS. 3595 02:16:48,400 --> 02:16:49,868 THOSE OFFICERS ARE ON OVERTIME, 3596 02:16:49,868 --> 02:16:52,437 THE BIKE SQUADS, THE THAT THIS 3597 02:16:52,437 --> 02:16:53,605 COMMITTEE TALKED ABOUT A FEW 3598 02:16:53,605 --> 02:16:55,140 MINUTES AGO. ALL OF THAT OCCURS 3599 02:16:55,140 --> 02:16:59,578 ON OVERTIME. SO AS THAT ACTIVITY 3600 02:16:59,578 --> 02:17:02,581 INCREASED OVER THE PAST FEW 3601 02:17:02,581 --> 02:17:04,316 MONTHS, THE DEPARTMENT HAS WOUND 3602 02:17:04,316 --> 02:17:07,419 UP IN EXCESS OF ITS 3603 02:17:07,419 --> 02:17:07,953 APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY. 3604 02:17:07,953 --> 02:17:10,755 -- THANK YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE. 3605 02:17:10,755 --> 02:17:12,891 THAT'S HELPFUL. CLARIFICATION. 3606 02:17:12,891 --> 02:17:14,426 AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, EVEN IF WE 3607 02:17:14,426 --> 02:17:16,561 DECIDE TO TAKE NO ACTION AND 3608 02:17:16,561 --> 02:17:18,597 LEAVE THE $2 MILLION FOR SALARY 3609 02:17:18,597 --> 02:17:20,532 CUSHION, COULD THERE STILL BE A 3610 02:17:20,532 --> 02:17:22,033 POSSIBILITY THAT SPD GOES BACK 3611 02:17:22,033 --> 02:17:27,038 TO ASK FOR MORE IN THE 2027 YEAR 3612 02:17:27,038 --> 02:17:30,642 END SUPPLEMENTAL? 3613 02:17:30,642 --> 02:17:33,612 -- YES, I THINK DEPENDING ON ON 3614 02:17:33,612 --> 02:17:36,615 EVENTS NEXT YEAR, THERE IS THERE 3615 02:17:36,615 --> 02:17:39,117 IS A POTENTIAL THAT THEY COULD 3616 02:17:39,117 --> 02:17:41,052 EXCEED 500,000 HOURS THE LAST 3617 02:17:41,052 --> 02:17:43,321 FEW YEARS THEY'VE BEEN AT ABOUT 3618 02:17:43,321 --> 02:17:44,789 5000 HOURS, 500,000 HOURS. SO 3619 02:17:44,789 --> 02:17:46,291 IT'S ALSO POSSIBLE THEY COULD 3620 02:17:46,291 --> 02:17:49,227 STAY AT THAT SAME LEVEL. IT'S 3621 02:17:49,227 --> 02:17:51,596 DIFFICULT TO KNOW FOR SURE. 3622 02:17:51,596 --> 02:17:53,031 -- THANK YOU. CONTINUING. 3623 02:17:53,031 --> 02:17:54,199 ACTUALLY, THIS WILL BE MY LAST 3624 02:17:54,199 --> 02:17:56,935 QUESTION JUST ON OVERTIME 3625 02:17:56,935 --> 02:17:58,603 COMPONENTS. I HAVE A FEW OTHER 3626 02:17:58,603 --> 02:18:00,739 TOPICS I'D LIKE TO COVER WITH 3627 02:18:00,739 --> 02:18:02,273 MY TIME. COULD YOU WALK US 3628 02:18:02,273 --> 02:18:04,142 THROUGH COUNCIL'S ROLE IN 3629 02:18:04,142 --> 02:18:06,077 ENSURING THAT SPD DOES NOT GO 3630 02:18:06,077 --> 02:18:06,711 OVER THEIR YEARLY APPROPRIATION 3631 02:18:06,711 --> 02:18:08,046 OF OVERTIME BUDGET? AND 3632 02:18:08,046 --> 02:18:09,347 ADDITIONALLY, ARE THERE ANY 3633 02:18:09,347 --> 02:18:11,216 SAFEGUARDS OR CONSIDERATIONS ON 3634 02:18:11,216 --> 02:18:12,317 MAKING SURE IN THE FUTURE WE 3635 02:18:12,317 --> 02:18:14,719 DON'T HAVE MILLIONS OF 3636 02:18:14,719 --> 02:18:16,321 UNBUDGETED GENERAL FUND COSTS TO 3637 02:18:16,321 --> 02:18:17,889 SPD, EVEN IF THEY GO OVER THEIR 3638 02:18:17,889 --> 02:18:21,426 OVERTIME BUDGET AGAIN? 3639 02:18:21,426 --> 02:18:22,594 -- I THINK THAT THE ANSWER TO 3640 02:18:22,594 --> 02:18:27,065 THAT QUESTION IS THAT THERE IS A 3641 02:18:27,065 --> 02:18:29,734 SLI EVERY YEAR THAT ASKS FOR 3642 02:18:29,734 --> 02:18:31,903 OVERTIME DATA, STAFFING, DATA, 3643 02:18:31,903 --> 02:18:34,039 FINANCIAL DATA. AND THAT'S WHAT 3644 02:18:34,039 --> 02:18:36,241 I PRESENT TO YOU ALL IN THE 3645 02:18:36,241 --> 02:18:36,908 QUARTERLY REPORTS THAT I DO. NO 3646 02:18:36,908 --> 02:18:39,644 OTHER DEPARTMENT HAS THAT KIND 3647 02:18:39,644 --> 02:18:43,915 OF, I GUESS, FINANCIAL 3648 02:18:43,915 --> 02:18:45,250 MONITORING. AND I COME BEFORE 3649 02:18:45,250 --> 02:18:46,985 YOU BEFORE THE PUBLIC SAFETY 3650 02:18:46,985 --> 02:18:48,420 COMMITTEE, ONCE A QUARTER TO 3651 02:18:48,420 --> 02:18:50,288 PRESENT THAT INFORMATION SO THAT 3652 02:18:50,288 --> 02:18:51,990 YOU CAN SO THAT YOU CAN MONITOR 3653 02:18:51,990 --> 02:18:53,725 WHAT WHAT THE DEPARTMENT IS 3654 02:18:53,725 --> 02:18:55,960 DOING. AND YOU CAN KNOW HOW 3655 02:18:55,960 --> 02:18:58,029 THEIR SPENDING IS PROGRESSING 3656 02:18:58,029 --> 02:18:59,431 AND THAT THERE ARE NO SURPRISES 3657 02:18:59,431 --> 02:19:04,803 AT THE END OF THE YEAR. THAT IS 3658 02:19:04,803 --> 02:19:06,304 THAT IS THIS COUNCIL'S MAIN 3659 02:19:06,304 --> 02:19:12,477 INTERVENTION RIGHT NOW. ITS MAIN 3660 02:19:12,477 --> 02:19:14,779 MONITORING VEHICLE IN THERE ARE 3661 02:19:14,779 --> 02:19:18,516 OTHER USES OR OTHER TOOLS THAT 3662 02:19:18,516 --> 02:19:19,084 THAT THE THE COUNCIL COULD 3663 02:19:19,084 --> 02:19:20,752 EMPLOY. THERE COULD BE PROVISOS 3664 02:19:20,752 --> 02:19:23,888 ON ON OVERTIME, THE CHALLENGE 3665 02:19:23,888 --> 02:19:25,356 WITH THAT IS, IS THAT AS YOU GET 3666 02:19:25,356 --> 02:19:28,059 TO THE END OF THE YEAR, IF SPD 3667 02:19:28,059 --> 02:19:29,327 NEEDS THE AUTHORITY, YOU WOULD 3668 02:19:29,327 --> 02:19:31,696 JUST HAVE TO RELEASE THE PROVISO 3669 02:19:31,696 --> 02:19:33,231 ANYWAY, IT IS. IT IS MOSTLY 3670 02:19:33,231 --> 02:19:35,834 ABOUT JUST BRINGING FORWARD THE 3671 02:19:35,834 --> 02:19:38,536 COMMAND STAFF AND THE MAYOR'S 3672 02:19:38,536 --> 02:19:39,437 OFFICE AND KNOWING HOW THE CITY 3673 02:19:39,437 --> 02:19:41,740 IS USING ITS OVERTIME DOLLARS 3674 02:19:41,740 --> 02:19:45,343 AND AND AND IF THAT USE IS 3675 02:19:45,343 --> 02:19:46,578 CONSISTENT WITH WITH THE INTENT 3676 02:19:46,578 --> 02:19:50,515 OF THE POLICY MAKERS, THEN, YOU 3677 02:19:50,515 --> 02:19:51,850 KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT 3678 02:19:51,850 --> 02:19:53,651 WILL HAVE TO BE PAID FOR. 3679 02:19:53,651 --> 02:19:55,487 OTHERWISE, IT'S THE CHIEF'S JOB 3680 02:19:55,487 --> 02:19:59,924 TO KEEP IT AT THE BUDGET LEVEL. 3681 02:19:59,924 --> 02:20:01,292 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 3682 02:20:01,292 --> 02:20:02,961 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR STRAUSS 3683 02:20:02,961 --> 02:20:05,530 HEARING THAT POINT, HEARING 3684 02:20:05,530 --> 02:20:08,666 THAT, MONITORING AND POTENTIAL 3685 02:20:08,666 --> 02:20:10,502 PROVISO, BUT EVEN UNDERSTANDING 3686 02:20:10,502 --> 02:20:11,903 THAT, IN EFFECT, THAT PROVISO 3687 02:20:11,903 --> 02:20:12,637 PERHAPS WOULD NOT GET THE 3688 02:20:12,637 --> 02:20:14,072 OUTCOME THAT WE'D BE HOPING 3689 02:20:14,072 --> 02:20:14,706 FOR. REALLY THE MAIN PATH FOR 3690 02:20:14,706 --> 02:20:17,776 MANAGING THIS ISSUE IS 3691 02:20:17,776 --> 02:20:19,944 COORDINATION WITH THE EXECUTIVE. 3692 02:20:19,944 --> 02:20:22,680 AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT 3693 02:20:22,680 --> 02:20:25,850 CORRECTLY? YEAH. UNDERSTOOD 3694 02:20:25,850 --> 02:20:27,185 THAT'S HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND. 3695 02:20:27,185 --> 02:20:28,353 AND STILL CONFESS. A BIT 3696 02:20:28,353 --> 02:20:30,355 FRUSTRATING. I THINK ANY TYPE OF 3697 02:20:30,355 --> 02:20:32,657 OVERSPENDING IN A DEPARTMENT IS 3698 02:20:32,657 --> 02:20:34,492 IS CHALLENGING, PARTICULARLY 3699 02:20:34,492 --> 02:20:36,728 WHEN THERE ARE UNEXPECTED COSTS 3700 02:20:36,728 --> 02:20:38,963 COMING HERE AND CONCERNED WITH 3701 02:20:38,963 --> 02:20:40,665 OUR INABILITY, BARRING, AGAIN, A 3702 02:20:40,665 --> 02:20:41,866 CLOSER COLLABORATION WITH THE 3703 02:20:41,866 --> 02:20:44,636 EXECUTIVE ON ABILITY TO MANAGE 3704 02:20:44,636 --> 02:20:48,273 THAT ISSUE, I WANTED TO TAKE US 3705 02:20:48,273 --> 02:20:50,041 TO THE EXCITING DISCUSSION ABOUT 3706 02:20:50,041 --> 02:20:51,810 WHAT IS THE RIGHT NUMBER OF 3707 02:20:51,810 --> 02:20:54,045 OFFICERS FOR SEATTLE, AND I 3708 02:20:54,045 --> 02:20:55,747 REALLY APPRECIATED THE NOTES 3709 02:20:55,747 --> 02:20:56,181 THAT YOU HAD IN THE 3710 02:20:56,181 --> 02:20:57,515 PRESENTATION, AS WELL AS IN THE 3711 02:20:57,515 --> 02:20:59,818 MEMO UNDERSTANDING THAT, I THINK 3712 02:20:59,818 --> 02:21:03,188 FOR ALL OF US, THIS IS A COMPLEX 3713 02:21:03,188 --> 02:21:04,656 MATTER, UNDERSTANDING AND 3714 02:21:04,656 --> 02:21:06,157 SCALING THE RIGHT NUMBER OF 3715 02:21:06,157 --> 02:21:08,326 OFFICERS FOR OUR POPULATION. AND 3716 02:21:08,326 --> 02:21:09,260 I WANTED TO NOTE THAT IN YOUR 3717 02:21:09,260 --> 02:21:13,064 MEMO, YOU TOUCHED ON ON THINGS 3718 02:21:13,064 --> 02:21:16,367 HOW OFFICER TO POPULATION RATIOS 3719 02:21:16,367 --> 02:21:18,503 USING THEM ALONE CAN BE SOMEWHAT 3720 02:21:18,503 --> 02:21:20,171 PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE IT DOESN'T 3721 02:21:20,171 --> 02:21:22,006 TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THINGS SUCH AS 3722 02:21:22,006 --> 02:21:23,775 UNIQUE NEEDS OF A COMMUNITY 3723 02:21:23,775 --> 02:21:26,144 COMMUTER AND TRANSIENT 3724 02:21:26,144 --> 02:21:28,213 POPULATIONS, WHETHER A 3725 02:21:28,213 --> 02:21:30,515 JURISDICTION USES RESOURCES FOR 3726 02:21:30,515 --> 02:21:31,149 SPECIALIZED SERVICES LIKE HARBOR 3727 02:21:31,149 --> 02:21:31,716 PATROL, THERE'S A LOT OF 3728 02:21:31,716 --> 02:21:34,285 COMPLEXITY HERE, AND EVEN WHEN 3729 02:21:34,285 --> 02:21:35,453 WE EVALUATE AND LOOK AT 3730 02:21:35,453 --> 02:21:37,956 DEPARTMENTS ON THE WEST COAST 3731 02:21:37,956 --> 02:21:40,425 VERSUS THE EAST COAST IN TERMS 3732 02:21:40,425 --> 02:21:43,228 OF STAFFING NUMBERS AND OFFICER 3733 02:21:43,228 --> 02:21:45,663 SALARIES, WE END UP BEING THE 3734 02:21:45,663 --> 02:21:47,131 PAYING THE MOST, THIRD MOST PER 3735 02:21:47,131 --> 02:21:49,501 OFFICER AT A COMPARABLE CITY'S, 3736 02:21:49,501 --> 02:21:52,804 ONLY BEHIND SAN JOSE AND SAN 3737 02:21:52,804 --> 02:21:55,373 FRANCISCO. NOTING TO IN THE 3738 02:21:55,373 --> 02:21:57,942 MELORIA, PUBLIC SAFETY 3739 02:21:57,942 --> 02:21:59,577 CONSULTANT REPORT THAT STATED 3740 02:21:59,577 --> 02:22:00,111 THAT RECOMMENDED PRECINCT 3741 02:22:00,111 --> 02:22:02,113 STAFFING LEVELS WOULD INCREASE 3742 02:22:02,113 --> 02:22:04,782 PATROL STAFFING BY 153 OFFICERS. 3743 02:22:04,782 --> 02:22:07,285 BUT THE REPORT ITSELF DOESN'T 3744 02:22:07,285 --> 02:22:09,053 DISCUSS THE CARE DEPARTMENT, 3745 02:22:09,053 --> 02:22:10,889 CARE AND OUR CRISIS CARE 3746 02:22:10,889 --> 02:22:12,156 RESPONDERS WERE NOT A PART OF 3747 02:22:12,156 --> 02:22:13,992 THAT STUDY. CAN YOU WALK US 3748 02:22:13,992 --> 02:22:18,663 THROUGH WHY THAT WAS? 3749 02:22:18,663 --> 02:22:21,332 -- I CAN CONFIRM WHAT YOU'RE 3750 02:22:21,332 --> 02:22:23,134 SAYING. IT WAS THE CONSIDERATION 3751 02:22:23,134 --> 02:22:25,870 OF OF ALTERNATE RESPONSE WAS NOT 3752 02:22:25,870 --> 02:22:27,672 PUT INTO THE MODELS OR THE 3753 02:22:27,672 --> 02:22:29,941 CALCULATIONS THAT THE STUDY 3754 02:22:29,941 --> 02:22:32,944 USED. I THINK THAT IT'S A VERY 3755 02:22:32,944 --> 02:22:34,112 LONG STUDY, HUNDREDS OF PAGES. I 3756 02:22:34,112 --> 02:22:36,881 THINK THAT THEY THEY PROBABLY 3757 02:22:36,881 --> 02:22:38,850 DISCUSSED HOW ALTERNATIVE 3758 02:22:38,850 --> 02:22:40,952 RESPONSE CAN, CAN IMPACT 3759 02:22:40,952 --> 02:22:42,020 STAFFING. BUT TO MY 3760 02:22:42,020 --> 02:22:44,522 RECOLLECTION, THEY WERE NOT 3761 02:22:44,522 --> 02:22:45,056 ASSUMING ANY ALTERNATIVE 3762 02:22:45,056 --> 02:22:46,491 RESPONSE WHEN THEY WERE PUTTING 3763 02:22:46,491 --> 02:22:48,893 THAT MODEL TOGETHER. AND I THINK 3764 02:22:48,893 --> 02:22:49,928 IT'S POTENTIALLY BECAUSE OF 3765 02:22:49,928 --> 02:22:52,463 THAT, THAT SPD RECEIVED THE 3766 02:22:52,463 --> 02:22:54,465 REPORT AND SAID AND DETERMINED 3767 02:22:54,465 --> 02:22:56,200 THAT THEY DO NEED TO CONSIDER 3768 02:22:56,200 --> 02:22:58,569 ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE. AND 3769 02:22:58,569 --> 02:23:00,638 THAT'S WHY THEY'RE THEY'RE 3770 02:23:00,638 --> 02:23:02,206 RUNNING THEIR OWN STUDY TO, TO 3771 02:23:02,206 --> 02:23:03,875 