1 00:00:27,460 --> 00:00:30,030 >> HERE. 2 00:00:30,030 --> 00:00:38,238 >> SAKA? 3 00:00:38,238 --> 00:00:38,505 >> HERE. 4 00:00:38,505 --> 00:00:38,905 >> CHAIR KETTLE? 5 00:00:38,905 --> 00:00:39,172 >> HERE. 6 00:00:39,172 --> 00:00:43,443 >> FIVE MEMBERS PRESENT . 7 00:00:43,443 --> 00:00:45,311 >> WELCOME TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY 8 00:00:45,311 --> 00:00:47,847 COMMITTEE MEETING, A QUICK NOTE, 9 00:00:47,847 --> 00:00:51,584 I WANTED TO NOTE AS A FOLLOW-UP 10 00:00:51,584 --> 00:00:56,689 THAT IT IS INTERESTING , ALREADY 11 00:00:56,689 --> 00:00:58,825 , HEARING DIFFERENT WORDS AND 12 00:00:58,825 --> 00:01:01,060 DIFFERENT SECTORS SAYING, 13 00:01:01,060 --> 00:01:02,395 PROSTITUTION HAS BEEN HERE 14 00:01:02,395 --> 00:01:04,230 FOREVER, THE SECOND OLDEST 15 00:01:04,230 --> 00:01:05,732 PROFESSION. IT IS WHAT IT IS 16 00:01:05,732 --> 00:01:09,536 KIND OF THING . OR , THESE ARE 17 00:01:09,536 --> 00:01:11,971 MISDEMEANORS , WE SHOULD NOT BE 18 00:01:11,971 --> 00:01:14,741 BOTHERING WITH MISDEMEANORS. I 19 00:01:14,741 --> 00:01:17,444 SAY THIS BECAUSE THIS IS THE 20 00:01:17,444 --> 00:01:20,914 START. PREVIOUSLY, IN THE CHAIR 21 00:01:20,914 --> 00:01:22,682 COMMENT AND WITH THE PRESS 22 00:01:22,682 --> 00:01:25,285 CONFERENCE, I MENTIONED THIS IS 23 00:01:25,285 --> 00:01:27,754 HOW IT STARTS, WE SHOULD BE 24 00:01:27,754 --> 00:01:35,295 FOCUSED, YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN 25 00:01:35,295 --> 00:01:38,231 -- THESE ARE THE VOICES I HEAR, 26 00:01:38,231 --> 00:01:40,233 RATHER THAN CONTINUE TO WASTE 27 00:01:40,233 --> 00:01:42,435 LIMITED RESOURCES ON A FAILED 28 00:01:42,435 --> 00:01:44,971 LEGAL AND CRIMINAL SYSTEM , 29 00:01:44,971 --> 00:01:46,306 RESOURCES TO LOW-LEVEL 30 00:01:46,306 --> 00:01:47,640 MISDEMEANOR OFFENSES, WE SHOULD 31 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:49,509 BE TAKING A DIFFERENT APPROACH 32 00:01:49,509 --> 00:01:50,844 AND THESE LOW-LEVEL OFFENSES 33 00:01:50,844 --> 00:01:54,047 INCLUDE THINGS LIKE THEFT, 34 00:01:54,047 --> 00:01:56,850 OBSTRUCTION, AND PROSTITUTION . 35 00:01:56,850 --> 00:01:59,486 WE ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE 36 00:01:59,486 --> 00:02:02,055 THERE WILL BE INDIVIDUALS AND 37 00:02:02,055 --> 00:02:06,459 GROUPS THAT WILL BE COUNTERING , 38 00:02:06,459 --> 00:02:10,463 CREATING THE SITUATION . 39 00:02:10,463 --> 00:02:14,434 INSTEAD, WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON 40 00:02:14,434 --> 00:02:16,636 OUR FRAMEWORK, YOU KNOW, POLICE 41 00:02:16,636 --> 00:02:17,971 STAFFING IS VERY IMPORTANT, 42 00:02:17,971 --> 00:02:20,206 CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM , OUR 43 00:02:20,206 --> 00:02:21,941 SECOND PILLAR , OUR THIRD PILLAR 44 00:02:21,941 --> 00:02:25,078 IS REDUCTION PREVENTION VIOLENCE 45 00:02:25,078 --> 00:02:27,547 , THESE ARE THE THINGS WE SHOULD 46 00:02:27,547 --> 00:02:29,249 BE WORKING THROUGH . OUR FOURTH 47 00:02:29,249 --> 00:02:31,117 IS CRIME REDUCTION THROUGH URBAN 48 00:02:31,117 --> 00:02:35,288 MEDIATION . IMPORTANT FOR THIS 49 00:02:35,288 --> 00:02:38,491 AS WELL IS ADDRESSING PUBLIC 50 00:02:38,491 --> 00:02:40,260 SAFETY, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC 51 00:02:40,260 --> 00:02:42,228 HOUSING , HUMAN SERVICES, THE 52 00:02:42,228 --> 00:02:45,164 OTHER SIDE IN TERMS OF THE WOMEN 53 00:02:45,164 --> 00:02:48,034 , YOUNG GIRLS, MINORS, SERVICES 54 00:02:48,034 --> 00:02:51,971 IN ORDER TO ALLOW THEM TO ESCAPE 55 00:02:51,971 --> 00:02:54,007 THE SITUATION. THE SIXTH PILLAR 56 00:02:54,007 --> 00:02:56,943 IS COLLABORATION . I HAD A 57 00:02:56,943 --> 00:03:00,013 MEETING , FOLLOW UP ON THIS 58 00:03:00,013 --> 00:03:01,748 ISSUE IN TERMS OF CRIMINAL 59 00:03:01,748 --> 00:03:03,383 JUSTICE SYSTEM AND WORKING WITH 60 00:03:03,383 --> 00:03:07,520 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, A .5 FTE 61 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:11,624 CITY ATTORNEY , PROSECUTOR, 62 00:03:11,624 --> 00:03:13,026 PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE KING 63 00:03:13,026 --> 00:03:13,893 COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY AND 64 00:03:13,893 --> 00:03:17,330 OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO WORK THIS 65 00:03:17,330 --> 00:03:19,832 AREA WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT. YOU 66 00:03:19,832 --> 00:03:23,036 HEARD THE CITY ATTORNEY TALKING 67 00:03:23,036 --> 00:03:24,370 ABOUT THE EXTREME PROTECTION 68 00:03:24,370 --> 00:03:27,440 ORDER PIECES. THESE ARE THE 69 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:31,444 THINGS WE NEED TO ENSURE POLICE 70 00:03:31,444 --> 00:03:35,915 -- THAT THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE 71 00:03:35,915 --> 00:03:37,317 DESIGNED TO HELP THE WOMEN, 72 00:03:37,317 --> 00:03:39,319 PARTICULARLY THE MINORS , ARE 73 00:03:39,319 --> 00:03:46,859 THERE. IMPORTANT , I HAVE BEEN 74 00:03:46,859 --> 00:03:48,661 TO NORTH PRECINCT, WE GO TO THE 75 00:03:48,661 --> 00:03:49,629 VARIOUS PRECINCTS I WAS IN THE 76 00:03:49,629 --> 00:03:50,229 NORTH PRECINCT TALKING TO 77 00:03:50,229 --> 00:03:51,497 LIEUTENANTS WHO SAID THE HARD 78 00:03:51,497 --> 00:03:52,999 PART IS, A LOT OF THESE GROUPS 79 00:03:52,999 --> 00:03:54,867 DO NOT SHOW UP. WHEN IT IS 80 00:03:54,867 --> 00:03:57,236 SECOND AND THIRD WATCH. WE NEED 81 00:03:57,236 --> 00:03:58,304 TO WORK WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS 82 00:03:58,304 --> 00:03:59,472 THAT ARE THERE ON SECOND AND 83 00:03:59,472 --> 00:04:01,541 THIRD WATCH BECAUSE THE NEXT DAY 84 00:04:01,541 --> 00:04:04,477 IS TOO LATE. THESE ARE THE 85 00:04:04,477 --> 00:04:06,079 THINGS WE NEED TO BE WORKING 86 00:04:06,079 --> 00:04:08,982 THROUGH. NOT GET CARRIED AWAY 87 00:04:08,982 --> 00:04:13,052 WITH THE VARYING VOICES TO 88 00:04:13,052 --> 00:04:14,721 CREATE THE TWO MINES CHALLENGE 89 00:04:14,721 --> 00:04:17,023 WE HAVE . THAT IS MY COMMITMENT 90 00:04:17,023 --> 00:04:18,925 TO MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL 91 00:04:18,925 --> 00:04:22,428 AND TO VARIOUS PEOPLE IN THE 92 00:04:22,428 --> 00:04:27,333 SPACE IN NORTH SEATTLE. THAT IS 93 00:04:27,333 --> 00:04:29,068 THE CHAIR COMMENT. NO OBJECTION 94 00:04:29,068 --> 00:04:32,839 , THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. 95 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:35,041 SEEING NO ADVECTION , THE AGENDA 96 00:04:35,041 --> 00:04:37,677 IS ADOPTED . -- SEEING NO 97 00:04:37,677 --> 00:04:41,648 OBJECTION , THE AGENT IS ADOPTED 98 00:04:41,648 --> 00:04:43,449 AND WE WILL OPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS 99 00:04:43,449 --> 00:04:44,484 WHICH RELATE TO ITEMS ON THE 100 00:04:44,484 --> 00:04:45,585 AGENDA, WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF 101 00:04:45,585 --> 00:04:46,619 THIS COMMITTEE, HOW MANY 102 00:04:46,619 --> 00:04:54,861 SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP? 103 00:04:54,861 --> 00:04:55,461 >> THREE IN PERSON AND THREE 104 00:04:55,461 --> 00:04:55,862 REMOTE SPEAKERS. 105 00:04:55,862 --> 00:04:59,332 >> EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO 106 00:04:59,332 --> 00:05:00,633 MINUTES AND WE WILL START WITH 107 00:05:00,633 --> 00:05:02,268 IN-PERSON. PLEASE READ THE THE 108 00:05:02,268 --> 00:05:04,337 INSTRUCTIONS AND WHEN YOU THE 109 00:05:04,337 --> 00:05:05,872 CHIME, YOU HAVE 10 SECONDS. 110 00:05:05,872 --> 00:05:16,182 >> THE PUBLIC, TIME IS UP TO 60 111 00:05:16,182 --> 00:05:17,216 MINUTES AND SPEAKERS WILL BE 112 00:05:17,216 --> 00:05:18,384 CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THE 113 00:05:18,384 --> 00:05:19,252 REGISTERED AND SPEAKERS WILL 114 00:05:19,252 --> 00:05:20,453 HEAR A CHIME WENT 10 SECONDS 115 00:05:20,453 --> 00:05:21,287 LEFT AND SPEAKERS MICROPHONES 116 00:05:21,287 --> 00:05:22,722 WILL BE MUTED TO ALLOW US TO 117 00:05:22,722 --> 00:05:23,756 CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER, PUBLIC 118 00:05:23,756 --> 00:05:25,124 COMMENT TIME IS NOW OPEN AND WE 119 00:05:25,124 --> 00:05:26,392 WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST IN 120 00:05:26,392 --> 00:05:29,929 PERSON SPEAKER, JEFF SILVERMAN. 121 00:05:30,063 --> 00:05:38,171 >> GOOD MORNING. THIS IS AN 122 00:05:38,171 --> 00:05:41,140 APOLOGY FOR BIG GOVERNMENT , IN 123 00:05:41,140 --> 00:05:43,142 THE 1860S THE UNION PACIFIC 124 00:05:43,142 --> 00:05:44,343 RAILROAD LED 1100 MILES OF TRACK 125 00:05:44,343 --> 00:05:48,848 IN FOUR YEARS AND SOUND TRANSIT 126 00:05:48,848 --> 00:05:50,483 WILL LIGHT LESS THAN 100 MILES 127 00:05:50,483 --> 00:05:52,351 OF TRACK IN 50 YEARS, IN THE 128 00:05:52,351 --> 00:05:53,353 19th CENTURY, THE ONLY COMPUTING 129 00:05:53,353 --> 00:05:54,353 DEVICES THE ENGINEERS HAD WERE 130 00:05:54,353 --> 00:05:55,388 SLIDE RULES AND THE 21st 131 00:05:55,388 --> 00:05:58,858 CENTURIES THEY HAD COMPUTERS AND 132 00:05:58,858 --> 00:05:59,992 SUPERCOMPUTERS AND ARTIFICIAL 133 00:05:59,992 --> 00:06:01,894 INTELLIGENCE. WHY WERE THE 134 00:06:01,894 --> 00:06:06,132 ENGINEERS IN THE 19th CENTURY SO 135 00:06:06,132 --> 00:06:07,266 MUCH MORE PRODUCTIVE THAN THE 136 00:06:07,266 --> 00:06:08,401 ENGINEERS IN THE 21st CENTURY? A 137 00:06:08,401 --> 00:06:10,870 GOOD QUESTION. LET'S FIND OUT. 138 00:06:10,870 --> 00:06:12,739 WE ARE SMARTER NOW THAN WE WERE 139 00:06:12,739 --> 00:06:14,140 IN THE 19th CENTURY, IN THE 19th 140 00:06:14,140 --> 00:06:16,476 CENTURY RAILROADS -- PROPERTY 141 00:06:16,476 --> 00:06:17,710 RIGHTS OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, 142 00:06:17,710 --> 00:06:24,350 THEY DID NOT CARE ABOUT -- THEY 143 00:06:24,350 --> 00:06:25,418 DID NOT UNDERSTAND BUFFALO WERE 144 00:06:25,418 --> 00:06:26,619 PART OF THE ECOSYSTEM AND DID 145 00:06:26,619 --> 00:06:27,453 NOT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING ABOUT 146 00:06:27,453 --> 00:06:28,554 FLOODING OR THE WEATHER OR 147 00:06:28,554 --> 00:06:29,756 TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN DISTANCE AND 148 00:06:29,756 --> 00:06:32,892 GRAIN . WHEN I LOOK AT THE 149 00:06:32,892 --> 00:06:35,428 PROBLEMS ON AURORA AVENUE NORTH 150 00:06:35,428 --> 00:06:37,096 WITH THE BENEFIT OF A TRUE 151 00:06:37,096 --> 00:06:37,897 UNDERSTANDING OF THE PHYSIOLOGY 152 00:06:37,897 --> 00:06:39,132 AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES AND A 153 00:06:39,132 --> 00:06:39,799 BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF 154 00:06:39,799 --> 00:06:41,567 ECONOMICS. IN THE 18th CENTURY, 155 00:06:41,567 --> 00:06:43,269 WHEN THE SECOND AMENDMENT WAS 156 00:06:43,269 --> 00:06:46,973 WRITTEN , A COUNTRY COULD GIVE 157 00:06:46,973 --> 00:06:48,408 OFF A SHOT AND A COUPLE OF 158 00:06:48,408 --> 00:06:49,609 MINUTES AND TODAY ANY IDIOT WITH 159 00:06:49,609 --> 00:06:50,977 A SUBMACHINE GUN CAN GET OFF A 160 00:06:50,977 --> 00:06:52,211 SHOT IN A COUPLE OF 161 00:06:52,211 --> 00:06:53,880 MILLISECONDS. WHEN I LOOK AT 162 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:56,349 AURORA AND LISTEN PEOPLE WITH AN 163 00:06:56,349 --> 00:06:57,517 18TH-CENTURY OR 19TH-CENTURY 164 00:06:57,517 --> 00:07:00,119 UNDERSTANDING OR I DON'T CARE , 165 00:07:00,119 --> 00:07:02,989 JUST DO SOMETHING, AND DON'T 166 00:07:02,989 --> 00:07:06,559 WASTE TAXES. I DESPAIR. MR. 167 00:07:06,559 --> 00:07:09,328 KETTLE , YOUR COMMENTS ARE VERY 168 00:07:09,328 --> 00:07:11,564 WELL TAKEN . A GOOD SOLUTION TO 169 00:07:11,564 --> 00:07:12,565 THE PROBLEMS OF AURORA AVENUE 170 00:07:12,565 --> 00:07:14,500 MAY NOT BE CHEAP, BUT AN 171 00:07:14,500 --> 00:07:16,035 EXPENSIVE SOLUTION TO THE 172 00:07:16,035 --> 00:07:17,103 PROBLEMS OF AURORA AVENUE MAY 173 00:07:17,103 --> 00:07:21,140 NOT BE GOOD. DO NOT RUSH TO A 174 00:07:21,140 --> 00:07:23,576 QUICK SOLUTION. BUT ALSO DO NOT 175 00:07:23,576 --> 00:07:25,111 BE PARALYZED LOOKING FOR A 176 00:07:25,111 --> 00:07:26,479 PERFECT SOLUTION WHEN A GOOD 177 00:07:26,479 --> 00:07:27,780 SOLUTION PRESENTS ITSELF. TO 178 00:07:27,780 --> 00:07:30,583 CONCLUDE , I THINK YOUR CRITICS 179 00:07:30,583 --> 00:07:33,920 ARE WRONG BUT I'M NOT SURE YOUR 180 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:35,621 SUPPORTERS ARE RIGHT. THANK YOU. 181 00:07:35,621 --> 00:07:46,065 >> THANK YOU. NEXT, RICK 182 00:07:46,899 --> 00:07:47,099 FORDYCE. 183 00:07:47,099 --> 00:07:53,005 >> GOOD MORNING. MY FAMILY ROOTS 184 00:07:53,005 --> 00:07:56,709 GO BACK TO THE 1910s , 185 00:07:56,709 --> 00:07:57,543 SCANDINAVIAN IMMIGRANTS WHO CAME 186 00:07:57,543 --> 00:07:59,812 TO SEATTLE SPEAKING NO ENGLISH. 187 00:07:59,812 --> 00:08:05,751 MY GODMOTHER WOULD SIT ON THE 188 00:08:05,751 --> 00:08:09,288 PRESIDENCY, I LIVE ON 102nd AND 189 00:08:09,288 --> 00:08:12,291 HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A 190 00:08:12,291 --> 00:08:16,996 COUPLE YEARS. HOW DO YOU TAKE 191 00:08:16,996 --> 00:08:19,932 THE IDEOLOGY THAT CRIMINALIZED 192 00:08:19,932 --> 00:08:23,603 PROSTITUTION WILL HELP THEM WHEN 193 00:08:23,603 --> 00:08:26,138 IT DOES THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE , 194 00:08:26,138 --> 00:08:31,644 IT CREATED THAT, SIX PROSTITUTES 195 00:08:31,644 --> 00:08:35,147 ON 102nd . INSTEAD OF HELPING 196 00:08:35,147 --> 00:08:37,950 THEM , IT CREATED THE BIGGEST 197 00:08:37,950 --> 00:08:40,119 SEX MARKET IN THE COUNTRY FROM 198 00:08:40,119 --> 00:08:42,622 WHAT I UNDERSTAND. THERE IS 199 00:08:42,622 --> 00:08:50,029 THAT. THE OTHER THING , YOU HAVE 200 00:08:50,029 --> 00:08:51,931 HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF 201 00:08:51,931 --> 00:08:55,401 PEOPLE RIDING BY THIS FOR THE 202 00:08:55,401 --> 00:08:58,104 LAST FIVE YEARS , WHY SHOULD 203 00:08:58,104 --> 00:08:59,672 THEY FOLLOW ANY RULES? THEY SEE 204 00:08:59,672 --> 00:09:04,343 THIS, WHY SHOULD ANYBODY GET A 205 00:09:04,343 --> 00:09:05,945 LICENSE FOR A BUSINESS AND PAY 206 00:09:05,945 --> 00:09:09,715 TAXES? THIS CORRODES THE 207 00:09:09,715 --> 00:09:11,117 STABILITY OF THE CITY REALLY 208 00:09:11,117 --> 00:09:18,891 BADLY. AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THE 209 00:09:18,891 --> 00:09:21,260 IDEA OF LAW ENFORCEMENT , IT IS 210 00:09:21,260 --> 00:09:22,695 AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, INSTEAD 211 00:09:22,695 --> 00:09:30,469 OF DEFUNDING THE POLICE , YOU 212 00:09:30,469 --> 00:09:31,804 HAVE TO CHANGE THE CONCEPT OF 213 00:09:31,804 --> 00:09:33,205 WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY DO, 214 00:09:33,205 --> 00:09:35,908 OTHERWISE, IT MAKES IT WORSE, IT 215 00:09:35,908 --> 00:09:38,477 HARMS THE PEOPLE IT WAS 216 00:09:38,477 --> 00:09:41,380 SUPPOSEDLY MEANT TO HELP. 217 00:09:41,380 --> 00:09:48,387 >> THANK YOU. 218 00:09:48,387 --> 00:09:50,590 >> AND NEXT, PETER ORR. 219 00:09:50,590 --> 00:09:57,063 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, I AM A 220 00:09:57,063 --> 00:09:58,097 RESIDENT OF NORTH AURORA SINCE 221 00:09:58,097 --> 00:09:59,265 2010 AND THIS PAST FRIDAY WAS 222 00:09:59,265 --> 00:10:00,533 THE ANNIVERSARY OF JUNETEENTH 223 00:10:00,533 --> 00:10:01,534 CELEBRATING THE END OF SLAVERY 224 00:10:01,534 --> 00:10:04,837 IN OUR COUNTRY AND IN THE SAME 225 00:10:04,837 --> 00:10:05,871 DAY I ENCOUNTERED THIS YOUNG 226 00:10:05,871 --> 00:10:08,240 GIRL AT 102nd DRESSED FOR SALE , 227 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:12,478 HER MASTER WATCHED NEARBY. I HAD 228 00:10:12,478 --> 00:10:13,846 SEEN HER WEDNESDAY, TOO WHEN I 229 00:10:13,846 --> 00:10:16,582 WAS IN THE AREA AND MY NEIGHBOR 230 00:10:16,582 --> 00:10:23,889 OBSERVED HER . LAST YEAR, MAYOR 231 00:10:23,889 --> 00:10:25,191 HARRELL SUPPORTED FOUR SERVICE 232 00:10:25,191 --> 00:10:25,925 ORGANIZATION SERVICING VICTIMS 233 00:10:25,925 --> 00:10:26,993 OF THE COMMERCIAL SEXUAL 234 00:10:26,993 --> 00:10:28,461 EXPORTATION LIKE THIS GIRL. THE 235 00:10:28,461 --> 00:10:36,435 INTENT WAS TO FUND 24/7 236 00:10:36,435 --> 00:10:37,470 ASSISTANCE AND I'VE SEEN NO 237 00:10:37,470 --> 00:10:38,738 EVIDENCE OF FOLLOW-THROUGH AND 238 00:10:38,738 --> 00:10:43,376 MY UNDERSTANDING, THE MORE WE 239 00:10:43,376 --> 00:10:44,377 LOVE IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION 240 00:10:44,377 --> 00:10:45,311 CAPABLE OF SUCH SERVICES AND 241 00:10:45,311 --> 00:10:46,512 THEY DO NOT HAVE A CITY 242 00:10:46,512 --> 00:10:47,313 CONTRACT, PLEASE PROVIDE AN 243 00:10:47,313 --> 00:10:48,648 UPDATE ON THE USE OF THIS 244 00:10:48,648 --> 00:10:49,715 FUNDING AT THE NEXT MEETING. 245 00:10:49,715 --> 00:10:51,650 DESPITE CHIEF BARNES RECENT 246 00:10:51,650 --> 00:10:52,985 ASSIGNMENT OF TWO REGULAR 247 00:10:52,985 --> 00:10:56,489 PATROLS ALONG AURORA AVENUE AND 248 00:10:56,489 --> 00:10:58,457 OUR CALLING 911 TO REPORT THIS, 249 00:10:58,457 --> 00:11:00,826 SHE CONTINUES TO BE ON THE BLOCK 250 00:11:00,826 --> 00:11:05,798 FOR SALE, THEY CLAIM OFFICER 251 00:11:05,798 --> 00:11:06,899 SEARCH FOR THE INCIDENT BUT DID 252 00:11:06,899 --> 00:11:10,636 NOT FIND THE INCIDENT , IT SEEMS 253 00:11:10,636 --> 00:11:12,371 TO ME THAT WE NEED POLICE IN 254 00:11:12,371 --> 00:11:14,740 MISSOURI TO BE -- I WOULD 255 00:11:14,740 --> 00:11:17,176 ENCOURAGE POLICE PRESENCE BY 256 00:11:17,176 --> 00:11:18,644 OPENING A SATELLITE PRECINCT AT 257 00:11:18,644 --> 00:11:20,513 THE CORNER OF 97 AT AURORA AND 258 00:11:20,513 --> 00:11:22,515 FLEXIBLE LEASE TERMS AND 259 00:11:22,515 --> 00:11:24,216 ASSURANCE OF FUNDING TO SECURE 260 00:11:24,216 --> 00:11:27,987 IT. I ADVOCATE FOR FUNDING 261 00:11:27,987 --> 00:11:29,522 PROSECUTOR DEDICATED TO AURORA 262 00:11:29,522 --> 00:11:32,591 AVENUE AND TARGET PIMPS AND 263 00:11:32,591 --> 00:11:36,195 JOHNS, WHAT I HAVE HEARD IN THE 264 00:11:36,195 --> 00:11:39,632 LAST MONTH IS THAT THIS HUMAN 265 00:11:39,632 --> 00:11:41,801 TRAFFICKING SITUATION ON AURORA 266 00:11:41,801 --> 00:11:43,402 IS UNACCEPTABLE. WE ARE 267 00:11:43,402 --> 00:11:47,973 ACCEPTING IT. EVERY NIGHT THAT 268 00:11:47,973 --> 00:11:51,744 GOES BY WITHOUT BARRIERS TO KEEP 269 00:11:51,744 --> 00:11:52,645 PEOPLE FROM CRUISING A 270 00:11:52,645 --> 00:11:53,446 RESIDENTIAL STREETS, EVERY DAY 271 00:11:53,446 --> 00:12:01,520 THIS GIRL IS FOR SALE. 272 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:12,064 >> NOW, WE ARE TRANSITIONING TO 273 00:12:18,037 --> 00:12:18,571 REMOTE SPEAKERS. OUR FIRST IS 274 00:12:18,571 --> 00:12:21,974 AARON. PLEASE PRESS STAR 6. YOU 275 00:12:21,974 --> 00:12:32,518 HAVE BEEN UNMUTED. PLEASE PRESS 276 00:12:37,990 --> 00:12:43,095 STAR 6. 277 00:12:43,095 --> 00:12:51,837 >> SORRY ABOUT THAT. AND SORRY 278 00:12:51,837 --> 00:12:52,471 ABOUT MY VOICE, I AM PRETTY 279 00:12:52,471 --> 00:12:57,209 SICK. I AM A NEIGHBOR WHO LIVES 280 00:12:57,209 --> 00:12:59,879 ALONG AURORA AND I WANT TO ECHO, 281 00:12:59,879 --> 00:13:03,883 WE HAVE A CRISIS ON AURORA AND I 282 00:13:03,883 --> 00:13:06,619 WANT TO THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF 283 00:13:06,619 --> 00:13:09,054 THIS COMMITTEE, FOR TAKING ON 284 00:13:09,054 --> 00:13:12,625 THIS ISSUE PUBLICLY. AND FOR 285 00:13:12,625 --> 00:13:17,429 BRINGING THE FACTS TO THE PUBLIC 286 00:13:17,429 --> 00:13:19,331 DURING THE PRESS CONFERENCE LAST 287 00:13:19,331 --> 00:13:22,935 WEEK. THANK YOU FOR TELLING THE 288 00:13:22,935 --> 00:13:26,272 CITY THERE ARE GIRLS TO OUR 289 00:13:26,272 --> 00:13:30,876 YOUNG, 14 YEARS OLD, 13 YEARS 290 00:13:30,876 --> 00:13:34,747 OLD, THANK YOU FORETELLING THE 291 00:13:34,747 --> 00:13:36,415 CITY VIOLENT TRAFFICKING IS 292 00:13:36,415 --> 00:13:40,886 HAPPENING ALONG THIS ROADWAY. 293 00:13:40,886 --> 00:13:46,859 DESPITE BEING, SEATTLE IS THE 294 00:13:46,859 --> 00:13:48,427 18th OR 19th LARGEST CITY IN THE 295 00:13:48,427 --> 00:13:52,798 COUNTRY, -- PROSTITUTION STREET 296 00:13:52,798 --> 00:13:58,137 IN THE COUNTRY. THANK YOU -- THE 297 00:13:58,137 --> 00:14:02,308 MAJOR SHOOTING ALONG 101st, 298 00:14:02,308 --> 00:14:04,944 STREETS WERE CLOSED RIGHT AWAY, 299 00:14:04,944 --> 00:14:08,180 I BELIEVE THE ORDER , LATER THAT 300 00:14:08,180 --> 00:14:12,418 MORNING, AND THAT SIGNIFICANTLY 301 00:14:12,418 --> 00:14:14,486 DECREASED THE VIOLENCE ALONG THE 302 00:14:14,486 --> 00:14:18,490 ROADWAY. WE ARE WATCHING AS FAR 303 00:14:18,490 --> 00:14:20,860 AS THE ROAD CLOSURES NOW. I HAVE 304 00:14:20,860 --> 00:14:24,797 SEEN SIGNS GO UP SAYING TOMORROW 305 00:14:24,797 --> 00:14:26,665 THERE WILL BE CONSTRUCTION IN 306 00:14:26,665 --> 00:14:29,101 THE AREA. FINGERS CROSSED IT 307 00:14:29,101 --> 00:14:33,606 HAPPENS. WE WILL BE HOLDING THE 308 00:14:33,606 --> 00:14:36,375 MAYOR'S OFFICE ACCOUNTABLE AND 309 00:14:36,375 --> 00:14:38,177 THIS THURSDAY WILL BE THE 310 00:14:38,177 --> 00:14:41,313 DEADLINE THAT SHE SAID THE 311 00:14:41,313 --> 00:14:43,415 STREETS WOULD BE CLOSED. 312 00:14:43,415 --> 00:14:45,884 FINALLY, TO YOUR POINT , 313 00:14:45,884 --> 00:14:48,354 COUNCILMAN KETTLE , TWO MINDS, 314 00:14:48,354 --> 00:14:52,491 FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO BELIEVE THE 315 00:14:52,491 --> 00:14:54,526 WOMEN ON AURORA ARE THERE BY 316 00:14:54,526 --> 00:14:59,932 CHOICE, COME TO AURORA AT NIGHT 317 00:14:59,932 --> 00:15:01,667 TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON. 318 00:15:01,667 --> 00:15:07,339 >> THANK YOU. AND LAST UP, DAVID 319 00:15:07,339 --> 00:15:16,415 HAYNES. 