>>> MEETING OF THE PUBLIC
SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT IS 9:31 A.M.
I'M LISA HERBOLD, CHAIRMAN OF
THE COMMITTEE.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT LET ME
KNOW THIS MORNING, SHE WILL NOT
BE ABLE TO ATTEND TODAY'S
COMMITTEE MEETING.
SHE IS EXCUSED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> FOUR PRESIDENT.
>> I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER MUSS
MUSKADS A JOINING US AS WELL.
SHE'S ALREADY WITH US.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> ON TODAY'S COMMITTEE AGENDA,
WE WILL HEAR THREE ITEMS.
THE FIRST WILL BE A DISCUSSION
AND VOTE ON A BILL TO TRANSFER
THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT UNIT
OUT OF THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
THE SECOND IS A BRIEFING FROM
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
ON THE PROCESS AND OUTCOMES OF
THE COMMUNITY SAFETY CAPACITY
BUILDING REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS,
FUNDED WITH $12 MILLION
PROVIDED BY THE CITY COUNCIL,
IN PART IN LAST YEAR'S SUMMER
BUDGET ADJUSTMENT, WITH THE
COUNCIL INCREASING THE FUNDING
IN 2021, WHEN THAT 2020 FUNDING
WAS VETOED BY THE MAYOR AND NOT
ALLOCATED IN 2020.
I KNOW WE'RE ALSO GLAD TO SEE
THAT THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT HAS GOTTEN THOSE
DOLLARS OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
THEN FINALLY, WE'LL BE HEARING
A REPORT FROM CENTRAL STAFF ON
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
QUARTERLY FINANCE AND STAFFING
REPORTS.
IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE A
PRESENTATION FROM THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WILL
FOCUS ON THEIR BUDGET PROPOSAL
AS WELL AS DISCUSSION OF
SEVERAL PUBLIC SAFETY
INVESTMENTS THAT I AND OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE BEEN
WORKING TO PROPOSE FUNDING IN A
DIFFERENT SET OF CONVERSATIONS
IN COUNCILMEMBER MUSS
MUSQUEDA'S FINANCING, USING THE
SECOND QUARTER IN DOING SO.
WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ONTO
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA FOR
TODAY'S COMMITTEE MEETING.
[ INAUDIBLE ] HEARING NO
OBJECTION, TODAY'S AGENDA [
INAUDIBLE ]. I WILL MODERATE
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IN
THE FOLLOWING MANNER.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN --
WELL THERE ARE 39 SPEAKERS.
OR 40 SPEAKERS.
I THINK WE SHOULD REDUCE
COMMENT PERIOD SPEAKING FOR ONE
MINUTE FOR EACH SPEAKER.
IT WILL REQUIRE US TO ALSO MAKE
AN ADJUSTMENT IN THE TIME
ALLOTTED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON
THE AGENDA.
I WILL CALL ON EACH SPEAKER BY
NAME, AND IN THE ORDER IN WHICH
THEY REGISTERED ON THE
COUNCIL'S WEBSITE.
IF YOU HAVE NOT YET RECENTLY
DISERRED TO SPEAK OR WOULD LIKE
TO DO SO, YOU CAN SIGN UP
BEFORE THE END OF THE PUBLIC
HEARING BY GOING TO THE
COUNCIL'S WEBSITE.
ONCE I CALL THE SPEAKER'S NAME,
YOU WILL HEAR A PROMPT.
ONCE YOU HEAR THAT PROMPT, YOU
MUST PRESS STAR 6 TO UNMUTE
YOURSELF.
PLEASE BEGIN BY STATING YOUR
NAME, AND THE ITEM WITH WHICH
YOUR DISCUSSING.
THE SPEAKER WILL HEAR A TIME
ONCE THERE'S 10 SECONDS LEFT.
ONCE THE SPEAKER HEARS A CHIME,
WE ASK YOU TO END YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENTS.
IF THE SPEAKERS DO NOT END
THEIR PUBLIC COMMENTS AFTER THE
TIME, THE SPEAKER'S MIC WILL
THEN BE MUTED TO ALLOW US TO
HEAR FROM THE NEXT SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU COMPLETE PUBLIC
COMMENT, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE
DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE.
YOU CAN FOLLOW THE MEETING VIA
THE SEATTLE CHANNEL OR ON THE
LISTENING OPTIONS ON THE
LISTING AGENDA IT TESTIFY.
WE'VE GOT MANY MORE PEOPLE
SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
THAN WE CAN ACCOMMODATE IN THE
NORMAL 20 MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD.
SO IN ORDER TO ALLOW AS MANY
PEOPLE TO SPEAK AS POSSIBLE,
POTENTIALLY, EVERYBODY.
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, I
WILL SUSPEND THE RULES TO ALLOW
AN ADDITIONAL 20 MINUTES OF
PUBLIC COMMENT, EXTENDING
PUBLIC COMMENT TO BE A TOTAL OF
40 MINUTES.
AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD HAS BEEN
EXTENDED FROM 20 MINUTES TO 40
MINUTES.
THANK YOU.
AND SO WE'LL MOVE RIGHT IN TO
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
I WILL CALL OUT NAMES TWO AT A
TIME.
AND AGAIN, JUST REMEMBER TO
HIT.
SO WE'LL START WITH HOWARD GALE
FOLLOWED BY CASEN REEIVES.
>> GOOD MORNING, HOWARD GALE.
YESTERDAY, WE GOT A CLOSER LOOK
AT THE INTERWORKINGS OF OUR
FAILED POLICE SYSTEM.
WE LEARNED JUST HOW SELF-
SERVING BUREAUCRATIC, AND
INTERNALLISTIC THIS $9 MILLION
SYSTEM IS PROTECTING BOTH
ITSELF AND THE SPD FROM THE
COMMUNITY.
THIS REVEALS A COMPLETE
DERELICTION OF DUTY ALONG WITH
POSSIBLE CRIMINAL ACTS
COMMITTED BY OPA DIRECTOR.
VICK'S ARTICLE REVEALS IN ONE
OF THE MORE HORRENDOUS ASSAULTS
AGAINST PROTESTERS LAST YEAR.
THE OPA ATTEMPTS TO BLAME THE
VICTIM AND CRIMINALLY RELEASE
HER PRIVATE HEALTH RECORDS,
PRECISELY THE OPPOSITE OF JOB.
THIS DEMONSTRATES URGENT NEED
FOR US TO HAVE FULL CIVILITY
CONTROL OVER THE CONDUCT AND
DISCIPLINE.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JASON
REEVES FOLLOWED BY PETER
CONDIT.
JASON.
>> REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR 6,
JASON.
>> THANK YOU, ALEX.
>> JASON, WE'RE STILL SEEING
YOU ON MUTE.
WE NEED YOU TO HIT STAR 6. ONE
MORE TIME, IF YOU CAN HEAR US,
JASON, WE NEED YOU TO HIT STAR
6 SO WE CAN HEAR YOU.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO MOVE ON TO PETER CONDIT,
FOLLOWED BY BJ LASS.
WE'LL COME BACK TO JASON
TOWARDS THE END OF PUBLIC
COMMENT.
>> HI, THANK YOU, MY MAIM IS
PETER CONDIT.
I'M A DISTRICT 6 RESIDENT, I'M
WRITING TO ASK YOU TO TRANSFER
ALL 15 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS IN
SALARY SAVINGS OUT OF THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY WILL RAISE MANY QUESTIONS,
PARTICULARLY REGARDING THE MORE
THAN $2 MILLION THAT WOULD BE
SPENT ON COP TECHNOLOGY.
COPS DON'T NEED NEW TECH.
ONE OF THOSE ITEMS IS A
CAPACITY PLANNING TOOL.