BOTH CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE 3772 02:23:03,875 --> 02:23:06,611 RESPONSE, THE IMPACT OF THE CARE 3773 02:23:06,611 --> 02:23:09,414 DEPARTMENT ON CALLS ALSO TO BE 3774 02:23:09,414 --> 02:23:11,716 ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO 3775 02:23:11,716 --> 02:23:13,051 ACHIEVE BETTER RESPONSE TIMES 3776 02:23:13,051 --> 02:23:16,187 WHEN OFFICERS ARE GOING. SO THAT 3777 02:23:16,187 --> 02:23:16,721 THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AND 3778 02:23:16,721 --> 02:23:17,989 THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT FOR 3779 02:23:17,989 --> 02:23:19,157 THAT. YEAH. 3780 02:23:19,157 --> 02:23:22,927 -- THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL TO 3781 02:23:22,927 --> 02:23:23,494 UNDERSTAND, COLLEAGUES, MY 3782 02:23:23,494 --> 02:23:24,829 GENERAL ORIENTATION ON THIS 3783 02:23:24,829 --> 02:23:26,831 MATTER HAS BEEN WE WANT TO BE 3784 02:23:26,831 --> 02:23:27,465 BUILDING A PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM 3785 02:23:27,465 --> 02:23:28,433 THAT HAS QUICK RESPONSES, BUT 3786 02:23:28,433 --> 02:23:31,402 ALSO RIGHT RESPONSES FOR A GIVEN 3787 02:23:31,402 --> 02:23:31,970 PUBLIC SAFETY SCENARIOS. SO 3788 02:23:31,970 --> 02:23:33,738 IT'S BEEN ALL ABOUT REALLY 3789 02:23:33,738 --> 02:23:35,606 CALIBRATING HOW MANY SWORN 3790 02:23:35,606 --> 02:23:36,908 OFFICERS ARE NEEDED TO RESPOND 3791 02:23:36,908 --> 02:23:39,077 TO THOSE TIER ONE CALLS. LOOKING 3792 02:23:39,077 --> 02:23:41,713 ALSO AT HOW WE CAN REALLY MAKE 3793 02:23:41,713 --> 02:23:43,648 USE OF OUR CRISIS CARE RESPONDER 3794 02:23:43,648 --> 02:23:45,383 TEAM FOR RESPONDING TO CALLS 3795 02:23:45,383 --> 02:23:47,619 THAT DO NOT NEED A SWORN OFFICER 3796 02:23:47,619 --> 02:23:49,787 TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND, AND 3797 02:23:49,787 --> 02:23:51,122 REALLY DIALING IN AND MAKING 3798 02:23:51,122 --> 02:23:52,590 SURE THAT OFFICER TIME IS 3799 02:23:52,590 --> 02:23:54,592 RESPONDING TO THE KIND OF CALLS 3800 02:23:54,592 --> 02:23:55,526 AND SITUATIONS WE'D LIKE THEM 3801 02:23:55,526 --> 02:23:56,694 TO. AND SO FOR ME, IT'S 3802 02:23:56,694 --> 02:23:57,895 PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT THAT WHEN 3803 02:23:57,895 --> 02:24:01,432 WE'RE THINKING ABOUT RESPONDERS 3804 02:24:01,432 --> 02:24:02,000 WHO'S RESPONDING, THAT WE 3805 02:24:02,000 --> 02:24:03,735 FACTOR IN THAT WE ARE GROWING 3806 02:24:03,735 --> 02:24:04,702 THIS ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE TEAM. 3807 02:24:04,702 --> 02:24:07,372 WE ALSO DON'T TALK TOO MUCH 3808 02:24:07,372 --> 02:24:09,073 ABOUT THE CRISIS RESPONDER TEAM, 3809 02:24:09,073 --> 02:24:11,409 OUR DUAL DISPATCH PROGRAM, WHICH 3810 02:24:11,409 --> 02:24:14,379 IS TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT WHEN 3811 02:24:14,379 --> 02:24:16,214 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN EXTREME 3812 02:24:16,214 --> 02:24:17,015 RISK PROTECTION ORDERS AND OTHER 3813 02:24:17,015 --> 02:24:18,983 MATTERS SUCH AS THAT AND 3814 02:24:18,983 --> 02:24:19,584 SPECIFIC KINDS OF BEHAVIORAL 3815 02:24:19,584 --> 02:24:22,553 HEALTH CALLS WHERE THERE IS 3816 02:24:22,553 --> 02:24:23,154 PRESENT DANGER, AND THEN, OF 3817 02:24:23,154 --> 02:24:24,589 COURSE, WE'LL GET INTO FIRE 3818 02:24:24,589 --> 02:24:26,190 LATER TODAY. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT 3819 02:24:26,190 --> 02:24:28,960 FOR ME, AS WE'RE THINKING 3820 02:24:28,960 --> 02:24:31,929 HOLISTICALLY ABOUT DIALING IN ON 3821 02:24:31,929 --> 02:24:33,998 THOSE, FOCUSING IN ON IMPROVING 3822 02:24:33,998 --> 02:24:34,799 RESPONSE TIMES, WE ALSO ARE 3823 02:24:34,799 --> 02:24:37,035 CLEAR ON GETTING THE RIGHT 3824 02:24:37,035 --> 02:24:40,638 RESPONSES DEPLOYED AND SO I WANT 3825 02:24:40,638 --> 02:24:43,708 TO NOW TAKE US TO A LITTLE BIT 3826 02:24:43,708 --> 02:24:46,611 JUST AROUND CIVILIAN POSITION, 3827 02:24:46,611 --> 02:24:47,145 ABROGATION, PARTICULARLY 3828 02:24:47,145 --> 02:24:48,646 INTERESTED IN THE IMPACT OF THE 3829 02:24:48,646 --> 02:24:52,183 ABROGATION OF CIVILIAN POSITIONS 3830 02:24:52,183 --> 02:24:54,252 ON CASE BACKLOGS. I'M THINKING 3831 02:24:54,252 --> 02:24:57,455 ABOUT ESPECIALLY SPECIFICALLY TO 3832 02:24:57,455 --> 02:24:58,890 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES. AND 3833 02:24:58,890 --> 02:25:00,224 IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. AND GREG, 3834 02:25:00,224 --> 02:25:01,926 IF YOU COULD CONFIRM THIS, THAT 3835 02:25:01,926 --> 02:25:03,828 YOU'RE CONTINUING TO RESEARCH 3836 02:25:03,828 --> 02:25:04,429 THIS IN COOPERATION WITH THE 3837 02:25:04,429 --> 02:25:06,064 EXECUTIVE, I WOULD JUST ASK IF 3838 02:25:06,064 --> 02:25:07,932 YOU COULD KEEP US INFORMED ON 3839 02:25:07,932 --> 02:25:10,668 ANY ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND 3840 02:25:10,668 --> 02:25:13,771 FINDINGS RELATED TO WHAT THESE 3841 02:25:13,771 --> 02:25:15,406 IMPACTS WILL BE. I ALSO WANT TO 3842 02:25:15,406 --> 02:25:17,842 NOTE THAT THERE IS 4.2 MILLION 3843 02:25:17,842 --> 02:25:20,044 IN STATE NARCOTICS FORFEITURE 3844 02:25:20,044 --> 02:25:20,912 FUNDS, AND THAT THE DEPARTMENT 3845 02:25:20,912 --> 02:25:23,815 WILL BE USING THIS TO BUY 3846 02:25:23,815 --> 02:25:25,883 UPDATED SAFETY EQUIPMENT. MY 3847 02:25:25,883 --> 02:25:28,619 QUESTION IS, WITH THE USE OF 3848 02:25:28,619 --> 02:25:29,687 THIS MONEY TO BUY TASERS AS A 3849 02:25:29,687 --> 02:25:32,590 LESS LETHAL OPTION, BE VIABLE. 3850 02:25:32,590 --> 02:25:36,761 -- MR. DAS. 3851 02:25:36,761 --> 02:25:37,295 -- THAT IS SOMETHING THAT 3852 02:25:37,295 --> 02:25:38,830 CENTRAL STAFF ATTORNEY IS 3853 02:25:38,830 --> 02:25:41,132 CURRENTLY LOOKING AT. LAUREN 3854 02:25:41,132 --> 02:25:44,202 HENRY IS CURRENTLY LOOKING AT 3855 02:25:44,202 --> 02:25:46,871 BOTH THE 4.2 MILLION IN STATE 3856 02:25:46,871 --> 02:25:48,372 DRUG FORFEITURE FUNDS. AND THEN 3857 02:25:48,372 --> 02:25:51,843 ALSO THERE IS ANOTHER 880,000, I 3858 02:25:51,843 --> 02:25:55,046 BELIEVE, IN FEDERAL FORFEITURE 3859 02:25:55,046 --> 02:25:57,748 FUNDS THAT BOTH OF THESE POTS 3860 02:25:57,748 --> 02:26:00,551 ARE RESTRICTED FOR POLICE USE. 3861 02:26:00,551 --> 02:26:03,387 SOME ARE RESTRICTED MORE THAN 3862 02:26:03,387 --> 02:26:07,658 OTHERS. THE STATE FUNDING IS IS 3863 02:26:07,658 --> 02:26:08,259 RESTRICTED POTENTIALLY MORE. 3864 02:26:08,259 --> 02:26:11,829 THESE ARE MONIES THAT HAVE, IN 3865 02:26:11,829 --> 02:26:13,764 THE PAST BEEN ACCESSED DIRECTLY 3866 02:26:13,764 --> 02:26:14,398 BY SPD FOR EQUIPMENT PURCHASES 3867 02:26:14,398 --> 02:26:18,569 OR OTHER PURCHASES. AND WE ARE. 3868 02:26:18,569 --> 02:26:20,171 YOUR CENTRAL STAFF IS TRYING TO 3869 02:26:20,171 --> 02:26:21,672 DETERMINE HOW THAT THOSE FUNDS 3870 02:26:21,672 --> 02:26:23,441 COULD BE BROUGHT TO BEAR ON THE 3871 02:26:23,441 --> 02:26:25,376 BUDGET PROCESS ONE WAY OR 3872 02:26:25,376 --> 02:26:28,713 ANOTHER. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT 3873 02:26:28,713 --> 02:26:31,983 THAT THE DEPARTMENT THAT THE 3874 02:26:31,983 --> 02:26:33,885 THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD NOT BE 3875 02:26:33,885 --> 02:26:37,121 ABLE TO APPROPRIATE THESE FUNDS. 3876 02:26:37,121 --> 02:26:37,789 THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN 3877 02:26:37,789 --> 02:26:38,923 THAT THE DEPARTMENT COULDN'T USE 3878 02:26:38,923 --> 02:26:40,024 THEM IN OTHER AREAS. THERE'S 3879 02:26:40,024 --> 02:26:41,926 USUALLY A STRICT SUPPLANTING 3880 02:26:41,926 --> 02:26:43,995 RULE THAT YOU CAN'T SUPPLANT 3881 02:26:43,995 --> 02:26:46,430 EXISTING FUNDS, BUT AND AS I 3882 02:26:46,430 --> 02:26:49,167 SAID, THERE'S EXPENDITURE RULES 3883 02:26:49,167 --> 02:26:52,170 AND AND WE ARE LOOKING INTO 3884 02:26:52,170 --> 02:26:52,370 THAT. 3885 02:26:52,370 --> 02:26:53,771 -- THANK YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE. 3886 02:26:53,771 --> 02:26:55,306 AND BUILDING ON THIS POINT, I 3887 02:26:55,306 --> 02:26:56,874 KNOW WHEN WE HAD INTERIM CHIEF 3888 02:26:56,874 --> 02:26:58,643 SALES AT THE TABLE, I ASKED A 3889 02:26:58,643 --> 02:27:00,745 QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT 3890 02:27:00,745 --> 02:27:02,847 EVERY SWORN OFFICER IS EQUIPPED 3891 02:27:02,847 --> 02:27:04,015 WITH A TASER, A LESS LETHAL 3892 02:27:04,015 --> 02:27:06,417 OPTION. DID WE EVER HE AT THE 3893 02:27:06,417 --> 02:27:07,652 TIME, SAID HE DID NOT HAVE AN 3894 02:27:07,652 --> 02:27:09,420 ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. DID WE 3895 02:27:09,420 --> 02:27:10,421 EVER RECEIVE AN ANSWER FROM THE 3896 02:27:10,421 --> 02:27:12,924 DEPARTMENT ON THAT? 3897 02:27:12,924 --> 02:27:15,059 -- WHAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE 3898 02:27:15,059 --> 02:27:17,662 DEPARTMENT ON THAT QUESTION IS A 3899 02:27:17,662 --> 02:27:20,531 REFERENCE TO SPD POLICY THAT 3900 02:27:20,531 --> 02:27:23,668 EVERY OFFICER CARRY AT LEAST ONE 3901 02:27:23,668 --> 02:27:25,503 FORM OF LESS LETHAL WEAPON, 3902 02:27:25,503 --> 02:27:27,471 WHETHER IT IS A BATON OR A TASER 3903 02:27:27,471 --> 02:27:32,276 OR PEPPER SPRAY, AND THAT WHEN 3904 02:27:32,276 --> 02:27:35,012 THEY COME OUT OF THE ACADEMY, 3905 02:27:35,012 --> 02:27:41,219 THEY ARE THEY ARE OFFERED A 3906 02:27:41,219 --> 02:27:42,920 TASER AND THAT THEY CARRY THE 3907 02:27:42,920 --> 02:27:45,456 TASER, BUT THAT LATER ON IT 3908 02:27:45,456 --> 02:27:47,291 BECOMES THEIR OPTION AS TO WHAT 3909 02:27:47,291 --> 02:27:48,860 KIND OF LESS LETHAL WEAPON THEY 3910 02:27:48,860 --> 02:27:53,030 WANT TO CARRY. THAT THAT WAS THE 3911 02:27:53,030 --> 02:27:55,733 ANSWER THAT WE RECEIVED. 3912 02:27:55,733 --> 02:27:57,034 -- THEY HAVE A CHOICE IN WHICH 3913 02:27:57,034 --> 02:27:58,035 KIND OF LESS LETHAL WEAPON THEY 3914 02:27:58,035 --> 02:27:59,136 WANT TO CARRY, BUT THEY MUST 3915 02:27:59,136 --> 02:28:02,640 HAVE ONE ON THEM AT ALL TIMES. 3916 02:28:02,640 --> 02:28:02,940 -- CORRECT. 3917 02:28:02,940 --> 02:28:03,841 -- UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. I 3918 02:28:03,841 --> 02:28:04,575 COLLEAGUES, I DIG INTO THESE 3919 02:28:04,575 --> 02:28:06,711 QUESTIONS. OF COURSE, THERE'S 3920 02:28:06,711 --> 02:28:08,546 BEEN MUCH CONVERSATION OVER THE 3921 02:28:08,546 --> 02:28:10,081 YEARS AROUND POLICE USE OF 3922 02:28:10,081 --> 02:28:12,149 FORCE, AND WE HAVE SEEN FAR TOO 3923 02:28:12,149 --> 02:28:14,185 MANY. TO BE CLEAR, ONE IS TOO 3924 02:28:14,185 --> 02:28:16,721 MANY PEOPLE DIE IN POLICE 3925 02:28:16,721 --> 02:28:18,856 CUSTODY. AND SO I IT IS 3926 02:28:18,856 --> 02:28:21,292 IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE ENSURE 3927 02:28:21,292 --> 02:28:23,594 THAT FOLKS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT 3928 02:28:23,594 --> 02:28:24,629 HAS LESS HAVE LESS LETHAL 3929 02:28:24,629 --> 02:28:25,763 OPTIONS. AND WE'RE ALSO 3930 02:28:25,763 --> 02:28:28,532 CONTINUING TO WORK ON 3931 02:28:28,532 --> 02:28:29,834 ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES. I HAVE 3932 02:28:29,834 --> 02:28:30,701 JUST TWO MORE POINTS I WANT TO 3933 02:28:30,701 --> 02:28:32,436 TOUCH ON. ONE SHOULD HOPEFULLY 3934 02:28:32,436 --> 02:28:33,804 BE VERY QUICK. I KNOW IT'S 3935 02:28:33,804 --> 02:28:36,641 ALREADY BEEN RAISED. CHALLENGES 3936 02:28:36,641 --> 02:28:38,909 AROUND THE HIRING OF THE DIE IN 3937 02:28:38,909 --> 02:28:40,278 30 BY 30 POSITIONS. MY QUESTION 3938 02:28:40,278 --> 02:28:41,913 IS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD. DO WE 3939 02:28:41,913 --> 02:28:44,548 KNOW IF THE DEPARTMENT POSTED 3940 02:28:44,548 --> 02:28:50,521 THOSE POSITIONS 3941 02:28:50,521 --> 02:28:50,855 -- MR. DOSS. 3942 02:28:50,855 --> 02:28:51,889 -- POSTED IS IN ADVERTISED FOR 3943 02:28:51,889 --> 02:28:53,524 THEM TO BE FILLED, CORRECT? NO, 3944 02:28:53,524 --> 02:28:57,795 I DO NOT KNOW THAT, BUT I, I 3945 02:28:57,795 --> 02:28:59,597 DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT'S THE 3946 02:28:59,597 --> 02:29:01,699 CASE. BUT I WILL FOLLOW UP AND 3947 02:29:01,699 --> 02:29:01,966 FIND OUT. 3948 02:29:01,966 --> 02:29:03,434 -- THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. 