320 00:15:16,415 --> 00:15:19,385 >> HI. YOU KNOW, IT IS OBVIOUS 321 00:15:19,385 --> 00:15:21,420 THAT THE CITY AND THE COUNTY 322 00:15:21,420 --> 00:15:23,355 WILL NOT MAKE A CONCERTED 323 00:15:23,355 --> 00:15:26,058 EFFORT, NEWS PRESS RELEASE, IT 324 00:15:26,058 --> 00:15:27,259 HAS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND 325 00:15:27,259 --> 00:15:30,596 THE STATE GOVERNMENT, IT IS 326 00:15:30,596 --> 00:15:32,164 REALLY CONCERNING HOW THE POLICE 327 00:15:32,164 --> 00:15:36,802 CHIEF, HIS CAPTAIN WANTS TO 328 00:15:36,802 --> 00:15:38,203 LEAVE IT UP TO THE CAPTAIN TO 329 00:15:38,203 --> 00:15:40,406 FIGHT CRIME BUT HE WILL HOLD THE 330 00:15:40,406 --> 00:15:43,309 PRIME FIGHTING TOOLS. HOW MUCH 331 00:15:43,309 --> 00:15:45,945 OVERTIME IS SEATTLE PAYING FOR 332 00:15:45,945 --> 00:15:47,446 LAW-ABIDING EVENTS AND HOW MANY 333 00:15:47,446 --> 00:15:48,781 COPS WERE BY THE STADIUM DURING 334 00:15:48,781 --> 00:15:53,052 THE WORLD CUP GAME AND WHY 335 00:15:53,052 --> 00:15:54,820 CAN'T THOSE COPS SHOW UP AT 336 00:15:54,820 --> 00:15:57,022 AURORA AND GRAB THESE EVIL 337 00:15:57,022 --> 00:16:01,727 PREDATORS? WICKEDNESS OF THE TWO 338 00:16:01,727 --> 00:16:05,731 MINDS, TWO FACE HYPOCRITES IN 339 00:16:05,731 --> 00:16:07,132 SEATTLE THAT ENJOY OTHER PEOPLE 340 00:16:07,132 --> 00:16:09,335 SUFFERING, THEY DO NOT KNOW ANY 341 00:16:09,335 --> 00:16:13,872 BETTER. I SAW THE COPS -- 342 00:16:13,872 --> 00:16:16,575 PROSTITUTES ON THE GROUND WITH 343 00:16:16,575 --> 00:16:18,377 THEIR SKIRTS SHOWING, I WAS 344 00:16:18,377 --> 00:16:21,080 THINKING, WOW, THEY WILL NOT 345 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:23,716 ARREST HER AND SEPARATE HER FROM 346 00:16:23,716 --> 00:16:29,288 THE PIMP BECAUSE SHE IS 18, BUT 347 00:16:29,288 --> 00:16:31,290 THEY GOT THEIR CHEAP THRILLS. 348 00:16:31,290 --> 00:16:33,092 WHY DID THE CHIEF GET HIRED? 349 00:16:33,092 --> 00:16:34,994 BECAUSE HE IS BLACK AND WILLING 350 00:16:34,994 --> 00:16:40,332 TO RUN INTERFERENCE FOR BLACK 351 00:16:40,332 --> 00:16:42,568 DRUG PUSHERS AND PIMPS? HE 352 00:16:42,568 --> 00:16:45,671 ALWAYS HAS A EXCUSE. WHEN YOU 353 00:16:45,671 --> 00:16:47,172 HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY SHOW UP 354 00:16:47,172 --> 00:16:48,974 AND SAY I NEED ANOTHER ATTORNEY 355 00:16:48,974 --> 00:16:52,945 AND SHE HAS SAID SHE WILL NOT 356 00:16:52,945 --> 00:16:55,948 PROSECUTE ANY DRUG CRIMES THAT 357 00:16:55,948 --> 00:16:59,718 ARE MISDEMEANORS, SHE IS HELPING 358 00:16:59,718 --> 00:17:00,853 PREDATORS WHO ARE COMMITTING 359 00:17:00,853 --> 00:17:03,088 CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND ONLY 360 00:17:03,088 --> 00:17:05,190 LISTED AS MISDEMEANOR BECAUSE 361 00:17:05,190 --> 00:17:08,160 THERE UNDER 3.5 GRAMS. YOU ALL 362 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:13,632 SHOW UP, SO THE COMMUNITY -- 363 00:17:13,632 --> 00:17:19,438 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WANT TO 364 00:17:19,438 --> 00:17:21,140 THANK EVERYONE, THE PUBLIC 365 00:17:21,140 --> 00:17:25,110 COMMENT PERIOD HAS EXPIRED. 366 00:17:25,110 --> 00:17:26,845 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE 367 00:17:26,845 --> 00:17:29,648 ENCOURAGED -- TO SUBMIT WRITTEN 368 00:17:29,648 --> 00:17:32,317 PUBLIC COMMENT OR EMAIL THE 369 00:17:32,317 --> 00:17:36,088 COUNCIL . I WANT TO SAY THANK 370 00:17:36,088 --> 00:17:38,757 YOU FOR THE VARIOUS COMMENTS TO 371 00:17:38,757 --> 00:17:40,359 INCLUDE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE 372 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:43,862 POLICE. I AM HAVING A MEETING 373 00:17:43,862 --> 00:17:45,264 WITH CHIEF BARNES TOMORROW AND I 374 00:17:45,264 --> 00:17:46,598 WILL ASK ABOUT THE VARYING 375 00:17:46,598 --> 00:17:50,035 LEVELS OF THAT IF THERE IS WAY 376 00:17:50,035 --> 00:17:54,440 TO INCREASE PRESENCE. THIS IS 377 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:55,707 PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS I HAVE 378 00:17:55,707 --> 00:17:57,242 OUT AS WELL WITH THE CITY 379 00:17:57,242 --> 00:18:00,179 ATTORNEY. FOR ERIN, HER FOCUS ON 380 00:18:00,179 --> 00:18:02,548 THE MINORS IS VERY IMPORTANT 381 00:18:02,548 --> 00:18:04,917 BECAUSE IT IS THE OLDEST 382 00:18:04,917 --> 00:18:10,088 FASHION, -- PROFESSION , YOU ARE 383 00:18:10,088 --> 00:18:11,824 CONSIGNING A 13 OR 14-YEAR-OLD 384 00:18:11,824 --> 00:18:15,360 TO THIS LIFE. THAT IS NOT RIGHT. 385 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:19,965 I DO NOT COMMENT ON MR. HAYNES 386 00:18:19,965 --> 00:18:22,701 NORMALLY, THE KING COUNTY 387 00:18:22,701 --> 00:18:25,037 PROSECUTOR, 99 IS A STATE 388 00:18:25,037 --> 00:18:29,808 HIGHWAY BUT I WANT TO THANK THE 389 00:18:29,808 --> 00:18:32,244 FBI, HAD A STING ON AURORA THAT 390 00:18:32,244 --> 00:18:34,913 WAS SUCCESSFUL. THESE ARE THINGS 391 00:18:34,913 --> 00:18:36,215 WE NEED TO DO A PARTNERSHIP 392 00:18:36,215 --> 00:18:38,283 BECAUSE IT IS NOT RIGHT. THANK 393 00:18:38,283 --> 00:18:42,287 YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR COMMENTS. 394 00:18:42,287 --> 00:18:47,793 >> CHAIR? MAY I HAVE A FOR THE 395 00:18:47,793 --> 00:18:49,628 PRIVILEGE QUICKLY ? 396 00:18:49,628 --> 00:18:54,066 >> YES, MAY I SAY FIRST, 397 00:18:54,066 --> 00:18:57,302 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA IS HERE, 398 00:18:57,302 --> 00:19:01,740 SHE IS ONE OF OUR 399 00:19:01,740 --> 00:19:02,241 REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE 400 00:19:02,241 --> 00:19:03,075 ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON CITIES 401 00:19:03,075 --> 00:19:04,610 AT A CONFERENCE WITH THE 402 00:19:04,610 --> 00:19:06,011 ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON CITIES 403 00:19:06,011 --> 00:19:08,881 AND THAT IS WHERE SHE WILL BE 404 00:19:08,881 --> 00:19:10,849 FOR THIS AND HAVE TO LEAVE AT 405 00:19:10,849 --> 00:19:14,386 11:00 AS BEING A PART OF THE 406 00:19:14,386 --> 00:19:15,521 WASHINGTON CITIES ASSOCIATION 407 00:19:15,521 --> 00:19:16,855 CONFERENCE AND I WANTED TO NOTE 408 00:19:16,855 --> 00:19:18,423 THAT SHE IS HERE REMOTELY AND IT 409 00:19:18,423 --> 00:19:20,959 IS BECAUSE OF THE ASSOCIATION. 410 00:19:20,959 --> 00:19:22,861 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA , WE WILL 411 00:19:22,861 --> 00:19:25,797 WANT YOU TO SPEAK TO THE THIRD 412 00:19:25,797 --> 00:19:27,699 ITEM ON THE AGENDA BEFORE YOU 413 00:19:27,699 --> 00:19:33,071 STEP AWAY. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 414 00:19:33,205 --> 00:19:36,942 >> I WILL BE VERY FAST AND SAY 415 00:19:36,942 --> 00:19:39,578 MY COMMENTS. I WANT PEOPLE TO 416 00:19:39,578 --> 00:19:41,647 TAKE A STEP BACK AND NOTE THAT 417 00:19:41,647 --> 00:19:45,384 THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE IS 418 00:19:45,384 --> 00:19:47,853 BACK IN 2016, WE HAD TWO OR 419 00:19:47,853 --> 00:19:52,191 THREE SET ASIDE FOR A POLICE 420 00:19:52,191 --> 00:19:53,759 STATION ON AURORA AND THE 421 00:19:53,759 --> 00:19:55,794 COMMUNITY CAME OUT AND THAT DID 422 00:19:55,794 --> 00:19:58,697 NOT HAPPEN. IF YOU CAN GO BACK 423 00:19:58,697 --> 00:20:01,667 INTO THE TIME MACHINE, I DO NOT 424 00:20:01,667 --> 00:20:03,535 TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THIS, WE HAD 425 00:20:03,535 --> 00:20:04,836 12 VOTES VOTING YES FOR A 426 00:20:04,836 --> 00:20:07,706 PRECINCT ON AURORA FOR THESE 427 00:20:07,706 --> 00:20:09,274 REASONS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN 428 00:20:09,274 --> 00:20:11,843 2026 . ON THE 13th VOTE IN 429 00:20:11,843 --> 00:20:15,380 AUGUST OF 2016, I WAS THE ONLY 430 00:20:15,380 --> 00:20:16,882 YES VOTE AND THAT WAS A LONG 431 00:20:16,882 --> 00:20:20,385 STORY, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE VIDEO 432 00:20:20,385 --> 00:20:21,887 . I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT 433 00:20:21,887 --> 00:20:22,888 HISTORICALLY WE HAVE SEEN THIS 434 00:20:22,888 --> 00:20:24,489 PROBLEM AND BEEN WORKING ON THIS 435 00:20:24,489 --> 00:20:30,095 PROBLEM , OUR ANSWER WAS TO STOP 436 00:20:30,095 --> 00:20:30,996 UP AND BUILD A COMMUNITY 437 00:20:30,996 --> 00:20:31,830 CENTER-POLICE STATION ON AURORA 438 00:20:31,830 --> 00:20:32,764 ON 125th, BOUGHT THE PROPERTY 439 00:20:32,764 --> 00:20:34,266 AND HAD THE VOTES, WE HAD BLOCK 440 00:20:34,266 --> 00:20:40,405 AND IT ENDED. THAT SHOULD BE 441 00:20:40,405 --> 00:20:40,806 NOTED. THANK YOU. 442 00:20:40,806 --> 00:20:41,440 >> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT 443 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:45,110 UP, IMPORTANT CONTEXT AND GOES 444 00:20:45,110 --> 00:20:46,778 TO THE POINT I HAVE BEEN 445 00:20:46,778 --> 00:20:48,347 RAISING, MY VICE CHAIR I THINK 446 00:20:48,347 --> 00:20:49,681 WOULD AGREE THAT THIS COMMITTEE 447 00:20:49,681 --> 00:20:51,450 TO INCLUDE THE PAST TERM OF THE 448 00:20:51,450 --> 00:20:55,320 COUNCIL, THAT WOULD HAVE PASSED. 449 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:59,625 UNFORTUNATELY, TO YOUR POINT, IT 450 00:20:59,625 --> 00:21:02,928 GOT UNDERMINED AND IT IS IMPACT 451 00:21:02,928 --> 00:21:06,865 TODAY ON NORTH AURORA. WE WILL 452 00:21:06,865 --> 00:21:08,834 NOW MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST ITEM OF 453 00:21:08,834 --> 00:21:10,469 BUSINESS, PLEASE READ AGENDA 454 00:21:10,469 --> 00:21:12,304 ITEM 1 INTO THE RECORD. 455 00:21:12,304 --> 00:21:16,642 >> CB 121232 , AN ORDINANCE 456 00:21:16,642 --> 00:21:17,276 RELATING TO THE OPERATIONS OF 457 00:21:17,276 --> 00:21:21,546 THE COMMUNITY ASSISTED RESPONSE 458 00:21:21,546 --> 00:21:24,750 AND ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, 459 00:21:24,750 --> 00:21:27,719 DESCRIBING THE DUTIES OF THE 460 00:21:27,719 --> 00:21:28,420 COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONDER TEAM, 461 00:21:28,420 --> 00:21:31,356 AMENDING SECTION 3.15.060 OF THE 462 00:21:31,356 --> 00:21:33,258 SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE AND 463 00:21:33,258 --> 00:21:33,992 ADDING A NEW SECTION 3.15.064 TO 464 00:21:33,992 --> 00:21:37,663 THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE. 465 00:21:37,663 --> 00:21:42,467 >> I WANT TO INVITE MR. JOHNSON 466 00:21:42,467 --> 00:21:46,772 FROM CENTRAL STAFF AND FROM 467 00:21:46,772 --> 00:21:49,741 C.A.R.E., AND WE HAVE OUR 468 00:21:49,741 --> 00:21:51,510 DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY HERE 469 00:21:51,510 --> 00:21:55,714 AS WELL. YOU ARE WELCOME TO JOIN 470 00:21:55,714 --> 00:21:57,649 OR YOU CAN STAY WHERE YOU ARE, 471 00:21:57,649 --> 00:22:00,652 YOUR CHOICE. WHAT WE WILL DO IS 472 00:22:00,652 --> 00:22:05,023 HAVE A REVIEW , SUMMARY OF MR. 473 00:22:05,023 --> 00:22:09,094 JOHNSON AND GO TO THE CHIEF, 474 00:22:09,094 --> 00:22:13,231 QUESTIONS , AND MOVE ON. AS WE 475 00:22:13,231 --> 00:22:14,700 WORK THROUGH THE THREE AGENDA 476 00:22:14,700 --> 00:22:18,003 ITEMS . MR. JOHNSON? 477 00:22:18,003 --> 00:22:22,207 >> GOOD MORNING , I AM TAMASO 478 00:22:22,207 --> 00:22:23,275 JOHNSON FROM COUNCIL CENTRAL 479 00:22:23,275 --> 00:22:24,710 STAFF . THE ORDINANCE BEFORE 480 00:22:24,710 --> 00:22:28,747 YOU, CB 121232, DISCUSSED IN 481 00:22:28,747 --> 00:22:31,416 DRAFT FORM TWO WEEKS AGO. WE 482 00:22:31,416 --> 00:22:34,419 DISCUSSED THE SUBSTANCE OF IT , 483 00:22:34,419 --> 00:22:37,189 AT SOME LENGTH, GOING TO PROVIDE 484 00:22:37,189 --> 00:22:41,993 A BRIEF SUMMARY. THE ONLY CHANGE 485 00:22:41,993 --> 00:22:43,261 FROM THE VERSION THAT WAS HEARD 486 00:22:43,261 --> 00:22:44,429 IN DRAFT AT THE LAST COMMITTEE 487 00:22:44,429 --> 00:22:45,864 IS A TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO 488 00:22:45,864 --> 00:22:49,334 SOME LANGUAGE IN THE BILL THAT 489 00:22:49,334 --> 00:22:54,339 WAS AN ERROR. THERE ARE NO 490 00:22:54,339 --> 00:22:56,341 AMENDMENTS TO THE BILL AT THIS 491 00:22:56,341 --> 00:23:00,645 TIME. BY WAY OF REMINDER, THIS 492 00:23:00,645 --> 00:23:05,450 ORDINANCE RELATES TO THE PART OF 493 00:23:05,450 --> 00:23:06,384 THE MUNICIPAL CODE THAT 494 00:23:06,384 --> 00:23:07,853 DESCRIBES THE FUNCTION AND 495 00:23:07,853 --> 00:23:09,888 PURPOSE OF THE COMMUNITY 496 00:23:09,888 --> 00:23:10,856 -ASSISTED RESPONSE AND 497 00:23:10,856 --> 00:23:12,424 ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, THIS 498 00:23:12,424 --> 00:23:14,593 DEPARTMENT WAS ESTABLISHED BY 499 00:23:14,593 --> 00:23:20,766 ORDINANCE IN 2023, C.A.R.E. 500 00:23:20,766 --> 00:23:22,167 SUPPORTS THE PUBLIC SECTOR 501 00:23:22,167 --> 00:23:24,035 RESPONSE WITH OPERATION TO 911 502 00:23:24,035 --> 00:23:25,370 COMMUNICATION CENTER AND 503 00:23:25,370 --> 00:23:26,538 FIELDING THE COMMUNITY CRISIS 504 00:23:26,538 --> 00:23:30,575 RESPONDER, THE DEPLOYMENT OF 505 00:23:30,575 --> 00:23:31,977 THAT HE HAS EXPANDED 506 00:23:31,977 --> 00:23:33,678 SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE THE ORIGINAL 507 00:23:33,678 --> 00:23:35,680 ORDINANCE WAS PASSED IN 2023, 508 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:37,582 MOST NOTABLY, IN THE LAST 509 00:23:37,582 --> 00:23:42,854 BUDGET, THE CCR TEAM WAS FURTHER 510 00:23:42,854 --> 00:23:46,091 EXPANDED , DOUBLED IN SIZE TO 48 511 00:23:46,091 --> 00:23:52,230 RESPONDERS. THIS LEGISLATION 512 00:23:52,230 --> 00:23:54,566 WOULD AMEND SEATTLE MUNICIPAL 513 00:23:54,566 --> 00:24:02,073 CODE , BY ACKNOWLEDGING CCR TEAM 514 00:24:02,073 --> 00:24:03,141 AS A CORE FUNCTION OF THE 515 00:24:03,141 --> 00:24:06,778 C.A.R.E. DEPARTMENT AND -- THIS 516 00:24:06,778 --> 00:24:09,915 LANGUAGE SERVES THE PURPOSE OF 517 00:24:09,915 --> 00:24:12,584 DESCRIBING THE BODY OF WORK THE 518 00:24:12,584 --> 00:24:16,321 CCR TEAM DOES AS THAT IS A 519 00:24:16,321 --> 00:24:17,455 SIGNIFICANT FUNCTION OF THE 520 00:24:17,455 --> 00:24:17,989 DEPARTMENT NOT CURRENTLY 521 00:24:17,989 --> 00:24:19,324 DESCRIBED IN THE CODE. WE 522 00:24:19,324 --> 00:24:22,093 CLARIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE 523 00:24:22,093 --> 00:24:25,864 FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT . 524 00:24:25,864 --> 00:24:27,632 THAT IS IT FOR ME BUT AM HAPPY 525 00:24:27,632 --> 00:24:28,967 TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 526 00:24:28,967 --> 00:24:32,604 >> THANK YOU . ANY QUESTIONS FOR 527 00:24:32,604 --> 00:24:37,476 MR. JOHNSON? NOT SEEING 528 00:24:37,476 --> 00:24:40,679 ANYTHING. CHIEF? 529 00:24:40,679 --> 00:24:43,248 >> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU 530 00:24:43,248 --> 00:24:46,852 FOR HAVING ME. CHAIR KETTLE , 531 00:24:46,852 --> 00:24:48,653 WHEN I HEARD YOU WERE WORKING ON 532 00:24:48,653 --> 00:24:50,889 THIS, NOT SURE WHAT MAY BE 533 00:24:50,889 --> 00:24:52,991 ACCOMPLISHED BEYOND THE 2022 534 00:24:52,991 --> 00:24:55,627 ORDINANCE. WHEN I REVIEWED IT, I 535 00:24:55,627 --> 00:24:57,128 REALIZED I WAS WRONG, THE 536 00:24:57,128 --> 00:25:00,298 ORIGINAL C.A.R.E. ORDINANCE AS 537 00:25:00,298 --> 00:25:02,767 DRAFTED , JOB DESCRIPTIONS FOR 538 00:25:02,767 --> 00:25:05,670 THE C.A.R.E. RESPONDERS BEFORE 539 00:25:05,670 --> 00:25:06,571 WE HAVE STATE LEGISLATION 540 00:25:06,571 --> 00:25:07,873 EXPANDING THE DEFINITION OF 541 00:25:07,873 --> 00:25:08,773 FIRST RESPONDERS TO INCLUDE 542 00:25:08,773 --> 00:25:09,741 SOCIAL WORKERS, BEHAVIORAL 543 00:25:09,741 --> 00:25:10,909 HEALTH CONDITIONS, COMMUNITY 544 00:25:10,909 --> 00:25:13,511 HEALTH WORKERS, AND PEER SUPPORT 545 00:25:13,511 --> 00:25:15,247 SPECIALIST WHO GO OUT ALONGSIDE 546 00:25:15,247 --> 00:25:20,519 POLICE , FIRE, AND EMS, THAT WAS 547 00:25:20,519 --> 00:25:21,853 HOUSE BUILT 1811 IN 2025. THE 548 00:25:21,853 --> 00:25:24,356 ORDINANCE WAS DRAFTED, THE 549 00:25:24,356 --> 00:25:25,156 SIGNIFICANT COORDINATION EFFORT 550 00:25:25,156 --> 00:25:30,662 WITH THE COUNTY AND CRISIS 551 00:25:30,662 --> 00:25:31,162 CONNECTION LEADERS TO 552 00:25:31,162 --> 00:25:31,696 STANDARDIZE LANGUAGE AND 553 00:25:31,696 --> 00:25:33,632 ARTICULATE PROTOCOLS FOR 91 WANT 554 00:25:33,632 --> 00:25:35,166 TO DIVERT APPROPRIATE CALLS TO 555 00:25:35,166 --> 00:25:36,601 THE SYSTEM AND NETWORK IS 556 00:25:36,601 --> 00:25:38,270 CULMINATING IN PRACTICE THE 557 00:25:38,270 --> 00:25:40,739 SUMMER . IT WAS DRAFTED BEFORE 558 00:25:40,739 --> 00:25:43,408 WE HAD CONSIDERED THE PEOPLE AT 559 00:25:43,408 --> 00:25:46,244 OUR DEALS EVERY DAY AND WENT 560 00:25:46,244 --> 00:25:47,612 STRAIGHT BACK INTO THE SAME 561 00:25:47,612 --> 00:25:48,179 SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR. 562 00:25:48,179 --> 00:25:49,748 BEFORE I PERSONALLY UNDERSTOOD 563 00:25:49,748 --> 00:25:52,851 WHAT 911 IS AN ALWAYS BEEN A 564 00:25:52,851 --> 00:25:54,119 CRISIS HOTLINE . CRIME 565 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:57,322 CORRELATES WITH CRISIS AND THE 566 00:25:57,322 --> 00:25:58,323 OBJECT IS A CRIMINAL LEGAL 567 00:25:58,323 --> 00:26:00,292 SYSTEM MUST BE PERMANENTLY DEAL 568 00:26:00,292 --> 00:26:05,263 WITH CRISIS -- C.A.R.E. IS AT 569 00:26:05,263 --> 00:26:06,097 THE INTERSECTION OF PUBLIC 570 00:26:06,097 --> 00:26:07,999 HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE 571 00:26:07,999 --> 00:26:10,035 THE NEXUS OF THE CRIMINAL AND 572 00:26:10,035 --> 00:26:10,802 LEGAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 573 00:26:10,802 --> 00:26:12,070 SYSTEMS, THIS DEPARTMENT DOES 574 00:26:12,070 --> 00:26:13,705 HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO COORDINATE 575 00:26:13,705 --> 00:26:18,476 INVESTMENTS AND PROVIDE LINE OF 576 00:26:18,476 --> 00:26:20,345 SIGHT INTO HOW PEOPLE ARE MOVING 577 00:26:20,345 --> 00:26:21,079 ACROSS THE SYSTEMS AND WHETHER 578 00:26:21,079 --> 00:26:22,147 OR NOT THERE INTERVENTIONS ARE 579 00:26:22,147 --> 00:26:24,649 WORKING. I AM IN FAVOR OF 580 00:26:24,649 --> 00:26:25,750 LEGISLATION THAT ENTRENCHES 581 00:26:25,750 --> 00:26:28,553 DIVERSE RESPONSE IN SEATTLE 582 00:26:28,553 --> 00:26:33,191 PUBLIC SAFETY. THE JOURNEY THAT 583 00:26:33,191 --> 00:26:34,459 BRINGS PEOPLE TO THE STATE OF 584 00:26:34,459 --> 00:26:35,827 CRISIS THAT MERITS A 911 CALL 585 00:26:35,827 --> 00:26:37,128 CAN BE COMPLEX, BUT SENDING THE 586 00:26:37,128 --> 00:26:38,997 RIGHT RESPONSE TO THE CALL IS 587 00:26:38,997 --> 00:26:40,065 NOT, IT SHOULD BE SIMPLE AND 588 00:26:40,065 --> 00:26:40,899 STRAIGHTFORWARD, THAT PART OF 589 00:26:40,899 --> 00:26:44,703 THE SYSTEM COULD BE EASILY FIXED 590 00:26:44,703 --> 00:26:46,171 . I THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO 591 00:26:46,171 --> 00:26:47,806 PRESS TO MAKE THINGS BETTER AND 592 00:26:47,806 --> 00:26:49,507 REMEMBERING THE PROMISES WE MADE 593 00:26:49,507 --> 00:26:50,575 TO OUR COMMUNITY. 594 00:26:50,575 --> 00:26:55,080 >> THANK YOU , CHIEF . I 595 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:55,847 APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU, CENTRAL 596 00:26:55,847 --> 00:26:57,916 STAFF, YOUR WORK ON THIS, AND 597 00:26:57,916 --> 00:27:01,186 THE WAY , A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS 598 00:27:01,186 --> 00:27:05,857 ENGAGED WITH ON THIS BILL TO , 599 00:27:05,857 --> 00:27:10,595 IT IS ALIGNMENT. THANK YOU, AND 600 00:27:10,595 --> 00:27:12,497 THANK YOU TO THE VARIOUS 601 00:27:12,497 --> 00:27:13,064 STAKEHOLDERS WE HAVE BEEN 602 00:27:13,064 --> 00:27:14,399 WORKING WITH, PARTICULARLY MY 603 00:27:14,399 --> 00:27:17,502 TEAM , THE CLERK AND POLICY 604 00:27:17,502 --> 00:27:26,978 DIRECTOR , MR. LOWE. COLLEAGUES, 605 00:27:26,978 --> 00:27:27,479 VICE CHAIR, QUESTIONS? 606 00:27:27,479 --> 00:27:27,712 >> NO. 607 00:27:27,712 --> 00:27:31,116 >> ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY OTHER 608 00:27:31,116 --> 00:27:35,754 COLLEAGUES? GOOD, IN TERMS OF MY 609 00:27:35,754 --> 00:27:40,025 THREE AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY. I 610 00:27:40,025 --> 00:27:45,597 WOULD WANT TO SUM UP THAT , ONE 611 00:27:45,597 --> 00:27:49,534 OF THE CHANGES WE MADE IN HERE , 612 00:27:49,534 --> 00:27:52,704 IT IS ABOUT BEING COMPASSIONATE. 613 00:27:52,704 --> 00:27:54,773 IT IS ABOUT BEING ACCOUNTABLE. 614 00:27:54,773 --> 00:27:57,108 ACCOUNTABILITY ACROSS THE BOARD. 615 00:27:57,108 --> 00:28:01,046 IN TERMS OF OUR ACCOUNTABILITY. 