ACCENTURE WRITES THAT IT IS TO
BE USED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF
WHEN QUOTE THE CHIEF OF POLICE
CANNOT CURRENTLY DEFEND WITH
EVIDENCE HER REQUEST FOR
ADDITIONAL BUDGET.
END QUOTE.
IS SPD ASKING FOR TECHNOLOGY TO
FABRICATE BUDGETARY NEED THAT
DOESN'T OTHERWISE EXIST?
I THINK SO.
ON THE OTHER HAND, COMMUNITY
ALREADY HAS EVIDENCE OF ITS
BUDGETARY NEED THROUGH APPLIED
TO THE BUILDING GRANTS.
KEEPING SALARY SAVINGS WITHIN
SPD DOES NOT GET US CLOSER TO
TRUE PUBLIC SAFETY FOR ALL.
SPD IS A DESTRUCTIONAL FORCE IN
OUR SOCIETY THAT EMPLOYS --
>> THANK YOU.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS BJ LASS.
I'M A BALLARD RESIDENT.
I'M CALLING TO ASK YOU TO
TRANSFER $15 MILLION PLUS IN
SALARY SAVINGS OUT OF SPD.
THE MAYOR ALLOCATED SPD SALARY
SAVINGS NOT SURPRISINGLY,
THEY'RE DIRECTING ALMOST ALL OF
THOSE DOLLARS BACK INTO SPD
WHICH RAISES MANY QUESTIONS.
THE RECENT REPORT BY THE
NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORM SAYS THREE QUARTERS OF
ALL CALLS FOR SERVICE COULD BE
HANDLED EXCLUSIVELY.
WHAT STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN TO
CREATE THIS NETWORK?
HOW COULD THE $15.3 MILLION BE
USED TOWARDS THIS
RECOMMENDATION?
WHAT IS THE BASIS FOR THE
DECISION TO SPEND ON HIRING
BONUSES THAT WILL INCREASE THE
NUMBER OF SWORN OFFICERS
INSTEAD OF SPENDING ON
NONOFFICER ALTERNATIVES.
SEATTLE IS IN A CRUCIAL SPOT.
KEEPING SALARY SAVINGS WITHIN
SPD DOES NOT GET US CLOSER TO
TRUE PUBLIC SAFETY FOR ALL.
>> THANK YOU, OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS THERON PAGE, FOLLOWED BY
REBECCA ROSE.
>> MY NAME IS CBRON PAGE, I'M A
JIG WORKER.
I'M HEAR TO SPEAK ABOUT WHY WE
NEED SEATTLE COUNCIL TO PASS
THE POLICY.
AS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR, I
INCUR ALL OF THE EXPENSES OF
DOING THIS WORK, OF COURSE.
A SINGLE ACCIDENT CAN TAKE AWAY
YOUR ABILITY TO DO THIS WORK.
THERE AREN'T ANY PREDICTIONS TO
JIG WORKERS ESPECIALLY IF YOU
GET HURT OR HAVE AN ACCIDENT.
I'M A GOOD DRIVER, BUT LIFE
HAPPENS, ACCIDENTS HAPPEN.
I HAPPENED TO HAVE PULLED BACK
ON DOING THIS, BECAUSE OF THE
EXPENSIVE WEAR AND TEAR MILEAGE
IN MY CAR.
DUE TO A MISTAKE, I HAVE NOT
BEEN ABLE TO DO AIRPORT RUNS
SINCE APRIL.
I HAVE NOT DONE ANY UBER
RIDESHARE RUNS.
IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THE JIG
WORKER AT SOME POINT, YOU
CANNOT RELY ON THEM AND YOU
SURELY CANNOT RETIRE FROM THIS
TYPE OF WORK, BUT THAT CAN
CHANGE.
WE NEED AS WORKERS, STANDARDS
MUST BE SET IN PLACE BEFORE
WHOLE NEW GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE
--
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BECCA ROSE.
YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY TERRY
HERSTAD.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS BECCA
ROSE.
I'M A DISTRICT TWO RESIDENT.
I'M CALLING BECAUSE I'M VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT SPD'S REQUEST
TO ALLOCATE SAVINGS BACK INTO
THEIR BUDGET WHEN THE COUNCIL
MASS COMMITTED TO BUILDING TRUE
PUBLIC SAFETY OUTSIDE OF SPD.
THE MAYOR'S NEW BUDGET REQUEST
FOR OUR CITY RAISES MANY
QUESTIONS.
ONE OF THEM IS A PART OF THE
TECHNOLOGY FUNDING, SPD IS
ASKING THE CITY TO FUND AN
EARLY INTERVENTION SYSTEM.
THIS SYSTEM SUPPOSEDLY CATCHES
BAD COPS BEFORE THEY DO BAD
THINGS.
THERE IS ZERO EVIDENCE,
HOWEVER, THAT EIS EVEN WORKS.
THE DIJ HAS PREVIOUSLY DECLARED
IT TO BE A STALE PROGRAM.
WHY WOULD THE CITY SPEND ON
POLICE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS
ALREADY PROVEN TO FAIL, WHEN WE
KNOW THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES OUT
THERE AS DEMONSTRATED THROUGH
THE PROJECT WITH ALL OF THE
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
THAT CAN SOLVE PUBLIC SAFETY
OUTSIDE OF SPD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS TERRY HERSTAT, FOLLOWED BY
JACOB BRASHEER.
>> HI, ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ME?
>> YES, WE CAN.
>> I'M TERRY HERSTAT I'M A GIG
WORKER CLEANING HOUSES THROUGH
THE HANDY APP.
I USED TO WORK PRIMARILY ON
INSTACART, BUT I WAS
DEACTIVATED, AND THEY DID NOT
DISCLOSE THE ACTION THAT LED TO
MY DEACTIVATION.
IT'S POSSIBLE TO HAVE A
BALANCED RELATIONSHIP WITH APP
COMPANIES.
UNFORTUNATELY, NOT ALL APP
COMPANIES PLAY FAIR AND
CONTINUOUSLY HARM WORKER
PROFITS.
I'M EXPECTED TO COVER EXPENSES,
INCLUDING MY TAXES, MY BONDING,
MY INSURANCE.
AND YET THE CLIENTS ARE
CONSIDERED CUSTOMERS OF HANDY,
AND NOT MY PERSONAL CLIENTS.
AS A FIRST PRIORITY, WE NEED TO
BE COUNSELED TO FOCUS ON
ADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR
LABOR.
FROM THERE, WE NEED STANDARDS
TO PROTECT OUR FLEXIBILITY FROM
APPS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS FOLLOWED BY
TRACY PATTON.
JACOB.
>> THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS JACOB SHEER, I'M AN
ADVOCACY ORGANIZER FOR REAL
CHANGE.
I'M CALLING ON BEHALF OF REAL
CHANGE TO ASK COUNSEL TO
TRANSFER ALL OF SP D'S BUDGET
SAVINGS AND TO REJECT THE
ATTEMPT TO WASTE MONEY ON
UNNECESSARY REQUESTS.
AS AN ORGANIZATION IS THAT
WORKS WITH LOW INCOME HOUSE
COMMUNITY, WE KNOW THE THREAT
THAT SPD POSES THROUGH
DISPLACING AND TRAUMATIZING
PEOPLE.
AND SUSTAINED RACIST VIOLENCE.
WE REJECT THE IDEA THAT SPD
EXISTS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
SAFETY, AND DEMAND THAT COUNCIL
FOLLOW THROUGH.
THAT BEGINS WITH POURING AN
INVESTING IN PROGRAMS THAT MEET
BASIC NEEDS AND RESPOND TO
STRUCTURAL CAUSES OF
INEQUALITY.
THE PRECISE OPPOSITE OF WHAT
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
DOES.
THEY NEED HOUSING AND SERVICES
THAT MEET THEIR SPECIFIC NEEDS.
