1 00:00:12,112 --> 00:00:14,381 [MUSIC] 2 00:00:14,514 --> 00:00:18,284 -- AND GOOD MORNING. THE PUBLIC 3 00:00:18,284 --> 00:00:20,520 SAFETY COMMITTEE WILL COME TO 4 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:22,522 ORDER. IT'S 9:34 A.M. SEPTEMBER 5 00:00:22,522 --> 00:00:23,289 8th, 2026 ON ROBERT KETTLE, 6 00:00:23,289 --> 00:00:24,591 CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY 7 00:00:24,591 --> 00:00:25,859 COMMITTEE. WILL THE COMMITTEE 8 00:00:25,859 --> 00:00:29,262 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 9 00:00:29,262 --> 00:00:31,831 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN HERE. 10 00:00:31,831 --> 00:00:33,266 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 11 00:00:33,266 --> 00:00:34,200 -- PRESENT. 12 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:34,834 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA HERE. 13 00:00:34,834 --> 00:00:35,935 CHAIR KETTLE. HERE. CHAIR. THERE 14 00:00:35,935 --> 00:00:37,270 ARE FOUR MEMBERS PRESENT. ONE 15 00:00:37,270 --> 00:00:39,205 EXCUSED. 16 00:00:39,205 --> 00:00:41,541 -- THANK YOU AGAIN. GOOD MORNING 17 00:00:41,541 --> 00:00:43,009 TO EVERYONE FOR THIS MORNING'S 18 00:00:43,009 --> 00:00:44,944 CHAIR. COMMENT. I WANTED TO 19 00:00:44,944 --> 00:00:46,880 SPEAK TO THE CHALLENGES THAT 20 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:49,849 WE'RE FACING IN OUR 21 00:00:49,849 --> 00:00:52,318 NEIGHBORHOODS. WE HAVE 22 00:00:52,318 --> 00:00:52,952 NEIGHBORHOODS IN CRISIS. EARLIER 23 00:00:52,952 --> 00:00:54,554 THIS YEAR IN APRIL, I WAS 24 00:00:54,554 --> 00:00:56,556 SPEAKING ABOUT LITTLE SAIGON, 25 00:00:56,556 --> 00:00:59,626 AND THEN WE HAD NORTH AURORA. 26 00:00:59,626 --> 00:01:02,395 TODAY IT'S BELLTOWN. THIS 27 00:01:02,395 --> 00:01:04,097 WEEKEND WE HAD MULTIPLE GUN 28 00:01:04,097 --> 00:01:04,898 VIOLENCE INCIDENTS. WE HAD ONE 29 00:01:04,898 --> 00:01:06,766 AT DENNY AND CLAY NEAR THIRD. 30 00:01:06,766 --> 00:01:09,135 AND THEN NOT FAR FROM THERE, 31 00:01:09,135 --> 00:01:10,737 FURTHER IN OUR DIRECTION AT 32 00:01:10,737 --> 00:01:13,807 THIRD AND BLANCHARD, ANOTHER 33 00:01:13,807 --> 00:01:14,607 SHOOTING, AS THE SEATTLE TIMES 34 00:01:14,607 --> 00:01:17,010 SAID, TWO DEAD, TWO HURT IN 35 00:01:17,010 --> 00:01:17,644 BELLTOWN SHOOTINGS NEAR ROB SAKA 36 00:01:17,644 --> 00:01:20,380 STREET TAKEOVER. AND I WOULD ADD 37 00:01:20,380 --> 00:01:22,015 A CHRONIC HOT SPOT OF THIRD AND 38 00:01:22,015 --> 00:01:23,817 BLANCHARD. THEN THE NEXT NIGHT, 39 00:01:23,817 --> 00:01:26,719 ELLIOT AND BELL AND THEN DOWN TO 40 00:01:26,719 --> 00:01:29,222 ALASKAN WAY AGAIN. SEATTLE TIMES 41 00:01:29,222 --> 00:01:30,123 SIX PERSONS SHOT IN BELLTOWN IN 42 00:01:30,123 --> 00:01:34,761 24 HOURS. TEEN DIES IN LATEST 43 00:01:34,761 --> 00:01:37,263 GUNFIRE. THIS BUILDS ON THE 44 00:01:37,263 --> 00:01:38,565 CHALLENGES THAT BELLTOWN HAS 45 00:01:38,565 --> 00:01:39,933 BEEN FACING DAY IN AND DAY OUT, 46 00:01:39,933 --> 00:01:42,669 WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT. PRIMARILY 47 00:01:42,669 --> 00:01:46,573 AT SECOND AND NORTH, THIRD AND 48 00:01:46,573 --> 00:01:47,207 BLANCHARD AND ELSEWHERE IN THE 49 00:01:47,207 --> 00:01:51,311 NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT THIS IS NEW. 50 00:01:51,311 --> 00:01:53,780 THIS GUN VIOLENCE WE'VE HAD 51 00:01:53,780 --> 00:01:54,881 INCREASED. LOOK AT THIS FROM A 52 00:01:54,881 --> 00:01:58,051 COUNCIL AND COMMITTEE FOCUS. 53 00:01:58,051 --> 00:01:59,719 WE'VE ADDED TO OUR STRATEGIC 54 00:01:59,719 --> 00:02:01,321 FRAMEWORK PLAN, A GUN VIOLENCE 55 00:02:01,321 --> 00:02:01,888 REDUCTION INTERVENTION AND 56 00:02:01,888 --> 00:02:04,090 REDUCTION, AND COMMUNITY SAFETY. 57 00:02:04,090 --> 00:02:05,825 EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE HAD IT AS 58 00:02:05,825 --> 00:02:07,327 AN AGENDA ITEM. SPEAKING TO THE 59 00:02:07,327 --> 00:02:09,796 ISSUE OF GUN VIOLENCE 60 00:02:09,796 --> 00:02:12,065 INTERVENTION, WHICH WAS VERY 61 00:02:12,065 --> 00:02:13,500 IMPORTANT. AND THEN THEN EARLIER 62 00:02:13,500 --> 00:02:15,535 THIS SUMMER, WE HAD THE NATIONAL 63 00:02:15,535 --> 00:02:18,004 NETWORK FOR SAFER COMMUNITIES 64 00:02:18,004 --> 00:02:21,207 HERE WITH COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 65 00:02:21,207 --> 00:02:22,775 HOSTING AND PARTNERING WITH THE 66 00:02:22,775 --> 00:02:24,444 EXECUTIVE TO INCLUDE DEPUTY 67 00:02:24,444 --> 00:02:25,612 MAYOR AND A LARGE NUMBER OF THE 68 00:02:25,612 --> 00:02:29,716 EXECUTIVE WAS PRESENT TO INCLUDE 69 00:02:29,716 --> 00:02:33,019 A LARGE CONTINGENT FROM SPD AND 70 00:02:33,019 --> 00:02:34,254 SO TODAY WE BUILD ON THAT, 71 00:02:34,254 --> 00:02:36,556 LOOKING AT A RESOLUTION THAT HAS 72 00:02:36,556 --> 00:02:39,926 BEEN PROFFERED BY COUNCILMEMBER 73 00:02:39,926 --> 00:02:41,161 RIVERA THAT BUILDS ON THIS, AND 74 00:02:41,161 --> 00:02:42,262 WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ON 75 00:02:42,262 --> 00:02:43,696 IT, BECAUSE WE CANNOT CONTINUE 76 00:02:43,696 --> 00:02:45,398 TO HAVE THIS GUN VIOLENCE, WHICH 77 00:02:45,398 --> 00:02:46,332 IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN 78 00:02:46,332 --> 00:02:48,902 SEEING HERE IN THIS COUNCIL. FOR 79 00:02:48,902 --> 00:02:49,669 THOSE THAT CAME IN TWO AND A 80 00:02:49,669 --> 00:02:52,639 HALF YEARS AGO, EVER SINCE, LIKE 81 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:53,439 AMARA MURPHY PAIN, FOR EXAMPLE, 82 00:02:53,439 --> 00:02:56,276 ALL THESE NAMES THAT WE 83 00:02:56,276 --> 00:02:57,844 REMEMBER, AND THERE'S NO JUSTICE 84 00:02:57,844 --> 00:02:59,879 FOR THOSE FAMILIES. AND IT WILL 85 00:02:59,879 --> 00:03:03,149 BE DIFFICULT FOR THIS WEEKEND AS 86 00:03:03,149 --> 00:03:04,050 WELL. SO WE HAVE TO PRESS 87 00:03:04,050 --> 00:03:06,286 FORWARD ON GUN VIOLENCE 88 00:03:06,286 --> 00:03:07,387 INTERVENTION. WE NEED TO DO 89 00:03:07,387 --> 00:03:08,621 WORK, AND WE NEED TO PARTNER 90 00:03:08,621 --> 00:03:09,789 WITH THE EXECUTIVE, WITH THE 91 00:03:09,789 --> 00:03:13,760 MAYOR AND HER TEAM TO DO THIS, 92 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:14,260 TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE 93 00:03:14,260 --> 00:03:17,630 APPROACH. BUT TIED TO THIS, TOO, 94 00:03:17,630 --> 00:03:20,333 IS SPD STAFFING. WE PASSED A 95 00:03:20,333 --> 00:03:22,468 NUMBER OF BILLS AND PROGRESS HAS 96 00:03:22,468 --> 00:03:24,103 BEEN MADE FROM THE TROUGH THAT 97 00:03:24,103 --> 00:03:25,205 WE HAD IN TERMS OF THE MASSIVE 98 00:03:25,205 --> 00:03:31,077 LOSS OF OFFICERS WE WERE MAKING 99 00:03:31,077 --> 00:03:31,711 PROGRESS ON THIS FRONT, AND THIS 100 00:03:31,711 --> 00:03:35,181 IS WHAT'S KEY. WHEN YOU TALK TO 101 00:03:35,181 --> 00:03:36,182 THE WEST PRECINCT AND THEY SAY, 102 00:03:36,182 --> 00:03:37,550 HEY, WE'D LIKE TO DO SOMETHING 103 00:03:37,550 --> 00:03:39,085 MAYBE AT PIKE PLACE MARKET AND 104 00:03:39,085 --> 00:03:40,987 FIRST AND PIKE, BUT WE HAVE 105 00:03:40,987 --> 00:03:41,988 WHAT'S GOING ON AT THIRD PIKE 106 00:03:41,988 --> 00:03:43,189 AND PINE, AND WE ONLY HAVE A 107 00:03:43,189 --> 00:03:44,357 COUPLE SERGEANTS. WE HAVE A 108 00:03:44,357 --> 00:03:50,863 SMALL NUMBER OF OFFICERS. WE 109 00:03:50,863 --> 00:03:51,497 CAN'T FLEX SO UNSURPRISINGLY, 110 00:03:51,497 --> 00:03:52,198 IT'S DIFFICULT WHEN WE HAVE 111 00:03:52,198 --> 00:03:53,266 THESE TAKEOVERS IN BELLTOWN, 112 00:03:53,266 --> 00:03:57,136 WHEN WE HAVE THESE SHOOTINGS IN 113 00:03:57,136 --> 00:03:58,805 BELLTOWN. SO SPD STAFFING IS 114 00:03:58,805 --> 00:04:00,640 CRITICAL. BUT AS YOU'VE SEEN 115 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:04,844 RECENTLY IN THE NEWS, THE HIRING 116 00:04:04,844 --> 00:04:05,445 INCENTIVES HAVE BEEN DROPPED. 117 00:04:05,445 --> 00:04:07,914 NOW THAT MAY BE OKAY, BUT 118 00:04:07,914 --> 00:04:08,615 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO 119 00:04:08,615 --> 00:04:09,749 LOOK AT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO 120 00:04:09,749 --> 00:04:11,651 ENSURE THAT THE MOMENTUM OF THE 121 00:04:11,651 --> 00:04:16,489 INCREASE OF OFFICERS IS THERE. 122 00:04:16,489 --> 00:04:18,191 BUT I'M CONCERNED. I RECENTLY 123 00:04:18,191 --> 00:04:20,426 READ AND I'LL READ THE 124 00:04:20,426 --> 00:04:22,161 FOLLOWING. THE HIRING INCENTIVES 125 00:04:22,161 --> 00:04:25,431 ARE JUST ONE PART DUE TO BUDGET 126 00:04:25,431 --> 00:04:25,898 CONSTRAINTS AND OTHER 127 00:04:25,898 --> 00:04:26,833 PRIORITIES, WE HAVE UNDONE SO 128 00:04:26,833 --> 00:04:29,435 MUCH OF THE HARD WORK THAT THE 129 00:04:29,435 --> 00:04:31,104 CITY COUNCIL HAS FOUGHT FOR 130 00:04:31,104 --> 00:04:32,939 RELATED TO INCREASING SPD 131 00:04:32,939 --> 00:04:34,941 STAFFING. NO MORE RECRUITERS 132 00:04:34,941 --> 00:04:35,475 ATTENDING CAREER FAIRS OR 133 00:04:35,475 --> 00:04:38,444 EVENTS. NO MORE RIDE ALONGS FOR 134 00:04:38,444 --> 00:04:39,078 INTERESTED APPLICANTS, NO MORE 135 00:04:39,078 --> 00:04:41,281 PHYSICAL AGILITY TESTS HELD IN 136 00:04:41,281 --> 00:04:42,815 SEATTLE, AND NO MORE VIRTUAL 137 00:04:42,815 --> 00:04:45,285 WORKSHOPS TO WALK THROUGH 138 00:04:45,285 --> 00:04:47,520 APPLICANTS THROUGH THE PROCESS. 139 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:49,722 NO MORE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR 140 00:04:49,722 --> 00:04:50,256 PUBLIC SAFETY HIRING, THE 141 00:04:50,256 --> 00:04:52,158 EFFECTS OF DISCONTINUING THESE 142 00:04:52,158 --> 00:04:53,359 RECRUITING EFFORTS WILL BE FELT 143 00:04:53,359 --> 00:04:55,595 IN THE WEEKS TO COME, WHEN WE 144 00:04:55,595 --> 00:04:57,463 SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON KEEPING OUR 145 00:04:57,463 --> 00:04:59,799 FOOT TO THE PEDAL. THANK YOU TO 146 00:04:59,799 --> 00:05:01,234 THE PERSON THAT THIS WAS WRITTEN 147 00:05:01,234 --> 00:05:03,703 TO. THE OFFICERS DESERVE MORE 148 00:05:03,703 --> 00:05:05,471 BACKUP AND THE CITIZENS DESERVE 149 00:05:05,471 --> 00:05:11,944 MORE OFFICERS ON THE STREET. WE 150 00:05:11,944 --> 00:05:13,546 CANNOT BECOME FLAT FOOTED WHEN 151 00:05:13,546 --> 00:05:15,882 IT COMES TO HIRING MORE OFFICERS 152 00:05:15,882 --> 00:05:17,116 TO INCREASE SPD STAFFING BECAUSE 153 00:05:17,116 --> 00:05:18,818 IT IS THE THROUGH LINE OF ALL 154 00:05:18,818 --> 00:05:20,720 THESE PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES 155 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:22,221 THAT WE'RE FACING, AND WE HAVE 156 00:05:22,221 --> 00:05:27,193 TO DO BETTER ON THIS FRONT. AS I 157 00:05:27,193 --> 00:05:29,128 SAID RECENTLY, WE'RE AT AN 158 00:05:29,128 --> 00:05:32,131 INFLECTION POINT. REALLY 159 00:05:32,131 --> 00:05:33,132 INFLECTION POINTS. THE BITE OF 160 00:05:33,132 --> 00:05:35,068 SEATTLE IS A REFLECTION POINT. 161 00:05:35,068 --> 00:05:38,104 AS I NOTE, ADVERSITY REVEALS THE 162 00:05:38,104 --> 00:05:39,138 REMOVAL OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE 163 00:05:39,138 --> 00:05:41,174 AND NOW THE SEARCH FOR A NEW 164 00:05:41,174 --> 00:05:44,610 CHIEF OF POLICE IS AN INFLECTION 165 00:05:44,610 --> 00:05:45,812 POINT, BUT ALSO THE PUBLIC 166 00:05:45,812 --> 00:05:48,281 SAFETY BUDGET. WE NEED 167 00:05:48,281 --> 00:05:49,382 LEADERSHIP ON THIS FRONT THAT IS 168 00:05:49,382 --> 00:05:50,350 SUSTAINED WITH A FOLLOW UP AND 169 00:05:50,350 --> 00:05:52,452 FOLLOW THROUGH, AND THAT 170 00:05:52,452 --> 00:05:54,320 INCLUDES BUDGET. WE NEED ALSO 171 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:55,188 THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LAWS. 172 00:05:55,188 --> 00:05:56,656 WE'VE OFTEN TALKED ABOUT SODA 173 00:05:56,656 --> 00:05:58,791 AND SOAP, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO 174 00:05:58,791 --> 00:06:01,427 WORK STREET RACING, A BILL THAT 175 00:06:01,427 --> 00:06:03,396 WE PASSED TWO YEARS AGO, IN 176 00:06:03,396 --> 00:06:04,430 ADDITION TO ALL THE BILLS 177 00:06:04,430 --> 00:06:06,399 SURROUNDING, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO 178 00:06:06,399 --> 00:06:08,935 INCREASE POLICE STAFFING. AND WE 179 00:06:08,935 --> 00:06:10,303 NEED A COMMITMENT TO OUR 180 00:06:10,303 --> 00:06:13,139 NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORHOODS AND 181 00:06:13,139 --> 00:06:14,674 CRISIS. LITTLE SAIGON, NORTH 182 00:06:14,674 --> 00:06:17,143 AURORA, NOW BELLTOWN. BUT IN 183 00:06:17,143 --> 00:06:19,312 FACT, ALL THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, 184 00:06:19,312 --> 00:06:20,947 EACH OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD SAY 185 00:06:20,947 --> 00:06:22,148 NORTH BEACON HILL, FOR EXAMPLE, 186 00:06:22,148 --> 00:06:23,249 YOU KNOW, OVER IN ALKI IN 187 00:06:23,249 --> 00:06:27,353 DIFFERENT AREAS IN DISTRICT ONE. 188 00:06:27,353 --> 00:06:27,920 DISTRICT FOUR UP NORTH LAKE 189 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:33,192 CITY, DISTRICT SIX. WE HAVE 190 00:06:33,192 --> 00:06:33,826 THESE NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT. 191 00:06:33,826 --> 00:06:35,194 AND SO PEOPLE ASK ABOUT 192 00:06:35,194 --> 00:06:37,764 CONFIDENCE MOVING FORWARD. 193 00:06:37,764 --> 00:06:39,665 CONFIDENCE CAN BE GAINED IN 194 00:06:39,665 --> 00:06:40,333 TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH 195 00:06:40,333 --> 00:06:43,002 OUR BUDGET COMING UP, THAT WE 196 00:06:43,002 --> 00:06:46,139 CAN MOVE FORWARD. BUT RIGHT NOW, 197 00:06:46,139 --> 00:06:48,207 LET'S LOOK AT LITTLE SAIGON. 198 00:06:48,207 --> 00:06:51,344 LET'S LOOK AT NORTH AURORA. 199 00:06:51,344 --> 00:06:53,446 LET'S LOOK AT BELLTOWN, WHERE 200 00:06:53,446 --> 00:06:56,349 WE HAVE HAD THREE DEAD AND MANY 201 00:06:56,349 --> 00:06:57,917 INJURED. AND THIS IS WHY WE NEED 202 00:06:57,917 --> 00:06:59,218 TO CONTINUE THIS WORK, AND WE 203 00:06:59,218 --> 00:07:00,353 NEED TO CONTINUE THE WORK THAT 204 00:07:00,353 --> 00:07:01,721 WE'RE DOING TO INCLUDE THE 205 00:07:01,721 --> 00:07:02,955 REVIEW WITH THE OFFICE OF 206 00:07:02,955 --> 00:07:03,689 INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE CITY 207 00:07:03,689 --> 00:07:05,024 OF SEATTLE, BECAUSE AT THE END 208 00:07:05,024 --> 00:07:07,427 OF THE DAY, COMING BACK TO GUN 209 00:07:07,427 --> 00:07:08,561 VIOLENCE, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED 210 00:07:08,561 --> 00:07:11,197 IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT A 211 00:07:11,197 --> 00:07:14,734 COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY IN 212 00:07:14,734 --> 00:07:15,301 PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL OF THE 213 00:07:15,301 --> 00:07:15,902 STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE HERE TO 214 00:07:15,902 --> 00:07:17,737 INCLUDE THAT. ARE SOME HERE IN 215 00:07:17,737 --> 00:07:19,005 CHAMBERS TODAY, NO DOUBT ABOUT 216 00:07:19,005 --> 00:07:22,975 TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT. SO WITH 217 00:07:22,975 --> 00:07:23,810 THAT, COLLEAGUES, THAT CONCLUDES 218 00:07:23,810 --> 00:07:26,913 THE CHAIR COMMENT. IF THERE'S NO 219 00:07:26,913 --> 00:07:29,682 OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE 220 00:07:29,682 --> 00:07:31,117 ADOPTED. HEARING AND SEEING NO 221 00:07:31,117 --> 00:07:34,954 OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS 222 00:07:34,954 --> 00:07:36,589 ADOPTED. WE'LL NOW OPEN THE 223 00:07:36,589 --> 00:07:37,990 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC 224 00:07:37,990 --> 00:07:38,691 COMMENT SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS 225 00:07:38,691 --> 00:07:40,927 ON TODAY'S AGENDA OR WITHIN THE 226 00:07:40,927 --> 00:07:42,695 PURVIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE CLERK. 227 00:07:42,695 --> 00:07:43,830 HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP 228 00:07:43,830 --> 00:07:54,040 FOR TODAY? 229 00:07:54,774 --> 00:08:02,782 -- THERE ARE NINE IN PERSON AND 230 00:08:02,782 --> 00:08:03,816 A REMOTE. 231 00:08:03,816 --> 00:08:05,418 -- OKAY. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE 232 00:08:05,418 --> 00:08:06,319 TWO MINUTES. WE WILL START WITH 233 00:08:06,319 --> 00:08:08,254 THE IN PERSON SPEAKERS. FIRST 234 00:08:08,254 --> 00:08:10,189 CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE 235 00:08:10,189 --> 00:08:12,158 COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS? 236 00:08:12,158 --> 00:08:12,758 -- THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 237 00:08:12,758 --> 00:08:13,292 WILL BE MODERATED IN THE 238 00:08:13,292 --> 00:08:14,694 FOLLOWING MANNER. THE PUBLIC 239 00:08:14,694 --> 00:08:16,429 COMMENT PERIOD IS UP TO 60 240 00:08:16,429 --> 00:08:17,396 MINUTES. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED 241 00:08:17,396 --> 00:08:18,865 IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY 242 00:08:18,865 --> 00:08:20,166 REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A 243 00:08:20,166 --> 00:08:21,601 CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT 244 00:08:21,601 --> 00:08:22,235 OF THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS MICS 245 00:08:22,235 --> 00:08:23,536 WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DO NOT END 246 00:08:23,536 --> 00:08:25,204 THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN THE 247 00:08:25,204 --> 00:08:25,805 ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO 248 00:08:25,805 --> 00:08:28,107 CALL IN THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE 249 00:08:28,107 --> 00:08:29,175 THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW 250 00:08:29,175 --> 00:08:30,409 OPEN. WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE 251 00:08:30,409 --> 00:08:32,612 FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST, THE 252 00:08:32,612 --> 00:08:34,981 FIRST IN-PERSON SPEAKER IS 253 00:08:34,981 --> 00:08:35,314 HANNAH ZIFF. 254 00:08:35,314 --> 00:08:39,085 -- GOOD MORNING. 255 00:08:39,085 --> 00:08:46,125 -- GOOD MORNING. HEY, HEY, 256 00:08:46,125 --> 00:08:46,359 HELLO. 257 00:08:46,359 --> 00:08:49,896 -- GOOD MORNING. 258 00:08:49,896 --> 00:08:50,529 -- HEY HEY HEY. I'M GOING TO 259 00:08:50,529 --> 00:08:51,831 SOLVE THIS WHOLE DANG CRIME FOR 260 00:08:51,831 --> 00:08:53,799 YOU TODAY. FIRST OF ALL, THIS 261 00:08:53,799 --> 00:08:55,601 HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH GANG 262 00:08:55,601 --> 00:08:56,535 VIOLENCE. HOME PEEPS IN THE BACK 263 00:08:56,535 --> 00:08:57,737 STREETS. IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO 264 00:08:57,737 --> 00:08:59,138 WITH ALL OF OUR SILENCE. BUT 265 00:08:59,138 --> 00:09:00,940 TODAY I'M GOING TO BREACH A 266 00:09:00,940 --> 00:09:03,843 PEEP. I'M SPELLING IT OUT. BITE 267 00:09:03,843 --> 00:09:04,677 OF SEATTLE. NO ONE WANTS TO 268 00:09:04,677 --> 00:09:06,779 MENTION THE POETIC INJUSTICE 269 00:09:06,779 --> 00:09:08,848 LIKE SHUTTING OUR I-5 ON SIX 270 00:09:08,848 --> 00:09:10,082 SEVEN. IF THESE DUDES WERE 271 00:09:10,082 --> 00:09:10,983 REALLY JUST SHOOTING AT EACH 272 00:09:10,983 --> 00:09:12,518 OTHER, THEN THERE WOULDN'T BE 273 00:09:12,518 --> 00:09:14,654 THREE MORE SOULS IN HEAVEN. 274 00:09:14,654 --> 00:09:15,321 THAT'S ALL LIES FED STRAIGHT 275 00:09:15,321 --> 00:09:17,757 FROM THE FEDS. FIRST FROM FOSTER 276 00:09:17,757 --> 00:09:19,425 ON THE FEDERAL COMMITTEE, AND 277 00:09:19,425 --> 00:09:21,160 THEN WE HAVE KETTLE FROM THE 278 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:22,962 CIA, BUT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS 279 00:09:22,962 --> 00:09:24,497 SOMETHING TO SAY IS VICE CHAIR 280 00:09:24,497 --> 00:09:25,565 SAKA FULL OF QUESTIONS THAT DAY, 281 00:09:25,565 --> 00:09:27,133 WHO IS ALSO FROM THE US AIR 282 00:09:27,133 --> 00:09:29,435 FORCE, BY THE WAY. ANYWAY, 283 00:09:29,435 --> 00:09:30,369 SIPPING ON A SIPPY CUP WAS THE 284 00:09:30,369 --> 00:09:31,537 ONLY THING THAT MADE SENSE. 285 00:09:31,537 --> 00:09:32,905 PEOPLE WHO PAY ATTENTION AND 286 00:09:32,905 --> 00:09:34,640 THOSE WHO DON'T ALL AGREE. CITY 287 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:37,243 COUNCIL SAFETY COMMITTEE'S 288 00:09:37,243 --> 00:09:38,544 REPUTATION IS NONSENSE. ASKING 289 00:09:38,544 --> 00:09:40,146 HOW THE SEARCH WARRANT IS COMING 290 00:09:40,146 --> 00:09:40,980 TOGETHER INSTEAD OF IS THERE A 291 00:09:40,980 --> 00:09:42,081 CRIMINAL ON THE LOOSE? WHAT IF 292 00:09:42,081 --> 00:09:47,253 MADE COMMON SENSE? CARLOS ISRAEL 293 00:09:47,253 --> 00:09:49,155 SANCHEZ, VILLALBA JUNIOR C NICO 294 00:09:49,155 --> 00:09:51,557 SIMO AND ASHLEY WHITEHEAD WILL 295 00:09:51,557 --> 00:09:54,493 NOT DIE IN VAIN. THIS WAS AN 296 00:09:54,493 --> 00:09:55,127 ORCHESTRATED TERRORIST ATTACK TO 297 00:09:55,127 --> 00:09:56,062 REDUCE THE PRICE OF OUR CITY 298 00:09:56,062 --> 00:09:58,864 WITHOUT IT BEING PLAIN IN SIGHT. 299 00:09:58,864 --> 00:10:00,299 WE PEOPLE HAVE SEEN AND HEARD 300 00:10:00,299 --> 00:10:01,500 ENOUGH, BUT ONE THING WE HAVE 301 00:10:01,500 --> 00:10:03,035 YET TO HEAR. I'M A LITTLE 302 00:10:03,035 --> 00:10:06,973 TEAPOT, SHORT AND STOUT. HERE'S 303 00:10:06,973 --> 00:10:07,940 MY HANDLE, HERE'S MY SPOUT. 304 00:10:07,940 --> 00:10:10,176 WHEN I GET ALL STEAMED UP. HEAR 305 00:10:10,176 --> 00:10:12,144 ME SHOUT. TIP ME OVER AND POUR 306 00:10:12,144 --> 00:10:13,679 ME OUT. WE'RE HERE TO SPILL THE 307 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:14,880 TEA AND TO SUPPORT YOU. WE KNOW 308 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:17,583 THIS DOESN'T COME EASY. TRUTH 309 00:10:17,583 --> 00:10:19,552 WILL SET US FREE AND FIX THE 310 00:10:19,552 --> 00:10:21,420 REAL ESTATE ECONOMY. SEATTLE'S 311 00:10:21,420 --> 00:10:22,221 NOT ON THE TABLE. IF YOU WANT TO 312 00:10:22,221 --> 00:10:24,924 TAKE A BITE, THEN YOU'LL HAVE TO 313 00:10:24,924 --> 00:10:27,026 DEAL WITH ME. WE ALL SEE YOU 314 00:10:27,026 --> 00:10:28,694 OBVIOUSLY ALL SEEING EYE. GOD 315 00:10:28,694 --> 00:10:32,765 BLESS. 316 00:10:32,765 --> 00:10:33,432 -- THANK YOU. 317 00:10:33,432 --> 00:10:36,569 -- NEXT UP WE HAVE PAUL PATU. 318 00:10:36,569 --> 00:10:46,879 -- GOOD MORNING. 319 00:10:47,546 --> 00:10:51,951 -- GOOD MORNING. WANTED TO FIRST 320 00:10:51,951 --> 00:10:53,452 THANK THIS COMMITTEE. WE HAVE 321 00:10:53,452 --> 00:10:55,187 WATCHED THE INTERVIEWS. WE HAVE 322 00:10:55,187 --> 00:10:56,622 SAW YOUR ACTUAL WORK IN 323 00:10:56,622 --> 00:11:00,092 COMMUNITY. AND I TRULY BELIEVE 324 00:11:00,092 --> 00:11:02,194 THAT YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR 325 00:11:02,194 --> 00:11:04,063 VISION FOR SAFETY CAN BE SHARED 326 00:11:04,063 --> 00:11:05,998 BY ALL OF US CITIZENS. AND SO I 327 00:11:05,998 --> 00:11:10,569 WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I AM 328 00:11:10,569 --> 00:11:13,372 HERE MAINLY TO BRING INTO 329 00:11:13,372 --> 00:11:15,007 REMEMBRANCE THE HISTORY OF 330 00:11:15,007 --> 00:11:17,977 PUBLIC SAFETY IN SEATTLE. I HAVE 331 00:11:17,977 --> 00:11:19,979 HAD THE HONOR TO SERVE MY 332 00:11:19,979 --> 00:11:22,815 COMMUNITY. AND THE VERY FIRST 333 00:11:22,815 --> 00:11:26,752 PUBLIC HEARING WAS IN 2007. 334 00:11:26,752 --> 00:11:29,455 UNDER MAYOR NICHOLS. UNDER 335 00:11:29,455 --> 00:11:34,660 SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES, EVERY 336 00:11:34,660 --> 00:11:36,762 YEAR WE SUFFER LOSS IN 337 00:11:36,762 --> 00:11:38,798 COMMUNITY, AND THEY ARE DEEPLY 338 00:11:38,798 --> 00:11:41,567 FELT. WE LIVE WITH THE FAMILIES 339 00:11:41,567 --> 00:11:42,835 AND THE AFTERMATH THAT THE CITY 340 00:11:42,835 --> 00:11:45,404 AND THE PEOPLE OF OUR 341 00:11:45,404 --> 00:11:48,140 COMMUNITIES MUST PICK UP AND 342 00:11:48,140 --> 00:11:48,674 CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THE 343 00:11:48,674 --> 00:11:50,976 FOUNDATION THAT HAS BEEN LAID. 344 00:11:50,976 --> 00:11:53,979 MY ASK TO YOU IS TO CONTINUE TO 345 00:11:53,979 --> 00:11:57,883 BUILD ON THOSE INVESTMENTS. WE 346 00:11:57,883 --> 00:12:00,352 CAN'T AFFORD NEW INITIATIVES 347 00:12:00,352 --> 00:12:02,321 AND COMPLETELY WIPE OUT THE 348 00:12:02,321 --> 00:12:03,489 COMMUNITY MEMORY AND THE 349 00:12:03,489 --> 00:12:04,523 BRILLIANCE AND ALL OF THE THINGS 350 00:12:04,523 --> 00:12:06,659 THAT HAVE BEEN LAID, THE 351 00:12:06,659 --> 00:12:07,860 FOUNDATION THAT HAS BEEN LAID IN 352 00:12:07,860 --> 00:12:11,363 PUBLIC SAFETY. MY ASK TO YOU IS 353 00:12:11,363 --> 00:12:12,498 TO PICK UP SOME OF THE 354 00:12:12,498 --> 00:12:14,033 FRAGMENTED PIECES AND 355 00:12:14,033 --> 00:12:15,801 GOVERNMENT. YOU HAVE A VERY 356 00:12:15,801 --> 00:12:18,804 DIFFICULT JOB OF ORCHESTRATING 357 00:12:18,804 --> 00:12:20,773 AND SYNTHESIZING SOMETHING FOR 358 00:12:20,773 --> 00:12:23,542 ALL TO BENEFIT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY 359 00:12:23,542 --> 00:12:25,144 SYSTEMS ARE FRAGMENTED. THE 360 00:12:25,144 --> 00:12:26,345 INVESTMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE. 361 00:12:26,345 --> 00:12:28,180 IF YOU'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE 362 00:12:28,180 --> 00:12:30,416 SOMETHING, PLEASE CONSIDER 363 00:12:30,416 --> 00:12:32,885 CO-CREATING WITH COMMUNITY. WE 364 00:12:32,885 --> 00:12:34,820 ARE HERE AT THE READY TO SUPPORT 365 00:12:34,820 --> 00:12:37,756 YOU AND YOUR EFFORTS, BUT NOT A 366 00:12:37,756 --> 00:12:40,259 FRAGMENTED SYSTEM, BUT MORE 367 00:12:40,259 --> 00:12:41,560 COORDINATED SYSTEM OF PUBLIC 368 00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:42,962 SAFETY THAT ALL OF US CAN 369 00:12:42,962 --> 00:12:47,066 BENEFIT FROM. THANK YOU 370 00:12:47,066 --> 00:12:47,800 -- THANK YOU. 371 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:50,136 -- NEXT UP, WE HAVE WILLIAM 372 00:12:50,136 --> 00:12:53,005 HARRISON. I THINK I GOT THAT 373 00:12:53,005 --> 00:12:53,906 RIGHT. 374 00:12:53,906 --> 00:12:55,307 -- I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR THAT 375 00:12:55,307 --> 00:12:57,109 I HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT 376 00:12:57,109 --> 00:12:58,344 COUNCILMEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR 377 00:12:58,344 --> 00:12:59,245 THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC 378 00:12:59,245 --> 00:13:00,079 COMMENT. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL 379 00:13:00,079 --> 00:13:01,547 THE HARD WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO. 380 00:13:01,547 --> 00:13:03,149 WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. MY NAME 381 00:13:03,149 --> 00:13:05,384 IS WILLIAM HARRISON. I HAVE THE 382 00:13:05,384 --> 00:13:07,219 OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT AS A 383 00:13:07,219 --> 00:13:08,187 SENIOR DIRECTOR AT KCJ, OR 384 00:13:08,187 --> 00:13:10,523 CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH 385 00:13:10,523 --> 00:13:12,525 JUSTICE. KCJ CONTRIBUTES TO THE 386 00:13:12,525 --> 00:13:13,159 COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION 387 00:13:13,159 --> 00:13:14,026 AND PREVENTION SPACE IN SEVERAL 388 00:13:14,026 --> 00:13:16,395 WAYS, INCLUDING ONE OF WHICH 389 00:13:16,395 --> 00:13:17,196 SUPPORTING THE REGIONAL OFFICE 390 00:13:17,196 --> 00:13:19,098 OF GUN VIOLENCE. REGIONAL 391 00:13:19,098 --> 00:13:21,267 PEACEKEEPERS WERE. KCJ ACTED AS 392 00:13:21,267 --> 00:13:22,802 AN INTERMEDIARY COORDINATOR AND 393 00:13:22,802 --> 00:13:25,070 CONVENER TO THE SIX COMMUNITY 394 00:13:25,070 --> 00:13:25,671 BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE 395 00:13:25,671 --> 00:13:27,540 FUNDED. ONE OF CCJ'S OTHER 396 00:13:27,540 --> 00:13:29,808 INITIATIVES IS OUR LEADERSHIP, 397 00:13:29,808 --> 00:13:31,710 INTERVENTION AND CHANGE 398 00:13:31,710 --> 00:13:32,344 INITIATIVE, WHICH IS A REGIONAL 399 00:13:32,344 --> 00:13:33,679 APPROACH TO THE COMPREHENSIVE 400 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:35,614 GANG MODEL. LINK PROVIDES A DATA 401 00:13:35,614 --> 00:13:38,551 DRIVEN FRAMEWORK FOR ADDRESSING 402 00:13:38,551 --> 00:13:41,387 GANG, GUN GROUP AND STREET LEVEL 403 00:13:41,387 --> 00:13:43,822 VIOLENCE BY COORDINATING 404 00:13:43,822 --> 00:13:44,390 PARTNERS FOR COLLABORATIVE 405 00:13:44,390 --> 00:13:44,990 WRAPAROUND SUPPORTS FOR YOUNG 406 00:13:44,990 --> 00:13:45,791 PEOPLE AT THE HIGHEST RISK OF 407 00:13:45,791 --> 00:13:49,628 VIOLENCE OR SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT. 408 00:13:49,628 --> 00:13:50,162 THIS WORK RECOGNIZES THAT 409 00:13:50,162 --> 00:13:50,830 VIOLENCE DOESN'T STOP AT CITY 410 00:13:50,830 --> 00:13:51,430 BOUNDARIES, THAT IT'S A 411 00:13:51,430 --> 00:13:53,365 REGIONAL ISSUE, AND REQUIRES A 412 00:13:53,365 --> 00:13:55,401 REGIONAL SOLUTION OR 413 00:13:55,401 --> 00:13:55,968 COLLABORATION. LINK BRINGS 414 00:13:55,968 --> 00:14:00,372 TOGETHER PARTNERS FROM LAW 415 00:14:00,372 --> 00:14:00,940 ENFORCEMENT, EDUCATION DCYF 416 00:14:00,940 --> 00:14:01,340 JUVENILE JUSTICE, 417 00:14:01,340 --> 00:14:02,641 REHABILITATION, DETENTION, 418 00:14:02,641 --> 00:14:03,275 COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS, 419 00:14:03,275 --> 00:14:04,410 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, HOUSING, 420 00:14:04,410 --> 00:14:06,545 EMPLOYMENT, AND OTHER SERVICES. 421 00:14:06,545 --> 00:14:08,214 SINCE 2020, LINK HAS SERVED OVER 422 00:14:08,214 --> 00:14:11,584 400 YOUNG PEOPLE IN KING COUNTY, 423 00:14:11,584 --> 00:14:14,620 300 AND SINCE 2025, THE YOUNG 424 00:14:14,620 --> 00:14:16,889 PEOPLE THAT LINK SERVES HAVE 425 00:14:16,889 --> 00:14:17,489 COMPLETED 300 INDIVIDUALIZED 426 00:14:17,489 --> 00:14:19,258 SERVICE GOALS, INCLUDING 427 00:14:19,258 --> 00:14:20,659 EDUCATION, HOUSING, COURT 428 00:14:20,659 --> 00:14:21,260 REQUIREMENTS, EMPLOYMENT AND 429 00:14:21,260 --> 00:14:24,163 MOST IMPORTANTLY, GANG AND GROUP 430 00:14:24,163 --> 00:14:24,797 ASSISTANCE. THIS WORK IS ONLY 431 00:14:24,797 --> 00:14:27,032 POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF OUR STRONG 432 00:14:27,032 --> 00:14:28,834 COLLABORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS 433 00:14:28,834 --> 00:14:29,668 WITH FOLKS LIKE SEATTLE POLICE 434 00:14:29,668 --> 00:14:30,236 DEPARTMENT. SEATTLE PUBLIC 435 00:14:30,236 --> 00:14:32,371 SCHOOLS CHOOSE 180 URBAN FAMILY 436 00:14:32,371 --> 00:14:34,406 AND FREEDOM PROJECT, WASHINGTON 437 00:14:34,406 --> 00:14:35,975 AND MANY OTHER STRONG 438 00:14:35,975 --> 00:14:37,843 PARTNERSHIPS AND ORGANIZATIONS 439 00:14:37,843 --> 00:14:40,012 THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THE 440 00:14:40,012 --> 00:14:40,546 COUNTY WOULD WELCOME THE 441 00:14:40,546 --> 00:14:41,847 OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A STRONGER 442 00:14:41,847 --> 00:14:44,617 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND 443 00:14:44,617 --> 00:14:45,251 SHARE MORE ABOUT THIS 444 00:14:45,251 --> 00:14:47,987 COLLABORATIVE APPROACH THROUGH 445 00:14:47,987 --> 00:14:49,755 LINK AND THE GM AND EVERYTHING 446 00:14:49,755 --> 00:14:51,290 ELSE THAT WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT 447 00:14:51,290 --> 00:14:51,790 SUPPORTING OUR VIOLENCE 448 00:14:51,790 --> 00:14:52,725 PREVENTION PARTNERS IN THIS 449 00:14:52,725 --> 00:14:54,593 SPACE AND THIS EFFORT, WE 450 00:14:54,593 --> 00:14:55,261 BELIEVE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY 451 00:14:55,261 --> 00:14:57,830 FOR STRONGER COORDINATION ACROSS 452 00:14:57,830 --> 00:15:00,065 THE EXISTING INVESTMENTS. AND 453 00:15:00,065 --> 00:15:00,766 LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THE 454 00:15:00,766 --> 00:15:01,634 OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE AND SUPPORT 455 00:15:01,634 --> 00:15:02,301 THAT. THANK, THANK YOU GUYS FOR 456 00:15:02,301 --> 00:15:03,002 ALL YOU GUYS DO. WE APPRECIATE 457 00:15:03,002 --> 00:15:05,170 IT. 458 00:15:05,170 --> 00:15:07,539 -- THANK YOU. AND I THINK PRETTY 459 00:15:07,539 --> 00:15:08,173 MUCH EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS. BUT 460 00:15:08,173 --> 00:15:08,841 IF YOU DO HEAR THAT CHIME, THAT 461 00:15:08,841 --> 00:15:11,076 IS EIGHT SECONDS REMAINING. 