616 00:28:01,046 --> 00:28:04,416 FURTHERED BECAUSE OF THE FACT 617 00:28:04,416 --> 00:28:09,554 THAT AN ACTION, PDA IN ITS LEAD 618 00:28:09,554 --> 00:28:11,489 PROGRAM IS WITHIN THE 619 00:28:11,489 --> 00:28:13,591 DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE THIS IN THE 620 00:28:13,591 --> 00:28:14,959 ORDINANCE TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND 621 00:28:14,959 --> 00:28:18,863 FROM ACCOUNTABILITY , YOURS IN 622 00:28:18,863 --> 00:28:20,298 TERMS OF THE DEPARTMENT HEAD, 623 00:28:20,298 --> 00:28:23,268 HOURS IN TERMS OF THE COMMITTEE 624 00:28:23,268 --> 00:28:24,335 TO OVERSEE PUBLIC SAFETY. THAT 625 00:28:24,335 --> 00:28:27,338 IS REALLY IMPORTANT . I ALSO , 626 00:28:27,338 --> 00:28:29,174 IT IS ABOUT ALIGNMENT AND 627 00:28:29,174 --> 00:28:32,610 REALIZING THAT IT IS BROADER 628 00:28:32,610 --> 00:28:34,212 THAN WHAT WE HAVE SEEN ON THE 629 00:28:34,212 --> 00:28:36,948 FACE OF IT. WE CAN GET CAUGHT UP 630 00:28:36,948 --> 00:28:37,749 IN THE 911 PIECE VERY QUICKLY 631 00:28:37,749 --> 00:28:39,617 AND VERY EASILY , IT IS 632 00:28:39,617 --> 00:28:42,120 IMPORTANT TO SAY THERE ARE OTHER 633 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:43,888 MECHANISMS, THERE ARE SO MANY 634 00:28:43,888 --> 00:28:45,423 MECHANISMS AND THIS IS WHERE WE 635 00:28:45,423 --> 00:28:47,826 COME TO, THE REASON WHY OUR 636 00:28:47,826 --> 00:28:48,760 STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK IS UPDATED 637 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:52,630 TO TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND 638 00:28:52,630 --> 00:28:56,201 PUBLIC HEALTH. HOUSING AND 639 00:28:56,201 --> 00:28:57,902 HOMELESSNESS, THAT SEAM IS 640 00:28:57,902 --> 00:29:00,839 WHERE, AS AN ALTERNATIVE 641 00:29:00,839 --> 00:29:02,340 RESPONSE IS WHERE C.A.R.E. WAS. 642 00:29:02,340 --> 00:29:06,010 WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGED THESE 643 00:29:06,010 --> 00:29:09,881 PIECES, TO ENABLE CARE TO DO HIS 644 00:29:09,881 --> 00:29:15,487 JOB. AS MY ROLE, WHAT CAN WE DO 645 00:29:15,487 --> 00:29:17,455 TO SET UP INDIVIDUALS AND 646 00:29:17,455 --> 00:29:21,459 ORGANIZATIONS UP FOR SUCCESS? I 647 00:29:21,459 --> 00:29:23,128 DO NOT THINK C.A.R.E. WAS SET UP 648 00:29:23,128 --> 00:29:26,064 FOR SUCCESS IN MANY WAYS BUT 649 00:29:26,064 --> 00:29:27,565 THIS IS AN EVOLVING PIECE AND AS 650 00:29:27,565 --> 00:29:29,000 I SAID TWO YEARS AGO, THERE WILL 651 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:30,135 BE CHANGES AND THESE ARE DONE 652 00:29:30,135 --> 00:29:34,939 WITH THE THOUGHT WE NEED TO SET 653 00:29:34,939 --> 00:29:36,508 C.A.R.E. UP FOR SUCCESS AND SET 654 00:29:36,508 --> 00:29:38,276 THOSE ON THE STREETS WITH 655 00:29:38,276 --> 00:29:39,744 CLINICAL ISSUES OR BEHAVIORAL 656 00:29:39,744 --> 00:29:41,713 HEALTH ISSUES UP FOR SUCCESS. TO 657 00:29:41,713 --> 00:29:45,350 CLEAR UP THE LINES, IF YOU WILL 658 00:29:45,350 --> 00:29:46,951 , TO RECOGNIZE LEADERSHIP IS 659 00:29:46,951 --> 00:29:48,620 ABOUT RECOGNIZING WHO YOUR 660 00:29:48,620 --> 00:29:52,323 PEOPLE ARE AT WORK THEY DO. AS 661 00:29:52,323 --> 00:29:58,329 STATED IN STATE LAW, WE DO HAVE 662 00:29:58,329 --> 00:30:00,231 POLICE FIRST RESPONDERS, FIRE 663 00:30:00,231 --> 00:30:02,600 FIRST RESPONDERS WHICH HAS A 664 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:03,835 MEDICAL PIECE , IF YOU'RE HAVING 665 00:30:03,835 --> 00:30:06,404 A HEART ATTACK. ALSO , IF YOU 666 00:30:06,404 --> 00:30:09,174 OD'd . THAT ALTERNATIVE 667 00:30:09,174 --> 00:30:13,044 RESPONSE PIECE IS ALSO A FIRST 668 00:30:13,044 --> 00:30:14,279 RESPONDER AND I THINK IT IS 669 00:30:14,279 --> 00:30:15,713 IMPORTANT, IF WE WANT TO 670 00:30:15,713 --> 00:30:19,984 MOTIVATE AND LEAD TEAMS, THIS IS 671 00:30:19,984 --> 00:30:21,252 OUR JOB AS UPPER MANAGEMENT, WE 672 00:30:21,252 --> 00:30:23,955 NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE TEAMS 673 00:30:23,955 --> 00:30:25,690 KNOW THAT THEY, TOO, HAVE A 674 00:30:25,690 --> 00:30:28,393 MISSION ON EVERY STREET TO DO 675 00:30:28,393 --> 00:30:29,194 THE FIRST RESPONSE, PARTICULARLY 676 00:30:29,194 --> 00:30:32,063 IN THE AREA OF CLINICAL PIECES 677 00:30:32,063 --> 00:30:36,067 AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PIECES. I 678 00:30:36,067 --> 00:30:39,971 ALREADY MENTIONED DIVERSION. BUT 679 00:30:39,971 --> 00:30:42,073 WE NEED TO GET DIVERSION RIGHT. 680 00:30:42,073 --> 00:30:44,776 TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE GOOD , 681 00:30:44,776 --> 00:30:48,313 MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS ON THE 682 00:30:48,313 --> 00:30:49,847 SAME PLAYING FIELD, THIS WILL 683 00:30:49,847 --> 00:30:52,483 SHOW UP, AND IT GOES THE 684 00:30:52,483 --> 00:30:55,854 RELATIONSHIP WITH SPD AND OTHER 685 00:30:55,854 --> 00:30:57,422 ELEMENTS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY 686 00:30:57,422 --> 00:30:59,524 SYSTEM. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING 687 00:30:59,524 --> 00:31:04,329 IS THAT, BEING AT THE FOCAL 688 00:31:04,329 --> 00:31:05,296 POINT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND 689 00:31:05,296 --> 00:31:06,698 PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH, 690 00:31:06,698 --> 00:31:10,702 KING COUNTY, SO MANY PIECES IN 691 00:31:10,702 --> 00:31:16,507 KING COUNTY , INCLUDING THE 692 00:31:16,507 --> 00:31:19,644 JAILS, THAT HAND-OFF. WHAT CAN 693 00:31:19,644 --> 00:31:21,279 WE DO TO GET AHEAD OF A PROBLEM 694 00:31:21,279 --> 00:31:23,848 INSTEAD OF REACTING? C.A.R.E. 695 00:31:23,848 --> 00:31:25,950 AND THIS MISSION WITH RESPONSE 696 00:31:25,950 --> 00:31:29,520 HOPEFULLY AIDED BY THESE CHANGES 697 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:31,522 IN THIS BILL WILL ALLOW THEM TO 698 00:31:31,522 --> 00:31:32,457 BE AHEAD AND TAKE PROACTIVE 699 00:31:32,457 --> 00:31:34,092 ACTION AS OPPOSED TO BEING 700 00:31:34,092 --> 00:31:35,960 REACTIVE . AT THE END OF THE 701 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:40,598 DAY, THAT WILL PROVE -- IMPROVE 702 00:31:40,598 --> 00:31:42,567 SEATTLE STREETS BECAUSE THAT IS 703 00:31:42,567 --> 00:31:43,902 THE COURSE WE TAKE AS A COUNCIL 704 00:31:43,902 --> 00:31:47,171 AND THAT IS MY APPROACH . WE 705 00:31:47,171 --> 00:31:48,239 HAVE TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE 706 00:31:48,239 --> 00:31:48,873 APPROACH WERE ALTERNATIVE 707 00:31:48,873 --> 00:31:52,277 RESPONSE IS IN OURCENTRAL 708 00:31:52,277 --> 00:31:53,478 RESPONSE WITH POLICE AND FIRE 709 00:31:53,478 --> 00:31:58,149 AND TRADITIONAL AREAS. WE NEED 710 00:31:58,149 --> 00:32:01,786 TO WORK THESE PIECES, AND THAT 711 00:32:01,786 --> 00:32:03,321 IS WHAT THE INTENT OF THIS BILL 712 00:32:03,321 --> 00:32:04,756 IS TO DO. I LOOK TO SEEING 713 00:32:04,756 --> 00:32:08,660 FORWARD C.A.R.E. BEING THE FOCAL 714 00:32:08,660 --> 00:32:11,129 POINT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE 715 00:32:11,129 --> 00:32:13,631 DIVERSION, FOR US TO DO OUR 716 00:32:13,631 --> 00:32:16,668 PART. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT 717 00:32:16,668 --> 00:32:19,003 IS ABOUT HELPING THOSE 718 00:32:19,003 --> 00:32:22,740 SITUATIONS ON OUR STREETS. A 719 00:32:22,740 --> 00:32:25,510 CRISIS SITUATION THAT DOES NOT 720 00:32:25,510 --> 00:32:31,916 NEED THE CURSOR ROLE -- IT NEEDS 721 00:32:31,916 --> 00:32:35,086 SOMETHING. AT THE END OF THE 722 00:32:35,086 --> 00:32:45,630 DAY, BUT WE CAN'T HAVE, WE DO 723 00:32:45,897 --> 00:32:46,397 HAVE THIS IDEA IN OUR CITY, 724 00:32:46,397 --> 00:32:46,998 EITHER WE ARE DOING THE LOCK 725 00:32:46,998 --> 00:32:49,367 THEM UP SYSTEM, OR WE DO NOTHING 726 00:32:49,367 --> 00:32:54,405 AND CALL IT COMPASSION. DOING 727 00:32:54,405 --> 00:32:56,074 NOTHING AND CALLING IT 728 00:32:56,074 --> 00:32:58,009 COMPASSION IS NOT COMPASSION. 729 00:32:58,009 --> 00:32:59,677 HOPEFULLY THIS ALLOWS THE ENTIRE 730 00:32:59,677 --> 00:33:02,246 SYSTEM AND PARTICULARLY C.A.R.E. 731 00:33:02,246 --> 00:33:06,484 TO DO SOMETHING ON THE 732 00:33:06,484 --> 00:33:07,885 COMPASSION PIECE WITH 733 00:33:07,885 --> 00:33:10,188 ACCOUNTABILITY. COLLEAGUES, WITH 734 00:33:10,188 --> 00:33:13,157 THESE TWO MEETINGS , PRETTY 735 00:33:13,157 --> 00:33:17,595 STRAIGHTFORWARD, IN TERMS OF 736 00:33:17,595 --> 00:33:18,196 PIECES, I WOULD RECOMMEND 737 00:33:18,196 --> 00:33:20,298 PASSAGE OF CB 121232 . 738 00:33:20,298 --> 00:33:22,533 >> SECOND. 739 00:33:22,533 --> 00:33:27,171 >> MOVED AND SECONDED. PLEASE 740 00:33:27,171 --> 00:33:27,839 CALL THE ROLL. 741 00:33:27,839 --> 00:33:31,609 >> JUAREZ ? 742 00:33:31,609 --> 00:33:34,846 >> AYE. 743 00:33:34,846 --> 00:33:35,079 >> LIN? 744 00:33:35,079 --> 00:33:35,546 >> YES. 745 00:33:35,546 --> 00:33:42,120 >> RIVERA NEXT TO AYE. 746 00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:42,387 >> SAKA? 747 00:33:42,387 --> 00:33:42,620 >> AYE. 748 00:33:42,620 --> 00:33:42,920 >> KETTLE? 749 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:43,221 >> AYE. 750 00:33:43,221 --> 00:33:47,291 >> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE 751 00:33:47,291 --> 00:33:48,493 COUNCIL WILL BE ADOPTED AND SENT 752 00:33:48,493 --> 00:33:50,962 TO JUNE 30 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 753 00:33:50,962 --> 00:33:54,298 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. 754 00:33:54,298 --> 00:33:56,200 WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND 755 00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:57,435 ITEM OF BUSINESS, WITH THE CLERK 756 00:33:57,435 --> 00:33:59,604 PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM 2 . 757 00:33:59,604 --> 00:34:04,075 >> SELFLESS FOR 2026 FIRST 758 00:34:04,075 --> 00:34:05,076 QUARTER SWORN STAFFING OVERTIME 759 00:34:05,076 --> 00:34:07,812 PERFORMANCE METRICS. 760 00:34:07,812 --> 00:34:12,550 >> WE HAVE MR. DOSS FROM CENTRAL 761 00:34:12,550 --> 00:34:14,886 STAFF JOINING US FROM THE TABLE 762 00:34:14,886 --> 00:34:21,726 AND MS. SMITH IS HERE, TOO, I DO 763 00:34:21,726 --> 00:34:23,294 NOT WANT TO PLAY FAVORITES, I AM 764 00:34:23,294 --> 00:34:27,198 LETTING, MS. SMITH HERE WITH THE 765 00:34:27,198 --> 00:34:34,372 DIRECTOR. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL RUN 766 00:34:34,372 --> 00:34:38,009 THROUGH THIS BRIEFING SO PLEASE 767 00:34:38,009 --> 00:34:39,077 WRITE DOWN YOUR QUESTIONS AND 768 00:34:39,077 --> 00:34:41,712 HOLD THEM TO THE END, THIS WILL 769 00:34:41,712 --> 00:34:46,951 FACILITATE OUR THIRD AGENDA ITEM 770 00:34:46,951 --> 00:34:47,218 AS WELL. 771 00:34:47,218 --> 00:34:51,522 >> GOOD MORNING, GREG DOSS, 772 00:34:51,522 --> 00:34:52,890 COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF PRESENTING 773 00:34:52,890 --> 00:34:56,761 THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2026 SPD 774 00:34:56,761 --> 00:35:00,131 SWORN STAFFING OVERTIME AND 775 00:35:00,131 --> 00:35:01,766 METRICS REPORT WHICH IS BEING 776 00:35:01,766 --> 00:35:05,837 PRESENTED LATE THIS YEAR, I HAVE 777 00:35:05,837 --> 00:35:10,675 ONLINE , BUDGET CHAIR , BUDGET 778 00:35:10,675 --> 00:35:13,978 DIRECTOR WHO WILL BE ABLE TO 779 00:35:13,978 --> 00:35:16,814 PROVIDE SOME UPDATES TO THE DATA 780 00:35:16,814 --> 00:35:19,917 I WILL BE SHOWING YOU TODAY. I 781 00:35:19,917 --> 00:35:20,718 SAY THAT, WHILE THIS 782 00:35:20,718 --> 00:35:22,119 PRESENTATION HAS MY NAME ON IT, 783 00:35:22,119 --> 00:35:24,021 I HAVE TO SHARE CREDIT WITH THE 784 00:35:24,021 --> 00:35:27,225 DEPARTMENT, DOES A LOT OF WORK 785 00:35:27,225 --> 00:35:28,893 TO MAKE SURE I GET THINGS RIGHT. 786 00:35:28,893 --> 00:35:30,161 I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT 787 00:35:30,161 --> 00:35:33,364 PARTNERSHIP. I WILL JUMP RIGHT 788 00:35:33,364 --> 00:35:37,268 IN. WE WILL START OUT TALKING 789 00:35:37,268 --> 00:35:43,541 ABOUT STAFFING. I THINK THAT THE 790 00:35:43,541 --> 00:35:46,177 COUNCILMEMBERS ARE WELL AWARE OF 791 00:35:46,177 --> 00:35:49,947 THE PRESIDENT -- HAPPENING SINCE 792 00:35:49,947 --> 00:35:51,816 THE FALL OF 2024 , IN THE FIRST 793 00:35:51,816 --> 00:35:55,653 QUARTER OF THIS YEAR 41 HIRES 794 00:35:55,653 --> 00:36:00,157 AND 19 SEPARATIONS . YOU CAN SEE 795 00:36:00,157 --> 00:36:01,359 THAT IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND 796 00:36:01,359 --> 00:36:02,393 CORNER, CLOSE TO THE ORIGINAL 797 00:36:02,393 --> 00:36:04,061 PLAN AND DOES NOT CHANGE THE 798 00:36:04,061 --> 00:36:05,963 ANNUAL PICTURE VERY MUCH . DOWN 799 00:36:05,963 --> 00:36:10,768 AT THE BOTTOM PROTECTIONS, -- 800 00:36:10,768 --> 00:36:13,538 PROJECTIONS WHICH LEAD TO ONE 801 00:36:13,538 --> 00:36:20,711 ADDITIONAL UNPLANNED -- WHAT IS 802 00:36:20,711 --> 00:36:21,512 NOT CAPTURED IS SIGNIFICANT 803 00:36:21,512 --> 00:36:23,181 CHANGES LAST YEAR, THE FOURTH 804 00:36:23,181 --> 00:36:26,751 QUARTER OF LAST YEAR, 11 FEWER 805 00:36:26,751 --> 00:36:29,020 SEPARATIONS THAN PLANNED AND 806 00:36:29,020 --> 00:36:31,422 THAT CREATED A NET CHANGE OF 807 00:36:31,422 --> 00:36:34,358 SEVEN MORE OFFICERS THAT HE 808 00:36:34,358 --> 00:36:37,662 HIRING WAS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT 809 00:36:37,662 --> 00:36:40,798 AND WHEN YOU ADD THAT TO THE ONE 810 00:36:40,798 --> 00:36:43,067 FTE ON THE SLIDE, NET CHANGE, 811 00:36:43,067 --> 00:36:46,671 SPD IS RUNNING EIGHT FTE AHEAD 812 00:36:46,671 --> 00:36:48,606 OF THEIR STAFFING PLAN, 813 00:36:48,606 --> 00:36:51,475 SUPPORTED BY STAFFING DOLLARS IN 814 00:36:51,475 --> 00:36:54,378 THE BUDGET. RUNNING AHEAD OF 815 00:36:54,378 --> 00:36:59,250 PLAN MEANS SALARY FASTER THAN 816 00:36:59,250 --> 00:37:05,957 THEY HAVE BUDGET SO -- BUDGET TO 817 00:37:05,957 --> 00:37:10,695 SUPPORT. I WILL TALK ABOUT THE 818 00:37:10,695 --> 00:37:11,329 CHART HERE, WHICH YOU CAN SEE, 819 00:37:11,329 --> 00:37:17,902 THERE ARE 985 FULLY-TRAINED 820 00:37:17,902 --> 00:37:21,205 OFFICERS AND THAT IS REFLECTIVE 821 00:37:21,205 --> 00:37:23,507 OF AN OFFICER COMPLETED ALL OF 822 00:37:23,507 --> 00:37:24,308 THEIR CLASSROOM WORK, FIELD 823 00:37:24,308 --> 00:37:26,344 TRAINING AND ON THE STREET AND 824 00:37:26,344 --> 00:37:30,214 CAN BE DEPLOYED ALONE. YOU SEE A 825 00:37:30,214 --> 00:37:31,549 SMALLER NUMBER , NUMBER OF 826 00:37:31,549 --> 00:37:38,222 DEPLOYABLE , 939. THAT NUMBER 827 00:37:38,222 --> 00:37:39,323 TAKES INTO ACCOUNT OFFICERS WHO 828 00:37:39,323 --> 00:37:41,259 ARE FULLY TRAINED AND OUT ON 829 00:37:41,259 --> 00:37:42,493 LONG-TERM SICK LEAVE, PARENTAL 830 00:37:42,493 --> 00:37:45,129 LEAVE , OR MILITARY LEAVE , 831 00:37:45,129 --> 00:37:48,599 THINGS THAT TAKE THEM OUT OF THE 832 00:37:48,599 --> 00:37:52,136 DEPLOYMENT PROCESS. SO, AS YOU 833 00:37:52,136 --> 00:37:54,405 CAN SEE, IF THINGS GO ON THEIR 834 00:37:54,405 --> 00:37:55,940 CURRENT TRAJECTORY THE 835 00:37:55,940 --> 00:38:00,277 DEPARTMENT CAN EXPECT 1029 FULLY 836 00:38:00,277 --> 00:38:01,846 TRAINED OFFICERS AT THE END OF 837 00:38:01,846 --> 00:38:04,715 THIS YEAR. IF TRENDS HOLDS ON 838 00:38:04,715 --> 00:38:08,085 THE OFFICERS OUT ON MILITARY 839 00:38:08,085 --> 00:38:09,854 LEAVE , ET CETERA, LONG-TERM 840 00:38:09,854 --> 00:38:13,924 LEAVE, EXPECT 981 OFFICERS 841 00:38:13,924 --> 00:38:16,027 AVAILABLE TO BE DEPLOYED . 842 00:38:16,027 --> 00:38:21,065 HOWEVER, I WILL CAUTION THAT 843 00:38:21,065 --> 00:38:21,932 THERE ARE ASSUMPTIONS THAT COME 844 00:38:21,932 --> 00:38:24,035 INTO THOSE NUMBERS AND WE WILL 845 00:38:24,035 --> 00:38:27,304 BE TALKING ABOUT THEM SOON. 846 00:38:27,304 --> 00:38:30,741 OKAY. SO, I AM GOING TO TALK 847 00:38:30,741 --> 00:38:33,010 ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON BEHIND 848 00:38:33,010 --> 00:38:35,913 THE DATA POINTS I SHOWED YOU. AS 849 00:38:35,913 --> 00:38:38,549 I FIRST SAID , STARTING IN THE 850 00:38:38,549 --> 00:38:39,817 FIRST QUARTER , FOURTH QUARTER 851 00:38:39,817 --> 00:38:42,186 OF LAST YEAR YOU WERE FULLY 852 00:38:42,186 --> 00:38:45,623 TRAINED OFFICERS WITH SPD . 853 00:38:45,623 --> 00:38:46,891 BECAUSE OFFICERS ARE STAYING 854 00:38:46,891 --> 00:38:50,127 LONGER, MORE PRESSURE ON THE SPD 855 00:38:50,127 --> 00:38:51,495 BUDGET BECAUSE IT IS MORE 856 00:38:51,495 --> 00:38:52,363 EXPENSIVE TO RETAIN EXISTING 857 00:38:52,363 --> 00:38:54,265 HIGHER SALARIED OFFICERS THAT DO 858 00:38:54,265 --> 00:38:59,570 HIRE A LOWER SALARY RECRUIT. 859 00:38:59,570 --> 00:39:01,639 OUTSIZE IMPACT WITH THE 860 00:39:01,639 --> 00:39:03,007 DEPARTMENT'S ABILITY TO HIRE OR 861 00:39:03,007 --> 00:39:06,610 RECRUIT AND RANKS . SPD HAD 862 00:39:06,610 --> 00:39:10,181 PLANNED TO HIRE 174 NET NEW 863 00:39:10,181 --> 00:39:15,353 OFFICERS OVER THE 2025-2026 864 00:39:15,353 --> 00:39:16,087 PERIOD. THAT PLAN MAY HAVE TO 865 00:39:16,087 --> 00:39:19,557 CHANGE BECAUSE OF THE CHANGING 866 00:39:19,557 --> 00:39:20,758 SEPARATION PICTURE. THE 867 00:39:20,758 --> 00:39:22,193 DEPARTMENT TO ME NEED TO SLOW 868 00:39:22,193 --> 00:39:24,095 HIRING OR COME UP WITH 869 00:39:24,095 --> 00:39:25,730 REDUCTIONS IN OTHER AREAS OF THE 870 00:39:25,730 --> 00:39:30,568 BUDGET TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL 871 00:39:30,568 --> 00:39:32,670 UNPLANNED OFFICER HIRES. RIGHT 872 00:39:32,670 --> 00:39:37,341 NOW, WITH THE ADDITIONAL EIGHT 873 00:39:37,341 --> 00:39:40,611 FTEs, SPD IS POISED TO OVERSPEND 874 00:39:40,611 --> 00:39:44,482 BY $1.7 MILLION , THEY WOULD 875 00:39:44,482 --> 00:39:47,785 HAVE TO FIND IT IN ANOTHER PLACE 876 00:39:47,785 --> 00:39:51,155 IN THE BUDGET OR BE A STAFFING 877 00:39:51,155 --> 00:39:54,558 SLOW DOWN TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE 878 00:39:54,558 --> 00:39:57,661 WITHIN THE BUDGET . ANOTHER 879 00:39:57,661 --> 00:39:58,796 STAFFING CHALLENGE IS THE 880 00:39:58,796 --> 00:40:02,700 ABILITY TO TRAIN OFFICERS . SPD 881 00:40:02,700 --> 00:40:05,870 HAD 135 OFFICERS IN FIELD 882 00:40:05,870 --> 00:40:08,439 TRAINING IN APRIL, SOME OF THOSE 883 00:40:08,439 --> 00:40:09,473 OFFICERS IN FIELD TRAINING ARE 884 00:40:09,473 --> 00:40:11,275 IN THE CLASSROOM AND SOME OF 885 00:40:11,275 --> 00:40:13,911 THEM ARE OUT ON THE STREET WITH 886 00:40:13,911 --> 00:40:17,348 SPECIALIZED TRAINING OFFICERS TO 887 00:40:17,348 --> 00:40:18,783 HELP THEM LEARN HOW TO RESPOND 888 00:40:18,783 --> 00:40:23,954 TO 911 CALLS. FOR CONTEXT, 135 889 00:40:23,954 --> 00:40:28,659 IN APRIL IS COMPARABLE TO AN 890 00:40:28,659 --> 00:40:32,596 AVERAGE OF ABOUT 56. SO, A LOT 891 00:40:32,596 --> 00:40:37,501 MORE IN FIELD TRAINING WITH THE 892 00:40:37,501 --> 00:40:38,869 HIRING SUCCESSES SPD HAS HAD . 893 00:40:38,869 --> 00:40:45,876 ONE OF THE PROBLEMS SPD IS 894 00:40:45,876 --> 00:40:46,944 HAVING RIGHT NOW, NOT ENOUGH 895 00:40:46,944 --> 00:40:48,045 TRAINED OFFICERS TO ASSIGN TO 896 00:40:48,045 --> 00:40:48,946 THE STUDENTS WHO FINISH THEIR 897 00:40:48,946 --> 00:40:50,247 CLASSROOM WORK . IN APRIL, THERE 898 00:40:50,247 --> 00:40:51,248 WERE ABOUT 21 OFFICERS WAITING 899 00:40:51,248 --> 00:40:52,483 ON TRAINERS TO BE AVAILABLE SO 900 00:40:52,483 --> 00:40:53,751 THEY COULD BEGIN THEIR 901 00:40:53,751 --> 00:40:57,221 FIELDWORK. SPD HAS BROUGHT THAT 902 00:40:57,221 --> 00:41:01,458 NUMBER DOWN A BIT AND AT THE END 903 00:41:01,458 --> 00:41:03,594 OF THE SLIDE TELL YOU MORE ABOUT 904 00:41:03,594 --> 00:41:06,697 THE PROGRESS THEY ARE MAKING. AS 905 00:41:06,697 --> 00:41:11,402 I SAID, CONTEXT, THAT 35 NUMBER 906 00:41:11,402 --> 00:41:16,140 IS NORMALLY 56, IN A NORMAL 907 00:41:16,140 --> 00:41:18,943 SITUATION, SPD WOULD EXPECT TO 908 00:41:18,943 --> 00:41:22,913 GRADUATE 6 TO 7 OFFICERS EACH 909 00:41:22,913 --> 00:41:24,048 MONTH OUT OF FIELD TRAINING AND 910 00:41:24,048 --> 00:41:28,953 INTO THE SPD RANKS, AND THEIR 911 00:41:28,953 --> 00:41:29,753 CURRENT STAFFING PLAN IS 912 00:41:29,753 --> 00:41:32,656 HOPEFULLY THEY 10CAN DO 913 00:41:32,656 --> 00:41:34,091 GRADUATIONS PER MONTH OUT OF 914 00:41:34,091 --> 00:41:35,726 FIELD TRAINING AND INTO THE 915 00:41:35,726 --> 00:41:38,562 OFFICER RANKS . IF THAT HAPPENS, 916 00:41:38,562 --> 00:41:39,964 THEY CAN REACH THOSE NUMBERS I 917 00:41:39,964 --> 00:41:41,465 SHOWED YOU IN THE FIRST SLIDE . 918 00:41:41,465 --> 00:41:43,968 IF IT DOES NOT HAPPEN, THEY WILL 919 00:41:43,968 --> 00:41:46,136 NOT REACH THOSE PROJECTIONS . 920 00:41:46,136 --> 00:41:47,505 WHY ARE THERE NOT ENOUGH 921 00:41:47,505 --> 00:41:49,440 TRAINERS ? EXISTING LABOR 922 00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:51,275 AGREEMENTS ALLOW OFFICERS TO 923 00:41:51,275 --> 00:41:52,910 VOLUNTEER TO BE TRAINERS, NOT 924 00:41:52,910 --> 00:41:56,080 ENOUGH OF THEM ARE VOLUNTEERING 925 00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:57,181 . THERE ARE SOME THINGS THE 926 00:41:57,181 --> 00:41:58,148 DEPARTMENT CAN DO TO ENTICE 927 00:41:58,148 --> 00:41:59,250 OFFICERS TO BECOME TRAINERS, WE 928 00:41:59,250 --> 00:42:02,820 WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. I AM 929 00:42:02,820 --> 00:42:07,558 GOING TO PAUSE AT THE END OF 930 00:42:07,558 --> 00:42:10,294 THIS SLIDE TO GIVE DAN A CHANCE 931 00:42:10,294 --> 00:42:11,996 TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE 932 00:42:11,996 --> 00:42:19,436 DEPARTMENT AND -- MR. CHAIR? 933 00:42:19,436 --> 00:42:20,237 >> I WANTED TO WELCOME YOU TO 934 00:42:20,237 --> 00:42:22,806 THE MEETING, AND GIVE MYSELF A 935 00:42:22,806 --> 00:42:29,547 CHANCE TO WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER 936 00:42:29,547 --> 00:42:34,151 RINCK. COLLEAGUES NOT ON THE 937 00:42:34,151 --> 00:42:35,319 COMMITTEE ARE WELCOME TO JOIN 938 00:42:35,319 --> 00:42:40,357 IN. MR. DOSS IS THROWING YOU THE 939 00:42:40,357 --> 00:42:44,762 PASS, I WAS GOING TO DO A WORLD 940 00:42:44,762 --> 00:42:47,565 CUP THING BUT I WILL RESIST. 