THAT'S WHAT TRUE PUBLIC SAFETY
IS.
THE DEMAND FROM THE COMMUNITY
REMAINS THE SAME.
DEFUND SPD AND INVEST IN TRUE
PUBLIC SAFETY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TRACY
PATTON.
TRACY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
JAMES.
TRACY.
>> OKAY.
HI.
MAY NAME IS TRACY PATTON, AND I
AM CALLING IN TO TALK ABOUT GIG
WORKER POLICY.
I'M A LONG TIME FREELANCE
WRITER AND MARKETING
CONSULTANT, SO I'M IN A LITTLE
BIT OF A DIFFERENT POSITION
THAN THE TYPE OF GIG WORKERS
THAT I THINK YOU'RE FOCUSED ON
TODAY.
HOWEVER, I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE
THE OVERLAP AND SOME OF THE
SHARED CONCERNS AMONG ALL GIG
WORKERS.
AS A RIDER, I DO HAVE GAPS IN
MY CONTRACT HERE AND THERE.
A COUPLE YEARS AGO, I SIGNED UP
O BE A LYFT DRIVER, THINKING
THAT WOULD HELP EVEN OUT THE
INCOME.
AND I WAS SHOCKED AT HOW LITTLE
I WAS PAID.
YOU KNOW, I WAS EXPECTING TO
GET ABOUT $20 AN HOUR, AND
AFTER EXPENSES, IT WAS JUST
RIDICULOUS.
I THINK I MIGHT HAVE MADE LIKE
$4 AN HOUR.
SO TODAY I'M ASKING FOR JUST
THE BASICS, LIKE BASIC MINIMUM
WAGE, AND TRANSPARENCY, AND
FEES FOR ALL GIG WORKERS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JAMES
THOMAS FOLLOWED BY PENNY
O'GRADY.
JAMES.
>> YOU HAVE TO HIT STAR 6, IF
YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY.
YOU'RE STILL ON MUTE.
JAMES, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN
HEAR US, BUT WE NEED YOU TO HIT
STAR 6, SO WE CAN HEAR YOU.
AND ONE MORE TIME.
JAMES THOMAS.
CAN YOU PLEASE HIT STAR 6?
THERE YOU GO.
>> I HIT STAR 6. AM I THERE?
>> YES.
PERFECT.
>> THANK YOU.
I APOLOGIZE.
>> NO PROBLEM.
>> OKAY.
IT'S EASY TO SEE THAT GIG
COMPANIES WANT TO FOOL AND RULE
AN ENTIRE CLASS OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE, AND SHALL BE PROVIDING
SERVICE YEARS FROM NOW, WHILE
COLLECTING SERVITUDE
COMPENSATIONS FOR DOING THE
SUCH FOR THE MASSES WHO USE
THESE SERVICES.
WE'RE HERE FROM WORKING
WASHINGTON PAY UP.
WE NEED SEATTLE TO
PROGRESSIVELY SHOW THAT IT'S
TIME TO STOP THE TOMFOOLERY,
THE NONSENSICAL LINE, AND
BAMBOOZLING PEOPLE OF COLOR AND
IMMIGRATION STATUS.
WE WANT AND NEED ADDITIONAL
EQUITIES FOR THE HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO PROVIDE
ALL OF THE POWER, ENERGY, AND
EXPANSIONS THAT MAKE THE GIG
PROCESS WORK.
WE NEED STANDARDS SET NOW.
WE ARE THE LINK.
WE, WITHOUT THE DRIVER, AND
THEIR VEHICLES, NOTHING MOVES.
LAST WEEK, THE BASE PAY WENT TO
$2.75 WITH NO AUTHORIZATION.
THIS WAS AUTHORIZED BY THE CEO
OF DOOR DASH WHO MADE $14
MILLION.
>> THANK YOU, JAMES.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PENNY
O'GRADY.
PENNY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
SEFLAS.
PENNY.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS PENNY O'GRADY.
I'M A GREENLAKE RESIDENT.
I'M CALLING TO ASK YOU TO
FOLLOW THROUGH AND TRANSFER ALL
$15 MILLION OUT OF THE SALARY
FOR THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
WHAT IS THE BASIS FOR KEEPING
COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS AND
OTHER NONSWORN RESPONDERS IN
SPD, NOW THAT THERE IS A SAFETY
COMMUNICATION CENTER.
COUNCIL SHOULD PROVIDE ZERO
FUNDING UNTIL THE MOVE TO THE
NEW CSC.
TO QUOTE FROM YESTERDAY'S POST,
REDUCTIONS IN THE BUDGET CAN
AND SHOULD OCCUR.
THE CONSENT DECREE IS NOT THE
CAUSE OF THE ONGOING PROBLEMS
WITH POLICING IN SEATTLE.
IT SHOULD NOT BE USED TO
DISTRACT FROM THE REAL PROBLEMS
THAT EXIST, IN FINDING
SOLUTIONS TO THEM.
THE CITY MUST DO MORE TO
ADDRESS SPD VIOLENCE.
AT THE SAME TIME, COMMUNITY
VOICES URGING CHANGES THAT
COULD ACHIEVE PUBLIC SAFETY FOR
ALL SHOULD BE HEEDED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, PEN YVMENT OUR
NEXT SPEAKER, SEFHAS IS NOTED
AS NOT PRESENT.
SO IF THAT CHANGES, WE WILL GO
BACK.
SO WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ONTO
THOMPSON WILY, FOLLOWED BY ALEX
LOCKHART.
>> HI.
I AM CALLING TO ASK FOR THE
CITY COUNCIL TO FOLLOW THROUGH
WITH COMMITMENTS TO TRANSFER
ALL $15 MILLION OF SALARY
SAVINGS OUT OF THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE MAYOR'S NEW BUDGET REQUEST
FOR SPD RAISES MANY QUESTIONS.
THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
A REPORT BY THE CENTER FOR
POLICE AND EQUITY WHICH WAS
RECENTLY PUBLISHED SAYS THAT
BLACK PEOPLE WERE SUBJECT MORE
THAN SEVEN TIMES THE RATE THAN
WHITE PEOPLE.
NATIVE PEOPLE WERE STOPPED
NEARLY NINE TIMES AS MUCH AS
WHITE PEOPLE.
AND BLACK PEOPLE WERE STOPPED
AS MUCH AS FIVE TIMES MORE THAN
WHITE PEOPLE.
GIVEN THE DATA, WHY SHOULD WE
CONTINUE TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO
SPD, ESPECIALLY TO HAVE HARMFUL
PRACTICES THAT CREATE TRUE
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.
SEATTLE IS IN A PERIOD OF
TRANSFERRING TO COMMUNITY
CENTER LED APPROACH, KEEPING
SALARY SAVINGS FROM SPD DOES
NOT GET US CLOSER TO TRUE
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALICE
FOLLOWED BY ED.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
I'M ALICE LOCKHART.
I LIVE IN D5, WHERE SPD WASTED
AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF
TAXPAYER MONEY ON SUSPICION
PERSON CALLS.
GIVEN THAT ONLY 6.1% OF CALLS
FOR SERVICE BY SPD ARE FOR
FELONIES, BUT ONLY 12.9 OF
OFFICER RESPONSE TIME IS SPENT
ON FELONIES AND THE NATIONAL
INSTITUTE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORM RECOMMENDS HAVING A
COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO 3/4 OF
ALL CALLS FOR SERVICE.
WHAT POSSIBLE BASIS COULD THERE
BE TO INVEST BUDGET IN
INCREASING SPD SWORN OFFICERS
THROUGH HIRING BONUSES INSTEAD
OF INVESTING IN NON-OFFICER
ALTERNATIVES.
IF THE ANSWER IS NONE?
THE ONLY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE
ALTERNATIVE IS TO INVEST THE
ENTIRE $15 MILLION IN REAL
COMMUNITY SAFETY.