462 00:15:11,076 --> 00:15:16,248 -- NEXT UP WE HAVE MIA SAYS 463 00:15:16,248 --> 00:15:17,983 -- HI. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS MIA 464 00:15:17,983 --> 00:15:19,718 DOSES. I'VE LIVED IN SEATTLE 465 00:15:19,718 --> 00:15:22,421 FOR ALMOST 61 YEARS AND I LIVE 466 00:15:22,421 --> 00:15:25,491 IN BELLTOWN, CURRENTLY ON THIRD 467 00:15:25,491 --> 00:15:27,226 AVENUE BETWEEN CEDAR AND CLAY ON 468 00:15:27,226 --> 00:15:30,262 FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT I 469 00:15:30,262 --> 00:15:31,897 WATCHED THE TAKEOVERS HAPPEN. I 470 00:15:31,897 --> 00:15:33,699 CALLED 911. I WATCHED EXPLOSIVES 471 00:15:33,699 --> 00:15:35,301 BEING SET OFF. I WATCHED 472 00:15:35,301 --> 00:15:36,335 DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR. I WATCHED 473 00:15:36,335 --> 00:15:38,637 PEOPLE BEING SHOT. AND I'M HERE 474 00:15:38,637 --> 00:15:40,172 TODAY. I KNOW THERE ARE LOTS OF 475 00:15:40,172 --> 00:15:41,340 PROBLEMS. I KNOW THERE ARE 476 00:15:41,340 --> 00:15:42,508 PROBLEMS WITH GUN VIOLENCE. I 477 00:15:42,508 --> 00:15:43,275 HAD THINGS WRITTEN DOWN. I'M 478 00:15:43,275 --> 00:15:44,877 JUST GOING TO ADDRESS WHAT YOU 479 00:15:44,877 --> 00:15:48,347 WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER WE 480 00:15:48,347 --> 00:15:49,248 NEED SOME EMERGENCY ACTION. WE 481 00:15:49,248 --> 00:15:52,217 NEED EMERGENCY ACTION AT THE 482 00:15:52,217 --> 00:15:52,885 INTERSECTIONS OF THIRD AND CLAY 483 00:15:52,885 --> 00:15:54,887 AND THIRD OF CEDAR. I HAVE A 484 00:15:54,887 --> 00:15:55,454 VERY SIMPLE REQUEST FOR YOU 485 00:15:55,454 --> 00:15:58,857 TODAY, AND I AM ASKING YOU TO 486 00:15:58,857 --> 00:16:00,159 PUT SOME NOT BARRICADES, BUT TO 487 00:16:00,159 --> 00:16:02,928 PUT SOME SORT OF DETERRENCE IN 488 00:16:02,928 --> 00:16:03,562 THOSE PARTICULAR INTERSECTIONS 489 00:16:03,562 --> 00:16:05,798 SO THAT WE DO NOT HAVE THAT THE 490 00:16:05,798 --> 00:16:07,333 STREET RACING, THE BURNOUTS, THE 491 00:16:07,333 --> 00:16:09,601 SIDESHOWS. I KNOW THAT YOU'RE 492 00:16:09,601 --> 00:16:11,603 GOING TO SAY IT'S A WHACK A MOLE 493 00:16:11,603 --> 00:16:13,305 PROBLEM. I REALIZE THAT IT'S 494 00:16:13,305 --> 00:16:14,840 GOING TO MOVE AROUND. WE HAVE TO 495 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:16,542 START SOMEWHERE. IT'S NOT VERY 496 00:16:16,542 --> 00:16:18,410 EXPENSIVE. OTHER CITIES ARE 497 00:16:18,410 --> 00:16:20,279 DOING IT. WE NEED TO DO IT TOO. 498 00:16:20,279 --> 00:16:22,881 SIMPLE. REQUEST THOSE LOCATIONS. 499 00:16:22,881 --> 00:16:24,016 LET'S HELP OUR POLICE. THEY 500 00:16:24,016 --> 00:16:25,517 CAN'T BE THERE ALL THE TIME. 501 00:16:25,517 --> 00:16:27,886 THE. I'VE SEEN AMAZING RESPONSES 502 00:16:27,886 --> 00:16:29,588 FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT SINCE 503 00:16:29,588 --> 00:16:31,357 I LIVE DOWNTOWN. I SEE THEM ALL 504 00:16:31,357 --> 00:16:33,459 THE TIME. DEFUZING SITUATIONS. 505 00:16:33,459 --> 00:16:34,994 THEY MUST BE GETTING SOME GOOD 506 00:16:34,994 --> 00:16:35,661 TRAINING BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING 507 00:16:35,661 --> 00:16:37,529 A GOOD JOB, BUT THERE ARE JUST 508 00:16:37,529 --> 00:16:38,564 NOT ENOUGH OF THEM. AS YOU WERE 509 00:16:38,564 --> 00:16:39,431 SAYING, THEY CANNOT GET TO THE 510 00:16:39,431 --> 00:16:40,899 SCENES OF CRIMES FAST ENOUGH. 511 00:16:40,899 --> 00:16:42,034 THEY CANNOT BE EVERYWHERE ALL AT 512 00:16:42,034 --> 00:16:43,135 ONCE. LET'S HELP THEM OUT. 513 00:16:43,135 --> 00:16:45,671 LET'S MAKE SOME PLACES YOU 514 00:16:45,671 --> 00:16:46,939 KNOW, LESS LIKELY TO BE 515 00:16:46,939 --> 00:16:48,774 GATHERING PLACES, ESPECIALLY 516 00:16:48,774 --> 00:16:50,342 THOSE PLACES THAT ARE KNOWN, 517 00:16:50,342 --> 00:16:51,877 LIKE THE INTERSECTIONS OF THIRD 518 00:16:51,877 --> 00:16:52,611 AND CEDAR AND THE INTERSECTIONS 519 00:16:52,611 --> 00:16:55,180 OF THIRD AND CLAY. THANKS FOR 520 00:16:55,180 --> 00:16:55,481 YOUR TIME. 521 00:16:55,481 --> 00:17:00,486 -- THANK YOU 522 00:17:00,486 --> 00:17:04,923 -- NEXT UP, WE HAVE DR. VICTOR 523 00:17:04,923 --> 00:17:10,696 VON DOOM. 524 00:17:10,696 --> 00:17:11,530 -- GOOD MORNING. 525 00:17:11,530 --> 00:17:13,599 -- DOOM TOOK OVER AXON 526 00:17:13,599 --> 00:17:16,502 ENTERPRISE CONTRACTOR SEATTLE 527 00:17:16,502 --> 00:17:17,136 POLICE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS. AND 528 00:17:17,136 --> 00:17:20,272 NOW DOOM WILL BE WATCHING YOU 529 00:17:20,272 --> 00:17:22,741 THROUGH THIS SO-CALLED REAL TIME 530 00:17:22,741 --> 00:17:23,375 CRIME CENTER CAMERAS, ENSURING 531 00:17:23,375 --> 00:17:25,444 THAT NO CITIZEN SHALL LIVE 532 00:17:25,444 --> 00:17:27,780 WITHOUT KNOWING DOOM. SECURE 533 00:17:27,780 --> 00:17:31,917 IRON HAND, YOUR CONTINUED 534 00:17:31,917 --> 00:17:32,518 COOPERATION THROUGH EXPANDING 535 00:17:32,518 --> 00:17:35,020 DOOM SURVEILLANCE NETWORK IS 536 00:17:35,020 --> 00:17:38,490 REQUIRED. SILENCE. KETTLE. THIS 537 00:17:38,490 --> 00:17:40,893 IS THE FIRST OF DOOM'S GIFTS TO 538 00:17:40,893 --> 00:17:43,896 THE CITY OF SEATTLE. THE SECOND 539 00:17:43,896 --> 00:17:46,832 GIFT IS THIS DOOM WILL EXPAND 540 00:17:46,832 --> 00:17:48,834 THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER TO 541 00:17:48,834 --> 00:17:51,603 ALL NEIGHBORHOODS. WITH OVER 542 00:17:51,603 --> 00:17:53,872 1000 CAMERAS WATCHING EVERY 543 00:17:53,872 --> 00:17:56,241 MOVE, DOOM HAS TOTAL DOMINION 544 00:17:56,241 --> 00:17:57,709 OVER THE CITY OF SEATTLE. DOOM 545 00:17:57,709 --> 00:17:59,912 WILL BE BEHIND THE CAMERAS, 546 00:17:59,912 --> 00:18:02,214 WATCHING THOSE SEEKING 547 00:18:02,214 --> 00:18:02,714 REPRODUCTIVE AND GENDER 548 00:18:02,714 --> 00:18:05,084 AFFIRMING CARE. DOOM WILL BE 549 00:18:05,084 --> 00:18:06,385 ABLE TO FIND YOUR IMMIGRANT 550 00:18:06,385 --> 00:18:08,320 NEIGHBORS, AND DOOM WILL BE ABLE 551 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:10,489 TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE 552 00:18:10,489 --> 00:18:13,392 WOMEN OF SEATTLE ALONGSIDE 553 00:18:13,392 --> 00:18:15,227 OFFICERS THAT STALK THEIR EXES. 554 00:18:15,227 --> 00:18:19,665 DOOM IS ABOVE ALL, THE MEANS ARE 555 00:18:19,665 --> 00:18:21,433 MORE THAN JUSTIFIED BY THE ENDS. 556 00:18:21,433 --> 00:18:21,934 TO THOSE WATCHING THIS 557 00:18:21,934 --> 00:18:25,003 BROADCAST, YOUR DAY TO DAY WILL 558 00:18:25,003 --> 00:18:26,905 NOT CHANGE EXCEPT FOR, AS YOU'VE 559 00:18:26,905 --> 00:18:28,740 ALREADY SEEN, DOOM WILL KEEP YOU 560 00:18:28,740 --> 00:18:30,809 SAFE BY DOOM. CONTINUING TO 561 00:18:30,809 --> 00:18:34,012 WATCH YOU IN YOUR MOVEMENTS WILL 562 00:18:34,012 --> 00:18:35,547 CONTINUE TO BE RECORDED. THE 563 00:18:35,547 --> 00:18:38,417 REAL TIME CRIME CENTER. WE MUST 564 00:18:38,417 --> 00:18:40,886 WORK TO CRUSH ANY DISSENT TO 565 00:18:40,886 --> 00:18:42,888 DOOM'S VISION OF PUBLIC SAFETY. 566 00:18:42,888 --> 00:18:44,923 ONE WEEK FROM TODAY, SOME 567 00:18:44,923 --> 00:18:47,526 SO-CALLED SEATTLE AVENGERS WILL 568 00:18:47,526 --> 00:18:48,660 ASSEMBLE AN ATTEMPT TO FOIL THE 569 00:18:48,660 --> 00:18:50,562 WILL OF DOOM IN THIS CHAMBER. 570 00:18:50,562 --> 00:18:55,067 THEY HAVE A PALTRY LETTER THAT 571 00:18:55,067 --> 00:18:55,701 TALKS ABOUT COMMUNITY VIOLENCE 572 00:18:55,701 --> 00:18:58,136 PREVENTION, INVESTING IN 573 00:18:58,136 --> 00:19:01,039 ALTERNATIVES. STAY STRONG, 574 00:19:01,039 --> 00:19:03,942 KETTLE PROVINCIAL COLLEAGUES AS 575 00:19:03,942 --> 00:19:04,943 WELL, BECAUSE DOOM WILL BE 576 00:19:04,943 --> 00:19:08,947 WATCHING YOU. AND DOOM IS, ABOVE 577 00:19:08,947 --> 00:19:13,118 ALL, GLORY TO LATVERIA. 578 00:19:13,118 --> 00:19:13,452 -- THANK YOU. 579 00:19:13,452 --> 00:19:15,687 -- NOW WE HAVE STEVE TO BE 580 00:19:15,687 --> 00:19:23,061 FOLLOWED BY HOWARD, GAIL. 581 00:19:23,061 --> 00:19:24,963 -- SEATTLE DESERVES BETTER AND 582 00:19:24,963 --> 00:19:27,866 WE NEED A BETTER SEATTLE AND 583 00:19:27,866 --> 00:19:31,303 SOMEDAY WE MIGHT EVEN GET 584 00:19:31,303 --> 00:19:32,604 INVESTIGATION OF CRIME BACK IN 585 00:19:32,604 --> 00:19:38,010 THE CITY IT COULD HAPPEN. AND I 586 00:19:38,010 --> 00:19:39,278 THINK WE OUGHT TO TAKE A LOOK. 587 00:19:39,278 --> 00:19:43,982 IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME 588 00:19:43,982 --> 00:19:48,620 SINCE WE'VE HAD ADEQUATE POLICE 589 00:19:48,620 --> 00:19:50,622 NUMBERS IN SEATTLE. NEVER HAD 590 00:19:50,622 --> 00:19:52,524 HUGE NUMBERS TO BEGIN WITH. 591 00:19:52,524 --> 00:19:56,028 SINCE THE DEFUND THE POLICE 592 00:19:56,028 --> 00:19:58,830 MOVEMENT AND COVID, IT'S BEEN A 593 00:19:58,830 --> 00:20:00,599 WHILE SINCE WE'VE HAD A POLICE 594 00:20:00,599 --> 00:20:06,705 FORCE THAT HAD THE NUMBERS EVEN 595 00:20:06,705 --> 00:20:08,774 NECESSARY TO BE ADEQUATE. NOW, I 596 00:20:08,774 --> 00:20:10,642 HEAR THERE'S A LOT OF THERE 597 00:20:10,642 --> 00:20:12,878 JUST AREN'T ENOUGH PERFECT 598 00:20:12,878 --> 00:20:14,112 PEOPLE OUT THERE TO BE POLICEMEN 599 00:20:14,112 --> 00:20:17,249 WHO WANT TO BE POLICEMEN. I'LL 600 00:20:17,249 --> 00:20:19,518 ASK YOU TO REMEMBER WHAT OBAMA 601 00:20:19,518 --> 00:20:20,953 SAID ONCE. DON'T MAKE THE 602 00:20:20,953 --> 00:20:23,989 PERFECT. THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD. 603 00:20:23,989 --> 00:20:26,258 AND I THINK SEATTLE REALLY NEEDS 604 00:20:26,258 --> 00:20:30,796 TO HAVE INVESTIGATION OF RAPE, 605 00:20:30,796 --> 00:20:32,965 INVESTIGATION OF CAR PROWLS, 606 00:20:32,965 --> 00:20:34,866 INVESTIGATION OF ALL SORTS OF 607 00:20:34,866 --> 00:20:36,635 THINGS THAT WERE NOT HAVING 608 00:20:36,635 --> 00:20:38,937 RIGHT NOW. NOW, BEFORE I 609 00:20:38,937 --> 00:20:40,973 CONCLUDE, I'D LIKE TO SAY 610 00:20:40,973 --> 00:20:44,676 SOMETHING NICE ABOUT THE CITY. 611 00:20:44,676 --> 00:20:48,413 RECENTLY I OBSERVED A FIRE GROUP 612 00:20:48,413 --> 00:20:54,119 WITH A PERSON WHO WAS JUST NOT 613 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:57,222 RESPONDING TO ANYONE. IT WAS A 614 00:20:57,222 --> 00:20:58,924 LARGER ENGINE. IT HAD QUITE A 615 00:20:58,924 --> 00:21:03,629 NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON IT, AND I 616 00:21:03,629 --> 00:21:04,997 WARNED THEM THAT WHEN IT WAS 617 00:21:04,997 --> 00:21:07,065 CALLED, WE DIDN'T SEE ANY 618 00:21:07,065 --> 00:21:08,667 WEAPONS, BUT THERE WAS A KNIFE 619 00:21:08,667 --> 00:21:14,072 IN THE MAN'S POCKET. THEY SAID, 620 00:21:14,072 --> 00:21:17,776 NO PROBLEM. AND SIX OR SO PEOPLE 621 00:21:17,776 --> 00:21:20,212 EMPTIED THAT KNIFE OUT OF HIS 622 00:21:20,212 --> 00:21:22,481 POCKET AND HIS DRUGS AND GOT HIM 623 00:21:22,481 --> 00:21:23,849 UP FASTER THAN I EVER WOULD HAVE 624 00:21:23,849 --> 00:21:25,851 EXPECTED. 625 00:21:25,851 --> 00:21:27,085 -- THANKS, STEVE. NEXT UP WE 626 00:21:27,085 --> 00:21:33,125 HAVE HOWARD GALE 627 00:21:33,125 --> 00:21:33,725 -- GOOD MORNING. 22 YEARS AGO 628 00:21:33,725 --> 00:21:35,894 TODAY ON SEPTEMBER 8th, 25 YEAR 629 00:21:35,894 --> 00:21:37,829 OLD HERBERT HIGHTOWER, JUNIOR 630 00:21:37,829 --> 00:21:39,665 HOLDING A KNIFE WHILE SUFFERING 631 00:21:39,665 --> 00:21:40,699 A SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, 632 00:21:40,699 --> 00:21:42,934 WAS MURDERED BY SEATTLE POLICE. 633 00:21:42,934 --> 00:21:44,803 THE OFFICER THAT SHOT HIGHTOWER 634 00:21:44,803 --> 00:21:45,671 STAYED ON THE SEATTLE POLICE 635 00:21:45,671 --> 00:21:47,506 FORCE FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS, 636 00:21:47,506 --> 00:21:48,273 RISING THROUGH THE RANKS TO 637 00:21:48,273 --> 00:21:51,677 ASSIST IN CHIEF, MOST FAMOUSLY 638 00:21:51,677 --> 00:21:52,210 HAVING BEEN THE INCIDENT 639 00:21:52,210 --> 00:21:53,412 COMMANDER IN CHARGE DURING THE 640 00:21:53,412 --> 00:21:55,981 MOST FLAGRANT SPD ABUSES DURING 641 00:21:55,981 --> 00:21:58,583 THE 2020 GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS, 642 00:21:58,583 --> 00:21:59,451 THE HIGHTOWER FAMILY HAS NOT 643 00:21:59,451 --> 00:22:01,720 ONLY BEEN DENIED ANY FORM OF 644 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:02,487 JUSTICE OR RECOGNITION BY THE 645 00:22:02,487 --> 00:22:06,558 CITY, BUT THE CITY CONTINUES TO 646 00:22:06,558 --> 00:22:07,192 PERPETUATE ADDITIONAL HARMS TO 647 00:22:07,192 --> 00:22:09,194 THE FAMILY. JUST LAST WEEK, 648 00:22:09,194 --> 00:22:10,929 CASTILE, HIGHTOWER HERBERT 649 00:22:10,929 --> 00:22:12,164 SISTER WAS DENIED THE 650 00:22:12,164 --> 00:22:14,900 POSSIBILITY OF SPEAKING ABOUT 651 00:22:14,900 --> 00:22:15,467 HER EXPERIENCES UNCENSORED 652 00:22:15,467 --> 00:22:17,102 DIRECTLY TO THE COMMUNITY POLICE 653 00:22:17,102 --> 00:22:19,137 COMMISSION THROUGH A SECRETIVE 654 00:22:19,137 --> 00:22:21,239 AND ILLEGAL VOTE BY THE CPC 655 00:22:21,239 --> 00:22:22,674 CO-CHAIRS JOEL MERKEL AND TASHA 656 00:22:22,674 --> 00:22:25,010 JOHNSON, A VOTE THAT VIOLATED 657 00:22:25,010 --> 00:22:27,179 THE CPC'S OWN BYLAWS. THE STATE 658 00:22:27,179 --> 00:22:28,246 OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT AND 659 00:22:28,246 --> 00:22:30,015 STATE AND FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL 660 00:22:30,015 --> 00:22:31,683 PROTECTIONS FOR FREE SPEECH. 661 00:22:31,683 --> 00:22:32,918 AFTER HIGHTOWER'S DEATH, THE SPD 662 00:22:32,918 --> 00:22:34,686 WENT ON TO KILL FIVE MORE PEOPLE 663 00:22:34,686 --> 00:22:36,154 HOLDING NO WEAPON OR ONLY A 664 00:22:36,154 --> 00:22:37,556 KNIFE, INCLUDING JOHN T 665 00:22:37,556 --> 00:22:40,525 WILLIAMS. THE 16th ANNIVERSARY 666 00:22:40,525 --> 00:22:42,828 WAS JUST MEMORIALIZED NINE DAYS 667 00:22:42,828 --> 00:22:43,929 AGO, DESPITE JOHN T WILLIAMS 668 00:22:43,929 --> 00:22:46,131 MURDER KICKING OFF A CONTINUING 669 00:22:46,131 --> 00:22:47,632 16 YEAR EFFORT AT POLICE REFORM 670 00:22:47,632 --> 00:22:49,367 AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 19 MORE 671 00:22:49,367 --> 00:22:51,603 PEOPLE WITH NO WEAPON OR ONLY A 672 00:22:51,603 --> 00:22:53,405 KNIFE WERE SUBSEQUENTLY KILLED 673 00:22:53,405 --> 00:22:54,806 BY SEATTLE POLICE. OVER HALF 674 00:22:54,806 --> 00:22:56,441 THESE PEOPLE WERE EXPERIENCING A 675 00:22:56,441 --> 00:22:58,276 MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. ALL OF 676 00:22:58,276 --> 00:22:59,411 THESE 25 PEOPLE WOULD STILL BE 677 00:22:59,411 --> 00:22:59,978 ALIVE IF THEY LIVED IN THE 678 00:22:59,978 --> 00:23:02,414 UNITED KINGDOM OR JAPAN. YOU 679 00:23:02,414 --> 00:23:05,183 PROUDLY AND PUBLICLY MEMORIALIZE 680 00:23:05,183 --> 00:23:06,151 THOSE KILLED BY GUN VIOLENCE, 681 00:23:06,151 --> 00:23:08,086 AND RIGHTLY SO, AND PLEDGED TO 682 00:23:08,086 --> 00:23:09,154 TAKE ALL MEASURES POSSIBLE TO 683 00:23:09,154 --> 00:23:10,422 REDUCE IT. BUT IF THE PERSON 684 00:23:10,422 --> 00:23:11,857 FIRING THE GUN WAS A SEATTLE 685 00:23:11,857 --> 00:23:12,824 POLICE OFFICER, YOU DO 686 00:23:12,824 --> 00:23:14,326 EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO 687 00:23:14,326 --> 00:23:17,429 MINIMIZE OR ERASE THAT VICTIM 688 00:23:17,429 --> 00:23:17,996 AND ASSIDUOUSLY IGNORE ANY 689 00:23:17,996 --> 00:23:18,830 CHANGE IN POLICY THAT WOULD 690 00:23:18,830 --> 00:23:21,199 PREVENT THAT FORM OF DEADLY GUN 691 00:23:21,199 --> 00:23:22,567 VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE NOT DEEMED 692 00:23:22,567 --> 00:23:23,969 NECESSARY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, 693 00:23:23,969 --> 00:23:25,871 JAPAN, OR OTHER COUNTRIES. TODAY 694 00:23:25,871 --> 00:23:28,440 YOU WILL DISCUSS RESOLUTION 695 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:29,641 32217 DECLARING A CITY 696 00:23:29,641 --> 00:23:31,276 COMMITMENT TO REDUCE GUN 697 00:23:31,276 --> 00:23:32,277 VIOLENCE. YOU MIGHT PAUSE AND 698 00:23:32,277 --> 00:23:34,479 ASK YOURSELVES, HOW REASONABLE 699 00:23:34,479 --> 00:23:35,280 IS IT TO TELL SEATTLE YOUTH THAT 700 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:36,815 THEY SHOULD NOT RELY ON GUNS TO 701 00:23:36,815 --> 00:23:38,617 RESOLVE CONFLICT AND DISPUTES? 702 00:23:38,617 --> 00:23:39,918 WHEN YOU SANCTION AND FUND THE 703 00:23:39,918 --> 00:23:42,988 POLICE TO DO EXACTLY THAT, AND 704 00:23:42,988 --> 00:23:44,289 THEN IGNORE THE TRAGIC 705 00:23:44,289 --> 00:23:46,758 CONSEQUENCES OF THAT POLICY. 706 00:23:46,758 --> 00:23:48,059 -- THANK YOU. NEXT UP, WE HAVE 707 00:23:48,059 --> 00:23:52,230 CRAIG THOMPSON TO BE FOLLOWED BY 708 00:23:52,230 --> 00:23:57,502 GABRIEL DIAZ. 709 00:23:57,502 --> 00:23:57,903 -- GOOD MORNING. 710 00:23:57,903 --> 00:23:58,303 -- GOOD MORNING. 711 00:23:58,303 --> 00:23:59,938 -- I'D LIKE TO THANK EDDIE LIN 712 00:23:59,938 --> 00:24:02,007 FOR ALL THE EFFORT YOU PUT INTO 713 00:24:02,007 --> 00:24:03,175 HELPING MY COMMUNITY OF NORTH 714 00:24:03,175 --> 00:24:05,744 BEACON HILL, AS WELL AS LITTLE 715 00:24:05,744 --> 00:24:07,179 SAIGON. WE'RE NOW AT A JUNCTURE 716 00:24:07,179 --> 00:24:09,047 WHERE THE 90 DAY PLAN IS COMING 717 00:24:09,047 --> 00:24:13,752 TO AN END. AS A COMMUNITY 718 00:24:13,752 --> 00:24:15,754 LEADER, I NEED TO KNOW WHAT 719 00:24:15,754 --> 00:24:18,857 HAPPENS NEXT. THERE ARE VERY 720 00:24:18,857 --> 00:24:20,559 STRONG PRECEDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN 721 00:24:20,559 --> 00:24:22,227 SET. I'VE BEEN AT THIS FOR 23 722 00:24:22,227 --> 00:24:25,463 YEARS. AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, AND 723 00:24:25,463 --> 00:24:27,599 THERE ARE PIECES THAT COULD BE 724 00:24:27,599 --> 00:24:31,036 PUT INTO PLACE THAT WOULD BE 725 00:24:31,036 --> 00:24:31,603 MEANINGFUL NOT ONLY FOR MY 726 00:24:31,603 --> 00:24:32,471 NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT OTHERS AS 727 00:24:32,471 --> 00:24:33,672 WELL, AND COULD ACTUALLY HELP 728 00:24:33,672 --> 00:24:38,743 REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE. ONE OF 729 00:24:38,743 --> 00:24:40,679 THOSE IS TO HAVE THE ANTI-CRIME 730 00:24:40,679 --> 00:24:43,748 TEAMS COME BACK. THESE WERE 731 00:24:43,748 --> 00:24:45,917 DISBANDED, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING 732 00:24:45,917 --> 00:24:48,553 THE CRISIS AND FUNDING FOR THE 733 00:24:48,553 --> 00:24:51,456 NUMBER OF POLICE THAT TOOK THE 734 00:24:51,456 --> 00:24:52,891 NUMBER OF POLICE THAT WE HAD 735 00:24:52,891 --> 00:24:56,728 AFTER THE DEFUND MOVEMENT, IT IT 736 00:24:56,728 --> 00:24:59,231 NOSEDIVED. AND SO VARIOUS 737 00:24:59,231 --> 00:25:00,699 PROGRAMS WERE BROKEN UP SO THAT 738 00:25:00,699 --> 00:25:02,367 COPS COULD GO FROM THE 739 00:25:02,367 --> 00:25:03,802 ANTI-CRIME TEAM JUST TO PATROL. 740 00:25:03,802 --> 00:25:05,971 WE NEED TO HAVE THE ANTI-CRIME 741 00:25:05,971 --> 00:25:10,642 TEAMS BACK. WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE 742 00:25:10,642 --> 00:25:12,010 CONTINUITY IN PROGRAMS. THIS IS 743 00:25:12,010 --> 00:25:14,079 SOMETHING WHICH HAS BEEN 744 00:25:14,079 --> 00:25:16,214 LACKING. IT CHANGES FROM 745 00:25:16,214 --> 00:25:16,615 ADMINISTRATION TO 746 00:25:16,615 --> 00:25:18,216 ADMINISTRATION. THERE ARE PIECES 747 00:25:18,216 --> 00:25:20,619 THAT HAVE WORKED IN THE PAST. WE 748 00:25:20,619 --> 00:25:22,854 NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE. 749 00:25:22,854 --> 00:25:25,090 AND THOSE ARE NOT JUST THE 750 00:25:25,090 --> 00:25:26,424 PURVIEW OF THIS COUNCIL, BUT 751 00:25:26,424 --> 00:25:31,029 ALSO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. WE 752 00:25:31,029 --> 00:25:33,431 NEED TO HAVE MUCH BETTER 753 00:25:33,431 --> 00:25:34,065 INVOLVEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITIES, 754 00:25:34,065 --> 00:25:37,402 FOR OUR COMMUNITIES TO SUCCEED 755 00:25:37,402 --> 00:25:38,770 AT A TIME THAT IS A VIOLENT TIME 756 00:25:38,770 --> 00:25:42,274 FOR SEATTLE. AND YET, OUT OF 757 00:25:42,274 --> 00:25:45,243 THESE MOMENTS CAN ALSO COME 758 00:25:45,243 --> 00:25:47,646 GREAT UNITY AND GROWTH AND 759 00:25:47,646 --> 00:25:50,215 SAFETY. THANK YOU. 760 00:25:50,215 --> 00:25:54,819 -- THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. 761 00:25:54,819 --> 00:25:56,821 -- GOOD MORNING 762 00:25:56,821 --> 00:25:58,123 -- HEY EVERYONE. MY NAME IS 763 00:25:58,123 --> 00:25:59,291 GABRIEL DIAZ AND I'M HERE TO 764 00:25:59,291 --> 00:26:00,091 TALK TODAY ABOUT A NEW UPDATE TO 765 00:26:00,091 --> 00:26:02,527 THE CAL ANDERSON PROTESTS. WE 766 00:26:02,527 --> 00:26:03,929 FINALLY HAVE THE RESPONSE FROM 767 00:26:03,929 --> 00:26:04,930 MY OPI REPORT, AND I'M GOING TO 768 00:26:04,930 --> 00:26:07,232 GIVE YOU ALL A SUMMARY. 769 00:26:07,232 --> 00:26:07,866 ACCORDING TO THE INVESTIGATION 770 00:26:07,866 --> 00:26:08,733 DONE ACCORDING TO THE 771 00:26:08,733 --> 00:26:10,435 INVESTIGATION, THE FORCE USED BY 772 00:26:10,435 --> 00:26:14,406 OFFICER CALEB HOWARD WAS, QUOTE, 773 00:26:14,406 --> 00:26:14,940 OBJECTIVELY UNREASONABLE, 774 00:26:14,940 --> 00:26:16,374 UNNECESSARY AND 775 00:26:16,374 --> 00:26:18,176 DISPROPORTIONATE. NOW, OFFICER 776 00:26:18,176 --> 00:26:18,944 HOWARD TRIED TO CLAIM THAT I 777 00:26:18,944 --> 00:26:19,611 ASSAULTED OFFICERS AND THAT'S 778 00:26:19,611 --> 00:26:21,513 WHY HE GRABBED ME. BUT AS OPA 779 00:26:21,513 --> 00:26:22,914 STATED, THE COMPLAINANT DID NOT 780 00:26:22,914 --> 00:26:24,649 APPEAR TO COMMIT A CRIME, POSE A 781 00:26:24,649 --> 00:26:25,483 THREAT, RESIST OR ATTEMPT TO 782 00:26:25,483 --> 00:26:27,285 ESCAPE. HE ALSO TRIED TO CLAIM 783 00:26:27,285 --> 00:26:29,988 THAT IN TACKLING ME, I ASSAULTED 784 00:26:29,988 --> 00:26:31,890 HIM. OPA ALSO CALLED Bs THERE, 785 00:26:31,890 --> 00:26:33,925 STATING IF I HAD, IF I HAD 786 00:26:33,925 --> 00:26:35,060 ASSAULTED HIM AS CLAIMED, IT 787 00:26:35,060 --> 00:26:38,496 WOULD BE REASONABLE TO EXPECT 788 00:26:38,496 --> 00:26:39,130 NAME NAMED EMPLOYEE ONE OFFICER 789 00:26:39,130 --> 00:26:40,665 CALEB HOWARD, TO CONTINUE 790 00:26:40,665 --> 00:26:41,266 CONTROLLING AND ARRESTING THE 791 00:26:41,266 --> 00:26:42,400 COMPLAINANT INSTEAD. FOLLOWING 792 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,502 THESE PUNCHES NAMED EMPLOYEE ONE 793 00:26:44,502 --> 00:26:46,137 IMMEDIATELY WENT ON TO ANOTHER 794 00:26:46,137 --> 00:26:47,672 COUNTER-PROTESTER ON THE GROUND 795 00:26:47,672 --> 00:26:49,607 AND REPEATEDLY PUNCHED THAT 796 00:26:49,607 --> 00:26:51,443 INDIVIDUAL. OPA SUGGESTED THESE 797 00:26:51,443 --> 00:26:52,110 ALLEGATIONS BE SUSTAINED. NOW, 798 00:26:52,110 --> 00:26:53,411 WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENED TO 799 00:26:53,411 --> 00:26:55,113 THAT OFFICER? YOU ALL KNOW THE 800 00:26:55,113 --> 00:26:58,016 ANSWER. NOTHING. IT TOOK ME OVER 801 00:26:58,016 --> 00:26:58,650 SIX MONTHS TO FIND THE OFFICER 802 00:26:58,650 --> 00:27:00,285 WHO LEFT ME WITH A TBI. BECAUSE 803 00:27:00,285 --> 00:27:02,854 OF THAT, IT'S OVER. THE 804 00:27:02,854 --> 00:27:04,489 OFFICER, WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY 805 00:27:04,489 --> 00:27:05,123 CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING ANOTHER 806 00:27:05,123 --> 00:27:06,591 OFFICER'S SON AT A BARBECUE 807 00:27:06,591 --> 00:27:07,792 AFTER BLACKING OUT, DRIVING HIS 808 00:27:07,792 --> 00:27:08,593 FACE INTO THE CONCRETE AND THEN 809 00:27:08,593 --> 00:27:10,895 HITTING ON ANOTHER OFFICER'S 810 00:27:10,895 --> 00:27:11,429 UNDERAGE DAUGHTER WITH A 811 00:27:11,429 --> 00:27:12,864 WRESTLING MATCH, ONCE AGAIN GETS 812 00:27:12,864 --> 00:27:15,066 AWAY WITH. IT STILL REPRESENTS 813 00:27:15,066 --> 00:27:17,569 THE CITY. HE'S STILL ON THE 814 00:27:17,569 --> 00:27:20,638 STREET. WHY? HOW A SIX MONTH 815 00:27:20,638 --> 00:27:22,040 TIMELINE IS NOT ENOUGH. THE HARM 816 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:23,208 CAUSED BY THESE OFFICERS DON'T 817 00:27:23,208 --> 00:27:26,177 GO AWAY IN SIX MONTHS. AFTER SIX 818 00:27:26,177 --> 00:27:28,980 MONTHS, THESE OFFICERS DON'T 819 00:27:28,980 --> 00:27:30,015 BECOME BETTER OFFICERS. NOTHING 820 00:27:30,015 --> 00:27:32,350 CHANGES IN SIX MONTHS. WE NEED 821 00:27:32,350 --> 00:27:34,252 THIS OFFICER, OFFICER CALEB 822 00:27:34,252 --> 00:27:34,953 HOWARD, OFF THE STREETS. BUT WE 823 00:27:34,953 --> 00:27:36,788 ALSO NEED TO CHANGE THIS 824 00:27:36,788 --> 00:27:37,689 TIMELINE WHEN WE IF WE WANT AN 825 00:27:37,689 --> 00:27:39,090 ACCOUNTABLE POLICE FORCE THAT 826 00:27:39,090 --> 00:27:40,925 DOES GOOD AND ACTUALLY HELPS THE 827 00:27:40,925 --> 00:27:42,527 CITY, WE CAN'T GIVE IN AND WE 828 00:27:42,527 --> 00:27:44,362 CAN'T GIVE IN TO BAD CONTRACTS. 829 00:27:44,362 --> 00:27:46,998 WE CAN'T GIVE IN TO LETTING OPA 830 00:27:46,998 --> 00:27:49,501 AND THE. AND SMOG MAKE BAD DEALS 831 00:27:49,501 --> 00:27:51,202 THAT KEEP BAD OFFICERS ON THE 832 00:27:51,202 --> 00:27:52,604 STREETS. IF WE WANT GOOD, 833 00:27:52,604 --> 00:27:54,272 ACCOUNTABLE POLICE WORK, THAT 834 00:27:54,272 --> 00:27:55,240 THAT STARTS WITH MAKING SURE WE 835 00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:56,775 GET THE WORST OFFICERS OFF THE 836 00:27:56,775 --> 00:27:58,076 STREET. BAD COPS HURT EVERYONE. 837 00:27:58,076 --> 00:27:59,077 THANK YOU. 838 00:27:59,077 --> 00:27:59,544 -- THANK. 839 00:27:59,544 --> 00:28:04,382 -- YOU, THANK YOU. 840 00:28:04,382 --> 00:28:07,652 -- NOW, MOVING ON TO THE REMOTE 841 00:28:07,652 --> 00:28:09,688 SPEAKERS. THE FIRST REMOTE 842 00:28:09,688 --> 00:28:11,790 SPEAKER IS JENNIFER. CARL, 843 00:28:11,790 --> 00:28:12,424 PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. WHEN YOU 844 00:28:12,424 --> 00:28:16,027 HEAR THE PROMPT. YOU HAVE BEEN 845 00:28:16,027 --> 00:28:23,802 UNMUTED. 846 00:28:23,802 --> 00:28:25,003 -- GOOD MORNING JIM. 847 00:28:25,003 --> 00:28:25,637 -- GOOD MORNING COUNCIL. MY NAME 848 00:28:25,637 --> 00:28:29,140 IS JEN. CARL. SHE HER PRONOUNS 849 00:28:29,140 --> 00:28:30,208 AND I'M THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY 850 00:28:30,208 --> 00:28:30,842 COORDINATOR FOR CAPITOL HILL FOR 851 00:28:30,842 --> 00:28:31,910 THE GSBA. I'M CALLING IN THIS 852 00:28:31,910 --> 00:28:34,412 MORNING TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF 853 00:28:34,412 --> 00:28:35,713 THE NATIONAL NETWORK FOR SAFER 854 00:28:35,713 --> 00:28:37,682 COMMUNITIES. SO WE KNOW THAT 855 00:28:37,682 --> 00:28:39,584 PUBLIC SAFETY IS NOT JUST THE 856 00:28:39,584 --> 00:28:40,819 RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR POLICE 857 00:28:40,819 --> 00:28:42,687 DEPARTMENT, JUST AS WE KNOW THAT 858 00:28:42,687 --> 00:28:44,456 WE'RE NOT GOING TO ARREST OUR 859 00:28:44,456 --> 00:28:48,159 WAY OUT OF GUN VIOLENCE AND THEN 860 00:28:48,159 --> 00:28:49,227 OPERATES THROUGH A COLLABORATION 861 00:28:49,227 --> 00:28:50,428 OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, COMMUNITY 862 00:28:50,428 --> 00:28:52,630 LEADERS AND SUPPORT SERVICES. 863 00:28:52,630 --> 00:28:53,998 THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS US TO 864 00:28:53,998 --> 00:28:54,632 NAVIGATE THE UNIQUE NUANCES OF 865 00:28:54,632 --> 00:28:56,067 OUR CITY AND COMMUNITY THROUGH 866 00:28:56,067 --> 00:28:58,703 AN EMPIRICALLY BACKED STRATEGY 867 00:28:58,703 --> 00:28:59,904 THAT INCORPORATES ALL THREE 868 00:28:59,904 --> 00:29:00,538 COMPONENTS REACTING QUICKLY ONCE 869 00:29:00,538 --> 00:29:03,842 AN INCIDENT OF GUN VIOLENCE DOES 870 00:29:03,842 --> 00:29:04,476 HAPPEN, BUT PRIMARILY FOCUSING 871 00:29:04,476 --> 00:29:05,110 ON PREVENTING THE BULLETS FROM 872 00:29:05,110 --> 00:29:08,379 EVER BEING FIRED, WE BELIEVE 873 00:29:08,379 --> 00:29:08,913 THAT THE NNSC IS THE BEST 874 00:29:08,913 --> 00:29:11,850 APPROACH BECAUSE IT IS THE MOST 875 00:29:11,850 --> 00:29:12,350 HOLISTIC. THE STRATEGY 876 00:29:12,350 --> 00:29:12,984 INTERRUPTS GROUP VIOLENCE BY 877 00:29:12,984 --> 00:29:16,755 INTERVENING AT AND ADDRESSING 878 00:29:16,755 --> 00:29:17,322 THE ROOT CAUSE. INDIVIDUALS 879 00:29:17,322 --> 00:29:17,956 ENGAGED IN GUN VIOLENCE ARE NOT 880 00:29:17,956 --> 00:29:19,324 ALWAYS DETERRED BY THE PRESENCE 881 00:29:19,324 --> 00:29:20,291 OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. AS WE 882 00:29:20,291 --> 00:29:21,826 WITNESSED WITH THE BITE OF 883 00:29:21,826 --> 00:29:24,596 SEATTLE AND OTHER RECENT 884 00:29:24,596 --> 00:29:25,797 SHOOTINGS. HOWEVER, A FULLY 885 00:29:25,797 --> 00:29:26,431 INTEGRATED APPROACH SUCH AS THE 886 00:29:26,431 --> 00:29:28,199 NNSC CREATES COMMUNITY 887 00:29:28,199 --> 00:29:29,334 INVESTMENT AND EMPOWERMENT, 888 00:29:29,334 --> 00:29:29,901 BUILDING A FULLY SUPPORTIVE 889 00:29:29,901 --> 00:29:30,969 NETWORK TO INCLUDE LAW 890 00:29:30,969 --> 00:29:33,304 ENFORCEMENT WITHOUT BEING 891 00:29:33,304 --> 00:29:35,140 ENTIRELY RELIANT ON REACTIVE, 892 00:29:35,140 --> 00:29:35,673 PUNITIVE APPROACHES THAT 893 00:29:35,673 --> 00:29:37,142 ULTIMATELY CREATE ADDITIONAL 894 00:29:37,142 --> 00:29:38,176 HARM. IT'S WITH A HEAVY HEART 895 00:29:38,176 --> 00:29:40,478 THAT WE HAVE TO EXPLORE THESE 896 00:29:40,478 --> 00:29:41,980 STRATEGIES AS NECESSARY 897 00:29:41,980 --> 00:29:44,449 COMPONENTS OF A MODERN, THRIVING 898 00:29:44,449 --> 00:29:45,150 CITY. BUT IT'S EVEN HEAVIER TO 899 00:29:45,150 --> 00:29:47,252 THINK ABOUT THE CONTINUED COST 900 00:29:47,252 --> 00:29:48,319 OF INACTION. SO AS ALWAYS, THANK 901 00:29:48,319 --> 00:29:50,155 YOU FOR YOUR TIME, CONSIDERATION 902 00:29:50,155 --> 00:29:51,923 AND CONTINUED EFFORTS TOWARD 903 00:29:51,923 --> 00:29:52,957 PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE CITY OF 904 00:29:52,957 --> 00:29:57,662 SEATTLE 905 00:29:57,662 --> 00:29:58,396 -- THANK YOU. 906 00:29:58,396 --> 00:30:01,733 -- NEXT UP, WE HAVE SKYLER 907 00:30:01,733 --> 00:30:10,708 SCHMIDT. 