3949 02:29:03,434 --> 02:29:07,004 AND MY LAST QUESTION FOR TODAY. 3950 02:29:07,004 --> 02:29:07,872 COULD YOU WALK US THROUGH. WE 3951 02:29:07,872 --> 02:29:09,006 HAVEN'T SPENT TOO MUCH TIME 3952 02:29:09,006 --> 02:29:11,475 TALKING ABOUT THE POLICY 3953 02:29:11,475 --> 02:29:14,178 IMPLICATIONS AND IMPACT OF THE 3954 02:29:14,178 --> 02:29:15,546 $13 MILLION OVERPAYMENT TO THE 3955 02:29:15,546 --> 02:29:18,616 SEATTLE POLICE OFFICERS GUILD. 3956 02:29:18,616 --> 02:29:20,084 AND I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU 3957 02:29:20,084 --> 02:29:22,053 COULD TAKE A MOMENT TO WALK 3958 02:29:22,053 --> 02:29:22,653 THROUGH THAT OVERPAYMENT, THE 3959 02:29:22,653 --> 02:29:27,224 PROCESS MOVING FORWARD AND 3960 02:29:27,224 --> 02:29:27,758 UNDERSTANDING, AND IS MY 3961 02:29:27,758 --> 02:29:30,895 UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS FUNDING, 3962 02:29:30,895 --> 02:29:33,464 WE COULD HAVE USED THIS MONEY TO 3963 02:29:33,464 --> 02:29:36,100 BACKFILL YEAR END SUPPLEMENTAL 3964 02:29:36,100 --> 02:29:37,668 APPROPRIATIONS OR FUND OTHER 3965 02:29:37,668 --> 02:29:38,703 PRIORITIES ACROSS THE CITY 3966 02:29:38,703 --> 02:29:39,370 BUDGET. SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU 3967 02:29:39,370 --> 02:29:40,838 COULD TAKE A MOMENT AND TALK US 3968 02:29:40,838 --> 02:29:42,440 THROUGH A LITTLE BIT MORE OF 3969 02:29:42,440 --> 02:29:44,542 THIS OVERPAYMENT AND WHAT IT 3970 02:29:44,542 --> 02:29:44,775 MEANS. 3971 02:29:44,775 --> 02:29:46,877 -- YEAH. SO I THINK PROBABLY 3972 02:29:46,877 --> 02:29:48,713 MEMBERS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE 3973 02:29:48,713 --> 02:29:51,315 THE GENERAL ISSUE, BUT WHAT 3974 02:29:51,315 --> 02:29:52,283 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THERE 3975 02:29:52,283 --> 02:29:58,489 WAS AN ERROR MADE IN THE PAYMENT 3976 02:29:58,489 --> 02:29:59,090 THAT WENT TO OFFICERS EARLIER 3977 02:29:59,090 --> 02:30:02,393 THIS YEAR IN JUNE, AND IT WAS 3978 02:30:02,393 --> 02:30:04,862 THE RESULT OF A MISCALCULATION 3979 02:30:04,862 --> 02:30:08,499 IN THE RATE ADJUSTMENT AND THE 3980 02:30:08,499 --> 02:30:11,369 MISCALCULATION. MISCALCULATION 3981 02:30:11,369 --> 02:30:14,004 RESULTED IN 13 MILLION MORE 3982 02:30:14,004 --> 02:30:15,973 BEING PAID TO OFFICERS AS PART 3983 02:30:15,973 --> 02:30:18,743 OF THE RETRO PAYMENT AND THE 3984 02:30:18,743 --> 02:30:23,514 AMOUNT THAT EACH OFFICER 3985 02:30:23,514 --> 02:30:24,148 RECEIVED VARIES. IT COULD BE A 3986 02:30:24,148 --> 02:30:25,950 LOW AMOUNT. IT COULD BE UP TO 30 3987 02:30:25,950 --> 02:30:28,486 SOME THOUSAND. IT REALLY DEPENDS 3988 02:30:28,486 --> 02:30:30,321 ON THE SENIORITY OF THE OFFICER 3989 02:30:30,321 --> 02:30:34,658 AND HOW MUCH THEY MAKE. IT IS 3990 02:30:34,658 --> 02:30:38,596 THE CASE THAT THIS FUNDING IS IS 3991 02:30:38,596 --> 02:30:41,132 BEING DISCUSSED BY THE CITY'S 3992 02:30:41,132 --> 02:30:43,901 LABOR RELATIONS OFFICE WITH THE 3993 02:30:43,901 --> 02:30:48,639 UNION TO DETERMINE HOW THE THE 3994 02:30:48,639 --> 02:30:51,776 FUNDING GOT ADDED TO PAYCHECKS 3995 02:30:51,776 --> 02:30:57,248 AND WHO GOT WHAT FUNDING AND HOW 3996 02:30:57,248 --> 02:30:59,517 HOW THAT MIGHT BE MOVED FORWARD. 3997 02:30:59,517 --> 02:31:01,819 THE ISSUE THE STATE LAW ALLOWS 3998 02:31:01,819 --> 02:31:03,220 THE UNION TO BARGAIN ABOUT HOW 3999 02:31:03,220 --> 02:31:06,824 THAT MONEY MIGHT BE RETURNED TO 4000 02:31:06,824 --> 02:31:09,393 THE CITY. AND SO IT'S THE CASE 4001 02:31:09,393 --> 02:31:11,095 THAT THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET, 4002 02:31:11,095 --> 02:31:12,897 BECAUSE OF THE LENGTHY 4003 02:31:12,897 --> 02:31:14,465 BARGAINING PROCESS, DOES NOT 4004 02:31:14,465 --> 02:31:16,767 ASSUME THAT THAT MONEY WILL BE 4005 02:31:16,767 --> 02:31:18,936 COMING BACK THIS YEAR, OR, I'M 4006 02:31:18,936 --> 02:31:21,505 SORRY, NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR 4007 02:31:21,505 --> 02:31:22,840 AFTER. IT IS THE CASE THAT IT 4008 02:31:22,840 --> 02:31:24,208 WOULD HAVE BEEN GENERAL FUND 4009 02:31:24,208 --> 02:31:26,744 MONEY. AND YES, IT COULD HAVE 4010 02:31:26,744 --> 02:31:28,078 BEEN USED FOR ANY PURPOSE. THE 4011 02:31:28,078 --> 02:31:31,749 GENERAL FUND WOULD PAY, 4012 02:31:31,749 --> 02:31:34,351 INCLUDING THE $6 MILLION OVERAGE 4013 02:31:34,351 --> 02:31:36,253 THAT SPD IS FACING AT THE END OF 4014 02:31:36,253 --> 02:31:38,722 2026. HAVE I LEFT ANYTHING OUT 4015 02:31:38,722 --> 02:31:39,323 OR DO COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE ANY 4016 02:31:39,323 --> 02:31:41,992 QUESTIONS 4017 02:31:41,992 --> 02:31:44,361 -- ONE QUICK FOLLOW UP TO THIS 4018 02:31:44,361 --> 02:31:45,729 POINT. THANK YOU FOR WALKING US 4019 02:31:45,729 --> 02:31:47,264 THROUGH THAT, GREG. THIS IS 4020 02:31:47,264 --> 02:31:50,334 OBVIOUSLY A VERY UNFORTUNATE 4021 02:31:50,334 --> 02:31:52,436 SITUATION THAT WE ARE IN AS A 4022 02:31:52,436 --> 02:31:53,170 CITY AND PUTTING IT LIGHTLY. SO 4023 02:31:53,170 --> 02:31:55,339 I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT 4024 02:31:55,339 --> 02:31:56,574 INCENTIVES EXIST FOR THE SEATTLE 4025 02:31:56,574 --> 02:32:01,512 POLICE OFFICER GUILD TO RETURN 4026 02:32:01,512 --> 02:32:03,914 TAXPAYER DOLLARS IN A TIMELY 4027 02:32:03,914 --> 02:32:04,181 FASHION. 4028 02:32:04,181 --> 02:32:05,149 -- THAT'S A QUESTION FOR LABOR 4029 02:32:05,149 --> 02:32:05,783 RELATIONS. I WILL GET BACK TO 4030 02:32:05,783 --> 02:32:06,684 YOU. 4031 02:32:06,684 --> 02:32:07,551 -- THANK YOU GREG. THANK YOU, 4032 02:32:07,551 --> 02:32:08,686 CHAIR. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. 4033 02:32:08,686 --> 02:32:10,254 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 4034 02:32:10,254 --> 02:32:11,822 RINCK ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FROM 4035 02:32:11,822 --> 02:32:14,425 THE TABLE BEFORE WE MOVE ON? 4036 02:32:14,425 --> 02:32:16,293 SEEING NONE, WE ARE GOING ON TO 4037 02:32:16,293 --> 02:32:17,294 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. AND THEN 4038 02:32:17,294 --> 02:32:19,630 ANYONE WHO HAS NOT SPOKE. 4039 02:32:19,630 --> 02:32:21,165 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AND THEN 4040 02:32:21,165 --> 02:32:23,367 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 4041 02:32:23,367 --> 02:32:23,834 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 4042 02:32:23,834 --> 02:32:24,635 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR, I 4043 02:32:24,635 --> 02:32:26,937 APPRECIATE THAT AND AS ALWAYS, 4044 02:32:26,937 --> 02:32:28,672 THANK YOU TO THE STAFF, TO 4045 02:32:28,672 --> 02:32:29,206 CENTRAL STAFF AND REALLY 4046 02:32:29,206 --> 02:32:31,342 APPRECIATE YOU, GREG, FOR FOR 4047 02:32:31,342 --> 02:32:32,610 YOUR WORK. MUCH HAS ALREADY BEEN 4048 02:32:32,610 --> 02:32:34,178 SAID ABOUT THAT ALREADY. I HAVE 4049 02:32:34,178 --> 02:32:35,112 A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS I WANT 4050 02:32:35,112 --> 02:32:37,715 TO GET INTO, SOME OF WHICH HAVE 4051 02:32:37,715 --> 02:32:39,617 ALREADY BEEN TOUCHED ON, AND I 4052 02:32:39,617 --> 02:32:41,051 APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER LYNN'S 4053 02:32:41,051 --> 02:32:43,554 QUESTIONS EARLIER. IN TERMS OF 4054 02:32:43,554 --> 02:32:45,756 THE PROJECTED HIRING. SO IF WE 4055 02:32:45,756 --> 02:32:47,758 CAN TURN TO THE CHART IN YOUR 4056 02:32:47,758 --> 02:32:50,027 MEMO, THAT SORT OF SHOWS THE 4057 02:32:50,027 --> 02:32:51,929 PROJECTED GROWTH. I BELIEVE 4058 02:32:51,929 --> 02:32:59,870 IT'S FIVE. OH, NOPE. YEP. FIVE. 4059 02:32:59,870 --> 02:33:00,571 THERE WE GO. I JUST WANTED I 4060 02:33:00,571 --> 02:33:01,438 WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION. 4061 02:33:01,438 --> 02:33:02,373 THERE'S BEEN THIS SOME OF THE 4062 02:33:02,373 --> 02:33:03,908 DISCUSSION TODAY. WE'VE WE'VE 4063 02:33:03,908 --> 02:33:08,145 BEEN USING THE WORD CAP IN TERMS 4064 02:33:08,145 --> 02:33:11,382 OF THE NUMBER OF, OF OFFICERS. 4065 02:33:11,382 --> 02:33:13,384 IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THAT 4066 02:33:13,384 --> 02:33:15,886 ACTUALLY CAPS THE NUMBER OF 4067 02:33:15,886 --> 02:33:17,254 OFFICERS BEYOND BUDGET. AND 4068 02:33:17,254 --> 02:33:18,756 WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE REALLY 4069 02:33:18,756 --> 02:33:22,726 BETWEEN USING THE WORD CAP OR 4070 02:33:22,726 --> 02:33:26,163 PROJECTION? 4071 02:33:26,163 --> 02:33:26,697 -- I SHOULD CLARIFY THAT. 4072 02:33:26,697 --> 02:33:31,569 THERE'S NOT A CAP. IT IS THE 4073 02:33:31,569 --> 02:33:34,104 CASE THAT 1250 FTE SETS A 4074 02:33:34,104 --> 02:33:35,839 LIMITATION ON THE NUMBER OF 4075 02:33:35,839 --> 02:33:37,708 OFFICERS THAT CAN BE HIRED. IT 4076 02:33:37,708 --> 02:33:39,443 IS WITHIN THE MAYOR'S PURVIEW 4077 02:33:39,443 --> 02:33:44,215 AND THE COUNCIL'S PURVIEW TO ADD 4078 02:33:44,215 --> 02:33:47,551 MORE FUNDING IN FUTURE YEARS AND 4079 02:33:47,551 --> 02:33:49,186 KEEP THE KEEP THE OFFICER GROWTH 4080 02:33:49,186 --> 02:33:52,256 HAPPENING. THIS PARTICULAR CHART 4081 02:33:52,256 --> 02:33:55,426 ASSUMES THAT IT WILL STAY WITHIN 4082 02:33:55,426 --> 02:33:58,662 1250 FTE, WHICH AGAIN, NOT A 4083 02:33:58,662 --> 02:34:00,164 CAP, A LIMITATION ON THE AMOUNT 4084 02:34:00,164 --> 02:34:02,266 OF MONEY THAT YOU CAN USE FOR 4085 02:34:02,266 --> 02:34:04,568 YOUR SWORN FORCE. OKAY. 4086 02:34:04,568 --> 02:34:06,370 -- AND AND I'LL ADD THAT THE 4087 02:34:06,370 --> 02:34:08,806 COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING BUDGETS 4088 02:34:08,806 --> 02:34:11,675 FOR 2027, 2028 AND DECISIONS 4089 02:34:11,675 --> 02:34:14,411 ABOUT 2029 AND 30 ARE TO COME IN 4090 02:34:14,411 --> 02:34:16,080 A COUPLE OF YEARS. 4091 02:34:16,080 --> 02:34:17,848 -- THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT, 4092 02:34:17,848 --> 02:34:19,350 AND I THINK THE REASON I WANTED 4093 02:34:19,350 --> 02:34:20,251 TO TURN THIS HERE IS I JUST I 4094 02:34:20,251 --> 02:34:22,553 HEARD THE CAP WORD EARLIER, AND 4095 02:34:22,553 --> 02:34:24,021 I JUST IT SEEMED A LITTLE 4096 02:34:24,021 --> 02:34:24,655 STRONGER THAN MY UNDERSTANDING 4097 02:34:24,655 --> 02:34:26,523 OF, OBVIOUSLY, OUR ABILITY AS A 4098 02:34:26,523 --> 02:34:27,157 COUNCIL AND OUR DETERMINATIONS 4099 02:34:27,157 --> 02:34:29,693 THAT WE CAN MAKE ABOUT FUTURE 4100 02:34:29,693 --> 02:34:30,928 BUDGETS. AND I SORT OF AM JUST 4101 02:34:30,928 --> 02:34:33,063 TRYING TO BRIDGE THAT ALONGSIDE 4102 02:34:33,063 --> 02:34:35,699 WHAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS 4103 02:34:35,699 --> 02:34:37,768 THERE'S A CURRENT ANALYSIS 4104 02:34:37,768 --> 02:34:38,402 HAPPENING INSIDE THE DEPARTMENT 4105 02:34:38,402 --> 02:34:40,004 THAT'S MEANT TO TAKE INTO 4106 02:34:40,004 --> 02:34:41,205 ACCOUNT WITH THE CARE TEAM AND 4107 02:34:41,205 --> 02:34:42,773 WITH SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT 4108 02:34:42,773 --> 02:34:44,475 THIS COUNCIL AND PREVIOUS 4109 02:34:44,475 --> 02:34:45,676 COUNCILS HAVE BEEN MAKING IN 4110 02:34:45,676 --> 02:34:46,977 TERMS OF TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE 4111 02:34:46,977 --> 02:34:48,479 HAVE, YOU KNOW, ALTERNATIVE 4112 02:34:48,479 --> 02:34:50,214 RESPONSE AS WELL AS POLICE 4113 02:34:50,214 --> 02:34:52,383 RESPONSE. SO THAT REPORT IS 4114 02:34:52,383 --> 02:34:53,651 MEANT TO COME OUT LATER THIS 4115 02:34:53,651 --> 02:34:56,253 YEAR. IS THAT CORRECT? 