NOT SPD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ALEX.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ED FOLLOWED
BY MADISON BOWDEN.
ED.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS ED AND I'M A
CAREGIVER IN SEATTLE WITH
SIU775 WHERE I SERVE ON THE
EXECTIVE BOARD.
I WANT TO TELL YOU WHY THE PUSH
FOR THE PAY UP INITIATIVE IS SO
IMPORTANT TO US.
A NAME ON THE PEACE WORK
OFFERED BY FOOD SERVICES AND
YOU STILL HAVE THE SAME LOW
WAGE, NO BENEFIT JOBS WE FOUGHT
AGAINST FOR YEARS.
A FOOD DELIVERY DRIVER THAT I
KNOW JOKED IF HE ENDED UP
LIVING IN HIS CAR HE COULD TELL
PEOPLE HE WAS WORKING FROM HOME
DURING THE PANDEMIC.
WHAT YOU MAY NOT HEAR IS THAT
WE NEED THAT FLEXIBILITY TO
JUGGLE THE DEMANDS OF WORKING
TWO OR THREE LOW WAGE JOBS.
THE TRUTH IS MY CARE GIVING
SCHEDULE IS AS FLEXIBLE AS IT
WAS 20 YEARS AGO, BUT NOW IT'S
FLEXIBLE WITH AFFORDABLE
HEALTHCARE, PAID TIME OFF, AND
UNION REPRESENTATION.
IT TOOK 775 A GENERATION TO
LIFT CAREGIVERS OUT OF POVERTY.
WE CAN'T WASTE A GENERATION OF
GIG WORKER'S CHILDREN TO WAIT
FOR LUNCH TO BE DELIVERED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MADISON
BOWDEN FOLLOWED BY CLARK ALLEN.
>> HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS MADISON, AND I'M A
DISTRICT 5 RESIDENT AND A
MEMBER OF THE DEMOCRATIC
SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA.
I'M ADDRESSING THE SPD BUDGET
TODAY.
I'M CALLING TO ASK THAT YOU
FOLLOW THROUGH ON YOUR
COMMITMENT AND TRANSFER ALL $15
MILLION IN SALARY SAVINGS OUT
OF THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
THESE ONGOING SALARY SAVINGS
ARE SUPPOSED TO GO TO TRUE
SAFETY SOLUTIONS.
THIS PROPOSAL FROM MONEY FOR
SPD WAS BLOCKED BY THE CITY
THREE TIMES, WHILE THEY
LISTENED TO RESEARCH AND THE
COMMUNITY.
THIS NEW ATTEMPT BY SPD, AND
MAYOR DURKAN IS AN INSULT TO
THE COMMUNITY, WHICH HAS PUSHED
FOR COMMUNITY LED RESOURCES AND
HARM REDUCTION PROGRAMS.
COPS DO NOT STOP VIOLENCE.
LAST THURSDAY, MEMBERS OF SPD'S
GUN VIOLENCE PROTECTION TASK
FORCE USED THEIR OWN GUNS AND
MURDERED A MEMBER OF OUR
COMMUNITY.
WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO REWARD
THIS BEHAVIOR, WITH WHATEVER
OUTLANDISH BEHAVIOR THEY HAVE.
AS A TRANS WOMAN, THE POLICE DO
NOT MAKE ME FEEL SAFE.
THEY MUST BE DEFUNDED, THANK
YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CLARK,
FOLLOWED BY ALLEN.
>> HELLO.
I'M CLARK ALLEN.
I'M A GIG WORKER WITH UBER EATS
AND DOOR DASH AND A MEMBER OF
THE PAYOFF CAMPAIGN.
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE PASS AN
OF THE PAYOFF POLICY.
I STARTED WITH UBER EATS BACK
IN OCTOBER AS EXTRA PART TIME
WORK WHILE WORKING AT WHOLE
FOODS.
THE WAGES WERE ACTUALLY REALLY
GOOD, SO I LEFT WHOLE FOODS TO
PURSUE UBER FULL TIME.
UNFORTUNATELY, IN RECENT
MONTHS, THE WAGES HAVE DROPPED
SO SIGNIFICANTLY, THAT I'M NOW
STRUGGLING TO PAY MY RENT.
I'M HOPING THE CITY COUNCIL
PASSES THE PAYOFF POLICY JUST
TO GIVE SOME STABILITY TO GIG
WORKERS LIKE ME.
IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT TO
HAVE A MINIMUM WAGE, OR A FLOOR
FOR WAGES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KURAN
FOLLOWED BY JOHAN JAMES.
CARMEN.
>> AND CARMEN, IF YOU ARE NOT
ALL RIGHT UNMUTED, WE NEED YOU
TO HIT STAR.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> YES, WE CAN, THANK YOU.
>> HI.
GOOD MORNING, THIS IS CARMEN
FIGUEROA.
I AM AN ON DEMAND GIG WORKER,
AND I NEED LAWMAKERS TO
STANDARDIZE PAY AND SET
STANDARDS FOR THE GIG INDUSTRY
BY PASSING A PAY OUT POLICY
THAT'S LED TO LEGISLATORS HERE.
I HAD A SERIOUS BACK INJURY
FOUR YEARS AGO, THAT HAS NOW
BECOME A PARTIAL DISABILITY.
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
WITH HIDDEN DISABILITIES WHO
FINANCIALLY SUPPORT THEMSELVES
BY BECOMING GIG WORKERS.
GIG WORK BECOMES OUR ONLY
SOURCE OF INCOME.
THE GIG INDUSTRY IS THE ONLY
INDUSTRY THAT ALLOWS ME TO WORK
AT A PACE AND INTENSITY THAT I
AM PHYSICALLY COMFORTABLE WITH.
THE GIG INDUSTRY FLEXIBILITY IN
BEING YOUR OWN BOSS.
HOWEVER THEY CONTROL OUR HOURS
AND GIGS.
WE NEED LAWMAKERS TO PASS THE
PAY UP POLICY THIS LEGISLATIVE
YEAR TO SET A LIVING WAGE WITH
FLEXIBILITY.
IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR DIGS ABLED
WORKERS.
WE'RE NOT DISPOSABLE, AND
SHOULD NOT BE EXPLOITED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU, OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS JOHAN JAMES, FOLLOWED BY
COCOA WEBER.
JOHAN.
HERE WE GO.
>> HI MY NAME IS JOHAN JAMES.
YOU CAN ONLY GUESS HOW SHOPPERS
MAKE OUR MONEY.
THE RATINGS SYSTEM IS SET UP TO
MAKE PEOPLE LESS MONEY.
IF YOU DON'T GET A FIVE STAR
RATING, YOU'LL GET OFFERED A
LESS PROFITABLE VOWTURE.
IN THE BEGINNING, I FOUND THIS
WORK TO BE EASY AND ENJOYABLE.
AFTER A BIT OF TIME, THE PAY
WAS DRASTICALLY CUT BY $10 PER
BATCH.
I HAD TO INCREASE MY HOURS IF I
WANTED TO MAINTAIN MY GOALS.
I CANNOT AFFORD ANYTHING
THROUGH INSTACART, ESPECIALLY
WHEN LOW PAYING BATCHES ARE THE
ONLY BATCHES I'M ABLE TO VIEW
ON MY PHONE.
WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO TAKE THE
ORDERS AND BATCHES ANOTHER
PERSON WOULDN'T CONSIDER
TAKING?
I BELIEVE THAT STANDARDS NEED
TO BE SET IN PLACE IN ORDER TO
MAKE PAY EQUITABLE.
EVERYONE WHO WORKS AS A SHOPPER
SHOULD BE PAID FAIRLY.
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL CAN MAKE
THIS HAPPEN BY PASSING THE PAY
UP POLICY.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER IS COCOA WEBER
FOLLOWED BY JACK SORENSEN.