941 00:42:47,565 --> 00:42:51,969 >> THANK YOU. I WILL NOT MAKE 942 00:42:51,969 --> 00:42:55,806 ANY SPORTS METAPHORS. AS GREG 943 00:42:55,806 --> 00:43:06,050 MENTIONED, 21 TRAINERS IS THE 944 00:43:06,050 --> 00:43:07,017 HIGH WATER MARK OF THE STATS 945 00:43:07,017 --> 00:43:09,787 THIS YEAR OF PEOPLE READING FOR 946 00:43:09,787 --> 00:43:13,657 A -- READY FOR AN FTO TO BE 947 00:43:13,657 --> 00:43:17,194 ASSIGNED BUT WE DO NOT HAVE A 948 00:43:17,194 --> 00:43:20,931 FTO, WE HAVE BEEN MAKING STEADY 949 00:43:20,931 --> 00:43:22,132 PROGRESS AND EXPECT TO RESOLVE 950 00:43:22,132 --> 00:43:23,767 THE ISSUE THIS YEAR. THE CHIEF 951 00:43:23,767 --> 00:43:26,570 HAS BEEN ATTENDING ROBOCALLS AND 952 00:43:26,570 --> 00:43:32,176 WORKING COOPERATIVELY WITH THE 953 00:43:32,176 --> 00:43:35,179 POLICE UNIONS, SEATTLE POLICE 954 00:43:35,179 --> 00:43:38,349 OFFICERS KILLED, WE ARE ALL -- 955 00:43:38,349 --> 00:43:42,453 POLICE OFFICERS GUILD, AND WE 956 00:43:42,453 --> 00:43:43,721 ARE GOING THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 957 00:43:43,721 --> 00:43:46,423 21 OFFICERS IS HOW MANY PEOPLE 958 00:43:46,423 --> 00:43:48,759 AT THE END OF MARCH WAITING FOR 959 00:43:48,759 --> 00:43:52,496 AN FTO TO BE ASSIGNED AND NOW 960 00:43:52,496 --> 00:43:54,465 DOWN TO 60 AND HOPING TO CLEAR 961 00:43:54,465 --> 00:43:56,867 THE DECK BY THE END OF THE YEAR 962 00:43:56,867 --> 00:43:58,635 . PART OF THE WAY WE ARE DOING 963 00:43:58,635 --> 00:44:00,671 THAT IS BY ADDING TO THE NUMBER 964 00:44:00,671 --> 00:44:04,408 OF FOLKS WHO ARE CERTIFIED TO DO 965 00:44:04,408 --> 00:44:08,212 FIELD TRAINING OFFICER WORK . WE 966 00:44:08,212 --> 00:44:10,247 HAVE A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER 967 00:44:10,247 --> 00:44:13,183 SCHOOL , CLASS TO DO THE 968 00:44:13,183 --> 00:44:15,319 CERTIFICATION COMING UP IN JULY, 969 00:44:15,319 --> 00:44:18,589 THERE ARE 20 SEATS AND WE 970 00:44:18,589 --> 00:44:24,395 EXPECTED TO BE FILLED. HAVE UP 971 00:44:24,395 --> 00:44:25,996 TO 20 NEW FTOS, WHICH WILL HELP, 972 00:44:25,996 --> 00:44:30,934 AND OFFER ANOTHER 20 SEAT CLASS 973 00:44:30,934 --> 00:44:35,873 IN NOVEMBER. WE DON'T KNOW YET 974 00:44:35,873 --> 00:44:37,908 THEY WILL BE FILLED BUT WE 975 00:44:37,908 --> 00:44:41,178 EXPECT, BASED ON PAST 976 00:44:41,178 --> 00:44:42,913 PERFORMANCE THE LAST TIME THERE 977 00:44:42,913 --> 00:44:46,817 WAS AN FTO CLASS WAS IN APRIL OF 978 00:44:46,817 --> 00:44:51,488 2025 AND IT WAS FILLED WITH 20 979 00:44:51,488 --> 00:44:53,757 FOLKS. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER 980 00:44:53,757 --> 00:44:55,526 QUESTIONS BUT THE BOTTOM LINE 981 00:44:55,526 --> 00:45:00,330 IS, WE HAVE A CHALLENGE, BECAUSE 982 00:45:00,330 --> 00:45:03,901 WE HAVE HAD A SURGE IN NEW 983 00:45:03,901 --> 00:45:06,837 RECRUITS AND FOLKS WHO HAVE 984 00:45:06,837 --> 00:45:10,874 JOINED SPD , AND WE HAVE BEEN 985 00:45:10,874 --> 00:45:14,445 WORKING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER 986 00:45:14,445 --> 00:45:18,382 OF FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS AND 987 00:45:18,382 --> 00:45:19,316 THAT IS FINALLY SHOWING SOME 988 00:45:19,316 --> 00:45:22,152 PROGRESS, DOWN FROM 21 TO 16 989 00:45:22,152 --> 00:45:24,488 WAITING A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER 990 00:45:24,488 --> 00:45:29,293 TO BE ASSIGNED. 991 00:45:29,293 --> 00:45:32,229 >> THANK YOU. LET'S FINISH THE 992 00:45:32,229 --> 00:45:34,131 STAFFING SECTION AND GET THOSE 993 00:45:34,131 --> 00:45:35,132 QUESTIONS. 994 00:45:35,132 --> 00:45:36,667 >> 995 00:45:36,667 --> 00:45:40,704 >> MOVING ALONG, THE COUNCIL HAS 996 00:45:40,704 --> 00:45:42,406 EXPRESSED ITS INTEREST IN THE 30 997 00:45:42,406 --> 00:45:45,542 BY 30 INITIATIVE OF THE LAST FEW 998 00:45:45,542 --> 00:45:47,644 YEARS AND I HAVE PROVIDED DATA 999 00:45:47,644 --> 00:45:49,213 ON FEMALE HIRES THROUGH MARCH OF 1000 00:45:49,213 --> 00:45:51,448 2026 WOMEN CONTINUE TO MAKE UP 1001 00:45:51,448 --> 00:45:57,454 ABOUT 10% OF THE SPD HIRES. THE 1002 00:45:57,454 --> 00:45:58,088 GOOD NEWS IS, DAN, CAN TELL YOU 1003 00:45:58,088 --> 00:46:00,991 IN A MINUTE THAT THINGS ARE 1004 00:46:00,991 --> 00:46:02,326 TRENDING BETTER. I WILL KEEP 1005 00:46:02,326 --> 00:46:06,363 MOVING . AS WE GET TO THE END OF 1006 00:46:06,363 --> 00:46:08,599 THE SLIDE, SLIDES ON STAFFING, 1007 00:46:08,599 --> 00:46:10,868 WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. SO, 1008 00:46:10,868 --> 00:46:15,072 AS YOU SEE HERE, SPD STAFFING, 1009 00:46:15,072 --> 00:46:16,273 PRECINCT STAFFING NUMBERS ARE 1010 00:46:16,273 --> 00:46:18,609 BROKEN OUT IN OFFICERS AND 1011 00:46:18,609 --> 00:46:21,778 SERGEANTS BY PRECINCT , 911 AND 1012 00:46:21,778 --> 00:46:27,151 OTHER AREAS . FOR YOUR 1013 00:46:27,151 --> 00:46:28,719 AWARENESS, ALL I PROVIDE THIS 1014 00:46:28,719 --> 00:46:31,755 TABLE FOR. WHAT IS IMPORTANT 1015 00:46:31,755 --> 00:46:34,892 ABOUT THE SLIDE IN THE RECENT 1016 00:46:34,892 --> 00:46:36,393 HISTORY OF NOT ONE RESPONSE, 1017 00:46:36,393 --> 00:46:40,964 OFFICER STAFFING, THAT THERE IS 1018 00:46:40,964 --> 00:46:45,269 NOT A LOT OF CHANGE IN THE LAST 1019 00:46:45,269 --> 00:46:46,136 THREE YEARS BETWEEN 2023 AND 1020 00:46:46,136 --> 00:46:50,574 2026, STILL SEEING ABOUT 490 1021 00:46:50,574 --> 00:46:52,442 OFFICERS ON PATROL, HOVERING 1022 00:46:52,442 --> 00:46:56,580 AROUND THAT NUMBER BECAUSE THERE 1023 00:46:56,580 --> 00:46:58,282 IS NOT YET BEEN AN INFLUX OF NEW 1024 00:46:58,282 --> 00:47:01,985 OFFICERS FROM THIS HIRING SURGE 1025 00:47:01,985 --> 00:47:03,654 , THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE TAKES 1026 00:47:03,654 --> 00:47:04,855 ABOUT ONE YEAR TO TRAIN OFFICERS 1027 00:47:04,855 --> 00:47:06,924 AND STILL IN THE PIPELINE AND IT 1028 00:47:06,924 --> 00:47:09,560 HAS TO DO WITH THE FACTS, THE 1029 00:47:09,560 --> 00:47:12,996 FTO BOTTLENECK WE JUST TALKED 1030 00:47:12,996 --> 00:47:18,035 ABOUT. I WILL STOP AND OFFER A 1031 00:47:18,035 --> 00:47:22,472 CHANCE FOR QUESTIONS . 1032 00:47:22,472 --> 00:47:24,208 >> ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO 1033 00:47:24,208 --> 00:47:28,078 STAFFING? 1034 00:47:28,078 --> 00:47:30,581 >> THANK YOU. I AM INTERNALIZING 1035 00:47:30,581 --> 00:47:33,250 ALL THIS, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS 1036 00:47:33,250 --> 00:47:37,421 AND OBSERVATIONS . I THINK THESE 1037 00:47:37,421 --> 00:47:39,790 THREE DISTINCT , SEPARATE BUT 1038 00:47:39,790 --> 00:47:41,491 RELATED CONTRACTS ALL FIT 1039 00:47:41,491 --> 00:47:42,693 TOGETHER AND I WILL RESERVE MY 1040 00:47:42,693 --> 00:47:45,362 OWN QUESTIONS FOR THE END OF THE 1041 00:47:45,362 --> 00:47:50,734 PRESENTATION. 1042 00:47:50,734 --> 00:47:51,568 >> PRESS ON. I AM NOT SEEING 1043 00:47:51,568 --> 00:47:55,806 ANYTHING. PLEASE, PRESS ON. 1044 00:47:55,806 --> 00:47:58,442 SORRY, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? 1045 00:47:58,442 --> 00:48:03,847 >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA HAS HER 1046 00:48:03,847 --> 00:48:04,648 HAND RAISED. 1047 00:48:04,648 --> 00:48:07,751 >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? 1048 00:48:07,751 --> 00:48:13,323 >> THANK YOU. I JUST, I HAVE A 1049 00:48:13,323 --> 00:48:16,526 COUPLE COMMENTS RELATED TO THE 1050 00:48:16,526 --> 00:48:19,129 WOMEN HIRES, I UNDERSTAND THE 30 1051 00:48:19,129 --> 00:48:21,431 BY 30 POSITION HAS NOT BEEN 1052 00:48:21,431 --> 00:48:23,500 HIRED BECAUSE OF THE HIRING 1053 00:48:23,500 --> 00:48:26,303 FREEZE . I WANT TODAY LIKE THIS 1054 00:48:26,303 --> 00:48:29,206 IS A POSITION WE COULD HELP WITH 1055 00:48:29,206 --> 00:48:30,674 FEMALE RECRUITING AND SOMETHING 1056 00:48:30,674 --> 00:48:39,116 WE STILL VERY MUCH NEED. SO, 1057 00:48:39,116 --> 00:48:39,750 REALLY, WE SHOULD BE HIRING THIS 1058 00:48:39,750 --> 00:48:41,885 PERSON TO HELP BEEF UP OUR 1059 00:48:41,885 --> 00:48:44,888 FEMALE OFFICER HIRING. MY 1060 00:48:44,888 --> 00:48:49,192 UNDERSTANDING FROM SPD IS THAT, 1061 00:48:49,192 --> 00:48:53,664 ASSISTANT CHIEF UNDERWOOD HAS, 1062 00:48:53,664 --> 00:48:57,434 AND OTHERS AT SPD, HAVE REVIEWED 1063 00:48:57,434 --> 00:48:59,002 FEMALE HIRES BEEN DENIED 1064 00:48:59,002 --> 00:49:02,072 APPLICATIONS TO MAKE FEWER, AND 1065 00:49:02,072 --> 00:49:05,142 ENSURE IT WAS NOT ANYTHING, TO 1066 00:49:05,142 --> 00:49:08,612 MAKE SURE THEY WERE FOLKS THAT 1067 00:49:08,612 --> 00:49:10,447 DID NOT MEET THE LEVEL OF 1068 00:49:10,447 --> 00:49:13,417 REQUIREMENTS. I APPRECIATE THE 1069 00:49:13,417 --> 00:49:14,584 CHIEF AND ASSISTANT CHIEF 1070 00:49:14,584 --> 00:49:16,620 UNDERWOOD AND OTHERS ON SPD WHO 1071 00:49:16,620 --> 00:49:18,188 HAVE TAKEN A SECOND LOOK TO MAKE 1072 00:49:18,188 --> 00:49:22,693 SURE WE ARE DOING THE BEST WE 1073 00:49:22,693 --> 00:49:23,994 CAN TO HIRE MORE FEMALE OFFICERS 1074 00:49:23,994 --> 00:49:25,729 BECAUSE THAT IS IMPORTANT. THANK 1075 00:49:25,729 --> 00:49:27,197 YOU, CHAIR. 1076 00:49:27,197 --> 00:49:32,602 >> I WILL PROMOTE DEPUTY CHIEF 1077 00:49:32,602 --> 00:49:35,772 UNDERWOOD. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 1078 00:49:35,772 --> 00:49:39,876 >> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING MY 1079 00:49:39,876 --> 00:49:41,111 PARTICIPATION IN COMMITTEE AND 1080 00:49:41,111 --> 00:49:43,914 THANK YOU GREG FOR YOUR 1081 00:49:43,914 --> 00:49:46,650 PRESENTATION , THERE IS A LOT OF 1082 00:49:46,650 --> 00:49:48,485 INFORMATION TO UNPACK AND IT 1083 00:49:48,485 --> 00:49:49,753 SPEAKS TO THE STRUCTURAL ISSUES 1084 00:49:49,753 --> 00:49:50,721 AND HOW WE ARE PROVIDING 1085 00:49:50,721 --> 00:49:52,989 SERVICES FROM THE DEPARTMENT . I 1086 00:49:52,989 --> 00:49:54,791 WANT TO START BY TAKING US TO 1087 00:49:54,791 --> 00:50:01,298 SLIDE 5. GREG, YOU HIGHLIGHTED 1088 00:50:01,298 --> 00:50:04,468 THE BOTTLENECK WITH FIELD 1089 00:50:04,468 --> 00:50:05,235 TRAINING OFFICERS AND 21 1090 00:50:05,235 --> 00:50:06,536 OFFICERS WAITING INSTRUCTOR , I 1091 00:50:06,536 --> 00:50:08,739 THINK I HEARD A CORRECTION OR 1092 00:50:08,739 --> 00:50:10,607 UPDATE FROM THE DIRECTOR IT IS 1093 00:50:10,607 --> 00:50:15,512 NOW 16 STUDENT OFFICERS . MY 1094 00:50:15,512 --> 00:50:17,447 UNDERSTANDING THIS IS THE FINAL 1095 00:50:17,447 --> 00:50:19,583 STAGE IN TRAINING OFFICERS. 1096 00:50:19,583 --> 00:50:24,955 >> YES, THE FINAL STAGE IS WHERE 1097 00:50:24,955 --> 00:50:26,289 AN OFFICER GOES OUT WITH AN 1098 00:50:26,289 --> 00:50:27,290 EXPERIENCE OFFICER. THAT IS 1099 00:50:27,290 --> 00:50:27,657 CORRECT. 1100 00:50:27,657 --> 00:50:29,893 >> WITHOUT THAT TRAINING, WHAT 1101 00:50:29,893 --> 00:50:32,362 CAN THESE STUDENT OFFICERS 1102 00:50:32,362 --> 00:50:34,698 ENGAGE IN? 1103 00:50:34,698 --> 00:50:36,900 >> I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE 1104 00:50:36,900 --> 00:50:40,103 DIRECTOR . 1105 00:50:40,103 --> 00:50:42,939 >> YES, COUNCILMEMBER , THANK 1106 00:50:42,939 --> 00:50:47,177 YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I WANT TO 1107 00:50:47,177 --> 00:50:48,845 ASSURE YOU THAT WE WILL HAVE 1108 00:50:48,845 --> 00:50:52,582 FOLKS WHO ARE NOT JUST WANTING A 1109 00:50:52,582 --> 00:50:55,886 THUMBS, THESE ARE FOLKS WHO HAVE 1110 00:50:55,886 --> 00:50:57,320 BEEN THROUGH THE ACADEMY, THEY 1111 00:50:57,320 --> 00:50:59,356 ARE SWORN OFFICERS BUT NOT OUT 1112 00:50:59,356 --> 00:51:02,459 IN THE STREET AS FULLY 1113 00:51:02,459 --> 00:51:04,528 INDEPENDENT POLICE OFFICERS . 1114 00:51:04,528 --> 00:51:08,098 KEEPING THEM BUSY. SUPPORTING 1115 00:51:08,098 --> 00:51:09,633 INVESTIGATIONS UNIT WITH CASES , 1116 00:51:09,633 --> 00:51:11,168 WORKING WITH PRECINCT STAFF 1117 00:51:11,168 --> 00:51:13,470 CLERKING AND JOINING IN ON 1118 00:51:13,470 --> 00:51:17,174 PATROLS WITH SERGEANTS WHO ARE 1119 00:51:17,174 --> 00:51:19,910 NOT -- THEY'RE NOT ACTING 1120 00:51:19,910 --> 00:51:22,546 INDEPENDENTLY. THEY ARE DOING A 1121 00:51:22,546 --> 00:51:26,183 VARIETY OF WORK AND NOT JUST 1122 00:51:26,183 --> 00:51:27,217 INDEPENDENT POLICE OFFICERS 1123 00:51:27,217 --> 00:51:28,919 QUITE YET . 1124 00:51:28,919 --> 00:51:32,856 >> THANK YOU . WHAT KIND OF 1125 00:51:32,856 --> 00:51:34,157 CALLS 10 STUDENT OFFICERS 1126 00:51:34,157 --> 00:51:40,597 RESPOND TO? -- WHAT KIND OF 1127 00:51:40,597 --> 00:51:41,665 CALLS DUE SOON OFFICERS RESPOND 1128 00:51:41,665 --> 00:51:41,832 TO? 1129 00:51:41,832 --> 00:51:43,900 >> THEY DO NOT WAS BOND THEY 1130 00:51:43,900 --> 00:51:46,403 TAKE -- THEY DO NOT RESPOND, 1131 00:51:46,403 --> 00:51:47,404 THEY TAKE TELEPHONE CALLS AND 1132 00:51:47,404 --> 00:51:49,372 FILL OUT POLICE REPORTS, THEY 1133 00:51:49,372 --> 00:51:50,974 CAN'T ON SOME OCCASIONS GO OUT 1134 00:51:50,974 --> 00:51:53,143 INTO THE FIELD -- THEY CAN ON 1135 00:51:53,143 --> 00:51:57,981 SOME OCCASIONS GO OUT INTO THE 1136 00:51:57,981 --> 00:51:59,349 FIELD WITH SERGEANTS BUT NOT 1137 00:51:59,349 --> 00:52:01,818 OFFICERS ACTING ALONE, TO GET A 1138 00:52:01,818 --> 00:52:03,487 SENSE OF WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE 1139 00:52:03,487 --> 00:52:04,521 ON THE STREET. 1140 00:52:04,521 --> 00:52:07,057 >> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING 1141 00:52:07,057 --> 00:52:11,728 THAT. WE ARE BRINGING ONLINE 1142 00:52:11,728 --> 00:52:12,329 ADDITIONAL FIELD TRAINING 1143 00:52:12,329 --> 00:52:13,864 OFFICERS TO HELP WITH THIS 1144 00:52:13,864 --> 00:52:17,334 BOTTLENECK WHAT ARE THE COSTS 1145 00:52:17,334 --> 00:52:18,301 ASSOCIATED WITH ADDITIONAL FIELD 1146 00:52:18,301 --> 00:52:19,135 TRAINING OFFICERS AS MORE FOLKS 1147 00:52:19,135 --> 00:52:21,037 GET TRAINED? DO THEY RECEIVE A 1148 00:52:21,037 --> 00:52:23,807 BONUS FOR BECOMING A FTO? 1149 00:52:23,807 --> 00:52:27,244 >> OFFICERS FTO CERTIFIED DO NOT 1150 00:52:27,244 --> 00:52:33,416 RECEIVE ANY MORE PAY, RATHER, 1151 00:52:33,416 --> 00:52:35,785 THEY GET AN HOUR A DAY FOR 1152 00:52:35,785 --> 00:52:39,155 REPORT WRITING SO WE CAN ALLOW 1153 00:52:39,155 --> 00:52:42,526 FOR THEM TO KEEP TRACK OF FIELD 1154 00:52:42,526 --> 00:52:46,997 TRAINING -- OFFICER TRAINEES ARE 1155 00:52:46,997 --> 00:52:54,404 DOING AS THEIR TIME AS FTOS 1156 00:52:54,404 --> 00:52:54,671 PROGRESS. 1157 00:52:54,671 --> 00:52:55,772 >> I MAY SAY, THAT LAST HOUR, I 1158 00:52:55,772 --> 00:53:04,481 BELIEVE, IS PAID ON OVERTIME AND 1159 00:53:04,481 --> 00:53:06,049 WE WILL SEE THE IMPACT OF THAT 1160 00:53:06,049 --> 00:53:06,750 OVERTIME LATER IN THE 1161 00:53:06,750 --> 00:53:07,117 PRESENTATION. 1162 00:53:07,117 --> 00:53:09,686 >> THAT IS CORRECT . 1163 00:53:09,686 --> 00:53:10,754 >> THANK YOU. MOVING TO THIS 1164 00:53:10,754 --> 00:53:14,324 POINT, THE STAFFING PLAN ASSUMES 1165 00:53:14,324 --> 00:53:15,258 THAT 10 STUDENT OFFICERS 1166 00:53:15,258 --> 00:53:17,627 GRADUATING PER MONTH, ONLY 1167 00:53:17,627 --> 00:53:20,864 GRADUATING ABOUT SIX TO SEVEN 1168 00:53:20,864 --> 00:53:23,767 OFFICERS PER MONTH, UNLIKELY TO 1169 00:53:23,767 --> 00:53:26,736 REACH THAT GOAL BUT EVEN IF WE 1170 00:53:26,736 --> 00:53:27,938 DID, ARE WE SOLVING THE PROBLEM? 1171 00:53:27,938 --> 00:53:32,275 >> I WOULD SAY NO, COUNCILMEMBER 1172 00:53:32,275 --> 00:53:42,352 RINCK , AT 10, THERE WOULD -- 1173 00:53:42,352 --> 00:53:43,787 UNLESS SPD CAN BRING TO BEAR 1174 00:53:43,787 --> 00:53:44,888 ADDITIONAL FIELD TRAINING 1175 00:53:44,888 --> 00:53:48,558 OFFICERS. 1176 00:53:48,558 --> 00:53:48,892 >> THANK YOU. 1177 00:53:48,892 --> 00:53:53,296 >> IF I MAY, I WOULD SAY, WE 1178 00:53:53,296 --> 00:53:55,065 HAVE BEEN TRACKING THIS CLOSELY 1179 00:53:55,065 --> 00:53:58,368 AS WELL, WE ARE CONFIDENT WE CAN 1180 00:53:58,368 --> 00:54:02,472 AVERAGE 10 PER MONTH. IN MAY, WE 1181 00:54:02,472 --> 00:54:07,110 HAD 11 FOLKS WHO GRADUATED. WE 1182 00:54:07,110 --> 00:54:09,713 HAVE NOT YET ACHIEVED THE STATE 1183 00:54:09,713 --> 00:54:13,650 OF TEN OR MORE GRADUATING FROM 1184 00:54:13,650 --> 00:54:15,885 FTO, BUT WE THINK, WITH 1185 00:54:15,885 --> 00:54:20,757 ADDITIONAL FTOS WHO WILL BECOME 1186 00:54:20,757 --> 00:54:21,424 CERTIFIED IN THE JULY CLASS AND 1187 00:54:21,424 --> 00:54:23,093 MORE IN NOVEMBER, WE WILL 1188 00:54:23,093 --> 00:54:25,962 ADDRESS THIS. ADDITIONAL 1189 00:54:25,962 --> 00:54:31,501 CAPACITY FROM THE 130 FOLKS WHO 1190 00:54:31,501 --> 00:54:35,538 ARE CURRENTLY FTO CERTIFIED, 1191 00:54:35,538 --> 00:54:36,873 PROPERLY TRAINED TO TAKE OVER 1192 00:54:36,873 --> 00:54:41,978 TRAINEES, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING 1193 00:54:41,978 --> 00:54:46,950 WITH THE GUILD TO ENCOURAGE 1194 00:54:46,950 --> 00:54:47,951 FOLKS TO HELP THE ENTIRE 1195 00:54:47,951 --> 00:54:48,618 DEPARTMENT AND HELP THEMSELVES 1196 00:54:48,618 --> 00:54:52,322 WITH MORE TRAINEES. 1197 00:54:52,322 --> 00:54:55,325 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT . I HAVE 1198 00:54:55,325 --> 00:54:58,995 ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION. THANK 1199 00:54:58,995 --> 00:55:01,731 YOU, CHAIR. TODAY'S 1200 00:55:01,731 --> 00:55:04,134 PRESENTATION HAS OUTLINED THAT , 1201 00:55:04,134 --> 00:55:05,902 GIVEN THE TREND IN POLICE HIRING 1202 00:55:05,902 --> 00:55:07,470 THE DEPARTMENT IS ON TRACK TO 1203 00:55:07,470 --> 00:55:09,706 GREAT $1.7 MILLION IN UNFUNDED 1204 00:55:09,706 --> 00:55:11,608 SALARY COSTS BY THE END OF THIS 1205 00:55:11,608 --> 00:55:13,610 YEAR AND MY QUESTION TO THE 1206 00:55:13,610 --> 00:55:16,513 DIRECTOR , DOES THE CHIEF INTENT 1207 00:55:16,513 --> 00:55:19,182 TO SLOW HIRING TO MAKE SURE SPD 1208 00:55:19,182 --> 00:55:20,884 IS STAYING WITHIN THE APPROVED 1209 00:55:20,884 --> 00:55:25,355 BUDGET ? 1210 00:55:25,355 --> 00:55:25,989 >> I WOULD SAY THAT IS ON THE 1211 00:55:25,989 --> 00:55:30,994 TABLE. WE ARE LOOKING AT 1212 00:55:30,994 --> 00:55:35,765 CONTRACTS, NON-SWORN 1213 00:55:35,765 --> 00:55:40,103 EXPENDITURES , IT IS POSSIBLE IT 1214 00:55:40,103 --> 00:55:41,938 IS NOT ENOUGH SAVINGS, WE WILL 1215 00:55:41,938 --> 00:55:44,140 NOT SHRINK THE POLICE FORCE BUT 1216 00:55:44,140 --> 00:55:46,776 SLOW THE GROWTH IN THE POLICE 1217 00:55:46,776 --> 00:55:49,112 FORCE FOR THE REMAINING SIX 1218 00:55:49,112 --> 00:55:52,582 MONTHS OF THE YEAR SO WE STAY 1219 00:55:52,582 --> 00:55:56,052 WITHIN OUR 2026 BUDGET. IN 1220 00:55:56,052 --> 00:55:59,989 RECOGNITION THE DIRE STRAITS THE 1221 00:55:59,989 --> 00:56:01,558 GENERAL FUND FINDS ITSELF IN 1222 00:56:01,558 --> 00:56:04,327 THIS YEAR. WE DO NOT FEEL LIKE 1223 00:56:04,327 --> 00:56:11,334 THERE IS EXTRA MONEY. 1224 00:56:11,334 --> 00:56:11,968 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT, DIRECTOR, 1225 00:56:11,968 --> 00:56:12,402 THANK YOU, CHAIR. 1226 00:56:12,402 --> 00:56:15,739 >> THANK YOU , COUNCILMEMBER 1227 00:56:15,739 --> 00:56:17,707 RINCK . AS CHAIR OF PUBLIC 1228 00:56:17,707 --> 00:56:19,342 SAFETY AND OF THE FINANCE BUDGET 1229 00:56:19,342 --> 00:56:24,681 COMMITTEE, INDICATED SPD TO 1230 00:56:24,681 --> 00:56:28,618 CONTINUE THE HIRING TO MAINTAIN 1231 00:56:28,618 --> 00:56:30,286 FOR OTHER REASONS IT IS 1232 00:56:30,286 --> 00:56:31,554 IMPORTANT TO DO SO. I DID NOT 1233 00:56:31,554 --> 00:56:33,957 KNOW, WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER 1234 00:56:33,957 --> 00:56:38,061 FOSTER JOINING US , I DID NOT 1235 00:56:38,061 --> 00:56:39,429 KNOW UNTIL I SAW HER ON MY 1236 00:56:39,429 --> 00:56:46,736 SCREEN. YOU ARE WELCOME. 1237 00:56:46,736 --> 00:56:47,003 QUESTION? 1238 00:56:47,003 --> 00:56:49,005 >> I DO. IT IS BRIEF, I 1239 00:56:49,005 --> 00:56:50,573 APPRECIATE THE UPDATE AND 1240 00:56:50,573 --> 00:56:54,711 NUMBERS ON THE 30 BY 30. SORRY 1241 00:56:54,711 --> 00:56:57,313 ABOUT MY DOG. WHEN IT COMES TO 1242 00:56:57,313 --> 00:57:00,817 SEPARATIONS, ANY NOTICEABLE 1243 00:57:00,817 --> 00:57:04,487 SEPARATION BY GENDER? 1244 00:57:04,487 --> 00:57:09,225 >> WE DO TRACK THAT NUMBER, I DO 1245 00:57:09,225 --> 00:57:10,560 NOT HAVE THAT WITH ME RIGHT NOW. 1246 00:57:10,560 --> 00:57:17,300 I WILL GET THAT TO YOU LATER. 1247 00:57:17,300 --> 00:57:17,801 >> I COULD NOT HEAR THE 1248 00:57:17,801 --> 00:57:18,067 QUESTION. 1249 00:57:18,067 --> 00:57:21,538 >> IT WAS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT 1250 00:57:21,538 --> 00:57:23,440 SPD SEPARATES SEPARATION BY 1251 00:57:23,440 --> 00:57:28,044 GENDER -- TRACKS SEPARATION BY 1252 00:57:28,044 --> 00:57:32,382 GENDER? 1253 00:57:32,382 --> 00:57:35,051 >> I DO NOT HAVE THE ANSWER. I 1254 00:57:35,051 --> 00:57:36,986 BELIEVE WE COULD ANSWER IT, BUT 1255 00:57:36,986 --> 00:57:39,789 NOT IN REAL TIME, I WILL FOLLOW 1256 00:57:39,789 --> 00:57:43,893 UP WITH YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. 1257 00:57:43,893 --> 00:57:46,296 >> OKAY. THANK YOU, 1258 00:57:46,296 --> 00:57:49,232 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. I WILL 1259 00:57:49,232 --> 00:57:52,969 NOTE, I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO 1260 00:57:52,969 --> 00:57:53,803 A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT 1261 00:57:53,803 --> 00:57:56,773 FOR FIELD TRAINING. IT IS SO 1262 00:57:56,773 --> 00:57:59,642 IMPORTANT, AS MY AIR FORCE 1263 00:57:59,642 --> 00:58:01,077 COLLEAGUE KNOWS THAT TRAINING IS 1264 00:58:01,077 --> 00:58:03,580 PARAMOUNT FOR THE NEXT 1265 00:58:03,580 --> 00:58:06,349 GENERATION. SOMETHING LOOKED 1266 00:58:06,349 --> 00:58:09,252 UPON FAVORABLY WITHIN THE 1267 00:58:09,252 --> 00:58:10,887 MILITARY CIRCLES. THIS IS 1268 00:58:10,887 --> 00:58:12,822 SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE A GREAT 1269 00:58:12,822 --> 00:58:14,924 OPPORTUNITY FOR SWORN OFFICERS 1270 00:58:14,924 --> 00:58:16,426 FOR THE NEXT GENERATION, WE HAVE 1271 00:58:16,426 --> 00:58:19,028 TO MAINTAIN THE 30 BY 30 , AT 1272 00:58:19,028 --> 00:58:26,536 LEAST 80 BY 20, AS THE NATIONAL 1273 00:58:26,536 --> 00:58:27,170 TRENDS ARE, AT LEAST THAT. MR. 1274 00:58:27,170 --> 00:58:30,740 DOSS, CAN YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT 1275 00:58:30,740 --> 00:58:33,476 SESSION ? 1276 00:58:33,476 --> 00:58:38,681 >> I WANTED TO GIVE THE DIRECTOR 1277 00:58:38,681 --> 00:58:40,483 AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE AN UPDATE 1278 00:58:40,483 --> 00:58:42,185 ON THE 30 BY 30 NUMBERS. SINCE 1279 00:58:42,185 --> 00:58:44,220 THE TIME OF THE WORK BEING PUT 1280 00:58:44,220 --> 00:58:46,523 TOGETHER, IT HAS MOVED A LITTLE 1281 00:58:46,523 --> 00:58:48,858 BIT AND DO NOT WANT TO BURY 1282 00:58:48,858 --> 00:58:52,262 THAT. 1283 00:58:52,262 --> 00:59:02,772 >> HAPPY TO DO THAT. AM I OFF 1284 00:59:03,139 --> 00:59:03,273 MUTE? 1285 00:59:03,273 --> 00:59:03,506 >> YES. 1286 00:59:03,506 --> 00:59:07,844 >> YEAR TO DATE, WE HAVE MADE 1287 00:59:07,844 --> 00:59:08,845 PROGRESS IN HIRING FEMALE 1288 00:59:08,845 --> 00:59:12,282 OFFICERS . WE ARE NOT YET AT 1289 00:59:12,282 --> 00:59:20,189 30%, BUT INCREASING OVER PAST 1290 00:59:20,189 --> 00:59:21,057 YEARS. AT 17% OF THE NEW HIRES, 1291 00:59:21,057 --> 00:59:28,898 THAT IS A TOTAL OF 16 OF 95 1292 00:59:28,898 --> 00:59:30,533 OFFICERS HIRED IN 2026 ARE 1293 00:59:30,533 --> 00:59:41,010 FEMALE. 