4116 02:34:56,253 --> 02:34:58,155 -- YES. 4117 02:34:58,155 --> 02:34:58,856 -- OKAY. AND AND SO WE WOULD BE 4118 02:34:58,856 --> 02:35:00,257 ABLE TO USE THE INFORMATION IN 4119 02:35:00,257 --> 02:35:03,260 THAT REPORT TO MAYBE UPDATE OUR 4120 02:35:03,260 --> 02:35:03,894 UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT OUR GOALS 4121 02:35:03,894 --> 02:35:05,329 AND OUR TARGETS NEED TO BE AS 4122 02:35:05,329 --> 02:35:07,097 WE, AS A COUNCIL AND AS A CITY, 4123 02:35:07,097 --> 02:35:09,333 TRY TO ACHIEVE WHAT I BELIEVE IS 4124 02:35:09,333 --> 02:35:10,200 OUR SHARED GOAL, WHICH IS TO 4125 02:35:10,200 --> 02:35:11,368 MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT 4126 02:35:11,368 --> 02:35:13,337 RESPONSE TO EACH CALL. AND 4127 02:35:13,337 --> 02:35:15,406 THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I CARE 4128 02:35:15,406 --> 02:35:18,809 DEEPLY ABOUT. I DON'T WANT OUR 4129 02:35:18,809 --> 02:35:19,410 CONSTITUENTS CALLING 911 AND 4130 02:35:19,410 --> 02:35:21,412 EITHER HAVING TO WAIT TOO LONG 4131 02:35:21,412 --> 02:35:22,046 TO GET SOMEBODY TO THEM. AND I 4132 02:35:22,046 --> 02:35:23,647 ALSO DON'T WANT CONSTITUENTS 4133 02:35:23,647 --> 02:35:25,249 CALLING 911 AND HAVING THE WRONG 4134 02:35:25,249 --> 02:35:27,618 KIND OF RESPONSE SHOW UP. AND I 4135 02:35:27,618 --> 02:35:28,419 BELIEVE THAT'S AND I KNOW WE'RE 4136 02:35:28,419 --> 02:35:29,920 GOING TO GET INTO CARE LATER ON 4137 02:35:29,920 --> 02:35:31,221 TODAY, BUT I BELIEVE THAT'S SO 4138 02:35:31,221 --> 02:35:34,124 MUCH OF THE INTENT OF WHAT WE'RE 4139 02:35:34,124 --> 02:35:34,958 TRYING TO ACHIEVE. AND IN ORDER 4140 02:35:34,958 --> 02:35:36,660 TO DO THAT, I THINK IT'S 4141 02:35:36,660 --> 02:35:38,362 APPROPRIATE FOR US TO HAVE AN 4142 02:35:38,362 --> 02:35:42,866 UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE EXPECT 4143 02:35:42,866 --> 02:35:43,500 THE FULL DEPLOYMENT OF THE CARE 4144 02:35:43,500 --> 02:35:46,303 TEAM TO RELATE BACK TO OUR NEEDS 4145 02:35:46,303 --> 02:35:47,871 FOR OFFICERS. AND SO I JUST 4146 02:35:47,871 --> 02:35:48,505 IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT 4147 02:35:48,505 --> 02:35:50,941 RIGHT NOW WITH THE STUDY THAT'S 4148 02:35:50,941 --> 02:35:52,209 BEEN DONE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT 4149 02:35:52,209 --> 02:35:54,378 THAT CARE WAS NOT TAKEN INTO 4150 02:35:54,378 --> 02:35:56,313 ACCOUNT WITH THOSE FUTURE 4151 02:35:56,313 --> 02:35:58,115 PROJECTIONS. IS THAT CORRECT? 4152 02:35:58,115 --> 02:35:59,183 -- THAT'S CORRECT. 4153 02:35:59,183 --> 02:36:00,150 -- OKAY. I REALLY LOOK, I HOPE 4154 02:36:00,150 --> 02:36:02,252 WE CAN GET A PROJECTED DATE FROM 4155 02:36:02,252 --> 02:36:03,187 THE DEPARTMENT ON THOSE NUMBERS. 4156 02:36:03,187 --> 02:36:04,688 AND I WILL SAY, I JUST 4157 02:36:04,688 --> 02:36:05,255 APPRECIATE SOME OF THE WORK 4158 02:36:05,255 --> 02:36:06,423 THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN THE 4159 02:36:06,423 --> 02:36:08,859 BACKGROUND THROUGH THE Q AMP, A 4160 02:36:08,859 --> 02:36:09,927 DOC, IN TERMS OF TRYING TO GET 4161 02:36:09,927 --> 02:36:13,063 SORT A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF 4162 02:36:13,063 --> 02:36:14,531 THE IMPACT OF THE CARE TEAM WHEN 4163 02:36:14,531 --> 02:36:15,833 IT COMES TO SPD RESPONSE. SO 4164 02:36:15,833 --> 02:36:17,601 I'M JUST GOING TO QUICKLY JUST 4165 02:36:17,601 --> 02:36:18,335 READ OUT SOMETHING, BECAUSE I 4166 02:36:18,335 --> 02:36:20,637 THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO READ 4167 02:36:20,637 --> 02:36:21,438 INTO THE RECORD. AND I KNOW 4168 02:36:21,438 --> 02:36:22,706 WE'RE STILL GATHERING DATA. SO 4169 02:36:22,706 --> 02:36:24,041 THIS IS JUST PART OF IT. SO I'M 4170 02:36:24,041 --> 02:36:25,342 GOING TO I'M GOING TO THE Q AMP 4171 02:36:25,342 --> 02:36:27,010 A DOC AS I SEE YOU OVER THERE AT 4172 02:36:27,010 --> 02:36:31,515 THE TABLE. SO I KNOW IT SAYS SPD 4173 02:36:31,515 --> 02:36:33,751 HAS COMPLETED 5165 BEHAVIORAL 4174 02:36:33,751 --> 02:36:35,352 CRISIS REPORTS FOR 2025 YEAR TO 4175 02:36:35,352 --> 02:36:37,521 DATE, WHICH WAS WRAPPED UP IN 4176 02:36:37,521 --> 02:36:39,656 83125. SO THAT'S AN AVERAGE OF 4177 02:36:39,656 --> 02:36:43,327 21.38 PER DAY AND INVOLVES 3592 4178 02:36:43,327 --> 02:36:45,596 UNIQUELY IDENTIFIED INDIVIDUALS, 4179 02:36:45,596 --> 02:36:48,999 WHICH IS A DECREASE OF ABOUT 4180 02:36:48,999 --> 02:36:50,567 13.42% LOWER THAN THE PREVIOUS 4181 02:36:50,567 --> 02:36:53,437 YEAR'S YEAR TO DATE. SO IN 4182 02:36:53,437 --> 02:36:55,706 2025, THAT WAS AN AVERAGE OF 4183 02:36:55,706 --> 02:36:57,741 21.38 PER DAY COMPARED TO 2024, 4184 02:36:57,741 --> 02:37:00,911 WHICH WAS AN AVERAGE OF 24.19 4185 02:37:00,911 --> 02:37:02,212 CASES PER DAY. NOW WE SHOULD 4186 02:37:02,212 --> 02:37:03,180 WAIT FOR THE REPORT. WE SHOULD 4187 02:37:03,180 --> 02:37:03,847 MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THE ROLE 4188 02:37:03,847 --> 02:37:05,516 OF CARE. WE SHOULD UNDERSTAND 4189 02:37:05,516 --> 02:37:07,885 THIS TREND. BUT AND I, GREG, I 4190 02:37:07,885 --> 02:37:08,452 WELCOME ANY COMMENTS, BUT I 4191 02:37:08,452 --> 02:37:10,387 SUPPOSE THIS IS MORE OF A 4192 02:37:10,387 --> 02:37:12,256 STATEMENT JUST FOR ME. IT'S 4193 02:37:12,256 --> 02:37:12,890 IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE TRACKING 4194 02:37:12,890 --> 02:37:15,559 WHAT KINDS OF CALLS SPD IS 4195 02:37:15,559 --> 02:37:17,361 RESPONDING TO, WHETHER THERE'S 4196 02:37:17,361 --> 02:37:18,495 A LOWER OCCURRENCE OF THOSE 4197 02:37:18,495 --> 02:37:20,931 CALLS, OR IF WE'RE SUCCESSFULLY 4198 02:37:20,931 --> 02:37:22,933 GETTING AN ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE 4199 02:37:22,933 --> 02:37:24,468 DEPLOYED FOR THOSE CALLS AND 4200 02:37:24,468 --> 02:37:25,068 ENSURING THAT OUR PROJECTIONS 4201 02:37:25,068 --> 02:37:27,604 FOR THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS THAT 4202 02:37:27,604 --> 02:37:28,605 WE NEED ALIGNS WITH THAT. SO 4203 02:37:28,605 --> 02:37:29,306 THAT'S SOMETHING I JUST I WILL 4204 02:37:29,306 --> 02:37:30,307 SAY, AS A COUNCILMEMBER, I 4205 02:37:30,307 --> 02:37:31,809 REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO BEING 4206 02:37:31,809 --> 02:37:34,778 ABLE TO DIG INTO BECAUSE I ALSO 4207 02:37:34,778 --> 02:37:37,848 KNOW AND, YOU KNOW, I REALLY 4208 02:37:37,848 --> 02:37:39,349 APPRECIATE THE OFFICERS AT SPD. 4209 02:37:39,349 --> 02:37:40,517 I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A 4210 02:37:40,517 --> 02:37:42,486 RIDE ALONG. I KNOW MANY PEOPLE 4211 02:37:42,486 --> 02:37:43,821 HERE DO THOSE QUARTERLY OR 4212 02:37:43,821 --> 02:37:46,557 FREQUENTLY WITH WITH OUR 4213 02:37:46,557 --> 02:37:49,626 OFFICERS AND SEEING THE SORTS OF 4214 02:37:49,626 --> 02:37:50,260 BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE CHALLENGES 4215 02:37:50,260 --> 02:37:51,595 THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE CURRENTLY 4216 02:37:51,595 --> 02:37:52,796 RESPONDING TO, AS WELL AS THE 4217 02:37:52,796 --> 02:37:54,598 AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT TAKES FOR 4218 02:37:54,598 --> 02:37:56,533 FOLKS TO RESPOND TO THOSE CALLS, 4219 02:37:56,533 --> 02:37:57,501 IS SOMETHING THAT I JUST 4220 02:37:57,501 --> 02:38:00,804 CONTINUE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT, 4221 02:38:00,804 --> 02:38:01,805 PARTICULARLY WHEN I THINK ABOUT 4222 02:38:01,805 --> 02:38:04,007 THE CALLS THAT ARE COMING IN 4223 02:38:04,007 --> 02:38:05,042 RELATED TO VIOLENT CRIME OR, YOU 4224 02:38:05,042 --> 02:38:06,109 KNOW, I SAT WITH SOME SMALL 4225 02:38:06,109 --> 02:38:07,377 BUSINESSES WHO SAID THEY I 4226 02:38:07,377 --> 02:38:08,912 TALKED TO BUSINESS OWNERS WHO 4227 02:38:08,912 --> 02:38:10,681 SAID HE WAITED 15 HOURS TO GET 4228 02:38:10,681 --> 02:38:12,416 SOMEBODY TO SHOW UP. AND I THINK 4229 02:38:12,416 --> 02:38:13,150 THERE'S CLEARLY MORE WORK TO 4230 02:38:13,150 --> 02:38:14,485 DO. I JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN SORT 4231 02:38:14,485 --> 02:38:19,022 OF TAKE AN APPROACH TO THIS THAT 4232 02:38:19,022 --> 02:38:20,757 FEELS NUANCED AND SORT OF 4233 02:38:20,757 --> 02:38:22,226 UTILIZES THE DATA AND THE 4234 02:38:22,226 --> 02:38:24,862 INFORMATION THAT'S AVAILABLE TO 4235 02:38:24,862 --> 02:38:25,896 US. HAVING SAID THAT, AND HAPPY 4236 02:38:25,896 --> 02:38:27,197 TO TAKE ANY RESPONSE FROM THE 4237 02:38:27,197 --> 02:38:28,131 TABLE. THANK YOU FOR THAT, 4238 02:38:28,131 --> 02:38:28,866 CHAIR, IF YOU HAVE ONE, BUT 4239 02:38:28,866 --> 02:38:32,436 OTHERWISE, I'LL KEEP GOING 4240 02:38:32,436 --> 02:38:34,004 THROUGH MY QUESTIONS. I WANT TO 4241 02:38:34,004 --> 02:38:36,440 TURN TO PAGE FIVE IN YOUR 4242 02:38:36,440 --> 02:38:37,975 REPORT, AND I'VE PUT MY MIC ON 4243 02:38:37,975 --> 02:38:39,510 TOP OF MY PAGE. GIVE ME ONE 4244 02:38:39,510 --> 02:38:47,384 SECOND, MR. DAS 4245 02:38:47,618 --> 02:38:51,154 -- ONE MORE HERE. 4246 02:38:51,154 --> 02:38:53,857 -- OKAY, SO AS I'M LOOKING AT 4247 02:38:53,857 --> 02:38:56,493 THIS, I'M LOOKING AT SOME OF 4248 02:38:56,493 --> 02:38:59,329 THE COMMENTARY AROUND THE 4249 02:38:59,329 --> 02:39:00,197 BOTTLENECK IN FULLY TRAINED 4250 02:39:00,197 --> 02:39:01,198 OFFICERS. AND SO THIS IS THE 4251 02:39:01,198 --> 02:39:02,499 SECTION WHERE YOU SORT OF TALK 4252 02:39:02,499 --> 02:39:06,336 ABOUT THE NEED FOR US TO HAVE 4253 02:39:06,336 --> 02:39:06,870 ADDITIONAL FIELD TRAINING 4254 02:39:06,870 --> 02:39:10,140 OFFICERS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE 4255 02:39:10,140 --> 02:39:12,509 TO, TO SPEED UP OUR PACE OF 4256 02:39:12,509 --> 02:39:13,777 GETTING NEW RECRUITS. AND JUST 4257 02:39:13,777 --> 02:39:15,145 SOMETHING THAT STUCK OUT TO ME 4258 02:39:15,145 --> 02:39:16,046 IS THE FOOTNOTE THAT YOU HAVE 4259 02:39:16,046 --> 02:39:18,215 HERE, WHICH IS THE DEPARTMENT 4260 02:39:18,215 --> 02:39:19,850 CAN'T ASSIGN OFFICERS TO BE 4261 02:39:19,850 --> 02:39:21,985 TRAINERS. THE SPD CONTRACT 4262 02:39:21,985 --> 02:39:23,687 STIPULATES THAT OFFICERS MUST 4263 02:39:23,687 --> 02:39:25,322 VOLUNTEER FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT. 4264 02:39:25,322 --> 02:39:27,758 AND I JUST WONDER IF THAT'S A 4265 02:39:27,758 --> 02:39:29,626 COMMON PLACE, IF THAT'S A 4266 02:39:29,626 --> 02:39:33,196 STANDARD SORT OF IN CONTRACTS 4267 02:39:33,196 --> 02:39:34,998 BETWEEN UNIONS AND POLICE 4268 02:39:34,998 --> 02:39:35,332 DEPARTMENTS. 