COCOA.
>> HELLO MY NAME A COCOA AND
I'M AN EDUCATOR AND D4
RESIDENT.
I'M CALLING TO RESIST DURKAN'S
BACKHANDED GRAB AT THE 15
MILLION THAT THE COUNCIL HAS
ALREADY DENIED THEM IN ANOTHER
COMMITTEE.
IN 2015, SEATTLE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT RELEASED A SEATTLE
YOUTH VIOLENCE ASSESSMENT.
THE REPORT FOUND THAT THE
CITY'S CURRENT APPROACH TO
YOUTH VIOLENCE LACKED AN
OVERARCHING STRATEGY THAT
RECOGNIZES THE COMPLEXITY OF
YOUTH VIOLENCE.
THEY RECOMMEND VIEWING YOUTH
VIOLENCE THROUGH A PUBLIC
HEALTH LENS, WHICH CAUSES YOUTH
VIOLENCE CAN BE PREVENTED
BEFORE IT OCCURS.
THE STUDY OFFERED 27
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTION.
PRIMARY PREVENTION TO STOP
PROBLEMS FROM DEVELOPING.
SECONDARY PREVENTION FOR EARLY
DETECTION RESPONSE.
AND TERTIARY PREVENTION.
THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE
AROUND RESOURCING FAMILIES AND
THEY SHOULD BE FOLLOWING WITH
THE RESOURCE COMMUNITY NOT THE
POLICE, THANK YOU.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPECKER IS JACK
SORENSEN.
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS
JACK SORENSEN.
I'M CALLING ON BEHALF OF CIVIC
VENTURES.
THE PANDEMIC WAS A BOOM TIME
FOR GIG COMPANIES.
WHILE THEIR WORKERS WERE A
LITERAL LIFELINE FOR SO MANY,
THE COMPANIES THEY WERE WORKING
FOR WERE RAKING IN PROFITS
WHILE PAYING SUB PAYMENTS.
THOSE WHO TRIED TO DO OUR PART
IN KEEPING CASH FLOWING TO
LOCAL BUSINESSES, GIG COMPANIES
HAVE DELIVERED IT TO THEIR
SHAREHOLDERS AND CEOS.
FOR EVERY DOLLAR THESE
COMPANIES DENY PEOPLE WHO WORK
FOR THEM, THAT'S ONE DOLLAR
SPENT LESS AT LOCAL RESTAURANTS
AND BUSINESSES.
IT'S AFFECTEDSMALL BUSINESSES
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SEATTLE CAN BE A NATIONAL
LEADER BY ENTRUSTING IF YOU
OPERATE IN OUR CITY, THEN YOU
PAY THE MINIMUM WAGE.
IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR
WORKERS AND THE SMART THING TO
DO FOR OUR ECONOMY.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARY.
MARY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
MICHELLE.
WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE
TIME FOR MS. LUCHESY TO PROVIDE
FOR INTERPRETATION SERVICES.
THANK YOU.
>> HELLO THERE.
>> IS THERE A WAY WE COULD GET
A LITTLE BIT MORE VOLUME, I'M
SORRY.
>> YES, I'M A DEAF WORKER AND
I'M A GIG WORKER THROUGH
INSTACART.
WHEN I STARTED WORKING FOR
INSTACART IN 2015, I NOTICED
THAT IT WAS EASY TO MAKE MONEY.
BUT AS I WENT ON, IT BECAME
HARDER AND HARDER.
THE WORK BECAME HEAVY LOADS
WITH MANY THINGS THAT I HAD TO
FIT IN MY CAR.
ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO THEY CUT
THE PAY FOR INSTACART WORKERS
AND I NOTICED THAT EVERY DAY
THE BATCHES WOULD GET LESS AND
LESS.
SO I HAD TO WORK MORE HOURS AND
I COULDN'T, BECAUSE I ALREADY
HAD ANOTHER PART TIME JOB.
AND I NOTICED THAT SOMETIMES,
YOU KNOW, OUR LOAD IS VERY
HIGH, SO WE SHOULD BE PAID FAIR
WAGES FOR THAT.
AND THERE'S MORE EXPENSES THAT
WE HAVE TO INCUR.
I BELIEVE WE SHOULD PASS THIS
POLICY BECAUSE OUR SKILLS ARE
SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE
CHERISHED FOR, AND WE DESERVE
THAT PAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHELLE
BALLSER AND MICHELLE WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY MITCH MORRIS.
>> HI, MY NAME IS MICHELLE AND
I'M A GIG WORKER FOR INSTACART,
AND I'M CONCERNED WITH THE LACK
OF TRANSPARENCY.
WE REALLY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
WE'RE MAKING OR WHY WE'RE
MAKING IT.
MORE THAN THAT, WE DON'T HAVE
ANYONE THAT WE CAN CONTACT.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANYONE ELSE,
BUT IN MOST COMPANIES I'VE
WORKED, I'VE HAD SOMEBODY I CAN
TALK TO ABOUT PAYROLL OR HR.
THE FACT THAT YOU CAN ASK 5,000
OF US WHAT WE MAKE, OR WHY WE
MAKE IT, NOT ONE OF US WILL BE
ABLE TO TELL YOU, BECAUSE IT'S
NOWHERE TO BE FOUND, AND THAT
IS THE PROBLEM.
THERE IS THAT LACK OF SUPPORT
AND THE DECREASE IN PAY.
BY THE TIME WE GET DONE WITH AN
ORDER, WE'RE MAYBE MAKING FOUR
OR FIVE DOLLARS AN HOUR.
WE ARE A SWEATSHOP ON WHEELS,
AND MY BIGGEST ISSUE IS THAT IN
SEATTLE WE HAVE A HOMELESS
PROBLEM.
IF WE DON'T GET SOME KIND OF
STANDARD OF PAY, THERE'S GOING
TO BE A BIG PORTION OF NEW
HOMELESS THAT ARE GOING TO COME
OUT ON THE STREET, BECAUSE
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO
PAY OUR MORTGAGE, AND WE'RE NOT
GOING TO BE ABLE TO PAY OUR
RENT.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RICH
MORRIS.
RICH WILL BE FOLLOWED BY KIM
WOLF.
RICH.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS RICH MORRIS.
I'M CURRENTLY WORKING FOR DOOR
DASH.
I WAS DEACTIVATED FROM POST
MATES FOR UNSPECIFIED REASONS.
NO ONE WOULD TELL ME WHAT
POLICY VIOLATION THAT I DID.
I WAS WORKING FOR THEM FOR OVER
SIX YEARS.
I CAN'T WORK A 9:00 TO 5:00
JOB.
THE FLEXIBILITY AS A GIG WORKER
ALLOWS ME TO SET MY OWN HOURS.
I CAN WORK WHEN HEALTH ALLOWS
ME, AND FOR AS LONG AS I CAN.
MY ENDURANCE HAS ALL BUT
DISAPPEARED.
I'M CONSIDERED A PRETTY HIGH
FALL RISK.
A CUSTOMER WAS UNABLE TO ASSIST
ME, BECAUSE I'M SUCH A BIG GUY.
BUT I RELY ON BEING A GIG
WORKER, BECAUSE I DON'T MAKE
ENOUGH ON DISABILITY TO
SURVIVE.
RANDOM DEACTIVATIONS ARE A HUGE
PROBLEM FOR THOSE OF US WHO
WITH THE LACK OF TRANSPARENT IS
A HAZARD FOR WORKERS WHEN YOU
DON'T GET PERTINENT INFORMATION
--
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KIM WOLF.
KIM WILL BE FOLLOWED BY TONY.
>> KIMBERLY WOLF.
YOU'VE HEARD A MYRIAD OF WAYS
IN WHICH AT RISK WORKERS ARE
UNPROTECTED.