79 OR 83% ARE MALE. 1294 00:59:42,812 --> 00:59:43,313 ANOTHER QUESTIONS? 1295 00:59:43,313 --> 00:59:48,751 >> I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GIVE 1296 00:59:48,751 --> 00:59:50,186 THAT UPDATE. 1297 00:59:50,186 --> 00:59:55,158 >> I WOULD SEIZE THE MOMENT AND 1298 00:59:55,158 --> 00:59:56,259 LET YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS 1299 00:59:56,259 --> 00:59:57,994 GOAL IS FOR THE DEPARTMENT. WE 1300 00:59:57,994 --> 01:00:00,496 ARE COMMITTED TO CONTINUE 1301 01:00:00,496 --> 01:00:03,299 IMPROVEMENT IN THIS REGARD. 1302 01:00:03,299 --> 01:00:04,300 RECOGNIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS 1303 01:00:04,300 --> 01:00:06,536 FOR THE CITY , POLICE 1304 01:00:06,536 --> 01:00:14,711 DEPARTMENT, AND FOR THE PEOPLE 1305 01:00:14,711 --> 01:00:17,880 WE ALL SERVE, IT MAY MORE APTLY 1306 01:00:17,880 --> 01:00:20,617 REFLECT THE GENDER SPLIT ON THE 1307 01:00:20,617 --> 01:00:21,718 POLICE FORCE SO IT LOOKS MORE 1308 01:00:21,718 --> 01:00:23,386 LIKE THE PEOPLE WE ARE 1309 01:00:23,386 --> 01:00:33,663 PROTECTING IN THE COMMUNITY. 1310 01:00:33,663 --> 01:00:34,530 >> THANK YOU, MR. EDER. MR. 1311 01:00:34,530 --> 01:00:34,731 DOSS? 1312 01:00:34,731 --> 01:00:39,635 >> OVERTIME MONITORING. WE WILL 1313 01:00:39,635 --> 01:00:44,073 START OFF, SLIDE 10, POINT OUT, 1314 01:00:44,073 --> 01:00:47,844 WHAT WILL JUMP OUT RIGHT AWAY ON 1315 01:00:47,844 --> 01:00:49,779 THIS TABLE YOU ARE LOOKING AT, 1316 01:00:49,779 --> 01:00:51,948 THE BUDGET FOR OVERTIME BETWEEN 1317 01:00:51,948 --> 01:00:54,384 2022 AND 2026 HAS GROWN 1318 01:00:54,384 --> 01:00:57,787 SIGNIFICANTLY. IT IS IMPORTANT 1319 01:00:57,787 --> 01:01:01,557 TO POINT OUT THAT THAT BUDGET IS 1320 01:01:01,557 --> 01:01:02,392 GROWING SIGNIFICANTLY , NOT 1321 01:01:02,392 --> 01:01:04,727 BECAUSE SPD IS NECESSARY USING 1322 01:01:04,727 --> 01:01:06,863 MORE OVERTIME HOURS IN THE FIRST 1323 01:01:06,863 --> 01:01:09,399 QUARTER OF EACH YEAR, IT IS 1324 01:01:09,399 --> 01:01:11,267 USING ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF 1325 01:01:11,267 --> 01:01:13,269 OVERTIME HOURS IN THE FIRST 1326 01:01:13,269 --> 01:01:14,937 QUARTER EACH YEAR . IT WAS 1327 01:01:14,937 --> 01:01:19,642 SLIGHTLY DOWN IN 2026. WHAT YOU 1328 01:01:19,642 --> 01:01:22,278 ARE SEEING, THE INFLATION IN THE 1329 01:01:22,278 --> 01:01:24,580 NUMBERS, STRICTLY RELATED TO THE 1330 01:01:24,580 --> 01:01:28,651 INCREASES THAT CAME FROM THE 1331 01:01:28,651 --> 01:01:30,820 CONTRACT, AS WAGES GROW , 1332 01:01:30,820 --> 01:01:33,523 OVERTIME WAGES GROW, AS YOU CAN 1333 01:01:33,523 --> 01:01:34,690 SEE ON THE FIRST BULLET, THERE 1334 01:01:34,690 --> 01:01:36,759 IS A BREAKDOWN FOR HOW THIS 1335 01:01:36,759 --> 01:01:40,029 CONTRACT IS AFFECTING OVERTIME 1336 01:01:40,029 --> 01:01:43,699 AND SPENDING OVERALL . LAST 1337 01:01:43,699 --> 01:01:45,568 YEAR, GOOD NEWS, SPD CAME IN 1338 01:01:45,568 --> 01:01:47,403 CLOSE TO ITS OVERTIME BUDGET AND 1339 01:01:47,403 --> 01:01:51,107 MORE GOOD NEWS, IT IS ON TRACK , 1340 01:01:51,107 --> 01:01:53,576 SO FAR THIS YEAR, TO STAY WITHIN 1341 01:01:53,576 --> 01:01:56,345 ITS OVERTIME BUDGET. IF YOU LOOK 1342 01:01:56,345 --> 01:01:58,448 AT THE LAST LINE ON THE TABLE IN 1343 01:01:58,448 --> 01:02:01,384 2026, YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE IS 1344 01:02:01,384 --> 01:02:05,388 A STAR BY THE 34%, THERE WAS A 1345 01:02:05,388 --> 01:02:08,124 RETRO PAYMENT FOR THE CONTRACT 1346 01:02:08,124 --> 01:02:09,559 IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS 1347 01:02:09,559 --> 01:02:11,394 YEAR , THAT THROWS OUT OF 1348 01:02:11,394 --> 01:02:13,429 BALANCE THE COMPARISON WITH 1349 01:02:13,429 --> 01:02:15,798 PRIOR YEARS . IF YOU TAKE INTO 1350 01:02:15,798 --> 01:02:19,469 ACCOUNT THAT SPOG PAYMENT AND 1351 01:02:19,469 --> 01:02:20,703 TAKEN OUT OF THE EQUATION, SPD 1352 01:02:20,703 --> 01:02:23,739 IS RUNNING ABOUT 24% OF ITS 1353 01:02:23,739 --> 01:02:25,908 BUDGET IN THE FIRST QUARTER. 1354 01:02:25,908 --> 01:02:28,377 HIGHER THAN IT COULD BE EVEN THE 1355 01:02:28,377 --> 01:02:30,713 FACT THIS IS SEASONAL WORK BUT 1356 01:02:30,713 --> 01:02:33,783 IT DOES NOT SHOW ANY SIGN OF 1357 01:02:33,783 --> 01:02:37,787 GOING OVER THE BUDGET. DIVING A 1358 01:02:37,787 --> 01:02:39,755 LITTLE DEEPER INTO WHAT IS GOING 1359 01:02:39,755 --> 01:02:42,024 ON WITH OVERTIME , I THINK THAT 1360 01:02:42,024 --> 01:02:43,059 IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE 1361 01:02:43,059 --> 01:02:47,296 UNDERSTANDING THE TRENDS , 1362 01:02:47,296 --> 01:02:51,033 UNDERSTANDS WHETHER OR NOT SPD 1363 01:02:51,033 --> 01:02:52,468 WILL STAY WITHIN THEIR BUDGET 1364 01:02:52,468 --> 01:02:54,203 THIS YEAR . THE FIRST THING I 1365 01:02:54,203 --> 01:02:57,073 WOULD POINT OUT, OVERTIME IN THE 1366 01:02:57,073 --> 01:02:58,307 PATROL PRECINCTS IS DOWN 1367 01:02:58,307 --> 01:03:01,611 SIGNIFICANTLY. DOWN BY ABOUT 29% 1368 01:03:01,611 --> 01:03:04,213 IN THE FIRST QUARTER. THIS WAS 1369 01:03:04,213 --> 01:03:07,650 BECAUSE OF PATROL PRECINCTS 1370 01:03:07,650 --> 01:03:11,821 PAIRING BACK ON THE USE OF 1371 01:03:11,821 --> 01:03:13,055 OFFICER OVERTIME FOR SPECIAL 1372 01:03:13,055 --> 01:03:17,527 EMPHASIS, COUNTER NARCOTICS AND 1373 01:03:17,527 --> 01:03:18,661 THEFT EMPHASIS GOT PARED BACK IN 1374 01:03:18,661 --> 01:03:20,563 THE FIRST QUARTER. THAT RESULTED 1375 01:03:20,563 --> 01:03:22,198 IN SOME SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS OF 1376 01:03:22,198 --> 01:03:25,701 THE OVERTIME BUDGET. YOU CAN SEE 1377 01:03:25,701 --> 01:03:28,371 EVENTS ARE QUITE A BIT HIGHER, 1378 01:03:28,371 --> 01:03:33,009 THAT IS AN EASY ONE. ALL OF THAT 1379 01:03:33,009 --> 01:03:36,879 IS REIMBURSED . THE LAST 1380 01:03:36,879 --> 01:03:40,516 IMPORTANT FORCE DRIVING OVERTIME 1381 01:03:40,516 --> 01:03:43,920 SPENDING HAS TO DO WITH TRAINING 1382 01:03:43,920 --> 01:03:45,588 , QUITE A BIT OF TRAINING IN THE 1383 01:03:45,588 --> 01:03:48,257 FIRST QUARTER DOING TO DO WITH 1384 01:03:48,257 --> 01:03:50,026 FIFA, THAT TRAINING, GOOD NEWS, 1385 01:03:50,026 --> 01:03:52,361 ALL REIMBURSABLE. I SHOULD POINT 1386 01:03:52,361 --> 01:03:57,333 OUT THAT THERE WERE QUITE A BIT 1387 01:03:57,333 --> 01:04:01,237 OF HOURS USED IN THE TRAINING OF 1388 01:04:01,237 --> 01:04:04,807 STUDENT OFFICERS. ABOUT 7200 1389 01:04:04,807 --> 01:04:12,682 HOURS OR $900,000 USED FOR FIELD 1390 01:04:12,682 --> 01:04:16,419 TRAINING FOR NEW OFFICERS. THERE 1391 01:04:16,419 --> 01:04:22,258 WERE ABOUT 3000 HOURS USED FOR 1392 01:04:22,258 --> 01:04:23,292 FIELD TRAINING OF NEW OFFICERS 1393 01:04:23,292 --> 01:04:24,594 AND THAT EXTRA HOUR OF OVERTIME 1394 01:04:24,594 --> 01:04:25,795 WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THAT IS 1395 01:04:25,795 --> 01:04:30,066 IMPACTING THE OVERTIME BUDGET IN 1396 01:04:30,066 --> 01:04:33,569 -- I DO NOT WANT IS A 1397 01:04:33,569 --> 01:04:35,204 SIGNIFICANT WAY BUT ONE OF THE 1398 01:04:35,204 --> 01:04:39,342 TRENDS DRIVING THE SPENDING 1399 01:04:39,342 --> 01:04:44,247 RIGHT NOW. DID YOU WANT ME TO 1400 01:04:44,247 --> 01:04:48,084 STOP, MR. CHAIR, AT THE END OF 1401 01:04:48,084 --> 01:04:48,417 THIS SECTION? 1402 01:04:48,417 --> 01:04:52,321 >> YES. COLLEAGUES , ANY 1403 01:04:52,321 --> 01:04:55,925 QUESTIONS ? QUESTIONS REGARDING 1404 01:04:55,925 --> 01:04:59,929 OVERTIME ? OKAY. PROCEED. 1405 01:04:59,929 --> 01:05:07,937 >> RESPONSE TIMES. THIS IS A 1406 01:05:07,937 --> 01:05:10,940 TABLE I SHOW EVERY YEAR, 1407 01:05:10,940 --> 01:05:12,108 RESPONSE TIME TO PRIORITY ONE 1408 01:05:12,108 --> 01:05:14,210 CALLS HAS NOT CHANGED, ABOUT 10 1409 01:05:14,210 --> 01:05:16,112 MINUTES ON AVERAGE AND SEVEN 1410 01:05:16,112 --> 01:05:18,981 MINUTES IN THE MEDIAN . WHAT IS 1411 01:05:18,981 --> 01:05:21,150 SIGNIFICANT ABOUT THAT, IT HAS 1412 01:05:21,150 --> 01:05:24,086 BEEN A 12% VOLUME INCREASE , 1413 01:05:24,086 --> 01:05:26,155 OFFICERS HAVE FOUND A WAY TO 1414 01:05:26,155 --> 01:05:29,392 MAINTAIN RESPONSE TIMES EVEN 1415 01:05:29,392 --> 01:05:30,559 WHEN THERE HAVE BEEN MORE CALLS, 1416 01:05:30,559 --> 01:05:32,628 SOME MAYBE BECAUSE OF 1417 01:05:32,628 --> 01:05:35,197 ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE , HELPING 1418 01:05:35,197 --> 01:05:36,599 OFFICERS AND FREEING UP THEIR 1419 01:05:36,599 --> 01:05:38,901 TIME SO THEY CAN MOVE ON TO 1420 01:05:38,901 --> 01:05:39,902 OTHER TIMES , SOMETHING 1421 01:05:39,902 --> 01:05:41,270 DEPARTMENT AS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE 1422 01:05:41,270 --> 01:05:43,472 PAST , LAST YEAR DURING THIS 1423 01:05:43,472 --> 01:05:45,408 PRESENTATION. THERE IS, AT THE 1424 01:05:45,408 --> 01:05:48,477 BOTTOM, A TABLE SHOWING THE 1425 01:05:48,477 --> 01:05:50,780 NUMBER OF CALLS SPD HAS NOT 1426 01:05:50,780 --> 01:05:53,849 RESPONDED TO COME SMALL, 36 1427 01:05:53,849 --> 01:06:00,256 CALLS OUT OF 39,000 . ONE 10th 1428 01:06:00,256 --> 01:06:05,728 OF A PERCENT. SMALLER THAN THAT. 1429 01:06:05,728 --> 01:06:11,434 I PROVIDE THIS TABLE SHOWING A 1430 01:06:11,434 --> 01:06:13,469 HISTORY OF 911 RESPONSE TIMES BY 1431 01:06:13,469 --> 01:06:16,072 PRECINCT. SO THAT COUNCILMEMBERS 1432 01:06:16,072 --> 01:06:19,408 CAN SEE ON AVERAGE WITHIN THEIR 1433 01:06:19,408 --> 01:06:22,978 DISTRICTS HOW AVERAGE RESPONSE 1434 01:06:22,978 --> 01:06:26,415 TIME TO LOOK. THE THING TO POINT 1435 01:06:26,415 --> 01:06:30,386 OUT, IT REALLY HAS NOT VARIED A 1436 01:06:30,386 --> 01:06:36,192 LOT, NO DISTINCT PATTERN. TIMES 1437 01:06:36,192 --> 01:06:39,261 IT MAY BE UP OR DOWN SLIGHTLY, 1438 01:06:39,261 --> 01:06:41,497 REFLECTING PATTERNS AND 1439 01:06:41,497 --> 01:06:43,366 DEPLOYMENT OF CRIME IN A 1440 01:06:43,366 --> 01:06:45,634 PARTICULAR AREA. NOT A 1441 01:06:45,634 --> 01:06:47,503 SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE ANYWHERE. 1442 01:06:47,503 --> 01:06:50,973 THAT IS LIKELY BECAUSE, AS WE 1443 01:06:50,973 --> 01:06:53,876 SAW EARLIER, THERE HAVE BEEN 1444 01:06:53,876 --> 01:06:59,315 ABOUT 490 FOLKS CONSISTENTLY IN 1445 01:06:59,315 --> 01:07:02,451 PATROL SINCE 2023. ONCE WE START 1446 01:07:02,451 --> 01:07:08,157 SEETING MORE FOLKS IN PATROL, 1447 01:07:08,157 --> 01:07:09,525 THERE MAY BE A MORE STEADY TREND 1448 01:07:09,525 --> 01:07:12,027 IN RESPONSE TIMES. I AM NOT 1449 01:07:12,027 --> 01:07:15,097 GOING TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME 1450 01:07:15,097 --> 01:07:16,098 RECAPPING THE ISSUES WE HAVE 1451 01:07:16,098 --> 01:07:17,466 DISCUSSED, I WOULD POINT OUT 1452 01:07:17,466 --> 01:07:23,339 THAT , IF SPD WILL REACH 174 NET 1453 01:07:23,339 --> 01:07:24,073 NEW HIRES BY THE END OF THE 1454 01:07:24,073 --> 01:07:28,077 YEAR, THEY WILL HAVE TO DO SO BY 1455 01:07:28,077 --> 01:07:29,745 FINDING OTHER WAYS TO SAVE 1456 01:07:29,745 --> 01:07:32,515 WITHIN THEIR BUDGET. AS I SAID 1457 01:07:32,515 --> 01:07:36,218 BEFORE , SPD IS NOT SHOWING 1458 01:07:36,218 --> 01:07:37,253 SIGNS OF AN OVERTIME PROBLEM 1459 01:07:37,253 --> 01:07:39,522 THIS YEAR BUT A BIG PART OF THAT 1460 01:07:39,522 --> 01:07:40,723 IS BECAUSE THERE WAS A 30% 1461 01:07:40,723 --> 01:07:41,590 REDUCTION IN EMPHASIS IN 1462 01:07:41,590 --> 01:07:44,026 SPENDING IN THE FIRST QUARTER. 1463 01:07:44,026 --> 01:07:45,694 AS THE DEPARTMENT RAMPS UP IN 1464 01:07:45,694 --> 01:07:50,766 SPENDING ON EMPHASIS IN THE 12th 1465 01:07:50,766 --> 01:07:51,801 AND JACKSON AREA OR DOWNTOWN 1466 01:07:51,801 --> 01:07:55,905 THEY MAY REQUIRE MORE OVERTIME. 1467 01:07:55,905 --> 01:07:59,175 THAT IS IT. ARE THERE ANY 1468 01:07:59,175 --> 01:08:01,043 QUESTIONS . 1469 01:08:01,043 --> 01:08:05,014 >> THANK YOU, MR. DOSS. VICE 1470 01:08:05,014 --> 01:08:05,247 CHAIR? 1471 01:08:05,247 --> 01:08:13,522 >> THANK YOU MR. DOSS AND EDER 1472 01:08:13,522 --> 01:08:16,759 FOR THE PRESENTATION . A LOVE 1473 01:08:16,759 --> 01:08:17,993 ENCOURAGING SIGNS AND DATA, 1474 01:08:17,993 --> 01:08:20,162 HIGHLIGHTING THE MOMENTUM AND 1475 01:08:20,162 --> 01:08:23,265 COLLECTIVE ACTIONS THAT MANY OF 1476 01:08:23,265 --> 01:08:25,901 US ON THIS COUNCIL HAVE TAKEN . 1477 01:08:25,901 --> 01:08:28,838 IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO 1478 01:08:28,838 --> 01:08:30,105 SPECIFICALLY BOOST OFFICER 1479 01:08:30,105 --> 01:08:32,942 HIRING AND RECRUITMENT . AND 1480 01:08:32,942 --> 01:08:36,846 MORALE . THROUGH THE VARIOUS 1481 01:08:36,846 --> 01:08:39,715 PRECINCT VISITS . SHOWING UP AND 1482 01:08:39,715 --> 01:08:42,985 SUPPORTING ALL OF OUR FIRST 1483 01:08:42,985 --> 01:08:46,922 RESPONDERS INCLUDING SPD , 1484 01:08:46,922 --> 01:08:49,825 VARIOUS PIECES OF LEGISLATION TO 1485 01:08:49,825 --> 01:08:54,463 STREAMLINE AND BOOST THE OFFICER 1486 01:08:54,463 --> 01:08:57,867 HIRING PROCESS , ET CETERA, ET 1487 01:08:57,867 --> 01:09:03,639 CETERA. RECORD HIRING, INCLUDING 1488 01:09:03,639 --> 01:09:05,407 THE COVETED LATERAL HIRES , 1489 01:09:05,407 --> 01:09:08,410 HIRING SURGE IF YOU WILL, GREAT 1490 01:09:08,410 --> 01:09:12,314 AND RETENTION. THE BOTTLENECK 1491 01:09:12,314 --> 01:09:13,616 WITH RESPECT TO TRAINING 1492 01:09:13,616 --> 01:09:19,021 OFFICERS. FIRST QUESTION 1493 01:09:19,021 --> 01:09:23,158 PERTAINS TO THAT BOTTLENECK . IT 1494 01:09:23,158 --> 01:09:26,362 SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS 16 FOLKS 1495 01:09:26,362 --> 01:09:30,332 THAT ARE A WAITING FIELD 1496 01:09:30,332 --> 01:09:33,035 TRAINING OFFICER ASSIGNMENT OF 1497 01:09:33,035 --> 01:09:35,704 SOME SORT AND PERFORM OTHER 1498 01:09:35,704 --> 01:09:41,277 DUTIES THAT WERE DESCRIBED. HOW 1499 01:09:41,277 --> 01:09:44,813 LONG IS THE AVERAGE LATENCY 1500 01:09:44,813 --> 01:09:48,117 PERIOD WHEREBY AN OFFICER IS 1501 01:09:48,117 --> 01:09:53,956 WAITING FOR A FTO TO BE ASSIGNED 1502 01:09:53,956 --> 01:09:56,125 ? HOW LONG IS THE AVERAGE WEIGHT 1503 01:09:56,125 --> 01:10:00,162 OR LATENCY PERIOD FOR THAT? 1504 01:10:00,162 --> 01:10:02,398 >> PRIOR TO THIS YEAR, THERE HAD 1505 01:10:02,398 --> 01:10:04,733 NOT BEEN A WEIGHT, THERE WAS A 1506 01:10:04,733 --> 01:10:07,970 FIELD TRAINING OFFICER , A 1507 01:10:07,970 --> 01:10:09,138 STUDENT OFFICER HAD COMPLETED 1508 01:10:09,138 --> 01:10:12,741 HIS OR HER CLASSROOM TRAINING, 1509 01:10:12,741 --> 01:10:14,643 CLASSROOM TRAINING , YOU WOULD 1510 01:10:14,643 --> 01:10:16,478 IMMEDIATELY BE ASSIGNED A FIELD 1511 01:10:16,478 --> 01:10:19,882 TRAINING OFFICER TO BE IN THE 1512 01:10:19,882 --> 01:10:21,517 FIELD FOR TRAINING. 1513 01:10:21,517 --> 01:10:26,221 >> RECENT HISTORY . HOW LONG , 1514 01:10:26,221 --> 01:10:28,123 THIS IS A NEWER PROBLEM OR NEWER 1515 01:10:28,123 --> 01:10:29,091 PHENOMENON, WHAT IS THE AVERAGE 1516 01:10:29,091 --> 01:10:32,795 WE ARE SEEING SINCE WE STARTED 1517 01:10:32,795 --> 01:10:35,097 OBSERVING THIS CHALLENGE ? A 1518 01:10:35,097 --> 01:10:37,099 MATTER OF WEEKS , ARE WE TALKING 1519 01:10:37,099 --> 01:10:40,469 MONTHS ? A COUPLE OF MONTHS ? 1520 01:10:40,469 --> 01:10:42,871 >> I WILL LET MR. EDER ANSWER 1521 01:10:42,871 --> 01:10:49,812 THAT . AS THE BACKLOG ROSE, EVEN 1522 01:10:49,812 --> 01:10:54,950 IF THE SPD IS ABLE TO GRADUATE 1523 01:10:54,950 --> 01:11:01,423 10 PER MONTH, THERE WILL BE 153 1524 01:11:01,423 --> 01:11:02,057 BACKLOG AT THE END OF THE YEAR, 1525 01:11:02,057 --> 01:11:03,726 UNLESS THERE ARE MORE FIELD 1526 01:11:03,726 --> 01:11:06,061 TRAINING OFFICERS BROUGHT INTO 1527 01:11:06,061 --> 01:11:09,465 THE FOLD. IT WILL CERTAINLY 1528 01:11:09,465 --> 01:11:13,636 GROW. I WILL LET MR. EDER GIVE 1529 01:11:13,636 --> 01:11:15,671 YOU MORE DETAIL . 1530 01:11:15,671 --> 01:11:17,273 >> I DON'T HAVE A READY ANSWER, 1531 01:11:17,273 --> 01:11:21,277 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, I WILL 1532 01:11:21,277 --> 01:11:23,212 FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. 1533 01:11:23,212 --> 01:11:26,982 >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. 1534 01:11:26,982 --> 01:11:30,586 THIS IS DIRECTED AT MR. EDER, 30 1535 01:11:30,586 --> 01:11:34,156 BY 30 INITIATIVE , VERY 1536 01:11:34,156 --> 01:11:34,957 IMPORTANT STRATEGIC PRIORITY OF 1537 01:11:34,957 --> 01:11:38,127 THIS COUNCIL , A PRIME SPONSOR 1538 01:11:38,127 --> 01:11:39,762 OF THIS LEGISLATION WITH MY 1539 01:11:39,762 --> 01:11:41,830 COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBERS RIVERA 1540 01:11:41,830 --> 01:11:45,234 AND I BELIEVE FOR COUNCILMEMBER 1541 01:11:45,234 --> 01:11:50,939 MOORE, TO CREATE DEPOSITION AND 1542 01:11:50,939 --> 01:12:01,183 AUTHORIZE LEGISLATION, 70% -- 1543 01:12:01,183 --> 01:12:01,784 17% OF CURRENT HIRES BY THIS 1544 01:12:01,784 --> 01:12:04,520 YEAR ARE WOMEN, HOW DOES THAT 1545 01:12:04,520 --> 01:12:08,257 COMPARE OVER THE LAST TWO OR 1546 01:12:08,257 --> 01:12:11,727 THREE YEARS? 1547 01:12:11,727 --> 01:12:13,162 >> I APOLOGIZE, I DO NOT HAVE A 1548 01:12:13,162 --> 01:12:15,798 READY ANSWER FOR PAST YEARS , I 1549 01:12:15,798 --> 01:12:18,400 KNOW THE STATS FOR THIS YEAR, 1550 01:12:18,400 --> 01:12:21,503 THAT IS MORE, AS A PERCENT OF 1551 01:12:21,503 --> 01:12:26,141 THE TOTAL HIRES, A HIGHER 1552 01:12:26,141 --> 01:12:28,043 PROPORTION OF FEMALE HIRES THIS 1553 01:12:28,043 --> 01:12:31,046 YEAR THAN IN YEARS PAST BUT I DO 1554 01:12:31,046 --> 01:12:34,650 NOT HAVE THE ANSWER. ABOUT HOW 1555 01:12:34,650 --> 01:12:36,385 THIS COMPARES TO PREVIOUS YEARS 1556 01:12:36,385 --> 01:12:39,588 IN PERCENT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS 1557 01:12:39,588 --> 01:12:40,856 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FEMALE 1558 01:12:40,856 --> 01:12:49,732 OFFICERS HIRED SO FAR THIS YEAR 1559 01:12:49,732 --> 01:12:53,802 AS OF MID-JUNE, EXCEEDS THE 1560 01:12:53,802 --> 01:12:56,338 NUMBERS OF ALL OF 2025. 1561 01:12:56,338 --> 01:12:56,672 >> GO AHEAD. 1562 01:12:56,672 --> 01:13:02,845 >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR EDER , 1563 01:13:02,845 --> 01:13:03,912 THAT LAST PIECE WAS IMPORTANT 1564 01:13:03,912 --> 01:13:05,314 AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE BEGINNING 1565 01:13:05,314 --> 01:13:06,949 OF THE HIRING SURGE, WHICH 1566 01:13:06,949 --> 01:13:10,719 STARTED ABOUT FALL OFF 2024, 1567 01:13:10,719 --> 01:13:12,554 LOOK TO THE END OF LAST YEAR, 1568 01:13:12,554 --> 01:13:18,827 DECEMBER OF 2025, 10% OF THE 1569 01:13:18,827 --> 01:13:21,497 HIRES WERE FEMAIL. THE BEGINNING 1570 01:13:21,497 --> 01:13:27,236 -- FEMALE. FOLLOW 2024 TO THE 1571 01:13:27,236 --> 01:13:29,371 END OF LAST YEAR, THE HIRING HAD 1572 01:13:29,371 --> 01:13:32,608 BEEN ALL THE WAY THROUGH MARCH 1573 01:13:32,608 --> 01:13:33,575 OF THIS YEAR, THE HIRING HAD 1574 01:13:33,575 --> 01:13:37,412 BEEN ABOUT 10% . IT HAS JUMPED 1575 01:13:37,412 --> 01:13:40,649 UP RECENTLY AND NOW , IF YOU 1576 01:13:40,649 --> 01:13:42,151 LOOK AT JUST THIS YEAR BY 1577 01:13:42,151 --> 01:13:46,421 ITSELF, 17% OF HIRES. 1578 01:13:46,421 --> 01:13:49,992 >> OKAY. THAT IS ENCOURAGING AND 1579 01:13:49,992 --> 01:13:54,396 IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO 1580 01:13:54,396 --> 01:13:57,800 ALIGN ON A SHARED SET OF FACTS . 1581 01:13:57,800 --> 01:13:59,701 AND THE RAW DATA FROM THIS YEAR 1582 01:13:59,701 --> 01:14:03,472 ALONE IS LIMITED WITHOUT 1583 01:14:03,472 --> 01:14:05,874 ADDITIONAL CONTEXT. WE TALKED 1584 01:14:05,874 --> 01:14:10,712 ABOUT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, 1585 01:14:10,712 --> 01:14:16,151 TO HAVE A -- SOME COMPARISONS IF 1586 01:14:16,151 --> 01:14:18,287 YOU WILL, THAT IS THE ONLY WAY 1587 01:14:18,287 --> 01:14:21,790 CAN TRACK AND MONITOR PROGRESS 1588 01:14:21,790 --> 01:14:23,091 AND HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE 1589 01:14:23,091 --> 01:14:27,362 FOR RESULTS . I APPRECIATE. 10% 1590 01:14:27,362 --> 01:14:34,336 , ROUGHLY, IN THIS CASE, MORE 1591 01:14:34,336 --> 01:14:36,004 COMPELLING FIGURE OR SET OF 1592 01:14:36,004 --> 01:14:39,341 STATS IS THE PERCENTAGE . 1593 01:14:39,341 --> 01:14:42,544 ROUGHLY 10% SINCE 2024 ON 1594 01:14:42,544 --> 01:14:45,514 AVERAGE AND NOW , ESPECIALLY 1595 01:14:45,514 --> 01:14:54,756 WITH THE SURGE THIS YEAR, 17% 1596 01:14:54,756 --> 01:14:55,057 THIS YEAR? 1597 01:14:55,057 --> 01:14:55,357 >> CORRECT. 1598 01:14:55,357 --> 01:14:59,761 >> A LOT OF IMPORTANT 1599 01:14:59,761 --> 01:15:00,996 INFORMATION AND I DO APPRECIATE 1600 01:15:00,996 --> 01:15:02,764 THIS PRESENTATION. CAN YOU PULL 1601 01:15:02,764 --> 01:15:05,701 TOGETHER, MR. DOSS, MR. EDER, 1602 01:15:05,701 --> 01:15:12,441 AND MAKE CRYSTAL CLEAR, WHAT ARE 1603 01:15:12,441 --> 01:15:14,610 THE POTENTIAL POLICY DECISIONS 1604 01:15:14,610 --> 01:15:18,847 THAT ARE LOOMING? WHAT ARE THE 1605 01:15:18,847 --> 01:15:22,618 POTENTIAL POLICY DECISIONS ? 