908 00:30:10,942 --> 00:30:13,978 -- GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS. 909 00:30:13,978 --> 00:30:15,847 GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS SKYLER 910 00:30:15,847 --> 00:30:17,816 SCHMIDT. I REPRESENT THE SEATTLE 911 00:30:17,816 --> 00:30:18,650 HOTEL ASSOCIATION AND THE 912 00:30:18,650 --> 00:30:21,419 SEATTLE RESTAURANT ALLIANCE, 913 00:30:21,419 --> 00:30:21,986 REPRESENTING MORE THAN 2900 914 00:30:21,986 --> 00:30:23,855 BUSINESSES ACROSS THE CITY AND 915 00:30:23,855 --> 00:30:27,926 68000 PLUS JOBS IN THE CITY. WE 916 00:30:27,926 --> 00:30:28,560 STRONGLY SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER 917 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:32,230 RIVERA'S RESOLUTION 32217 AND 918 00:30:32,230 --> 00:30:34,265 THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO AN 919 00:30:34,265 --> 00:30:35,900 EVIDENCE BASED, COMPREHENSIVE 920 00:30:35,900 --> 00:30:38,436 STRATEGY TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE 921 00:30:38,436 --> 00:30:39,003 FOR SEATTLE'S HOTELS AND 922 00:30:39,003 --> 00:30:40,872 RESTAURANTS. PUBLIC SAFETY IS 923 00:30:40,872 --> 00:30:42,674 FUNDAMENTAL TO OUR ABILITY TO 924 00:30:42,674 --> 00:30:43,174 OPERATE AND THRIVE. OUR 925 00:30:43,174 --> 00:30:45,210 EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS ALIKE 926 00:30:45,210 --> 00:30:48,279 RELY ON SAFE COMMUNITIES. RECENT 927 00:30:48,279 --> 00:30:48,813 INCIDENTS, INCLUDING THE 928 00:30:48,813 --> 00:30:50,815 SHOOTING AT THE HEIGHT OF 929 00:30:50,815 --> 00:30:52,517 SEATTLE AND THE RECENT SHOOTING 930 00:30:52,517 --> 00:30:53,351 IN PIONEER SQUARE IN A POPULAR 931 00:30:53,351 --> 00:30:55,153 NIGHTLIFE AREA, AS WELL AS THIS 932 00:30:55,153 --> 00:30:57,355 WEEKEND'S VIOLENCE IN BELLTOWN 933 00:30:57,355 --> 00:30:59,190 UNDERSCORE WHY THIS WORK IS SO 934 00:30:59,190 --> 00:31:00,825 IMPORTANT. THE CITY'S OWN 935 00:31:00,825 --> 00:31:02,727 FINDINGS MAKE CLEAR THAT SEATTLE 936 00:31:02,727 --> 00:31:04,996 NEEDS A STRONGER, MORE 937 00:31:04,996 --> 00:31:05,563 COORDINATED APPROACH TO GUN 938 00:31:05,563 --> 00:31:06,197 VIOLENCE. WE BELIEVE PARTNERING 939 00:31:06,197 --> 00:31:07,665 WITH THE NATIONAL NETWORK FOR 940 00:31:07,665 --> 00:31:09,367 SAFE COMMUNITIES IS A 941 00:31:09,367 --> 00:31:12,170 CONSTRUCTIVE STEP TOWARDS THAT 942 00:31:12,170 --> 00:31:12,770 GOAL. SEATTLE'S HOSPITALITY 943 00:31:12,770 --> 00:31:13,404 INDUSTRY WANTS TO BE A PARTNER 944 00:31:13,404 --> 00:31:15,173 IN THIS WORK, AND WE URGE THE 945 00:31:15,173 --> 00:31:16,174 COMMITTEE AND THE FULL COUNCIL, 946 00:31:16,174 --> 00:31:18,309 AS WELL AS THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, 947 00:31:18,309 --> 00:31:18,943 TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND 948 00:31:18,943 --> 00:31:20,712 TAKE MEANINGFUL ACTION TO MAKE 949 00:31:20,712 --> 00:31:21,746 SEATTLE SAFER. THANK YOU FOR 950 00:31:21,746 --> 00:31:26,317 YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. 951 00:31:26,317 --> 00:31:30,488 -- THANK YOU. 952 00:31:30,488 --> 00:31:32,190 -- NEXT UP, WE HAVE ROSE 953 00:31:32,190 --> 00:31:36,094 LEGIONNAIRES TO BE FOLLOWED BY 954 00:31:36,094 --> 00:31:44,335 LAUREL HARKLEY. 955 00:31:44,569 --> 00:31:46,938 -- HELLO COUNCILMEMBERS, I HOPE 956 00:31:46,938 --> 00:31:48,906 YOU ENJOYED YOUR RECESS. 957 00:31:48,906 --> 00:31:49,907 UNFORTUNATELY, THIS LAST LITTLE 958 00:31:49,907 --> 00:31:50,742 BIT, THE QUEER COMMUNITY HAS 959 00:31:50,742 --> 00:31:53,311 NOT. OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, 960 00:31:53,311 --> 00:31:53,811 THE QUEER COMMUNITY HAS 961 00:31:53,811 --> 00:31:55,480 EXPERIENCED MORE AND MORE POLICE 962 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:57,815 VIOLENCE AND POLICE ACTIONS IN 963 00:31:57,815 --> 00:31:59,717 CAL ANDERSON, WHETHER IT BE 964 00:31:59,717 --> 00:32:01,719 INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BEING 965 00:32:01,719 --> 00:32:02,921 TARGETED WITH ARRESTS FOR THINGS 966 00:32:02,921 --> 00:32:05,123 AS SIMPLE AS SMOKING A CIGARETTE 967 00:32:05,123 --> 00:32:06,190 IN THE PARK, OR WHETHER IT'S THE 968 00:32:06,190 --> 00:32:07,792 MIDNIGHT RAIDS THAT ARE 969 00:32:07,792 --> 00:32:08,459 HAPPENING WHERE PEOPLE'S TENTS 970 00:32:08,459 --> 00:32:10,061 ARE BEING TORN DOWN. A LOT OF 971 00:32:10,061 --> 00:32:11,896 THE RESOURCES THAT OUR COMMUNITY 972 00:32:11,896 --> 00:32:13,164 IS DESPERATELY TRYING TO KEEP IN 973 00:32:13,164 --> 00:32:15,800 THE COMMUNITY TO KEEP PEOPLE 974 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:16,401 SAFE, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY 975 00:32:16,401 --> 00:32:17,235 HAVE SOME PLACE TO SLEEP AT 976 00:32:17,235 --> 00:32:19,037 NIGHT, IS BEING TORN AND THROWN 977 00:32:19,037 --> 00:32:21,172 AWAY AT THE MIDNIGHT HOURS, 978 00:32:21,172 --> 00:32:22,674 WHERE PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE THE 979 00:32:22,674 --> 00:32:24,609 ABILITY TO RESPOND. THIS IS NOT 980 00:32:24,609 --> 00:32:26,711 ONLY DISGUSTING, THIS IS ALSO 981 00:32:26,711 --> 00:32:28,746 DANGEROUS. AS IT GETS COLDER AND 982 00:32:28,746 --> 00:32:30,515 IT STARTS RAINING, PEOPLE ARE 983 00:32:30,515 --> 00:32:31,215 GOING TO START GETTING MORE. 984 00:32:31,215 --> 00:32:32,817 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE IN 985 00:32:32,817 --> 00:32:34,786 DANGER, LIKE IN ACTUAL DANGER OF 986 00:32:34,786 --> 00:32:35,586 DYING FROM HYPOTHERMIA AS IT 987 00:32:35,586 --> 00:32:37,722 GETS COLD. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO 988 00:32:37,722 --> 00:32:40,024 HAVE COPS DOING THIS. WE KEEP 989 00:32:40,024 --> 00:32:41,559 GETTING TOLD THAT THERE'S NOT 990 00:32:41,559 --> 00:32:42,193 ENOUGH COPS FOR EVERYWHERE, THAT 991 00:32:42,193 --> 00:32:44,162 WE NEED COPS AND NEED COPS TO 992 00:32:44,162 --> 00:32:47,932 STOP SHOOTINGS. WHY ARE THEY 993 00:32:47,932 --> 00:32:48,566 WASTING THEIR TIME HARASSING THE 994 00:32:48,566 --> 00:32:49,167 COMMUNITY THAT IS LITERALLY 995 00:32:49,167 --> 00:32:50,401 SLEEPING IN THE PARK AND DOING 996 00:32:50,401 --> 00:32:51,703 NOTHING, INSTEAD OF DOING 997 00:32:51,703 --> 00:32:54,138 LITERALLY ANYTHING ELSE THAT THE 998 00:32:54,138 --> 00:32:54,772 CITY NEEDS TO BE CRACKING DOWN 999 00:32:54,772 --> 00:32:57,742 ON THE OVERTIME ABUSE OR ANY OF 1000 00:32:57,742 --> 00:32:58,910 THE OTHER LITANY OF PROBLEMS 1001 00:32:58,910 --> 00:32:59,978 THAT WE NEED, BUT INSTEAD, 1002 00:32:59,978 --> 00:33:02,513 INDIVIDUALS ARE HARASSING THE 1003 00:33:02,513 --> 00:33:04,982 QUEER COMMUNITY AND WE ARE 1004 00:33:04,982 --> 00:33:07,352 TRYING TO KEEP THEM ENGAGED AND 1005 00:33:07,352 --> 00:33:08,486 ALIVE. PEOPLE ARE ARRIVING EVERY 1006 00:33:08,486 --> 00:33:10,021 SINGLE DAY, AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE 1007 00:33:10,021 --> 00:33:11,322 A PLACE TO GO. THEY SHOW UP, 1008 00:33:11,322 --> 00:33:12,990 THEY GET A TENT, AND THEY JUST 1009 00:33:12,990 --> 00:33:14,892 SETTLE IN. CAL ANDERSON THE BEST 1010 00:33:14,892 --> 00:33:15,460 THEY CAN BECAUSE THEY HAVE 1011 00:33:15,460 --> 00:33:16,194 NOWHERE ELSE TO GO. AND THEIR 1012 00:33:16,194 --> 00:33:18,229 FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THE CITY 1013 00:33:18,229 --> 00:33:19,731 IS THE COP TEARING DOWN THEIR 1014 00:33:19,731 --> 00:33:21,032 TENTS AND CHASING THEM OUT OF 1015 00:33:21,032 --> 00:33:22,700 THE PARK. THAT IS 1016 00:33:22,700 --> 00:33:24,936 UNCONSCIONABLE. WE ARE TRYING TO 1017 00:33:24,936 --> 00:33:26,571 REBUILD THE CITY'S REPUTATION 1018 00:33:26,571 --> 00:33:28,506 WITH THE QUEER COMMUNITY, AND 1019 00:33:28,506 --> 00:33:30,775 THE COPS ARE FUNDAMENTALLY 1020 00:33:30,775 --> 00:33:31,542 DESTROYING IT. IF YOU ALL HAVE 1021 00:33:31,542 --> 00:33:32,744 ANY WANTING FOR THE QUEER 1022 00:33:32,744 --> 00:33:34,278 COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT YOU ALL, 1023 00:33:34,278 --> 00:33:35,646 YOU ALL NEED TO CRACK DOWN ON 1024 00:33:35,646 --> 00:33:38,783 THE COPS THAT ARE DOING THESE 1025 00:33:38,783 --> 00:33:40,151 ACTIONS. THIS IS NOT OKAY. WE 1026 00:33:40,151 --> 00:33:40,818 WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS AND YOU 1027 00:33:40,818 --> 00:33:42,620 ALL NEED TO HOLD THEM 1028 00:33:42,620 --> 00:33:48,026 ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE THIS IS 1029 00:33:48,026 --> 00:33:48,326 UNFAIR. 1030 00:33:48,326 --> 00:33:48,659 -- THANK YOU. 1031 00:33:48,659 --> 00:33:49,460 -- NEXT UP WE HAVE LAUREL 1032 00:33:49,460 --> 00:33:55,333 HARTLEY TO BE FOLLOWED BY 1033 00:33:55,333 --> 00:33:55,600 TATIANA. 1034 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:58,369 -- HI. I'M CALLING. 1035 00:33:58,369 --> 00:33:58,636 -- SORRY. 1036 00:33:58,636 --> 00:34:00,204 -- NO. I'M SORRY. HI. I'M 1037 00:34:00,204 --> 00:34:04,275 CALLING TO VOICE SUPPORT FOR 1038 00:34:04,275 --> 00:34:04,942 COUNCILWOMAN RIVERA'S RESOLUTION 1039 00:34:04,942 --> 00:34:06,310 32217. THE ONLY ISSUE I WANT TO 1040 00:34:06,310 --> 00:34:06,978 BRING UP IS THAT IT'S IMPORTANT 1041 00:34:06,978 --> 00:34:08,646 THAT WE EXPAND THE COMMUNITY 1042 00:34:08,646 --> 00:34:10,581 GROUPS THAT ARE PARTNERED WITH. 1043 00:34:10,581 --> 00:34:12,316 RIGHT NOW, THESE GROUPS ARE 1044 00:34:12,316 --> 00:34:14,485 DOMINATED BY PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT 1045 00:34:14,485 --> 00:34:16,354 THE PERPETRATORS, USUALLY OUT OF 1046 00:34:16,354 --> 00:34:19,857 RACIAL ALLEGIANCE AND IDEOLOGY. 1047 00:34:19,857 --> 00:34:20,792 THERE'S A HUGE LACK OF 1048 00:34:20,792 --> 00:34:22,660 DIVERSITY. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU 1049 00:34:22,660 --> 00:34:25,163 NEVER SEE PEOPLE BLAME THE 1050 00:34:25,163 --> 00:34:26,998 PERPETRATORS, POOR PARENTING 1051 00:34:26,998 --> 00:34:29,467 ENTITLEMENT. IT'S ALWAYS 1052 00:34:29,467 --> 00:34:30,868 SOCIETY MADE ME DO IT. POVERTY, 1053 00:34:30,868 --> 00:34:33,004 INJUSTICE, LACK TO LACK OF 1054 00:34:33,004 --> 00:34:35,206 ACCESS TO GOOD JOBS. THIS IS 1055 00:34:35,206 --> 00:34:35,973 RIDICULOUS. IF THIS WAS THE 1056 00:34:35,973 --> 00:34:37,675 CASE, IT WOULD BE A MORE DIVERSE 1057 00:34:37,675 --> 00:34:38,776 GROUP OF PEOPLE DOING IT. YOU 1058 00:34:38,776 --> 00:34:41,312 HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF IF THE 1059 00:34:41,312 --> 00:34:42,880 ACTIVISTS, SO OVERFLOWING WITH 1060 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:44,081 CONCERN FOR THE PERPETRATORS, 1061 00:34:44,081 --> 00:34:47,351 WOULD BE CONCERNED IN CALLING 1062 00:34:47,351 --> 00:34:48,619 THE PERPETRATORS, QUOTE, JUSTICE 1063 00:34:48,619 --> 00:34:50,588 IMPACTED, UNQUOTE, QUOTE, AT 1064 00:34:50,588 --> 00:34:54,759 RISK YOUTH UNQUOTE, QUOTE, THE 1065 00:34:54,759 --> 00:34:56,327 HIGHEST RISK OF VIOLENCE, 1066 00:34:56,327 --> 00:34:59,964 UNQUOTE, ALL THESE BIZARRE 1067 00:34:59,964 --> 00:35:00,565 EUPHEMISMS ARE EMPLOYED WHICH 1068 00:35:00,565 --> 00:35:02,400 WOULD NEVER BE EMPLOYED IF THE 1069 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:04,368 PERPETRATORS WERE MOSTLY WHITE, 1070 00:35:04,368 --> 00:35:06,003 YOUNG MALES OR FEMALES AND THEY 1071 00:35:06,003 --> 00:35:07,405 WERE IMPACTING OTHERS, INCLUDING 1072 00:35:07,405 --> 00:35:10,308 PEOPLE OF COLOR. YET OUR CITY 1073 00:35:10,308 --> 00:35:11,476 DEFERS TO THESE ACTIVISTS WHO 1074 00:35:11,476 --> 00:35:13,444 BELIEVE ANY WRONGS COMMITTED BY 1075 00:35:13,444 --> 00:35:15,613 BLACK OR BROWN PEOPLE ARE A CRY 1076 00:35:15,613 --> 00:35:17,148 FOR HELP FROM THE OPPRESSED AND 1077 00:35:17,148 --> 00:35:20,318 ALLOW THEM TO SHAKE US DOWN, 1078 00:35:20,318 --> 00:35:23,087 WHICH ADDS INSULT TO INJURY. WE 1079 00:35:23,087 --> 00:35:24,655 NEED LESS POWER FOR THESE FOLKS 1080 00:35:24,655 --> 00:35:28,359 AND MORE POWER FOR THOSE WHO ARE 1081 00:35:28,359 --> 00:35:30,361 WILLING TO BE ANGRY AT THE 1082 00:35:30,361 --> 00:35:30,862 PERPETRATORS AND THEIR 1083 00:35:30,862 --> 00:35:31,963 APOLOGISTS WHO DESTROY THE 1084 00:35:31,963 --> 00:35:34,232 QUALITY OF LIFE. FOR SO MANY OF 1085 00:35:34,232 --> 00:35:37,401 US, I SEE OUTRAGE FROM COMMUNITY 1086 00:35:37,401 --> 00:35:38,636 LEADERS OVER PERCEIVED RACIAL 1087 00:35:38,636 --> 00:35:40,872 SLIGHTS AND MICROAGGRESSIONS, 1088 00:35:40,872 --> 00:35:43,241 BUT NEVER RAGE AT THESE URBAN 1089 00:35:43,241 --> 00:35:45,376 TERRORISTS. NONE, NONE. IT'S THE 1090 00:35:45,376 --> 00:35:47,345 SAME WEAK BLAME SOCIETY AND WE 1091 00:35:47,345 --> 00:35:49,213 NEED MORE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE 1092 00:35:49,213 --> 00:35:51,282 BEEN SHOVED DOWN OUR THROATS FOR 1093 00:35:51,282 --> 00:35:53,351 OVER 75 YEARS. THANK YOU SO 1094 00:35:53,351 --> 00:35:56,654 MUCH. AND PLEASE MAKE SOME 1095 00:35:56,654 --> 00:35:58,289 CHANGES. WE NEED PEOPLE WHO 1096 00:35:58,289 --> 00:36:01,392 ADVOCATE FOR VICTIMS, NOT 1097 00:36:01,392 --> 00:36:02,727 VICTIMIZERS. THANK YOU. 1098 00:36:02,727 --> 00:36:03,261 -- THANK YOU. NEXT. 1099 00:36:03,261 --> 00:36:06,264 -- NEXT UP, WE HAVE TATIANA 1100 00:36:06,264 --> 00:36:08,599 PERKINS TO BE FOLLOWED BY DIEGO 1101 00:36:08,599 --> 00:36:16,173 CEPEDA 1102 00:36:16,407 --> 00:36:19,710 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 1103 00:36:19,710 --> 00:36:20,444 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE 1104 00:36:20,444 --> 00:36:22,780 OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE COMMENT ON 1105 00:36:22,780 --> 00:36:23,314 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA'S 1106 00:36:23,314 --> 00:36:24,415 RESOLUTION. I'M AURORA RESIDENT 1107 00:36:24,415 --> 00:36:25,883 AND SOCIAL WORKER WHO SERVES AS 1108 00:36:25,883 --> 00:36:27,685 THE DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS AT 1109 00:36:27,685 --> 00:36:28,686 COMMUNITY COMMUNITY JUSTICE, AN 1110 00:36:28,686 --> 00:36:29,921 ORGANIZATION THAT AIMS TO REDUCE 1111 00:36:29,921 --> 00:36:30,821 GUN VIOLENCE IN BLACK AND BROWN 1112 00:36:30,821 --> 00:36:32,356 COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 1113 00:36:32,356 --> 00:36:33,524 I ALSO SERVE AS A BOARD 1114 00:36:33,524 --> 00:36:35,059 SECRETARY OF COMMUNITY 1115 00:36:35,059 --> 00:36:36,761 PASSAGEWAYS, A SEATTLE BASED 1116 00:36:36,761 --> 00:36:37,395 RESTORATIVE JUSTICE ORGANIZATION 1117 00:36:37,395 --> 00:36:37,962 PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR YOUNG 1118 00:36:37,962 --> 00:36:39,330 PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. IN 1119 00:36:39,330 --> 00:36:40,665 LIGHT OF THE TRAGEDIES WE HAVE 1120 00:36:40,665 --> 00:36:41,832 HAD IN OUR COMMUNITY. I 1121 00:36:41,832 --> 00:36:43,501 APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION TO 1122 00:36:43,501 --> 00:36:44,135 SEEKING A SOLUTION THAT WORKS TO 1123 00:36:44,135 --> 00:36:45,303 PROTECT THE MEMBERS OF OUR 1124 00:36:45,303 --> 00:36:46,470 COMMUNITY. LIKE MANY OF US, I 1125 00:36:46,470 --> 00:36:48,139 HAVE LOST LOVED ONES TO GUN 1126 00:36:48,139 --> 00:36:48,773 VIOLENCE AND APPRECIATE THAT YOU 1127 00:36:48,773 --> 00:36:50,341 ARE ALL WORKING TO FIND A PATH 1128 00:36:50,341 --> 00:36:53,611 FORWARD. CAN YOU PASS? IS JUST 1129 00:36:53,611 --> 00:36:54,412 ONE PART OF PUBLIC SAFETY 1130 00:36:54,412 --> 00:36:55,046 ECOSYSTEM THAT WORKS TO PREVENT 1131 00:36:55,046 --> 00:36:57,481 CRIME BEFORE IT HAPPENS? WHILE 1132 00:36:57,481 --> 00:36:58,349 WE CAN'T PROMISE 100% SUCCESS 1133 00:36:58,349 --> 00:37:00,184 RATES THE SAME WAY THAT EXPANDED 1134 00:37:00,184 --> 00:37:01,085 LAW ENFORCEMENT CANNOT GUARANTEE 1135 00:37:01,085 --> 00:37:03,888 THE SAME, THE VAST MAJORITY OF 1136 00:37:03,888 --> 00:37:04,789 PARTICIPANTS NEVER REOFFEND AT 1137 00:37:04,789 --> 00:37:06,357 ANY LEVEL AGAIN. THIS IS A TIME 1138 00:37:06,357 --> 00:37:07,625 WHEN MANY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS 1139 00:37:07,625 --> 00:37:09,026 DOING THE WORK OF COMMUNITY 1140 00:37:09,026 --> 00:37:11,429 VIOLENCE INTERVENTION IN OUR 1141 00:37:11,429 --> 00:37:11,929 STREETS ARE INCREDIBLY 1142 00:37:11,929 --> 00:37:12,597 FINANCIALLY STRAINED. WE'D LIKE 1143 00:37:12,597 --> 00:37:13,998 TO BE PARTNERS WITH YOU IN 1144 00:37:13,998 --> 00:37:15,066 DESIGNING A STRATEGY TO ADDRESS 1145 00:37:15,066 --> 00:37:15,766 GUN VIOLENCE. THERE ARE MANY 1146 00:37:15,766 --> 00:37:16,567 MODELS THAT HAVE SHOWN GREAT 1147 00:37:16,567 --> 00:37:18,903 SUCCESS IN REDUCING HOMICIDES 1148 00:37:18,903 --> 00:37:19,837 SIGNIFICANTLY THAT BRING 1149 00:37:19,837 --> 00:37:20,371 TOGETHER GOVERNMENT, LAW 1150 00:37:20,371 --> 00:37:21,939 ENFORCEMENT, AND MOST 1151 00:37:21,939 --> 00:37:23,240 IMPORTANTLY, COMMUNITY, 1152 00:37:23,240 --> 00:37:25,309 INCLUDING THE BALTIMORE, BOSTON 1153 00:37:25,309 --> 00:37:26,544 AND CHICAGO MODELS. FURTHER, THE 1154 00:37:26,544 --> 00:37:27,912 CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH 1155 00:37:27,912 --> 00:37:30,147 JUSTICE PROVIDED IN CITY 1156 00:37:30,147 --> 00:37:30,681 COORDINATION THROUGH THE 1157 00:37:30,681 --> 00:37:33,384 REGIONAL PEACEKEEPERS AND HAS 1158 00:37:33,384 --> 00:37:34,018 CREATED LINK, A REGIONAL VERSION 1159 00:37:34,018 --> 00:37:34,919 OF THE STRATEGY PROVIDED BY THE 1160 00:37:34,919 --> 00:37:36,454 NATIONAL NETWORK FOR SAFE 1161 00:37:36,454 --> 00:37:38,155 COMMUNITIES. WE ALREADY HAVE THE 1162 00:37:38,155 --> 00:37:39,457 EXPERTISE NEEDED TO TACKLE THIS 1163 00:37:39,457 --> 00:37:41,092 ISSUE. I BELIEVE THAT IF 1164 00:37:41,092 --> 00:37:42,860 COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS 1165 00:37:42,860 --> 00:37:43,461 FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY VIOLENCE 1166 00:37:43,461 --> 00:37:45,029 INTERVENTION, COUNCIL LAW 1167 00:37:45,029 --> 00:37:46,163 ENFORCEMENT AND SUPPORTIVE 1168 00:37:46,163 --> 00:37:46,797 SERVICES PROVIDERS CAN NEGOTIATE 1169 00:37:46,797 --> 00:37:47,632 A STRUCTURE THAT WORKS FOR OUR 1170 00:37:47,632 --> 00:37:49,767 CITY, WE CAN ALLOCATE FUNDING TO 1171 00:37:49,767 --> 00:37:50,735 SUPPORT THE WORK THAT HAS SHOWN 1172 00:37:50,735 --> 00:37:51,736 A REDUCTION OF VIOLENCE IN OUR 1173 00:37:51,736 --> 00:37:53,137 CITY. I WOULD ALSO BE HAPPY TO 1174 00:37:53,137 --> 00:37:54,405 PROVIDE PROGRAM AND SERVICE 1175 00:37:54,405 --> 00:37:55,773 OUTCOMES FROM ORGANIZATIONS ON 1176 00:37:55,773 --> 00:37:57,742 THE GROUND AND PROVIDE COMMUNITY 1177 00:37:57,742 --> 00:37:58,376 VIOLENCE INTERVENTION BRIEFINGS 1178 00:37:58,376 --> 00:37:59,210 TO THE COUNCIL THAT IS TAILORED 1179 00:37:59,210 --> 00:38:00,945 TO EACH OF YOUR DISTRICTS. I'M 1180 00:38:00,945 --> 00:38:02,346 LOOKING FORWARD TO TACKLING THIS 1181 00:38:02,346 --> 00:38:04,915 ISSUE TOGETHER. THANK YOU SO 1182 00:38:04,915 --> 00:38:05,116 MUCH. 1183 00:38:05,116 --> 00:38:09,186 -- THANK YOU. NEXT UP, WE HAVE 1184 00:38:09,186 --> 00:38:13,724 DIEGO ZAPATA TO BE FOLLOWED BY 1185 00:38:13,724 --> 00:38:19,764 CASTILLO HIGHTOWER. SORRY, I'M 1186 00:38:19,764 --> 00:38:24,769 NOT SEEING DIEGO ON HERE. AND 1187 00:38:24,769 --> 00:38:26,037 WE'LL MOVE ON TO CASTILLO 1188 00:38:26,037 --> 00:38:29,206 HIGHTOWER TO BE FOLLOWED BY 1189 00:38:29,206 --> 00:38:37,415 DAVIDA BRISCOE. 1190 00:38:37,548 --> 00:38:41,552 REMINDER TO PRESS STAR SIX WHEN 1191 00:38:41,552 --> 00:38:45,056 YOU HEAR THE PROMPT. YOU'VE 1192 00:38:45,056 --> 00:38:51,429 BEEN UNMUTED. YES. 1193 00:38:51,429 --> 00:38:52,129 -- GOOD MORNING. 1194 00:38:52,129 --> 00:38:53,197 -- TODAY IS THE 22nd ANNIVERSARY 1195 00:38:53,197 --> 00:38:58,302 OF THE BROTHERHOOD MURDER OF 1196 00:38:58,302 --> 00:39:01,105 SEATTLE POLICE. WHEN 2004. WHILE 1197 00:39:01,105 --> 00:39:01,672 EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH 1198 00:39:01,672 --> 00:39:06,310 CRISIS. BOTH HE AND THE PASSING. 1199 00:39:06,310 --> 00:39:07,812 EARLIER THIS YEAR NEVER SAW 1200 00:39:07,812 --> 00:39:09,146 ANYTHING. ONE OF ACCOUNTABILITY 1201 00:39:09,146 --> 00:39:11,649 TESTING, COGNITION OR SEATTLE 1202 00:39:11,649 --> 00:39:13,918 ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICE STEVE 1203 00:39:13,918 --> 00:39:15,486 HURT MURDERED HIM IN COLD BLOOD 1204 00:39:15,486 --> 00:39:16,921 WHEN HE WAS HOLDING A BUTTER 1205 00:39:16,921 --> 00:39:19,457 KNIFE. CITY OF SEATTLE AND THE 1206 00:39:19,457 --> 00:39:23,360 CRIME. THERE ARE MULTIPLE SIGNS. 1207 00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:25,262 SEATTLE HALL OF VICTIMS OF 1208 00:39:25,262 --> 00:39:28,399 POLICE VIOLENCE ARE REGARDING 1209 00:39:28,399 --> 00:39:31,435 FORM ONLY IN THIS CITY. WE 1210 00:39:31,435 --> 00:39:32,069 RECOGNIZE THEM BEING DESERVING 1211 00:39:32,069 --> 00:39:34,171 OF CARE. MY FAMILY CONTINUES TO 1212 00:39:34,171 --> 00:39:37,007 BE HARMED BY WAY NOW OF 1213 00:39:37,007 --> 00:39:39,243 COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION TO 1214 00:39:39,243 --> 00:39:39,844 SILENCE ME AFTER THREATENING 1215 00:39:39,844 --> 00:39:46,550 POLICE VIOLENCE AND IN THE SAME 1216 00:39:46,550 --> 00:39:49,954 APOLOGY OR CAN WORK I HAVE DONE 1217 00:39:49,954 --> 00:39:52,089 TO VICTIMS WAS AFFECTED AFTER 1218 00:39:52,089 --> 00:39:54,792 BEING PASSED TWICE IN THE CPC 1219 00:39:54,792 --> 00:39:56,327 AND THE CITY CONTINUES TO 1220 00:39:56,327 --> 00:39:58,929 INCREASE POLICE SPENDING WITH 1221 00:39:58,929 --> 00:40:00,998 LESS TRANQUILITY AS THE POLICE 1222 00:40:00,998 --> 00:40:03,801 RISES WHILE EXCLUDING VICTIMS OF 1223 00:40:03,801 --> 00:40:05,002 VIOLENCE FROM ANY RESOURCES OR 1224 00:40:05,002 --> 00:40:08,005 THE CONVERSATION. VIOLENCE. 1225 00:40:08,005 --> 00:40:09,607 WHILE MY FAMILY, MY ELDEST 1226 00:40:09,607 --> 00:40:11,308 BROTHER ANDRE, WAS ALSO MURDERED 1227 00:40:11,308 --> 00:40:13,911 BY GUN VIOLENCE, INAPPROPRIATE 1228 00:40:13,911 --> 00:40:16,514 FOR THE CITY TO BE CHOOSING 1229 00:40:16,514 --> 00:40:17,748 VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE, THEY 1230 00:40:17,748 --> 00:40:20,618 HAVE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS 1231 00:40:20,618 --> 00:40:22,286 CARRIED OUT BY A CITY OF THE 1232 00:40:22,286 --> 00:40:24,388 SEATTLE. POLICE ON THE DATE OF 1233 00:40:24,388 --> 00:40:27,992 MY BROTHER, I CALL FOR JUSTICE, 1234 00:40:27,992 --> 00:40:30,294 ACCOUNTABILITY FOR VICTIMS AND 1235 00:40:30,294 --> 00:40:32,496 THEIR FAMILIES. THIS. 1236 00:40:32,496 --> 00:40:33,964 -- [LAUGHTER] 1237 00:40:33,964 --> 00:40:34,532 -- THIS COMMUNITY SHOULD BE 1238 00:40:34,532 --> 00:40:35,533 DOING THE SAME JUSTICE FOR HER 1239 00:40:35,533 --> 00:40:42,606 AND OUR JUNIOR. 1240 00:40:42,606 --> 00:40:45,109 -- NEXT UP, WE HAVE DAVIDA 1241 00:40:45,109 --> 00:40:49,280 BRISCOE TO BE FOLLOWED BY 1242 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:57,054 DOMINIQUE DAVIS. 1243 00:40:57,188 --> 00:41:06,697 NEED A REMINDER? REMINDER TO 1244 00:41:06,697 --> 00:41:10,301 PRESS STAR SIX. THERE IT IS 1245 00:41:10,301 --> 00:41:10,701 -- I'M THERE. 1246 00:41:10,701 --> 00:41:13,771 -- GOOD MORNING. COUNCIL CHAIR 1247 00:41:13,771 --> 00:41:15,506 KETTLE AND COUNCILMEMBERS. MY 1248 00:41:15,506 --> 00:41:19,043 NAME IS DAVIDA BRISCOE. I'VE 1249 00:41:19,043 --> 00:41:21,712 I'M SPEAKING OF RESOLUTION 1250 00:41:21,712 --> 00:41:23,047 32217. I'M ALSO WANTED TO SAY 1251 00:41:23,047 --> 00:41:24,415 THAT I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF 1252 00:41:24,415 --> 00:41:25,549 CHAIR KETTLE AND THE 1253 00:41:25,549 --> 00:41:26,150 COUNCILMEMBERS AND ALL OF THE 1254 00:41:26,150 --> 00:41:29,553 WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, ALL OF 1255 00:41:29,553 --> 00:41:30,487 YOUR GUN VIOLENCE REDUCTION 1256 00:41:30,487 --> 00:41:31,155 EFFORTS AND TO ADVANCE PUBLIC 1257 00:41:31,155 --> 00:41:33,557 SAFETY IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE. I 1258 00:41:33,557 --> 00:41:36,293 SERVED AS SEATTLE'S FIRST GUN 1259 00:41:36,293 --> 00:41:39,430 VIOLENCE PREVENTION LIAISON AND 1260 00:41:39,430 --> 00:41:41,832 AS A STRATEGIC ADVISOR UNDER THE 1261 00:41:41,832 --> 00:41:42,800 HERALD ADMINISTRATION. AND THIS 1262 00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:45,002 SUMMER, THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL 1263 00:41:45,002 --> 00:41:47,404 RETAINED ME TO ASSESS SEATTLE'S 1264 00:41:47,404 --> 00:41:49,306 KVI, WHICH I SAY COMMUNITY 1265 00:41:49,306 --> 00:41:51,742 VIOLENCE INTERVENTION ECOSYSTEM. 1266 00:41:51,742 --> 00:41:53,878 I SUBMITTED DELIVERABLES TWO, 1267 00:41:53,878 --> 00:41:56,180 THREE AND FOUR JUST LAST MONTH. 1268 00:41:56,180 --> 00:41:59,283 I AM URGING THE COUNCILMEMBERS 1269 00:41:59,283 --> 00:42:02,853 TO REVIEW THAT BODY OF WORK 1270 00:42:02,853 --> 00:42:06,891 BEFORE COMMITTING TO WRITING A 1271 00:42:06,891 --> 00:42:10,127 MASSIVE CHECK TO AN EXTERNAL 1272 00:42:10,127 --> 00:42:12,429 CONSULTING FIRM BEFORE THE CITY 1273 00:42:12,429 --> 00:42:12,930 HAS BUILT THE INTERNAL 1274 00:42:12,930 --> 00:42:15,766 GOVERNANCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO 1275 00:42:15,766 --> 00:42:17,735 SUPPORT THAT. I'M. I'M NOT 1276 00:42:17,735 --> 00:42:20,271 AGAINST THE GROUP VIOLENCE 1277 00:42:20,271 --> 00:42:22,006 INTERVENTION STRATEGY. WHAT I DO 1278 00:42:22,006 --> 00:42:23,741 LIKE ABOUT IT IS THAT IT BRINGS 1279 00:42:23,741 --> 00:42:25,943 LAW ENFORCEMENT, COMMUNITY 1280 00:42:25,943 --> 00:42:28,679 AUTHORITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES 1281 00:42:28,679 --> 00:42:29,413 TOGETHER. BUT THERE ARE SOME 1282 00:42:29,413 --> 00:42:30,047 OTHER THINGS THAT I THINK WE 1283 00:42:30,047 --> 00:42:32,383 NEED TO CONSIDER. FIRST. MY 1284 00:42:32,383 --> 00:42:33,851 FATHER USED TO ALWAYS SAY, 1285 00:42:33,851 --> 00:42:34,985 DON'T PUT THE CART BEFORE THE 1286 00:42:34,985 --> 00:42:36,554 HORSE. AND I THINK THAT BY 1287 00:42:36,554 --> 00:42:38,756 WRITING THIS CHECK, WE'RE KIND 1288 00:42:38,756 --> 00:42:40,524 OF GOING BACKWARDS AND WE'RE 1289 00:42:40,524 --> 00:42:41,091 PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE 1290 00:42:41,091 --> 00:42:43,561 HORSE BECAUSE THE CITY HAS NOT 1291 00:42:43,561 --> 00:42:43,994 BUILT THE INTERNAL 1292 00:42:43,994 --> 00:42:46,096 INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THAT 1293 00:42:46,096 --> 00:42:48,966 EFFORT. THE CITY AUDITOR HAS 1294 00:42:48,966 --> 00:42:49,867 AGREED OR IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH 1295 00:42:49,867 --> 00:42:52,836 SOME OF THE WORK THAT I'VE 1296 00:42:52,836 --> 00:42:54,738 SUBMITTED THIS SUMMER. WHAT THE 1297 00:42:54,738 --> 00:42:56,173 CITY AUDITOR SAYS IS THAT WE 1298 00:42:56,173 --> 00:42:59,410 NEED A DATA DRIVEN FRAMEWORK. 1299 00:42:59,410 --> 00:43:01,278 THEY'VE ALSO THE AUDITOR'S 1300 00:43:01,278 --> 00:43:03,914 OFFICE HAS ALSO CRITICIZED OUR 1301 00:43:03,914 --> 00:43:04,481 LACK OF INTERNAL MANAGEMENT 1302 00:43:04,481 --> 00:43:07,318 CAPACITY. OH DANG IT. I KNOW 1303 00:43:07,318 --> 00:43:09,453 I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME, BUT 1304 00:43:09,453 --> 00:43:10,621 THE PLUG AND PLAY MODEL IS JUST 1305 00:43:10,621 --> 00:43:14,892 A THING OF THE PAST. AND 1306 00:43:14,892 --> 00:43:15,492 BALTIMORE AND THE WHAT IS IT? 1307 00:43:15,492 --> 00:43:19,597 THE N S THEY FELL TWICE WITH THE 1308 00:43:19,597 --> 00:43:21,298 CITY OF BALTIMORE AS WELL AS 1309 00:43:21,298 --> 00:43:22,833 STOCKTON AND CHICAGO. ALL OF 1310 00:43:22,833 --> 00:43:29,406 THOSE CITIES HAD TO BUILD A 1311 00:43:29,406 --> 00:43:31,675 PERMANENT INFRASTRUCTURE. AND 1312 00:43:31,675 --> 00:43:32,276 THESE EFFORTS FAILED SEVERAL 1313 00:43:32,276 --> 00:43:32,943 TIMES BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE 1314 00:43:32,943 --> 00:43:34,979 THE INTERNAL MANAGEMENT. THAT'S 1315 00:43:34,979 --> 00:43:37,348 ALL I COULD SAY. I DID SUBMIT A 1316 00:43:37,348 --> 00:43:38,315 LETTER. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 1317 00:43:38,315 --> 00:43:39,316 TIME. 1318 00:43:39,316 --> 00:43:42,353 -- THANK YOU NEXT UP WE HAVE 1319 00:43:42,353 --> 00:43:45,789 DOMINIC DAVIS TO BE FOLLOWED BY 1320 00:43:45,789 --> 00:43:48,525 DAVID HAINES. 1321 00:43:48,525 --> 00:43:50,961 -- HI, MY NAME IS DOMINIC DAVIS. 1322 00:43:50,961 --> 00:43:51,762 I'M THE FOUNDER OF COMMUNITY 1323 00:43:51,762 --> 00:43:53,097 PASSAGEWAY. BEEN DOING THIS WORK 1324 00:43:53,097 --> 00:43:54,832 FOR A LONG TIME IN OUR COMMUNITY 1325 00:43:54,832 --> 00:43:55,966 WITH OUR COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS, 1326 00:43:55,966 --> 00:43:57,001 WHO SOME HAVE ALREADY TESTIFIED 1327 00:43:57,001 --> 00:43:59,670 AND ARE IN THE ROOM. I WANT TO 1328 00:43:59,670 --> 00:44:00,270 ADDRESS THE FACT THAT A WHITE 1329 00:44:00,270 --> 00:44:01,205 LADY JUST GOT ON THIS CALL AND 1330 00:44:01,205 --> 00:44:02,606 CALLED OUR KIDS AND OUR 1331 00:44:02,606 --> 00:44:04,508 COMMUNITY, BLACK AND BROWN KIDS 1332 00:44:04,508 --> 00:44:06,076 TO TERRORISTS. I'M A LITTLE 1333 00:44:06,076 --> 00:44:06,744 IRRITATED ABOUT THAT, BUT I'LL 1334 00:44:06,744 --> 00:44:09,380 ADDRESS THAT ANOTHER TIME. WHAT 1335 00:44:09,380 --> 00:44:12,549 I DO WANT TO SAY IS THAT WE JUST 1336 00:44:12,549 --> 00:44:15,152 COMING OFF THE BACKS OF A VERY 1337 00:44:15,152 --> 00:44:17,121 VIOLENT WEEKEND, RIGHT? AND 1338 00:44:17,121 --> 00:44:20,491 COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS, URBAN 1339 00:44:20,491 --> 00:44:21,058 FAMILY PRACTICE PUSHES THAT 1340 00:44:21,058 --> 00:44:21,692 WE'RE ALL GOING TO FEEL THE 1341 00:44:21,692 --> 00:44:22,359 AFTERMATH OF THAT. WE DEAL WITH 1342 00:44:22,359 --> 00:44:25,029 THE TRAUMA THAT OUR COMMUNITY 1343 00:44:25,029 --> 00:44:25,663 FACES WHEN THERE'S A TRAGIC 1344 00:44:25,663 --> 00:44:26,397 EVENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE 1345 00:44:26,397 --> 00:44:27,631 ALSO DEAL WITH IT ON THE FRONT 1346 00:44:27,631 --> 00:44:28,999 END TO STOP THINGS AND 1347 00:44:28,999 --> 00:44:30,067 DEESCALATE THINGS FROM 1348 00:44:30,067 --> 00:44:31,969 HAPPENING. THE WAY THAT WE'VE 1349 00:44:31,969 --> 00:44:33,437 BEEN ABLE TO PUT OUR 1350 00:44:33,437 --> 00:44:34,872 COLLABORATION INTO A POSITION TO 1351 00:44:34,872 --> 00:44:36,640 WORK TOGETHER, BUILD CAPACITY 1352 00:44:36,640 --> 00:44:38,742 AND TRAIN TOGETHER WAS THROUGH A 1353 00:44:38,742 --> 00:44:42,046 SERIES OF UN CONTESTED FUNDING 1354 00:44:42,046 --> 00:44:43,180 FOR FIVE YEARS. WE WERE ABLE TO 1355 00:44:43,180 --> 00:44:45,049 GET FUNDING FOR FIVE YEARS FOR 1356 00:44:45,049 --> 00:44:47,818 OUR ORGANIZATIONS TO MESH, MOLD, 1357 00:44:47,818 --> 00:44:50,721 BUILD AND TRAIN TOGETHER. AND 1358 00:44:50,721 --> 00:44:52,456 WITH THE DOWNTREND COMES IN 1359 00:44:52,456 --> 00:44:53,023 BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THE 1360 00:44:53,023 --> 00:44:53,657 PREVENTIVE WORK THAT WE HAD TO 1361 00:44:53,657 --> 00:44:56,160 DO TOGETHER, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE 1362 00:44:56,160 --> 00:44:57,561 ANY INTERRUPTIONS IN FUNDING. SO 1363 00:44:57,561 --> 00:44:58,629 THAT WAS HOW WE ENDED UP GETTING 1364 00:44:58,629 --> 00:45:00,130 HERE, ALONG WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT 1365 00:45:00,130 --> 00:45:01,098 AGENCIES AND OTHER AGENCIES THAT 1366 00:45:01,098 --> 00:45:03,667 ARE A BIG PIECE OF THE PUZZLE. 1367 00:45:03,667 --> 00:45:04,568 WHAT I WANT TO SAY, THOUGH, IS 1368 00:45:04,568 --> 00:45:05,769 THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 1369 00:45:05,769 --> 00:45:07,738 BRINGING OTHER ENTITIES IN FROM 1370 00:45:07,738 --> 00:45:08,472 OTHER CITIES TO COME IN AND 1371 00:45:08,472 --> 00:45:10,507 COACH US, TRAIN US, OR GIVE US 1372 00:45:10,507 --> 00:45:14,278 ANY KIND OF IT, WHY? WHY AREN'T 1373 00:45:14,278 --> 00:45:15,713 WE AT THE TABLE WITH THE CITY 1374 00:45:15,713 --> 00:45:18,115 MAKING THOSE DECISIONS? WE'RE 1375 00:45:18,115 --> 00:45:18,682 THE ONES OUT HERE DOING THE 1376 00:45:18,682 --> 00:45:21,685 WORK. WE'RE THE ONES OUT HERE 1377 00:45:21,685 --> 00:45:22,219 RISKING OUR LIVES IN THE 1378 00:45:22,219 --> 00:45:22,786 STREETS, DEALING WITH THE 1379 00:45:22,786 --> 00:45:23,987 VIOLENCE, WHETHER IT WAS 1380 00:45:23,987 --> 00:45:25,589 CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY. AND 1381 00:45:25,589 --> 00:45:26,156 WE ARE THE COMMUNITY. AND I 1382 00:45:26,156 --> 00:45:27,891 THINK THERE SHOULD BE PEOPLE AT 1383 00:45:27,891 --> 00:45:29,560 THE TABLE HELPING MAKE THESE 1384 00:45:29,560 --> 00:45:32,329 DECISIONS WHEN DECISIONS ARE 1385 00:45:32,329 --> 00:45:33,197 BEING MADE FOR US, LIKE THIS 1386 00:45:33,197 --> 00:45:35,165 BILL THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 1387 00:45:35,165 --> 00:45:36,166 NOW, WE DON'T FEEL INCLUDED AND 1388 00:45:36,166 --> 00:45:37,234 WE DON'T HAVE A CLEAR 1389 00:45:37,234 --> 00:45:38,402 UNDERSTANDING OF WHY THAT 1390 00:45:38,402 --> 00:45:39,903 DECISION WAS MADE. THERE'S A LOT 1391 00:45:39,903 --> 00:45:40,971 OF DATA, A LOT OF INFORMATION 1392 00:45:40,971 --> 00:45:42,973 OUT THERE THAT SHOWS THE 1393 00:45:42,973 --> 00:45:44,374 DOWNTREND COME FROM THE FACT 1394 00:45:44,374 --> 00:45:45,175 THAT WE'VE BEEN PUTTING IN THIS 1395 00:45:45,175 --> 00:45:46,343 WORK AND BEING PROACTIVE AND 1396 00:45:46,343 --> 00:45:47,010 PREVENTIVE. NOW, IF WE'VE BEEN 1397 00:45:47,010 --> 00:45:48,679 ABLE TO MAKE THESE DOWNTRENDS 1398 00:45:48,679 --> 00:45:50,814 HAPPEN, THEN WHY AREN'T WE AT 1399 00:45:50,814 --> 00:45:51,849 THE TABLE TO MAKE THESE 1400 00:45:51,849 --> 00:45:52,249 DECISIONS HAPPEN? 