THE MOST IMMEDIATE ONES WILL BE
TRANSPARENCY DEACTIVATION
PRACTICES, DISCRIMINATION.
THERE'S MORE GOING ON THAN
WE'VE COVERED.
THAT'S WHY A STANDARDS BOARD IS
NEEDED.
THE ADVISORY BOARD WE NEED
WOULD PROVIDE A FORM FOR GIG
WORKERS TO PROVIDE THE OLS IN
CITY COUNCIL ON PROTECTIONS,
WORKING CONDITIONS AND OTHER
STANDARDS.
THE BOARD WOULD MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING BOTH
IMPLEMENTATION OF EXISTING CITY
LAW AS WELL AS PROPOSALS FOR
NEW LEGISLATION.
LOOK, IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT IN
THE ABSENCE OF REGULATION THERE
WILL BE BAD ACTORS.
TO STAY AHEAD OF THIS BAD
BEHAVIOR, A STANDARDS BOARD CAN
SWIFTLY ADDRESS CURRENT ISSUES
AND FUTURE ISSUES THAT MAY
ARRIVE.
AT BASE WORKERS NEED MORE OF A
VOICE.
AN ADVISORY BOARD WOULD GIVE
THEM THAT VOICE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU KIM.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TONY
FOLLOWED BY KATIE VICTOR.
TONY.
>> HI, I AM DR. TONY RUMINEER,
I'M A PSYCHOLOGIST IN THE
GREENLAKE AREA OF SEATTLE, AND
AUTHOR OF A SERIES OF BOOKS ON
PSYCHOTHERAPY.
I'M SPEAKING TODAY TO URGE THE
CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT THE
ORDINANCE TO DECRIMINALIZE
PSYCHEDELIC MEDICINES AND TO DO
IT NOW BEFORE THE BUDGET
DELIBERATIONS OF SEPTEMBER, AS
THIS IS A VERY TIMELY MANNER.
OUR CITY IS EXPERIENCING A
SEVERE SHORTAGE OF MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES MADE EVEN MORE
ACHIEVED BY COVID.
IT JUST DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO
KEEP MEDICINES OUTLAWED.
ESPECIALLY MEDICINES THAT HAVE
SUCH STRONG RESEARCH SUPPORT.
FOUR CITIES ACROSS THE U.S.
HAVE ALREADY DECRIMINALIZED
POSSESSION AND CULTIVATION OF
AGENTS SUCH AS OAKLAND, DENVER,
WASHINGTON, D.C., AND OTHERS.
THERE'S A LARGE STUDY SHOWING
THESE ARE HELP.FUL FOR
ADDICTION AND OTHERS.
PLEASE ACT TO PASS THIS
ORDINANCE NOW BEFORE THE BUDGET
DELIBERATIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KATIE
VICTOR, FOLLOWED BY JULIA BUCK.
KATIE.
>> HI MY NAME IS KATIE VICTOR.
I'M A D6 RESIDENT.
I'M CALLING TO ASK YOU TO
TRANSFER ALL SAVINGS OUT OF THE
SEAT POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET.
WE SAW THAT POLICE DO NOT KEEP
OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
SO WHY WOULD YOU KEEP PUMPING
MONEY INTO A BROKEN SYSTEM THAT
CONTINUALLY FAILED US?
THE MAYOR'S NEW BUDGET REQUEST
RAISES MANY QUESTIONS.
HERE'S ONE.
THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET IS
SUPPOSED TO BE FOR UNFORESEEN
BUDGET ITEMS.
THE TECHNOLOGY DEMANDS THAT SPD
IS MAKING SHOULD ALL HAVE BEEN
PLANNED FOR, AND INCLUDED IN
THEIR 2021 BUDGET.
WHY WOULD COUNCIL FUND THESE
TECH DEMANDS THROUGH A
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET, RATHER
THAN EXPECTING SPD TO WORK
WITHIN THEIR PLANNED BUDGET,
LIKE EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT.
SEATTLE IS IN A CRUCIAL PERIOD
OF TRANSITIONING FROM PUBLIC
SAFETY FROM SPD TO A COMMUNITY
CENTERED APPROACH.
THIS IS WHAT WE NEED.
KEEPING SALARY SAVINGS WITHIN
SPD DOES NOT GET US CLOSER TO
TRUE PUBLIC SAFETY FOR ALL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JULIA BUCK.
FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL MELINI.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS JULIA BUCK, I'M A
RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 6 IN
SEATTLE.
I AM ALSO CALLING TO ASK THE
CITY COUNCIL TO PLEASE KEEP THE
$15.3 MILLION IN SPD SALARY
SAVINGS AND INVEST THOSE
TOWARDS COMMUNITY BASED SAFETY
OPTIONS THAT WORK.
ONE OF SPD'S REQUESTS IS TO
FUND AN EARLY INTERVENTION
SYSTEM.
THAT EARLY INTERVENTION SYSTEM
IS SUPPOSED TO CATCH BAD COPS
BEFORE THEY DO BAD THINGS.
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT EIS
IS ACTUALLY AFFECTIVE.
IN FACT, WHEN SPD CATCHES COPS
DOING BAD THINGS, THE RESPONSE
IS BASICALLY TO IGNORE ANYTHING
OPA HAS SAID, AND DO NOTHING.
SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS
REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL
TECHNOLOGY IN ORDER TO KEEP NOT
ACTING ON A LONG STANDING
PROBLEM.
ALSO, I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE
COUNSEL TO PASS THE DOOR DASH
AND GIG WORKER TRANSPARENCY
LAWS.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHAEL
MELINNI.
>> HI, I'M A RENTER IN DISTRICT
3, AND I'M CALLING FOR THE
COUNCIL TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON
YOUR COMMITMENT AND USE THE
UPCOMING BUDGET ADJUSTMENT TO
TRANSFER ALL $15 MILLION IN
SALARY SAVINGS OUT OF SPD AND
IT'S PARTICIPATORY BUDGET.
ALSO CALLING FOR THE COUNCIL TO
PASS THE PAY UP RESOLUTION.
THANK YOU, I YIELD MY TIME.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PAGE,
FOLLOWED BY MATTHEW.
>> HI THERE.
I AM CALLING TO ASK THE COUNCIL
TO PLEASE FOLLOW THROUGH ON
YOUR COMMITMENT AND TRANSFER
ALL $15 MILLION IN SALARY
SAVINGS OUT OF SPD INTO THE
COMMUNITY.
FIVE DAYS AGO, THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT MURDERED ONE
OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
THEY KILLED THEM.
ONE OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS IS
DEAD BECAUSE OF SPD.
THEY HAVE EVERY POSSIBLE TOOL
TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.
MILLIONS IN EQUIPMENT, AND THEY
USE IT TO MURDER ONE OF OUR
NEIGHBORS.
SPD DOES NOT NEED MORE FUNDING.
THEY ALREADY HAVE ALL OF IT.
ALSO, PLEASE PASS THE GIG
WORKER LEGISLATION.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MATTHEW
FOLLOWED BY LINDA.
>> HI COUNCILMEMBERS.
EXCUSE ME.
MY NAME IS MATTHEW.
I'M A RESIDENT ON CAPITOL HILL,
AND I'M CALLING YOU TODAY TO
URGE YOU TO TRANSFER THE SALARY
SAVINGS OUT OF THE POLICE
BUDGET INTO AREAS THAT PROMOTE
A TRUE COMMUNITY CENTER SAFETY.
SPB'S REQUEST FOR NEW
TECHNOLOGY RAISES SO MANY
QUESTIONS.
SPD WILL TELL YOU TODAY THEY
NEED ALMOST $1 MILLION TO
EXPAND THEIR DATA ANALYTICS
TECHNOLOGY.