1606 01:15:22,618 --> 01:15:26,722 WHEN WITH THOSE NEED TO BE MADE? 1607 01:15:26,722 --> 01:15:33,595 >> I THINK, I WILL TAKE A FIRST 1608 01:15:33,595 --> 01:15:37,299 SHOT AT THAT. THE MAYOR AND 1609 01:15:37,299 --> 01:15:39,167 COUNCIL ARE ALREADY MAKING THOSE 1610 01:15:39,167 --> 01:15:40,969 POLICY DECISIONS , TO INCREASE 1611 01:15:40,969 --> 01:15:44,139 EMPHASIS , NARCOTIC EMPHASIS , 1612 01:15:44,139 --> 01:15:46,909 HUMAN TRAFFIC EMPHASIS, CURRENT 1613 01:15:46,909 --> 01:15:50,579 HOTSPOTS IN SEATTLE WILL HAVE AN 1614 01:15:50,579 --> 01:15:55,250 IMPACT. THAT IS A POLICY 1615 01:15:55,250 --> 01:15:58,253 DECISION . IN TERMS OF STAFFING, 1616 01:15:58,253 --> 01:16:00,222 WE CONTINUE HIRING AT THE PACE 1617 01:16:00,222 --> 01:16:03,825 THAT IS HAPPENING NOW, WE WILL 1618 01:16:03,825 --> 01:16:07,629 HAVE BUDGETARY IMPACT. THERE ARE 1619 01:16:07,629 --> 01:16:11,900 INTERNAL POLICY DECISIONS THAT 1620 01:16:11,900 --> 01:16:13,936 SPD IS MAKING RIGHT NOW TO 1621 01:16:13,936 --> 01:16:16,805 FIGURE OUT HOW TO INCREASE THEIR 1622 01:16:16,805 --> 01:16:20,108 FTO PARTICIPANTS , FIELD 1623 01:16:20,108 --> 01:16:21,476 TRAINING OFFICERS, THAT WILL 1624 01:16:21,476 --> 01:16:23,445 HAVE AN IMPACT ON HOW MANY 1625 01:16:23,445 --> 01:16:25,447 OFFICERS THEY CAN GET TO THE 1626 01:16:25,447 --> 01:16:34,523 STREET. I WOULD SAY THAT, OFF 1627 01:16:34,523 --> 01:16:37,225 THE TOP OF MY HEAD BUT THOSE ARE 1628 01:16:37,225 --> 01:16:39,127 THE BIG THREE POLICY PIECES. I 1629 01:16:39,127 --> 01:16:44,566 WONDER IF MR. EDER HAS ANY ? 1630 01:16:44,566 --> 01:16:46,134 >> THAT DOES A GOOD JOB OF 1631 01:16:46,134 --> 01:16:47,369 COVERING THINGS . 1632 01:16:47,369 --> 01:16:49,972 >> THANK YOU. I WILL CLOSE BY 1633 01:16:49,972 --> 01:16:53,275 SAYING, WE MADE A TREMENDOUS 1634 01:16:53,275 --> 01:16:54,843 AMOUNT OF PROGRESS OVER THE LAST 1635 01:16:54,843 --> 01:16:58,146 COUPLE OF YEARS AND WE ARE 1636 01:16:58,146 --> 01:16:59,481 SEEING IT AGAIN AND EMPHASIZE WE 1637 01:16:59,481 --> 01:17:00,782 ARE SEEING IT AGAIN IN THE RAW 1638 01:17:00,782 --> 01:17:03,452 DATA IN TERMS OF OFFICER 1639 01:17:03,452 --> 01:17:05,387 RECRUITMENT, HIRING , RETENTION 1640 01:17:05,387 --> 01:17:07,923 , A DIRECT RESULT FROM COMMUNITY 1641 01:17:07,923 --> 01:17:11,059 LED EFFORTS TO RESTORE OUR 1642 01:17:11,059 --> 01:17:15,731 OFFICER STAFFING TO MORE 1643 01:17:15,731 --> 01:17:16,965 APPROPRIATE LEVELS WE NEED FOR A 1644 01:17:16,965 --> 01:17:20,669 CITY OF OUR SIZE AND SCOPE AND 1645 01:17:20,669 --> 01:17:23,772 SCALE A MINIMUM OF 1400 OFFICERS 1646 01:17:23,772 --> 01:17:28,143 AND WE ARE FAR SHORT, 1647 01:17:28,143 --> 01:17:29,244 ENCOURAGING DATA BUT WE ARE FAR 1648 01:17:29,244 --> 01:17:32,948 SHORT AND NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO 1649 01:17:32,948 --> 01:17:33,548 DEFUND THE POLICE. NOW IS NOT 1650 01:17:33,548 --> 01:17:37,853 THE TIME TO WITHDRAW OUR 1651 01:17:37,853 --> 01:17:42,791 SUSTAINED INVESTMENTS , TO BOOST 1652 01:17:42,791 --> 01:17:43,658 OUR OFFICER STAFFING LEVELS AND 1653 01:17:43,658 --> 01:17:44,793 THEREFORE BOOST OUR RESPONSE 1654 01:17:44,793 --> 01:17:46,495 TIMES AND IT IS TIME TO LEAN IN 1655 01:17:46,495 --> 01:17:48,296 AND NOT LEAN BACK. TIME TO TAP 1656 01:17:48,296 --> 01:17:52,868 IN, NOT TYPE OUT. PUBLIC SAFETY 1657 01:17:52,868 --> 01:17:58,340 IS OUR HIGHEST RESPONSIBILITY. 1658 01:17:58,340 --> 01:18:01,009 SO, ALL THE PUBLIC SAFETY 1659 01:18:01,009 --> 01:18:07,649 DEPARTMENTS, POLICE, FIRE, 1660 01:18:07,649 --> 01:18:09,584 C.A.R.E. , THOSE ARE SACROSANCT 1661 01:18:09,584 --> 01:18:11,486 AND WE SHOULD NOT SEEK TO 1662 01:18:11,486 --> 01:18:13,922 BALANCE THE BUDGET ON THE BACKS 1663 01:18:13,922 --> 01:18:17,059 OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS , SOCIAL 1664 01:18:17,059 --> 01:18:20,729 WORK RESPONDERS, AND YES, 1665 01:18:20,729 --> 01:18:23,965 POLICE. COMMUNITIES ARE ASKING 1666 01:18:23,965 --> 01:18:27,436 FOR, IN MY OWN COUNCIL DISTRICT 1667 01:18:27,436 --> 01:18:29,838 , COMMUNITIES ARE ASKING FOR 1668 01:18:29,838 --> 01:18:33,475 MORE EMPHASIS PATROLS AND 1669 01:18:33,475 --> 01:18:34,576 DIRECTOR RESULTS IN HARBOR 1670 01:18:34,576 --> 01:18:39,381 AVENUE, I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE 1671 01:18:39,381 --> 01:18:41,883 LEADERSHIP OF CHIEF BARNES, 1672 01:18:41,883 --> 01:18:44,619 SOUTHWEST PRECINCT COMMANDER, 1673 01:18:44,619 --> 01:18:47,522 STARTING A PILOT PROGRAM 1674 01:18:47,522 --> 01:18:52,594 RECENTLY TO HELP DO EXACTLY THAT 1675 01:18:52,594 --> 01:18:54,429 . IT IS A PILOT, LIMITED TERM, 1676 01:18:54,429 --> 01:19:01,136 ONE TIME. WE NEED SUSTAINED, 1677 01:19:01,136 --> 01:19:01,870 FOCUSED, YEAR-LONG EFFORTS AND 1678 01:19:01,870 --> 01:19:03,371 THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS 1679 01:19:03,371 --> 01:19:05,107 CONTINUED AT PACE OF HIRING. NOT 1680 01:19:05,107 --> 01:19:06,641 JUST THEM , THE COMMUNITIES 1681 01:19:06,641 --> 01:19:07,943 ACROSS THE CITY ARE FOR MORE 1682 01:19:07,943 --> 01:19:11,780 ASKING DIRECTED PATROLS AND 1683 01:19:11,780 --> 01:19:14,449 EMPHASIS PATROL. MAGNUSON PARK, 1684 01:19:14,449 --> 01:19:16,618 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA'S 1685 01:19:16,618 --> 01:19:21,523 DISTRICT, MEMBERS OF THE NORTH 1686 01:19:21,523 --> 01:19:26,461 END COMMUNITY, AURORA, THEY WANT 1687 01:19:26,461 --> 01:19:29,498 , THIS MORNING WE HEARD , WE 1688 01:19:29,498 --> 01:19:31,066 WANT OFFICERS TO BE MORE 1689 01:19:31,066 --> 01:19:37,239 VIGILANT WHO ARE THERE. WE 1690 01:19:37,239 --> 01:19:38,473 CANNOT BE MORE VIGILANT IF YOU 1691 01:19:38,473 --> 01:19:39,641 DO NOT HAVE ADEQUATE STAFFING 1692 01:19:39,641 --> 01:19:40,675 AND YOU CANNOT BE MORE VIGILANT 1693 01:19:40,675 --> 01:19:42,077 IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THEM PROPERLY 1694 01:19:42,077 --> 01:19:43,345 TRAINED, THE FIELD TRAINING 1695 01:19:43,345 --> 01:19:48,650 OFFICERS. SO, AGAIN, NOW IS NOT 1696 01:19:48,650 --> 01:19:52,420 THE TIME, WE UNANIMOUSLY PASSED 1697 01:19:52,420 --> 01:19:57,359 A RESOLUTION , JOINT MAYORAL , 1698 01:19:57,359 --> 01:19:59,861 COUNCIL RESOLUTION LAST YEAR, 1699 01:19:59,861 --> 01:20:04,432 THAT DID A NUMBER OF COOL THINGS 1700 01:20:04,432 --> 01:20:06,168 . IT REAFFIRMED OUR CITY'S 1701 01:20:06,168 --> 01:20:11,306 COMMITMENT TO OFFER A BALANCED , 1702 01:20:11,306 --> 01:20:12,240 DIVERSIFIED APPROACH TO PUBLIC 1703 01:20:12,240 --> 01:20:16,545 SAFETY AND RESPONSE. IT THANKED 1704 01:20:16,545 --> 01:20:20,549 ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDER AND 1705 01:20:20,549 --> 01:20:21,917 DIRECTED THE CITY ATTORNEY'S 1706 01:20:21,917 --> 01:20:26,054 OFFICE TO FILE A MOTION TO LIFT 1707 01:20:26,054 --> 01:20:27,522 THE FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE WHICH 1708 01:20:27,522 --> 01:20:28,990 WAS ULTIMATELY LIFTED, AND 1709 01:20:28,990 --> 01:20:31,593 REPEALED THE DEFUND THE POLICE 1710 01:20:31,593 --> 01:20:34,162 MOVEMENT , NOW IS NOT THE TIME 1711 01:20:34,162 --> 01:20:37,232 TO DEFUND THE POLICE, I AM HERE 1712 01:20:37,232 --> 01:20:42,737 TO TAP IN, NOT TAP OUT. THANK 1713 01:20:42,737 --> 01:20:43,038 YOU, CHAIR. 1714 01:20:43,038 --> 01:20:44,339 >> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. TIME 1715 01:20:44,339 --> 01:20:48,910 FOR COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA TO JUMP 1716 01:20:48,910 --> 01:20:53,615 IN BEFORE SHE HAS TO GO. 1717 01:20:53,615 --> 01:20:55,584 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. PLUS ONE, 1718 01:20:55,584 --> 01:20:59,621 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, I WAS GOING 1719 01:20:59,621 --> 01:21:02,691 TO MAKE THE POINTS YOU MADE AND 1720 01:21:02,691 --> 01:21:05,026 WILL JUST ADD ONE PIECE, I 300% 1721 01:21:05,026 --> 01:21:07,762 AGREE WITH AND MY CONSTITUENTS 1722 01:21:07,762 --> 01:21:10,599 AGREE WITH AND OTHER PEOPLE I'VE 1723 01:21:10,599 --> 01:21:12,434 SPOKEN TO FROM ACROSS THE CITY 1724 01:21:12,434 --> 01:21:15,704 AGREE WITH, CHIEF BARNES' 1725 01:21:15,704 --> 01:21:20,242 COMMUNITY POLICING STRATEGY CAN 1726 01:21:20,242 --> 01:21:24,379 ONLY HAPPEN IF WE HAVE A FULLY 1727 01:21:24,379 --> 01:21:25,714 STAFFED POLICE FORCE WHERE HE 1728 01:21:25,714 --> 01:21:26,748 CAN PLACE OFFICERS IN 1729 01:21:26,748 --> 01:21:28,183 COMMUNITIES IN THE COMMUNITY CAN 1730 01:21:28,183 --> 01:21:31,353 KNOW THEIR OFFICERS , THAT 1731 01:21:31,353 --> 01:21:34,589 STRATEGY , IT WORKS BEST WHEN 1732 01:21:34,589 --> 01:21:35,390 CONSTITUENTS HAVE A RELATIONSHIP 1733 01:21:35,390 --> 01:21:36,725 WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS AND 1734 01:21:36,725 --> 01:21:39,060 KNOW WHO THEY ARE . THAT CAN 1735 01:21:39,060 --> 01:21:41,496 ONLY BE ACCOMPLISHED IF WE HAVE 1736 01:21:41,496 --> 01:21:43,231 A POLICE FORCE AND I WOULD LIKE 1737 01:21:43,231 --> 01:21:47,669 TO ASK, I CAN GET AN ANSWER 1738 01:21:47,669 --> 01:21:52,908 LATER, GREG AND MR. EDER, HOW DO 1739 01:21:52,908 --> 01:21:54,776 OUR STAFFING NUMBERS COMPARED TO 1740 01:21:54,776 --> 01:21:55,410 OTHER CITIES OF SIMILARLY SIZED 1741 01:21:55,410 --> 01:21:58,813 TO SEATTLE BECAUSE I RECALL A 1742 01:21:58,813 --> 01:22:02,250 STORY LAST YEAR THAT SAID OUR 1743 01:22:02,250 --> 01:22:06,021 NUMBERS ARE LOWER THAN CITIES TO 1744 01:22:06,021 --> 01:22:10,225 OUR SIMILAR SIZE EVEN WITH THE 1745 01:22:10,225 --> 01:22:11,660 INROADS WE HAVE MADE. I 1746 01:22:11,660 --> 01:22:13,995 APPRECIATE THE FOCUS FROM CHIEF 1747 01:22:13,995 --> 01:22:15,997 BARNES ON COMMUNITY POLICING AND 1748 01:22:15,997 --> 01:22:20,135 I AM WITH COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, WE 1749 01:22:20,135 --> 01:22:21,536 HAVE TO KEEP PRESSING AND MOVING 1750 01:22:21,536 --> 01:22:23,204 FORWARD . I AM PLEASED TO SEE WE 1751 01:22:23,204 --> 01:22:24,639 HAVE DONE BETTER AND WE NEED TO 1752 01:22:24,639 --> 01:22:26,841 CONTINUE TO DO BETTER. 1753 01:22:26,841 --> 01:22:30,078 PARTICULARLY , ALSO , WE NEED TO 1754 01:22:30,078 --> 01:22:32,514 DO THE EMPHASIS OF PATROLS 1755 01:22:32,514 --> 01:22:34,349 BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING ON AURORA 1756 01:22:34,349 --> 01:22:37,385 , NOT MY DISTRICT BUT ONE I CARE 1757 01:22:37,385 --> 01:22:41,656 ABOUT, WITH MY SISTER HERE, 1758 01:22:41,656 --> 01:22:45,727 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, WE NEED 1759 01:22:45,727 --> 01:22:46,461 POLICE TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES 1760 01:22:46,461 --> 01:22:48,330 AND I WANT TO THANK SPD FOR 1761 01:22:48,330 --> 01:22:51,099 THEIR RECENT OPERATION WHICH LED 1762 01:22:51,099 --> 01:22:56,671 TO , COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, MAYBE 1763 01:22:56,671 --> 01:22:57,939 YOU WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT 1764 01:22:57,939 --> 01:22:59,908 THIS, I DO NOT WANT TO SPEAK OUT 1765 01:22:59,908 --> 01:23:01,576 OF TURN, TO SAY THAT, I 1766 01:23:01,576 --> 01:23:05,380 APPRECIATE I BELIEVE 13 WOMEN 1767 01:23:05,380 --> 01:23:07,148 AND CHILDREN WHO WERE REMOVED 1768 01:23:07,148 --> 01:23:10,018 FROM AURORA AND PROVIDED WITH 1769 01:23:10,018 --> 01:23:13,555 SERVICES LAST WEEK, I BELIEVE, 1770 01:23:13,555 --> 01:23:17,158 OR THE WEEK BEFORE. THESE THINGS 1771 01:23:17,158 --> 01:23:20,528 CAN'T HAPPEN IF WE ARE NOT 1772 01:23:20,528 --> 01:23:22,030 ADEQUATELY STAFFED ON THE POLICE 1773 01:23:22,030 --> 01:23:25,000 INSIDE . I WANT TO THANK YOU, 1774 01:23:25,000 --> 01:23:26,968 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, FOR 1775 01:23:26,968 --> 01:23:28,069 BRINGING THIS EMERGENCY 1776 01:23:28,069 --> 01:23:31,873 LEGISLATION , I DO NOT THINK WE 1777 01:23:31,873 --> 01:23:32,707 NEEDED EMERGENCY LEGISLATION TO 1778 01:23:32,707 --> 01:23:33,708 DO THIS BUT UNFORTUNATELY THAT 1779 01:23:33,708 --> 01:23:35,410 IS WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO MAKE IT 1780 01:23:35,410 --> 01:23:36,678 HAPPEN. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR 1781 01:23:36,678 --> 01:23:41,616 LEADERSHIP , COUNCILMEMBER 1782 01:23:41,616 --> 01:23:42,417 JUAREZ, IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN, 1783 01:23:42,417 --> 01:23:44,386 IT IS VERY NEEDED AND SO SORRY I 1784 01:23:44,386 --> 01:23:45,854 WILL BE NOT HERE FOR THE VOTE 1785 01:23:45,854 --> 01:23:47,255 TODAY BUT WOULD HAVE VOTED YES 1786 01:23:47,255 --> 01:23:49,391 AND WILL BE VOTING YES IN FULL 1787 01:23:49,391 --> 01:23:52,560 COUNCIL . WITH THAT, I SAY, 1788 01:23:52,560 --> 01:23:53,128 THANK YOU, CHAIR. 1789 01:23:53,128 --> 01:23:57,866 >> THANK YOU . COUNCILMEMBER LIN 1790 01:23:57,866 --> 01:23:57,999 ? 1791 01:23:57,999 --> 01:24:07,242 >> 1792 01:24:07,242 --> 01:24:07,876 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. A QUESTION 1793 01:24:07,876 --> 01:24:12,981 IN TERMS OF, AS WE LOOK AT, WE 1794 01:24:12,981 --> 01:24:13,748 HAD A LOW NUMBER OF OFFICERS FOR 1795 01:24:13,748 --> 01:24:14,315 MANY YEARS, GOOD TO SEE THE 1796 01:24:14,315 --> 01:24:19,554 HIRING . GETTING TO A MORE 1797 01:24:19,554 --> 01:24:20,822 SUSTAINABLE LEVEL. WE ALSO ARE 1798 01:24:20,822 --> 01:24:23,224 FACING A DIFFICULT BUDGET THIS 1799 01:24:23,224 --> 01:24:28,830 YEAR. SO, I AM JUST WONDERING, 1800 01:24:28,830 --> 01:24:29,898 MAYBE THIS WOULD BE FOR A 1801 01:24:29,898 --> 01:24:32,400 DIFFERENT DISCUSSION OR 1802 01:24:32,400 --> 01:24:35,270 PRESENTATION, BUT, IN TERMS OF 1803 01:24:35,270 --> 01:24:40,909 HOW WE DEPLOYED OFFICERS AND THE 1804 01:24:40,909 --> 01:24:44,946 BEST STRATEGY, WHETHER HOT SPOT 1805 01:24:44,946 --> 01:24:46,548 POLICING OR COMMUNITY-BASED 1806 01:24:46,548 --> 01:24:48,817 POLICING, WHERE DO WE GET THE 1807 01:24:48,817 --> 01:24:51,953 MOST BANG FOR OUR BUCK IN TERMS 1808 01:24:51,953 --> 01:24:55,957 OF HOW OFFICERS ARE DEPLOYED 1809 01:24:55,957 --> 01:24:59,260 WITH RELATIVE LOW NUMBERS? GIVEN 1810 01:24:59,260 --> 01:25:03,565 OUR DIFFICULT BUDGET SCENARIO ? 1811 01:25:03,565 --> 01:25:08,670 DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? 1812 01:25:08,670 --> 01:25:12,974 >> I WILL PASS TO DIRECTOR EDER, 1813 01:25:12,974 --> 01:25:17,345 OR, IF IT IS MORE APPROPRIATE TO 1814 01:25:17,345 --> 01:25:21,516 BRING UP COO SMITH TO TALK 1815 01:25:21,516 --> 01:25:25,053 ABOUT. YOU KNOW, 911 IS EASIER , 1816 01:25:25,053 --> 01:25:27,355 I CAN TAKE THAT , THAT IS BASED 1817 01:25:27,355 --> 01:25:31,159 ON DEMAND. THERE ARE HISTORICAL 1818 01:25:31,159 --> 01:25:37,465 CALL RATES SPD CAN LOOK TO WHEN 1819 01:25:37,465 --> 01:25:39,067 FIGURING OUT HOW TO DEPLOY THE 1820 01:25:39,067 --> 01:25:41,970 911 FORCE. THE BIGGER QUESTION, 1821 01:25:41,970 --> 01:25:47,342 APPROPRIATE ONE, HOW DO YOU WORK 1822 01:25:47,342 --> 01:25:49,744 WITHIN THE CITY BOUNDARIES ON 1823 01:25:49,744 --> 01:25:52,981 THE CRIME HOTSPOTS ? IN THE PAST 1824 01:25:52,981 --> 01:25:58,686 , SPD HAS HAD PRIOR TO 2020, 1825 01:25:58,686 --> 01:26:01,689 WHEN THE STAFFING NUMBERS WERE 1826 01:26:01,689 --> 01:26:04,559 HIRED, THEY HAD DEDICATED FOOT 1827 01:26:04,559 --> 01:26:08,396 AND BIKE BEATS OF OFFICERS ON 1828 01:26:08,396 --> 01:26:10,465 REGULAR TIME THAT WILL GO TO 1829 01:26:10,465 --> 01:26:13,201 HOTSPOTS, AND WORK THOSE SPOTS 1830 01:26:13,201 --> 01:26:16,704 ON REGULAR TIME. THOSE SPECIAL 1831 01:26:16,704 --> 01:26:20,074 OPERATION TEAMS , WHETHER 1832 01:26:20,074 --> 01:26:25,980 ANTICRIME TEAMS, BIKE BEATS WENT 1833 01:26:25,980 --> 01:26:29,184 AWAY AFTER THE 2020 PANDEMIC . 1834 01:26:29,184 --> 01:26:32,153 THE ONLY ONE LEFT IS THE BIKE 1835 01:26:32,153 --> 01:26:37,592 BEAT IN WEST PRECINCT . AS THE 1836 01:26:37,592 --> 01:26:39,127 SPD NUMBERS AND OFFICERS 1837 01:26:39,127 --> 01:26:42,197 INCREASE , REGULAR TIME OFFICERS 1838 01:26:42,197 --> 01:26:44,866 INTO THOSE HOTSPOTS WILL BE FROM 1839 01:26:44,866 --> 01:26:48,903 A DEPLOYMENT STANDPOINT, NOT AT 1840 01:26:48,903 --> 01:26:52,507 THIS TIME. I WILL ASK DIRECTOR 1841 01:26:52,507 --> 01:26:57,779 EDER IF HE WANTS TO ADD 1842 01:26:57,779 --> 01:26:58,046 ANYTHING? 1843 01:26:58,046 --> 01:27:00,014 >> I THINK IT WOULD BE 1844 01:27:00,014 --> 01:27:02,617 APPROPRIATE FOR THE CHIEF TO 1845 01:27:02,617 --> 01:27:05,253 ANSWER AT ANOTHER TIME FOR HOW 1846 01:27:05,253 --> 01:27:06,154 THE DEPARTMENT IS PRIORITIZING 1847 01:27:06,154 --> 01:27:09,591 USE OF LIMITED RESOURCES TO BEST 1848 01:27:09,591 --> 01:27:12,226 ADDRESS THE PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS 1849 01:27:12,226 --> 01:27:15,029 OF THE COMMUNITY. ALL I WOULD 1850 01:27:15,029 --> 01:27:18,266 ADD AT THIS TIME, ONE OF THE 1851 01:27:18,266 --> 01:27:20,168 MOST SIGNIFICANT WAYS WE USE 1852 01:27:20,168 --> 01:27:22,003 OVERTIME GIVEN THE DIMINISHED 1853 01:27:22,003 --> 01:27:24,205 NUMBER OF OFFICERS WE HAVE ON 1854 01:27:24,205 --> 01:27:27,375 BOARD, IS AUGMENTATION. WE 1855 01:27:27,375 --> 01:27:29,844 PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STAFF 1856 01:27:29,844 --> 01:27:38,486 TO VOLUNTARILY USE -- WORK ON 1857 01:27:38,486 --> 01:27:39,754 OVERTIME SO WE CAN MEET MINIMUM 1858 01:27:39,754 --> 01:27:41,256 STAFFING AND ADDRESS, KEEP UP 1859 01:27:41,256 --> 01:27:43,391 THE RESPONSE TIMES THAT GREG'S 1860 01:27:43,391 --> 01:27:46,661 PRESENTATION TOUCHED UPON, WE 1861 01:27:46,661 --> 01:27:50,064 HAVE HAD AN INCREASE IN THE 1862 01:27:50,064 --> 01:27:54,035 NUMBER OF 911 CALLS, MAINTAINING 1863 01:27:54,035 --> 01:27:57,805 FAIRLY EVEN RESPONSE TIMES 1864 01:27:57,805 --> 01:28:02,610 ACROSS ALL PRIORITY CALLS. THAT 1865 01:28:02,610 --> 01:28:04,746 IS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN 1866 01:28:04,746 --> 01:28:09,450 PRIORITIZING USING OTHER STAFF 1867 01:28:09,450 --> 01:28:13,021 WHO ARE ON BOARD ON OVERTIME TO 1868 01:28:13,021 --> 01:28:15,523 FILL OUT THE MISSING LINKS OF 1869 01:28:15,523 --> 01:28:18,159 POLICE OFFICERS WE WOULD LIKE TO 1870 01:28:18,159 --> 01:28:23,931 HAVE MOVING FORWARD ON A TIME 1871 01:28:23,931 --> 01:28:24,165 BASIS. 1872 01:28:24,165 --> 01:28:24,832 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, JUST 1873 01:28:24,832 --> 01:28:29,437 A FINAL COMMENT , I GET THE 1874 01:28:29,437 --> 01:28:31,773 SENSE OF , AND SUPERLOW NUMBERS 1875 01:28:31,773 --> 01:28:34,208 IN TRIAGE MODE WHERE WE WERE 1876 01:28:34,208 --> 01:28:35,943 BARELY ABLE TO RESPOND TO THE 1877 01:28:35,943 --> 01:28:38,846 HIGHEST PRIORITY . HOPEFULLY , 1878 01:28:38,846 --> 01:28:40,415 AS WE GET OUT OF TRIAGE MODE, 1879 01:28:40,415 --> 01:28:43,785 WHERE WE CAN BE, I THINK WE ARE 1880 01:28:43,785 --> 01:28:48,556 GETTING DO THAT PLACE WITH MORE 1881 01:28:48,556 --> 01:28:49,157 COMMUNITY-BASED POLICING AND 1882 01:28:49,157 --> 01:28:52,827 TURNED TOWARD PROACTIVE . 1883 01:28:52,827 --> 01:28:53,494 LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT 1884 01:28:53,494 --> 01:28:55,163 DISCUSSION OF HOW TO BEST USE 1885 01:28:55,163 --> 01:28:56,331 OUR RESOURCES AND BEST USE THE 1886 01:28:56,331 --> 01:28:58,199 COMBINED RESOURCES OF SPD AND 1887 01:28:58,199 --> 01:29:00,968 C.A.R.E. , AND ANY OTHER THINGS 1888 01:29:00,968 --> 01:29:03,304 WE CAN DO WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS 1889 01:29:03,304 --> 01:29:07,041 TO WORK ON SAFETY MORE 1890 01:29:07,041 --> 01:29:11,679 HOLISTICALLY. THANK YOU, CHAIR. 1891 01:29:11,813 --> 01:29:17,785 >> BEFORE COUNCILMEMBER RINCK 1892 01:29:17,785 --> 01:29:19,821 ASKED A QUESTION, I WANT TO NOTE 1893 01:29:19,821 --> 01:29:25,193 IT IS 11:05. 1894 01:29:25,193 --> 01:29:25,860 >> I WILL KEEP IT SHORT. I WILL 1895 01:29:25,860 --> 01:29:30,698 BUILD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS 1896 01:29:30,698 --> 01:29:31,733 BASED ON WHAT COUNCILMEMBER LIN 1897 01:29:31,733 --> 01:29:35,002 SHARED TO CONNECT THE DOTS , WE 1898 01:29:35,002 --> 01:29:36,404 TALKED ABOUT HOW PATROL HAS 1899 01:29:36,404 --> 01:29:39,440 SUFFERED AROUND 490 OFFICERS 1900 01:29:39,440 --> 01:29:41,809 SINCE 2023 AND UNDERSTANDING , 1901 01:29:41,809 --> 01:29:43,311 UNLESS THAT NUMBER INCREASES, 1902 01:29:43,311 --> 01:29:45,246 THE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE TO USE 1903 01:29:45,246 --> 01:29:48,616 OVERTIME TO INCREASE COVERAGE ? 1904 01:29:48,616 --> 01:29:51,586 CORRECT ? 1905 01:29:51,586 --> 01:29:51,919 >> YES. 1906 01:29:51,919 --> 01:29:55,923 >> TO DRAW THE DOTTED LINE TO 1907 01:29:55,923 --> 01:29:57,725 THE QUESTIONS ABOUT FTOS, IT 1908 01:29:57,725 --> 01:30:01,896 SEEMS LIKE THE BOTTLENECK WITHIN 1909 01:30:01,896 --> 01:30:07,602 FTOS IS NOT JUST LOVING OFFICER 1910 01:30:07,602 --> 01:30:08,202 GRADUATION BUT COSTING THE 1911 01:30:08,202 --> 01:30:09,437 DEPARTMENT IT MAY NOT HAVE, 1912 01:30:09,437 --> 01:30:14,542 PARTICULARLY OVERTIME, CORRECT? 1913 01:30:14,675 --> 01:30:17,745 >> IT IS TRUE THAT, WITHOUT 1914 01:30:17,745 --> 01:30:20,248 ADDITIONAL OFFICERS COMING OUT 1915 01:30:20,248 --> 01:30:24,619 TO WORK EMPHASIS ON REGULAR TIME 1916 01:30:24,619 --> 01:30:26,087 WITHOUT ADDITIONAL PATROL 1917 01:30:26,087 --> 01:30:30,425 OFFICERS, IN THE WAY SPD HAS A 1918 01:30:30,425 --> 01:30:35,463 STAFF , THROUGH USE OF OVERTIME 1919 01:30:35,463 --> 01:30:37,365 . THE DIRECTOR MENTIONED THERE 1920 01:30:37,365 --> 01:30:43,404 WAS SOME EFFORT UNDERWAY TO TAKE 1921 01:30:43,404 --> 01:30:45,673 FTO OFFICERS WHO HAVE NOT YET 1922 01:30:45,673 --> 01:30:47,742 RECEIVED AN ASSIGNMENT AND PAIR 1923 01:30:47,742 --> 01:30:51,212 THEM WITH OFFICERS TO PUT INTO 1924 01:30:51,212 --> 01:30:53,481 EMPHASIS AREAS. NOT SOMETHING I 1925 01:30:53,481 --> 01:30:55,082 AM FAMILIAR WITH, IT IS NEW 1926 01:30:55,082 --> 01:30:58,386 TERRITORY. I DO NOT KNOW HOW 1927 01:30:58,386 --> 01:31:01,222 THAT ALLEVIATES FOR OVERTIME . 1928 01:31:01,222 --> 01:31:03,858 INTUITIVELY , IT SEEMS LIKE IT 1929 01:31:03,858 --> 01:31:07,528 WOULD AND HAVE A HIGH LEVEL, 1930 01:31:07,528 --> 01:31:11,265 YES, UNTIL SPD SEES MORE 1931 01:31:11,265 --> 01:31:14,001 OFFICERS OVERTIME WILL BE THE 1932 01:31:14,001 --> 01:31:17,371 MAIN WAY FOR EMPHASIS. 