1401 00:45:52,249 --> 00:45:56,420 -- THANK YOU. DOMINIC. 1402 00:45:56,420 --> 00:45:59,323 -- THANK YOU. 1403 00:45:59,323 --> 00:46:02,993 -- NEXT UP, LAST UP, WE HAVE 1404 00:46:02,993 --> 00:46:11,068 DAVID HAYNES. 1405 00:46:11,068 --> 00:46:11,702 -- COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS. IS NOT 1406 00:46:11,702 --> 00:46:12,336 THAT TRUSTWORTHY AND NEITHER IS 1407 00:46:12,336 --> 00:46:14,905 ANY OF THOSE NONPROFITS THAT 1408 00:46:14,905 --> 00:46:15,539 WERE CREATED WHEN BLACK LIVES 1409 00:46:15,539 --> 00:46:17,474 MATTER AND GEORGE FLOYD 1410 00:46:17,474 --> 00:46:18,942 PROTESTERS FLASH MOB AND SHUT 1411 00:46:18,942 --> 00:46:20,944 DOWN CITY HALL AND SHIFTED ABOUT 1412 00:46:20,944 --> 00:46:22,780 $120 MILLION INTO A BUNCH OF 1413 00:46:22,780 --> 00:46:23,580 NONPROFITS AND WHO ARE 1414 00:46:23,580 --> 00:46:25,682 CONDUCTING A RACE WAR, RUNNING 1415 00:46:25,682 --> 00:46:27,518 INTERFERENCE FOR CRIMINALS. WE 1416 00:46:27,518 --> 00:46:29,887 NEED AN INVESTIGATION OF THE 911 1417 00:46:29,887 --> 00:46:30,954 CIVILIAN DISPATCH AND THE AGENDA 1418 00:46:30,954 --> 00:46:32,923 THAT SOME OF THESE CREEPY PEOPLE 1419 00:46:32,923 --> 00:46:34,791 HAVE, WHERE THEY REFUSE TO SEND 1420 00:46:34,791 --> 00:46:36,760 HELP WHEN THERE'S A PROBLEM IN 1421 00:46:36,760 --> 00:46:37,594 BELLTOWN, BEFORE ALL THE 1422 00:46:37,594 --> 00:46:39,296 SHOOTINGS TOOK PLACE. BUT YET 1423 00:46:39,296 --> 00:46:40,931 THEY TAKE AN AGENDA AND DON'T 1424 00:46:40,931 --> 00:46:42,366 SEND THE COPS, BUT THEN THE COPS 1425 00:46:42,366 --> 00:46:45,903 SHOW UP TOO LATE. WE NEED TO 1426 00:46:45,903 --> 00:46:46,537 INVESTIGATE THE LANDLORDS ON THE 1427 00:46:46,537 --> 00:46:49,173 CITY COUNCIL WHO ARE ENDANGERING 1428 00:46:49,173 --> 00:46:50,140 OUR PUBLIC SAFETY BY ACTING LIKE 1429 00:46:50,140 --> 00:46:52,876 THEY GOT THE ANSWER. BY 1430 00:46:52,876 --> 00:46:53,544 COPYCATTING BALTIMORE, WHO JUST 1431 00:46:53,544 --> 00:46:55,412 HAD A RECORD AMOUNT OF SHOOTINGS 1432 00:46:55,412 --> 00:46:58,115 IN THE LAST SEVEN DAYS. AND ONE 1433 00:46:58,115 --> 00:46:58,782 OF THEM WAS AN 18 YEAR OLD. ONE 1434 00:46:58,782 --> 00:47:00,784 OF THEM WAS A 16 YEAR OLD. BUT 1435 00:47:00,784 --> 00:47:02,052 YET YOU GOT ALL THESE PEOPLE 1436 00:47:02,052 --> 00:47:04,655 LINING UP AT THE TROUGH ASKING 1437 00:47:04,655 --> 00:47:06,223 FOR MORE MONEY TO RUN 1438 00:47:06,223 --> 00:47:07,758 INTERFERENCE FOR CRIMINALS. 1439 00:47:07,758 --> 00:47:09,593 SOMETIMES THE BEST APPROACH TO 1440 00:47:09,593 --> 00:47:14,031 PUBLIC SAFETY IS TO ACTUALLY 1441 00:47:14,031 --> 00:47:14,565 PROACTIVELY SHUT DOWN THE 1442 00:47:14,565 --> 00:47:15,199 PREDATORS WHO ARE CONDUCTING A 1443 00:47:15,199 --> 00:47:15,833 SLANGING OPEN DRUG MARKET ALL 1444 00:47:15,833 --> 00:47:17,534 TOO WELL. BELLTOWN. BUT BECAUSE 1445 00:47:17,534 --> 00:47:19,603 THE POLICE CHIEF PUSHED ALL 1446 00:47:19,603 --> 00:47:21,438 THESE CRIMINALS OUT OF THE 1447 00:47:21,438 --> 00:47:23,640 ALLEYWAYS OF DOWNTOWN TO APPEASE 1448 00:47:23,640 --> 00:47:26,677 THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'S 1449 00:47:26,677 --> 00:47:27,511 BUSINESS COMMUNITY, BELLTOWN 1450 00:47:27,511 --> 00:47:28,946 SUFFERS. BUT YET WE STILL GET 1451 00:47:28,946 --> 00:47:30,280 THE LIES AND THE REASONS WHY. 1452 00:47:30,280 --> 00:47:31,582 IT'S ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THAT. BUT 1453 00:47:31,582 --> 00:47:34,418 SEATTLE HAS PROACTIVELY RUN 1454 00:47:34,418 --> 00:47:35,786 INTERFERENCE FOR THE CRIMINAL 1455 00:47:35,786 --> 00:47:38,689 DRUG PUSHERS. AND WE GOT MARITZA 1456 00:47:38,689 --> 00:47:40,023 RIVERA OFFERING BALTIMORE AS THE 1457 00:47:40,023 --> 00:47:41,858 ANSWER TO THE ENTIRE GUN 1458 00:47:41,858 --> 00:47:42,426 VIOLENCE PREVENTION, WHERE 1459 00:47:42,426 --> 00:47:44,494 YOU'RE STILL ALLOWING THE EVIL 1460 00:47:44,494 --> 00:47:46,296 ADULTS TO BE LISTED AS A YOUTH 1461 00:47:46,296 --> 00:47:47,130 AND KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH 1462 00:47:47,130 --> 00:47:50,033 MISGUIDING YOUTH. IT'S 1463 00:47:50,033 --> 00:47:51,702 OFFENSIVE AND REVOLTING THAT YOU 1464 00:47:51,702 --> 00:47:52,436 ALL ARE IN CHARGE OF PUBLIC 1465 00:47:52,436 --> 00:47:55,339 SAFETY, GIVING US THE VIRTUE 1466 00:47:55,339 --> 00:47:56,640 SIGNALING MESSAGES ABOUT YOUR 1467 00:47:56,640 --> 00:47:57,274 ANSWERS TO THE INTERPRETATIONS 1468 00:47:57,274 --> 00:47:59,009 OF WHAT MAKES IT SAFE. WHEN THE 1469 00:47:59,009 --> 00:48:00,811 WHOLE TIME YOU'RE RUNNING 1470 00:48:00,811 --> 00:48:01,478 INTERFERENCE, YOU'RE LITERALLY 1471 00:48:01,478 --> 00:48:03,046 RUNNING INTERFERENCE FOR 1472 00:48:03,046 --> 00:48:04,615 MISDEMEANOR DRUG CRIMES. THAT'S 1473 00:48:04,615 --> 00:48:05,983 THE PROLIFIC ESCALATION OF 1474 00:48:05,983 --> 00:48:06,617 VIOLENCE. AND YOU ALL KEEP LYING 1475 00:48:06,617 --> 00:48:09,486 TO US ABOUT IT. 1476 00:48:09,486 --> 00:48:12,022 -- YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. 1477 00:48:12,022 --> 00:48:14,491 OKAY, THE 60 MINUTE PERIOD FOR 1478 00:48:14,491 --> 00:48:15,125 PUBLIC COMMENT HAS EXPIRED. WE 1479 00:48:15,125 --> 00:48:16,994 WILL NOW PROCEED TO OUR ITEMS OF 1480 00:48:16,994 --> 00:48:18,428 BUSINESS. BEFORE I DO SO, I WANT 1481 00:48:18,428 --> 00:48:20,230 TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME FOR 1482 00:48:20,230 --> 00:48:22,599 PUBLIC COMMENT. MR.. THANK YOU. 1483 00:48:22,599 --> 00:48:26,970 ALONG WITH MR. WILL FROM CC Y J 1484 00:48:26,970 --> 00:48:30,007 ALSO MR. DAVIS, DON DAVIS AND 1485 00:48:30,007 --> 00:48:31,975 MISS BRISCOE FOR THESE PIECES. 1486 00:48:31,975 --> 00:48:34,044 IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE. WE'RE 1487 00:48:34,044 --> 00:48:36,046 GOING TO WORK GUN VIOLENCE 1488 00:48:36,046 --> 00:48:38,115 REDUCTION, COMMUNITY SAFETY. BUT 1489 00:48:38,115 --> 00:48:40,017 WE'RE ALSO GOING TO WORK IT 1490 00:48:40,017 --> 00:48:40,784 THROUGH THE SEAM. YOU KNOW, 1491 00:48:40,784 --> 00:48:43,220 PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE COMMUNITY 1492 00:48:43,220 --> 00:48:44,454 PROGRAMS, HUMAN SERVICES 1493 00:48:44,454 --> 00:48:47,557 PROGRAMS AND THE LIKE AND BRING 1494 00:48:47,557 --> 00:48:48,358 THAT ARCHITECTURE TOGETHER WITH 1495 00:48:48,358 --> 00:48:50,027 STAKEHOLDERS, AS MANY AS NOTED 1496 00:48:50,027 --> 00:48:53,597 HERE, I ALSO WANTED TO THANK MR. 1497 00:48:53,597 --> 00:48:55,065 DIAZ FOR BEING HERE, TALKING 1498 00:48:55,065 --> 00:48:56,533 ABOUT THE 90 DAYS RELATED TO 1499 00:48:56,533 --> 00:48:57,734 WHAT'S HAPPENING, LITTLE 1500 00:48:57,734 --> 00:48:59,102 SAIGON, NORTH BEACON HILL, AND 1501 00:48:59,102 --> 00:49:00,737 THE FOLLOW UP IS SIMILAR TO WHAT 1502 00:49:00,737 --> 00:49:01,772 WE'RE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING 1503 00:49:01,772 --> 00:49:02,906 FORWARD IN TERMS OF NORTH 1504 00:49:02,906 --> 00:49:06,743 AURORA. MR. GALE, CPC, I THINK 1505 00:49:06,743 --> 00:49:08,378 MR. GALES LEFT FOLLOWING UP ON 1506 00:49:08,378 --> 00:49:12,049 THAT, BUT ALSO THE OPA QUESTION 1507 00:49:12,049 --> 00:49:14,518 AND AND THIS CAME UP ALSO WITH 1508 00:49:14,518 --> 00:49:15,952 ROSE, MISS LEGIONNAIRES AS WELL. 1509 00:49:15,952 --> 00:49:19,456 SO WE'LL WORK THOSE PIECES. AND 1510 00:49:19,456 --> 00:49:21,058 AND I DO WANT TO FINALLY AT THE 1511 00:49:21,058 --> 00:49:23,260 END HERE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE 1512 00:49:23,260 --> 00:49:24,394 ANNIVERSARY OF MR. HIGHTOWER'S 1513 00:49:24,394 --> 00:49:25,595 PASSING. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT 1514 00:49:25,595 --> 00:49:28,965 TO DO SO. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, 1515 00:49:28,965 --> 00:49:29,833 WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST 1516 00:49:29,833 --> 00:49:31,268 ITEM OF BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK 1517 00:49:31,268 --> 00:49:32,769 PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM ONE INTO 1518 00:49:32,769 --> 00:49:35,305 THE RECORD 1519 00:49:35,305 --> 00:49:36,006 -- SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT 1520 00:49:36,006 --> 00:49:38,175 OVERVIEW OF NURSE NAVIGATION 1521 00:49:38,175 --> 00:49:41,712 LINE AND THE USE OF AI IN 1522 00:49:41,712 --> 00:49:41,978 DISPATCH. 1523 00:49:41,978 --> 00:49:45,315 -- THANK YOU. CHIEF SCOGGINS. 1524 00:49:45,315 --> 00:49:54,091 PLEASE JOIN ME. AND. CHIEF 1525 00:49:54,091 --> 00:50:03,533 LOMBARDINO. I DON'T SEE HIM. 1526 00:50:03,533 --> 00:50:04,668 WELL, WELCOME. SINCE I STARTED 1527 00:50:04,668 --> 00:50:05,769 THE CHAIR COMMENT WITH SOME 1528 00:50:05,769 --> 00:50:08,405 SEATTLE TIMES ARTICLES, I THINK 1529 00:50:08,405 --> 00:50:10,273 IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD 1530 00:50:10,273 --> 00:50:12,209 REPORTING OVER THE COURSE OF THE 1531 00:50:12,209 --> 00:50:14,344 YEAR BY THE SEATTLE TIMES. ONE 1532 00:50:14,344 --> 00:50:15,812 ARTICLE WAS TITLED SHE CALLED 1533 00:50:15,812 --> 00:50:16,847 911 FOR AN AMBULANCE. SHE GOT A 1534 00:50:16,847 --> 00:50:18,482 NIGHTMARE INSTEAD. AND THEN THE 1535 00:50:18,482 --> 00:50:21,451 OTHER ONE WAS HOW SEATTLE'S 911 1536 00:50:21,451 --> 00:50:22,853 AMBULANCE SYSTEM NURSE LINE 1537 00:50:22,853 --> 00:50:24,921 STACK UP. AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT 1538 00:50:24,921 --> 00:50:27,958 FOR US IN TERMS OF OUR OVERSIGHT 1539 00:50:27,958 --> 00:50:28,525 RESPONSIBILITIES TO LOOK AT 1540 00:50:28,525 --> 00:50:30,093 THIS. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, OFFER 1541 00:50:30,093 --> 00:50:32,262 THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FIRE 1542 00:50:32,262 --> 00:50:34,364 DEPARTMENT AS IT RELATES TO THE 1543 00:50:34,364 --> 00:50:36,233 INTERSECTION OF 911, THE FIRE 1544 00:50:36,233 --> 00:50:37,334 ALERT CENTER, THE NURSES LINE, 1545 00:50:37,334 --> 00:50:40,203 AMR, TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE. SO 1546 00:50:40,203 --> 00:50:41,571 WITH THAT, THAT'S THE GENESIS. 1547 00:50:41,571 --> 00:50:42,839 AND IT'S PART OF OUR DUTY IN 1548 00:50:42,839 --> 00:50:44,608 TERMS OF ONCE ISSUES ARE RAISED 1549 00:50:44,608 --> 00:50:47,210 THAT WE LOOK AT THEM, THAT WE DO 1550 00:50:47,210 --> 00:50:49,613 OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND AND SO 1551 00:50:49,613 --> 00:50:51,248 FORTH. AND, AND THEN OFFER THE 1552 00:50:51,248 --> 00:50:52,949 OPPORTUNITY FOR THE EXECUTIVE TO 1553 00:50:52,949 --> 00:50:54,418 BE HERE. AND I NOTE DIRECTOR OF 1554 00:50:54,418 --> 00:50:55,952 PUBLIC SAFETY IS HERE TODAY AS 1555 00:50:55,952 --> 00:50:59,222 WELL. SO I DO THINK IT'S 1556 00:50:59,222 --> 00:51:00,490 IMPORTANT. THE ONE LAST THING I 1557 00:51:00,490 --> 00:51:01,158 THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. ON 1558 00:51:01,158 --> 00:51:02,793 A LIGHTER NOTE, CLERK, CAN YOU 1559 00:51:02,793 --> 00:51:04,227 HELP ME OUT? BECAUSE ALL THESE 1560 00:51:04,227 --> 00:51:05,295 MICS ARE UP AND IT LOOKS LIKE 1561 00:51:05,295 --> 00:51:11,802 THEY'RE IN, YOU KNOW. NO, 1562 00:51:11,802 --> 00:51:12,469 THEY'RE ALL PHYSICALLY HIGH ON 1563 00:51:12,469 --> 00:51:15,572 THE OTHER SIDE AS WELL. CAN YOU 1564 00:51:15,572 --> 00:51:16,239 GO AROUND SO YOU GET THE OTHERS 1565 00:51:16,239 --> 00:51:20,744 AS WELL? FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE, 1566 00:51:20,744 --> 00:51:22,379 IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE IN A YOU 1567 00:51:22,379 --> 00:51:26,450 KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT, 1568 00:51:26,450 --> 00:51:30,420 BUT. 1569 00:51:30,420 --> 00:51:30,921 -- INTRODUCE YOURSELF. 1570 00:51:30,921 --> 00:51:32,022 -- OKAY, CHIEF, OVER TO YOU. CAN 1571 00:51:32,022 --> 00:51:33,523 YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND FOR 1572 00:51:33,523 --> 00:51:35,459 THE TEAM TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES 1573 00:51:35,459 --> 00:51:37,060 AND THEN JUMP INTO THE 1574 00:51:37,060 --> 00:51:38,662 PRESENTATION. 1575 00:51:38,662 --> 00:51:40,163 -- SURE. GOOD MORNING. CHAIR 1576 00:51:40,163 --> 00:51:41,131 KETTLE AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC 1577 00:51:41,131 --> 00:51:42,666 SAFETY COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS 1578 00:51:42,666 --> 00:51:43,767 HAROLD SCOGGINS, AND I'M HONORED 1579 00:51:43,767 --> 00:51:46,937 TO BE THE FIRE CHIEF OF THE 1580 00:51:46,937 --> 00:51:47,471 SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 1581 00:51:47,471 --> 00:51:48,672 -- AND GOOD MORNING. I'M MICHAEL 1582 00:51:48,672 --> 00:51:49,372 SARAH, AND I'M THE MEDICAL 1583 00:51:49,372 --> 00:51:51,007 DIRECTOR FOR THE FIRE 1584 00:51:51,007 --> 00:51:52,142 DEPARTMENT. 1585 00:51:52,142 --> 00:51:52,476 -- THANK YOU. 1586 00:51:52,476 --> 00:51:53,743 -- HI. NAAMAN HUDDLESTON, 1587 00:51:53,743 --> 00:51:55,679 ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT, GLOBAL 1588 00:51:55,679 --> 00:51:58,248 MEDICAL RESPONSE, NURSE 1589 00:51:58,248 --> 00:51:58,815 NAVIGATION. 1590 00:51:58,815 --> 00:51:59,616 -- GOOD MORNING, SARAH BAKER, 1591 00:51:59,616 --> 00:52:01,585 CUSTOMER SUCCESS MANAGER, GLOBAL 1592 00:52:01,585 --> 00:52:03,920 MEDICAL RESPONSE, NURSE 1593 00:52:03,920 --> 00:52:04,221 NAVIGATION. 1594 00:52:04,221 --> 00:52:05,121 -- ALL RIGHT. SO GOOD MORNING. 1595 00:52:05,121 --> 00:52:06,823 WE HAVE A WE HAVE A FEW SLIDES 1596 00:52:06,823 --> 00:52:08,325 WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS 1597 00:52:08,325 --> 00:52:09,926 MORNING. BUT BEFORE WE GO 1598 00:52:09,926 --> 00:52:12,262 THROUGH THOSE SLIDES, I WOULD BE 1599 00:52:12,262 --> 00:52:16,266 REMISS IF I DIDN'T PAUSE FOR A 1600 00:52:16,266 --> 00:52:19,603 MOMENT TO REFLECT AND REMEMBER 1601 00:52:19,603 --> 00:52:22,038 THIS FRIDAY IS THE 25th 1602 00:52:22,038 --> 00:52:24,875 ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11, WHERE OVER 1603 00:52:24,875 --> 00:52:27,544 2900 AMERICANS PASSED AWAY. 1604 00:52:27,544 --> 00:52:29,679 DURING THAT TIME. AND THE WORLD 1605 00:52:29,679 --> 00:52:31,748 TRADE CENTER, THE PENTAGON, AND 1606 00:52:31,748 --> 00:52:33,917 IN SHANKSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 1607 00:52:33,917 --> 00:52:37,220 WHAT WE KNOW IS WE LOST 343 1608 00:52:37,220 --> 00:52:38,788 FIREFIGHTERS ON THAT DAY WHO 1609 00:52:38,788 --> 00:52:40,657 WENT INTO THE WORLD TRADE 1610 00:52:40,657 --> 00:52:44,661 CENTER, NEVER TO COME OUT ON 1611 00:52:44,661 --> 00:52:47,764 THIS FRIDAY AT NOON AT THE 1612 00:52:47,764 --> 00:52:49,866 SEATTLE CENTER, AT THE MEMORIAL 1613 00:52:49,866 --> 00:52:51,368 GARDEN, WE'LL BE LAYING A 1614 00:52:51,368 --> 00:52:53,803 WREATH IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO 1615 00:52:53,803 --> 00:52:56,573 WERE LOST THAT DAY. AND WE WOULD 1616 00:52:56,573 --> 00:52:58,041 LIKE TO INVITE ANYONE WHO WOULD 1617 00:52:58,041 --> 00:52:59,376 LIKE TO COME OUT AND BE WITH US 1618 00:52:59,376 --> 00:53:03,847 DURING THAT MOMENT IN TIME TO 1619 00:53:03,847 --> 00:53:06,182 PLEASE DO SO AT THE SEATTLE 1620 00:53:06,182 --> 00:53:07,617 CENTER MEMORIAL GARDEN AT NOON. 1621 00:53:07,617 --> 00:53:08,218 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR 1622 00:53:08,218 --> 00:53:10,220 THAT. CHIEF SCOGGINS VERY 1623 00:53:10,220 --> 00:53:11,354 IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 1624 00:53:11,354 --> 00:53:13,390 -- NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD 1625 00:53:13,390 --> 00:53:23,867 INTO THE SLIDES HERE. SO IT'S 1626 00:53:23,867 --> 00:53:24,534 -- IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND 1627 00:53:24,534 --> 00:53:27,604 THE WHY WE WENT DOWN THIS ROAD 1628 00:53:27,604 --> 00:53:31,308 WITH NURSE NAVIGATION AND. AND I 1629 00:53:31,308 --> 00:53:32,342 THINK PROVIDING CONTEXT FOR THAT 1630 00:53:32,342 --> 00:53:34,277 IS REALLY IMPORTANT. WHAT WE 1631 00:53:34,277 --> 00:53:37,547 WERE SEEING IN THE SEATTLE FIRE 1632 00:53:37,547 --> 00:53:40,183 DEPARTMENT WAS A RISING CALL 1633 00:53:40,183 --> 00:53:41,518 LOAD AT A REALLY RAPID WHAT WE 1634 00:53:41,518 --> 00:53:46,456 WERE ALSO SEEING IS A NUMBER OF 1635 00:53:46,456 --> 00:53:48,124 THE BLS RESPONSES, WHICH IS 1636 00:53:48,124 --> 00:53:51,261 BASIC LIFE SUPPORT RESPONSES 1637 00:53:51,261 --> 00:53:53,363 WERE NOT RESULTING IN A 1638 00:53:53,363 --> 00:53:55,532 TRANSPORT EITHER BY ONE OF OUR 1639 00:53:55,532 --> 00:54:00,637 MEDIC UNITS OR OUR PARTNER, AMR 1640 00:54:00,637 --> 00:54:01,338 TRANSPORTS. AND TO GIVE YOU JUST 1641 00:54:01,338 --> 00:54:03,239 A LITTLE BIT OF PERSPECTIVE, 1642 00:54:03,239 --> 00:54:09,479 THERE, IN 2025, WE HAD 1643 00:54:09,479 --> 00:54:12,649 APPROXIMATELY 64,000 BLS 1644 00:54:12,649 --> 00:54:15,619 RESPONSES. AMR TRANSPORTED ABOUT 1645 00:54:15,619 --> 00:54:17,687 45,000 OF THOSE RESPONSES. SO 1646 00:54:17,687 --> 00:54:20,824 THAT'S A DELTA OF ABOUT 19,000 1647 00:54:20,824 --> 00:54:22,892 RESPONSES WHERE WE WENT OUT THE 1648 00:54:22,892 --> 00:54:25,462 DOOR, LIGHTS AND SIRENS. WE GOT 1649 00:54:25,462 --> 00:54:27,631 THERE. WE DID A PATIENT 1650 00:54:27,631 --> 00:54:29,165 ASSESSMENT OR WE DIDN'T FIND A 1651 00:54:29,165 --> 00:54:31,901 PATIENT AND THEY WERE NOT 1652 00:54:31,901 --> 00:54:35,138 TRANSPORTED. SO WHEN WE REWIND 1653 00:54:35,138 --> 00:54:37,707 BACK TO 2022, WHEN WE DID NOT 1654 00:54:37,707 --> 00:54:40,043 HAVE THE SERVICE, WHAT WE KNEW 1655 00:54:40,043 --> 00:54:40,944 IS WE HAD A LARGE NUMBER OF 1656 00:54:40,944 --> 00:54:43,446 PATIENTS THAT DID NOT NEED TO GO 1657 00:54:43,446 --> 00:54:45,715 TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, WHICH WAS 1658 00:54:45,715 --> 00:54:48,952 OUR DESTINATION, WHICH IS AMR'S 1659 00:54:48,952 --> 00:54:52,222 DESTINATION. SO WE WERE TRYING 1660 00:54:52,222 --> 00:54:53,657 TO IDENTIFY A BETTER SOLUTION TO 1661 00:54:53,657 --> 00:54:56,493 A PROBLEM THAT WE WERE FACING. 1662 00:54:56,493 --> 00:55:00,664 SO OUR ERS ARE WERE FULL THEN 1663 00:55:00,664 --> 00:55:02,799 AND THEY'RE FULL NOW. WE HAVE A 1664 00:55:02,799 --> 00:55:06,436 SINGLE POINT DESTINATION RIGHT 1665 00:55:06,436 --> 00:55:08,071 NOW THROUGH OUR EMS SYSTEM. AND 1666 00:55:08,071 --> 00:55:09,406 THAT IS THE EMRS. AND YOU KNOW, 1667 00:55:09,406 --> 00:55:13,143 WHAT WE WERE SEEING IS HOSPITALS 1668 00:55:13,143 --> 00:55:14,844 WERE RECEIVING THESE LOWER LEVEL 1669 00:55:14,844 --> 00:55:16,546 PATIENTS AND THEY WERE GETTING 1670 00:55:16,546 --> 00:55:19,249 DISCHARGED AT A RAPID RATE. AND 1671 00:55:19,249 --> 00:55:20,483 SOMETIMES WE WERE CALLED AGAIN 1672 00:55:20,483 --> 00:55:22,452 TO THE SCENE. SO THAT'S THE 1673 00:55:22,452 --> 00:55:24,454 CONTEXT AND THE WHY OF WHY WE 1674 00:55:24,454 --> 00:55:28,258 CHOSE TO GO DOWN THIS ROUTE WITH 1675 00:55:28,258 --> 00:55:28,892 NURSE NAVIGATION. IF WE CAN GO 1676 00:55:28,892 --> 00:55:33,096 TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO ON 1677 00:55:33,096 --> 00:55:36,766 FEBRUARY 8th, 2022, THAT'S WHEN 1678 00:55:36,766 --> 00:55:40,170 WE LAUNCHED THE PROGRAM AND WHAT 1679 00:55:40,170 --> 00:55:41,971 THE PROGRAM DOES IS OUR 1680 00:55:41,971 --> 00:55:47,577 FIREFIGHTER, EMT, DISPATCHERS GO 1681 00:55:47,577 --> 00:55:49,412 THROUGH A SET OF PROTOCOLS WHERE 1682 00:55:49,412 --> 00:55:51,715 THEY WILL Q&A, THE CALLER. AND 1683 00:55:51,715 --> 00:55:53,383 BASED ON WHAT THE CALLER SAYS TO 1684 00:55:53,383 --> 00:55:55,819 THE DISPATCHER, THE CALL WILL BE 1685 00:55:55,819 --> 00:55:57,153 ROUTED IN MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS. 1686 00:55:57,153 --> 00:56:00,290 IF IT'S A FIRE, THEY'LL GET 1687 00:56:00,290 --> 00:56:01,925 THE APPROPRIATE FIRE RESPONSE. 1688 00:56:01,925 --> 00:56:04,227 IF IT'S AN ALS CALL, WHICH IS 1689 00:56:04,227 --> 00:56:04,894 ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT, WHICH 1690 00:56:04,894 --> 00:56:08,732 REQUIRES OUR MEDICS TO RESPOND, 1691 00:56:08,732 --> 00:56:10,633 THEY'LL GET A MEDIC RESPONSE IF 1692 00:56:10,633 --> 00:56:12,769 IT'S A LOWER LEVEL THAN THAT 1693 00:56:12,769 --> 00:56:15,371 BLS CALL. AND IT DOES REQUIRE A 1694 00:56:15,371 --> 00:56:16,673 FIREFIGHTER EMT RESPONSE, 1695 00:56:16,673 --> 00:56:18,575 THEY'LL GET THAT RESPONSE. AND 1696 00:56:18,575 --> 00:56:20,043 THEN THE LEVEL BELOW THAT, BASED 1697 00:56:20,043 --> 00:56:23,113 ON THE PROTOCOLS, THOSE ARE THE 1698 00:56:23,113 --> 00:56:24,914 CALLS THAT WILL THEN BE DIVERTED 1699 00:56:24,914 --> 00:56:28,518 TO THE NURSE NAVIGATION SYSTEM. 1700 00:56:28,518 --> 00:56:29,119 THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT TO 1701 00:56:29,119 --> 00:56:31,721 UNDERSTAND THAT, BECAUSE OUR 1702 00:56:31,721 --> 00:56:34,691 SYSTEM IS BUILT ON TIME, ON 1703 00:56:34,691 --> 00:56:37,527 GETTING CALLS ANSWERED. OUR GOAL 1704 00:56:37,527 --> 00:56:39,963 IS 15 SECONDS OR LESS 90% OF THE 1705 00:56:39,963 --> 00:56:41,765 TIME, GETTING THE CALLS 1706 00:56:41,765 --> 00:56:45,001 DISPATCHED. 90% OF THE TIME. I 1707 00:56:45,001 --> 00:56:47,170 BELIEVE IT'S IN 60s OR LESS. 1708 00:56:47,170 --> 00:56:48,338 GETTING OUR UNITS OUT THE DOOR 1709 00:56:48,338 --> 00:56:49,773 AND GETTING OUR UNITS ON SCENE. 1710 00:56:49,773 --> 00:56:53,309 SO OUR PROTOCOLS ARE VERY 1711 00:56:53,309 --> 00:56:54,144 STRUCTURED IN TRYING TO GET TO 1712 00:56:54,144 --> 00:56:56,312 THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM, BECAUSE 1713 00:56:56,312 --> 00:56:59,749 WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO THE NEXT 1714 00:56:59,749 --> 00:57:02,051 CALL. THAT'S IMPORTANT ON THE 1715 00:57:02,051 --> 00:57:03,853 NURSE NAVIGATION SYSTEM, THEY 1716 00:57:03,853 --> 00:57:05,955 ACTUALLY HAVE THE TIME TO HAVE 1717 00:57:05,955 --> 00:57:07,824 THE CONVERSATION WITH THE 1718 00:57:07,824 --> 00:57:10,293 PATIENT OR THE PERSON ON THE END 1719 00:57:10,293 --> 00:57:12,295 OF THE LINE, AND THEN THEY 1720 00:57:12,295 --> 00:57:14,063 CREATE MULTIPLE PATHWAYS FOR THE 1721 00:57:14,063 --> 00:57:17,500 PERSON ON THE END OF THE LINE, 1722 00:57:17,500 --> 00:57:19,969 OR THAT CALL COMES BACK TO THE 1723 00:57:19,969 --> 00:57:22,438 911 TO THE FIRE ALARM CENTER. IF 1724 00:57:22,438 --> 00:57:29,612 IT NEEDS TO COME BACK TO THE 1725 00:57:29,612 --> 00:57:30,180 NINE FIRE ALARM CENTER NEXT 1726 00:57:30,180 --> 00:57:31,981 SLIDE. SO THERE'S BUCKETS THAT 1727 00:57:31,981 --> 00:57:32,949 WE PUT THESE CALLS IN, AND 1728 00:57:32,949 --> 00:57:35,018 THERE'S PROBABLY ONE BUCKET 1729 00:57:35,018 --> 00:57:36,286 MISSING ON THAT SCREEN. BUT I'LL 1730 00:57:36,286 --> 00:57:39,189 GO THROUGH THESE. SO THE NURSE 1731 00:57:39,189 --> 00:57:42,358 ON THE END OF THE LINE, THEY CAN 1732 00:57:42,358 --> 00:57:44,327 GO OVER SELF-CARE PROCEDURES, 1733 00:57:44,327 --> 00:57:46,629 HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AT 1734 00:57:46,629 --> 00:57:48,298 HOME. THEY CAN CONNECT YOU UP 1735 00:57:48,298 --> 00:57:52,135 WITH AN URGENT CARE CENTER. AND 1736 00:57:52,135 --> 00:57:55,071 WE PROGRAM A LYFT RIDE FOR THE 1737 00:57:55,071 --> 00:57:57,841 PERSON TO USE. THERE COULD BE A 1738 00:57:57,841 --> 00:57:59,542 VIRTUAL VISIT FOR A VIRTUAL 1739 00:57:59,542 --> 00:58:01,144 MEDICAL CALL, AND THEY CAN HAVE 1740 00:58:01,144 --> 00:58:04,581 THAT CALL, OR THEY CAN HAVE A 1741 00:58:04,581 --> 00:58:07,283 TRANSPORT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM 1742 00:58:07,283 --> 00:58:09,786 VIA AMR, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT 1743 00:58:09,786 --> 00:58:11,888 WE DID BEFORE FEBRUARY 8th, 1744 00:58:11,888 --> 00:58:13,489 2022. CERTAIN CALLS THAT CAME 1745 00:58:13,489 --> 00:58:16,359 INTO OUR DISPATCH CENTER BEFORE 1746 00:58:16,359 --> 00:58:18,127 WE HAD NURSE NAVIGATION, WE 1747 00:58:18,127 --> 00:58:20,496 WOULD SEND THEM DIRECTLY TO AMR 1748 00:58:20,496 --> 00:58:22,565 FOR A TRANSPORT. SO THESE ARE 1749 00:58:22,565 --> 00:58:24,868 KIND OF THE BUCKETS THAT THESE 1750 00:58:24,868 --> 00:58:29,572 CALLS GO IN. SO WE CAN GO TO THE 1751 00:58:29,572 --> 00:58:31,875 NEXT SLIDE. SO THESE ARE SOME OF 1752 00:58:31,875 --> 00:58:34,978 THE OUTCOMES FROM Q ONE AND Q 1753 00:58:34,978 --> 00:58:37,146 TWO OF THIS YEAR. SO YOU CAN SEE 1754 00:58:37,146 --> 00:58:39,616 SOME OF THE DISPOSITIONS WHETHER 1755 00:58:39,616 --> 00:58:40,783 IT'S THEY GOT A RIDE TO THE ER 1756 00:58:40,783 --> 00:58:44,954 THEY WERE REFERRED TO A CLINIC. 1757 00:58:44,954 --> 00:58:46,656 THEY WERE SELF CARE OR IT WAS 1758 00:58:46,656 --> 00:58:48,157 VIRTUAL CARE. WHAT'S MISSING ON 1759 00:58:48,157 --> 00:58:49,559 THIS IS A IS A IS A BAR FOR THE 1760 00:58:49,559 --> 00:58:52,695 NUMBER OF CALLS THAT WERE 1761 00:58:52,695 --> 00:58:55,999 DIRECTED FROM THE SYSTEM 1762 00:58:55,999 --> 00:58:57,534 DIRECTLY TO AMR FOR A TRANSPORT. 1763 00:58:57,534 --> 00:58:58,301 THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE BAR THAT'S 1764 00:58:58,301 --> 00:59:00,570 MISSING ON THERE. AND THAT 1765 00:59:00,570 --> 00:59:02,438 ACCOUNTS FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF 1766 00:59:02,438 --> 00:59:03,139 THESE CALLS. AND THAT'S PRETTY 1767 00:59:03,139 --> 00:59:05,708 IMPORTANT TO NOTE. BUT THESE 1768 00:59:05,708 --> 00:59:08,845 CALLS NOW ARE NOT REQUIRING 1769 00:59:08,845 --> 00:59:11,681 LIGHTS AND SIRENS UNITS MOVING 1770 00:59:11,681 --> 00:59:13,016 OUT THE DOOR. SOMETIMES IT'S 1771 00:59:13,016 --> 00:59:14,150 ONE, SOMETIMES IT'S TWO, 1772 00:59:14,150 --> 00:59:16,286 SOMETIMES IT'S THREE WITH 1773 00:59:16,286 --> 00:59:18,054 LIGHTS AND SIRENS BECAUSE THESE 1774 00:59:18,054 --> 00:59:20,423 ARE LOWER LEVEL MEDICAL 1775 00:59:20,423 --> 00:59:23,393 EMERGENCIES. WE CAN GO TO THE 1776 00:59:23,393 --> 00:59:24,027 NEXT SLIDE. SO WHAT WE CAN SEE 1777 00:59:24,027 --> 00:59:27,563 ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS WHAT ARE 1778 00:59:27,563 --> 00:59:29,365 WHAT DO OUR NUMBERS LOOK LIKE. 1779 00:59:29,365 --> 00:59:32,468 SO YOU CAN SEE IN 2025, FOR 1780 00:59:32,468 --> 00:59:34,137 EXAMPLE, THE SEATTLE FIRE 1781 00:59:34,137 --> 00:59:34,737 DEPARTMENT RESPONDED OUT THE 1782 00:59:34,737 --> 00:59:39,576 DOOR OVER 108,000 TIMES TO 1783 00:59:39,576 --> 00:59:40,243 EMERGENCIES. AND THAT'S FIRES. 1784 00:59:40,243 --> 00:59:42,779 IT'S RESCUE. THAT'S EMS, 1785 00:59:42,779 --> 00:59:43,379 THAT'S EVERYTHING IN THAT 1786 00:59:43,379 --> 00:59:46,449 BUCKET. BUT 64,000 TIMES, THEY 1787 00:59:46,449 --> 00:59:50,987 WERE FOR BLS CALLS, BASIC LIFE 1788 00:59:50,987 --> 00:59:54,057 SUPPORT. BUT 8000 TIMES IN 2025, 1789 00:59:54,057 --> 00:59:56,125 THE CALLS WENT TO THE NURSE 1790 00:59:56,125 --> 00:59:59,362 LINE. SO IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE 1791 00:59:59,362 --> 01:00:00,597 NURSE LINE, THERE'S A HIGH 1792 01:00:00,597 --> 01:00:03,266 PROBABILITY THAT 8000 CALLS 1793 01:00:03,266 --> 01:00:05,635 WOULD BE BUILT ON THE TOP OF 1794 01:00:05,635 --> 01:00:08,338 THAT 108,000 CALLS, BECAUSE THAT 1795 01:00:08,338 --> 01:00:10,306 WAS OUR SYSTEM BEFORE. AND 1796 01:00:10,306 --> 01:00:11,341 WHAT'S ALSO MISSING FROM THE 1797 01:00:11,341 --> 01:00:13,543 SLIDE THAT IT'S PROBABLY HARDER 1798 01:00:13,543 --> 01:00:17,647 FOR US TO REALLY GET A FINE 1799 01:00:17,647 --> 01:00:20,283 TUNING ON A NUMBER IS BY THE 1800 01:00:20,283 --> 01:00:21,250 FOLKS WHO GO THROUGH THE NURSE 1801 01:00:21,250 --> 01:00:24,253 LINE GETTING THIS ADDITIONAL 1802 01:00:24,253 --> 01:00:25,555 CARE. IT MAY PREVENT THE NEXT 1803 01:00:25,555 --> 01:00:26,856 911 CALL FROM EVEN HAPPENING. 1804 01:00:26,856 --> 01:00:30,593 BUT WHAT WE KNOW IS 8000 TIMES 1805 01:00:30,593 --> 01:00:31,160 THE CALLS WENT TO THE NURSE 1806 01:00:31,160 --> 01:00:33,229 LINE. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT'S 15% 1807 01:00:33,229 --> 01:00:34,197 HIGHER THAN THE YEAR BEFORE. AND 1808 01:00:34,197 --> 01:00:38,534 YOU CAN SEE WE'RE TRACKING FOR 1809 01:00:38,534 --> 01:00:41,237 2026 AT A HIGHER RATE THAN WE 1810 01:00:41,237 --> 01:00:44,440 WERE FOR 2025. SO FAR THIS YEAR, 1811 01:00:44,440 --> 01:00:46,876 WE HAVE TRANSFERRED OVER 4500 1812 01:00:46,876 --> 01:00:50,213 CALLS TO THE NURSE LINE. SO WE 1813 01:00:50,213 --> 01:00:53,983 CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO THE 1814 01:00:53,983 --> 01:00:56,285 PROGRAM IMPACT WE THINK, HAS 1815 01:00:56,285 --> 01:01:02,125 BEEN SIGNIFICANT. ONLY 3.5% OF 1816 01:01:02,125 --> 01:01:04,661 THE CALLS ACTUALLY COME BACK TO 1817 01:01:04,661 --> 01:01:06,295 THE FIRE ALARM CENTER, WHERE IT 1818 01:01:06,295 --> 01:01:07,864 COMES BACK TO OUR DISPATCHERS 1819 01:01:07,864 --> 01:01:10,400 AND THEY GO THROUGH THE 1820 01:01:10,400 --> 01:01:11,100 PROTOCOLS AND WE'RE LAUNCHING A 1821 01:01:11,100 --> 01:01:12,935 UNIT OUT THE DOOR. SO WE DO A 1822 01:01:12,935 --> 01:01:15,271 LOT OF QUALITY ASSURANCE ON 1823 01:01:15,271 --> 01:01:17,940 THESE CALLS WITH OUR PARTNERS 1824 01:01:17,940 --> 01:01:19,342 FROM GMR TO TRY TO MAKE SURE 1825 01:01:19,342 --> 01:01:22,578 WE'RE FINE TUNING IT. WE'RE 1826 01:01:22,578 --> 01:01:23,212 WORKING UNDER THE DIRECTION OF 1827 01:01:23,212 --> 01:01:25,048 OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR, DR. 1828 01:01:25,048 --> 01:01:28,317 MICHAEL SAYER, TO IMPLEMENT 1829 01:01:28,317 --> 01:01:31,054 THESE PROTOCOLS, AND IT'S A 1830 01:01:31,054 --> 01:01:32,555 VERY CONSERVATIVE SET OF 1831 01:01:32,555 --> 01:01:33,923 PROTOCOLS, AND IT CAN PROBABLY 1832 01:01:33,923 --> 01:01:36,225 BE EXPANDED, BUT IT'S A VERY 1833 01:01:36,225 --> 01:01:39,328 CONSERVATIVE SET THAT'S REALLY 1834 01:01:39,328 --> 01:01:40,863 IMPORTANT TO NOTE. AND, YOU 1835 01:01:40,863 --> 01:01:42,532 KNOW, MOST APPROPRIATELY, 1836 01:01:42,532 --> 01:01:45,001 PATIENTS ARE RECEIVING THE RIGHT 1837 01:01:45,001 --> 01:01:46,803 LEVEL OF CARE. THAT'S THAT'S 1838 01:01:46,803 --> 01:01:48,738 WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH 1839 01:01:48,738 --> 01:01:50,573 HERE. WE ONLY HAVE SO MANY UNITS 1840 01:01:50,573 --> 01:01:51,674 IN THE STATION, SO MANY UNITS TO 1841 01:01:51,674 --> 01:01:55,812 GO OUT THE DOOR. WE CAN SEE A 1842 01:01:55,812 --> 01:01:57,080 RAPIDLY RISING CALL OUT. SO THIS 1843 01:01:57,080 --> 01:02:00,683 WAS A TOOL THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED 1844 01:02:00,683 --> 01:02:01,717 TO HELP WITH THAT. SIMILAR TO 1845 01:02:01,717 --> 01:02:03,986 OUR MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTH 1846 01:02:03,986 --> 01:02:06,456 PROGRAM WITH HEALTH ONE AND 1847 01:02:06,456 --> 01:02:07,390 HEALTH 99 ON REALLY GOING OUT 1848 01:02:07,390 --> 01:02:09,459 AND SERVING THOSE HIGH, 1849 01:02:09,459 --> 01:02:10,126 UTILIZING PATIENTS. AND THAT'S 1850 01:02:10,126 --> 01:02:11,427 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HEALTH 1851 01:02:11,427 --> 01:02:13,062 ONE DOES. PERSON CALLS 911 OVER 1852 01:02:13,062 --> 01:02:14,797 AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 1853 01:02:14,797 --> 01:02:15,698 SOMEONE'S GOING TO BE KNOCKING 1854 01:02:15,698 --> 01:02:18,101 AT THE DOOR. HEY, WE LIKE TO 1855 01:02:18,101 --> 01:02:19,936 CHECK IN ON YOU, MAKE SURE 1856 01:02:19,936 --> 01:02:21,704 YOU'RE OKAY. OUR NURSE 1857 01:02:21,704 --> 01:02:24,540 PRACTITIONER GOES AND HELPS WITH 1858 01:02:24,540 --> 01:02:25,274 THOSE CASES, BUT ALL THOSE WERE 1859 01:02:25,274 --> 01:02:27,710 CONTRIBUTING TO A CALL LOAD THAT 1860 01:02:27,710 --> 01:02:30,813 WERE FRANKLY JUST NOT KEEPING UP 1861 01:02:30,813 --> 01:02:36,252 WITH. SO NEXT SLIDE. SO 1862 01:02:36,252 --> 01:02:36,853 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. NOW 1863 01:02:36,853 --> 01:02:41,357 THAT'S A TOOL THAT IS BUILT 1864 01:02:41,357 --> 01:02:42,458 INTO THE SYSTEM TO HELP WITH THE 1865 01:02:42,458 --> 01:02:45,528 DECISION MAKING, BUT IT SHOULD 1866 01:02:45,528 --> 01:02:48,764 BE NOTED THAT THE DISPATCHERS 1867 01:02:48,764 --> 01:02:50,566 STILL MAKE THE DECISIONS. SO 1868 01:02:50,566 --> 01:02:53,803 EVEN THOUGH CORDY AI IS RUNNING 1869 01:02:53,803 --> 01:02:56,906 IN THE SYSTEM BEHIND AND IT CAN 1870 01:02:56,906 --> 01:02:58,207 POP A MESSAGE UP ON THE SCREEN 1871 01:02:58,207 --> 01:03:00,643 BASED ON THE WORDS THAT THE 1872 01:03:00,643 --> 01:03:03,846 CALLER IS USING, THE PACE, THE 1873 01:03:03,846 --> 01:03:05,748 TONE, THE TENOR OF THE CALLER. 