WHAT I'M WONDERING IS WHY IS
THIS TECHNOLOGY NOT BEING MOVED
TO THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
COMMUNICATION CENTER ALONG WITH
911 DISPATCH OPERATIONS?
AS WE TRANSITION PUBLIC SAFETY
FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO
I URGE YOU TO BE SPECTACLE AND
VIGILANT OF SPD'S ATTEMPT TO
FILL THEIR COFFERS WITH FUNDS
FOR TECHNOLOGIES THEY DO NOT
NEED FOR FUNCTIONS WHICH ARE IN
THE PROCESS OF BEING MOVED OUT
OF THEIR DEPARTMENT, WHICH IN
NO WAY ADVANCED TRUE PUBLIC
SAFETY.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LINDA
FOLLOWED BY AIDAN.
LINDA.
>> HI.
I'M LINDA.
I'M A DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENT,
AND I'M CALLING BECAUSE WE'VE [
INAUDIBLE ] SO I'M CALLING TO
URGE YOU TO STICK TO THAT.
THE CURRENT DEMANDS BY SPD ARE
EITHER INEFFECTIVE, OR WOULD BE
MORE APPROPRIATE OUTSIDE OF
SPD, SUCH AS IN THE INDEPENDENT
COMMUNITY SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS
CENTER.
ONE OF THESE THINGS IS THE
COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS AND
OTHER NON-SWORN OFFICERS, THEY
SHOULD BE IN EITHER CSCC OR IN
OTHER COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATION, AND NOT IN THE
ANTI-BLACK, ANTI- INDIGENOUS
ORGAN DISAS.
THE EARLY IDENTIFICATION AS
MANY HAVE TALKED ABOUT DOES NOT
WORK AND THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS
DECLARED IT TO BE A FAILED
PROGRAM, AND WE SHOULD NOT BE
SPENDING ON MONEY ON POLICE
THAT DOESN'T HELP THE PEOPLE.
THE COMMUNITY IS STILL WAITING
FOR FUNDS FROM THE POLICE
BUDGET, SO PLEASE VOTE DOWN
THESE REQUESTS AND DEFUND SPD.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AIDAN,
FOLLOWED BY IKE PHOENIX.
AIDAN.
>> HI, THIS IS AIDAN IN
GREENLAKE, D6.
CALLING TO ASK YOU ONCE AGAIN
TO TRANSFER ALL $15 MILLION OUT
OF SPD. [ INAUDIBLE ] HAVE
ASKED AGAIN, AND THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE HAS ASKED AGAIN.
SO WE'RE ASKING ONCE AGAIN,
BECAUSE AS MENTIONED, THE
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET IS SUPPOSED
TO BE FOR UNFORESEEN NEEDS, AND
THEY'RE ASKING FOR OVER $2.2
MILLION IN TECHNOLOGY THAT IS
SOMEHOW UNFORESEEN.
I ALSO WANT TO AMPLIFY THE CALL
FOR THE PAYOFF ORDINANCE FOR A
GIG WORKER, WHEN I HAD A FLAT
TIRE ON MY BIKE AND WAS LATE.
THE TESTIMONY FROM TODAY IS
TRUE, WE DEFINITELY NEED HIM.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, WHAT'S
THE BASICS FOR SPENDING [
INAUDIBLE ]
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS IKE
PHOENIX.
FOLLOWED BY VALERIE.
IKE.
>> HEY THERE, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, WE CAN, THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
FIRST OFF, I WOULD LIKE TO
ADDRESS I'M IKE PHOENIX,
DISTRICT 2. FIRST, OFF, STILL
ON INDIGENOUS LAND THROUGH
THEFT.
I WOULD LIKE TO PAY ATTENTION
TO CHARLENE AND LYLES AND HER
UNBORN CHILD MURDERED IN 2017
BY SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
FURTHERMORE, WHY ARE WE GIVING
THE LARGEST CONTINGENT OF
DOMESTIC TERRORISTS MONEY FOR
TE BUDGET OF THE SPD, WHEN
THEY WERE THE LARGEST
CONTINGENT OF THUGS ON THE
CAPITOL HILL STEPS ON JANUARY
6th.
THEY'RE BEATING UP AND KILLING
PEOPLE.
CAN WE ALSO LOOK AT WHY FOR THE
CENTER FOR POLICING AND EQUITY
REPORT, WHICH IS A 54 PAGE
DOCUMENT ON JULY 26th, 31 OF 35
STOPS ARE BLACK PEOPLE.
BLACK LIVES MATTER.
NO FUNDING FOR POLICE.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS VALERIE,
FOLLOWED BY ALEXANDER AOTO.
>> GOOD MORNING.
VALERIE FROM DISTRICT 2. A
WHISTLE-BLOWER HAS FILED A
COMPLAINT WITH THE CITY ABOUT
THE OIG'S ATTEMPTS AT OVERSIGHT
OF THE OFFICE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
THE DETAILS OF THE COMPLAINT AS
REPORTED IN THE SOUTH SEATTLE
EMERALD REVEAL THAT OUR POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IS ROTTEN
TO THE CORE.
THE OPA AND THE OIG MERELY
UPHOLD THE POLICING STATUS QUO.
THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE SHOULDN'T
HAVE TO PAY $9 MILLION A YEAR
FOR FAKE ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE COULD CREATE A GENUINE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM AS IS
HAPPENING IN OTHER CITIES.
GO TO SEATTLESTOP.ORG FOR MORE
DETAILS.
>> THANK YOU, VALERIE.
ALEXANDER IS NEXT.
WE'LL CHECK IN A MOMENT.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE'LL MOVE
DOWN TO JASON FOLLOWED BY CODY.
JASON.
>> HI MY NAME IS JASON SYKES.
I'M ALSO CALLING ABOUT THE
SEATTLE EMERALDS REPORT OF A
WHISTLE-BLOWER COMPLAINT.
IT SHOWS TWO THINGS.
ONE THAT THE OPA IS MISLEADING
PEOPLE IN ITS FACTUAL
INVESTIGATIONS OF SEATTLE
POLICE WRONGDOING.
AND TWO, MORE IMPORTANTLY, THAT
THE OIG, THE GROUP THAT WE HAVE
IN PLACE TO MONITOR THE OPA IS
COVERING UP FOR THE OPA, AND IS
DOING SO IN A WAY THAT IS
DESIGNED TO EVADE PUBLIC
REVIEW.
THESE ARE SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS.
I WOULD LIKE THIS COMMITTEE TO
INVESTIGATE THEM.
I WOULD LIKE THEM TO CALL THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL, LISA JUDGE,
AND THE DEPUTY INSPECTOR
GENERAL TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE SERIOUS ISSUES RAISED IN
THIS REPORT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER IS CODY FOLLOWED
BY WILLIAM FORD.
CODY.
>> HI, MY NAME IS CODY WITH THE
CRIMINALIZE NATURE SEATTLE.
OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE
COUNCIL'S TIME, I WILL KEEP MY
MESSAGE SHORT.
>> THANK YOU, CODY.
WILLIAM BOARD IS NOT PRESENT.
WE'LL MOVE DOWN TO EQUINOX.
>> HI, MY NAME IS EQUINOX.
I'M A RESIDENT OF CAPITOL HILL.
I'M CALLING TODAY ONCE AGAIN
FOR WHAT THE FORTH TIME?
TO STRONGLY URGE COUNSEL TO
FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE
COMMITMENT YOU MADE LAST YEAR
TO TRANSFER ALL $15 MILLION
INTO PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING,
AND INTO COMMUNITY GRANTS AND
RESOURCES.
ACCORDING TO THIS NEW BUDGET.
ONLY $1.5 MILLION IS TO NON-SPD
ENTITIES, AND THAT IS BEYOND
ACCEPTABLE.