1933 01:31:17,371 --> 01:31:22,677 >> THANK YOU . TO PUT A FINAL 1934 01:31:22,677 --> 01:31:23,978 POINT ON SOMETHING AT THE END OF 1935 01:31:23,978 --> 01:31:25,613 YOUR REMARKS, AS IT RELATES TO 1936 01:31:25,613 --> 01:31:29,283 THE MAYOR'S PLANS FOR AURORA, 1937 01:31:29,283 --> 01:31:31,485 MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FOR YOU 1938 01:31:31,485 --> 01:31:33,921 OR DIRECTOR EDER OR TO FOLLOW UP 1939 01:31:33,921 --> 01:31:38,359 WITH THE DEPARTMENT , WOULD THIS 1940 01:31:38,359 --> 01:31:39,560 BE DONE WITH EXISTING PATROLS OR 1941 01:31:39,560 --> 01:31:41,195 WILL OVERTIME BE USED FOR THESE? 1942 01:31:41,329 --> 01:31:43,397 >> I WILL KICK THAT TO THE 1943 01:31:43,397 --> 01:31:45,299 DEPARTMENT , THEY ARE MORE 1944 01:31:45,299 --> 01:31:50,438 FAMILIAR WITH THE PLAN. SPEND 1945 01:31:50,438 --> 01:31:53,307 PARTICULARLY -- WITH OVERTIME. 1946 01:31:53,307 --> 01:31:55,643 FOR MANY APPLICATIONS THAT WILL 1947 01:31:55,643 --> 01:31:57,912 BE THE CASE BUT THERE ARE SOME 1948 01:31:57,912 --> 01:31:59,580 EXCEPTIONS LITTLE SAIGON FOR 1949 01:31:59,580 --> 01:32:03,251 EXAMPLE , ON STRAIGHT TIME, THE 1950 01:32:03,251 --> 01:32:07,555 MAJORITY OF OUR EMPHASIS IS DONE 1951 01:32:07,555 --> 01:32:11,259 ON OVERTIME ON CONTROL WORK. 1952 01:32:11,259 --> 01:32:16,297 >> THANK YOU. I WILL CLOSE WITH 1953 01:32:16,297 --> 01:32:17,064 A COMMENT TO HIGHLIGHT THE 1954 01:32:17,064 --> 01:32:21,135 OBVIOUS, GROWTH IN $29 MILLION 1955 01:32:21,135 --> 01:32:23,604 IN OVERTIME SPENDING, 127 -- 1956 01:32:23,604 --> 01:32:25,840 112% INCREASE IS SIGNIFICANT AND 1957 01:32:25,840 --> 01:32:27,141 I APPRECIATE IN THE PRESENTATION 1958 01:32:27,141 --> 01:32:28,876 THAT HAS BEEN LAID OUT CLEARLY 1959 01:32:28,876 --> 01:32:30,211 WHILE NOTING THE PRIMARY DRIVERS 1960 01:32:30,211 --> 01:32:32,046 OF THAT INCREASE, THE INTERIM 1961 01:32:32,046 --> 01:32:35,216 AGREEMENT IN 2023, THE CITY 1962 01:32:35,216 --> 01:32:38,719 APPROVED LAST YEAR, AND THE MOU. 1963 01:32:38,719 --> 01:32:43,424 SO, I JUST WANTED TO CLOSE IN 1964 01:32:43,424 --> 01:32:44,158 ACKNOWLEDGING THAT FACT, THANK 1965 01:32:44,158 --> 01:32:48,195 YOU, COLLEAGUES, FOR THE 1966 01:32:48,195 --> 01:32:50,398 DISCUSSION .'S PAYMENT THANK 1967 01:32:50,398 --> 01:32:54,735 YOU MR. DOSS AND MR. EDER. VICE 1968 01:32:54,735 --> 01:32:59,040 CHAIR, IT WAS JUST YOU AND I 1969 01:32:59,040 --> 01:33:01,142 THINKING BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 1970 01:33:01,142 --> 01:33:02,877 2024 , OUR FIRST COMMITTEE 1971 01:33:02,877 --> 01:33:06,480 MEETING I SAID THE SEATTLE 1972 01:33:06,480 --> 01:33:07,915 POLICE DEPARTMENT, GIVE US ONE 1973 01:33:07,915 --> 01:33:11,485 YEAR, TO RETIRE OR TRANSFER TO 1974 01:33:11,485 --> 01:33:12,219 ANOTHER JURISDICTION , I KNEW 1975 01:33:12,219 --> 01:33:14,021 WITHIN ONE YEAR WITHIN THAT 1976 01:33:14,021 --> 01:33:15,690 COUNCIL , WE CAN MAKE A 1977 01:33:15,690 --> 01:33:19,894 DIFFERENCE AND WE ARE SEEING IT. 1978 01:33:19,894 --> 01:33:23,030 WITH FTOS, THAT NEEDS TO BE 1979 01:33:23,030 --> 01:33:26,000 FIXED. IF YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE 1980 01:33:26,000 --> 01:33:27,802 YOU WILL BE MAKING THESE CHANGES 1981 01:33:27,802 --> 01:33:29,103 AND MAKING THESE DIFFERENCES, 1982 01:33:29,103 --> 01:33:31,238 PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE HELP OF 1983 01:33:31,238 --> 01:33:34,075 ALL THE COUNCIL IN TERMS OF 1984 01:33:34,075 --> 01:33:37,812 GOING TO SHOW THAT LEADERSHIP, 1985 01:33:37,812 --> 01:33:39,513 NOT JUST ABOUT A CONTRACT 1986 01:33:39,513 --> 01:33:41,983 CHANGES , IT IS MORE THAN THAT. 1987 01:33:41,983 --> 01:33:45,920 30 BY 30 , WE NEED TO BE MORE. 1988 01:33:45,920 --> 01:33:49,123 THAT IS A LEADERSHIP PIECE , I 1989 01:33:49,123 --> 01:33:54,996 THINK WE CAN. DOJ SAYING IT IS 1990 01:33:54,996 --> 01:34:02,436 80/20, AT A MINIMUM WE NEED TO 1991 01:34:02,436 --> 01:34:03,237 BE DOING THAT AND LEAVE AND 1992 01:34:03,237 --> 01:34:04,505 OVERTIME, WE NEED TO BE SMART 1993 01:34:04,505 --> 01:34:05,773 ABOUT THESE, NEWS REPORTS ABOUT 1994 01:34:05,773 --> 01:34:07,641 THIS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR 1995 01:34:07,641 --> 01:34:11,512 TS ARE CROSSED. COMMON SENSE 1996 01:34:11,512 --> 01:34:13,614 TEST IS PUT INTO PLACE. RESPONSE 1997 01:34:13,614 --> 01:34:20,154 TIMES, 36, THAT MAY BE TRUE 1998 01:34:20,154 --> 01:34:21,689 TECHNICALLY BUT I AM STILL A 1999 01:34:21,689 --> 01:34:22,990 BLOCK WATCH CAPTAIN, WAITING FOR 2000 01:34:22,990 --> 01:34:27,161 THREE OR TWO HOURS, I RECOGNIZE 2001 01:34:27,161 --> 01:34:29,363 THE NUMBER BUT WE NEED TO BE 2002 01:34:29,363 --> 01:34:34,068 MINDFUL THAT PEOPLE WAITING FOR 2003 01:34:34,068 --> 01:34:36,771 TWO HOURS AND GIVE UP, 2004 01:34:36,771 --> 01:34:43,044 TECHNICALLY ACCORDING TO THE 2005 01:34:43,044 --> 01:34:44,145 DATA, ONE HOUR AND 52 MINUTES 2006 01:34:44,145 --> 01:34:45,613 LATER, WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL IN 2007 01:34:45,613 --> 01:34:46,847 TERMS OF HOW WE COMMUNICATE THAT 2008 01:34:46,847 --> 01:34:47,948 BECAUSE WE WILL JUST AGITATE, 2009 01:34:47,948 --> 01:34:48,716 RIGHTFULLY SO, PEOPLE PUBLIC 2010 01:34:48,716 --> 01:34:51,052 COMMENT, I WAITED TWO HOURS OR 2011 01:34:51,052 --> 01:34:53,521 THERE WAS NO CALL BACK . SAYING 2012 01:34:53,521 --> 01:34:55,523 IT WILL TAKE ANOTHER HOUR . WE 2013 01:34:55,523 --> 01:34:57,958 NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT. I AM 2014 01:34:57,958 --> 01:35:00,895 STILL A BLOCK WATCH CAPTAIN, 2015 01:35:00,895 --> 01:35:03,431 COMMUNITY-BASED POLICING, AS 2016 01:35:03,431 --> 01:35:06,033 CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY, 2017 01:35:06,033 --> 01:35:07,868 LIEUTENANT LARABEE AND OFFICER 2018 01:35:07,868 --> 01:35:13,908 LARABEE, THE TWO FROM THE 2019 01:35:13,908 --> 01:35:15,242 COMMUNITY POLICE TEAMS I WORKED 2020 01:35:15,242 --> 01:35:16,844 WITH , SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING 2021 01:35:16,844 --> 01:35:20,548 TO HAVE, PEOPLE WE HAVE. IN THE 2022 01:35:20,548 --> 01:35:24,085 DEPARTMENT. WHAT I WAS SAYING 2023 01:35:24,085 --> 01:35:27,421 EARLIER, IT IS THE PEOPLE, 2024 01:35:27,421 --> 01:35:32,026 SHOWING THAT INVESTMENT WITH THE 2025 01:35:32,026 --> 01:35:33,227 FTOS. I WANT TO END WITH ONE 2026 01:35:33,227 --> 01:35:36,464 PIECE, STABILITY. ALL OF THESE 2027 01:35:36,464 --> 01:35:39,700 ISSUES. I AM ON MY THIRD CHIEF 2028 01:35:39,700 --> 01:35:42,937 AT THE HALFWAY POINT OF MY THIRD 2029 01:35:42,937 --> 01:35:45,673 YEAR. I THINK CHIEF BARNES HAS 2030 01:35:45,673 --> 01:35:47,241 BEEN DOING A FANTASTIC JOB, WE 2031 01:35:47,241 --> 01:35:50,211 NEED THAT STABILITY OF THE 2032 01:35:50,211 --> 01:35:57,718 SENIOR TEAM TO WORK THESE CASES 2033 01:35:57,718 --> 01:35:58,519 WE HAVE SO WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON 2034 01:35:58,519 --> 01:36:03,557 IT. VICE CHAIR , WE WERE HERE IN 2035 01:36:03,557 --> 01:36:05,092 FEBRUARY OF 2024 AND WE ARE HERE 2036 01:36:05,092 --> 01:36:07,294 TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU , 2037 01:36:07,294 --> 01:36:11,332 MR. EDER AND DOSS. WE WILL MOVED 2038 01:36:11,332 --> 01:36:12,933 TO THE THIRD ITEM, WILL THE 2039 01:36:12,933 --> 01:36:16,670 CLERK ITEM -- PLEASE READ AGENDA 2040 01:36:16,670 --> 01:36:18,339 ITEM NUMBER THREE? 2041 01:36:18,339 --> 01:36:21,775 >> CB 121233 AN ORDINANCE 2042 01:36:21,775 --> 01:36:22,343 RELATING TO CLOSING PUBLIC 2043 01:36:22,343 --> 01:36:22,977 STREETS TO MAINTAIN OR ENHANCE 2044 01:36:22,977 --> 01:36:25,212 PUBLIC SAFETY, AUTHORIZING THE 2045 01:36:25,212 --> 01:36:25,813 DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION TO 2046 01:36:25,813 --> 01:36:28,115 CLOSE STREETS, AMENDING SECTION 2047 01:36:28,115 --> 01:36:28,649 11.16.125 OF THE SEATTLE 2048 01:36:28,649 --> 01:36:29,250 MUNICIPAL CODE; DECLARING AN 2049 01:36:29,250 --> 01:36:32,953 EMERGENCY, AND ESTABLISHING AN 2050 01:36:32,953 --> 01:36:33,587 IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE, ALL BY 2051 01:36:33,587 --> 01:36:36,757 A 3/4 VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 2052 01:36:36,757 --> 01:36:39,894 >> THANK YOU, CLERK . BEFORE 2053 01:36:39,894 --> 01:36:42,596 SPEAKING , I WANT TO HAVE THE 2054 01:36:42,596 --> 01:36:44,832 PRIVILEGE TO MY COLLEAGUE , 2055 01:36:44,832 --> 01:36:48,536 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ , FROM THE 2056 01:36:48,536 --> 01:36:55,276 AREA THAT IS EFFECTIVE . 2057 01:36:55,276 --> 01:36:56,443 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ? 2058 01:36:56,443 --> 01:36:59,413 >> DON'T YOU HAVE TO MOVE IT? 2059 01:36:59,413 --> 01:37:01,749 >> I MOVED TO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL 2060 01:37:01,749 --> 01:37:07,421 BILL CB 121233 , SECOND ? 2061 01:37:07,421 --> 01:37:09,490 >> SECOND . 2062 01:37:09,490 --> 01:37:13,194 >> MOVED AND SECONDED. 2063 01:37:13,194 --> 01:37:15,162 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ , AS 2064 01:37:15,162 --> 01:37:16,864 SPONSOR OF THE BILL , YOU ARE 2065 01:37:16,864 --> 01:37:19,600 WELCOME TO SPEAK. 2066 01:37:19,600 --> 01:37:21,802 >> I AM REALLY HAPPY TO SPEAK. I 2067 01:37:21,802 --> 01:37:25,172 HAVE A FEW NOTES, THANK YOU, 2068 01:37:25,172 --> 01:37:30,578 CHAIR, THIS ORDINANCE ALLOWS 2069 01:37:30,578 --> 01:37:36,083 SDOT AND GOES PUBLIC STREETS 2070 01:37:36,083 --> 01:37:37,218 BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 2071 01:37:37,218 --> 01:37:38,252 CHIEF OF POLICE TO PREVENT 2072 01:37:38,252 --> 01:37:38,886 ACTIVITY, ORIGINAL LEGISLATION 2073 01:37:38,886 --> 01:37:40,254 WAS DRAFTED AND TRANSMITTED BY 2074 01:37:40,254 --> 01:37:48,128 THE FORMER MAYOR HARRELL AND I 2075 01:37:48,128 --> 01:37:49,196 WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER LIN 2076 01:37:49,196 --> 01:37:50,531 WHO BROUGHT THIS TO OUR 2077 01:37:50,531 --> 01:37:51,131 ATTENTION, COUNCILMEMBER LIN, 2078 01:37:51,131 --> 01:37:52,266 THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF 2079 01:37:52,266 --> 01:37:53,167 SHARED LEADERSHIP AND I 2080 01:37:53,167 --> 01:37:53,934 APPRECIATE THAT YOU STEPPED 2081 01:37:53,934 --> 01:37:55,169 FORWARD AND HELPED ME OUT. WE 2082 01:37:55,169 --> 01:37:57,071 HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH CITY 2083 01:37:57,071 --> 01:38:00,040 ATTORNEY EVANS, COUNCIL 2084 01:38:00,040 --> 01:38:02,309 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH, 2085 01:38:02,309 --> 01:38:06,714 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND CHAIR SPD 2086 01:38:06,714 --> 01:38:13,687 -- PRINTED. OUR NEIGHBORS SAW AN 2087 01:38:13,687 --> 01:38:14,889 8% INCREASE IN GUN VIOLENCE IN 2088 01:38:14,889 --> 01:38:17,391 THE MONTH OF MAY FROM RECENT 2089 01:38:17,391 --> 01:38:21,028 SHOOTINGS HAVE TAKEN PLACE 2090 01:38:21,028 --> 01:38:21,895 FURTHER TO NEIGHBORHOODS AS 2091 01:38:21,895 --> 01:38:22,730 CRIME RELATED VEHICLES PARKED 2092 01:38:22,730 --> 01:38:24,698 AND WAITED NEIGHBORHOODS . 2093 01:38:24,698 --> 01:38:25,966 NEIGHBORS HELP PUBLIC SAFETY 2094 01:38:25,966 --> 01:38:28,435 MEETINGS AND CALLED FOR THE 2095 01:38:28,435 --> 01:38:30,638 STREETS TO BE SHUT DOWN, 2096 01:38:30,638 --> 01:38:31,872 NEIGHBORS BLOCKED THE STREET 2097 01:38:31,872 --> 01:38:33,607 WITH PLANTERS BETWEEN MAY 24th 2098 01:38:33,607 --> 01:38:35,276 AND MAY 28th AND THERE WAS A 2099 01:38:35,276 --> 01:38:36,410 REDUCTION IN ACTIVITY AND 2100 01:38:36,410 --> 01:38:38,412 SHOOTINGS ON THE STREETS DURING 2101 01:38:38,412 --> 01:38:41,115 THAT SHUTDOWN. ON MAY 28th AND 2102 01:38:41,115 --> 01:38:43,050 29th , THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 2103 01:38:43,050 --> 01:38:45,653 REMOVE THE PLANTERS AND 2104 01:38:45,653 --> 01:38:49,990 SLOWDOWNS. IN ANY EVENT , THE 2105 01:38:49,990 --> 01:38:53,060 SHOOTINGS RETURNED . MAY 30th TO 2106 01:38:53,060 --> 01:38:54,762 JUNE 1st AND ON JUNE 11th THE 2107 01:38:54,762 --> 01:38:56,563 MAYOR'S OFFICE ANNOUNCED A 2108 01:38:56,563 --> 01:38:59,633 CLOSE ROAD FROM 95th TO 102nd 2109 01:38:59,633 --> 01:39:00,901 STREET AND INCREASED POLICE 2110 01:39:00,901 --> 01:39:04,772 PRESENCE. THAT WAS DONE BECAUSE 2111 01:39:04,772 --> 01:39:06,573 , BEFORE WE HAD A PRESS 2112 01:39:06,573 --> 01:39:08,342 CONFERENCE, AT OUR JUNE 11th 2113 01:39:08,342 --> 01:39:09,743 PRESS CONFERENCE WITH COMMUNITY, 2114 01:39:09,743 --> 01:39:13,547 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH 2115 01:39:13,547 --> 01:39:15,349 , CITY ATTORNEY EVANS, THE KING 2116 01:39:15,349 --> 01:39:18,252 COUNTY PROSECUTOR, COUNCILMEMBER 2117 01:39:18,252 --> 01:39:22,156 RIVERA AND KETTLE AND THE MAYOR 2118 01:39:22,156 --> 01:39:28,128 AND INTERIM DIRECTOR OF SDOT 2119 01:39:28,128 --> 01:39:29,229 ATTENDED AND THIS IS WHAT 2120 01:39:29,229 --> 01:39:29,963 HAPPENS WHEN COMMUNITY GETS 2121 01:39:29,963 --> 01:39:31,098 TOGETHER, WE FOCUSED ON PULLING 2122 01:39:31,098 --> 01:39:32,433 TOGETHER AND WORKING WITH CHIEF 2123 01:39:32,433 --> 01:39:34,668 BARNES WHO WAS THERE AND BEEN 2124 01:39:34,668 --> 01:39:37,938 INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS PROCESS. I 2125 01:39:37,938 --> 01:39:39,039 REALLY APPRECIATE WORKING 2126 01:39:39,039 --> 01:39:43,544 HAND-IN-HAND WITH HIM . THIS 2127 01:39:43,544 --> 01:39:44,611 LEGISLATION HAS BEEN AS A 2128 01:39:44,611 --> 01:39:45,479 TEMPORARY TOOL WHEN PUBLIC 2129 01:39:45,479 --> 01:39:49,883 SAFETY ISSUES AND AREAS ARISE IN 2130 01:39:49,883 --> 01:39:50,784 CONCENTRATED AREAS PROVIDING THE 2131 01:39:50,784 --> 01:39:52,252 CITY THE ABILITY TO ACT QUICKLY 2132 01:39:52,252 --> 01:39:55,022 WHICH ALLOWS TIME TO ASSESS 2133 01:39:55,022 --> 01:39:56,557 LONG-TERM NEEDS AND IMPLEMENT 2134 01:39:56,557 --> 01:39:58,158 SOLUTIONS FOR THESE AREAS. 2135 01:39:58,158 --> 01:39:59,793 CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IS GUN 2136 01:39:59,793 --> 01:40:04,865 VIOLENCE , SHOOTINGS, SEX 2137 01:40:04,865 --> 01:40:05,432 TRAFFICKING, PROSTITUTION, 2138 01:40:05,432 --> 01:40:07,668 SOLICITATION, DRUG ACTIVITY , 2139 01:40:07,668 --> 01:40:09,403 ALL OF THE ABOVE AND WE WILL SEE 2140 01:40:09,403 --> 01:40:10,337 OTHER ISSUES AS WELL AND 2141 01:40:10,337 --> 01:40:12,106 CRIMINAL ACTIVITY PER THE CODE 2142 01:40:12,106 --> 01:40:15,642 IS BROAD AND WE RELY ON THE 2143 01:40:15,642 --> 01:40:16,777 CHIEF OF POLICE TO MAKE THOSE 2144 01:40:16,777 --> 01:40:17,611 RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON HIS 2145 01:40:17,611 --> 01:40:20,047 EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE. I WANT 2146 01:40:20,047 --> 01:40:23,517 TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THE MAYOR'S 2147 01:40:23,517 --> 01:40:27,921 OFFICE AND SDOT HAS HAD 2148 01:40:27,921 --> 01:40:29,156 AUTHORITY UNDER ARTICLES 4 AND 2149 01:40:29,156 --> 01:40:31,325 FIVE TO SUCH ACTIONS AND IN THE 2150 01:40:31,325 --> 01:40:36,296 CHARTER WE ARE ALL INCLUDED THE 2151 01:40:36,296 --> 01:40:37,297 MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TO 2152 01:40:37,297 --> 01:40:38,465 PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE HEALTH 2153 01:40:38,465 --> 01:40:39,166 AND SAFETY AND GENERAL SDOT, 2154 01:40:39,166 --> 01:40:42,870 VIAWELFARE OF THE PEOPLE. THE 2155 01:40:42,870 --> 01:40:44,505 MAYOR'S OFFICE CAN CLOSE TREAT 2156 01:40:44,505 --> 01:40:47,141 FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, SPEED 2157 01:40:47,141 --> 01:40:48,042 LIMIT, TRAFFIC CALMING, HEALTHY 2158 01:40:48,042 --> 01:40:48,976 STREETS, SPEED BUMPS, 2159 01:40:48,976 --> 01:40:52,146 ROUNDABOUTS, PARKING 2160 01:40:52,146 --> 01:40:53,280 RESTRICTIONS, STREET VACATION, 2161 01:40:53,280 --> 01:41:00,220 STREET RACING AND OUR NATIONAL 2162 01:41:00,220 --> 01:41:01,288 NIGHT OUT EVENTS, AND FOR BIKE 2163 01:41:01,288 --> 01:41:02,489 LANES, THEY WERE THE STREET 2164 01:41:02,489 --> 01:41:03,457 CLOSURES FOR PEDESTRIANS AND 2165 01:41:03,457 --> 01:41:04,091 BICYCLES AND HEAVY FOOT SDOT 2166 01:41:04,091 --> 01:41:05,159 HASTRAFFIC AND WITH SPORTING 2167 01:41:05,159 --> 01:41:08,862 EVENTS. CLOSE STREETS ON GOLDEN 2168 01:41:08,862 --> 01:41:12,132 GARDENS DRIVE FOR SAFE STREETS, 2169 01:41:12,132 --> 01:41:14,134 PIKE PLACE, THROUGH A PILOT 2170 01:41:14,134 --> 01:41:16,203 PROJECT AND SHOPPERS AND 2171 01:41:16,203 --> 01:41:20,107 TOURISTS IN THE MARKET AND LAKE 2172 01:41:20,107 --> 01:41:21,308 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD FOR BICYCLE 2173 01:41:21,308 --> 01:41:23,877 WEEKENDS . THIS CAN BE DONE, IT 2174 01:41:23,877 --> 01:41:25,412 IS UNFORTUNATE THAT I WILL BE 2175 01:41:25,412 --> 01:41:28,082 STRAIGHTFORWARD, IT HAD TO GET 2176 01:41:28,082 --> 01:41:29,183 TO THIS POINT TO HAVE 2177 01:41:29,183 --> 01:41:30,050 LEGISLATION TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY 2178 01:41:30,050 --> 01:41:31,852 TO DO WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE . 2179 01:41:31,852 --> 01:41:34,755 I WANT TO THANK WORKING WITH 2180 01:41:34,755 --> 01:41:37,157 CITY ATTORNEY EVANS SINCE 2181 01:41:37,157 --> 01:41:41,762 JANUARY AND BROUGHT IN KING 2182 01:41:41,762 --> 01:41:43,697 COUNTY PROSECUTOR . AND 2183 01:41:43,697 --> 01:41:45,632 REQUESTED AND WILL REQUEST 2184 01:41:45,632 --> 01:41:50,370 SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET A SHARED FTE 2185 01:41:50,370 --> 01:41:51,605 POSITION FUNDED BY THE CITY AND 2186 01:41:51,605 --> 01:41:53,173 KING COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE 2187 01:41:53,173 --> 01:41:54,741 TO FOCUS DIRECTLY ON SEX 2188 01:41:54,741 --> 01:41:55,709 TRAFFICKING AND PROSTITUTION AND 2189 01:41:55,709 --> 01:41:57,144 CRIME AND DRUG ACTIVITY ON 2190 01:41:57,144 --> 01:42:00,047 AURORA. IF WE CAN HAVE THE 2191 01:42:00,047 --> 01:42:03,050 AUTHORITY TO SHUT DOWN A STREET 2192 01:42:03,050 --> 01:42:06,720 FOR BULLETS FLYING AND 2193 01:42:06,720 --> 01:42:09,490 ENDANGERING THE LIVES OF THOSE 2194 01:42:09,490 --> 01:42:13,193 THERE -- LET ME REPHRASE THIS 2195 01:42:13,193 --> 01:42:14,962 BECAUSE I THINK I STATED THIS 2196 01:42:14,962 --> 01:42:16,363 WRONG , WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY 2197 01:42:16,363 --> 01:42:17,664 AND IF WE CAN HAVE THE AUTHORITY 2198 01:42:17,664 --> 01:42:19,833 FOR WHAT I JUST RATTLED OFF, I 2199 01:42:19,833 --> 01:42:21,268 THINK WE DO HAVE THE AUTHORITY 2200 01:42:21,268 --> 01:42:23,770 TO SHUT DOWN A STREET FOR 2201 01:42:23,770 --> 01:42:24,972 BULLETS FLYING AND ENDANGERING 2202 01:42:24,972 --> 01:42:27,040 THE VERY LIVES OF THOSE WHO LIVE 2203 01:42:27,040 --> 01:42:31,612 THERE. WHO GO TO SCHOOL THERE 2204 01:42:31,612 --> 01:42:32,546 AND WALK THEIR CHILDREN TO 2205 01:42:32,546 --> 01:42:33,847 SCHOOL THERE, GET ON THE BUS 2206 01:42:33,847 --> 01:42:37,684 THERE, USE THE TRANSPORTATION, 2207 01:42:37,684 --> 01:42:39,419 WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON AURORA 2208 01:42:39,419 --> 01:42:40,387 IN THE LAST DECADE WE COULD GO 2209 01:42:40,387 --> 01:42:44,525 DOWN AURORA 85th TO 130, TWO 2210 01:42:44,525 --> 01:42:46,560 BLOCKS ON EAST SIDE ON THE EAST 2211 01:42:46,560 --> 01:42:50,697 AND WEST, NOT HYPERBOLE TO SAY 2212 01:42:50,697 --> 01:42:51,765 THE CRIME HAS GOTTEN MUCH WORSE 2213 01:42:51,765 --> 01:42:53,267 AND MUCH MORE VIOLENT AND MUCH 2214 01:42:53,267 --> 01:42:54,468 MORE PREDATORY. I ALSO WANT TO 2215 01:42:54,468 --> 01:42:56,637 THANK ALL THOSE FOLKS AND 2216 01:42:56,637 --> 01:42:57,871 COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT STEPPED 2217 01:42:57,871 --> 01:42:59,940 FORWARD AND MARCHED AND ATTENDED 2218 01:42:59,940 --> 01:43:02,809 THE PUBLIC COMMENT . I WANT YOU 2219 01:43:02,809 --> 01:43:05,746 TO KNOW THAT FEAR IS CONTAGIOUS 2220 01:43:05,746 --> 01:43:07,781 BUT WHAT IS MORE CONTAGIOUS IS 2221 01:43:07,781 --> 01:43:10,717 COURAGE AND I KNOW A LOT OF YOU 2222 01:43:10,717 --> 01:43:12,319 REACHED OUT TO OUR OFFICE AND I 2223 01:43:12,319 --> 01:43:13,453 WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR 2224 01:43:13,453 --> 01:43:15,322 WORKING WITH US. FOR THOSE OF US 2225 01:43:15,322 --> 01:43:16,623 WHO THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING 2226 01:43:16,623 --> 01:43:20,260 ABOUT MORE POLICE OR WE ARE 2227 01:43:20,260 --> 01:43:22,362 OVER-POLICING, OR MILITARIZING, 2228 01:43:22,362 --> 01:43:26,934 WE ARE NOT , WE TOOK AN OATH 2229 01:43:26,934 --> 01:43:27,935 WHEN ELECTED FOR THE PUBLIC 2230 01:43:27,935 --> 01:43:29,970 SAFETY OF THIS GREAT CITY AND WE 2231 01:43:29,970 --> 01:43:31,238 ARE SAYING THERE ARE HOTSPOTS IN 2232 01:43:31,238 --> 01:43:32,439 THE CITY INCLUDING LITTLE 2233 01:43:32,439 --> 01:43:36,877 SAIGON. WE SEE EVERY WEEKEND ON 2234 01:43:36,877 --> 01:43:41,014 BEACON HILL , CAPITOL HILL, 12th 2235 01:43:41,014 --> 01:43:43,650 AND JACKSON, THIRD, DOWNTOWN, 2236 01:43:43,650 --> 01:43:48,422 AND AURORA WITH CAMERAS FOR 2237 01:43:48,422 --> 01:43:49,156 COMMUNITIES HAVE ASKED FOR 2238 01:43:49,156 --> 01:43:51,458 CAMERAS, I WILL SAY IT AGAIN, 2239 01:43:51,458 --> 01:43:52,826 THOSE ARE OUR CHILDREN BEING 2240 01:43:52,826 --> 01:43:55,562 SHOT, CHILDREN AND WOMEN I SEE 2241 01:43:55,562 --> 01:43:56,630 BEING TRAFFICKED AND THE ISSUES 2242 01:43:56,630 --> 01:44:00,267 WE FOCUSED ON WITH MISSING AND 2243 01:44:00,267 --> 01:44:01,201 MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND 2244 01:44:01,201 --> 01:44:03,070 GIRLS AND BROWN AND BLACK GIRLS 2245 01:44:03,070 --> 01:44:04,738 BETWEEN 12 AND 16, THEY LOOK 2246 01:44:04,738 --> 01:44:11,111 LIKE ME . I HAVE SAID THIS 2247 01:44:11,111 --> 01:44:12,479 BEFORE AND I WILL SAY IT AGAIN, 2248 01:44:12,479 --> 01:44:13,680 YOU CAN JUDGE A SOCIETY ON HOW 2249 01:44:13,680 --> 01:44:14,748 THEY VALUE THEIR WOMEN AND 2250 01:44:14,748 --> 01:44:16,049 CHILDREN, I AM NOT GOING TO 2251 01:44:16,049 --> 01:44:17,451 POLITICIZE THIS ISSUE, THIS IS 2252 01:44:17,451 --> 01:44:18,051 ABOUT HAVING OFFICERS AT THE 2253 01:44:18,051 --> 01:44:19,186 READY WORKING WITH C.A.R.E. 2254 01:44:19,186 --> 01:44:21,989 WHICH CAME OUT OF POST 2020, AND 2255 01:44:21,989 --> 01:44:25,058 OUR WORK WITH CHIEF MARTIN, WE 2256 01:44:25,058 --> 01:44:29,763 HAVE A COMMUNITY RESPONSE . THIS 2257 01:44:29,763 --> 01:44:30,897 IS NOT JUST ABOUT LET'S HIRE 2258 01:44:30,897 --> 01:44:31,865 MORE POLICE OFFICERS AND ARREST 2259 01:44:31,865 --> 01:44:33,166 MORE PEOPLE, THERE IS A PRISON 2260 01:44:33,166 --> 01:44:35,969 TO PIPELINE THING , THAT IS NOT 2261 01:44:35,969 --> 01:44:37,204 WHAT THIS IS, PURE COMMON SENSE 2262 01:44:37,204 --> 01:44:38,939 IS WHAT THIS IS AND REGARDLESS 2263 01:44:38,939 --> 01:44:40,841 OF HOW WE GOT HERE, WE ARE HERE 2264 01:44:40,841 --> 01:44:42,376 AND TODAY I AM ASKING MY 2265 01:44:42,376 --> 01:44:43,877 COLLEAGUES AND THANKING 2266 01:44:43,877 --> 01:44:48,382 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE TO BRING 2267 01:44:48,382 --> 01:44:49,383 THIS LEGISLATION AND GET IT 2268 01:44:49,383 --> 01:44:55,022 PASSED AND WORK WITH SDOT AND 2269 01:44:55,022 --> 01:44:55,656 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR 2270 01:44:55,656 --> 01:44:56,723 PERMANENT SOLUTIONS THAT I HAVE 2271 01:44:56,723 --> 01:44:58,025 SEEN IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS TO 2272 01:44:58,025 --> 01:44:58,825 PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND 2273 01:44:58,825 --> 01:44:59,926 THE COMMUNITIES AND THE SCHOOLS 2274 01:44:59,926 --> 01:45:05,198 ALONG AURORA. THANK YOU, MR. 2275 01:45:05,198 --> 01:45:05,432 CHAIR. 