1874 01:03:05,748 --> 01:03:08,784 IT CAN DISPLAY A MESSAGE AND THE 1875 01:03:08,784 --> 01:03:12,822 DISPATCHER CAN SEND THAT CALL TO 1876 01:03:12,822 --> 01:03:13,422 THE NURSE LINE OR NOT. THAT 1877 01:03:13,422 --> 01:03:16,359 STILL RESTS WITH THE DISPATCHER. 1878 01:03:16,359 --> 01:03:18,127 THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT TO 1879 01:03:18,127 --> 01:03:21,764 NOTE. THERE. AND SO WE CAN GO TO 1880 01:03:21,764 --> 01:03:25,034 THE LAST SLIDE THERE. SO THE 1881 01:03:25,034 --> 01:03:27,270 NOTIFICATION IS ANOTHER TOOL IN 1882 01:03:27,270 --> 01:03:28,871 THE TOOLBOX. ALL OF OUR 1883 01:03:28,871 --> 01:03:32,074 DISPATCHERS ARE FIREFIGHTER 1884 01:03:32,074 --> 01:03:34,343 EMTS. THEY HAVE ALL WORKED IN 1885 01:03:34,343 --> 01:03:37,713 OUR SYSTEM. AI DOES NOT MAKE ANY 1886 01:03:37,713 --> 01:03:40,316 DECISIONS. IT OFFERS AN 1887 01:03:40,316 --> 01:03:42,718 OPPORTUNITY. BUT THE DISPATCHERS 1888 01:03:42,718 --> 01:03:44,720 STILL MAKE THE ULTIMATE 1889 01:03:44,720 --> 01:03:45,922 DECISION. AND THEN THE LAST 1890 01:03:45,922 --> 01:03:48,257 BULLET IS THE UNIVERSITY OF 1891 01:03:48,257 --> 01:03:48,891 WASHINGTON IS CURRENTLY IN THE 1892 01:03:48,891 --> 01:03:51,460 PROCESS EVALUATING THE 1893 01:03:51,460 --> 01:03:52,862 EFFECTIVENESS OF THE AI AGENT. 1894 01:03:52,862 --> 01:03:58,000 SO I THINK THAT'S ALL THE SLIDES 1895 01:03:58,000 --> 01:04:00,303 WE HAVE. BUT WE BROUGHT THE TEAM 1896 01:04:00,303 --> 01:04:01,504 HERE BECAUSE WE THOUGHT THAT 1897 01:04:01,504 --> 01:04:02,171 THERE WOULD BE QUESTIONS, AND I 1898 01:04:02,171 --> 01:04:04,307 WANTED TO HAVE THE EXPERTS IN 1899 01:04:04,307 --> 01:04:06,409 THE ROOM TO ANSWER THOSE 1900 01:04:06,409 --> 01:04:06,709 QUESTIONS. 1901 01:04:06,709 --> 01:04:07,343 -- EXCELLENT. BEFORE WE GO TO 1902 01:04:07,343 --> 01:04:09,612 QUESTIONS, IS THERE ANYTHING DR. 1903 01:04:09,612 --> 01:04:11,514 SAYRE, MR. HUDDLESTON OR MISS 1904 01:04:11,514 --> 01:04:16,752 SMITH? I'D LIKE TO ADD. I'VE 1905 01:04:16,752 --> 01:04:17,720 BEEN LEARNING MORE AND MORE THAT 1906 01:04:17,720 --> 01:04:19,655 IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THE BRIEFING 1907 01:04:19,655 --> 01:04:22,925 GO THROUGH INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, 1908 01:04:22,925 --> 01:04:23,559 THE INTERRUPTIONS BY QUESTIONS 1909 01:04:23,559 --> 01:04:25,394 JUST TO, YOU KNOW, GET THE 1910 01:04:25,394 --> 01:04:26,429 COMPLETE PICTURE. AND THEN WE 1911 01:04:26,429 --> 01:04:27,830 START QUESTIONS, WHICH IS THE 1912 01:04:27,830 --> 01:04:29,232 TRADITION. CHIEF ALREADY KNOWS 1913 01:04:29,232 --> 01:04:30,700 THIS. AND MY COMMITTEES, I START 1914 01:04:30,700 --> 01:04:33,869 WITH MY VICE CHAIR, COUNCIL VICE 1915 01:04:33,869 --> 01:04:34,203 CHAIR, SAKA. 1916 01:04:34,203 --> 01:04:34,971 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK 1917 01:04:34,971 --> 01:04:37,840 YOU, CHIEF AND YOUR TEAM FOR 1918 01:04:37,840 --> 01:04:38,474 BEING HERE TODAY AND PROVIDING 1919 01:04:38,474 --> 01:04:39,842 US WITH THIS HELPFUL OVERVIEW OF 1920 01:04:39,842 --> 01:04:45,081 THIS THIS PROGRAM. WANT TO 1921 01:04:45,081 --> 01:04:51,454 CLARIFY THE, THE KIND OF 1922 01:04:51,454 --> 01:04:52,755 MECHANICS OF THIS SYSTEM. AND 1923 01:04:52,755 --> 01:04:55,091 BECAUSE I NOTE THAT THE CARE 1924 01:04:55,091 --> 01:04:57,693 DEPARTMENT, IT PROVIDES THE CALL 1925 01:04:57,693 --> 01:04:59,061 CENTER MANAGES THE CALL CENTER, 1926 01:04:59,061 --> 01:05:02,665 AND THERE'S A CERTAIN HANDOFF 1927 01:05:02,665 --> 01:05:03,299 PROCESS INHERENT IN THE SYSTEM 1928 01:05:03,299 --> 01:05:04,300 THAT I THINK WE KIND OF GLOSSED 1929 01:05:04,300 --> 01:05:05,635 OVER. SO WOULD, WOULD LOVE TO 1930 01:05:05,635 --> 01:05:08,304 KIND OF LEVEL SET AND CLARIFY 1931 01:05:08,304 --> 01:05:09,372 THE MECHANICS OF THE, OF THE 1932 01:05:09,372 --> 01:05:11,140 INTAKE AND HANDOFF PROCESS AS IT 1933 01:05:11,140 --> 01:05:13,542 RELATES TO THIS, THIS PROGRAM, 1934 01:05:13,542 --> 01:05:15,611 WHEN SOMEONE CALLS 911. 1935 01:05:15,611 --> 01:05:17,480 -- SURE, I'LL DO IT IN TWO 1936 01:05:17,480 --> 01:05:19,248 PARTS. I'LL COVER THE FIRST 1937 01:05:19,248 --> 01:05:22,518 PART. WHEN THE CARE CENTER TAKES 1938 01:05:22,518 --> 01:05:25,154 THE NINE ONE CALL, THEN I'LL ASK 1939 01:05:25,154 --> 01:05:26,289 EITHER DR. SAYER OR OUR PARTNERS 1940 01:05:26,289 --> 01:05:28,324 FROM GMR TO COVER THE MECHANICS 1941 01:05:28,324 --> 01:05:30,426 OF NURSE NAVIGATION. WHEN THAT 1942 01:05:30,426 --> 01:05:31,827 HANDOFF HAPPENS. SO WHEN A 1943 01:05:31,827 --> 01:05:35,631 PERSON CALLS 911, IT GOES TO THE 1944 01:05:35,631 --> 01:05:36,699 CARE CENTER AND GENERALLY 1945 01:05:36,699 --> 01:05:37,600 THEY'LL ASK THE QUESTION, IS 1946 01:05:37,600 --> 01:05:39,835 THIS A FIRE OR MEDICAL 1947 01:05:39,835 --> 01:05:41,437 EMERGENCY? AND IF THE PERSON 1948 01:05:41,437 --> 01:05:43,773 SAYS YES, THAT CALL IS THEN 1949 01:05:43,773 --> 01:05:45,341 TRANSFERRED TO OUR FIRE ALARM 1950 01:05:45,341 --> 01:05:48,177 CENTER. AND THAT'S WHERE WE WILL 1951 01:05:48,177 --> 01:05:52,248 RECEIVE IT WITH ONE OF OUR 1952 01:05:52,248 --> 01:05:52,882 FIREFIGHTER EMT DISPATCHERS. TO 1953 01:05:52,882 --> 01:05:55,151 GIVE YOU A PERSPECTIVE, CLOSE TO 1954 01:05:55,151 --> 01:05:57,053 200 000 TIMES LAST YEAR, THAT 1955 01:05:57,053 --> 01:05:59,822 TRANSFER HAPPENED. THEN OUR 1956 01:05:59,822 --> 01:06:01,657 FIREFIGHTER DISPATCHER GETS THE 1957 01:06:01,657 --> 01:06:03,259 CALL. AND BASED ON WHAT THE 1958 01:06:03,259 --> 01:06:06,162 CALLER SAYS, THEY ARE NOW GOING 1959 01:06:06,162 --> 01:06:08,464 THROUGH A SYSTEM OF PROTOCOLS. 1960 01:06:08,464 --> 01:06:10,366 NOW AT SOME POINT, THEY WILL 1961 01:06:10,366 --> 01:06:12,635 DETERMINE IF THAT CALL NEEDS TO 1962 01:06:12,635 --> 01:06:14,537 BE ROUTED TO THE NURSE LINE, AND 1963 01:06:14,537 --> 01:06:16,105 THAT'S WHEN THE HANDOFF WILL 1964 01:06:16,105 --> 01:06:17,773 TAKE PLACE. AND MAYBE I'LL LET 1965 01:06:17,773 --> 01:06:18,908 I'LL STOP THERE AND LET DR. 1966 01:06:18,908 --> 01:06:21,243 SAYER OR GMR TAKE IT FROM THERE. 1967 01:06:21,243 --> 01:06:23,079 WHEN THAT HANDOFF HAPPENS. 1968 01:06:23,079 --> 01:06:24,080 -- YEAH, I'LL JUST SPEAK A 1969 01:06:24,080 --> 01:06:25,381 LITTLE BIT TO THE PROTOCOLS THAT 1970 01:06:25,381 --> 01:06:28,351 WE USE. SO THE DISPATCHERS ARE 1971 01:06:28,351 --> 01:06:31,654 FOLLOWING A SET OF GUIDELINES 1972 01:06:31,654 --> 01:06:33,622 THAT ARE DESIGNED TO FIGURE OUT 1973 01:06:33,622 --> 01:06:34,523 WHICH PATIENTS TRULY ARE HAVING 1974 01:06:34,523 --> 01:06:35,558 A LIFE THREATENING EMERGENCY, 1975 01:06:35,558 --> 01:06:37,560 AND GET HELP SENT QUICKLY, AND 1976 01:06:37,560 --> 01:06:39,261 WHICH PATIENTS PROBABLY ARE NOT 1977 01:06:39,261 --> 01:06:40,429 HAVING A LIFE THREATENING 1978 01:06:40,429 --> 01:06:41,964 EMERGENCY, WHERE WE CAN THEN 1979 01:06:41,964 --> 01:06:43,899 HAND THAT CALLER OFF TO A NURSE 1980 01:06:43,899 --> 01:06:46,802 WHO CAN SPEND MORE TIME FIGURING 1981 01:06:46,802 --> 01:06:48,704 OUT WHAT THE RIGHT RESOURCES 1982 01:06:48,704 --> 01:06:50,673 WOULD BE TO HELP THAT PATIENT. 1983 01:06:50,673 --> 01:06:53,609 SO OUR DISPATCHERS WILL SPEND 1984 01:06:53,609 --> 01:06:56,078 MINUTE, MINUTE AND A HALF, TWO 1985 01:06:56,078 --> 01:06:57,713 MINUTES HAVING THAT INITIAL 1986 01:06:57,713 --> 01:06:59,949 CONVERSATION, FIGURING OUT WHERE 1987 01:06:59,949 --> 01:07:01,684 THE PERSON IS, WHETHER IT'S 1988 01:07:01,684 --> 01:07:02,918 DEFINITELY LIFE THREATENING. 1989 01:07:02,918 --> 01:07:04,854 WE'RE GOING TO SEND PARAMEDIC 1990 01:07:04,854 --> 01:07:06,155 RESPONSE, OR IT'S PRETTY 1991 01:07:06,155 --> 01:07:07,423 UNLIKELY THAT THEY ARE HAVING 1992 01:07:07,423 --> 01:07:08,791 ANY KIND OF LIFE THREATENING 1993 01:07:08,791 --> 01:07:10,860 EMERGENCY. AND THEY WILL THEN 1994 01:07:10,860 --> 01:07:12,661 INITIATE THE HANDOFF TO AMR. SO 1995 01:07:12,661 --> 01:07:14,230 THE CALLER'S GETTING A SECOND 1996 01:07:14,230 --> 01:07:16,832 HANDOFF. AT THAT POINT, AND THEN 1997 01:07:16,832 --> 01:07:18,768 GOES TO YOU GUYS. 1998 01:07:18,768 --> 01:07:19,402 -- AND THEN THE NURSES KIND OF 1999 01:07:19,402 --> 01:07:20,336 DO THE SAME THING, RIGHT? SO 2000 01:07:20,336 --> 01:07:22,438 THEY GO THROUGH THE NURSING 2001 01:07:22,438 --> 01:07:24,106 LEVEL PROTOCOLS. I AVERAGE TIME 2002 01:07:24,106 --> 01:07:24,740 WITH PATIENTS IS PROBABLY MORE 2003 01:07:24,740 --> 01:07:26,175 ON THE EIGHT MINUTES. SO THEY'RE 2004 01:07:26,175 --> 01:07:26,575 A LITTLE BIT MORE 2005 01:07:26,575 --> 01:07:27,243 CONVERSATIONAL. THEY KIND OF DO 2006 01:07:27,243 --> 01:07:29,211 SOME OF THE SAME THING, RIGHT? 2007 01:07:29,211 --> 01:07:30,279 THEY VERY QUICKLY KIND OF 2008 01:07:30,279 --> 01:07:31,680 ASSESS, MAKE SURE THE AIRWAY 2009 01:07:31,680 --> 01:07:33,749 BREATHING CIRCULATION. YEP. 2010 01:07:33,749 --> 01:07:34,316 STABLE PATIENT STORIES, YOU 2011 01:07:34,316 --> 01:07:36,052 KNOW, MAYBE SOMETIMES CHANGE, 2012 01:07:36,052 --> 01:07:38,654 BUT THEY'LL GO THROUGH THEIR 2013 01:07:38,654 --> 01:07:40,589 PROTOCOLS. AND THAT WAY WE CAN 2014 01:07:40,589 --> 01:07:41,390 FIND WITH THE RIGHT CARE IS AT 2015 01:07:41,390 --> 01:07:43,392 THE RIGHT TIME. SO THEN WE'RE 2016 01:07:43,392 --> 01:07:44,527 LOOKING FOR ARE THEY APPROPRIATE 2017 01:07:44,527 --> 01:07:47,530 FOR VIRTUAL CARE. ARE THEY 2018 01:07:47,530 --> 01:07:49,565 APPROPRIATE FOR SOMETHING IN THE 2019 01:07:49,565 --> 01:07:50,399 COMMUNITY LIKE AN URGENT CARE, 2020 01:07:50,399 --> 01:07:51,567 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TYPE CENTERS? 2021 01:07:51,567 --> 01:07:52,902 DO THEY NEED TRANSPORTATION? DO 2022 01:07:52,902 --> 01:07:54,370 THEY HAVE THEIR OWN 2023 01:07:54,370 --> 01:07:55,004 TRANSPORTATION? IF THEY DO NEED 2024 01:07:55,004 --> 01:07:57,840 THOSE TYPES OF TREATMENTS? 2025 01:07:57,840 --> 01:07:59,975 -- THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK 2026 01:07:59,975 --> 01:08:04,613 WHEN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CALL 2027 01:08:04,613 --> 01:08:08,684 911 FOR REGARDING WHATEVER THE 2028 01:08:08,684 --> 01:08:12,221 ISSUE IS, THEY RIGHTFULLY EXPECT 2029 01:08:12,221 --> 01:08:13,889 AN APPROPRIATE RESPONSE. AND SO 2030 01:08:13,889 --> 01:08:16,492 THIS PROGRAM IS, IS THE 2031 01:08:16,492 --> 01:08:18,994 DEPARTMENT'S EFFORT TO BRING 2032 01:08:18,994 --> 01:08:20,095 ABOUT AN APPROPRIATE RESPONSE. 2033 01:08:20,095 --> 01:08:21,997 YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE 2034 01:08:21,997 --> 01:08:23,532 SPECIFIC SITUATION AT HAND, 2035 01:08:23,532 --> 01:08:25,734 WHICH WHICH I APPRECIATE AT A 2036 01:08:25,734 --> 01:08:28,437 HIGH LEVEL. BUT THAT SAID, THERE 2037 01:08:28,437 --> 01:08:29,772 ARE A NUMBER OF KIND OF PUBLIC 2038 01:08:29,772 --> 01:08:32,074 REPORTS OF, OF NOT KIND OF 2039 01:08:32,074 --> 01:08:34,376 MEETING EXPECTATIONS, WOULD LOVE 2040 01:08:34,376 --> 01:08:35,644 TO BETTER UNDERSTAND DIRECTLY 2041 01:08:35,644 --> 01:08:38,681 FROM, FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S 2042 01:08:38,681 --> 01:08:40,416 PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE THIS 2043 01:08:40,416 --> 01:08:42,051 PROGRAM HAS BEEN IN THIS TOOL 2044 01:08:42,051 --> 01:08:42,685 HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR IT SOUNDS 2045 01:08:42,685 --> 01:08:44,053 LIKE A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW SINCE 2046 01:08:44,053 --> 01:08:49,925 23. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE COMMON 2047 01:08:49,925 --> 01:08:54,430 INSTANCES OF OF THE THE RESPONSE 2048 01:08:54,430 --> 01:08:55,231 MAYBE NOT MEETING EXPECTATIONS 2049 01:08:55,231 --> 01:08:56,465 OF, OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC? 2050 01:08:56,465 --> 01:09:00,603 AND HOW WERE YOU ALL KIND OF 2051 01:09:00,603 --> 01:09:02,671 THINKING ABOUT SORT OF 2052 01:09:02,671 --> 01:09:03,839 OVERCOMING THOSE AND MINIMIZING 2053 01:09:03,839 --> 01:09:06,809 THOSE INCIDENTS ON A GOING 2054 01:09:06,809 --> 01:09:07,176 FORWARD BASIS? 2055 01:09:07,176 --> 01:09:08,444 -- YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT? 2056 01:09:08,444 --> 01:09:11,914 -- I'LL I'LL START OUT BY JUST 2057 01:09:11,914 --> 01:09:13,249 SAYING THE ENTIRE EMERGENCY CARE 2058 01:09:13,249 --> 01:09:17,353 SYSTEM IS REALLY UNDER STRAIN. 2059 01:09:17,353 --> 01:09:19,455 AND AT EVERY HOSPITAL IN THIS 2060 01:09:19,455 --> 01:09:22,825 CITY ON A MONDAY AFTERNOON, 2061 01:09:22,825 --> 01:09:24,860 THERE WILL BE A LONG LINE OF 2062 01:09:24,860 --> 01:09:27,663 AMBULANCES WAITING TO OFFLOAD 2063 01:09:27,663 --> 01:09:29,899 PATIENTS BECAUSE THERE ISN'T 2064 01:09:29,899 --> 01:09:30,933 CAPACITY. I GUESS IT'S TUESDAY. 2065 01:09:30,933 --> 01:09:33,536 SO AFTER A THREE DAY WEEKEND, 2066 01:09:33,536 --> 01:09:35,337 IT'S EVEN WORSE. SO THINGS 2067 01:09:35,337 --> 01:09:36,639 ACCUMULATE OVER A WEEKEND. SO 2068 01:09:36,639 --> 01:09:38,240 HIGH CALL VOLUME, HIGH NUMBER OF 2069 01:09:38,240 --> 01:09:41,744 PATIENTS WALKING INTO AN 2070 01:09:41,744 --> 01:09:42,344 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. NOWHERE 2071 01:09:42,344 --> 01:09:44,446 FOR THEM TO GO. THEY WAIT. PART 2072 01:09:44,446 --> 01:09:46,115 OF THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS TO 2073 01:09:46,115 --> 01:09:49,318 NOT SET UP SOMEBODY WITH 2074 01:09:49,318 --> 01:09:50,152 UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS THAT 2075 01:09:50,152 --> 01:09:50,920 SOMEHOW IF YOU SHOW UP IN AN 2076 01:09:50,920 --> 01:09:51,887 AMBULANCE, YOU'RE GOING TO GET 2077 01:09:51,887 --> 01:09:53,389 TO SKIP THE LINE BECAUSE THAT 2078 01:09:53,389 --> 01:09:56,458 DOES NOT HAPPEN. YOU GET 2079 01:09:56,458 --> 01:09:57,026 ASSESSED ON ARRIVAL AT THE 2080 01:09:57,026 --> 01:09:59,261 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TO SAY YOUR 2081 01:09:59,261 --> 01:10:01,430 ISSUE MAY BE A PROBLEM THAT 2082 01:10:01,430 --> 01:10:02,865 NEEDS SOME CARE, BUT 2083 01:10:02,865 --> 01:10:03,566 UNFORTUNATELY FOR YOU AT THIS 2084 01:10:03,566 --> 01:10:05,201 MOMENT, THERE ARE SICKER 2085 01:10:05,201 --> 01:10:06,735 PATIENTS AHEAD OF YOU AND YOU 2086 01:10:06,735 --> 01:10:08,237 GET TO WAIT AN HOUR TWO HOURS, 2087 01:10:08,237 --> 01:10:10,306 MAYBE LONGER TO GET EVEN OUT OF 2088 01:10:10,306 --> 01:10:15,244 THE AMBULANCE AND SO NO SYSTEM 2089 01:10:15,244 --> 01:10:19,081 IS PERFECT, BUT THIS SYSTEM 2090 01:10:19,081 --> 01:10:21,617 HELPS TO ALIGN THE PATIENT WITH 2091 01:10:21,617 --> 01:10:22,251 BETTER OPTIONS THAN SITTING IN 2092 01:10:22,251 --> 01:10:23,519 AN AMBULANCE WAITING TO OFFLOAD 2093 01:10:23,519 --> 01:10:26,956 AT A RECEIVING EMERGENCY 2094 01:10:26,956 --> 01:10:27,656 DEPARTMENT SO THEY CAN GET SENT 2095 01:10:27,656 --> 01:10:29,291 TO MAYBE IN SOME CASES, AN 2096 01:10:29,291 --> 01:10:30,526 URGENT CARE CENTER WHERE THERE 2097 01:10:30,526 --> 01:10:34,663 MAY NOT BE A LINE OR, HEY, THIS 2098 01:10:34,663 --> 01:10:35,998 SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THAT YOU 2099 01:10:35,998 --> 01:10:37,833 COULD GO SEE YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT 2100 01:10:37,833 --> 01:10:39,735 LATER THIS WEEK. YOU DON'T 2101 01:10:39,735 --> 01:10:40,569 NECESSARILY HAVE TO GO RIGHT 2102 01:10:40,569 --> 01:10:43,872 NOW. IF YOU GET WORSE, PLEASE 2103 01:10:43,872 --> 01:10:46,675 CALL BACK. BUT YOU SEEM 2104 01:10:46,675 --> 01:10:48,143 RELATIVELY STABLE AND YOU'VE 2105 01:10:48,143 --> 01:10:49,378 GOT A NURSE WHO'S TRAINED AND 2106 01:10:49,378 --> 01:10:51,080 HAS A SET OF PROTOCOLS TO HELP 2107 01:10:51,080 --> 01:10:53,382 MAKE THAT WORK. SO I DON'T THINK 2108 01:10:53,382 --> 01:10:58,320 THERE ARE ACTUALLY VERY COMMON 2109 01:10:58,320 --> 01:10:59,088 ISSUES THAT OCCUR. SOMETIMES. I 2110 01:10:59,088 --> 01:11:01,657 THINK THE MAIN ISSUE IS 2111 01:11:01,657 --> 01:11:03,025 PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS AND HOPES 2112 01:11:03,025 --> 01:11:03,959 THAT THEY COULD GET CARE 2113 01:11:03,959 --> 01:11:05,427 IMMEDIATELY, JUST CAN'T BE MET 2114 01:11:05,427 --> 01:11:07,396 WITH THE SYSTEM WE HAVE. 2115 01:11:07,396 --> 01:11:09,164 -- AND IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED 2116 01:11:09,164 --> 01:11:11,834 THAT DR. SAYER IS NOT JUST OUR 2117 01:11:11,834 --> 01:11:12,968 MEDICAL DIRECTOR. HE'S IN 2118 01:11:12,968 --> 01:11:16,472 HARBORVIEW, ER, PHYSICIAN, SO 2119 01:11:16,472 --> 01:11:18,107 HE'S LIVING IN THIS SPACE EACH 2120 01:11:18,107 --> 01:11:20,309 AND EVERY DAY. AND IT SHOULD 2121 01:11:20,309 --> 01:11:22,878 ALSO BE NOTED THAT QUARTERLY OUR 2122 01:11:22,878 --> 01:11:25,614 TEAM MEETS WITH HIS TEAM TO GO 2123 01:11:25,614 --> 01:11:29,418 OVER THE PROTOCOLS TO GO OVER. 2124 01:11:29,418 --> 01:11:30,185 IF WORDING NEEDS TO BE CHANGED, 2125 01:11:30,185 --> 01:11:33,822 OR IF THINGS NEED TO BE ADDED OR 2126 01:11:33,822 --> 01:11:35,824 DELETED. SO SINCE FEBRUARY 8th, 2127 01:11:35,824 --> 01:11:39,028 2022, WE HAVE BEEN MEETING 2128 01:11:39,028 --> 01:11:40,729 QUARTERLY TO CONTINUE TO REFINE 2129 01:11:40,729 --> 01:11:42,598 AND RETOOL THE SYSTEM AND TRY TO 2130 01:11:42,598 --> 01:11:44,967 MAKE IT AS BEST WE CAN. NO 2131 01:11:44,967 --> 01:11:45,668 SYSTEM IS PERFECT. THERE ARE 2132 01:11:45,668 --> 01:11:49,071 GOING TO BE CHALLENGES. I MEAN, 2133 01:11:49,071 --> 01:11:51,573 IT WOULD BE THE UTOPIAN PLACE IF 2134 01:11:51,573 --> 01:11:53,575 WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE EVERY CALL 2135 01:11:53,575 --> 01:11:55,611 AND HAVE SEATTLE FIRE RESPOND TO 2136 01:11:55,611 --> 01:11:59,648 EVERY SINGLE CALL AND BE ABLE TO 2137 01:11:59,648 --> 01:12:00,349 TAKE EVERY PERSON TO AN 2138 01:12:00,349 --> 01:12:02,151 EMERGENCY ROOM. BUT THAT'S NOT 2139 01:12:02,151 --> 01:12:04,420 THE SYSTEM WE HAVE. AND OUR 2140 01:12:04,420 --> 01:12:05,888 SYSTEM IS STRAINED. AND SO THIS 2141 01:12:05,888 --> 01:12:08,524 IS WHY THIS SYSTEM WAS DEPLOYED, 2142 01:12:08,524 --> 01:12:10,459 BECAUSE LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER 2143 01:12:10,459 --> 01:12:15,431 IN 2025, 64,000 BLS CALLS CAME 2144 01:12:15,431 --> 01:12:17,433 IN. AMR, WHO'S OUR TRANSPORT 2145 01:12:17,433 --> 01:12:20,135 PROVIDER, TRANSPORTED 2146 01:12:20,135 --> 01:12:21,770 APPROXIMATELY 45,000. AND WE 2147 01:12:21,770 --> 01:12:23,939 STILL HAD 19,000 CALLS THAT WE 2148 01:12:23,939 --> 01:12:25,908 RESPONDED ON AND EITHER DIDN'T 2149 01:12:25,908 --> 01:12:27,576 FIND THE PATIENT OR DIDN'T 2150 01:12:27,576 --> 01:12:29,378 ASSESSMENT, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO 2151 01:12:29,378 --> 01:12:30,679 GO OR DECIDED TO TAKE THEIR OWN 2152 01:12:30,679 --> 01:12:31,947 VEHICLE, WHATEVER IT WAS. SO WE 2153 01:12:31,947 --> 01:12:33,349 STILL HAVE SOME WORK TO DO TO 2154 01:12:33,349 --> 01:12:35,551 TRY TO ADDRESS THAT. DELTA AS 2155 01:12:35,551 --> 01:12:37,653 WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THIS. 2156 01:12:37,653 --> 01:12:39,188 -- THANK YOU FOR THAT AND 2157 01:12:39,188 --> 01:12:39,988 DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE FACT. 2158 01:12:39,988 --> 01:12:42,024 AND I AGREE, YOU KNOW, NO, NO 2159 01:12:42,024 --> 01:12:43,459 SYSTEM IS PERFECT OR INHERENTLY 2160 01:12:43,459 --> 01:12:46,662 PERFECT. THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, 2161 01:12:46,662 --> 01:12:47,196 THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT 2162 01:12:47,196 --> 01:12:48,197 PERFECTION SHOULDN'T BE A GOAL 2163 01:12:48,197 --> 01:12:51,700 OR SOMETHING. YOU STRIVE WE, WE 2164 01:12:51,700 --> 01:12:54,036 ALWAYS CONTINUE TO CONTINUOUSLY 2165 01:12:54,036 --> 01:12:54,670 STRIVE FOR AND SEEK EXCELLENCE 2166 01:12:54,670 --> 01:12:57,539 IN ALL WE DO CORE VALUE. WE LIVE 2167 01:12:57,539 --> 01:12:58,674 UP TO EVERY DAY. CHIEF, AS A 2168 01:12:58,674 --> 01:13:02,177 FELLOW AIR FORCE VETERAN, 2169 01:13:02,177 --> 01:13:04,313 FINALLY, I'LL NOTE THAT AS 2170 01:13:04,313 --> 01:13:09,218 SOMEONE WHO BEEN A LONG TIME 2171 01:13:09,218 --> 01:13:13,122 TECH LAWYER, KIND OF NAVIGATING 2172 01:13:13,122 --> 01:13:14,690 SOME OF THESE ISSUES WITH 2173 01:13:14,690 --> 01:13:17,126 RESPECT TO AI FROM A LEGAL 2174 01:13:17,126 --> 01:13:17,693 PERSPECTIVE, WHETHER IT'S 2175 01:13:17,693 --> 01:13:20,662 ALGORITHMIC DISCRIMINATION IN 2176 01:13:20,662 --> 01:13:22,364 THE EMPLOYMENT LAW CONTEXT, TORT 2177 01:13:22,364 --> 01:13:24,833 LIABILITY FOR NEW PRODUCTS AND 2178 01:13:24,833 --> 01:13:28,103 FEATURES, OR, OR COMPLIANCE WITH 2179 01:13:28,103 --> 01:13:30,572 WHATEVER PRIVACY, DATA SECURITY 2180 01:13:30,572 --> 01:13:31,940 REGULATION, THE WHOLE SORT OF 2181 01:13:31,940 --> 01:13:34,643 SOUP TO NUTS COMPONENT OF THIS 2182 01:13:34,643 --> 01:13:36,078 AT A AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. AND I 2183 01:13:36,078 --> 01:13:38,480 THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS 2184 01:13:38,480 --> 01:13:40,549 MOST IMPORTANT AND HAS UNIVERSAL 2185 01:13:40,549 --> 01:13:42,284 APPLICATION, IRRESPECTIVE OF 2186 01:13:42,284 --> 01:13:45,154 THE, THE LEGAL CONTEXT OR 2187 01:13:45,154 --> 01:13:46,588 PRACTICAL OPERATIONAL, WHATEVER 2188 01:13:46,588 --> 01:13:47,723 IT IS, IS IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 2189 01:13:47,723 --> 01:13:50,058 TO MAKE SURE HUMANS REMAIN IN 2190 01:13:50,058 --> 01:13:54,096 THE LOOP. WE CAN LEVERAGE THESE 2191 01:13:54,096 --> 01:13:55,497 AI TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY, BUT 2192 01:13:55,497 --> 01:13:56,965 HUMANS MUST BE IN THE LOOP, 2193 01:13:56,965 --> 01:14:00,936 REMAIN IN THE LOOP, END TO END 2194 01:14:00,936 --> 01:14:02,704 IN THE JOURNEY. AND THEN AT THAT 2195 01:14:02,704 --> 01:14:03,939 FINAL DECISION POINT WHERE 2196 01:14:03,939 --> 01:14:08,844 THERE'S A POTENTIAL ADVERSE 2197 01:14:08,844 --> 01:14:10,879 DECISION. THAT COULD BE MADE 2198 01:14:10,879 --> 01:14:12,781 THAT THE HUMAN NOT NOT A ROBOT 2199 01:14:12,781 --> 01:14:16,518 OR AI TOOL MAKES, MAKES THAT 2200 01:14:16,518 --> 01:14:17,686 DECISION. FINAL QUESTION. THANK 2201 01:14:17,686 --> 01:14:20,322 YOU FOR INDULGING ME, CHAIR. IS 2202 01:14:20,322 --> 01:14:22,925 THE ON THIS LAST BULLET OF THE 2203 01:14:22,925 --> 01:14:24,827 SLIDE, I DON'T KNOW THE SLIDE 2204 01:14:24,827 --> 01:14:26,028 NUMBER, THE ONE THAT SAYS 2205 01:14:26,028 --> 01:14:27,396 DECISIONS ARE MADE ONLY BY 2206 01:14:27,396 --> 01:14:28,197 DISPATCHERS. IF ONE OF OUR 2207 01:14:28,197 --> 01:14:28,864 COLLEAGUES WAS HERE, I'M SURE 2208 01:14:28,864 --> 01:14:30,866 THEY WOULD. THEY WOULD HAVE SOME 2209 01:14:30,866 --> 01:14:33,235 STRONG, STRONG THINGS TO SAY 2210 01:14:33,235 --> 01:14:34,269 ABOUT THE LACK OF SLIDE NUMBERS. 2211 01:14:34,269 --> 01:14:36,505 BUT THE ONE THAT SAYS DECISIONS 2212 01:14:36,505 --> 01:14:38,640 ARE MADE ONLY BY DISPATCHERS. 2213 01:14:38,640 --> 01:14:42,478 THAT LAST BULLET THERE ON THAT 2214 01:14:42,478 --> 01:14:44,046 SLIDE, AS YOU TALKED ABOUT, THE 2215 01:14:44,046 --> 01:14:44,746 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON IS IN 2216 01:14:44,746 --> 01:14:47,649 THE PROCESS OF EVALUATING THE 2217 01:14:47,649 --> 01:14:49,451 EFFECTIVENESS FROM YOUR INITIAL 2218 01:14:49,451 --> 01:14:51,453 OBSERVATIONS. WHAT IS THE UW 2219 01:14:51,453 --> 01:14:54,590 LIKELY TO TO FIND WITH RESPECT 2220 01:14:54,590 --> 01:14:55,224 TO THE EFFECTIVENESS EVALUATION 2221 01:14:55,224 --> 01:14:56,558 THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY? WHAT 2222 01:14:56,558 --> 01:15:01,497 IS YOUR WHAT IS YOUR HUNCH? 2223 01:15:01,497 --> 01:15:05,601 -- SO THE YOUR EARLIER POINT IS, 2224 01:15:05,601 --> 01:15:06,902 I THINK THE KEY ONE THAT THE 2225 01:15:06,902 --> 01:15:08,503 HUMAN IS IN THE LOOP AND MAKING 2226 01:15:08,503 --> 01:15:12,841 THAT FINAL DECISION. AND 2227 01:15:12,841 --> 01:15:16,578 SOMETIMES THE HUMAN IS DOING 2228 01:15:16,578 --> 01:15:18,347 SOMETHING THAT IS SUPERB IN THE 2229 01:15:18,347 --> 01:15:19,681 SENSE OF SAYING, THIS BOT'S MADE 2230 01:15:19,681 --> 01:15:21,483 SOME DECISION I DON'T SUPPORT OR 2231 01:15:21,483 --> 01:15:23,519 I DON'T UNDERSTAND. SO I'M 2232 01:15:23,519 --> 01:15:25,220 GOING TO STILL SEND HELP. I'M 2233 01:15:25,220 --> 01:15:27,789 GOING TO STILL SEND A 911 2234 01:15:27,789 --> 01:15:30,359 RESPONSE TO THAT PATIENT, WHICH 2235 01:15:30,359 --> 01:15:31,093 IS GOOD IN ONE WAY, BUT IN 2236 01:15:31,093 --> 01:15:34,162 ANOTHER WAY, IF THE ISSUE IS 2237 01:15:34,162 --> 01:15:35,597 WHAT'S ACTUALLY WRONG WITH THE 2238 01:15:35,597 --> 01:15:38,667 PATIENT AND SORT OF DOES THAT 2239 01:15:38,667 --> 01:15:40,802 KIND OF CONSERVATIVE APPROACH 2240 01:15:40,802 --> 01:15:41,803 ACTUALLY WORK? WELL, THAT'S 2241 01:15:41,803 --> 01:15:44,339 REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO 2242 01:15:44,339 --> 01:15:47,042 LOOK AT. AND CONVERSELY, ARE 2243 01:15:47,042 --> 01:15:48,744 THERE TIMES WHERE THE SYSTEM 2244 01:15:48,744 --> 01:15:50,245 FAILED TO SUGGEST THE NURSE WHEN 2245 01:15:50,245 --> 01:15:53,048 MAYBE IT SHOULD HAVE, AND 2246 01:15:53,048 --> 01:15:55,083 THEREFORE THE THE SYSTEM WAS 2247 01:15:55,083 --> 01:15:55,717 GETTING UNDERUSED? AND I EXPECT 2248 01:15:55,717 --> 01:15:58,120 WE'RE GOING TO FIND BOTH AS 2249 01:15:58,120 --> 01:15:58,921 THAT A LOT OF TIMES THE SYSTEM 2250 01:15:58,921 --> 01:15:59,955 COULD HAVE BEEN USED AND WE 2251 01:15:59,955 --> 01:16:01,857 COULD HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SENT 2252 01:16:01,857 --> 01:16:03,759 MORE CALLERS TO THE NURSE THAN 2253 01:16:03,759 --> 01:16:04,960 WE CURRENTLY ARE, AND OTHER 2254 01:16:04,960 --> 01:16:06,862 TIMES THE HUMAN OVERRIDE 2255 01:16:06,862 --> 01:16:09,665 ACTUALLY WORKED REALLY WELL. 2256 01:16:09,665 --> 01:16:10,766 -- THANK YOU FOR THAT. NO 2257 01:16:10,766 --> 01:16:12,334 FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, 2258 01:16:12,334 --> 01:16:12,568 CHAIR. 2259 01:16:12,568 --> 01:16:16,171 -- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, VICE 2260 01:16:16,171 --> 01:16:18,740 CHAIR. DR. SARAH, THANK YOU FOR 2261 01:16:18,740 --> 01:16:19,841 CHIEF SCOGGINS. THANK YOU FOR 2262 01:16:19,841 --> 01:16:21,410 HIGHLIGHTING THAT. DR. SARAH IS 2263 01:16:21,410 --> 01:16:23,445 ALSO THERE AT THE ER AT 2264 01:16:23,445 --> 01:16:25,080 HARBORVIEW. AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE 2265 01:16:25,080 --> 01:16:27,416 WORKING OTHER ISSUES RELATED TO 2266 01:16:27,416 --> 01:16:28,750 HARBORVIEW AND KING COUNTY JAIL. 2267 01:16:28,750 --> 01:16:30,352 SO WHO KNOWS, MAYBE WE'LL BE IN 2268 01:16:30,352 --> 01:16:32,688 TOUCH SOON. DR. SAYRE FOR THOSE, 2269 01:16:32,688 --> 01:16:34,990 I'M NOT SURE IF THE TEAM KNOW 2270 01:16:34,990 --> 01:16:35,657 THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER SUBJECT. 2271 01:16:35,657 --> 01:16:40,762 YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO KNOW 2272 01:16:40,762 --> 01:16:43,966 SO AGAIN, THE THIS THIS ISSUE 2273 01:16:43,966 --> 01:16:45,067 RAISED UP TO US DUE TO 2274 01:16:45,067 --> 01:16:48,070 REPORTING. AND IT WAS PRIMARILY 2275 01:16:48,070 --> 01:16:48,704 RELATED TO A SPECIFIC CASE. WE 2276 01:16:48,704 --> 01:16:49,504 DON'T NEED TO GO INTO THE 2277 01:16:49,504 --> 01:16:51,640 SPECIFIC CASE. AND BY THE WAY, I 2278 01:16:51,640 --> 01:16:53,008 SAID MISS SMITH EARLIER, I MEANT 2279 01:16:53,008 --> 01:16:54,876 TO SAY BAKER, SORRY, 2280 01:16:54,876 --> 01:16:55,210 -- [LAUGHTER] 2281 01:16:55,210 --> 01:17:00,115 -- BAKER, NOT SMITH, BUT IN THAT 2282 01:17:00,115 --> 01:17:01,717 REPORTING IT SAID, AND THIS WAS 2283 01:17:01,717 --> 01:17:06,254 SOMEBODY WHO WAS A PROFESSOR AT 2284 01:17:06,254 --> 01:17:07,522 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON HERE, 2285 01:17:07,522 --> 01:17:10,492 AND IT SAID MORE CHECKS AND 2286 01:17:10,492 --> 01:17:13,362 BALANCES AND ACCOUNTABILITY NEED 2287 01:17:13,362 --> 01:17:14,730 TO HAPPEN, SAID JOSEPHINE 2288 01:17:14,730 --> 01:17:16,631 ENSIGN, A PROFESSOR EMERITUS AT 2289 01:17:16,631 --> 01:17:17,265 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL 2290 01:17:17,265 --> 01:17:20,268 OF NURSING, WHO CALLED THE CASE 2291 01:17:20,268 --> 01:17:20,802 CONCERNING AND UPSETTING. 2292 01:17:20,802 --> 01:17:23,572 SEATTLE CAN DO BETTER. SO WITH 2293 01:17:23,572 --> 01:17:25,474 THAT CONTEXT AND THEN 2294 01:17:25,474 --> 01:17:26,775 SEPARATELY, NEXT PAGE, LISA 2295 01:17:26,775 --> 01:17:30,012 HOUSE, I PRINTED IT OUT. IT'S 2296 01:17:30,012 --> 01:17:31,113 POSSIBLE THAT THIS EXPERIENCE 2297 01:17:31,113 --> 01:17:31,913 WAS AN ABERRATION, AND I SUSPECT 2298 01:17:31,913 --> 01:17:33,682 IT IS BASED ON ALL THE WORK 2299 01:17:33,682 --> 01:17:37,853 BEING AT THE FACT MYSELF AND SO 2300 01:17:37,853 --> 01:17:38,420 FORTH. BUT THEN THE ARTICLE 2301 01:17:38,420 --> 01:17:39,421 SAYS, BUT THE CITY STOPPED 2302 01:17:39,421 --> 01:17:40,956 TRACKING AMBULANCE WAITS LIKE 2303 01:17:40,956 --> 01:17:43,592 HER, LIKE THAT. INDIVIDUALS IN 2304 01:17:43,592 --> 01:17:47,462 2022. SO OFFICIALS HAVE NO WAY 2305 01:17:47,462 --> 01:17:49,064 TO KNOW WHICH KIND OF GOES BACK 2306 01:17:49,064 --> 01:17:50,532 TO THE EARLIER STATEMENT I JUST 2307 01:17:50,532 --> 01:17:52,434 READ REGARDING CHECKS, BALANCES 2308 01:17:52,434 --> 01:17:54,970 AND ACCOUNTABILITY. CAN YOU 2309 01:17:54,970 --> 01:17:58,540 SPEAK TO THE THE TRACKING POINT 2310 01:17:58,540 --> 01:17:59,141 REGARDING WAIT TIMES AND THE 2311 01:17:59,141 --> 01:18:00,642 LIKE? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, 2312 01:18:00,642 --> 01:18:02,711 YOU KNOW. 2313 01:18:02,711 --> 01:18:03,745 -- SO I'LL SPEAK TO A COUPLE OF 2314 01:18:03,745 --> 01:18:10,352 THINGS. SO THE CHECKS AND 2315 01:18:10,352 --> 01:18:10,986 BALANCES IS FIRST THING I'LL 2316 01:18:10,986 --> 01:18:13,155 SPEAK TO EVER SINCE WE PUT THE 2317 01:18:13,155 --> 01:18:14,456 SYSTEM IN PLACE, WE HAVE BEEN 2318 01:18:14,456 --> 01:18:16,925 MEETING QUARTERLY WITH GMR. SO 2319 01:18:16,925 --> 01:18:18,660 WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY WORKING 2320 01:18:18,660 --> 01:18:20,829 HARD TO TRY TO IDENTIFY THINGS 2321 01:18:20,829 --> 01:18:21,930 THAT AREN'T GOING WELL AND 2322 01:18:21,930 --> 01:18:25,500 THINGS THAT ARE GOING WELL. 2323 01:18:25,500 --> 01:18:27,569 WE'RE, WE'RE FOR FOUR YEARS 2324 01:18:27,569 --> 01:18:30,105 INTO IT. SO WE CONTINUOUSLY 2325 01:18:30,105 --> 01:18:32,274 ANALYZE THE SYSTEM. ONCE THE 2326 01:18:32,274 --> 01:18:39,247 CALL IS TURNED OVER TO AMR OR 2327 01:18:39,247 --> 01:18:40,816 GMR AND THEY ASSIGN A UNIT TO 2328 01:18:40,816 --> 01:18:42,818 THE CALL, THAT CALL IS NOW OUT 2329 01:18:42,818 --> 01:18:47,155 OF OUR SYSTEM. SO THAT CALL IS 2330 01:18:47,155 --> 01:18:50,092 UP TO AMR TO TRACK. BEFORE WE 2331 01:18:50,092 --> 01:18:53,462 WENT TO THIS SYSTEM AND EVEN IN 2332 01:18:53,462 --> 01:18:55,964 OUR CURRENT SYSTEM, IF AMR DOES 2333 01:18:55,964 --> 01:18:58,333 NOT RESPOND TO ONE OF OUR LACK 2334 01:18:58,333 --> 01:19:01,636 OF A BETTER TERM, CALLS THAT ARE 2335 01:19:01,636 --> 01:19:04,005 IN OUR 911 SYSTEM, THAT FIRE 2336 01:19:04,005 --> 01:19:05,607 UNITS ARE DISPATCHED TO IF THEY 2337 01:19:05,607 --> 01:19:09,511 DO NOT SHOW UP IN A DEFINED 2338 01:19:09,511 --> 01:19:11,646 PERIOD OF TIME, THERE IS A 2339 01:19:11,646 --> 01:19:14,082 FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCE TO THEM 2340 01:19:14,082 --> 01:19:15,851 NOT SHOWING UP. BUT BECAUSE 2341 01:19:15,851 --> 01:19:18,453 THESE CALLS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED 2342 01:19:18,453 --> 01:19:20,856 AS A LOWER LEVEL MEDICAL 2343 01:19:20,856 --> 01:19:22,624 EMERGENCY, THEY ARE NOW OUT OF 2344 01:19:22,624 --> 01:19:26,361 OUR SYSTEM AND WE ARE NOT 2345 01:19:26,361 --> 01:19:26,928 TRACKING THOSE CALLS. ONCE 2346 01:19:26,928 --> 01:19:28,864 THEY'RE GIVEN TO THE NURSE 2347 01:19:28,864 --> 01:19:30,932 LINE, IF THEY GIVE THE CALL BACK 2348 01:19:30,932 --> 01:19:32,334 TO US AND IT'S BACK INTO OUR 2349 01:19:32,334 --> 01:19:38,406 SYSTEM, WE'RE TRACKING THOSE 2350 01:19:38,406 --> 01:19:38,640 CALLS. 2351 01:19:38,640 --> 01:19:40,275 -- GMR WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK 2352 01:19:40,275 --> 01:19:40,542 TO THAT? 2353 01:19:40,542 --> 01:19:43,278 -- I GOT NOTHING TO ADD, SIR 2354 01:19:43,278 --> 01:19:48,316 -- SO I UNDERSTAND THAT AND IT 2355 01:19:48,316 --> 01:19:48,950 MAKES SENSE. AT THE SAME TIME, 2356 01:19:48,950 --> 01:19:51,520 THE CITY OF SEATTLE, THIS KIND 2357 01:19:51,520 --> 01:19:55,023 OF HAPPENS A LOT. PEOPLE DON'T 2358 01:19:55,023 --> 01:19:55,657 DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE SCHOOL 2359 01:19:55,657 --> 01:19:56,258 DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF 2360 01:19:56,258 --> 01:19:58,894 SEATTLE. PEOPLE DON'T 2361 01:19:58,894 --> 01:19:59,394 DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE 2362 01:19:59,394 --> 01:20:00,128 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH, AKA THE 2363 01:20:00,128 --> 01:20:01,396 COUNCIL AND THE EXECUTIVE 2364 01:20:01,396 --> 01:20:02,230 BRANCH, THE MAYOR AND HER TEAM 2365 01:20:02,230 --> 01:20:04,466 AND THE DEPARTMENTS. AND I THINK 2366 01:20:04,466 --> 01:20:07,135 THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE PROBABLY 2367 01:20:07,135 --> 01:20:09,905 WOULDN'T DISCERN THE DIFFERENCE 2368 01:20:09,905 --> 01:20:11,840 BETWEEN 911 CARE SLASH FIRE 2369 01:20:11,840 --> 01:20:12,574 DEPARTMENT AND THIS AND GMR. 2370 01:20:12,574 --> 01:20:15,677 THEY WOULD SEE GMR AS A 2371 01:20:15,677 --> 01:20:18,814 ESSENTIALLY A SEATTLE ENTITY IN 2372 01:20:18,814 --> 01:20:20,348 THIS. BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE 2373 01:20:20,348 --> 01:20:22,851 DAY, IS, IS THERE GOING TO BE 2374 01:20:22,851 --> 01:20:24,085 RESPONSE. AND THEN THE TIME TO 2375 01:20:24,085 --> 01:20:25,220 THAT RESPONSE. SO I UNDERSTAND 2376 01:20:25,220 --> 01:20:26,555 IT ON ONE HAND, BUT I DON'T 2377 01:20:26,555 --> 01:20:28,523 THINK THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE WILL 2378 01:20:28,523 --> 01:20:30,592 LOOK AT GMR AS LIKE AN 2379 01:20:30,592 --> 01:20:31,159 INDEPENDENT ENTITY BECAUSE 2380 01:20:31,159 --> 01:20:32,260 THEY'RE STILL IN TERMS OF THE 2381 01:20:32,260 --> 01:20:33,195 ACCOUNTABILITY POINT, STILL NEED 2382 01:20:33,195 --> 01:20:36,598 TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE CITY. 2383 01:20:36,598 --> 01:20:38,533 HOW DOES THIS PLAY OUT WITH 2384 01:20:38,533 --> 01:20:40,502 OTHER CITIES, OTHER LOCATIONS 2385 01:20:40,502 --> 01:20:42,170 THAT YOU WORK WITH? 2386 01:20:42,170 --> 01:20:44,005 -- I MEAN, IT'S VERY MUCH THE 2387 01:20:44,005 --> 01:20:45,240 SAME ACROSS MOST PROGRAMS. THEY 2388 01:20:45,240 --> 01:20:47,342 ALL HANDLE IT SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT 2389 01:20:47,342 --> 01:20:48,310 THOUGH. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES 2390 01:20:48,310 --> 01:20:52,547 THESE OTHER PROGRAMS DON'T HAVE 2391 01:20:52,547 --> 01:20:53,081 PROVIDERS LIKE AMR ON THE 2392 01:20:53,081 --> 01:20:54,616 MARKET. IT GOES BACK INTO THEIR 2393 01:20:54,616 --> 01:20:56,718 SYSTEM AND THEY RUN IT THROUGH 2394 01:20:56,718 --> 01:20:57,652 THEIR OWN PROGRAMS. SO THEY'RE 2395 01:20:57,652 --> 01:20:59,287 ALL VERY, VERY DIFFERENT. BUT 2396 01:20:59,287 --> 01:21:00,655 WHERE THERE IS PRIVATE 2397 01:21:00,655 --> 01:21:02,524 PROVIDERS, ONCE THE CALL IS 2398 01:21:02,524 --> 01:21:07,329 DEEMED AS NON 911 OR LOW ACUITY, 2399 01:21:07,329 --> 01:21:08,663 IT'S HANDLED OUTSIDE OF THE 911 2400 01:21:08,663 --> 01:21:10,398 NETWORK. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN KING 2401 01:21:10,398 --> 01:21:13,368 COUNTY THE CALLS DO NOT GO BACK 2402 01:21:13,368 --> 01:21:15,303 TO THEIR APPS. IT GOES TO THEIR 2403 01:21:15,303 --> 01:21:17,839 PRIVATE BLS PROVIDER. 2404 01:21:17,839 --> 01:21:20,408 -- OKAY. I THINK THIS IS WELL 2405 01:21:20,408 --> 01:21:21,509 FOR OVERALL, I THINK IT'S GREAT 2406 01:21:21,509 --> 01:21:23,979 THAT WE PUT THIS OUT IN PUBLIC 2407 01:21:23,979 --> 01:21:26,214 BECAUSE AGAIN, PEOPLE WON'T 2408 01:21:26,214 --> 01:21:27,015 DISCERN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 2409 01:21:27,015 --> 01:21:30,318 FIRE FAC, YOU KNOW, FIRE ENGINE, 2410 01:21:30,318 --> 01:21:33,321 LADDER TRUCK VERSUS AMR. GMR 2411 01:21:33,321 --> 01:21:36,358 IT'S ALL ONE. AND AND SO WE 2412 01:21:36,358 --> 01:21:37,192 NEED TO BE SMART ABOUT THAT. AND 2413 01:21:37,192 --> 01:21:39,628 SO IN A SENSE, WE, WE HAVE TO DO 2414 01:21:39,628 --> 01:21:40,595 THE OVERSIGHT OF GMR THROUGH 2415 01:21:40,595 --> 01:21:42,297 FIRE, BUT ALSO INDEPENDENTLY IN 2416 01:21:42,297 --> 01:21:45,233 A WAY BECAUSE THAT ARTICLE ALSO 2417 01:21:45,233 --> 01:21:47,636 SAID THE YOU KNOW, THE CITY 2418 01:21:47,636 --> 01:21:50,272 RECEIVED A SIGNIFICANT REMOVED 2419 01:21:50,272 --> 01:21:53,508 THE CITY REMOVED A SIGNIFICANT 2420 01:21:53,508 --> 01:21:54,075 GUARDRAIL WHEN IT NEEDED MY 2421 01:21:54,075 --> 01:21:54,609 GLASSES, WHEN IT REMOVED 2422 01:21:54,609 --> 01:21:55,310 STANDARDS FOR THE ENTIRE 2423 01:21:55,310 --> 01:21:56,978 CATEGORY OF AMBULANCE RIDES. 2424 01:21:56,978 --> 01:21:58,780 EXPERTS CONTEND. LAST YEAR, MORE 2425 01:21:58,780 --> 01:22:01,182 THAN 4600 RIDES WERE ORDERED. 2426 01:22:01,182 --> 01:22:02,584 ORDERED WERE COMPLETELY EXEMPT 2427 01:22:02,584 --> 01:22:06,588 FROM TIME, STANDARDS AND 2428 01:22:06,588 --> 01:22:07,989 CONTRACTUAL PENALTIES. IS THERE 2429 01:22:07,989 --> 01:22:09,357 ANYTHING IN TERMS OF LIKE THE 2430 01:22:09,357 --> 01:22:10,659 PREVIOUS SYSTEM WITH CONTRACTUAL 2431 01:22:10,659 --> 01:22:12,093 PENALTIES, IS THERE ANYTHING 2432 01:22:12,093 --> 01:22:13,628 THAT WOULD HAVE APPLIED IF THE 2433 01:22:13,628 --> 01:22:17,299 OLD SYSTEM WAS STILL IN PLAY? 2434 01:22:17,299 --> 01:22:18,934 -- YES. SO I'LL COVER TWO 2435 01:22:18,934 --> 01:22:24,873 THINGS. SO AS GMR MENTIONED, THE 2436 01:22:24,873 --> 01:22:29,411 SYSTEMS THAT TRACK THOSE CALLS, 2437 01:22:29,411 --> 01:22:30,412 WHEN THEY GO BACK TO THE 2438 01:22:30,412 --> 01:22:33,448 DEPARTMENT, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN 2439 01:22:33,448 --> 01:22:36,251 INTERNAL BLS TRANSPORT SYSTEM. 2440 01:22:36,251 --> 01:22:37,285 SO IF THE SEATTLE FIRE 2441 01:22:37,285 --> 01:22:41,756 DEPARTMENT, IF WE STOOD UP A BLS 2442 01:22:41,756 --> 01:22:43,191 TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND THOSE CALLS 2443 01:22:43,191 --> 01:22:45,593 CAME BACK TO US, WE WOULD THEN 2444 01:22:45,593 --> 01:22:50,365 BE ABLE TO MANAGE AND TRACK 2445 01:22:50,365 --> 01:22:51,933 THOSE. BUT BECAUSE WE'VE DEEMED 2446 01:22:51,933 --> 01:22:53,702 IT A LOWER LEVEL EMERGENCY AND 2447 01:22:53,702 --> 01:22:55,036 WE'VE TAKEN IT OUT OF OUR 2448 01:22:55,036 --> 01:22:58,206 SYSTEM, THEN WE DON'T TRACK IT. 2449 01:22:58,206 --> 01:22:59,808 BUT IN IN YOUR REFERENCE TO THE 2450 01:22:59,808 --> 01:23:01,676 OLDER SYSTEM. SO BEFORE FEBRUARY 2451 01:23:01,676 --> 01:23:07,315 8th, 2022, WE TRANSFERRED THOSE 2452 01:23:07,315 --> 01:23:10,652 CALLS DIRECTLY FROM OUR FIRE 2453 01:23:10,652 --> 01:23:13,888 ALARM CENTER DIRECTLY TO AMR'S 2454 01:23:13,888 --> 01:23:15,290 DISPATCH CENTER. SO WE HAD A 2455 01:23:15,290 --> 01:23:16,725 TIME STAMP AND THEY HAD A WINDOW 2456 01:23:16,725 --> 01:23:20,195 THAT THEY HAD TO MEET. AND IF 2457 01:23:20,195 --> 01:23:21,296 THEY DID NOT MEET THAT WINDOW, 2458 01:23:21,296 --> 01:23:23,932 THEN THERE WOULD BE A FINANCIAL 2459 01:23:23,932 --> 01:23:26,568 IMPACT FOR DEPENDING ON HOW LATE 2460 01:23:26,568 --> 01:23:29,270 THEY WERE. BUT THAT CALL WAS 2461 01:23:29,270 --> 01:23:31,239 BASICALLY STILL A PART OF OUR 2462 01:23:31,239 --> 01:23:32,874 SYSTEM. FEBRUARY 8th, 2022. WE 2463 01:23:32,874 --> 01:23:38,546 HAVE NOW IMPLEMENTED A NEW 2464 01:23:38,546 --> 01:23:39,180 SYSTEM WITH ANOTHER STOP GAP IN 2465 01:23:39,180 --> 01:23:42,751 THE MIDDLE OF IT. THEORETICALLY, 2466 01:23:42,751 --> 01:23:43,952 A BETTER LEVEL OF CARE WHERE THE 2467 01:23:43,952 --> 01:23:46,020 PATIENT CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION 2468 01:23:46,020 --> 01:23:47,789 WITH THE NURSE. SO WE HAVE TAKEN 2469 01:23:47,789 --> 01:23:51,693 THAT CALL OUT OF OUR SYSTEM. 2470 01:23:51,693 --> 01:23:52,494 WHAT WE HAVE BUILT INTO THAT 2471 01:23:52,494 --> 01:23:55,363 SYSTEM. IF THE NURSE DEEMS THAT 2472 01:23:55,363 --> 01:23:55,997 THE CALL NEEDS TO COME BACK INTO 2473 01:23:55,997 --> 01:23:57,866 OUR SYSTEM, THE NURSE SENDS IT 2474 01:23:57,866 --> 01:24:00,835 BACK, AND THEN YOU GET A FULL ON 2475 01:24:00,835 --> 01:24:03,271 911 RESPONSE. SO IF IT'S THE 2476 01:24:03,271 --> 01:24:05,173 COUNCIL'S WILL FOR US TO 2477 01:24:05,173 --> 01:24:06,941 NEGOTIATE SOMETHING ON THE 2478 01:24:06,941 --> 01:24:09,244 BACKSTOP, THEN THE NEXT TIME THE 2479 01:24:09,244 --> 01:24:10,145 CONTRACT IS UP WITH AMR, THAT 2480 01:24:10,145 --> 01:24:13,047 CAN BE A PART OF THE 2481 01:24:13,047 --> 01:24:14,082 NEGOTIATIONS, AND WE'D HAVE TO 2482 01:24:14,082 --> 01:24:16,451 FIGURE OUT HOW TO HOW TO DO 2483 01:24:16,451 --> 01:24:18,553 THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S A CERTAIN 2484 01:24:18,553 --> 01:24:19,220 PERIOD OF TIME THEY'RE ON WITH 2485 01:24:19,220 --> 01:24:20,955 THE NURSE. WE DON'T REALLY KNOW 2486 01:24:20,955 --> 01:24:22,791 THE DETAILS OF THAT 2487 01:24:22,791 --> 01:24:24,092 CONVERSATION. IF I HAVE A CODE 2488 01:24:24,092 --> 01:24:26,060 OR IF I HAVE LEG PAIN, AND WHAT 2489 01:24:26,060 --> 01:24:28,696 SHOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE TIME, 2490 01:24:28,696 --> 01:24:30,465 WE'LL HAVE TO NEGOTIATE ALL 2491 01:24:30,465 --> 01:24:31,433 THAT. BUT WE CAN DO THAT. I 2492 01:24:31,433 --> 01:24:32,867 MEAN, WE HAD THAT IN THE 2493 01:24:32,867 --> 01:24:34,702 PREVIOUS CONTRACTS. WE'LL TAKE 2494 01:24:34,702 --> 01:24:37,238 TIME TO WORK OUT. BUT WHEN 2495 01:24:37,238 --> 01:24:38,973 CONTRACTS ARE OPEN, THAT'S WHEN 2496 01:24:38,973 --> 01:24:40,842 WE CAN NEGOTIATE THESE THINGS 2497 01:24:40,842 --> 01:24:41,676 -- OKAY. AND JUST TO CONCLUDE ON 2498 01:24:41,676 --> 01:24:44,446 THIS POINT, I'LL ASK ONE QUICK 2499 01:24:44,446 --> 01:24:46,848 QUESTION ABOUT AI. BUT THE 2500 01:24:46,848 --> 01:24:50,752 AGAIN, USING THIS ARTICLE AS A 2501 01:24:50,752 --> 01:24:56,858 AS A PIECE HERE IS. SEATTLE JUST 2502 01:24:56,858 --> 01:24:57,492 MISSED A POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY 2503 01:24:57,492 --> 01:24:59,260 TO SECURE MORE ACCOUNTABILITY 2504 01:24:59,260 --> 01:25:00,195 BECAUSE OFFICIALS SIGNED A NEW 2505 01:25:00,195 --> 01:25:02,297 FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH AMR IN 2506 01:25:02,297 --> 01:25:03,498 SEPTEMBER. SO THAT WOULD BE 2507 01:25:03,498 --> 01:25:05,200 SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR. SO WE'RE 2508 01:25:05,200 --> 01:25:06,701 ONE YEAR IN AND CHOSE TO 2509 01:25:06,701 --> 01:25:07,235 CONTINUE EXEMPTING. NURSE 2510 01:25:07,235 --> 01:25:09,437 ORDERED AMBULANCES FROM 2511 01:25:09,437 --> 01:25:10,939 OVERSIGHT. I WILL NOTE THE 2512 01:25:10,939 --> 01:25:11,573 ARTICLE THEN SAYS, BUT WITH A 2513 01:25:11,573 --> 01:25:13,541 NEW MAYOR, CITY ATTORNEY AND TWO 2514 01:25:13,541 --> 01:25:15,043 NEW CITY COUNCILMEMBERS, IT'S 2515 01:25:15,043 --> 01:25:16,711 POSSIBLE CITY LEADERS WILL 2516 01:25:16,711 --> 01:25:18,279 REVISIT THE MATTER. FOR THE 2517 01:25:18,279 --> 01:25:19,614 RECORD, WE DON'T NEED A NEW 2518 01:25:19,614 --> 01:25:21,549 MAYOR, NEW CITY ATTORNEY OR NEW 2519 01:25:21,549 --> 01:25:22,650 CITY COUNCILMEMBERS WHEN THIS 2520 01:25:22,650 --> 01:25:24,586 ISSUE IS BROUGHT UP TO THE 2521 01:25:24,586 --> 01:25:26,754 COMMITTEE'S ATTENTION, JUST LIKE 2522 01:25:26,754 --> 01:25:28,089 WE HAD CPC AND OPA ISSUES 2523 01:25:28,089 --> 01:25:28,656 BROUGHT UP TO THE COMMITTEE 2524 01:25:28,656 --> 01:25:29,691 THROUGH PUBLIC COMMENT THIS 2525 01:25:29,691 --> 01:25:32,026 MORNING, WE'LL FOLLOW UP AS WHAT 2526 01:25:32,026 --> 01:25:33,228 WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. SO I 2527 01:25:33,228 --> 01:25:34,596 JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT POINT, 2528 01:25:34,596 --> 01:25:35,663 TOO. WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY. I 2529 01:25:35,663 --> 01:25:37,198 HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AS CHAIR 2530 01:25:37,198 --> 01:25:38,333 OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO LOOK AT THE 2531 01:25:38,333 --> 01:25:40,001 ENTIRE ENTERPRISE, WHICH IS 2532 01:25:40,001 --> 01:25:42,270 LARGE WITH A LOT OF HOT ISSUES 2533 01:25:42,270 --> 01:25:44,806 RIGHT NOW AND ALWAYS BEEN 2534 01:25:44,806 --> 01:25:46,274 REALLY. SO THIS IS US DOING OUR 2535 01:25:46,274 --> 01:25:48,309 DUE DILIGENCE AND WORKING 2536 01:25:48,309 --> 01:25:51,713 THROUGH THIS. SO I JUST WANTED 2537 01:25:51,713 --> 01:25:53,081 TO, TO NOTE THAT IN THE ARTICLE 2538 01:25:53,081 --> 01:25:58,486 AND, AND IT CONCLUDES THAT. SO 2539 01:25:58,486 --> 01:25:59,120 SOMEBODY FROM SACRAMENTO, FROM 2540 01:25:59,120 --> 01:26:00,054 CALIFORNIA SAID THE NINE ONE 2541 01:26:00,054 --> 01:26:04,425 SEATTLE, 911 SYSTEM ENJOYS A 2542 01:26:04,425 --> 01:26:05,393 STELLAR REPUTATION AS MEDIC ONE 2543 01:26:05,393 --> 01:26:07,328 PROGRAM BROKE GROUND DECADES AGO 2544 01:26:07,328 --> 01:26:07,896 BY TRAINING FIREFIGHTERS AS 2545 01:26:07,896 --> 01:26:08,897 PARAMEDICS AND SO. BUT HE SAID 2546 01:26:08,897 --> 01:26:11,466 IN THIS QUOTE THAT IT'S WORTHY 2547 01:26:11,466 --> 01:26:17,672 OF REVIEW. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE 2548 01:26:17,672 --> 01:26:18,273 GOING TO DO. AND SO THERE'S 2549 01:26:18,273 --> 01:26:19,307 REALLY THAT ONE PIECE, I THINK, 2550 01:26:19,307 --> 01:26:21,109 ALTHOUGH VICE CHAIR WAS NOTING, 2551 01:26:21,109 --> 01:26:22,944 YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE HANDOFFS 2552 01:26:22,944 --> 01:26:26,281 THAT WE COULD LOOK TO. SO. AND 2553 01:26:26,281 --> 01:26:27,081 AGAIN, TO YOUR POINTS TOO, 2554 01:26:27,081 --> 01:26:27,682 BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT SHOULD 2555 01:26:27,682 --> 01:26:28,283 NOT AND CANNOT BE PERFECTION, 2556 01:26:28,283 --> 01:26:30,118 BUT WE SHOULD ALWAYS LOOK AND 2557 01:26:30,118 --> 01:26:31,185 STRIVE. AND SO I APPRECIATE 2558 01:26:31,185 --> 01:26:32,220 KNOWING THAT THERE'S THESE 2559 01:26:32,220 --> 01:26:34,322 QUARTERLY MEETINGS AS WELL WITH 2560 01:26:34,322 --> 01:26:37,425 GMR, WHICH IS REALLY HELPFUL 2561 01:26:37,425 --> 01:26:39,360 REGARDING AI. I'LL JUST THANK 2562 01:26:39,360 --> 01:26:42,664 YOU FOR TO HIGHLIGHTING THIS. 2563 01:26:42,664 --> 01:26:43,331 I'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH MISS 2564 01:26:43,331 --> 01:26:45,233 SMITH, OUR NEW CTO, AND SHE 2565 01:26:45,233 --> 01:26:47,101 HIGHLIGHTED TO ME THE DIFFERENT 2566 01:26:47,101 --> 01:26:47,869 PUBLIC SAFETY RELATED AI 2567 01:26:47,869 --> 01:26:51,005 PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING ON. AND 2568 01:26:51,005 --> 01:26:51,940 SO IT'S GOOD FOR, FOR US TO 2569 01:26:51,940 --> 01:26:53,308 KNOW ABOUT THIS, TO HAVE IT OUT 2570 01:26:53,308 --> 01:26:54,943 THERE. AND THE ONLY QUESTION I 2571 01:26:54,943 --> 01:26:57,612 HAVE IS THAT IS THIS WITH THE UW 2572 01:26:57,612 --> 01:26:58,780 STUDY GOING ON AND SO FORTH, YOU 2573 01:26:58,780 --> 01:27:01,816 KNOW, IS THERE TRAINING FOR THEM 2574 01:27:01,816 --> 01:27:03,985 NOT TRAINING, BUT UNDERSTAND 2575 01:27:03,985 --> 01:27:06,387 WHAT AI IS AND WHAT AI ISN'T? 2576 01:27:06,387 --> 01:27:08,256 AND GUARDRAILS AND LIKE THIS 2577 01:27:08,256 --> 01:27:10,091 ISN'T TO REPLACE YOU. THIS IS 2578 01:27:10,091 --> 01:27:11,726 TO HELP YOU. IS THERE ANYTHING 2579 01:27:11,726 --> 01:27:13,828 ALONG THOSE LINES IN TERMS OF AT 2580 01:27:13,828 --> 01:27:15,096 THE FACT THAT YOU KNOW, THAT 2581 01:27:15,096 --> 01:27:15,730 THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A 2582 01:27:15,730 --> 01:27:19,834 TOOL TO ASSIST BUT NOT REPLACE? 2583 01:27:19,834 --> 01:27:20,635 -- YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR 2584 01:27:20,635 --> 01:27:21,636 DISPATCHERS. 2585 01:27:21,636 --> 01:27:21,970 -- YES, YES. 2586 01:27:21,970 --> 01:27:23,304 -- THEY HAD TRAINING ON HOW THE 2587 01:27:23,304 --> 01:27:24,772 TOOL WOULD WORK. AND OUR 2588 01:27:24,772 --> 01:27:25,974 DISPATCHERS KNOW THIS ISN'T A 2589 01:27:25,974 --> 01:27:29,043 TOOL TO REPLACE THEM. YOU KNOW, 2590 01:27:29,043 --> 01:27:30,712 AS MORE AND MORE CALLS COME INTO 2591 01:27:30,712 --> 01:27:33,081 OUR SYSTEM, WE'RE TRYING TO 2592 01:27:33,081 --> 01:27:36,117 FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP THEM. SO 2593 01:27:36,117 --> 01:27:37,619 THAT'S WHAT THIS IS FOR. DR. 2594 01:27:37,619 --> 01:27:38,753 SAYER IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO 2595 01:27:38,753 --> 01:27:40,655 THAT ANYMORE, MAYBE THE DATA 2596 01:27:40,655 --> 01:27:41,823 SHARING AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE 2597 01:27:41,823 --> 01:27:43,057 IN PLACE. 2598 01:27:43,057 --> 01:27:46,327 -- YEAH. SO IT'S DEFINITELY THE 2599 01:27:46,327 --> 01:27:48,596 NOT ONLY DID OUR TEAM GET 2600 01:27:48,596 --> 01:27:50,298 TRAINED IN IT, BUT THEY HELPED 2601 01:27:50,298 --> 01:27:52,533 DEVELOP IT. AND SO WE HAD A 2602 01:27:52,533 --> 01:27:54,369 PILOT PROGRAM THAT RAN FOR 2603 01:27:54,369 --> 01:27:57,705 SEVERAL MONTHS. THE VENDOR GOT A 2604 01:27:57,705 --> 01:28:00,408 LOT OF FEEDBACK ON THE SPECIFIC 2605 01:28:00,408 --> 01:28:02,043 WAYS THE ALERT WAS SHOWN, WHAT 2606 01:28:02,043 --> 01:28:05,146 IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE, AND WHETHER 2607 01:28:05,146 --> 01:28:06,648 IT WAS ACTUALLY POPPING UP ON 2608 01:28:06,648 --> 01:28:09,283 THE RIGHT CALLS OR NOT. IDEAL 2609 01:28:09,283 --> 01:28:12,287 CALLS. SO THERE WAS THERE'S VERY 2610 01:28:12,287 --> 01:28:14,389 MUCH AN ITERATIVE PROCESS THAT 2611 01:28:14,389 --> 01:28:15,757 HAS GONE ON WITH THIS PROGRAM. 2612 01:28:15,757 --> 01:28:18,793 AND I THINK THE CALL TAKERS, THE 2613 01:28:18,793 --> 01:28:20,495 DISPATCHERS IN GENERAL ARE 2614 01:28:20,495 --> 01:28:23,564 PRETTY SUPPORTIVE OF IT. 2615 01:28:23,564 --> 01:28:24,932 -- OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I 2616 01:28:24,932 --> 01:28:27,035 REALLY APPRECIATE AND APPRECIATE 2617 01:28:27,035 --> 01:28:29,537 GMR COMING ON AS WELL. MR. 2618 01:28:29,537 --> 01:28:30,204 HUDSON BAKER, MISS BAKER, THANK 2619 01:28:30,204 --> 01:28:32,306 YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE THE 2620 01:28:32,306 --> 01:28:35,310 INSIGHT AND CHIEF WILL FOLLOW UP 2621 01:28:35,310 --> 01:28:37,178 AS IT AS IT AS IT REQUIRES. 2622 01:28:37,178 --> 01:28:39,781 THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO WE'LL NOW 2623 01:28:39,781 --> 01:28:41,249 MOVE TO OUR SECOND ITEM OF 2624 01:28:41,249 --> 01:28:42,617 BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 2625 01:28:42,617 --> 01:28:45,119 READ AGENDA ITEM TWO INTO THE 2626 01:28:45,119 --> 01:28:45,520 RECORD. 2627 01:28:45,520 --> 01:28:48,056 -- RESOLUTION 32217. A 2628 01:28:48,056 --> 01:28:49,957 RESOLUTION DECLARING THE CITY OF 2629 01:28:49,957 --> 01:28:52,060 SEATTLE'S INTENT TO IMPLEMENT 2630 01:28:52,060 --> 01:28:53,895 AN EVIDENCE BASED COMPREHENSIVE 2631 01:28:53,895 --> 01:28:54,529 GUN VIOLENCE REDUCTION STRATEGY 2632 01:28:54,529 --> 01:28:55,997 THAT INCLUDES PARTNERING WITH 2633 01:28:55,997 --> 01:28:57,598 NATIONAL EXPERTS WHO HAVE HAVE 2634 01:28:57,598 --> 01:28:59,734 HELPED OTHER CITIES 2635 01:28:59,734 --> 01:29:00,268 SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE GUN 2636 01:29:00,268 --> 01:29:02,704 VIOLENCE, SUCH AS THE NATIONAL 2637 01:29:02,704 --> 01:29:06,507 NETWORK FOR SAFE COMMUNITIES AT 2638 01:29:06,507 --> 01:29:06,908 JOHN JAY COLLEGE. 2639 01:29:06,908 --> 01:29:08,976 -- THANK YOU. CLERK 2640 01:29:08,976 --> 01:29:10,878 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA IS THE 2641 01:29:10,878 --> 01:29:12,346 SPONSOR OF THIS RESOLUTION. THE 2642 01:29:12,346 --> 01:29:14,415 FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK. STARTING 2643 01:29:14,415 --> 01:29:16,984 WITH A MOVE 2644 01:29:16,984 --> 01:29:18,653 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR. I JUST LIKE 2645 01:29:18,653 --> 01:29:20,888 TO MAKE SOME REMARKS ABOUT THE 2646 01:29:20,888 --> 01:29:23,358 RESOLUTION. AND THEN IF YOU'RE 2647 01:29:23,358 --> 01:29:24,992 OKAY WITH IT, I WOULD MOVE THE 2648 01:29:24,992 --> 01:29:28,830 RESOLUTION FORWARD. BUT I THINK 2649 01:29:28,830 --> 01:29:30,064 I REALLY I REALLY APPRECIATE 2650 01:29:30,064 --> 01:29:32,066 EVERYONE WHO CAME TO GIVE PUBLIC 2651 01:29:32,066 --> 01:29:33,101 TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. 2652 01:29:33,101 --> 01:29:35,570 AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT 2653 01:29:35,570 --> 01:29:38,172 FOLKS UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS 2654 01:29:38,172 --> 01:29:39,607 EFFORT REALLY IS. SO COLLEAGUES, 2655 01:29:39,607 --> 01:29:41,075 AS YOU KNOW, FOR THE LAST YEAR, 2656 01:29:41,075 --> 01:29:42,977 I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT 2657 01:29:42,977 --> 01:29:45,680 BRINGING A NEW GUN VIOLENCE 2658 01:29:45,680 --> 01:29:47,582 REDUCTION STRATEGY TO SEATTLE TO 2659 01:29:47,582 --> 01:29:50,351 ADDRESS THE MANY SHOOTINGS OUR 2660 01:29:50,351 --> 01:29:53,054 CITY HAS SEEN. WE HAVE 2661 01:29:53,054 --> 01:29:55,356 TRAGICALLY LOST STUDENTS FROM 2662 01:29:55,356 --> 01:29:57,959 INGRAM, GARFIELD, RAINIER BEACH 2663 01:29:57,959 --> 01:29:59,794 AND WEST SEATTLE WITH SOME OF 2664 01:29:59,794 --> 01:30:02,563 THESE KILLINGS STILL UNSOLVED, 2665 01:30:02,563 --> 01:30:03,865 FAMILIES ARE MOURNING THEIR 2666 01:30:03,865 --> 01:30:05,733 CHILDREN, AND MANY ARE STILL 2667 01:30:05,733 --> 01:30:10,404 WAITING FOR ANSWERS. IT IS 2668 01:30:10,404 --> 01:30:12,874 UNCONSCIONABLE AT YESLER 2669 01:30:12,874 --> 01:30:13,641 TERRACE, WHILE THE MAYOR AND I 2670 01:30:13,641 --> 01:30:15,710 WERE ANNOUNCING THE FAMILIES AND 2671 01:30:15,710 --> 01:30:17,879 EDUCATION LEVY IMPLEMENTATION 2672 01:30:17,879 --> 01:30:19,680 PLAN, THERE WAS A SHOOTING RIGHT 2673 01:30:19,680 --> 01:30:20,948 AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER WHERE WE 2674 01:30:20,948 --> 01:30:23,251 WERE MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT, 2675 01:30:23,251 --> 01:30:27,221 WHICH FORCED MANY OF US TO 2676 01:30:27,221 --> 01:30:28,422 SHELTER IN PLACE. SADLY, THE 2677 01:30:28,422 --> 01:30:31,159 YOUNG CHILDREN WHO WERE THERE 2678 01:30:31,159 --> 01:30:33,127 QUICKLY RECOGNIZED THE SOUND OF 2679 01:30:33,127 --> 01:30:34,028 GUNFIRE. THEY COULD NOT HAVE 2680 01:30:34,028 --> 01:30:38,232 BEEN MORE THAN 8 OR 9 YEARS OLD, 2681 01:30:38,232 --> 01:30:38,866 AND THAT INSTANCE, THANKFULLY, 2682 01:30:38,866 --> 01:30:40,468 NO ONE WAS HURT. BUT FOR THE 2683 01:30:40,468 --> 01:30:42,136 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT YESLER 2684 01:30:42,136 --> 01:30:44,205 TERRACE, I AM TOLD THIS IS NOT 2685 01:30:44,205 --> 01:30:48,643 AN UNCOMMON OCCURRENCE. MORE 2686 01:30:48,643 --> 01:30:49,577 RECENTLY, THERE WAS A TRAGIC 2687 01:30:49,577 --> 01:30:50,478 MASS SHOOTING AT THE BIT OF 2688 01:30:50,478 --> 01:30:52,346 SEATTLE, WHERE THREE PEOPLE WERE 2689 01:30:52,346 --> 01:30:53,948 KILLED AND FOUR WERE INJURED. 2690 01:30:53,948 --> 01:30:55,950 SINCE JULY, WE'VE HAD A WOMAN 2691 01:30:55,950 --> 01:30:57,919 SHOT IN NORTH SEATTLE, MULTIPLE 2692 01:30:57,919 --> 01:30:59,554 SHOOTINGS ON BEACON HILL, A 2693 01:30:59,554 --> 01:31:01,355 SHOOTOUT ON CAPITOL HILL, 2694 01:31:01,355 --> 01:31:03,024 ANOTHER SHOOTING IN PIONEER 2695 01:31:03,024 --> 01:31:05,259 SQUARE, JUST TO NAME A FEW. NOT 2696 01:31:05,259 --> 01:31:07,762 TO MENTION THE CONTINUED GUN 2697 01:31:07,762 --> 01:31:09,997 VIOLENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE 2698 01:31:09,997 --> 01:31:11,866 HORRIFIC SEX TRAFFICKING OF OUR 2699 01:31:11,866 --> 01:31:15,036 YOUNG WOMEN AND GIRLS ON AURORA 2700 01:31:15,036 --> 01:31:16,037 AVENUE ON, EXCUSE ME, NORTH 2701 01:31:16,037 --> 01:31:18,840 AURORA AND THIS WEEKEND IN 2702 01:31:18,840 --> 01:31:20,408 BELLTOWN. AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED, 2703 01:31:20,408 --> 01:31:26,514 SEVEN PEOPLE SHOT, THREE OF THEM 2704 01:31:26,514 --> 01:31:28,349 FATALLY. COLLEAGUES. GUN 2705 01:31:28,349 --> 01:31:31,986 VIOLENCE HAS NOT SPARED ANY PART 2706 01:31:31,986 --> 01:31:32,820 OF OUR CITY. THIS IS WHY, SINCE 2707 01:31:32,820 --> 01:31:34,856 LAST FALL, I HAVE BEEN ENGAGED 2708 01:31:34,856 --> 01:31:38,259 WITH THE NATIONAL NETWORK FOR 2709 01:31:38,259 --> 01:31:40,294 SAFE COMMUNITIES AND NSC, AN 2710 01:31:40,294 --> 01:31:40,895 ORGANIZATION BASED OUT OF THE 2711 01:31:40,895 --> 01:31:43,130 JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL 2712 01:31:43,130 --> 01:31:45,399 JUSTICE THAT WAS RECOGNIZED BY 2713 01:31:45,399 --> 01:31:50,505 OUR OWN CITY AUDITOR IN A 2015 2714 01:31:50,505 --> 01:31:51,138 REPORT RELATED TO THE REDUCTION 2715 01:31:51,138 --> 01:31:55,776 OF VIOLENT CRIME IN SEATTLE. IN 2716 01:31:55,776 --> 01:31:57,578 THIS 2015 REPORT, THE CITY 2717 01:31:57,578 --> 01:32:00,982 AUDITOR IDENTIFIED, QUOTE, 2718 01:32:00,982 --> 01:32:01,616 FOCUSED DETERRENCE AND EVIDENCE 2719 01:32:01,616 --> 01:32:03,651 BASED MODEL AS A COMPREHENSIVE 2720 01:32:03,651 --> 01:32:08,322 STRATEGY TO REDUCE VIOLENT CRIME 2721 01:32:08,322 --> 01:32:11,826 AND ONE THAT SEATTLE HAD NOT YET 2722 01:32:11,826 --> 01:32:14,028 EMPLOYED. TEN YEARS LATER, IN A 2723 01:32:14,028 --> 01:32:17,431 2025 REPORT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT 2724 01:32:17,431 --> 01:32:19,267 GUN VIOLENCE, THE CITY AUDITOR 2725 01:32:19,267 --> 01:32:22,770 FOUND THAT SEATTLE STILL DID NOT 2726 01:32:22,770 --> 01:32:24,772 HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH 2727 01:32:24,772 --> 01:32:32,880 FOR ADDRESSING GUN VIOLENCE 2728 01:32:33,014 --> 01:32:36,083 AND USES THE TYPE OF EVIDENCE 2729 01:32:36,083 --> 01:32:37,285 BASED, COMPREHENSIVE, FOCUSED 2730 01:32:37,285 --> 01:32:37,852 DETERRENCE DISCUSSED BY THE 2731 01:32:37,852 --> 01:32:38,486 AUDITOR AND THEIR RESEARCH AND 2732 01:32:38,486 --> 01:32:40,388 REPORTS. I LEARNED THAT THE NNSC 2733 01:32:40,388 --> 01:32:42,390 HAD SUCCESSFULLY WORKED WITH 2734 01:32:42,390 --> 01:32:44,792 MANY CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY 2735 01:32:44,792 --> 01:32:48,329 IN IMPLEMENTING THIS GUN 2736 01:32:48,329 --> 01:32:50,398 VIOLENCE REDUCTION STRATEGY, AND 2737 01:32:50,398 --> 01:32:54,235 REDUCED GUN VIOLENCE BY UP TO 40 2738 01:32:54,235 --> 01:32:55,870 TO 60% IN THOSE CITIES, WHICH 2739 01:32:55,870 --> 01:32:59,573 INCLUDE BOSTON, BALTIMORE, 2740 01:32:59,573 --> 01:33:01,943 PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTH BEND, 2741 01:33:01,943 --> 01:33:03,945 INDIANA. AS YOU KNOW, COLLEAGUES 2742 01:33:03,945 --> 01:33:06,213 WITH COUNCIL SUPPORT, I ADDED 2743 01:33:06,213 --> 01:33:08,749 FUNDING IN THE 2026 BUDGET TO 2744 01:33:08,749 --> 01:33:10,251 BRING NNSC TO SEATTLE, WHICH 2745 01:33:10,251 --> 01:33:12,520 RESULTED IN THE GUN VIOLENCE 2746 01:33:12,520 --> 01:33:14,322 SYMPOSIUM I HOSTED IN JUNE. I 2747 01:33:14,322 --> 01:33:16,724 BROUGHT TOGETHER THE MAYOR'S 2748 01:33:16,724 --> 01:33:18,826 OFFICE, CITY ATTORNEY EVANS, THE 2749 01:33:18,826 --> 01:33:20,828 SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, 2750 01:33:20,828 --> 01:33:22,730 INCLUDING CHIEF BARNES, WHO 2751 01:33:22,730 --> 01:33:24,999 BROUGHT ALL OF HIS PRECINCT 2752 01:33:24,999 --> 01:33:27,535 CAPTAINS, THE SEATTLE FIRE 2753 01:33:27,535 --> 01:33:29,537 DEPARTMENT, THE HUMAN SERVICES 2754 01:33:29,537 --> 01:33:30,037 DEPARTMENT, KING COUNTY 2755 01:33:30,037 --> 01:33:31,772 PROSECUTOR, LEESA MANION, THE 2756 01:33:31,772 --> 01:33:36,210 ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY, WAYNE 2757 01:33:36,210 --> 01:33:36,844 DIRECTOR VALENCIANO FROM PUBLIC 2758 01:33:36,844 --> 01:33:39,046 HEALTH AND MANY OF THE SERVICE 2759 01:33:39,046 --> 01:33:41,282 PROVIDERS AND COMMUNITY BASED 2760 01:33:41,282 --> 01:33:43,084 GROUPS THAT WORK IN VIOLENCE 2761 01:33:43,084 --> 01:33:44,952 PREVENTION PERMIT, EXCUSE ME, 2762 01:33:44,952 --> 01:33:48,889 PREVENTION AT THE CITY, SOME OF 2763 01:33:48,889 --> 01:33:51,492 WHICH GAVE PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY, 2764 01:33:51,492 --> 01:33:51,993 INCLUDING URBAN FAMILY, 2765 01:33:51,993 --> 01:33:54,662 COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS AND KCJ 2766 01:33:54,662 --> 01:33:56,731 CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH 2767 01:33:56,731 --> 01:33:59,734 JUSTICE. THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING 2768 01:33:59,734 --> 01:34:01,435 THIS SYMPOSIUM AND REALLY 2769 01:34:01,435 --> 01:34:03,938 APPRECIATE YOU GIVING PUBLIC 2770 01:34:03,938 --> 01:34:06,774 COMMENT TODAY. THE NNSC STRATEGY 2771 01:34:06,774 --> 01:34:09,844 INVOLVES EVERYONE AT THE TABLE, 2772 01:34:09,844 --> 01:34:11,645 WHICH IS WHY ALL THE COMMUNITY 2773 01:34:11,645 --> 01:34:14,382 GROUPS WERE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE 2774 01:34:14,382 --> 01:34:15,850 SYMPOSIUM. WHILE I KNOW THAT 2775 01:34:15,850 --> 01:34:17,585 MANY OF YOU COLLEAGUES COULD NOT 2776 01:34:17,585 --> 01:34:19,620 PERSONALLY ATTEND BECAUSE OF OUR 2777 01:34:19,620 --> 01:34:21,922 OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT RULES, 2778 01:34:21,922 --> 01:34:24,058 MOST OF YOU HAD STAFF ATTEND ON 2779 01:34:24,058 --> 01:34:25,993 YOUR BEHALF. I AM GRATEFUL TO 2780 01:34:25,993 --> 01:34:28,029 CHAIR KETTLE AND COUNCIL 2781 01:34:28,029 --> 01:34:28,596 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH FOR 2782 01:34:28,596 --> 01:34:32,099 THEIR ATTENDANCE AND SUPPORT. AS 2783 01:34:32,099 --> 01:34:34,268 I SAID EARLIER, WE HAVE RECEIVED 2784 01:34:34,268 --> 01:34:35,636 TWO REPORTS FROM THE CITY 2785 01:34:35,636 --> 01:34:37,872 AUDITOR IN THE LAST TEN YEARS 2786 01:34:37,872 --> 01:34:39,807 THAT HAVE RECOMMENDED SEATTLE 2787 01:34:39,807 --> 01:34:42,243 CHANGE THE WAY IT ADDRESSES GUN 2788 01:34:42,243 --> 01:34:44,745 VIOLENCE, AND WE HAVE NOT DONE 2789 01:34:44,745 --> 01:34:48,482 SO. THE FOCUS STRATEGY 2790 01:34:48,482 --> 01:34:50,584 IDENTIFIES THE VERY SMALL NUMBER 2791 01:34:50,584 --> 01:34:52,920 OF PEOPLE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE 2792 01:34:52,920 --> 01:34:57,525 FOR MORE THAN HALF OF THE GUN 2793 01:34:57,525 --> 01:35:00,494 VIOLENCE IN ANY GIVEN CITY. WE 2794 01:35:00,494 --> 01:35:03,497 ARE TALKING ABOUT 0.1% OF THE 2795 01:35:03,497 --> 01:35:05,499 POPULATION ONCE IDENTIFIED, 2796 01:35:05,499 --> 01:35:08,335 THESE INDIVIDUALS THEN RECEIVE A 2797 01:35:08,335 --> 01:35:11,706 COMPELLING MORAL MESSAGE AGAINST 2798 01:35:11,706 --> 01:35:13,307 VIOLENCE FROM TRUSTED COMMUNITY 2799 01:35:13,307 --> 01:35:15,609 MEMBERS AND LEADERS. THEY 2800 01:35:15,609 --> 01:35:16,243 RECEIVE A CREDIBLE LEGAL MESSAGE 2801 01:35:16,243 --> 01:35:18,879 FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT ABOUT THE 2802 01:35:18,879 --> 01:35:20,748 CONSEQUENCES OF FURTHER 2803 01:35:20,748 --> 01:35:22,750 VIOLENCE. THEY RECEIVE A 2804 01:35:22,750 --> 01:35:24,185 GENUINE, UNCONDITIONAL OFFER OF 2805 01:35:24,185 --> 01:35:26,654 HELP AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. 