4269 02:39:35,332 --> 02:39:36,033 -- I DON'T KNOW. I'LL GET BACK 4270 02:39:36,033 --> 02:39:36,466 TO YOU ON THAT. 4271 02:39:36,466 --> 02:39:38,635 -- OKAY. THANK YOU. IT JUST IT 4272 02:39:38,635 --> 02:39:39,670 STUCK OUT TO ME BECAUSE I KNOW 4273 02:39:39,670 --> 02:39:41,972 THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE FIELD 4274 02:39:41,972 --> 02:39:42,973 TRAINING OFFICERS THERE IN ORDER 4275 02:39:42,973 --> 02:39:43,774 TO THEN MAKE THE PROGRESS THAT 4276 02:39:43,774 --> 02:39:46,276 WE NEED TO MAKE ON GETTING 4277 02:39:46,276 --> 02:39:47,945 STUDENTS THROUGH THE PROGRAM, 4278 02:39:47,945 --> 02:39:49,012 AND THAT FOOTNOTE JUST STUCK OUT 4279 02:39:49,012 --> 02:39:51,315 TO ME AS I WAS LOOKING AT THAT. 4280 02:39:51,315 --> 02:39:53,584 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING 4281 02:39:53,584 --> 02:39:54,318 MORE INFORMATION AND TRYING TO 4282 02:39:54,318 --> 02:39:54,985 FIGURE OUT, AGAIN, WHAT WE CAN 4283 02:39:54,985 --> 02:39:56,853 DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT 4284 02:39:56,853 --> 02:40:00,023 MORE RECRUITS COMING IN AND 4285 02:40:00,023 --> 02:40:02,826 SUCCESSFULLY MOVING THROUGH THE 4286 02:40:02,826 --> 02:40:03,593 DEPARTMENT. I THEN I JUST WANT 4287 02:40:03,593 --> 02:40:06,263 TO TURN, I GUESS, MAYBE JUST A 4288 02:40:06,263 --> 02:40:07,764 LITTLE BIT MORE GLOBALLY FOR A 4289 02:40:07,764 --> 02:40:10,334 SECOND. AND MAYBE THIS IS A 4290 02:40:10,334 --> 02:40:12,469 QUESTION FOR LISH. CAN WE CAN 4291 02:40:12,469 --> 02:40:14,838 YOU JUST REMIND US, AND I THINK 4292 02:40:14,838 --> 02:40:15,472 COUNCILMEMBER LIN SPOKE TO THIS 4293 02:40:15,472 --> 02:40:16,239 A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, BUT THE 4294 02:40:16,239 --> 02:40:17,808 SIZE OF OUR BUDGET DEFICIT WHEN 4295 02:40:17,808 --> 02:40:23,547 WE WERE COMING INTO THIS YEAR. 4296 02:40:23,547 --> 02:40:28,685 -- I THINK IT'S IT WAS $149 4297 02:40:28,685 --> 02:40:29,453 MILLION, $175 MILLION AT ONE 4298 02:40:29,453 --> 02:40:31,021 POINT. IT CHANGES AS THE 4299 02:40:31,021 --> 02:40:32,689 PROJECTIONS CHANGE. 4300 02:40:32,689 --> 02:40:34,124 -- SOMETIMES I SAY 175, 4301 02:40:34,124 --> 02:40:35,325 SOMETIMES I SAY 149. BUT AT 4302 02:40:35,325 --> 02:40:35,959 DIFFERENT POINTS IN THE YEAR, WE 4303 02:40:35,959 --> 02:40:37,594 HAD THESE REALLY LARGE BUDGET 4304 02:40:37,594 --> 02:40:38,762 PROJECTIONS EXCUSE ME, BUDGET 4305 02:40:38,762 --> 02:40:40,897 DEFICIT PROJECTIONS. AND I THE 4306 02:40:40,897 --> 02:40:41,999 THING I GUESS I'VE JUST BEEN 4307 02:40:41,999 --> 02:40:43,734 STRUGGLING WITH, AND THIS IS 4308 02:40:43,734 --> 02:40:45,502 MORE OF A COMMENT TO BE CANDID. 4309 02:40:45,502 --> 02:40:46,603 AND I PROBABLY MORE OF A COMMENT 4310 02:40:46,603 --> 02:40:48,572 THAN I USUALLY MAKE FROM THE 4311 02:40:48,572 --> 02:40:50,374 DAIS EVEN IS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S 4312 02:40:50,374 --> 02:40:53,010 A, THAT'S A BIG BUDGET DEFICIT. 4313 02:40:53,010 --> 02:40:54,544 AND AS A CHALLENGING YEAR. AND I 4314 02:40:54,544 --> 02:40:56,546 APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT SO MANY 4315 02:40:56,546 --> 02:40:57,180 PEOPLE ON THIS COUNCIL AND THE 4316 02:40:57,180 --> 02:40:58,415 STAFF AND OTHERS HAVE DONE OVER 4317 02:40:58,415 --> 02:40:59,916 THE YEARS TO, TO GET OUR HIRING 4318 02:40:59,916 --> 02:41:01,451 WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE AND THE 4319 02:41:01,451 --> 02:41:03,086 TREND THAT WE NEED TO GO IN. AND 4320 02:41:03,086 --> 02:41:04,021 SOMETHING THAT HAS JUST BEEN 4321 02:41:04,021 --> 02:41:05,989 SITTING WITH ME AS I'M LOOKING 4322 02:41:05,989 --> 02:41:06,957 ACROSS THE BUDGETS IS THAT, AS 4323 02:41:06,957 --> 02:41:08,091 COUNCILMEMBER LIN SPOKE TO THIS 4324 02:41:08,091 --> 02:41:10,594 EARLIER, WE'RE WE ARE CONTINUING 4325 02:41:10,594 --> 02:41:13,163 TO INVEST IN OFFICER HIRING, AS 4326 02:41:13,163 --> 02:41:15,232 WE SHOULD. THIS BUDGET FUNDS THE 4327 02:41:15,232 --> 02:41:16,433 CONTRACT NEGOTIATION. WE'RE 4328 02:41:16,433 --> 02:41:17,768 GOING TO GET INTO THE HSD BUDGET 4329 02:41:17,768 --> 02:41:19,202 LATER ON TODAY. BUT, YOU KNOW, 4330 02:41:19,202 --> 02:41:20,470 IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AS WE 4331 02:41:20,470 --> 02:41:22,072 LOOK AT EVEN THE HSD BUDGET AND 4332 02:41:22,072 --> 02:41:23,540 SOME OF THE PREVIOUS WORK 4333 02:41:23,540 --> 02:41:25,008 THAT'S BEEN DONE AROUND 4334 02:41:25,008 --> 02:41:27,644 ENSURING WE HAVE OUR HUMAN 4335 02:41:27,644 --> 02:41:28,245 SERVICES WORKERS GETTING PAID 4336 02:41:28,245 --> 02:41:30,547 FAIRLY, YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT IN 4337 02:41:30,547 --> 02:41:33,250 THIS BUDGET MAKING THE 2% WAGE 4338 02:41:33,250 --> 02:41:35,385 EQUITY INCREASE. AND THOSE HUMAN 4339 02:41:35,385 --> 02:41:36,453 SERVICES CONTRACTS. SO I'M 4340 02:41:36,453 --> 02:41:37,888 LOOKING AT A LOT OF THE 4341 02:41:37,888 --> 02:41:38,488 DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT HAVE 4342 02:41:38,488 --> 02:41:40,457 HAD TO BE MADE. AND IT'S JUST 4343 02:41:40,457 --> 02:41:42,059 HARD FOR ME, AS I'M WATCHING, 4344 02:41:42,059 --> 02:41:44,528 YOU KNOW, THE CHANGES IN THE 4345 02:41:44,528 --> 02:41:45,796 OFFICE OF HOUSING BUDGET AS I'M 4346 02:41:45,796 --> 02:41:46,329 LOOKING AT THE DIFFICULT 4347 02:41:46,329 --> 02:41:48,598 DECISIONS IN HSD, IT'S JUST BEEN 4348 02:41:48,598 --> 02:41:49,099 CHALLENGING TO HEAR THE 4349 02:41:49,099 --> 02:41:50,934 NARRATIVE OF UNDERFUNDING AND 4350 02:41:50,934 --> 02:41:53,503 DEFUNDING WHEN IT COMES TO SPD. 4351 02:41:53,503 --> 02:41:57,474 AND I SAY THAT AS SOMEBODY WHO 4352 02:41:57,474 --> 02:41:59,076 REALLY BELIEVES THAT WE DO NEED 4353 02:41:59,076 --> 02:42:01,244 MORE OFFICERS THAN WE HAVE RIGHT 4354 02:42:01,244 --> 02:42:02,179 NOW, BUT ALSO SOMEBODY WHO I 4355 02:42:02,179 --> 02:42:03,880 THINK IS LOOKING ACROSS WHAT'S 4356 02:42:03,880 --> 02:42:05,615 HAPPENING WITH OUR CITY BUDGET 4357 02:42:05,615 --> 02:42:07,517 AND SEEING THAT WE'RE HAVING TO 4358 02:42:07,517 --> 02:42:09,953 MAKE REALLY CHALLENGING 4359 02:42:09,953 --> 02:42:10,687 DECISIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE, 4360 02:42:10,687 --> 02:42:12,389 YOU KNOW, HARMING OUR ABILITY, I 4361 02:42:12,389 --> 02:42:13,323 WOULD SAY, TO MAKE PROGRESS ON 4362 02:42:13,323 --> 02:42:14,991 GOALS THAT THE CITY HAS HAD FOR 4363 02:42:14,991 --> 02:42:16,860 A LONG TIME AND OTHER FORMS OF 4364 02:42:16,860 --> 02:42:18,095 WAGE EQUITY. SO IT JUST FEELS 4365 02:42:18,095 --> 02:42:19,096 IMPORTANT FOR ME TO, TO SORT OF 4366 02:42:19,096 --> 02:42:23,600 SAY THAT INTO THE RECORD TODAY 4367 02:42:23,600 --> 02:42:25,635 LASTLY, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, 4368 02:42:25,635 --> 02:42:26,336 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK ALREADY 4369 02:42:26,336 --> 02:42:29,172 SPOKE TO THIS A LITTLE BIT, BUT 4370 02:42:29,172 --> 02:42:31,274 ARE THERE CERTAIN PARTS OF THE 4371 02:42:31,274 --> 02:42:33,810 THE PROPOSED SPD BUDGET THAT 4372 02:42:33,810 --> 02:42:34,344 SPECIFICALLY INCREASE OUR 4373 02:42:34,344 --> 02:42:36,513 INVESTMENTS IN ANYTHING RELATED 4374 02:42:36,513 --> 02:42:37,714 TO ACCOUNTABILITY OR THE 4375 02:42:37,714 --> 02:42:38,348 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE COME 4376 02:42:38,348 --> 02:42:40,150 OUT OF SOME OF THE VARIOUS 4377 02:42:40,150 --> 02:42:42,018 REPORTS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS? 4378 02:42:42,018 --> 02:42:45,155 REGARDING INCIDENTS REGARDING 4379 02:42:45,155 --> 02:42:48,125 SAFETY OR CRITICAL INCIDENTS 4380 02:42:48,125 --> 02:42:48,492 WITH OFFICERS. 4381 02:42:48,492 --> 02:42:52,696 -- WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THAT 4382 02:42:52,696 --> 02:42:53,296 COUNCILMEMBER IS THAT THE THE 4383 02:42:53,296 --> 02:42:55,465 INCREASE IN THE SEATTLE POLICE 4384 02:42:55,465 --> 02:43:00,370 OFFICERS GUILD CONTRACT REFLECTS 4385 02:43:00,370 --> 02:43:02,005 NEGOTIATION AND BARGAINING WITH 4386 02:43:02,005 --> 02:43:04,174 THE UNION ON A NUMBER OF THOSE 4387 02:43:04,174 --> 02:43:06,042 ISSUES. AND IN THE LAST 4388 02:43:06,042 --> 02:43:11,448 CONTRACT, THE LAST COUPLE 4389 02:43:11,448 --> 02:43:12,015 CONTRACTS THE THE CITY HAS 4390 02:43:12,015 --> 02:43:12,749 BARGAINED ACCOUNTABILITY CHANGES 4391 02:43:12,749 --> 02:43:14,985 PURSUANT TO THE 2017 4392 02:43:14,985 --> 02:43:17,954 ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE AND 4393 02:43:17,954 --> 02:43:18,588 OTHER PRIORITIES OF THE COUNCIL. 4394 02:43:18,588 --> 02:43:22,592 AND THOSE. SOME OF THOSE HAVE 4395 02:43:22,592 --> 02:43:24,661 BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE 4396 02:43:24,661 --> 02:43:26,663 CONTRACT AND ARE NOW PART OF SPD 4397 02:43:26,663 --> 02:43:31,034 POLICY. SO IT'S HAPPENING 4398 02:43:31,034 --> 02:43:32,869 OUTSIDE THE BUDGET PROCESS. BUT 4399 02:43:32,869 --> 02:43:35,172 THE NEXUS IS THE INCREASE FOR 4400 02:43:35,172 --> 02:43:35,572 OFFICER SALARIES. 4401 02:43:35,572 --> 02:43:37,274 -- OKAY. GOT IT. THANK YOU SO 4402 02:43:37,274 --> 02:43:38,275 MUCH. THANK YOU CHAIR. 4403 02:43:38,275 --> 02:43:41,211 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, 4404 02:43:41,211 --> 02:43:41,845 COLLEAGUES. ANY OTHER FOLKS WHO 4405 02:43:41,845 --> 02:43:43,113 HAVE NOT YET SPOKEN THAT WOULD 4406 02:43:43,113 --> 02:43:45,682 LIKE TO SPEAK, SEEING NONE RIGHT 4407 02:43:45,682 --> 02:43:47,551 NOW. SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH 4408 02:43:47,551 --> 02:43:49,186 MY QUESTIONS PRETTY QUICKLY. AND 4409 02:43:49,186 --> 02:43:50,220 THEN COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA WILL 4410 02:43:50,220 --> 02:43:51,688 COME BACK TO YOU, AND THEN WE 4411 02:43:51,688 --> 02:43:53,356 WILL COME BACK TO COUNCILMEMBER 4412 02:43:53,356 --> 02:43:57,460 KETTLE TO CLOSE US OUT. I'M NOT 4413 02:43:57,460 --> 02:44:00,530 GOING TO WE'VE GOT A A WIDE 4414 02:44:00,530 --> 02:44:02,199 SPECTRUM OF DIFFERENT 4415 02:44:02,199 --> 02:44:02,833 CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD 4416 02:44:02,833 --> 02:44:04,668 HERE ON THE DAIS. AND I FIND IT 4417 02:44:04,668 --> 02:44:05,702 ALL TO BE HEALTHY AND HELPFUL. 4418 02:44:05,702 --> 02:44:06,803 AND I AGREE WITH MOST OF WHAT 4419 02:44:06,803 --> 02:44:10,841 FOLKS HAVE SAID, EVEN WHEN 4420 02:44:10,841 --> 02:44:11,508 THEY'RE DISAGREEING. AND SO I 4421 02:44:11,508 --> 02:44:12,676 WANT TO JUST CHECK IN. I'M NOT 4422 02:44:12,676 --> 02:44:14,611 GOING TO REPEAT THE ISSUE ID 4423 02:44:14,611 --> 02:44:16,112 THAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS ALREADY 4424 02:44:16,112 --> 02:44:17,914 RAISED. I'VE GOT A COUPLE OTHER 4425 02:44:17,914 --> 02:44:19,082 QUESTIONS. AND GREG, I DIDN'T 4426 02:44:19,082 --> 02:44:20,250 PREP YOU FOR THIS ONE, BUT I 4427 02:44:20,250 --> 02:44:24,487 KNOW BACK IN PRE-PANDEMIC, 4428 02:44:24,487 --> 02:44:26,022 HARBOR PATROL WAS NOT USING 911. 4429 02:44:26,022 --> 02:44:27,424 THEY WERE USING THEIR OWN PHONE 4430 02:44:27,424 --> 02:44:28,992 NUMBER. AND SO THAT MEANT THAT 4431 02:44:28,992 --> 02:44:32,462 WE COULDN'T QUITE GET THEIR 4432 02:44:32,462 --> 02:44:33,964 DATA. DO YOU KNOW IF HARBOR 4433 02:44:33,964 --> 02:44:34,898 PATROL HAS FULLY, PARTIALLY OR 4434 02:44:34,898 --> 02:44:37,834 NOT AT ALL, TRANSFERRED TO 911? 4435 02:44:37,834 --> 02:44:39,569 FIND OUT. THANK YOU. AND WHEN 4436 02:44:39,569 --> 02:44:41,171 YOU DO FIND OUT, I WOULD LOVE TO 4437 02:44:41,171 --> 02:44:43,406 RECEIVE THEIR 911 DATA TO SEE 4438 02:44:43,406 --> 02:44:45,108 WHAT TYPES OF CALLS THEY ARE 4439 02:44:45,108 --> 02:44:48,211 RESPONDING TO AS COMPARED TO 4440 02:44:48,211 --> 02:44:50,747 2019. AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE 4441 02:44:50,747 --> 02:44:53,283 HARBOR PATROL IS ONE OF THOSE 4442 02:44:53,283 --> 02:44:54,451 UNIQUE TYPES OF POLICING THAT 4443 02:44:54,451 --> 02:44:55,719 THE CITY OF SEATTLE HAS TO 4444 02:44:55,719 --> 02:44:58,154 ENGAGE IN, AND WE REALLY DIDN'T 4445 02:44:58,154 --> 02:44:59,556 HAVE ANY CLEAN DATA FOR THEM IN 4446 02:44:59,556 --> 02:45:01,524 2019. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE 4447 02:45:01,524 --> 02:45:03,827 IMPORTANT TO SEE THEM TODAY. I 4448 02:45:03,827 --> 02:45:06,529 MAY ASK YOU TO GO THROUGH I, I 4449 02:45:06,529 --> 02:45:09,633 FIND THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE 4450 02:45:09,633 --> 02:45:10,200 MOST IN-DEPTH PRESENTATIONS 4451 02:45:10,200 --> 02:45:11,735 WE'VE RECEIVED FROM YOU TO 4452 02:45:11,735 --> 02:45:13,737 DATE. IT'S REALLY QUITE 4453 02:45:13,737 --> 02:45:15,472 IMPRESSIVE, ESPECIALLY UNDER 4454 02:45:15,472 --> 02:45:18,575 POLICY CONSIDERATION TWO. SLIDE 4455 02:45:18,575 --> 02:45:19,709 ONE OF FOUR OF WHAT ARE THE 4456 02:45:19,709 --> 02:45:22,045 RIGHT NUMBER OF OFFICERS. THOSE 4457 02:45:22,045 --> 02:45:23,413 COMPARISONS BETWEEN ALL OF THOSE 4458 02:45:23,413 --> 02:45:24,347 DIFFERENT CITIES. I'M NOT GOING 4459 02:45:24,347 --> 02:45:25,849 TO SPEND OUR COMMUNAL TIME 4460 02:45:25,849 --> 02:45:26,950 DIGGING INTO THIS WITH YOU, BUT 4461 02:45:26,950 --> 02:45:28,251 I WILL COME AND FOLLOW UP AND 4462 02:45:28,251 --> 02:45:29,853 ASK YOU SOME ADDITIONAL 4463 02:45:29,853 --> 02:45:32,322 QUESTIONS AND YOUR 4464 02:45:32,322 --> 02:45:32,923 IDENTIFICATION OF SEATTLE'S 4465 02:45:32,923 --> 02:45:37,661 UNIQUE TOPOGRAPHY AND LAND WATER 4466 02:45:37,661 --> 02:45:38,295 RELATIONSHIP CHANGES EVERYTHING 4467 02:45:38,295 --> 02:45:39,629 AS COMPARED TO MANY OTHER 4468 02:45:39,629 --> 02:45:41,197 CITIES, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE 4469 02:45:41,197 --> 02:45:43,333 FLAT AND HAVE GRIDS THAT MAKE 4470 02:45:43,333 --> 02:45:45,135 SENSE COMPARED TO YESLER AND 4471 02:45:45,135 --> 02:45:47,270 DENNY FIGHTING AND HAVING A 4472 02:45:47,270 --> 02:45:48,438 MISMATCHED GRID. BUT I CAN TELL 4473 02:45:48,438 --> 02:45:49,906 YOU THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PIKE 4474 02:45:49,906 --> 02:45:51,508 AND PINE. MOVING ON, I WANT TO 4475 02:45:51,508 --> 02:45:54,210 ASK YOU, GETTING INTO THESE 4476 02:45:54,210 --> 02:45:55,612 SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT 4477 02:45:55,612 --> 02:45:57,547 CIVILIANS, I DIDN'T I KNOW WHEN 4478 02:45:57,547 --> 02:45:58,882 CHIEF SALES WAS HERE. WE HAD 4479 02:45:58,882 --> 02:46:01,551 TALKED ABOUT THE AUTOMOBILE 4480 02:46:01,551 --> 02:46:02,218 STAFF MEMBER THAT IS BEING LAID 4481 02:46:02,218 --> 02:46:03,286 OFF. I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THIS 4482 02:46:03,286 --> 02:46:04,421 PRESENTATION. I DO WANT TO JUST 4483 02:46:04,421 --> 02:46:07,857 CHECK IN. IS THAT WRAPPED INTO 4484 02:46:07,857 --> 02:46:10,393 THE CIVILIAN G GENERAL 4485 02:46:10,393 --> 02:46:11,027 INVESTIGATIONS UNIT REDUCTIONS, 4486 02:46:11,027 --> 02:46:13,296 OR IS THERE A SEPARATE. 4487 02:46:13,296 --> 02:46:15,565 -- NO COUNCILMEMBER THAT IS NOT 4488 02:46:15,565 --> 02:46:18,335 PART OF THE CIVILIAN 4489 02:46:18,335 --> 02:46:18,935 INVESTIGATIONS, THE CIVILIAN 4490 02:46:18,935 --> 02:46:20,937 INVESTIGATIONS REDUCTION, THOSE 4491 02:46:20,937 --> 02:46:26,209 SEVEN FTE ARE STRICTLY TO ASSIST 4492 02:46:26,209 --> 02:46:27,410 DETECTIVES WITH INVESTIGATIONS. 4493 02:46:27,410 --> 02:46:31,548 THE AUTO RECORDS UNIT REDUCTION 4494 02:46:31,548 --> 02:46:34,651 IS ONE POSITION. THAT IS AN 4495 02:46:34,651 --> 02:46:37,220 ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST, ONE, 4496 02:46:37,220 --> 02:46:37,821 THE DEPARTMENT BELIEVES THAT 4497 02:46:37,821 --> 02:46:39,756 THIS WILL NOT AFFECT AUTO 4498 02:46:39,756 --> 02:46:42,659 RECORDS IN ANY WAY. THERE STILL 4499 02:46:42,659 --> 02:46:44,160 ARE 23 FTE. AFTER THAT 4500 02:46:44,160 --> 02:46:44,461 REDUCTION. 4501 02:46:44,461 --> 02:46:46,096 -- OKAY. THANK YOU FOR DIGGING 4502 02:46:46,096 --> 02:46:49,432 INTO THAT. SO YOU'RE HEARING 4503 02:46:49,432 --> 02:46:50,867 FROM THE DEPARTMENT THAT 4504 02:46:50,867 --> 02:46:52,702 THERE'LL BE NO IMPACT FROM. 4505 02:46:52,702 --> 02:46:54,604 I'LL ASK YOU FOR YOUR ANALYSIS 4506 02:46:54,604 --> 02:46:55,772 AFTER, YOU KNOW, DIG INTO THIS A 4507 02:46:55,772 --> 02:47:00,510 LITTLE BIT MORE AND I'LL COME 4508 02:47:00,510 --> 02:47:01,211 BACK TO YOU. I'M QUITE CONCERNED 4509 02:47:01,211 --> 02:47:04,447 THAT IF WE ARE LAYING THIS STAFF 4510 02:47:04,447 --> 02:47:06,916 PERSON OFF, THAT THE PEOPLE WHO 4511 02:47:06,916 --> 02:47:08,351 HAVE HAD THINGS SEATTLEITES AND 4512 02:47:08,351 --> 02:47:10,053 VISITORS TO SEATTLE WHO HAVE HAD 4513 02:47:10,053 --> 02:47:12,122 THINGS STOLEN FROM THEM, 4514 02:47:12,122 --> 02:47:13,923 INCLUDING THEIR CARS, WILL HAVE 4515 02:47:13,923 --> 02:47:15,225 A HARDER TIME GETTING THEM BACK. 4516 02:47:15,225 --> 02:47:19,029 AND SO I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU 4517 02:47:19,029 --> 02:47:21,231 TO UNDERSTAND YOUR ANALYSIS OF 4518 02:47:21,231 --> 02:47:23,266 THIS IMPACT. BUT I DON'T FIND IT 4519 02:47:23,266 --> 02:47:28,638 TO BE A GOOD DECISION IF THIS 4520 02:47:28,638 --> 02:47:30,040 DOES HAVE AN IMPACT ON PEOPLE 4521 02:47:30,040 --> 02:47:32,409 GETTING THE THINGS BACK FROM 4522 02:47:32,409 --> 02:47:33,943 THEM THAT WERE STOLEN. AND, YOU 4523 02:47:33,943 --> 02:47:36,046 KNOW, I GO BACK TO THIS SLIDE 4524 02:47:36,046 --> 02:47:37,947 SEVEN THAT WE HAD UP HERE ABOUT 4525 02:47:37,947 --> 02:47:40,750 THE RIGHT NUMBER OF POLICE 4526 02:47:40,750 --> 02:47:41,584 OFFICERS. SLIDE ONE OF FOUR. 4527 02:47:41,584 --> 02:47:43,019 THEY'RE JUST LOOKING AT, YOU 4528 02:47:43,019 --> 02:47:44,687 KNOW, BOSTON, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE 4529 02:47:44,687 --> 02:47:47,490 GOT ABOUT 100,000 PEOPLE LESS 4530 02:47:47,490 --> 02:47:50,794 THAN US, BUT THEY HAVE ONE 4531 02:47:50,794 --> 02:47:52,228 QUARTER. THE NUMBER OF PROPERTY 4532 02:47:52,228 --> 02:47:54,931 CRIMES, AND THEY HAVE 100 ABOUT 4533 02:47:54,931 --> 02:47:58,435 ABOUT 100 LESS VIOLENT CRIMES. 4534 02:47:58,435 --> 02:48:00,537 YOU KNOW, I JUST I SHARE THAT 4535 02:48:00,537 --> 02:48:03,440 BECAUSE IF THESE TYPES OF CRIMES 4536 02:48:03,440 --> 02:48:06,109 ARE OCCURRING HERE IN OUR CITY, 4537 02:48:06,109 --> 02:48:08,011 WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO BE AS 4538 02:48:08,011 --> 02:48:08,678 RESPONSIVE AS POSSIBLE AFTER THE 4539 02:48:08,678 --> 02:48:10,213 FACT. AND SO THAT'S WHERE MY 4540 02:48:10,213 --> 02:48:11,548 CONCERN ABOUT THIS AUTOMOBILE 4541 02:48:11,548 --> 02:48:12,816 STAFF IS. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO 4542 02:48:12,816 --> 02:48:15,952 CATCHING UP WITH YOU MORE. ONE 4543 02:48:15,952 --> 02:48:17,253 LAST QUESTION FROM ME FOR RIGHT 4544 02:48:17,253 --> 02:48:18,588 NOW REGARDING PARKING 4545 02:48:18,588 --> 02:48:19,589 ENFORCEMENT. IT MIGHT BE A 4546 02:48:19,589 --> 02:48:21,791 SIMILAR QUESTION TO WHAT 4547 02:48:21,791 --> 02:48:22,725 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ASKED, BUT 4548 02:48:22,725 --> 02:48:24,027 I'LL ASK IT IN MAYBE A SLIGHTLY 4549 02:48:24,027 --> 02:48:29,699 DIFFERENT WAY FOR CLARITY. WHY 4550 02:48:29,699 --> 02:48:31,267 JUST A WHY OF THE POLICY 4551 02:48:31,267 --> 02:48:33,603 CONSIDERATIONS. WHY? JUST A 4552 02:48:33,603 --> 02:48:36,372 STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT 4553 02:48:36,372 --> 02:48:38,308 AND NOT RE-ADDING THE POSITIONS? 4554 02:48:38,308 --> 02:48:40,110 IS IT BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU 4555 02:48:40,110 --> 02:48:40,643 REPORTED EARLIER THAT THE 4556 02:48:40,643 --> 02:48:42,679 EXECUTIVE HASN'T HIRED THEM IN 4557 02:48:42,679 --> 02:48:44,981 THE PAST, AND MAYBE FURTHER 4558 02:48:44,981 --> 02:48:46,449 ELABORATE, HAS IT BEEN AN 4559 02:48:46,449 --> 02:48:48,184 EXECUTIVE DECISION NOT TO HIRE, 4560 02:48:48,184 --> 02:48:50,053 OR HAVE THE POSITIONS BEEN 4561 02:48:50,053 --> 02:48:53,623 POSTED AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN 4562 02:48:53,623 --> 02:48:55,425 FILLED? 4563 02:48:55,425 --> 02:49:00,196 -- WHAT I KNOW OF THIS PROBLEM 4564 02:49:00,196 --> 02:49:02,532 IS THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS HIRES 4565 02:49:02,532 --> 02:49:04,634 FOR THE POSITIONS THAT THEY GET, 4566 02:49:04,634 --> 02:49:06,669 APPLICANTS FOR, THE JOBS THAT 4567 02:49:06,669 --> 02:49:07,937 THEY PUT THEM INTO 4568 02:49:07,937 --> 02:49:09,706 BACKGROUNDING, AND THEY HAVE TO 4569 02:49:09,706 --> 02:49:11,774 DISQUALIFY ABOUT HALF OF THEM IN 4570 02:49:11,774 --> 02:49:13,476 BACKGROUNDING. THE AS MR. ETTER 4571 02:49:13,476 --> 02:49:15,078 SAID, DIRECTOR PETER SAID, THE 4572 02:49:15,078 --> 02:49:17,413 NATURAL SOLUTION TO THAT IS TO 4573 02:49:17,413 --> 02:49:19,315 PUT MORE CANDIDATES INTO 4574 02:49:19,315 --> 02:49:20,583 BACKGROUNDING SO THAT IF HALF 4575 02:49:20,583 --> 02:49:21,985 FILLED OUT, YOU GET A LARGER 4576 02:49:21,985 --> 02:49:23,319 NUMBER COMING OUT THE BACK END 4577 02:49:23,319 --> 02:49:25,121 AND YOU CAN FILL YOUR VACANT 4578 02:49:25,121 --> 02:49:27,323 POSITIONS. WHAT I HEARD DIRECTOR 4579 02:49:27,323 --> 02:49:30,293 SAY IS THAT HE IS GOING TO. HE 4580 02:49:30,293 --> 02:49:34,030 IS GOING TO WORK ON THAT TO SEE 4581 02:49:34,030 --> 02:49:35,498 IF THERE'S A WAY THAT THEY CAN 4582 02:49:35,498 --> 02:49:38,935 IMPROVE THEIR PROCESS AND STAFF 4583 02:49:38,935 --> 02:49:40,770 THE POSITIONS. I HAVE TO DEVELOP 4584 02:49:40,770 --> 02:49:42,772 OPTIONS FOR YOU AS PART OF THIS 4585 02:49:42,772 --> 02:49:48,711 POLICY CONSIDERATION. I DID NOT 4586 02:49:48,711 --> 02:49:50,947 PUT THE OUT OF 2.1 MILLION AND 4587 02:49:50,947 --> 02:49:54,317 PROVISO ON THERE BECAUSE THE 4588 02:49:54,317 --> 02:49:56,219 COUNCIL DID THIS AND THE 4589 02:49:56,219 --> 02:49:58,288 EXECUTIVE DID NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE 4590 02:49:58,288 --> 02:50:02,725 OF IT I CONCEDE THAT IT COULD OR 4591 02:50:02,725 --> 02:50:05,862 SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE, AND THAT 4592 02:50:05,862 --> 02:50:07,230 THE COUNCIL CAN STILL DO THAT 4593 02:50:07,230 --> 02:50:09,499 THIS YEAR. PUT ANOTHER OUT OF OF 4594 02:50:09,499 --> 02:50:11,367 REVENUE OR ANOTHER OUT OF 4595 02:50:11,367 --> 02:50:12,635 APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY, BIND IT 4596 02:50:12,635 --> 02:50:13,403 UP WITH PROVISO AND SAY, WE WILL 4597 02:50:13,403 --> 02:50:15,672 GIVE THIS TO YOU IF YOU HIRE THE 4598 02:50:15,672 --> 02:50:17,173 POSITIONS, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT 4599 02:50:17,173 --> 02:50:18,875 IT WILL INCREASE FINE REVENUE 4600 02:50:18,875 --> 02:50:21,311 AND IT'LL BE BACKED REVENUE 4601 02:50:21,311 --> 02:50:21,544 BACKED. 4602 02:50:21,544 --> 02:50:23,079 -- AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT 4603 02:50:23,079 --> 02:50:24,314 CLARIFICATION. TRYING THE SAME 4604 02:50:24,314 --> 02:50:26,416 THING REPEATEDLY, EXPECTING 4605 02:50:26,416 --> 02:50:26,950 DIFFERENT RESULTS IS THE 4606 02:50:26,950 --> 02:50:27,984 DEFINITION OF INSANITY. BUT IT 4607 02:50:27,984 --> 02:50:30,420 MIGHT BE WORTH TRYING ONCE MORE 4608 02:50:30,420 --> 02:50:33,523 BEFORE WE TOTALLY GIVE UP. IS 4609 02:50:33,523 --> 02:50:33,756 THAT A. 4610 02:50:33,756 --> 02:50:35,058 -- THANK YOU? FAIR. 4611 02:50:35,058 --> 02:50:36,793 -- FAIR. YEAH. AND I APPRECIATE 4612 02:50:36,793 --> 02:50:38,161 YOU NOT JUST GIVING US IDEAS 4613 02:50:38,161 --> 02:50:42,165 THAT HAVEN'T WORKED IN THE PAST. 4614 02:50:42,165 --> 02:50:43,666 THAT'S ACTUALLY QUITE HELPFUL. 4615 02:50:43,666 --> 02:50:44,801 THE REASON I ASK ABOUT THIS IS 4616 02:50:44,801 --> 02:50:47,437 WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE 4617 02:50:47,437 --> 02:50:49,906 ENVIRONMENT OF HIRING, AND I 4618 02:50:49,906 --> 02:50:51,975 BELIEVE YOU MENTIONED THERE IS A 4619 02:50:51,975 --> 02:50:53,476 NEW CONTRACT FOR PARKING 4620 02:50:53,476 --> 02:50:54,844 ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THAT WE 4621 02:50:54,844 --> 02:50:55,878 JUST PASSED. I BELIEVE WE JUST 4622 02:50:55,878 --> 02:50:57,747 PASSED THAT IN SEPTEMBER. IS 4623 02:50:57,747 --> 02:50:59,482 THAT CORRECT? 