2276 01:45:05,432 --> 01:45:08,068 >> THANK YOU. YES, FINAL AND 2277 01:45:08,068 --> 01:45:10,304 COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTIONS. SO 2278 01:45:10,304 --> 01:45:17,310 IMPORTANT. VICE CHAIR? 2279 01:45:17,310 --> 01:45:21,448 >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. MAY WE 2280 01:45:21,448 --> 01:45:22,549 GET A QUICK OVERVIEW FROM 2281 01:45:22,549 --> 01:45:23,517 CENTRAL STAFF? 2282 01:45:23,517 --> 01:45:26,186 >> THANK YOU. 2283 01:45:26,186 --> 01:45:32,559 >> CALVIN CHOW , CENTRAL STAFF. 2284 01:45:32,559 --> 01:45:37,197 THE LEGISLATION , I WILL 2285 01:45:37,197 --> 01:45:41,668 HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT 2286 01:45:41,668 --> 01:45:43,270 FILL OUT SOME OF THE DETAILS. 2287 01:45:43,270 --> 01:45:44,871 LEGISLATION DOES MAKE CHANGES TO 2288 01:45:44,871 --> 01:45:46,506 THE MUNICIPAL CODE WHICH 2289 01:45:46,506 --> 01:45:50,811 PREVIOUSLY ALLOWS THE SDOT TO 2290 01:45:50,811 --> 01:45:52,813 ENCLOSE ALLEYWAYS AT THE 2291 01:45:52,813 --> 01:45:54,748 RECOMMENDATION OF THE SEATTLE 2292 01:45:54,748 --> 01:45:55,782 POLICE DEPARTMENT . THIS WOULD 2293 01:45:55,782 --> 01:45:58,719 EXTEND THAT TO THE STREETS . YOU 2294 01:45:58,719 --> 01:46:02,255 COULD ARGUE THAT IT WAS ELIGIBLE 2295 01:46:02,255 --> 01:46:03,090 . 2296 01:46:03,090 --> 01:46:06,026 >> I WILL ARGUE THAT. I LOOKED 2297 01:46:06,026 --> 01:46:08,128 AT THE CHARTER. 2298 01:46:08,128 --> 01:46:13,767 >> THE LEGISLATION , EMERGENCY 2299 01:46:13,767 --> 01:46:16,036 LEGISLATION AND WILL REQUIRE A 2300 01:46:16,036 --> 01:46:17,738 THREE FOURTHS VOTE FROM THE CITY 2301 01:46:17,738 --> 01:46:20,240 COUNCIL AND BE EFFECTIVE 2302 01:46:20,240 --> 01:46:21,174 IMMEDIATELY UPON THE SIGNATURE 2303 01:46:21,174 --> 01:46:25,912 OF THE MAYOR. THERE IS A SEGMENT 2304 01:46:25,912 --> 01:46:27,314 THAT DECLARES THE FINDINGS THAT 2305 01:46:27,314 --> 01:46:28,782 MAKES AN EMERGENCY AS WELL. 2306 01:46:28,782 --> 01:46:30,016 UNLESS THERE ARE SPECIFIC 2307 01:46:30,016 --> 01:46:31,518 QUESTIONS I AM HAPPY TO SUPPORT 2308 01:46:31,518 --> 01:46:36,022 THE COUNCIL WITH DISCUSSION. 2309 01:46:36,022 --> 01:46:37,023 >> ANY QUESTIONS? 2310 01:46:37,023 --> 01:46:42,596 >> I WANT TO THANK CALVING, I AM 2311 01:46:42,596 --> 01:46:46,032 SORRY -- THANK YOU, CALVIN, I AM 2312 01:46:46,032 --> 01:46:47,734 SORRY I JUMPED THE GUN, AND 2313 01:46:47,734 --> 01:46:54,141 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 2314 01:46:54,141 --> 01:46:54,941 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WANT TO 2315 01:46:54,941 --> 01:46:59,579 START BY THANKING THE BILL 2316 01:46:59,579 --> 01:47:04,818 SPONSOR, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, I 2317 01:47:04,818 --> 01:47:06,353 WANTED YOU TO SAY IT LOUDER SO 2318 01:47:06,353 --> 01:47:08,688 THEY CAN HEAR YOU IN THE BACK. I 2319 01:47:08,688 --> 01:47:12,225 APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP. THIS 2320 01:47:12,225 --> 01:47:13,293 IS AN EXAMPLE OF SHARED 2321 01:47:13,293 --> 01:47:14,528 LEADERSHIP WHICH IS WHAT I WANT 2322 01:47:14,528 --> 01:47:16,730 TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOR 2323 01:47:16,730 --> 01:47:19,733 ALL HIS WORK AND THE EFFORTS TO 2324 01:47:19,733 --> 01:47:22,803 DAYLIGHT THIS OPPORTUNITY . 2325 01:47:22,803 --> 01:47:26,273 CHAIR KETTLE FOR HOLDING IT IN 2326 01:47:26,273 --> 01:47:28,575 COMMITTEE . AND EXPEDITING THIS. 2327 01:47:28,575 --> 01:47:32,579 IN THIS COMMITTEE HERE TODAY. I 2328 01:47:32,579 --> 01:47:34,514 WILL BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS 2329 01:47:34,514 --> 01:47:37,284 COUNCIL BILL WHICH WILL ALLOW 2330 01:47:37,284 --> 01:47:40,620 THE DIRECTOR OF SDOT TO GO TO -- 2331 01:47:40,620 --> 01:47:42,856 CLOSE STREETS FOR CRIMINAL 2332 01:47:42,856 --> 01:47:45,592 ACTIVITY AND THIS FINAL PIECE OF 2333 01:47:45,592 --> 01:47:46,593 LEGISLATION ALIGNS PERFECTLY 2334 01:47:46,593 --> 01:47:48,328 WITH OUR ONGOING EFFORTS TO 2335 01:47:48,328 --> 01:47:52,933 IMPROVE SAFETY AND OUR 2336 01:47:52,933 --> 01:48:03,476 TRANSPORTATION ECOSYSTEM. IT 2337 01:48:03,476 --> 01:48:06,313 ALSO -- TAKE INNOVATIVE MEASURES 2338 01:48:06,313 --> 01:48:08,915 TO BE RESPONSIVE TO COMMUNITY 2339 01:48:08,915 --> 01:48:15,455 FEARS AND CONCERNS. AND, ALSO, 2340 01:48:15,455 --> 01:48:20,060 SAY THAT, I COULD NOT AGREE MORE 2341 01:48:20,060 --> 01:48:22,429 WITH YOUR COMMENTS. THE 2342 01:48:22,429 --> 01:48:25,832 AUTHORITY , DID NOT NEED TO BE 2343 01:48:25,832 --> 01:48:28,535 EXPRESSED , ALREADY STRONGLY 2344 01:48:28,535 --> 01:48:29,102 IMPLIED UNDER EXISTING 2345 01:48:29,102 --> 01:48:30,804 AUTHORITIES AND CHARTER AND 2346 01:48:30,804 --> 01:48:33,907 ORDINANCE LEVEL, BUT THIS MAKES 2347 01:48:33,907 --> 01:48:37,978 CRYSTAL CLEAR , WE HAD 2348 01:48:37,978 --> 01:48:39,746 PRE-EXISTING AUTHORITY TO CLOSE 2349 01:48:39,746 --> 01:48:43,516 STREETS, TO PROTECT OUR MOST 2350 01:48:43,516 --> 01:48:46,086 HONORABLE USERS ON THE ROAD. 2351 01:48:46,086 --> 01:48:49,189 HEALTHY STREETS IS ONE EXAMPLE 2352 01:48:49,189 --> 01:48:50,991 AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT EFFORTS 2353 01:48:50,991 --> 01:48:55,862 TO DO EXACTLY THAT, CLOSE 2354 01:48:55,862 --> 01:48:56,930 STREETS TO PROTECT OUR MOST 2355 01:48:56,930 --> 01:48:58,064 HONORABLE USES, PEDESTRIANS, 2356 01:48:58,064 --> 01:49:03,503 CYCLISTS, CARS, IN A THOUGHTFUL, 2357 01:49:03,503 --> 01:49:06,740 LIMITED BASIS, AND IF I SUPPORT 2358 01:49:06,740 --> 01:49:11,645 EFFORTS TO CLOSE STREETS, TO 2359 01:49:11,645 --> 01:49:13,346 PROTECT CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS 2360 01:49:13,346 --> 01:49:15,282 , I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THOSE 2361 01:49:15,282 --> 01:49:16,917 SAME EFFORTS TO PROTECT 2362 01:49:16,917 --> 01:49:20,186 COMMUNITIES FROM BULLETS. THE 2363 01:49:20,186 --> 01:49:25,792 COMMUNITY TOLD US, IN AURORA , 2364 01:49:25,792 --> 01:49:27,560 OVER A MONTH AGO, WHAT THEY 2365 01:49:27,560 --> 01:49:32,098 NEEDED. TO PUT THEIR OWN 2366 01:49:32,098 --> 01:49:32,832 OBSTRUCTIONS TO BLOCK CERTAIN 2367 01:49:32,832 --> 01:49:36,269 ROADS IN AURORA. ALONG AURORA . 2368 01:49:36,269 --> 01:49:38,772 THEY TOLD US WHAT THEY WANTED . 2369 01:49:38,772 --> 01:49:40,440 WE HAD THAT AUTHORITY AT THE 2370 01:49:40,440 --> 01:49:45,412 TIME. I APPLAUD THE MAYOR'S 2371 01:49:45,412 --> 01:49:52,052 DECISION TO CLOSE SOME OF THE 2372 01:49:52,052 --> 01:49:53,687 STREETS AND APPRECIATE 2373 01:49:53,687 --> 01:49:56,957 COLLEAGUES , ESPECIALLY 2374 01:49:56,957 --> 01:49:59,759 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, FOR YOUR 2375 01:49:59,759 --> 01:50:04,564 STRONG LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE. 2376 01:50:04,564 --> 01:50:09,436 AGAIN, THIS IS IMPORTANT . WE 2377 01:50:09,436 --> 01:50:11,738 HAD THAT AUTHORITY, IF NOT 2378 01:50:11,738 --> 01:50:15,241 EXPRESSED , STRONGLY IMPLIED, 2379 01:50:15,241 --> 01:50:17,510 NOW WE'RE TAKING AWAY ALL 2380 01:50:17,510 --> 01:50:22,983 EXCUSES. LEAVING, FOR THE 2381 01:50:22,983 --> 01:50:27,153 AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT. NO DOUBT 2382 01:50:27,153 --> 01:50:29,622 NOW. LET US USE THIS, WE'LL 2383 01:50:29,622 --> 01:50:31,992 THIS NEW TOOL RESPONSIBLY AND 2384 01:50:31,992 --> 01:50:35,729 THOUGHTFULLY , AND PROACTIVELY, 2385 01:50:35,729 --> 01:50:39,432 AND, BECAUSE I STRONGLY SUPPORT 2386 01:50:39,432 --> 01:50:43,403 IT, I WOULD LOVE TO REQUEST TO 2387 01:50:43,403 --> 01:50:48,575 BE LISTED AS A COSPONSOR. IF IT 2388 01:50:48,575 --> 01:50:48,975 IS OKAY WITH YOU. 2389 01:50:48,975 --> 01:50:53,446 >> OF COURSE. I THINK I ALREADY 2390 01:50:53,446 --> 01:50:53,713 SAID IT. 2391 01:50:53,713 --> 01:50:56,216 >> THANK YOU. NO FURTHER 2392 01:50:56,216 --> 01:50:58,151 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, CHAIR. 2393 01:50:58,151 --> 01:51:02,789 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? 2394 01:51:02,789 --> 01:51:06,559 >> THANK. THANK YOU , 2395 01:51:06,559 --> 01:51:07,127 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ FOR 2396 01:51:07,127 --> 01:51:08,495 BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND CHAIR 2397 01:51:08,495 --> 01:51:11,297 KETTLE ARE GETTING THIS ON THE 2398 01:51:11,297 --> 01:51:16,302 AGENDA QUICKLY. AS PART OF THE 2399 01:51:16,302 --> 01:51:17,370 ONGOING DIALOGUE WE ARE HAVING 2400 01:51:17,370 --> 01:51:19,839 AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY , IT SEEMS 2401 01:51:19,839 --> 01:51:22,242 LIKE COMMON SENSE LEGISLATION TO 2402 01:51:22,242 --> 01:51:26,846 SUPPORT A HOLISTIC , ALL THE 2403 01:51:26,846 --> 01:51:30,750 TOOLS WE HAVE, EVERY TOOL WE 2404 01:51:30,750 --> 01:51:37,323 CAN, INCLUDING PRIVATE REGION -- 2405 01:51:37,323 --> 01:51:38,458 CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH 2406 01:51:38,458 --> 01:51:40,694 ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, THERE WILL 2407 01:51:40,694 --> 01:51:41,861 BE A ROLE FOR PLAY AND 2408 01:51:41,861 --> 01:51:43,663 ENFORCEMENT TO PLAY BUT IF THERE 2409 01:51:43,663 --> 01:51:45,298 ARE OTHER THINGS TO DO TO MAKE 2410 01:51:45,298 --> 01:51:49,269 THEIR JOB EASIER, TO HELP CREATE 2411 01:51:49,269 --> 01:51:51,171 COMMUNITY AND MAKE THE COMMUNITY 2412 01:51:51,171 --> 01:52:00,380 SAFER, LET'S USE THOSE TOOLS. 2413 01:52:00,380 --> 01:52:01,815 AS WE THINK ABOUT AURORA AND WHY 2414 01:52:01,815 --> 01:52:02,816 THIS INSTANCE AND LOCATION, A 2415 01:52:02,816 --> 01:52:04,184 NUMBER OF REASONS AND PART OF 2416 01:52:04,184 --> 01:52:05,285 THE REASON IS BECAUSE THERE WAS 2417 01:52:05,285 --> 01:52:06,786 A HIGHWAY, BECAUSE OF THE LAND 2418 01:52:06,786 --> 01:52:09,989 USE DECISIONS WE HAVE ALLOWED TO 2419 01:52:09,989 --> 01:52:11,758 CONTINUE IN THAT AREA, MY 2420 01:52:11,758 --> 01:52:16,296 COMMITMENT TO YOU ALL, TO -- IF 2421 01:52:16,296 --> 01:52:20,300 THERE ARE OF THE THINGS WE CAN 2422 01:52:20,300 --> 01:52:22,368 DO ON AURORA TO MAKE IT A MORE 2423 01:52:22,368 --> 01:52:23,837 SAFE AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT, 2424 01:52:23,837 --> 01:52:26,873 IN A MORE POSITIVE WAY , I AM 2425 01:52:26,873 --> 01:52:28,508 HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ON THIS. 2426 01:52:28,508 --> 01:52:28,808 THANK YOU. 2427 01:52:28,808 --> 01:52:33,847 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 2428 01:52:33,847 --> 01:52:40,053 TO CLOSE, I WILL ADD, THANK YOU, 2429 01:52:40,053 --> 01:52:40,787 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, PARTNERING 2430 01:52:40,787 --> 01:52:42,122 ON THIS AND OTHER ISSUES WITH 2431 01:52:42,122 --> 01:52:44,624 OUR COLLEAGUES ON COUNCIL . I 2432 01:52:44,624 --> 01:52:47,994 WANTED TO NOTE, OUR FIRST AGENDA 2433 01:52:47,994 --> 01:52:51,765 ITEM , CHIEF BARNES TO BE 2434 01:52:51,765 --> 01:52:53,533 PROACTIVE IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND 2435 01:52:53,533 --> 01:52:55,702 PUBLIC SAFETY, FIRST BILL THAT 2436 01:52:55,702 --> 01:52:59,773 CAME OUT OF THIS COMMITTEE WAS 2437 01:52:59,773 --> 01:53:01,808 WITH CHIEF SCOGGINS REGARDING A 2438 01:53:01,808 --> 01:53:07,747 DANGEROUS BUILDING. THAT WAS 2439 01:53:07,747 --> 01:53:09,482 COSPONSORED WITH COUNCILMEMBER 2440 01:53:09,482 --> 01:53:12,519 MORALES. WITH SPD, OVERNIGHT 2441 01:53:12,519 --> 01:53:14,454 ESTABLISHMENTS, IN EFFECT LAST 2442 01:53:14,454 --> 01:53:18,625 SUMMER , WE HAVE DONE THIS. WITH 2443 01:53:18,625 --> 01:53:22,862 CHIEF BARNES AND SDOT , THESE 2444 01:53:22,862 --> 01:53:24,631 ARE THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING TO 2445 01:53:24,631 --> 01:53:27,901 DO TO HAVE EFFECT ON THE GROUND 2446 01:53:27,901 --> 01:53:30,937 . THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. I 2447 01:53:30,937 --> 01:53:32,205 LIKE THE REFERENCES TO THE 2448 01:53:32,205 --> 01:53:35,508 CHARTER. IT IS SO IMPORTANT . WE 2449 01:53:35,508 --> 01:53:37,977 HAVE ALL TAKEN AN OATH TO UPHOLD 2450 01:53:37,977 --> 01:53:39,679 THE CHARTER AND THE ORDINANCES 2451 01:53:39,679 --> 01:53:43,349 OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE. THANK 2452 01:53:43,349 --> 01:53:48,755 YOU. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ? 2453 01:53:48,755 --> 01:53:51,224 >> THANK YOU FOR THE LAST 2454 01:53:51,224 --> 01:53:53,827 COMMENTS . I HAVE THE CHARTER 2455 01:53:53,827 --> 01:53:57,764 RIGHT HERE. YOU KNOW ME. 2456 01:53:57,764 --> 01:54:03,136 COUNCILMEMBER LIN, I WANT TO 2457 01:54:03,136 --> 01:54:07,240 THANK YOU AGAIN . I APPRECIATE 2458 01:54:07,240 --> 01:54:08,508 WORKING WITH YOU ON THE DATA 2459 01:54:08,508 --> 01:54:10,310 CENTERS THAT WAS FUN , THE 2460 01:54:10,310 --> 01:54:14,280 POLICE ISSUE ON AURORA , YOU 2461 01:54:14,280 --> 01:54:15,248 BROUGHT UP A VERY INTERESTING 2462 01:54:15,248 --> 01:54:16,649 POINT AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT 2463 01:54:16,649 --> 01:54:18,718 OFF-LINE. AFTER I LEAVE HIM A 2464 01:54:18,718 --> 01:54:20,820 POLICY ISSUE, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, 2465 01:54:20,820 --> 01:54:23,323 WE SAW IT ON LAKE CITY AND THE 2466 01:54:23,323 --> 01:54:27,794 ANNEXATION , WHEN IT BECAME A 2467 01:54:27,794 --> 01:54:29,963 PART OF SEATTLE IN THE 60s, 2468 01:54:29,963 --> 01:54:30,930 LAND-USE DECISIONS, HOW THAT WAS 2469 01:54:30,930 --> 01:54:34,267 MADE. IT IS UNIQUE IN IT HAS A 2470 01:54:34,267 --> 01:54:37,136 STATE HIGHWAY THROUGH IT. 523 2471 01:54:37,136 --> 01:54:40,540 AND AURORA AND THOSE ARE STATE 2472 01:54:40,540 --> 01:54:43,676 HIGHWAYS . HOMELESSNESS, DRUG 2473 01:54:43,676 --> 01:54:46,980 ACTIVITY, THE OTHER ISSUES , IT 2474 01:54:46,980 --> 01:54:48,181 HAS BEEN DIFFICULT AT TIMES BUT 2475 01:54:48,181 --> 01:54:48,982 SOMETIMES WE HAVE BEEN 2476 01:54:48,982 --> 01:54:49,983 SUCCESSFUL IN GAINING MONEY TO 2477 01:54:49,983 --> 01:54:52,285 ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES ON AURORA 2478 01:54:52,285 --> 01:54:55,588 AND LAKE CITY. I HAVE A GREAT 2479 01:54:55,588 --> 01:55:02,161 STAFF WORKING WITH SPD AND CHIEF 2480 01:55:02,161 --> 01:55:03,463 MARTIN AND CHIEF BARNES TO HAVE 2481 01:55:03,463 --> 01:55:05,331 A SATELLITE SPD OFFICE ON LAKE 2482 01:55:05,331 --> 01:55:10,303 CITY , AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO 2483 01:55:10,303 --> 01:55:11,204 SURVIVED BLOCK THE BUNKER AND 2484 01:55:11,204 --> 01:55:12,438 DEFUND THE POLICE AND POST 2020 2485 01:55:12,438 --> 01:55:13,640 AND THE CONSENT DECREE, WE HAVE 2486 01:55:13,640 --> 01:55:15,675 LEARNED A LOT AND TAKEN A LOT 2487 01:55:15,675 --> 01:55:19,078 FROM THAT . THAT IS WHERE 2488 01:55:19,078 --> 01:55:20,246 C.A.R.E. CAME OUT OF, THAT IS 2489 01:55:20,246 --> 01:55:22,315 HOW IT SHOULD BE . YOU ARE 2490 01:55:22,315 --> 01:55:23,750 RIGHT, FOR ME AS A LEGISLATOR, 2491 01:55:23,750 --> 01:55:25,385 THE FIRST TOOL I LOOK FOR IS 2492 01:55:25,385 --> 01:55:30,323 HEALING. AND COMMUNITY . NOBODY 2493 01:55:30,323 --> 01:55:31,457 SAYS THE FIRST THING YOU WANT TO 2494 01:55:31,457 --> 01:55:32,959 DO IS CALL THE POLICE. THAT IS 2495 01:55:32,959 --> 01:55:36,029 NOT OUR STANCE, OUR STANCE IS TO 2496 01:55:36,029 --> 01:55:37,363 LOOK AT THE HUMANITY OF THE 2497 01:55:37,363 --> 01:55:40,033 SITUATION AND NOT BE CRUEL. NOT 2498 01:55:40,033 --> 01:55:42,669 CREATE CHAOS BUT LOOK AT THE 2499 01:55:42,669 --> 01:55:43,836 HUMIDITY AND KINDNESS AND WHAT 2500 01:55:43,836 --> 01:55:47,273 PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR. NOT 2501 01:55:47,273 --> 01:55:50,076 POLITICIZE IT AND YOU PROMOTED 2502 01:55:50,076 --> 01:55:54,013 AND DOUBLE PERFORMATIVE CRAP. 2503 01:55:54,013 --> 01:55:57,717 THAT IS WHY I VOTED THE WAY I 2504 01:55:57,717 --> 01:55:59,185 DID ON THE CAMERAS. THAT MAY 2505 01:55:59,185 --> 01:56:01,054 CHANGE . NOT A DETERRENT TOOL, 2506 01:56:01,054 --> 01:56:05,091 IT IS AN INVESTIGATIVE TOOL, 2507 01:56:05,091 --> 01:56:12,298 WHEN PEOPLE POLITICIZE THOSE 2508 01:56:12,298 --> 01:56:13,333 ISSUES THEY FORGET THEY REMOVE 2509 01:56:13,333 --> 01:56:14,567 FROM PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY LIVE IN 2510 01:56:14,567 --> 01:56:15,435 THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEY 2511 01:56:15,435 --> 01:56:17,070 LOOK AT IT FROM THE LENS THAT IS 2512 01:56:17,070 --> 01:56:18,671 NOT, I DON'T THINK, RESPONSIBLE 2513 01:56:18,671 --> 01:56:21,441 OR ACCURATE . I WILL STAND BY 2514 01:56:21,441 --> 01:56:22,809 THOSE WORDS AND I STOOD BY MY 2515 01:56:22,809 --> 01:56:23,910 VOTE AND I PAID FOR THAT DEFUND 2516 01:56:23,910 --> 01:56:27,547 AND WOULD VOTEVOTE ON THE SAME 2517 01:56:27,547 --> 01:56:29,015 WAY TODAY AND WANT TO THANK THE 2518 01:56:29,015 --> 01:56:30,216 LEADERSHIP OF COUNCILMEMBER 2519 01:56:30,216 --> 01:56:36,989 KETTLE , SOMEONE WHO WENT 2520 01:56:36,989 --> 01:56:38,191 THROUGH FOUR MAYORS AND FOUR 2521 01:56:38,191 --> 01:56:39,192 CHIEFS OF POLICE AND WATCHING 2522 01:56:39,192 --> 01:56:40,560 THE ARK OF HOW WE HAVE CHANGED 2523 01:56:40,560 --> 01:56:42,161 AS A CITY IN THE LAST DECADE AND 2524 01:56:42,161 --> 01:56:43,363 HOW WE APPROACH CRIME AND THE 2525 01:56:43,363 --> 01:56:44,197 UNDERLYING ISSUES THAT CAUSE 2526 01:56:44,197 --> 01:56:46,499 CRIME. QUITE FRANKLY , IT IS 2527 01:56:46,499 --> 01:56:52,238 POVERTY. IF YOU INTERRUPT THE 2528 01:56:52,238 --> 01:56:53,373 POVERTY CYCLE, PEOPLE HAVE OTHER 2529 01:56:53,373 --> 01:56:55,074 MEANS TO TRY TO LIVE AND THAT IS 2530 01:56:55,074 --> 01:56:56,743 JUST BASIC. THAT IS WHAT WE LOOK 2531 01:56:56,743 --> 01:56:59,011 AT FIRST AND WHY WE ARE SUCH A 2532 01:56:59,011 --> 01:57:06,619 GOOD CITY IN THE SENSE WE ARE A 2533 01:57:06,619 --> 01:57:07,420 SANCTUARY CITY, WE CARE ABOUT 2534 01:57:07,420 --> 01:57:08,888 OUR FOLKS, WE CARE ABOUT HOUSING 2535 01:57:08,888 --> 01:57:10,490 AND WANT PEOPLE TO BE SAFE AND 2536 01:57:10,490 --> 01:57:11,224 USE TRANSIT, FOR THAT REASON, 2537 01:57:11,224 --> 01:57:12,291 THANK YOU, CHAIR, FOR ALLOWING 2538 01:57:12,291 --> 01:57:14,660 ME TO BRING THIS LEGISLATION AND 2539 01:57:14,660 --> 01:57:16,262 THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER LIN 2540 01:57:16,262 --> 01:57:18,398 FOR BRINGING THIS TO ME WHEN YOU 2541 01:57:18,398 --> 01:57:19,432 WERE THE CITY ATTORNEY AND 2542 01:57:19,432 --> 01:57:26,572 HELPED DRAFT OF THIS. THANK YOU. 2543 01:57:26,572 --> 01:57:28,341 >> LET'S GET THE VOTE DONE 2544 01:57:28,341 --> 01:57:31,110 FIRST . PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO 2545 01:57:31,110 --> 01:57:36,616 ADOPT CB 121233? 2546 01:57:36,616 --> 01:57:37,650 >> JUAREZ? 2547 01:57:37,650 --> 01:57:45,758 >> YES. 2548 01:57:45,758 --> 01:57:45,992 >> LIN? 2549 01:57:45,992 --> 01:57:46,225 >> YES. 2550 01:57:46,225 --> 01:57:46,492 >> SAKA? 2551 01:57:46,492 --> 01:57:46,726 >> YES. 2552 01:57:46,726 --> 01:57:47,026 >> KETTLE? 2553 01:57:47,026 --> 01:57:47,293 >> YES. 2554 01:57:47,293 --> 01:57:50,596 >> IT WILL BE SENT TO THE JUNE 2555 01:57:50,596 --> 01:57:57,570 30th CITY COUNCIL MEETING. BY 2556 01:57:57,570 --> 01:58:00,273 THE WAY, THANK YOU, 2557 01:58:00,273 --> 01:58:01,174 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 2558 01:58:01,174 --> 01:58:04,677 COMMUNITY, REALLY IMPORTANT IN 2559 01:58:04,677 --> 01:58:06,012 CHAMBERS AND CITY HALL AND 2560 01:58:06,012 --> 01:58:09,182 GENERALLY, I REALLY APPRECIATE 2561 01:58:09,182 --> 01:58:09,382 THAT. 2562 01:58:09,382 --> 01:58:12,618 >> THANK YOU FOR GOING TO THAT , 2563 01:58:12,618 --> 01:58:17,023 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE . 2564 01:58:17,023 --> 01:58:17,824 >> NOW, WE HAVE REACHED THE END 2565 01:58:17,824 --> 01:58:21,627 OF THE AGENDA . ANY FURTHER 2566 01:58:21,627 --> 01:58:26,099 BUSINESS?