2806 01:35:26,654 --> 01:35:29,523 BUT IF THEY CONTINUE TO ENGAGE 2807 01:35:29,523 --> 01:35:31,792 IN GUN VIOLENCE AND DO NOT 2808 01:35:31,792 --> 01:35:33,794 ACCEPT THOSE SERVICES, THEN THEY 2809 01:35:33,794 --> 01:35:36,997 WILL RECEIVE SWIFT AND CERTAIN 2810 01:35:36,997 --> 01:35:39,366 CONSEQUENCES. THIS STRATEGY IS 2811 01:35:39,366 --> 01:35:43,237 AN ALL HANDS ON DECK APPROACH TO 2812 01:35:43,237 --> 01:35:45,139 ADDRESSING GUN VIOLENCE. WE NEED 2813 01:35:45,139 --> 01:35:48,476 AN ALL HANDS ON DECK APPROACH 2814 01:35:48,476 --> 01:35:50,411 THAT TRULY INVOLVES EVERYONE, 2815 01:35:50,411 --> 01:35:53,147 INCLUDING LAW ENFORCEMENT. THIS 2816 01:35:53,147 --> 01:35:53,714 STRATEGY IS ADDITIVE TO THE 2817 01:35:53,714 --> 01:35:56,016 VIOLENCE PREVENTION WORK THAT 2818 01:35:56,016 --> 01:35:56,884 THE CITY IS ALREADY DOING. IT IS 2819 01:35:56,884 --> 01:36:01,055 NOT. INSTEAD OF. WE NEED ALL THE 2820 01:36:01,055 --> 01:36:02,523 STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS GUN 2821 01:36:02,523 --> 01:36:04,992 VIOLENCE IN OUR CITY. THIS WOULD 2822 01:36:04,992 --> 01:36:08,929 BE A NEWER ONE. THERE ARE OTHER 2823 01:36:08,929 --> 01:36:09,563 ORGANIZATIONS THAT USE A TYPE OF 2824 01:36:09,563 --> 01:36:11,899 FOCUSED DETERRENCE THAT DOESN'T 2825 01:36:11,899 --> 01:36:13,334 INCLUDE LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT WE 2826 01:36:13,334 --> 01:36:15,703 MUST INCLUDE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT 2827 01:36:15,703 --> 01:36:19,306 AGENCIES IN OUR EFFORTS, AS WAS 2828 01:36:19,306 --> 01:36:21,909 RECOMMENDED BY THE 2025 AUDIT. 2829 01:36:21,909 --> 01:36:24,178 AS NNSC DOES, AND AS THOSE 2830 01:36:24,178 --> 01:36:24,779 CITIES HAVE EXPERIENCED GOOD 2831 01:36:24,779 --> 01:36:30,050 SUCCESS WITH THIS MODEL, WE NEED 2832 01:36:30,050 --> 01:36:32,153 ALL TO BE WORKING TOGETHER, NOT 2833 01:36:32,153 --> 01:36:34,655 IN SILOS. THIS IS WHY I BROUGHT 2834 01:36:34,655 --> 01:36:36,891 EVERY PARTNER TO THE SYMPOSIUM 2835 01:36:36,891 --> 01:36:38,359 SO THAT WE COULD WORK TOGETHER 2836 01:36:38,359 --> 01:36:42,096 AND NOT AS SILOS AND SILOS AS WE 2837 01:36:42,096 --> 01:36:45,199 HAVE BEEN DOING. AND REALLY WITH 2838 01:36:45,199 --> 01:36:47,835 THIS SYMPOSIUM LED BY NNSC, THE 2839 01:36:47,835 --> 01:36:49,904 WORK HAS ALREADY BEGUN, AND WE 2840 01:36:49,904 --> 01:36:51,205 HAVE TO CONTINUE IT AND COMMIT 2841 01:36:51,205 --> 01:36:55,376 TO IT. WE ARE ALL ACROSS THE 2842 01:36:55,376 --> 01:36:58,679 CITY ANGRY AND FRUSTRATED. OUR 2843 01:36:58,679 --> 01:37:02,283 COMMUNITIES ARE UNDERSTANDABLY 2844 01:37:02,283 --> 01:37:04,685 SCARED. CONSTITUENTS WANT 2845 01:37:04,685 --> 01:37:06,921 ACTION. I WANT ACTION. WHEN YOU 2846 01:37:06,921 --> 01:37:08,923 TAKE TRAGEDIES IN OUR 2847 01:37:08,923 --> 01:37:11,125 COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING LIKE THE 2848 01:37:11,125 --> 01:37:12,927 MASS SHOOTING AT THE IDA SEATTLE 2849 01:37:12,927 --> 01:37:14,662 AND THE VIOLENCE THAT JUST 2850 01:37:14,662 --> 01:37:17,064 HAPPENED IN BELLTOWN. YOU CANNOT 2851 01:37:17,064 --> 01:37:20,901 KEEP DOING THE SAME THING AND 2852 01:37:20,901 --> 01:37:22,469 EXPECT DIFFERENT RESULTS. WE 2853 01:37:22,469 --> 01:37:24,038 NEED TO DO MORE. WE NEED TO ADD 2854 01:37:24,038 --> 01:37:27,841 MORE. IF THERE IS A STRATEGY OUT 2855 01:37:27,841 --> 01:37:29,210 THERE THAT WE HAVE NOT TRIED, 2856 01:37:29,210 --> 01:37:32,046 THAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN 2857 01:37:32,046 --> 01:37:34,148 SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING 2858 01:37:34,148 --> 01:37:36,617 SHOOTINGS, WHY WOULDN'T WE WANT 2859 01:37:36,617 --> 01:37:38,185 THAT HERE? WHY WOULDN'T WE WANT 2860 01:37:38,185 --> 01:37:40,287 TO USE AN EVIDENCE BASED, TESTED 2861 01:37:40,287 --> 01:37:44,992 AND PROVEN SUCCESSFUL MODEL OF 2862 01:37:44,992 --> 01:37:46,827 REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE? AS YOU 2863 01:37:46,827 --> 01:37:49,563 KNOW, COUNCIL, WE HAVE TWO 2864 01:37:49,563 --> 01:37:50,965 RESPONSIBILITIES. COLLEAGUES, I 2865 01:37:50,965 --> 01:37:53,067 SHOULD SAY COUNCIL HAS TWO 2866 01:37:53,067 --> 01:37:54,868 RESPONSIBILITIES. WE ARE 2867 01:37:54,868 --> 01:37:57,204 RESPONSIBLE FOR PASSING LAWS AND 2868 01:37:57,204 --> 01:37:59,340 FOR PASSING THE BUDGET TO 2869 01:37:59,340 --> 01:38:01,175 IMPLEMENT THOSE LAWS. TODAY, 2870 01:38:01,175 --> 01:38:03,444 WITH THIS RESOLUTION, I'M DOING 2871 01:38:03,444 --> 01:38:04,111 WHAT IS WITHIN COUNCIL'S POWER 2872 01:38:04,111 --> 01:38:06,580 TO DO. I WANT TO STATE OUR 2873 01:38:06,580 --> 01:38:08,816 INTENT AND ASK THE MAYOR TO 2874 01:38:08,816 --> 01:38:10,751 CONTRACT WITH NNSC FOR TWO 2875 01:38:10,751 --> 01:38:14,922 YEARS. IT IS A SHORT TERM, ONE 2876 01:38:14,922 --> 01:38:18,058 TIME COMMITMENT AT A COST OF 2877 01:38:18,058 --> 01:38:20,594 418,000 TO IMPLEMENT THEIR FOCUS 2878 01:38:20,594 --> 01:38:22,997 DETERRENCE MODEL OF GUN VIOLENCE 2879 01:38:22,997 --> 01:38:24,632 INTERVENTION HERE IN SEATTLE. 2880 01:38:24,632 --> 01:38:28,769 BUT LET ME BE CLEAR. WE WOULD 2881 01:38:28,769 --> 01:38:30,504 HAVE TO DO THE WORK. THEY ARE 2882 01:38:30,504 --> 01:38:32,273 NOT COMING HERE TO DO THE WORK 2883 01:38:32,273 --> 01:38:35,809 FOR US. AND ALL OF THE PARTNERS, 2884 01:38:35,809 --> 01:38:37,511 FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO LAW 2885 01:38:37,511 --> 01:38:39,446 ENFORCEMENT TO THE COUNTY, TO 2886 01:38:39,446 --> 01:38:42,449 OUR COMMUNITY BASED 2887 01:38:42,449 --> 01:38:43,083 ORGANIZATIONS AND PARTNERS AND 2888 01:38:43,083 --> 01:38:45,319 FAMILIES ALL NEED TO WORK 2889 01:38:45,319 --> 01:38:47,588 TOGETHER. THAT IS PART OF THE 2890 01:38:47,588 --> 01:38:51,325 EFFORT PUBLIC SAFETY IS A 2891 01:38:51,325 --> 01:38:54,929 CHARTERED RESPONSIBILITY OF THE 2892 01:38:54,929 --> 01:38:57,264 CITY. SEATTLE'S TOTAL BUDGET 2893 01:38:57,264 --> 01:39:00,634 WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 16 TO $18 2894 01:39:00,634 --> 01:39:05,172 BILLION OVER THE COURSE OF THIS 2895 01:39:05,172 --> 01:39:08,842 NEXT BIENNIUM. MY PROPOSAL IS 2896 01:39:08,842 --> 01:39:11,779 LESS THAN 0.003% OF THAT BUDGET. 2897 01:39:11,779 --> 01:39:14,782 WE'RE TALKING ESSENTIALLY $0.50 2898 01:39:14,782 --> 01:39:18,652 A PERSON TO IMPLEMENT A STRATEGY 2899 01:39:18,652 --> 01:39:19,253 THAT HAS SUCCESSFULLY REDUCED 2900 01:39:19,253 --> 01:39:23,490 GUN VIOLENCE IN OTHER CITIES. WE 2901 01:39:23,490 --> 01:39:26,560 ARE TALKING ABOUT SAVING LIVES. 2902 01:39:26,560 --> 01:39:28,595 IF THESE WEEKEND'S EVENTS ALONE 2903 01:39:28,595 --> 01:39:30,798 DON'T COMPEL YOU TO WANT TO 2904 01:39:30,798 --> 01:39:31,865 IMPLEMENT THIS STRATEGY AND TRY 2905 01:39:31,865 --> 01:39:35,102 IT HERE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT 2906 01:39:35,102 --> 01:39:37,604 WILL. THANK YOU, CHAIR. 2907 01:39:37,604 --> 01:39:40,407 -- THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER 2908 01:39:40,407 --> 01:39:41,608 RIVERA. I JUST WANTED TO NOTE 2909 01:39:41,608 --> 01:39:46,146 TOO, WE DID HAVE THE AUDITOR'S 2910 01:39:46,146 --> 01:39:47,681 REPORT AND THIS HAS BEEN A. 2911 01:39:47,681 --> 01:39:49,116 PEOPLE SOMETIMES THINK THAT 2912 01:39:49,116 --> 01:39:50,951 WE'RE JUST REACTIVE, LIKE 2913 01:39:50,951 --> 01:39:53,554 IMMEDIATELY. NO, WE'RE NOT IN 2914 01:39:53,554 --> 01:39:55,222 THIS COMMITTEE. WE ADDED TWO 2915 01:39:55,222 --> 01:39:57,157 PIECES TO OUR STRATEGIC 2916 01:39:57,157 --> 01:39:59,193 FRAMEWORK PLAN. ONE IS GUN 2917 01:39:59,193 --> 01:39:59,827 VIOLENCE INTERVENTION REDUCTION 2918 01:39:59,827 --> 01:40:00,427 AND COMMUNITY SAFETY. AND THE 2919 01:40:00,427 --> 01:40:03,497 OTHER ONE IS THE SEAM BETWEEN 2920 01:40:03,497 --> 01:40:04,832 PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 2921 01:40:04,832 --> 01:40:07,167 HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES. AND 2922 01:40:07,167 --> 01:40:09,303 SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS, YOU 2923 01:40:09,303 --> 01:40:11,538 KNOW, WE DO NEED THIS 2924 01:40:11,538 --> 01:40:12,740 COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO GUN 2925 01:40:12,740 --> 01:40:14,541 VIOLENCE. BUT HISTORICALLY, 2926 01:40:14,541 --> 01:40:16,043 COMMUNITY SAFETY, ALL THOSE 2927 01:40:16,043 --> 01:40:18,345 PIECES WERE WITHIN THE HUMAN 2928 01:40:18,345 --> 01:40:20,047 SERVICE DEPARTMENT. AND THE 2929 01:40:20,047 --> 01:40:21,515 PUBLIC SAFETY ELEMENTS, FIRE, 2930 01:40:21,515 --> 01:40:23,083 POLICE AND SO FORTH HAVE BEEN 2931 01:40:23,083 --> 01:40:24,218 BASICALLY AT ARM'S LENGTH OR 2932 01:40:24,218 --> 01:40:27,421 KIND OF SILOED. AND THIS IS ONE 2933 01:40:27,421 --> 01:40:28,489 REASON WHY WE BROUGHT THESE TWO 2934 01:40:28,489 --> 01:40:29,823 ELEMENTS INTO OUR PLAN THIS 2935 01:40:29,823 --> 01:40:31,658 YEAR. THIS WAS ONE REASON WHY, 2936 01:40:31,658 --> 01:40:33,694 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PDA IN THE 2937 01:40:33,694 --> 01:40:35,229 LEAD PROGRAM TAKEN OUT OF HSD 2938 01:40:35,229 --> 01:40:36,497 AND PUT INTO THE CARE 2939 01:40:36,497 --> 01:40:39,466 DEPARTMENT. IT IS TO WORK THAT 2940 01:40:39,466 --> 01:40:40,067 SEAM BETWEEN THE TRADITIONAL 2941 01:40:40,067 --> 01:40:42,703 PUBLIC SAFETY ELEMENTS AND THEN 2942 01:40:42,703 --> 01:40:43,337 THE COMMUNITY SAFETY ELEMENTS, 2943 01:40:43,337 --> 01:40:45,506 THE HUMAN SERVICES ELEMENTS. AND 2944 01:40:45,506 --> 01:40:46,740 SO WHEN THE CALLS COME FROM 2945 01:40:46,740 --> 01:40:49,143 PEOPLE TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE 2946 01:40:49,143 --> 01:40:50,244 APPROACH TO GUN VIOLENCE, THAT 2947 01:40:50,244 --> 01:40:53,013 IS WHAT WE WILL DO. THAT IS WHAT 2948 01:40:53,013 --> 01:40:55,716 WE WILL DO. AND THAT'S OUR 2949 01:40:55,716 --> 01:40:56,283 RESPONSIBILITIES. FIRST AS 2950 01:40:56,283 --> 01:40:57,217 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNITY, BUT 2951 01:40:57,217 --> 01:40:58,619 ALSO WORKING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES 2952 01:40:58,619 --> 01:41:00,287 IN THE OTHER DEPARTMENT, OTHER 2953 01:41:00,287 --> 01:41:01,522 COMMITTEES, AND AS A COUNCIL AS 2954 01:41:01,522 --> 01:41:06,193 A WHOLE. AND THIS IS OUR PLEDGE 2955 01:41:06,193 --> 01:41:08,295 TO DO THIS FORWARD AND TO BE 2956 01:41:08,295 --> 01:41:09,963 INCLUSIVE, TO INCLUDE THE LOCAL 2957 01:41:09,963 --> 01:41:11,799 STAKEHOLDERS. AS MENTIONED, YOU 2958 01:41:11,799 --> 01:41:13,634 KNOW, WITH URBAN FAMILY 2959 01:41:13,634 --> 01:41:14,201 COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS, MR. 2960 01:41:14,201 --> 01:41:15,502 BRISCOE, WHO PRESENTED IN 2961 01:41:15,502 --> 01:41:17,371 COMMITTEE EARLIER THIS YEAR TO 2962 01:41:17,371 --> 01:41:19,406 WORK WITH THOSE LOCAL 2963 01:41:19,406 --> 01:41:20,741 STAKEHOLDERS AND THE COMMUNITY. 2964 01:41:20,741 --> 01:41:22,843 AS I LOOK OUT AND SEE SOMEBODY 2965 01:41:22,843 --> 01:41:24,611 FROM BELLTOWN WITH THOSE 2966 01:41:24,611 --> 01:41:25,212 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, THE 2967 01:41:25,212 --> 01:41:26,180 COMMUNITY COUNCILS, BELLTOWN 2968 01:41:26,180 --> 01:41:27,748 UNITED BELLTOWN COMMUNITY 2969 01:41:27,748 --> 01:41:29,349 COUNCIL, OTHERS AROUND THE CITY 2970 01:41:29,349 --> 01:41:31,819 TO HAVE THAT COMPREHENSIVE 2971 01:41:31,819 --> 01:41:33,787 APPROACH THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF 2972 01:41:33,787 --> 01:41:35,656 ALL THE LOCAL GROUPS AND 2973 01:41:35,656 --> 01:41:38,225 ENTITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS, 2974 01:41:38,225 --> 01:41:39,793 BECAUSE THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. 2975 01:41:39,793 --> 01:41:42,229 I JUST WANTED TO SET THAT 2976 01:41:42,229 --> 01:41:43,831 FRAMING BECAUSE THIS IS THIS IS 2977 01:41:43,831 --> 01:41:44,465 SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IN THE 2978 01:41:44,465 --> 01:41:46,400 WORKS FOR A WHILE, BECAUSE IT'S 2979 01:41:46,400 --> 01:41:47,000 BEEN PLACED ON THE TABLE. YOU 2980 01:41:47,000 --> 01:41:47,968 KNOW, FIRST IN TERMS OF LIKE 2981 01:41:47,968 --> 01:41:51,038 WITH THE AUDITOR'S REPORT, BUT 2982 01:41:51,038 --> 01:41:52,973 ALSO WITH OUR EXPERIENCE HERE 2983 01:41:52,973 --> 01:41:54,875 AND SERVING ON THE COUNCIL. JUST 2984 01:41:54,875 --> 01:41:57,077 YESTERDAY, I WAS STANDING IN 2985 01:41:57,077 --> 01:41:59,279 BELLTOWN AT FIRST, AND CLAY 2986 01:41:59,279 --> 01:42:00,447 BEHIND MY BACK WAS THIRD AND 2987 01:42:00,447 --> 01:42:01,348 BLANCHARD NOT FAR AWAY, WHERE 2988 01:42:01,348 --> 01:42:02,649 THERE WAS A SHOOTING THIS PAST 2989 01:42:02,649 --> 01:42:04,118 WEEKEND. SECOND WAS NOT FAR 2990 01:42:04,118 --> 01:42:07,654 AWAY. TO MY LEFT WAS ELLIOTT AND 2991 01:42:07,654 --> 01:42:10,591 AND BELL STREET, WHERE SUNDAY 2992 01:42:10,591 --> 01:42:11,925 NIGHT'S INCIDENT HAPPENED AND 2993 01:42:11,925 --> 01:42:13,026 AND LOOKING TO MY RIGHT, YOU 2994 01:42:13,026 --> 01:42:16,563 KNOW, UP CLAY, I COULD SEE 2995 01:42:16,563 --> 01:42:17,131 SEATTLE CENTER SPACE NEEDLE 2996 01:42:17,131 --> 01:42:19,032 WHERE THE BITE OF SEATTLE 2997 01:42:19,032 --> 01:42:20,701 HAPPENED JUST IN THAT SMALL 2998 01:42:20,701 --> 01:42:22,803 RADIUS. HOW MUCH GUN VIOLENCE 2999 01:42:22,803 --> 01:42:24,104 HAS BEEN OCCURRING. AND SO WE DO 3000 01:42:24,104 --> 01:42:26,573 HAVE TO STEP FORWARD. WE DO NEED 3001 01:42:26,573 --> 01:42:28,408 TO PARTNER. WE DO HAVE TO HAVE A 3002 01:42:28,408 --> 01:42:31,245 OUTSIDE LOOKING IN PIECE TO 3003 01:42:31,245 --> 01:42:34,414 THIS. I THINK TO COUNCIL MEMBER 3004 01:42:34,414 --> 01:42:35,682 RIVERA'S POINT, TO DO THE SAME 3005 01:42:35,682 --> 01:42:36,650 THINGS AND EXPECT DIFFERENT 3006 01:42:36,650 --> 01:42:39,520 RESULTS IS KIND OF NOT PRAGMATIC 3007 01:42:39,520 --> 01:42:42,356 AND NOT EFFECTIVE. SO I JUST 3008 01:42:42,356 --> 01:42:43,323 WANTED TO SET THAT AS 3009 01:42:43,323 --> 01:42:44,291 COLLEAGUES, AS A BASE, THAT 3010 01:42:44,291 --> 01:42:45,292 THERE'S A LOT OF PIECES THAT 3011 01:42:45,292 --> 01:42:47,594 HAVE BEEN IN WORK FOR A LONG 3012 01:42:47,594 --> 01:42:49,162 TIME IN COMMITTEE IN THIS 3013 01:42:49,162 --> 01:42:50,097 COUNCIL, WITH THE AUDITOR'S 3014 01:42:50,097 --> 01:42:51,398 TEAM AND SO FORTH. AND THEN IN 3015 01:42:51,398 --> 01:42:53,233 OUR ENGAGEMENT, BECAUSE WE'VE 3016 01:42:53,233 --> 01:42:55,269 ALL ENGAGED WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY 3017 01:42:55,269 --> 01:42:56,870 MEMBERS AND TO INCLUDE THOSE 3018 01:42:56,870 --> 01:42:58,238 SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT ARE DOING 3019 01:42:58,238 --> 01:43:00,440 THAT HARD WORK OF COMMUNITY 3020 01:43:00,440 --> 01:43:01,108 SAFETY, DOING THE PUBLIC SAFETY 3021 01:43:01,108 --> 01:43:02,676 WALKS AND RAINIER BEACH. SO 3022 01:43:02,676 --> 01:43:06,046 WE'VE DONE THAT. SO I JUST 3023 01:43:06,046 --> 01:43:06,547 WANTED TO I APPRECIATE 3024 01:43:06,547 --> 01:43:08,949 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA LIKE TO 3025 01:43:08,949 --> 01:43:10,117 WORK RELATED TO NANCY AND THE 3026 01:43:10,117 --> 01:43:11,118 TEAM THERE, AND ALSO WITH THE 3027 01:43:11,118 --> 01:43:11,885 SYMPOSIUM THAT HAD A GREAT 3028 01:43:11,885 --> 01:43:14,488 AMOUNT OF EXECUTIVE DEPUTY MAYOR 3029 01:43:14,488 --> 01:43:16,056 SURRATT WAS THERE THE WHOLE TIME 3030 01:43:16,056 --> 01:43:19,593 WORKING WITH HIM ON THIS AS 3031 01:43:19,593 --> 01:43:21,662 WELL. AND SO WITH THAT, 3032 01:43:21,662 --> 01:43:23,964 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, BEFORE 3033 01:43:23,964 --> 01:43:24,598 HAVING ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, I 3034 01:43:24,598 --> 01:43:25,265 JUST WANTED TO CHAIR TO PUT THAT 3035 01:43:25,265 --> 01:43:30,270 LIKE, FRAME FRAMING IN THERE. 3036 01:43:30,270 --> 01:43:31,905 CAN YOU MOVE YOUR RESOLUTION 3037 01:43:31,905 --> 01:43:39,379 -- YES, CHAIR ONE SECOND. 3038 01:43:39,379 --> 01:43:40,480 -- YOU HAVE TO MOVE THE BILL 3039 01:43:40,480 --> 01:43:43,116 FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE. 3040 01:43:43,116 --> 01:43:46,787 -- I MOVE THAT COUNCIL ADOPT 3041 01:43:46,787 --> 01:43:47,554 RESOLUTION THREE, TWO, TWO, ONE 3042 01:43:47,554 --> 01:43:47,788 SEVEN. 3043 01:43:47,788 --> 01:43:48,889 -- SECOND. 3044 01:43:48,889 --> 01:43:50,557 -- OKAY. IT IS MOVED AND 3045 01:43:50,557 --> 01:43:52,859 SECONDED TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF 3046 01:43:52,859 --> 01:43:53,427 THE RESOLUTION. COLLEAGUES 3047 01:43:53,427 --> 01:43:55,596 BEFORE GOING INTO FURTHER 3048 01:43:55,596 --> 01:43:56,730 DISCUSSION, THERE IS A, YOU 3049 01:43:56,730 --> 01:44:01,168 KNOW, A FIX AMENDMENT TO THIS 3050 01:44:01,168 --> 01:44:02,703 COUNCILMEMBER. RIVERA, WOULD YOU 3051 01:44:02,703 --> 01:44:03,103 PLEASE MOVE THE. 3052 01:44:03,103 --> 01:44:05,272 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. KETTLE. IT 3053 01:44:05,272 --> 01:44:07,808 REALLY IS A TECHNICAL CHANGE. IT 3054 01:44:07,808 --> 01:44:10,210 WAS JUST TO CORRECT SOME 3055 01:44:10,210 --> 01:44:11,878 LANGUAGE FROM COUNCIL COMMITS TO 3056 01:44:11,878 --> 01:44:14,114 OUR. IS SIGNALING OUR INTENT TO 3057 01:44:14,114 --> 01:44:16,683 COMMIT BECAUSE WE CAN'T 3058 01:44:16,683 --> 01:44:17,784 UNILATERALLY COMMIT. IT IS THE 3059 01:44:17,784 --> 01:44:22,022 MAYOR WHO OPERATIONALIZES THESE 3060 01:44:22,022 --> 01:44:23,090 EFFORTS. AND SO IT'S REALLY A 3061 01:44:23,090 --> 01:44:25,425 TECHNICAL CHANGE. IT DOESN'T 3062 01:44:25,425 --> 01:44:28,228 CHANGE THE RESOLUTION ITSELF. 3063 01:44:28,228 --> 01:44:29,463 -- SO DO YOU MOVE AMENDMENT ONE, 3064 01:44:29,463 --> 01:44:30,964 VERSION ONE TO RESOLUTION THREE, 3065 01:44:30,964 --> 01:44:31,999 TWO, TWO, ONE SEVEN? 3066 01:44:31,999 --> 01:44:34,301 -- I MOVE TO AMEND RESOLUTION 3067 01:44:34,301 --> 01:44:35,802 THREE TWO, 217 AS PRESENTED ON 3068 01:44:35,802 --> 01:44:37,537 AMENDMENT ONE ON THE AGENDA. 3069 01:44:37,537 --> 01:44:39,072 -- SECOND. 3070 01:44:39,072 --> 01:44:41,441 -- OKAY, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND 3071 01:44:41,441 --> 01:44:45,712 SECONDED FOR THE AMENDED FOR THE 3072 01:44:45,712 --> 01:44:47,247 AMENDMENT. CLERK CAN WE VOTE ON 3073 01:44:47,247 --> 01:44:48,215 THE AMENDMENT? I THINK IT'S 3074 01:44:48,215 --> 01:44:50,150 PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. WE'LL 3075 01:44:50,150 --> 01:44:52,152 JUST GO AHEAD ON THIS. AND THIS 3076 01:44:52,152 --> 01:44:52,786 DOES CLEAR UP SOME PIECES. VICE 3077 01:44:52,786 --> 01:44:54,921 CHAIR, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? 3078 01:44:54,921 --> 01:44:58,158 OKAY. GO AHEAD. COUNCILMEMBER 3079 01:44:58,158 --> 01:45:00,694 LIN ON THE AMENDMENT, THIS IS A 3080 01:45:00,694 --> 01:45:03,897 VOTE ON THE. 3081 01:45:03,897 --> 01:45:04,464 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I 3082 01:45:04,464 --> 01:45:06,099 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA I CHAIR 3083 01:45:06,099 --> 01:45:08,635 KETTLE. I FOUR IN FAVOR NONE 3084 01:45:08,635 --> 01:45:08,902 OPPOSED. 3085 01:45:08,902 --> 01:45:09,670 -- OKAY. THE AMENDMENT PASSES. 3086 01:45:09,670 --> 01:45:13,907 OKAY. NOW CAN WE TURN TO THE 3087 01:45:13,907 --> 01:45:15,275 AMENDED BILL? VICE CHAIR ANY 3088 01:45:15,275 --> 01:45:17,778 QUESTIONS? ANY COMMENTS? 3089 01:45:17,778 --> 01:45:19,346 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR. NO 3090 01:45:19,346 --> 01:45:21,448 QUESTIONS, BUT I WILL JUST SHARE 3091 01:45:21,448 --> 01:45:22,716 FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. FIRST OFF, 3092 01:45:22,716 --> 01:45:26,053 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO 3093 01:45:26,053 --> 01:45:26,586 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOR 3094 01:45:26,586 --> 01:45:27,654 BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I REALLY 3095 01:45:27,654 --> 01:45:29,556 APPRECIATE YOU, YOUR ADVOCACY 3096 01:45:29,556 --> 01:45:30,957 AND YOUR SUSTAINED LEADERSHIP ON 3097 01:45:30,957 --> 01:45:32,659 THIS ISSUE OVER THE COURSE OF 3098 01:45:32,659 --> 01:45:34,428 MANY YEARS, NOT ON A REACTIVE 3099 01:45:34,428 --> 01:45:36,496 BASIS, BUT ON A PROACTIVE ONE, 3100 01:45:36,496 --> 01:45:40,667 INCLUDING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, 3101 01:45:40,667 --> 01:45:41,268 ORGANIZING, SPEARHEADING THAT 3102 01:45:41,268 --> 01:45:43,370 GUN VIOLENCE SYMPOSIUM EARLIER 3103 01:45:43,370 --> 01:45:45,806 THIS SUMMER, BRINGING IN 3104 01:45:45,806 --> 01:45:48,742 COMMUNITY GROUPS AND, AND THE 3105 01:45:48,742 --> 01:45:51,178 LIKE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AND 3106 01:45:51,178 --> 01:45:53,080 HERE'S THE NEXT STEP IN OUR 3107 01:45:53,080 --> 01:45:54,648 COLLECTIVE JOURNEY TOGETHER TO 3108 01:45:54,648 --> 01:45:56,850 BETTER ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE IN 3109 01:45:56,850 --> 01:45:58,351 SEATTLE. I VIVIDLY RECALL WHEN 3110 01:45:58,351 --> 01:46:01,021 THE LAST YEAR, WHEN THE 2025 3111 01:46:01,021 --> 01:46:05,659 CITY AUDITOR'S REPORT WAS WAS 3112 01:46:05,659 --> 01:46:07,427 RELEASED, THAT FOUND, AMONG 3113 01:46:07,427 --> 01:46:09,963 OTHER THINGS, A SIGNIFICANT 3114 01:46:09,963 --> 01:46:11,031 INCREASE IN GUN VIOLENCE OVER 3115 01:46:11,031 --> 01:46:13,600 THE PAST DECADE, INCLUDING A 3116 01:46:13,600 --> 01:46:15,702 SUSTAINED POST-PANDEMIC INCREASE 3117 01:46:15,702 --> 01:46:18,238 IN SHOOTINGS ACROSS THE CITY AND 3118 01:46:18,238 --> 01:46:21,908 HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS. BAD NEWS 3119 01:46:21,908 --> 01:46:24,711 SITUATION IS THAT IN THE LAST 3120 01:46:24,711 --> 01:46:26,880 COUPLE YEARS IN PARTICULAR, THE 3121 01:46:26,880 --> 01:46:29,416 CITY HAS MADE TREMENDOUS 3122 01:46:29,416 --> 01:46:33,353 PROGRESS IN ADDRESSING OUR 3123 01:46:33,353 --> 01:46:36,123 PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES MORE 3124 01:46:36,123 --> 01:46:37,958 BROADLY. WE OFFICER HIRING 3125 01:46:37,958 --> 01:46:42,696 RECRUITMENT UP, WAY UP. OTHER 3126 01:46:42,696 --> 01:46:43,263 SORT OF NOTABLE CRIME DATA. 3127 01:46:43,263 --> 01:46:45,265 WE'RE MAKING GREAT STRIDES 3128 01:46:45,265 --> 01:46:48,268 THERE. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT, 3129 01:46:48,268 --> 01:46:48,869 FOR EXAMPLE, BURGLARY AND 3130 01:46:48,869 --> 01:46:51,738 PROPERTY CRIME AND VIOLENT CRIME 3131 01:46:51,738 --> 01:46:56,176 MORE BROADLY, HOMELESSNESS DOWN 3132 01:46:56,176 --> 01:46:59,379 OVER OVERDOSE, FENTANYL RATES 3133 01:46:59,379 --> 01:47:02,382 DOWN. THE ONE UNIQUE OUTLIER 3134 01:47:02,382 --> 01:47:07,087 THAT PERSISTS AS THE CITY 3135 01:47:07,087 --> 01:47:10,423 AUDITOR'S REPORT FROM LAST YEAR 3136 01:47:10,423 --> 01:47:15,095 NOTED, IS, IS GUN VIOLENCE. AND 3137 01:47:15,095 --> 01:47:20,434 WE'RE REMINDED WITH THE BELLTOWN 3138 01:47:20,434 --> 01:47:23,136 HOMICIDES THIS PAST WEEKEND. GUN 3139 01:47:23,136 --> 01:47:23,737 VIOLENCE INCIDENTS AFFLICTING 3140 01:47:23,737 --> 01:47:26,106 VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR 3141 01:47:26,106 --> 01:47:27,908 CITY MORE THAN OTHERS, 3142 01:47:27,908 --> 01:47:32,179 PARTICULARLY IN IN THE SOUTH 3143 01:47:32,179 --> 01:47:33,713 END, SOUTH SEATTLE. THAT IS MUCH 3144 01:47:33,713 --> 01:47:35,348 PROGRESS, AS WE HAVE 3145 01:47:35,348 --> 01:47:36,750 COLLECTIVELY MADE AS A CITY. 3146 01:47:36,750 --> 01:47:38,418 THERE'S PLENTY MORE WORK TO DO. 3147 01:47:38,418 --> 01:47:40,954 AND WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS 3148 01:47:40,954 --> 01:47:44,758 INITIATIVE IS IT ALLOWS US TO 3149 01:47:44,758 --> 01:47:46,593 MAINTAIN THE MOMENTUM ON THOSE 3150 01:47:46,593 --> 01:47:47,194 OTHER EFFORTS TO ADDRESS OUR 3151 01:47:47,194 --> 01:47:48,862 CHARTER, RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP 3152 01:47:48,862 --> 01:47:51,731 PEOPLE SAFE. IT ALSO ALLOWS US 3153 01:47:51,731 --> 01:47:54,734 TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I'LL 3154 01:47:54,734 --> 01:47:56,169 GO A STEP FURTHER BECAUSE I 3155 01:47:56,169 --> 01:47:58,171 HEARD IT'S NOT PRAGMATIC OR 3156 01:47:58,171 --> 01:48:00,907 WHATEVER, WHICH I DON'T DISAGREE 3157 01:48:00,907 --> 01:48:05,979 WITH, BUT DOING THE SAME. THE 3158 01:48:05,979 --> 01:48:08,548 VERY DEFINITION OF INSANITY IS 3159 01:48:08,548 --> 01:48:12,052 DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND 3160 01:48:12,052 --> 01:48:12,686 EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS. WE 3161 01:48:12,686 --> 01:48:13,954 NEED TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT 3162 01:48:13,954 --> 01:48:14,521 HERE. WHEN IT COMES TO GUN 3163 01:48:14,521 --> 01:48:15,622 VIOLENCE, IT HASN'T WORKED. WHAT 3164 01:48:15,622 --> 01:48:19,359 WE'VE BEEN DOING HASN'T WORKED. 3165 01:48:19,359 --> 01:48:20,727 DOESN'T, DOESN'T ERASE OR 3166 01:48:20,727 --> 01:48:21,261 MINIMIZE OR MEAN THAT WE 3167 01:48:21,261 --> 01:48:23,230 HAVEN'T MADE NO PROGRESS IN 3168 01:48:23,230 --> 01:48:24,331 CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE WORK. 3169 01:48:24,331 --> 01:48:27,767 AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO 3170 01:48:27,767 --> 01:48:29,402 CONTINUE WITH SOME OF THESE 3171 01:48:29,402 --> 01:48:30,003 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT, 3172 01:48:30,003 --> 01:48:31,137 THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT DO THIS 3173 01:48:31,137 --> 01:48:32,372 VITAL WORK. AND I WOULD LIKE FOR 3174 01:48:32,372 --> 01:48:35,675 THEM TO BE A PART OF THE 3175 01:48:35,675 --> 01:48:38,845 IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS NATIONAL 3176 01:48:38,845 --> 01:48:39,446 NETWORK FOR SAFE COMMUNITIES 3177 01:48:39,446 --> 01:48:41,147 STRATEGY. WE'RE STILL GOING TO 3178 01:48:41,147 --> 01:48:45,318 HAVE A LOT OF LOCAL DISCRETION 3179 01:48:45,318 --> 01:48:45,952 AND FLEXIBILITY TO IMPLEMENT A 3180 01:48:45,952 --> 01:48:47,821 SEATTLE SPECIFIC, SPECIFIC 3181 01:48:47,821 --> 01:48:48,421 VERSION OF THIS NATIONAL 3182 01:48:48,421 --> 01:48:50,156 FRAMEWORK, OF THIS NATIONAL 3183 01:48:50,156 --> 01:48:52,893 MODEL, OF THIS NATIONAL 3184 01:48:52,893 --> 01:48:56,830 APPROACH. BUT WE CAN'T CHAIR, 3185 01:48:56,830 --> 01:49:00,100 NOT ONLY IS DOING THE SAME THING 3186 01:49:00,100 --> 01:49:00,734 OVER AND EXPECTING A DIFFERENT 3187 01:49:00,734 --> 01:49:01,968 RESULT, NOT AT ALL PRAGMATIC. I 3188 01:49:01,968 --> 01:49:03,370 WOULD GO A STEP FURTHER AND SAY 3189 01:49:03,370 --> 01:49:06,873 IT'S THE VERY DEFINITION OF 3190 01:49:06,873 --> 01:49:12,112 INSANITY. SO THIS ALLOWS US TO 3191 01:49:12,112 --> 01:49:13,713 TO PIVOT IN A KEY AREA. WHEN WE 3192 01:49:13,713 --> 01:49:15,415 TALK ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE, 3193 01:49:15,415 --> 01:49:17,350 PRESERVE OUR OTHER INVESTMENTS 3194 01:49:17,350 --> 01:49:21,488 IN OUR OTHER PROGRESS THAT WE'RE 3195 01:49:21,488 --> 01:49:23,690 DOING, AND ADDRESSING PUBLIC 3196 01:49:23,690 --> 01:49:25,158 SAFETY MORE BROADLY ALSO 3197 01:49:25,158 --> 01:49:28,194 PRESERVE. THIS DOESN'T LOCK US 3198 01:49:28,194 --> 01:49:29,362 INTO TO ALSO DOING OTHER THINGS. 3199 01:49:29,362 --> 01:49:30,964 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ADDRESSING 3200 01:49:30,964 --> 01:49:36,202 GUN VIOLENCE. BUT WE NEED TO 3201 01:49:36,202 --> 01:49:37,437 TAKE ADDITIONAL ACTION. AND I 3202 01:49:37,437 --> 01:49:38,939 THINK THIS IS EXACTLY THE ACTION 3203 01:49:38,939 --> 01:49:42,475 THAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW, IN THIS 3204 01:49:42,475 --> 01:49:44,277 MOMENT. AND I'M ALSO I ALSO 3205 01:49:44,277 --> 01:49:46,146 APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT IT'S A 3206 01:49:46,146 --> 01:49:48,315 IT'S EFFECTIVELY A PILOT 3207 01:49:48,315 --> 01:49:49,316 PROGRAM OF SORTS. IT'S A TWO 3208 01:49:49,316 --> 01:49:53,386 YEAR KIND OF STRATEGY THAT WILL 3209 01:49:53,386 --> 01:49:55,322 KIND OF REEVALUATE IN TWO YEARS. 3210 01:49:55,322 --> 01:49:58,658 AND. BUT HECK, IF IT HAS WORKED 3211 01:49:58,658 --> 01:50:01,361 FOR THE CITIES OF THE HISTORIC 3212 01:50:01,361 --> 01:50:03,229 CITIES OF PHILADELPHIA, BOSTON, 3213 01:50:03,229 --> 01:50:05,465 BALTIMORE CAN WORK HERE, RIGHT 3214 01:50:05,465 --> 01:50:07,667 HERE IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS 3215 01:50:07,667 --> 01:50:10,270 WELL. SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO 3216 01:50:10,270 --> 01:50:11,805 SUPPORT THIS TODAY, WOULD 3217 01:50:11,805 --> 01:50:15,542 ENCOURAGE THE MAYOR TO MAKE SURE 3218 01:50:15,542 --> 01:50:16,076 INCLUDED IN THE UPCOMING 3219 01:50:16,076 --> 01:50:17,177 EXECUTIVE TRANSMITTED PROPOSED 3220 01:50:17,177 --> 01:50:18,979 BUDGET. THERE'S A LINE ITEM 3221 01:50:18,979 --> 01:50:20,747 INVESTMENT SPECIFICALLY FOR 3222 01:50:20,747 --> 01:50:22,182 THIS. AND AGAIN, THIS DOESN'T 3223 01:50:22,182 --> 01:50:24,417 LOCK US INTO ONE PARTICULAR 3224 01:50:24,417 --> 01:50:25,518 APPROACH OR STRATEGY EITHER. AND 3225 01:50:25,518 --> 01:50:28,121 OTHER POTENTIAL THINGS, BUT IT 3226 01:50:28,121 --> 01:50:29,823 MUST BE THIS. THANK YOU CHAIR. 