4624 02:50:59,482 --> 02:50:59,916 -- THAT IS CORRECT. 4625 02:50:59,916 --> 02:51:01,918 -- AND WHAT I HAVE FOUND IS THAT 4626 02:51:01,918 --> 02:51:04,854 USUALLY TAKES A SOLID 6 TO 9 4627 02:51:04,854 --> 02:51:06,589 MONTHS AFTER A CONTRACT HAS 4628 02:51:06,589 --> 02:51:08,191 PASSED, BEFORE WE START SEEING 4629 02:51:08,191 --> 02:51:12,161 THAT CONTRACT, HAVE IMPLICATIONS 4630 02:51:12,161 --> 02:51:13,563 ON RECRUITMENT AND HIRING. 4631 02:51:13,563 --> 02:51:15,264 THAT'S A STATEMENT FROM ME, NOT 4632 02:51:15,264 --> 02:51:17,033 A QUESTION. I BRING UP THIS 4633 02:51:17,033 --> 02:51:18,167 ADDITIONAL CONTEXT JUST TO SAY 4634 02:51:18,167 --> 02:51:19,369 THAT IT MIGHT BE WORTH TRYING 4635 02:51:19,369 --> 02:51:22,238 ONE MORE TIME BEFORE WE'RE GOING 4636 02:51:22,238 --> 02:51:24,040 INTO THE LAND OF INSANITY, 4637 02:51:24,040 --> 02:51:27,210 ASKING THE MAYOR TO HIRE PARKING 4638 02:51:27,210 --> 02:51:28,611 ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ONLY 4639 02:51:28,611 --> 02:51:30,179 BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A SLIGHTLY 4640 02:51:30,179 --> 02:51:31,948 NEW ENVIRONMENT NOW, WITH AN 4641 02:51:31,948 --> 02:51:33,383 UPDATED CONTRACT THAT I KNOW IT 4642 02:51:33,383 --> 02:51:35,885 TOOK LONGER THAN WE WANTED TO 4643 02:51:35,885 --> 02:51:38,187 GET IT DONE BECAUSE PARKING 4644 02:51:38,187 --> 02:51:39,155 ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS DO TOUGH 4645 02:51:39,155 --> 02:51:40,456 WORK. I MEAN, I'M GOING TO I'M 4646 02:51:40,456 --> 02:51:43,693 GOING TO ASK IN HERE WHO ENJOYS 4647 02:51:43,693 --> 02:51:46,162 GETTING A PARKING TICKET OKAY. 4648 02:51:46,162 --> 02:51:47,764 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ENJOYS IT. 4649 02:51:47,764 --> 02:51:50,967 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK DOESN'T HAVE 4650 02:51:50,967 --> 02:51:54,170 A CAR. SO I SAY THAT BECAUSE 4651 02:51:54,170 --> 02:51:56,139 THEY DO HARD WORK. THEY'RE WE'RE 4652 02:51:56,139 --> 02:51:57,774 OFTENTIMES PUTTING THEM IN 4653 02:51:57,774 --> 02:52:01,044 VEHICLES THAT DON'T HAVE 4654 02:52:01,044 --> 02:52:01,678 CLIMATE CONTROL. WE'RE ASKING 4655 02:52:01,678 --> 02:52:06,416 THEM TO WORK ON OUR CITY STREETS 4656 02:52:06,416 --> 02:52:08,551 AND HAVE NEGATIVE INTERACTIONS 4657 02:52:08,551 --> 02:52:09,652 WITH OUR COMMUNITY. ON BEHALF OF 4658 02:52:09,652 --> 02:52:11,320 OUR CITY OF SEATTLE TO ENSURE 4659 02:52:11,320 --> 02:52:12,655 THAT PARKING IS TURNING OVER TO 4660 02:52:12,655 --> 02:52:14,157 ENSURE PEOPLE ARE MEETING THE 4661 02:52:14,157 --> 02:52:15,858 REGULATIONS OF OUR STREETS. AND 4662 02:52:15,858 --> 02:52:16,893 IT'S REALLY HARD AND DIFFICULT 4663 02:52:16,893 --> 02:52:18,194 WORK. AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS 4664 02:52:18,194 --> 02:52:19,829 IMPORTANT TO GET THEM THEIR 4665 02:52:19,829 --> 02:52:22,332 UPDATED CONTRACT. AND I WISH 4666 02:52:22,332 --> 02:52:23,733 THAT WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN IT 4667 02:52:23,733 --> 02:52:25,535 DONE SOONER. I BRING ALL THIS 4668 02:52:25,535 --> 02:52:27,103 ADDITIONAL CONTEXT IN JUST TO 4669 02:52:27,103 --> 02:52:31,474 SAY IT MIGHT BE WORTH TRYING ONE 4670 02:52:31,474 --> 02:52:33,076 MORE TIME. THOSE ARE ALL OF MY 4671 02:52:33,076 --> 02:52:35,378 QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS FOR 4672 02:52:35,378 --> 02:52:36,079 TODAY REGARDING THE POLICE 4673 02:52:36,079 --> 02:52:38,014 DEPARTMENT. I WOULD HAVE GONE ON 4674 02:52:38,014 --> 02:52:40,450 MUCH LONGER, BUT WE'VE HAD THREE 4675 02:52:40,450 --> 02:52:42,385 HOURS OF CONVERSATION, AND SO 4676 02:52:42,385 --> 02:52:45,388 I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO 4677 02:52:45,388 --> 02:52:46,689 YOU. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, FOR 4678 02:52:46,689 --> 02:52:49,425 ONE LAST COMMENT. AND THEN 4679 02:52:49,425 --> 02:52:51,127 COUNCILMEMBER CLOSE US OUT 4680 02:52:51,127 --> 02:52:52,495 BEFORE COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, AND 4681 02:52:52,495 --> 02:52:53,129 WE'LL CHECK IN WITH CENTRAL 4682 02:52:53,129 --> 02:52:54,564 STAFF AS WELL. I'VE GOT A FEW 4683 02:52:54,564 --> 02:52:55,598 COMMENTS TO MAKE BEFORE WE GO TO 4684 02:52:55,598 --> 02:52:57,100 LUNCH WITH THAT COUNCILMEMBER 4685 02:52:57,100 --> 02:52:59,769 RIVERA. 4686 02:52:59,769 --> 02:53:01,571 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. SO I JUST 4687 02:53:01,571 --> 02:53:04,774 WANTED TO TO REVISIT THIS IDEA 4688 02:53:04,774 --> 02:53:05,742 OF CAP VERSUS LIMITATION. I 4689 02:53:05,742 --> 02:53:07,076 CALLED IT A CAP BECAUSE IT IS 4690 02:53:07,076 --> 02:53:10,213 TRUE THAT IN 27 AND 28, WHICH IS 4691 02:53:10,213 --> 02:53:13,316 THE CURRENT BUDGET THAT WE'RE 4692 02:53:13,316 --> 02:53:15,184 LOOKING AT, THE NUMBER OF 4693 02:53:15,184 --> 02:53:17,387 OFFICERS THAT WE CAN HIRE. NET 4694 02:53:17,387 --> 02:53:19,355 NET ARE 43. AND SO IF WE HAVE 4695 02:53:19,355 --> 02:53:21,691 MORE APPLICATIONS AND ABILITY TO 4696 02:53:21,691 --> 02:53:22,658 HIRE MORE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO 4697 02:53:22,658 --> 02:53:24,861 BE ABLE TO, BECAUSE WHAT'S 4698 02:53:24,861 --> 02:53:26,562 INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET IS JUST 4699 02:53:26,562 --> 02:53:29,499 FUNDING FOR 43 NET NEW OVER THE 4700 02:53:29,499 --> 02:53:31,334 BIENNIUM, CORRECT? CORRECT. SO 4701 02:53:31,334 --> 02:53:34,771 THIS IS WHY I CALLED IT A CAP 4702 02:53:34,771 --> 02:53:36,072 FOR THIS BUDGET, BECAUSE AGAIN, 4703 02:53:36,072 --> 02:53:37,673 WE CAN'T HIRE MORE THAN WHAT 4704 02:53:37,673 --> 02:53:40,042 WE'RE BUDGETED FOR. BUT IN, IN, 4705 02:53:40,042 --> 02:53:44,147 SORRY, IN 2025, WE HIRED 95 NET 4706 02:53:44,147 --> 02:53:46,048 NEW. AND THEN IN THIS YEAR, 4707 02:53:46,048 --> 02:53:50,453 WE'VE HIRED 52 OR 3 NET NEW, 4708 02:53:50,453 --> 02:53:52,054 CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. SO MY 4709 02:53:52,054 --> 02:53:54,023 CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE WE'RE 4710 02:53:54,023 --> 02:53:58,327 WE'VE BEEN HIRING MORE. AND NOW 4711 02:53:58,327 --> 02:54:01,731 THIS BUDGET IS LIMITING US TO 4712 02:54:01,731 --> 02:54:02,932 THE 43 OVER THE BIENNIUM. SO 4713 02:54:02,932 --> 02:54:04,867 THAT'S WHY I CALLED IT A CAP. 4714 02:54:04,867 --> 02:54:09,238 SO JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT 4715 02:54:09,238 --> 02:54:10,339 POINT. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO 4716 02:54:10,339 --> 02:54:15,244 ASK GREG, IS ABOUT THE, THE 4717 02:54:15,244 --> 02:54:16,679 ATTRITION PIECE. I HAD HEARD. SO 4718 02:54:16,679 --> 02:54:18,581 I JUST IF YOU COULD, COULD 4719 02:54:18,581 --> 02:54:24,387 CONFIRM THIS, THAT IN ORDER TO 4720 02:54:24,387 --> 02:54:27,056 MAINTAIN STATUS QUO, WHEN WE'RE 4721 02:54:27,056 --> 02:54:28,291 ACCOUNTING FOR ATTRITION, WE 4722 02:54:28,291 --> 02:54:30,760 WOULD NEED TO HIRE OR NOT. WE, 4723 02:54:30,760 --> 02:54:32,562 THE SPD WOULD HAVE TO HIRE 13 4724 02:54:32,562 --> 02:54:35,932 PEOPLE A MONTH. BUT THAT WITH 4725 02:54:35,932 --> 02:54:37,733 THIS PROPOSAL, THAT WOULD DROP 4726 02:54:37,733 --> 02:54:39,802 TO NINE A MONTH AND YOU MAY NOT 4727 02:54:39,802 --> 02:54:41,537 HAVE THAT INFORMATION, BUT I'M 4728 02:54:41,537 --> 02:54:43,806 HAPPY TO TAKE IT IF YOU DO. 4729 02:54:43,806 --> 02:54:44,040 -- OR. 4730 02:54:44,040 --> 02:54:44,340 -- BUT AYE. 4731 02:54:44,340 --> 02:54:46,008 -- WANT TO. 4732 02:54:46,008 --> 02:54:46,676 -- CONFIRM WHETHER THAT'S TRUE. 4733 02:54:46,676 --> 02:54:48,644 -- YEAH. COUNCILMAN, PLEASE. I 4734 02:54:48,644 --> 02:54:52,715 THINK HIRING AT 13, 12 OR 13 4735 02:54:52,715 --> 02:54:54,383 RECRUITS PER MONTH IS IS STILL 4736 02:54:54,383 --> 02:54:59,021 AT A GROWTH RATE. SUSTAINMENT 4737 02:54:59,021 --> 02:54:59,856 RATE IS MORE LIKE SEVEN RECRUITS 4738 02:54:59,856 --> 02:55:02,124 PER MONTH. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU 4739 02:55:02,124 --> 02:55:06,162 SEE IN THE 2028 STAFFING PLAN, 4740 02:55:06,162 --> 02:55:07,897 WHERE HIRING IS TAKEN FROM WHERE 4741 02:55:07,897 --> 02:55:09,665 IT IS NOW 12 OR 13 PER MONTH AND 4742 02:55:09,665 --> 02:55:11,634 WRAPPED DOWN TO SEVEN PER MONTH. 4743 02:55:11,634 --> 02:55:13,603 -- SO THAT'S ANOTHER VERSION OF 4744 02:55:13,603 --> 02:55:17,173 WE'RE LIMITED IN HOW MANY WE'RE 4745 02:55:17,173 --> 02:55:19,075 ABLE TO HIRE BASED ON WHAT THE 4746 02:55:19,075 --> 02:55:21,577 FUNDING IS CONTAINED IN THE 2728 4747 02:55:21,577 --> 02:55:23,579 BUDGET. 4748 02:55:23,579 --> 02:55:25,581 -- YES. AND ONE THING THAT IS 4749 02:55:25,581 --> 02:55:28,217 IMPORTANT TO NOTE ABOUT THAT IS 4750 02:55:28,217 --> 02:55:30,720 YOU MENTIONED THAT IN PRIOR 4751 02:55:30,720 --> 02:55:34,056 YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN A RAMP UP 4752 02:55:34,056 --> 02:55:41,564 IN HIRING AND THAT RAMP UP IN 4753 02:55:41,564 --> 02:55:42,198 HIRING HAS NOT ALWAYS CAUSE HAS 4754 02:55:42,198 --> 02:55:44,166 NOT ALWAYS BEEN FUNDED IN OR 4755 02:55:44,166 --> 02:55:45,668 THOUGHT THROUGH IN A, IN A WAY 4756 02:55:45,668 --> 02:55:47,670 THAT THE CITY IS PLANNING FOR 4757 02:55:47,670 --> 02:55:52,174 THE OUTYEAR COSTS. OFFICERS, 4758 02:55:52,174 --> 02:55:54,176 ONCE THEY GET OUT OF THE ACADEMY 4759 02:55:54,176 --> 02:55:55,811 AND ARE OUT OF STUDENT BEING 4760 02:55:55,811 --> 02:55:57,713 STUDENT OFFICERS, THEIR COSTS GO 4761 02:55:57,713 --> 02:55:59,081 UP CONSIDERABLY. SO THERE IS A 4762 02:55:59,081 --> 02:56:02,852 IS A SHARP INCREASE IN COSTS IN 4763 02:56:02,852 --> 02:56:04,120 PRIOR BUDGETS, THE FOCUS HAS 4764 02:56:04,120 --> 02:56:06,522 BEEN AROUND HOW MANY CAN WE HIRE 4765 02:56:06,522 --> 02:56:08,124 AND IN THE END, WHAT THAT DOES 4766 02:56:08,124 --> 02:56:11,093 IN FUTURE YEARS IS CREATE AN 4767 02:56:11,093 --> 02:56:14,830 EXPECTED OR AN. IT IS AN 4768 02:56:14,830 --> 02:56:16,799 UNEXPECTED, UNPLANNED. FOR COSTS 4769 02:56:16,799 --> 02:56:17,733 BECAUSE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT 4770 02:56:17,733 --> 02:56:21,771 BUDGET GOES UP. WHAT I THINK THE 4771 02:56:21,771 --> 02:56:24,140 CHANGE HERE IS THAT THIS IS MORE 4772 02:56:24,140 --> 02:56:26,375 FOCUSED ON THE BUDGET AND THE 4773 02:56:26,375 --> 02:56:27,910 NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS IS 4774 02:56:27,910 --> 02:56:29,078 GOING TO BE RESTRICTED BY THE 4775 02:56:29,078 --> 02:56:30,146 BUDGET, INSTEAD OF JUST FULL 4776 02:56:30,146 --> 02:56:32,515 SPEED AHEAD, WILL ADD MONEY 4777 02:56:32,515 --> 02:56:32,748 LATER. 4778 02:56:32,748 --> 02:56:33,950 -- YEAH. THANK YOU GREG. AND 4779 02:56:33,950 --> 02:56:35,351 THAT'S MY POINT. WHEN I'M 4780 02:56:35,351 --> 02:56:37,119 SAYING WE'RE WE'RE LIMITING 4781 02:56:37,119 --> 02:56:38,821 OURSELVES AND WE DON'T EVEN 4782 02:56:38,821 --> 02:56:42,725 HAVE THE STAFFING NUMBERS. WE 4783 02:56:42,725 --> 02:56:44,093 HAD PRE-COVID. SO WE'RE STILL 4784 02:56:44,093 --> 02:56:46,495 TRYING TO CATCH UP. AND THAT IS 4785 02:56:46,495 --> 02:56:47,096 REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS I 4786 02:56:47,096 --> 02:56:48,431 SAID EARLIER, THIS IS A 4787 02:56:48,431 --> 02:56:50,499 CHARTERED RESPONSIBILITY AND WE 4788 02:56:50,499 --> 02:56:54,704 NEED TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE 4789 02:56:54,704 --> 02:56:56,672 DEMAND WHEN CONSTITUENTS ARE 4790 02:56:56,672 --> 02:56:58,174 CALLING 911, WE NEED TO MAKE 4791 02:56:58,174 --> 02:57:00,409 SURE THAT THAT WE'RE PROPERLY 4792 02:57:00,409 --> 02:57:01,344 RESPONDING AND IT'S HARD TO DO 4793 02:57:01,344 --> 02:57:04,847 SO IF WE'RE NOT STAFFED UP TO 4794 02:57:04,847 --> 02:57:06,449 DO SO. SO JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY 4795 02:57:06,449 --> 02:57:07,850 THE CAP COMMENT BECAUSE I KNOW 4796 02:57:07,850 --> 02:57:08,985 SOMEONE WILL MAYBE WRITE ABOUT 4797 02:57:08,985 --> 02:57:12,188 IT. AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE 4798 02:57:12,188 --> 02:57:14,256 THAT, YES, MY POINT IS WE ARE 4799 02:57:14,256 --> 02:57:15,591 LIMITING OURSELVES AND HOW MANY 4800 02:57:15,591 --> 02:57:17,326 OFFICERS THAT WE CAN HIRE. AND 4801 02:57:17,326 --> 02:57:19,195 IT'S A MUCH LOWER NUMBER THAN 4802 02:57:19,195 --> 02:57:20,730 WE'VE HIRED IN THE LAST TWO 4803 02:57:20,730 --> 02:57:29,438 YEARS. AND THEN AYE. SORRY, 4804 02:57:29,438 --> 02:57:32,708 CHAIR. OH, WHEN YOU SAID, WELL, 4805 02:57:32,708 --> 02:57:34,210 I GUESS I'LL JUST TAKE THIS 4806 02:57:34,210 --> 02:57:35,344 OFFLINE. IT'S OKAY. THANK YOU, 4807 02:57:35,344 --> 02:57:38,547 CHAIR, FOR THE ADDITIONAL TIME 4808 02:57:38,547 --> 02:57:40,850 THERE. 4809 02:57:40,850 --> 02:57:43,285 -- THANK YOU. COMMITTEE TABLE. 4810 02:57:43,285 --> 02:57:44,153 ANY CLOSING COMMENTS FOR TODAY? 4811 02:57:44,153 --> 02:57:45,488 WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 4812 02:57:45,488 --> 02:57:47,256 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE TO CLOSE US 4813 02:57:47,256 --> 02:57:47,456 OUT. 4814 02:57:47,456 --> 02:57:50,893 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR. I TOO, 4815 02:57:50,893 --> 02:57:52,395 ENJOYED THE CONVERSATION AND THE 4816 02:57:52,395 --> 02:57:55,297 VARIOUS POINTS THAT WERE RAISED. 4817 02:57:55,297 --> 02:57:55,731 I WOULD SAY IT'S 4818 02:57:55,731 --> 02:57:57,900 -- QUITE CLEAR THAT WE HAVEN'T 4819 02:57:57,900 --> 02:57:59,268 FULLY RECOVERED FROM THE DEFUND 4820 02:57:59,268 --> 02:58:00,503 PERIOD, BUT WE WERE ON THE PATH 4821 02:58:00,503 --> 02:58:04,573 OF RECOVERY. WE WERE. AND IF YOU 4822 02:58:04,573 --> 02:58:06,375 LOOK AT THIS BUDGET, IT IS 4823 02:58:06,375 --> 02:58:09,045 ESSENTIALLY RELATED TO THIS BOG 4824 02:58:09,045 --> 02:58:12,314 AGREEMENT. AND, YOU KNOW, FOR 4825 02:58:12,314 --> 02:58:14,050 THOSE MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVEN'T 4826 02:58:14,050 --> 02:58:15,785 SERVED ON SLC OR LRP, IT IS 4827 02:58:15,785 --> 02:58:17,586 TRULY THE MOST FRUSTRATING 4828 02:58:17,586 --> 02:58:19,455 COMMITTEE TO BE ON BECAUSE WE 4829 02:58:19,455 --> 02:58:20,489 SHOULD HAVE HAD A NEW AGREEMENT 4830 02:58:20,489 --> 02:58:23,059 WHEN THE LAST ONE EXPIRED. AND 4831 02:58:23,059 --> 02:58:24,360 IMAGINE IF WE DID, WHERE WOULD 4832 02:58:24,360 --> 02:58:26,028 WE BE TODAY? WE WOULDN'T BE 4833 02:58:26,028 --> 02:58:26,896 TALKING ABOUT THIS. WE WOULD BE 4834 02:58:26,896 --> 02:58:28,297 IN A DIFFERENT PLACE. SO ONE 4835 02:58:28,297 --> 02:58:32,201 NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT 4836 02:58:32,201 --> 02:58:33,302 OF NOT GETTING THAT DEAL DONE 4837 02:58:33,302 --> 02:58:34,437 WHEN IT WAS SCHEDULED TO BE 4838 02:58:34,437 --> 02:58:35,971 DONE, AND THEN THE DELAY AND 4839 02:58:35,971 --> 02:58:38,074 THEN THE CATCH UP AND THE IMPACT 4840 02:58:38,074 --> 02:58:43,746 THAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY. AND I 4841 02:58:43,746 --> 02:58:45,381 RECOGNIZE THERE'S SOME FOCUS 4842 02:58:45,381 --> 02:58:48,084 RELATED TO POLICE IN TERMS OF 4843 02:58:48,084 --> 02:58:48,718 LABOR, BUT I'LL REMIND YOU, 4844 02:58:48,718 --> 02:58:52,354 THIS LOOK IN CNN TODAY WHOLESALE 4845 02:58:52,354 --> 02:58:53,889 U.S. INFLATION SOARED IN 4846 02:58:53,889 --> 02:58:55,524 SEPTEMBER, ITS BIGGEST JUMP IN 4847 02:58:55,524 --> 02:58:56,559 FOUR YEARS. YOU KNOW WHAT THIS 4848 02:58:56,559 --> 02:59:00,329 TRANSLATES TO ME? ALL THE LABOR 4849 02:59:00,329 --> 02:59:01,864 AGREEMENTS, CPI, YOU KNOW, WANT 4850 02:59:01,864 --> 02:59:02,998 TO SIT IN THESE COMMITTEE 4851 02:59:02,998 --> 02:59:05,534 MEETINGS. YOU KNOW, INFLATION 4852 02:59:05,534 --> 02:59:07,169 WRECKS, BUDGETS. IT'S GOING TO 4853 02:59:07,169 --> 02:59:09,738 BE INCREASED LABOR AGREEMENTS 4854 02:59:09,738 --> 02:59:10,673 ACROSS THE BOARD. SO THIS 4855 02:59:10,673 --> 02:59:12,942 PHENOMENON IS NOT JUST A 4856 02:59:12,942 --> 02:59:14,110 PHENOMENON. IT'S THERE'S GOING 4857 02:59:14,110 --> 02:59:15,678 TO BE ASPECTS OF THIS BECAUSE OF 4858 02:59:15,678 --> 02:59:17,079 INFLATION. WHAT'S HAPPENING AT 4859 02:59:17,079 --> 02:59:18,414 THE FEDERAL LEVEL ACROSS ALL 4860 02:59:18,414 --> 02:59:19,348 LABOR AGREEMENTS. SO AS WE MOVE 4861 02:59:19,348 --> 02:59:21,083 OUT IN THE FUTURE, SO THESE 4862 02:59:21,083 --> 02:59:23,319 ARGUMENTS THAT ARE BEING USED 4863 02:59:23,319 --> 02:59:24,420 RELATED TO SPD ACTUALLY WILL BE 4864 02:59:24,420 --> 02:59:26,956 USED, CAN BE USED, COULD BE USED 4865 02:59:26,956 --> 02:59:28,958 ACROSS THE, YOU KNOW, THE ENTIRE 4866 02:59:28,958 --> 02:59:31,260 EXECUTIVE. AND SO I THINK IT'S 4867 02:59:31,260 --> 02:59:33,262 IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND 4868 02:59:33,262 --> 02:59:35,364 AYE WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE 4869 02:59:35,364 --> 02:59:37,066 LABOR RELATIONS WORLD RELATED TO 4870 02:59:37,066 --> 02:59:38,334 THIS AGREEMENT. AND OH, BY THE 4871 02:59:38,334 --> 02:59:40,236 WAY, RELATED TO INFLATION, 4872 02:59:40,236 --> 02:59:42,071 DON'T THINK IT'S LIMITED TO 4873 02:59:42,071 --> 02:59:43,606 SVOG AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE 4874 02:59:43,606 --> 02:59:46,075 IMPACTS ACROSS THE BOARD IN 4875 02:59:46,075 --> 02:59:50,279 TERMS OF BUDGETING. I APPRECIATE 4876 02:59:50,279 --> 02:59:50,813 PEOPLE BRINGING UP FIELD 4877 02:59:50,813 --> 02:59:51,647 TRAINING BECAUSE FIELD TRAINING 4878 02:59:51,647 --> 02:59:53,582 DOES HAVE CHALLENGES. WE'VE BEEN 4879 02:59:53,582 --> 02:59:56,285 WORKING THAT IN DIFFERENT AREAS. 4880 02:59:56,285 --> 02:59:58,854 WE AS A CITY, THOUGH, YOU KNOW, 4881 02:59:58,854 --> 03:00:01,357 IN TERMS OF NEW HIRES, WE SHOULD 4882 03:00:01,357 --> 03:00:03,425 NOTE THAT WE HAD 84 NEW HIRES IN 4883 03:00:03,425 --> 03:00:07,763 2024. WE HAD 165 NEW HIRES IN 4884 03:00:07,763 --> 03:00:12,535 2025. BUT NOW WE HAVE A PLANNED 4885 03:00:12,535 --> 03:00:14,870 128 NEW HIRES IN 27, AND ONLY 79 4886 03:00:14,870 --> 03:00:17,206 IN 28. WE ARE BELOW GLIDESLOPE 4887 03:00:17,206 --> 03:00:18,707 IN TERMS OF WHAT WE NEED FOR OUR 4888 03:00:18,707 --> 03:00:19,909 PUBLIC SAFETY POSTURE. WHAT DO 4889 03:00:19,909 --> 03:00:23,179 WE NEED TO CREATE A SAFER CITY 4890 03:00:23,179 --> 03:00:26,715 FOR ALL OF US TO CREATE A SAFER 4891 03:00:26,715 --> 03:00:28,184 SEATTLE? AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO 4892 03:00:28,184 --> 03:00:29,919 REMEMBER TOO, GIVEN OUR 4893 03:00:29,919 --> 03:00:32,021 RESPONSIBILITIES, THAT POLICE IS 4894 03:00:32,021 --> 03:00:34,690 A CHARTER RESPONSIBILITY AND 4895 03:00:34,690 --> 03:00:37,326 THAT THE CURRENT PLAN FROM THE 4896 03:00:37,326 --> 03:00:38,360 EXECUTIVE AS IT RELATES TO 4897 03:00:38,360 --> 03:00:41,564 PUBLIC SAFETY. AS I NOTED 4898 03:00:41,564 --> 03:00:43,632 EARLIER IN MY MIND, CAN BE BEST 4899 03:00:43,632 --> 03:00:44,300 DESCRIBED AS A HOPE STRATEGY OR, 4900 03:00:44,300 --> 03:00:45,935 YOU KNOW, A WISH STRATEGY 4901 03:00:45,935 --> 03:00:47,403 BECAUSE IT'S NOT GROUNDED, 4902 03:00:47,403 --> 03:00:48,504 PARTICULARLY AS WE SEE IN THIS 4903 03:00:48,504 --> 03:00:51,073 SPD BUDGET AND WHAT'S HAPPENING 4904 03:00:51,073 --> 03:00:52,208 ACROSS THE CITY IN TERMS OF ALL 4905 03:00:52,208 --> 03:00:53,909 THE PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES 4906 03:00:53,909 --> 03:01:00,015 THAT WE'RE FACING SO, YOU KNOW 4907 03:01:00,015 --> 03:01:02,017 ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'VE HAD 4908 03:01:02,017 --> 03:01:03,852 ACROSS PUBLIC SAFETY, AND I'LL 4909 03:01:03,852 --> 03:01:05,821 ADD LIKE UNIFIED CARE TEAM. SO 4910 03:01:05,821 --> 03:01:06,522 IT'S NOT LIMITED TO LIKE THE 4911 03:01:06,522 --> 03:01:07,656 COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, THE 4912 03:01:07,656 --> 03:01:10,059 ENTITIES THAT REPORT TO MY 4913 03:01:10,059 --> 03:01:13,295 COMMITTEE IS THAT WE ARE TODAY 4914 03:01:13,295 --> 03:01:15,264 SEEING A UNFUND BUDGET AND IT'S 4915 03:01:15,264 --> 03:01:16,932 IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT IT'S AN 4916 03:01:16,932 --> 03:01:18,334 UNFUNDED BUDGET WITH RESPECT TO 4917 03:01:18,334 --> 03:01:20,269 PUBLIC SAFETY, AND IT'S GOING 4918 03:01:20,269 --> 03:01:21,704 TO HAVE IMPACTS ON US IN THE 4919 03:01:21,704 --> 03:01:23,105 YEARS MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU, 4920 03:01:23,105 --> 03:01:26,308 CHAIR. 4921 03:01:26,308 --> 03:01:26,876 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 4922 03:01:26,876 --> 03:01:27,476 KETTLE COLLEAGUES, THAT DOES 4923 03:01:27,476 --> 03:01:28,577 BRING US TO THE CONCLUSION OF 4924 03:01:28,577 --> 03:01:30,913 THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT 4925 03:01:30,913 --> 03:01:32,514 CENTRAL STAFF ANALYSIS OF THEIR 4926 03:01:32,514 --> 03:01:34,149 BUDGET. GREG, SOME OF YOUR BEST 4927 03:01:34,149 --> 03:01:37,519 WORK YET. YOU'VE TAKEN US ON A 4928 03:01:37,519 --> 03:01:40,556 THREE HOUR JOURNEY THAT INCLUDED 4929 03:01:40,556 --> 03:01:41,423 AN EARTHQUAKE DRILL. AND ONE OF 4930 03:01:41,423 --> 03:01:43,259 THE THINGS THAT I'VE FOUND 4931 03:01:43,259 --> 03:01:44,360 STRUCTURALLY ABOUT HOW WE DO 4932 03:01:44,360 --> 03:01:45,828 BUDGET IS THAT WE HAVE 4933 03:01:45,828 --> 03:01:47,496 DEPARTMENTS COME AND SPEAK TO US 4934 03:01:47,496 --> 03:01:49,265 WHEN WE HAVEN'T FULLY DIGESTED 4935 03:01:49,265 --> 03:01:50,799 THE BUDGET. AND SO OFTENTIMES, 4936 03:01:50,799 --> 03:01:53,402 LIKE TODAY, YOU GOT A LOT OF 4937 03:01:53,402 --> 03:01:53,869 TOUGH QUESTIONS FROM 4938 03:01:53,869 --> 03:01:55,404 COUNCILMEMBERS, EVEN THOUGH 4939 03:01:55,404 --> 03:01:57,206 IT'S NOT YOUR YOUR DECISION, 4940 03:01:57,206 --> 03:01:58,274 IT'S JUST YOUR ANALYSIS. AND SO 4941 03:01:58,274 --> 03:01:59,642 I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS 4942 03:01:59,642 --> 03:02:01,677 MOMENT TO APPRECIATE HOW YOU'VE 4943 03:02:01,677 --> 03:02:05,948 BEEN ABLE TO NAVIGATE A PRETTY 4944 03:02:05,948 --> 03:02:07,616 INTENSE MORNING. NOW THAT IT'S 4945 03:02:07,616 --> 03:02:09,485 AFTERNOON, COLLEAGUES, I'M GOING 4946 03:02:09,485 --> 03:02:10,653 TO ASK A JUDGMENT QUESTION. WE 4947 03:02:10,653 --> 03:02:12,621 CAN EITHER COME BACK AT TWO OR 4948 03:02:12,621 --> 03:02:20,362 WE CAN COME BACK AT 140. TWO, 4949 03:02:20,362 --> 03:02:22,531 140. 4950 03:02:22,531 --> 03:02:22,831 -- ONE, 40. 4951 03:02:22,831 --> 03:02:23,832 -- I'M INDIFFERENT. 4952 03:02:23,832 --> 03:02:26,101 -- YEAH, I'M INDIFFERENT. 4953 03:02:26,101 --> 03:02:28,037 -- TWO WE'RE GONNA GO FOR 1:50 4954 03:02:28,037 --> 03:02:31,273 P.M. A LITTLE BIT, RIGHT IN THE 4955 03:02:31,273 --> 03:02:33,842 MIDDLE. SO WITH THAT, COUNCIL 4956 03:02:33,842 --> 03:02:38,213 WILL BE ON RECESS UNTIL 150. 4957 03:02:38,213 --> 03:02:43,452 1:50 P.M. AND WE WILL START OUR 4958 03:02:43,452 --> 03:02:43,952 SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT 4959 03:02:43,952 --> 03:02:46,188 PRESENTATION AT EXACTLY 1:51 4960 03:02:46,188 --> 03:02:48,490 P.M. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. NO 4961 03:02:48,490 --> 03:02:52,528 OBJECTION. WE ARE IN RECESS. 4962 03:02:52,528 --> 03:02:52,861 -- EVERYONE. 4963 03:02:52,861 --> 03:02:59,968 -- [MUSIC]