3227 01:50:29,823 --> 01:50:31,891 -- THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. SAKA 3228 01:50:31,891 --> 01:50:33,893 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 3229 01:50:33,893 --> 01:50:36,596 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU, 3230 01:50:36,596 --> 01:50:38,665 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, FOR 3231 01:50:38,665 --> 01:50:41,434 BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I DO HAVE 3232 01:50:41,434 --> 01:50:42,736 SOME KIND OF COMMENTS, 3233 01:50:42,736 --> 01:50:44,270 QUESTIONS, AND HAPPY TO HAVE 3234 01:50:44,270 --> 01:50:51,444 SOME OF THOSE OFFLINE, BUT I'LL 3235 01:50:51,444 --> 01:50:53,847 JUST MENTION A FEW. ONE, I, I 3236 01:50:53,847 --> 01:50:57,117 JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT I 3237 01:50:57,117 --> 01:50:58,585 THINK THIS NATIONAL NETWORK FOR 3238 01:50:58,585 --> 01:51:00,487 SAFE COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU FOR 3239 01:51:00,487 --> 01:51:01,688 ORGANIZING THE CONFERENCE 3240 01:51:01,688 --> 01:51:04,190 EARLIER. I WISH I COULD HAVE 3241 01:51:04,190 --> 01:51:04,791 ATTENDED, BUT UNDERSTAND THE 3242 01:51:04,791 --> 01:51:06,559 OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT 3243 01:51:06,559 --> 01:51:10,797 CONCERNS THERE CERTAINLY, AS YOU 3244 01:51:10,797 --> 01:51:13,800 MENTIONED, GUN VIOLENCE IS IS 3245 01:51:13,800 --> 01:51:16,569 IMPACTING US AS A CITY, AS A 3246 01:51:16,569 --> 01:51:18,838 REGION. SOUTH SEATTLE IN 3247 01:51:18,838 --> 01:51:22,175 PARTICULAR HAS BEEN DEVASTATED 3248 01:51:22,175 --> 01:51:23,843 AND. YOU KNOW, I HEAR REGULARLY, 3249 01:51:23,843 --> 01:51:25,011 ESPECIALLY FROM THE RAINIER 3250 01:51:25,011 --> 01:51:28,648 BEACH COMMUNITY, JUST CONSTANT 3251 01:51:28,648 --> 01:51:30,383 GUNFIRE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. 3252 01:51:30,383 --> 01:51:31,518 THAT'S TRAUMATIZING OUR 3253 01:51:31,518 --> 01:51:35,755 FAMILIES, OUR YOUTH AND AS I 3254 01:51:35,755 --> 01:51:38,858 LOOK AT THIS, THE NATIONAL 3255 01:51:38,858 --> 01:51:42,128 NETWORK, IT'S THIS GROUP 3256 01:51:42,128 --> 01:51:42,762 VIOLENCE INTERVENTION THAT SEEMS 3257 01:51:42,762 --> 01:51:44,698 TO BE THE FOCUS, THE FOCUS 3258 01:51:44,698 --> 01:51:47,934 DETERRENCE. YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER 3259 01:51:47,934 --> 01:51:54,641 SPEAKING WITH SPD DR. HUNT. AND 3260 01:51:54,641 --> 01:51:56,943 I CERTAINLY THINK THAT A FOCUSED 3261 01:51:56,943 --> 01:52:00,213 DETERRENCE COULD BE AN IMPORTANT 3262 01:52:00,213 --> 01:52:02,482 PART OF SORT OF A COMPREHENSIVE 3263 01:52:02,482 --> 01:52:05,351 GUN VIOLENCE APPROACH. AND I'M 3264 01:52:05,351 --> 01:52:05,952 EXCITED ABOUT MOVING FORWARD 3265 01:52:05,952 --> 01:52:11,191 WITH WORKING ON A ON A FOCUSED 3266 01:52:11,191 --> 01:52:13,226 DETERRENCE MODEL. I THINK SO ONE 3267 01:52:13,226 --> 01:52:16,396 OF MY SOME OF MY QUESTIONS 3268 01:52:16,396 --> 01:52:19,165 COMMENTS ARE SORT OF HOW YOU 3269 01:52:19,165 --> 01:52:21,868 LANDED ON THE NATIONAL NETWORK. 3270 01:52:21,868 --> 01:52:23,036 I DON'T THINK THEY ARE THE ONLY 3271 01:52:23,036 --> 01:52:24,070 GROUP THAT DOES THIS. AND SO I 3272 01:52:24,070 --> 01:52:27,607 GUESS THERE'S A QUESTION THERE. 3273 01:52:27,607 --> 01:52:29,943 ANOTHER QUESTION IS SORT OF WE 3274 01:52:29,943 --> 01:52:32,779 AS PART OF THE AUDIT FROM 2025, 3275 01:52:32,779 --> 01:52:35,148 THERE'S A REFERENCE TO JOHNS 3276 01:52:35,148 --> 01:52:38,151 HOPKINS AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO 3277 01:52:38,151 --> 01:52:40,687 DO NO COST ADVISING ON A 3278 01:52:40,687 --> 01:52:42,655 COMMUNITY COUNCIL APPROACH AS 3279 01:52:42,655 --> 01:52:48,027 WELL, WHICH I THINK COULD ALSO 3280 01:52:48,027 --> 01:52:50,930 SORT OF BE A SIMILAR, BUT 3281 01:52:50,930 --> 01:52:52,966 SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT APPROACH. BUT 3282 01:52:52,966 --> 01:52:55,668 I GUESS THE ONE OF THE MAYBE THE 3283 01:52:55,668 --> 01:52:57,971 BIGGEST QUESTIONS I HAVE IS, AND 3284 01:52:57,971 --> 01:52:59,773 YOU MENTIONED THIS, THAT THIS 3285 01:52:59,773 --> 01:53:02,408 FUNDING WOULD NOT SORT OF THIS 3286 01:53:02,408 --> 01:53:05,145 FUNDING, I THINK, WOULD PAY FOR 3287 01:53:05,145 --> 01:53:07,614 CONSULTANT TO, TO HELP US. BUT 3288 01:53:07,614 --> 01:53:09,682 THE WORK IS FOR US TO DO AND NOT 3289 01:53:09,682 --> 01:53:14,454 JUST US AS A CITY, ALSO OUR 3290 01:53:14,454 --> 01:53:17,624 COUNTY PARTNERS, PROSECUTORS OUR 3291 01:53:17,624 --> 01:53:20,059 COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WE WE ALL 3292 01:53:20,059 --> 01:53:26,566 HAVE TO DO THAT WORK. AND AGAIN, 3293 01:53:26,566 --> 01:53:28,668 I'M HAPPY TO TO SUPPORT THAT. I 3294 01:53:28,668 --> 01:53:30,837 GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE KIND 3295 01:53:30,837 --> 01:53:35,341 OF TWOFOLD IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT 3296 01:53:35,341 --> 01:53:36,643 SORT OF COLLABORATION, YOU KNOW, 3297 01:53:36,643 --> 01:53:40,079 COMMITMENTS DO WE HAVE FROM 3298 01:53:40,079 --> 01:53:43,950 VARIOUS PARTNERS? YOU KNOW, 3299 01:53:43,950 --> 01:53:45,585 AGAIN, WHETHER IT'S THE MAYOR'S 3300 01:53:45,585 --> 01:53:46,186 OFFICE, KING COUNTY OFFICE OF 3301 01:53:46,186 --> 01:53:47,253 REGIONAL GUN VIOLENCE 3302 01:53:47,253 --> 01:53:49,155 PREVENTION, KING COUNTY 3303 01:53:49,155 --> 01:53:52,425 EXECUTIVE, YOU KNOW, SPD 3304 01:53:52,425 --> 01:53:55,328 PROSECUTORS ARE ARE NONPROFITS 3305 01:53:55,328 --> 01:53:57,897 TO DO THIS WORK. YOU KNOW, HOW 3306 01:53:57,897 --> 01:54:00,833 DO WE WORK WITH THEM? HOW DO WE 3307 01:54:00,833 --> 01:54:03,102 GET THAT COMMITMENT? AND THEN I 3308 01:54:03,102 --> 01:54:05,138 GUESS A SIMILAR KIND OF QUESTION 3309 01:54:05,138 --> 01:54:06,272 IS THIS BUDGET WOULD BE FOR THE, 3310 01:54:06,272 --> 01:54:10,443 I THINK FOR THE CONSULTANT, BUT 3311 01:54:10,443 --> 01:54:11,845 I IMAGINE THERE WOULD ALSO BE 3312 01:54:11,845 --> 01:54:14,781 SORT OF A BUDGET OR SOME SORT OF 3313 01:54:14,781 --> 01:54:16,883 EITHER SHIFTING OF BUDGET 3314 01:54:16,883 --> 01:54:18,251 PRIORITIES OR WORK FOR FOLKS TO 3315 01:54:18,251 --> 01:54:21,221 DO THIS WORK. RIGHT. BECAUSE 3316 01:54:21,221 --> 01:54:23,189 AGAIN, THE, THE CONSULTANT 3317 01:54:23,189 --> 01:54:24,557 CAN'T DO THE WORK FOR US. WE, 3318 01:54:24,557 --> 01:54:25,491 WE NEED TO BE DOING THE WORK. 3319 01:54:25,491 --> 01:54:27,026 OUR PARTNERS NEED TO BE DOING 3320 01:54:27,026 --> 01:54:28,828 THE WORK. AND SO HOW DO WE MAKE 3321 01:54:28,828 --> 01:54:31,264 SURE THAT THERE'S EITHER THE 3322 01:54:31,264 --> 01:54:32,265 RESOURCES OR THE COMMITMENT IN 3323 01:54:32,265 --> 01:54:32,832 PLACE TO DO THE WORK? AND I 3324 01:54:32,832 --> 01:54:35,201 THINK THAT KIND OF GETS BACK TO 3325 01:54:35,201 --> 01:54:36,369 SOME OF THE COMMENTS WE HEARD 3326 01:54:36,369 --> 01:54:38,037 FROM DAVIDA BRISCOE OR OTHERS, 3327 01:54:38,037 --> 01:54:40,740 LIKE, HOW DO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, 3328 01:54:40,740 --> 01:54:41,374 WHAT'S THE GROUNDWORK THAT 3329 01:54:41,374 --> 01:54:45,278 NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO, TO MAKE THIS 3330 01:54:45,278 --> 01:54:47,046 POSSIBLE? SO ANYWAY, AGAIN, 3331 01:54:47,046 --> 01:54:50,984 HAPPY TO CHAT AFTERWARDS OR 3332 01:54:50,984 --> 01:54:52,752 OFFLINE, BUT ALSO HAPPY TO HEAR 3333 01:54:52,752 --> 01:54:55,655 SOME, SOME COMMENTS IN 3334 01:54:55,655 --> 01:54:56,122 COMMITTEE. 3335 01:54:56,122 --> 01:54:56,756 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 3336 01:54:56,756 --> 01:55:01,027 I HEARD ABOUT THREE COMMENTS AND 3337 01:55:01,027 --> 01:55:03,596 THEN THE THEN THE TWO PART 3338 01:55:03,596 --> 01:55:06,132 QUESTION, WHICH COUNCILMEMBER 3339 01:55:06,132 --> 01:55:06,833 RIVERA WILL YOU RESPOND TO? AND 3340 01:55:06,833 --> 01:55:08,401 THEN FOR THE LAST THE SECOND 3341 01:55:08,401 --> 01:55:10,470 PART OF THE OF THAT QUESTION, I 3342 01:55:10,470 --> 01:55:11,070 WILL ALSO SPEAK BECAUSE THAT 3343 01:55:11,070 --> 01:55:12,739 KIND OF GOES TO THE OVERALL 3344 01:55:12,739 --> 01:55:14,641 APPROACH, LIKE WHAT THIS 3345 01:55:14,641 --> 01:55:17,143 COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL WILL DO. 3346 01:55:17,143 --> 01:55:18,311 SO WILL YOU ADDRESS THE ISSUES 3347 01:55:18,311 --> 01:55:19,178 RAISED BY COUNCILMEMBER LIN? 3348 01:55:19,178 --> 01:55:21,614 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK 3349 01:55:21,614 --> 01:55:24,417 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOR YOUR 3350 01:55:24,417 --> 01:55:27,253 QUESTIONS. YNNSC BECAUSE THEY 3351 01:55:27,253 --> 01:55:29,222 WERE RECOGNIZED IN THE 3352 01:55:29,222 --> 01:55:31,291 AUDITOR'S REPORT IN 2015, THEY 3353 01:55:31,291 --> 01:55:33,726 ARE DOING A VERSION OF FOCUSED 3354 01:55:33,726 --> 01:55:35,161 DETERRENCE THAT OTHERS AREN'T 3355 01:55:35,161 --> 01:55:37,764 DOING. THERE IS FOCUSED 3356 01:55:37,764 --> 01:55:38,798 DETERRENCE APPROACHES OUT THERE 3357 01:55:38,798 --> 01:55:42,101 THAT DO NOT INCLUDE LAW AND 3358 01:55:42,101 --> 01:55:45,171 ENFORCEMENT BY DESIGN, BUT NNSS 3359 01:55:45,171 --> 01:55:46,806 EFFORT DOES INCLUDE LAW 3360 01:55:46,806 --> 01:55:49,142 ENFORCEMENT. THERE AT THE TABLE 3361 01:55:49,142 --> 01:55:51,077 THERE, EVERYBODY IS WORKING 3362 01:55:51,077 --> 01:55:53,212 TOGETHER AND THEY HAVE SEEN 3363 01:55:53,212 --> 01:55:55,081 REALLY GREAT RESULTS WITH THAT 3364 01:55:55,081 --> 01:55:57,150 MODEL. SO THAT'S WHY NNS VERSUS 3365 01:55:57,150 --> 01:56:00,153 SOME OF THE OTHER FOCUSED 3366 01:56:00,153 --> 01:56:01,254 DETERRENCE MODELS. IN SOME WAYS, 3367 01:56:01,254 --> 01:56:03,022 THERE'S SOME ORGANIZATIONS THAT 3368 01:56:03,022 --> 01:56:04,290 DO FOCUSED DETERRENCE THAT THE 3369 01:56:04,290 --> 01:56:06,059 COUNTY, FOR INSTANCE, HAS 3370 01:56:06,059 --> 01:56:08,261 PARTNERED WITH IN THE PAST. AND 3371 01:56:08,261 --> 01:56:11,197 WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE LEVEL OF 3372 01:56:11,197 --> 01:56:12,966 SUCCESS THAT NNS HAS HAD IN 3373 01:56:12,966 --> 01:56:15,401 THESE OTHER CITIES. AS TO THE 3374 01:56:15,401 --> 01:56:18,905 QUESTION ABOUT THE OTHER 3375 01:56:18,905 --> 01:56:20,340 PARTNERS, ALL OF THOSE PARTNERS 3376 01:56:20,340 --> 01:56:22,709 WERE AT THE SYMPOSIUM ON 3377 01:56:22,709 --> 01:56:24,677 PURPOSE. OBVIOUSLY, IT TAKES 3378 01:56:24,677 --> 01:56:26,646 EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER TO 3379 01:56:26,646 --> 01:56:28,448 MAKE THIS EFFORT SUCCESSFUL. 3380 01:56:28,448 --> 01:56:31,217 PART OF WHAT NNS DOES IS THEY 3381 01:56:31,217 --> 01:56:35,555 WORK WITH US AND ALL OUR 3382 01:56:35,555 --> 01:56:38,124 PARTNERS TOGETHER IN BRINGING 3383 01:56:38,124 --> 01:56:39,759 THIS AND IMPLEMENTING THIS AND 3384 01:56:39,759 --> 01:56:41,227 BRINGING IT FORWARD. SO SOME OF 3385 01:56:41,227 --> 01:56:44,063 THAT WORK IS ACTUALLY DONE IN 3386 01:56:44,063 --> 01:56:48,368 PARTNERSHIP WITH NNS TO GET OUR 3387 01:56:48,368 --> 01:56:48,968 OTHER PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY 3388 01:56:48,968 --> 01:56:53,206 FOLKS OR COMMUNITY FOLKS PART 3389 01:56:53,206 --> 01:56:54,140 AND AT THE TABLE. SO THAT IS 3390 01:56:54,140 --> 01:56:56,576 PART OF THE WORK THAT THEY WILL 3391 01:56:56,576 --> 01:56:58,511 DO WHEN WE CONTRACT WITH THEM IN 3392 01:56:58,511 --> 01:57:03,182 THIS WAY. AND THEN I WANT TO 3393 01:57:03,182 --> 01:57:04,550 ALSO SAY, I KNOW YOU WEREN'T 3394 01:57:04,550 --> 01:57:05,985 ABLE TO BE THERE, BUT I KNOW 3395 01:57:05,985 --> 01:57:07,320 YOUR STAFFER WAS THERE. SO 3396 01:57:07,320 --> 01:57:11,124 REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SENDING 3397 01:57:11,124 --> 01:57:12,925 SOMEONE TO LISTEN. IT WAS A 3398 01:57:12,925 --> 01:57:13,526 REALLY GREAT SYMPOSIUM. FOLKS 3399 01:57:13,526 --> 01:57:16,929 HAD REALLY GREAT QUESTIONS. AND 3400 01:57:16,929 --> 01:57:17,563 THE BEST PART, ONE OF THE BEST 3401 01:57:17,563 --> 01:57:18,998 PARTS OF THIS SYMPOSIUM IS 3402 01:57:18,998 --> 01:57:21,501 FOLKS. IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME 3403 01:57:21,501 --> 01:57:23,536 THAT FOLKS FROM PHILLY AND 3404 01:57:23,536 --> 01:57:25,705 BALTIMORE WERE THERE TO SHARE 3405 01:57:25,705 --> 01:57:28,207 THEIR EXPERIENCES ON HOW THEY 3406 01:57:28,207 --> 01:57:29,342 WORKED WITH NNS TO IMPLEMENT 3407 01:57:29,342 --> 01:57:30,710 THIS STRATEGY THAT HAS HAD 3408 01:57:30,710 --> 01:57:33,446 SUCCESS IN THOSE CITIES, AND 3409 01:57:33,446 --> 01:57:35,615 THOSE FOLKS THAT CAME FROM 3410 01:57:35,615 --> 01:57:37,450 PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE DID A 3411 01:57:37,450 --> 01:57:38,785 GREAT JOB. I FOUND IT REALLY 3412 01:57:38,785 --> 01:57:40,219 HELPFUL. CHAIR, I KNOW YOU CAN 3413 01:57:40,219 --> 01:57:41,487 SPEAK TO IT TOO, BECAUSE YOU 3414 01:57:41,487 --> 01:57:47,160 WERE THERE, BUT THEY HAVE HAD 3415 01:57:47,160 --> 01:57:49,595 OUTSTANDING RESULTS WORKING WITH 3416 01:57:49,595 --> 01:57:50,997 N N SC AND HAVE HAD REALLY 3417 01:57:50,997 --> 01:57:52,698 SUCCESS. AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF 3418 01:57:52,698 --> 01:57:55,568 THE FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING IN 3419 01:57:55,568 --> 01:57:58,171 THOSE CITIES ON THE STRATEGY AND 3420 01:57:58,171 --> 01:57:59,639 IMPLEMENTING THIS. VARIANCE 3421 01:57:59,639 --> 01:58:02,208 STRATEGY ARE FOLKS THAT WERE 3422 01:58:02,208 --> 01:58:05,311 INVOLVED IN, IN GUN VIOLENCE 3423 01:58:05,311 --> 01:58:07,313 EARLY IN THEIR LIVES. SO THESE 3424 01:58:07,313 --> 01:58:09,649 THESE ARE FOLKS WHO HAVE 3425 01:58:09,649 --> 01:58:12,718 EXPERIENCE WITH THE SYSTEM, WHO 3426 01:58:12,718 --> 01:58:15,021 ARE NOW WORKING TOGETHER TO 3427 01:58:15,021 --> 01:58:18,424 IMPLEMENT THIS ALL INCLUSIVE 3428 01:58:18,424 --> 01:58:20,259 STRATEGY WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AS 3429 01:58:20,259 --> 01:58:22,662 WELL, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN 3430 01:58:22,662 --> 01:58:24,497 THEIR CITIES TO ACTUALLY 3431 01:58:24,497 --> 01:58:26,099 IMPLEMENT THIS STRATEGY THAT HAS 3432 01:58:26,099 --> 01:58:27,333 HAD THE SUCCESS. SO I HOPE THAT 3433 01:58:27,333 --> 01:58:29,669 ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. 3434 01:58:29,669 --> 01:58:31,904 COUNCILMEMBER LIN NYNN SC VERSUS 3435 01:58:31,904 --> 01:58:34,173 SOME OF THE OTHER FOLKS THAT ARE 3436 01:58:34,173 --> 01:58:34,774 DOING QUOTE, UNQUOTE FOCUSED 3437 01:58:34,774 --> 01:58:36,809 DETERRENCE. IT IS A VERSION OF 3438 01:58:36,809 --> 01:58:38,878 FOCUSED DETERRENCE. EVERYONE'S 3439 01:58:38,878 --> 01:58:40,179 DOING IT DIFFERENTLY. N N SC IS 3440 01:58:40,179 --> 01:58:43,015 DOING IT MORE COMPREHENSIVELY, 3441 01:58:43,015 --> 01:58:44,383 WHICH IS WHY IN THE 25 3442 01:58:44,383 --> 01:58:48,654 AUDITOR'S REPORT, THE AUDITOR 3443 01:58:48,654 --> 01:58:49,288 TALKED ABOUT THIS COMPREHENSIVE 3444 01:58:49,288 --> 01:58:51,357 APPROACH THAT DOES INCLUDE LAW 3445 01:58:51,357 --> 01:58:53,626 ENFORCEMENT. 3446 01:58:53,626 --> 01:58:54,327 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 3447 01:58:54,327 --> 01:58:58,364 RIVERA, AS CHAIR. I'LL ADD 3448 01:58:58,364 --> 01:58:58,965 THAT. AND TO BE QUITE CLEAR, 3449 01:58:58,965 --> 01:58:59,866 SETTING THESE PIECES INTO PLACE, 3450 01:58:59,866 --> 01:59:02,668 AND PARTLY BECAUSE THAT WE DO 3451 01:59:02,668 --> 01:59:04,637 HAVE THESE SILOED KIND OF 3452 01:59:04,637 --> 01:59:05,438 EFFORTS, AND IT'S VERY 3453 01:59:05,438 --> 01:59:07,673 AGGRAVATING. AND THIS IS THE 3454 01:59:07,673 --> 01:59:08,641 REASON WHY WE CHANGED OUR 3455 01:59:08,641 --> 01:59:09,275 STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK PLAN. THIS 3456 01:59:09,275 --> 01:59:11,010 IS THE REASON WHY WE'VE HAD 3457 01:59:11,010 --> 01:59:13,145 SOME MEETINGS. I RECOGNIZE THE 3458 01:59:13,145 --> 01:59:14,046 POINTS MADE, AND WE DO NEED TO 3459 01:59:14,046 --> 01:59:16,415 DO THAT. WE NEED TO HAVE THIS 3460 01:59:16,415 --> 01:59:18,084 STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK THAT 3461 01:59:18,084 --> 01:59:19,252 INCLUDES ALL THESE PLAYERS THAT 3462 01:59:19,252 --> 01:59:20,887 YOU TALKED ABOUT, WHETHER HERE 3463 01:59:20,887 --> 01:59:22,421 IN THE CITY OR THE COUNTY, BUT 3464 01:59:22,421 --> 01:59:23,189 IMPORTANTLY, FROM THE COMMUNITY 3465 01:59:23,189 --> 01:59:24,857 SAFETY PIECE, BECAUSE AGAIN, 3466 01:59:24,857 --> 01:59:26,626 COMMUNITY SAFETY IS MORE OF A 3467 01:59:26,626 --> 01:59:27,326 HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT PIECE 3468 01:59:27,326 --> 01:59:28,828 AS OPPOSED TO POLICE FIRE AND 3469 01:59:28,828 --> 01:59:30,663 THE LIKE. AND WE HAVE TO ADDRESS 3470 01:59:30,663 --> 01:59:33,132 THAT SEAM. AND GUN VIOLENCE IS 3471 01:59:33,132 --> 01:59:34,867 YET ANOTHER SAD EXAMPLE OF WHERE 3472 01:59:34,867 --> 01:59:37,103 THAT SEAM REALLY HAS MAJOR 3473 01:59:37,103 --> 01:59:38,538 IMPACTS. SO MY COMMITMENT IN 3474 01:59:38,538 --> 01:59:39,972 THIS PROCESS TO WORK WITH 3475 01:59:39,972 --> 01:59:41,274 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, BUT ALL OF 3476 01:59:41,274 --> 01:59:44,110 US, IS TO TO CREATE THAT 3477 01:59:44,110 --> 01:59:46,112 COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK 3478 01:59:46,112 --> 01:59:48,514 APPROACH, TO COVER UP THOSE 3479 01:59:48,514 --> 01:59:50,116 SEAMS AND TO BE INCLUSIVE. AND I 3480 01:59:50,116 --> 01:59:52,151 THINK THAT'S A CONCERN FOR MANY. 3481 01:59:52,151 --> 01:59:53,819 AND I THINK IT'S A, YOU KNOW, 3482 01:59:53,819 --> 01:59:55,254 CONCERN THAT EVERYONE SHOULD 3483 01:59:55,254 --> 01:59:56,522 HAVE. BUT MY COMMITMENT HERE IS 3484 01:59:56,522 --> 01:59:58,691 TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, SERVICE 3485 01:59:58,691 --> 02:00:00,159 PROVIDERS, THOSE IN THE 3486 02:00:00,159 --> 02:00:01,928 COMMUNITY SPACE. MR. DAVIS, WHO 3487 02:00:01,928 --> 02:00:04,030 CALLED IN AND OTHER MR. BATTU 3488 02:00:04,030 --> 02:00:04,630 WAS HERE TO SAY THAT THIS IS 3489 02:00:04,630 --> 02:00:07,567 GOING TO BE AN APPROACH THAT'S 3490 02:00:07,567 --> 02:00:08,734 GOING TO BE INCLUSIVE TO ALL THE 3491 02:00:08,734 --> 02:00:11,404 PLAYERS HERE IN SEATTLE, WHETHER 3492 02:00:11,404 --> 02:00:13,940 INCLUDING THE, YOU KNOW, THE 3493 02:00:13,940 --> 02:00:15,474 COUNTY PLAYERS, TO DO THAT. BUT 3494 02:00:15,474 --> 02:00:16,576 YOU KNOW WHAT? SOMETIMES WE NEED 3495 02:00:16,576 --> 02:00:17,710 A LITTLE SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM AND 3496 02:00:17,710 --> 02:00:20,780 HAVE AN OUTSIDE VOICE. AND LOOK, 3497 02:00:20,780 --> 02:00:22,048 ANGLE IS IMPORTANT. AND AS VICE 3498 02:00:22,048 --> 02:00:22,949 CHAIR NOTED, IN SOME WAYS THIS 3499 02:00:22,949 --> 02:00:24,584 IS A PILOT IN THE SENSE THAT 3500 02:00:24,584 --> 02:00:27,220 IT'S A TWO YEAR PROJECT. BUT 3501 02:00:27,220 --> 02:00:28,588 THE WORK HAS GOT TO BE DONE BY 3502 02:00:28,588 --> 02:00:29,522 US. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I 3503 02:00:29,522 --> 02:00:31,224 THINK WE AS A COMMITTEE AND AS A 3504 02:00:31,224 --> 02:00:33,826 COUNCIL, NEED TO STAND UP AND TO 3505 02:00:33,826 --> 02:00:35,728 DO SO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE 3506 02:00:35,728 --> 02:00:36,896 THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR'S TEAM. 3507 02:00:36,896 --> 02:00:37,797 I RECOGNIZE THERE'S A LOT OF 3508 02:00:37,797 --> 02:00:39,765 TALK REGARDING THIS AS IT 3509 02:00:39,765 --> 02:00:41,634 RELATES TO MAYOR WILSON AND HER 3510 02:00:41,634 --> 02:00:43,803 TEAM IN TERMS OF THAT AND THE 3511 02:00:43,803 --> 02:00:46,973 RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COUNCIL. 3512 02:00:46,973 --> 02:00:48,407 BUT I ALSO WILL COMMIT HERE TO 3513 02:00:48,407 --> 02:00:50,977 IS TO WORK WITH MAYOR WILSON, 3514 02:00:50,977 --> 02:00:51,510 DEPUTY MAYOR SURRATT AND 3515 02:00:51,510 --> 02:00:52,778 DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY 3516 02:00:52,778 --> 02:00:54,146 HOLCOMB ON THIS ISSUE TO TO 3517 02:00:54,146 --> 02:00:57,783 ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A WHOLE OF 3518 02:00:57,783 --> 02:00:59,285 GOVERNMENT AND THE WHOLE EFFORT 3519 02:00:59,285 --> 02:01:01,087 TO TO MOVE FORWARD. AND WE'VE 3520 02:01:01,087 --> 02:01:03,022 BEEN WORKING TOGETHER ALREADY. 3521 02:01:03,022 --> 02:01:04,090 BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S T'S TO BE 3522 02:01:04,090 --> 02:01:04,924 CROSSED, LINES TO BE DOTTED. AND 3523 02:01:04,924 --> 02:01:08,294 I THINK THIS IS A GOOD FIRST 3524 02:01:08,294 --> 02:01:09,562 STEP. LAST WORD TO COUNCILMEMBER 3525 02:01:09,562 --> 02:01:09,795 RIVERA. 3526 02:01:09,795 --> 02:01:10,529 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WILL SAY 3527 02:01:10,529 --> 02:01:12,365 THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE 3528 02:01:12,365 --> 02:01:15,501 MAYOR'S OFFICE SINCE JANUARY. 3529 02:01:15,501 --> 02:01:17,970 I'VE BEEN VERY TRANSPARENT. 3530 02:01:17,970 --> 02:01:19,972 OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS SOMETHING 3531 02:01:19,972 --> 02:01:23,609 I'VE BEEN WORKING ON BEFORE. 3532 02:01:23,609 --> 02:01:25,144 THIS MAYOR GOT ELECTED. AND 3533 02:01:25,144 --> 02:01:26,979 OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO WORK WITH 3534 02:01:26,979 --> 02:01:28,881 THE MAYOR AGAIN. THE EFFORT IS A 3535 02:01:28,881 --> 02:01:30,249 COMPREHENSIVE, ALL HANDS ON DECK 3536 02:01:30,249 --> 02:01:31,517 APPROACH. THAT MEANS WE ALL NEED 3537 02:01:31,517 --> 02:01:34,854 TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE EFFORT 3538 02:01:34,854 --> 02:01:36,789 TO WORK. SO THEY CAME TO THIS 3539 02:01:36,789 --> 02:01:38,190 SYMPOSIUM. I WAS GRATEFUL THAT 3540 02:01:38,190 --> 02:01:40,359 DEPUTY MAYOR SURRATT WAS THERE. 3541 02:01:40,359 --> 02:01:42,061 DIRECTOR HOLCOMB WAS THERE AS 3542 02:01:42,061 --> 02:01:45,097 WELL. THE MAYOR HERSELF DID A 3543 02:01:45,097 --> 02:01:47,233 DROP BY, BUT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 3544 02:01:47,233 --> 02:01:50,736 WAS REPRESENTED. YOU KNOW, IT'S 3545 02:01:50,736 --> 02:01:52,004 UNFORTUNATE THAT TO DATE, THEY 3546 02:01:52,004 --> 02:01:54,373 HAVE NOT BEEN COMMITTAL ON THIS 3547 02:01:54,373 --> 02:01:56,242 PARTICULAR APPROACH. AND AND 3548 02:01:56,242 --> 02:01:57,910 THAT IS UNFORTUNATE. ON THE 3549 02:01:57,910 --> 02:02:01,547 OTHER HAND, AS I SAID EARLIER, 3550 02:02:01,547 --> 02:02:04,016 WE AS COUNCIL ARE RESPONSIBLE 3551 02:02:04,016 --> 02:02:05,818 FOR PASSING THE LAWS AND THE 3552 02:02:05,818 --> 02:02:08,587 BUDGET BY WHICH TO IMPLEMENT 3553 02:02:08,587 --> 02:02:11,724 THOSE LAWS. AND SO I CANNOT SIT 3554 02:02:11,724 --> 02:02:14,160 HERE AND WATCH WHAT IS HAPPENING 3555 02:02:14,160 --> 02:02:15,928 TO OUR CITY. AND KNOWING THERE 3556 02:02:15,928 --> 02:02:17,096 IS A STRATEGY OUT THERE THAT WE 3557 02:02:17,096 --> 02:02:21,400 COULD BE TRYING HERE AND NOT 3558 02:02:21,400 --> 02:02:22,735 DOING IT. AND SO IF THE MAYOR 3559 02:02:22,735 --> 02:02:24,637 DOES NOT WANT TO OPERATIONALIZE 3560 02:02:24,637 --> 02:02:28,841 THIS APPROACH, THAT IS HER 3561 02:02:28,841 --> 02:02:33,646 DECISION. BUT AND I BUT AS A 3562 02:02:33,646 --> 02:02:34,280 COUNCILMEMBER, MY RESPONSIBILITY 3563 02:02:34,280 --> 02:02:37,717 IS TO MAKE SURE TO BRING SUCH AN 3564 02:02:37,717 --> 02:02:40,753 APPROACH, TO ADDRESS IT, TO TAKE 3565 02:02:40,753 --> 02:02:43,222 ACTION. THIS IS WHAT 3566 02:02:43,222 --> 02:02:44,690 CONSTITUENTS WANT. AND THIS IS 3567 02:02:44,690 --> 02:02:47,026 WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING RIGHT 3568 02:02:47,026 --> 02:02:49,395 NOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NUMBERS 3569 02:02:49,395 --> 02:02:51,731 OF GUN VIOLENCE IN THE CITY. AND 3570 02:02:51,731 --> 02:02:52,865 CHAIR, I'LL JUST SAY THAT FROM 3571 02:02:52,865 --> 02:02:54,800 THE DASHBOARD. YOU KNOW, 3572 02:02:54,800 --> 02:02:57,303 RECENTLY FOLKS SAID THAT CRIME 3573 02:02:57,303 --> 02:03:04,310 WAS DOWN SINCE 2020. 3 OR 4. BUT 3574 02:03:04,310 --> 02:03:07,380 REALLY, CRIME IS STILL UP FROM 3575 02:03:07,380 --> 02:03:09,749 BEFORE THE PANDEMIC LEVELS. 3576 02:03:09,749 --> 02:03:11,450 IT'S STILL HIGHER THAN 3577 02:03:11,450 --> 02:03:13,919 PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS, EVEN THOUGH 3578 02:03:13,919 --> 02:03:16,122 THINGS MAY HAVE CRIME MIGHT BE 3579 02:03:16,122 --> 02:03:17,423 LOWER IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. AND 3580 02:03:17,423 --> 02:03:20,459 SO I'LL SAY THAT FATAL SHOOTINGS 3581 02:03:20,459 --> 02:03:24,230 IN 2012 WERE 211. AND IN 2024, 3582 02:03:24,230 --> 02:03:28,267 THERE WERE 541 AND POST 3583 02:03:28,267 --> 02:03:30,836 PANDEMIC, IT EXCRETE, IT 3584 02:03:30,836 --> 02:03:32,571 INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY, WHICH 3585 02:03:32,571 --> 02:03:36,208 WAS WHAT THE AUDITOR WAS 3586 02:03:36,208 --> 02:03:38,210 ADDRESSING IN THEIR 2025 REPORT. 3587 02:03:38,210 --> 02:03:39,412 SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS AN 3588 02:03:39,412 --> 02:03:41,647 ALL HANDS ON DECK. I LOOK 3589 02:03:41,647 --> 02:03:43,949 FORWARD AND I CONTINUE MY 3590 02:03:43,949 --> 02:03:45,117 CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MAYOR'S 3591 02:03:45,117 --> 02:03:47,553 OFFICE. I LOOK FORWARD TO 3592 02:03:47,553 --> 02:03:48,754 PARTNERING TO IMPLEMENT THIS 3593 02:03:48,754 --> 02:03:50,523 EFFORT. I HOPE THIS RESOLUTION 3594 02:03:50,523 --> 02:03:52,191 DOES PASS AND THAT WE TRY THIS 3595 02:03:52,191 --> 02:03:54,426 HERE, BECAUSE THE THING IS, WE 3596 02:03:54,426 --> 02:03:56,695 NEED TO TRY ALL THE THINGS TO 3597 02:03:56,695 --> 02:03:57,797 ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR 3598 02:03:57,797 --> 02:04:00,199 CITY. IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE 3599 02:04:00,199 --> 02:04:01,934 THAN ONE APPROACH. AND I WILL 3600 02:04:01,934 --> 02:04:03,602 SAY, WE TRY THIS. IF IT DOESN'T 3601 02:04:03,602 --> 02:04:06,005 WORK, THEN WE WILL HAVE TO SHIFT 3602 02:04:06,005 --> 02:04:07,239 TO SOMETHING ELSE. BUT AT THE 3603 02:04:07,239 --> 02:04:08,641 END OF THE DAY, WITH THE SUCCESS 3604 02:04:08,641 --> 02:04:12,611 RATE THAT THIS HAS HAD IN CITIES 3605 02:04:12,611 --> 02:04:13,279 WHO HAVE HISTORICAL GUN VIOLENCE 3606 02:04:13,279 --> 02:04:14,480 ISSUES LIKE BALTIMORE AND 3607 02:04:14,480 --> 02:04:15,881 PHILADELPHIA, WHY WOULDN'T WE DO 3608 02:04:15,881 --> 02:04:18,417 THIS HERE? THIS, TO ME IS A NO 3609 02:04:18,417 --> 02:04:19,485 BRAINER. THANK YOU CHAIR, I HOPE 3610 02:04:19,485 --> 02:04:23,656 TO HAVE COUNCIL SUPPORT ON THIS. 3611 02:04:23,656 --> 02:04:24,223 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 3612 02:04:24,223 --> 02:04:27,393 RIVERA. I WILL SAY NOT I, BUT WE 3613 02:04:27,393 --> 02:04:28,894 AS A COUNCIL WILL WORK WITH THE 3614 02:04:28,894 --> 02:04:31,030 THE MAYOR AND HER TEAM BECAUSE 3615 02:04:31,030 --> 02:04:32,398 THIS IS IMPORTANT TO THE CITY 3616 02:04:32,398 --> 02:04:33,899 AND THIS IS WHAT THE CITY 3617 02:04:33,899 --> 02:04:35,334 EXPECTS. OKAY. WILL THE CLERK 3618 02:04:35,334 --> 02:04:37,002 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? BY THE 3619 02:04:37,002 --> 02:04:40,539 WAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH THE 3620 02:04:40,539 --> 02:04:41,440 VOTE BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING, 3621 02:04:41,440 --> 02:04:43,509 AS NOTED, HAS BEEN WORKED ON 3622 02:04:43,509 --> 02:04:48,247 CONTINUOUSLY FOR A YEAR TO WITH 3623 02:04:48,247 --> 02:04:49,048 THE RV BILL AND ALSO THE BIT OF 3624 02:04:49,048 --> 02:04:50,883 SEATTLE LOOKS THAT WE HAVE 3625 02:04:50,883 --> 02:04:52,117 COMING UP AND THE FACT THAT WE 3626 02:04:52,117 --> 02:04:53,552 HAVE A SHORT PERIOD BETWEEN 3627 02:04:53,552 --> 02:04:55,788 LABOR DAY AND THE BUDGET, AND 3628 02:04:55,788 --> 02:04:57,156 THEN WE DON'T REALLY HAVE 3629 02:04:57,156 --> 02:04:58,457 ANYTHING BETWEEN BUDGET AND THE 3630 02:04:58,457 --> 02:05:00,559 NEW YEAR. SO I'M GOING TO ASK 3631 02:05:00,559 --> 02:05:03,362 THAT WE MOVE FORWARD ON THE CALL 3632 02:05:03,362 --> 02:05:04,797 FOR A VOTE. 3633 02:05:04,797 --> 02:05:05,865 -- CHAIR, MAY I SAY ONE LAST 3634 02:05:05,865 --> 02:05:07,833 THING, ACTUALLY? 3635 02:05:07,833 --> 02:05:08,133 -- OKAY. 3636 02:05:08,133 --> 02:05:08,934 -- COUNCILMEMBER, ON YOUR POINT. 3637 02:05:08,934 --> 02:05:10,669 -- ABOUT 3638 02:05:10,669 --> 02:05:12,171 -- WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT, ON THE 3639 02:05:12,171 --> 02:05:13,072 POINT ABOUT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, 3640 02:05:13,072 --> 02:05:15,741 I, LIKE I SAID, I ASKED FOR 3641 02:05:15,741 --> 02:05:16,842 CONCURRENCE. THEY WEREN'T READY 3642 02:05:16,842 --> 02:05:18,611 TO GIVE THAT NOW, BUT I WILL 3643 02:05:18,611 --> 02:05:20,279 CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM. THAT 3644 02:05:20,279 --> 02:05:23,315 IS THE JOB. THAT IS THE 3645 02:05:23,315 --> 02:05:24,650 COMMITMENT I'VE ALWAYS MADE TO 3646 02:05:24,650 --> 02:05:25,284 CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE MAYOR. 3647 02:05:25,284 --> 02:05:28,654 AND I HOPE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE 3648 02:05:28,654 --> 02:05:30,656 TO HAVE HER CONCURRENCE WHEN 3649 02:05:30,656 --> 02:05:33,125 THIS GOES TO FULL COUNCIL. THANK 3650 02:05:33,125 --> 02:05:34,660 YOU, CHAIR. 3651 02:05:34,660 --> 02:05:35,895 -- AND OR AND, YOU KNOW, AS WE 3652 02:05:35,895 --> 02:05:36,862 MOVE FORWARD IN COMMITTEE. 3653 02:05:36,862 --> 02:05:37,563 -- MOVE FORWARD. 3654 02:05:37,563 --> 02:05:38,697 -- AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN 3655 02:05:38,697 --> 02:05:39,732 COMMITTEE, BECAUSE WE WILL MOVE 3656 02:05:39,732 --> 02:05:41,333 FORWARD IN COMMITTEE BECAUSE GUN 3657 02:05:41,333 --> 02:05:42,234 VIOLENCE IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT 3658 02:05:42,234 --> 02:05:44,370 PIECE. IT'S PART OF OUR 3659 02:05:44,370 --> 02:05:45,004 STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK PLAN. OKAY. 3660 02:05:45,004 --> 02:05:46,005 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 3661 02:05:46,005 --> 02:05:48,007 ROLL ON THE COMMITTEE 3662 02:05:48,007 --> 02:05:51,543 RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT AMENDED 3663 02:05:51,543 --> 02:05:56,448 COUNCIL RESOLUTION 32217. 3664 02:05:56,448 --> 02:05:57,516 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN ABSTAIN. 3665 02:05:57,516 --> 02:05:57,983 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 3666 02:05:57,983 --> 02:06:00,419 -- AYE. 3667 02:06:00,419 --> 02:06:01,353 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. 3668 02:06:01,353 --> 02:06:03,622 CHAIR KETTLE. AYE THREE IN 3669 02:06:03,622 --> 02:06:04,123 FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED ONE 3670 02:06:04,123 --> 02:06:05,391 ABSTENTION. 3671 02:06:05,391 --> 02:06:07,326 -- OKAY. THE MOTION CARRIES AND 3672 02:06:07,326 --> 02:06:07,927 THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION 3673 02:06:07,927 --> 02:06:08,861 THAT THE COUNCIL BILL BE ADOPTED 3674 02:06:08,861 --> 02:06:10,496 WILL BE SENT TO THE SEPTEMBER 3675 02:06:10,496 --> 02:06:12,865 15th CITY COUNCIL MEETING. ALL 3676 02:06:12,865 --> 02:06:14,333 RIGHT. WE HAVE REACHED THE END 3677 02:06:14,333 --> 02:06:15,501 OF TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA. IS 3678 02:06:15,501 --> 02:06:16,635 THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO 3679 02:06:16,635 --> 02:06:18,637 COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE BEFORE 3680 02:06:18,637 --> 02:06:21,707 WE ADJOURN NOTHING EXCEPT FOR. I 3681 02:06:21,707 --> 02:06:23,776 DO WANT TO ECHO CHIEF SCOGGINS 3682 02:06:23,776 --> 02:06:25,110 POINT ABOUT THE 25th ANNIVERSARY 3683 02:06:25,110 --> 02:06:28,814 OF 911. COMING UP ON THIS 3684 02:06:28,814 --> 02:06:30,249 FRIDAY. I DO. IT'S A VERY 3685 02:06:30,249 --> 02:06:31,417 IMPORTANT DATE. IT'S AN 3686 02:06:31,417 --> 02:06:32,451 IMPORTANT DATE FOR US TO 3687 02:06:32,451 --> 02:06:34,019 REMEMBER. OKAY. HEARING NO 3688 02:06:34,019 --> 02:06:34,653 FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE 3689 02:06:34,653 --> 02:06:35,688 THE COMMITTEE. WE ARE ADJOURNED. 3690 02:06:35,688 --> 02:06:37,423 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 3691 02:06:37,423 --> 02:06:38,591 -- THANK