SPD MURDERED SOMEONE NOT EVEN A
WEEK AGO, AND HAVE THE AUDACITY
TO ASK FOR NEW TECHNOLOGY.
THEY'VE PROVEN THEY'RE
INCAPABLE OF UNBIASED POLICING.
OFFICERSARE USING FORCE AGAINST
BLACK, BROWN, AND INDIGENOUS
AND OTHER PEOPLE OF COLOR AT AN
ALARMING RATE.
THEY DO NOT KEEP US SAFE.
THEY CAN'T EVEN DO THE BARE
MINIMUM TO KEEP A GENERAL
COMMUNITY SAFE.
OFFICERS ARE REPEATEDLY
IGNORING THE MASK MANDATE OVER
THE LAST YEAR.
BLACK LIVES MATTER.
>> THANK YOU.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO A
COUPLE FOLKS.
JASON REEVES, YOU'LL STILL
SHOWING AS PRESENT.
HOPEFULLY YOU CAN GET ON WITH
US NOW.
>> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, WE CAN.
>> AWESOME.
MY NAME IS JASON REEVES.
I'VE BEEN A GIG WORKER FOR FIVE
YEARS.
I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT
THE PAY UP CAMPAIGN.
WE NEED A PAY FLOOR AND
TRANSPARENCY FOR YOUTH WORKERS.
WITHOUT PAY STANDARDS THE GIG
INDUSTRY IS IN A RACE TO THE
BOTTOM WITH PAY.
GIG WORKERS ARE DRIVING FURTHER
FOR LESS MONEY EVERY DAY, IF
THERE IS NOT PAY STANDARDS,
COMPANIES ARE FIGURING OUT MORE
AND MORE WAYS TO GET MORE AND
MORE MONEY OUT OF OUR POCKETS.
PAYING THE MOST RIGHT NOW,
WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS LIKE
PAYING FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT
REPAIRS OR FORGING REPAIRS ALL
TOGETHER, HOPING UNEXPECTED
REPAIRS WON'T PUSH US INTO A
FINANCIAL HOLE.
TRANSPARENCY WILL ALLOW DRIVERS
TO DECIDE WHICH ORDERS ARE FOR
THEM TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND
MAXIMIZE EARNINGS.
SIMPLE THINGS.
LET'S DO THIS.
BANG IT OUT.
BLACK LIVES MATTER.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WITH THAT, WE WILL CONCLUDE OUR
PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TODAY.
WE HAD THREE ADDITIONAL
SPEAKERS BUT THEY ARE STILL
SHOWING AS NOT PRESENT.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY WHO WAS
ABLE TO JOIN US.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
FIRST AGENDA ITEM INTO THE
RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM ONE.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
PARKING ENFORCEMENT, WHICH
ADOPTED THE 2021 BUDGET, AND
RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS.
>> I'M GOING TO HOLD MY OPENING
MARKS AND HAND IT RIGHT OVER TO
LISE KAYE AND GIVE US AN
OVERVIEW AND THE STEPS THAT
BROUGHT US TO TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, CAN
YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, WE CAN.
G>> GOOD.
THE BILL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS
120-148.
THIS BILL WOULD TRANSFER THE
CITY'S PARKING ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO THE NEW COMMUNITY
AFETY AND COMMUNICATIONS
CENTER.
SECTION 1 OF THE BILL WOULD
TRANSFER THE 120 POSITIONS.
SECOND 2 PROVIDES A RATIFY AND
CONFIRM CLAUSE SINCE THE
EFFECTIVE DATE WOULD BE AFTER
THE SEPTEMBER 1, 2021 DEADLINE.
SECTION 3 MAKES THE BILL
EFFECTIVE 30 DAYS AFTER THE
MAYOR'S APPROVAL.
DURING LAST FALL'S BUDGET
DELIBERATIONS, YOU'LL RECALL
THAT COUNCIL PASSED 136233
WHICH CREATED THE COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND COMMUNICATIONS
CENTER, WITH TWO FUNCTIONS TO
BE TRANSFERRED OUT OF THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT BY JUNE 1st,
2021.
THOSE FUNCTIONS WERE THE POLICE
911 CENTER, AND PARKING
ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
THIS ORDINANCE DIFFERED FROM
THE MAYOR'S BUDGET, WHICH WOULD
HAVE INSTEAD TRANSFERRED TO THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, TO INTEGRATE
WITH THAT DEPARTMENT'S EXISTING
RIGHT OF WAY NOMINATIONS.
AT THAT TIME, THEY DISAGREED ON
WHERE THEY SHOULD BE MOVED.
THE PARKING OFFICER'S GUILD
SUPPORTED A MOVE TO THE NEW
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER WHICH
THEY PERCEIVED AS OFFERING A
BETTER PATH TO A LARGE SAFETY
RULE.
THE MANAGEMENT TEAM SUPPORTED
MOVING TO S DOT AS A BETTER FIT
BECAUSE OF THE S DOT CURRENT
RIDER WAY MANAGEMENT.
LAST MAY, COUNCIL PASSED
ORDINANCE 126353 WHICH
TRANSFERRED SPD'S 911 CALL
CENTER TO THE SAFETY AND
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER, BUT
DELAYED A DECISION ON
TRANSFERRING THE PARKING
THE PROVISO EXTENSION ALSO IN
MAY ESSENTIALLY ALLOWED THE
PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO
REMAIN IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1st OF THIS
YEAR.
IF COUNSEL DOES NOT ACT BY
SEPTEMBER 1st, THE PARKING
ENFORCEMENT POSITIONS WOULD
REMAIN AT SPD.
AS A RESULT, THE EXECUTIVE
WOULD NEED TO TAKE ADDITIONAL
ACTION TO MEET THE PAYROLL FOR
THESE POSITIONS AFTER SEPTEMBER
1st.
IN ADDITION TO THE BILL BEFORE
YOU TODAY, THE AGENDA MATERIALS
ALSO INCLUDE AMENDMENT 1, WHICH
WOULD TRANSFER THE PEO'S TO S
DOT, INSTEAD OF TO THE
COMMUNICATIONS AND SAFETY
CENTER.
SO AS SHOWN IN MY STAFF MEMO,
THE COMMITTEE HAS THREE OPTIONS
TODAY.
THE FIRST WOULD BE TO PASS
COUNCIL BILL 120148 TO TRANSFER
THE PEO POSITIONS TO THE SAFETY
AND COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.
OPTION TWO WOULD BE TO PASS
AMENDMENT ONE TO TRANSFER THE
PEO POSITIONS TO S DOT.
OTHER OPTION THREE WOULD BE TO
TAKE NO ACTION.
AS I'VE SKY DESCRIBED, BOTH
WOULD CONTINUE FRAMING HOW THE
CITY PROVIDES FOR SAFETY.
PASSAGE WOULD ALSO RESPOND TO
THE COUNCIL'S INTEREST IN
EXPLORING EXPANDED DUTYIES FOR
THE PEO'S.
ALTERNATELY, PASSAGE OF
AMENDMENT 1 WOULD TRANSFER TO
SDOT AND ALIGN AN EXPANDED ROLE
WITH S DOT'S OPERATIONS.
THAT COMPLETES MY REPORT, MADAM
CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, LISA.
THAT WAS PERFECT.
SO I AM GOING TO SAY A FEW
WORDS.
BUT BEFORE I MOVE INTO THAT,
JUST WANT TO SEE IF THERE ARE
ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
I'M ASK FOR QUESTIONS
AFTERWARDS.
A LITTLE BIT OF A FINER POINT
ON WHAT I HOPE WE CAN
ACCOMPLISH HERE TODAY.
EXCUSE ME.
IF YOU RECALL, BACK IN MAY WHEN
WE WERE CONSIDERING MOVING THE
PEO'S INTO THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
AND COMMUNICATIONS CENTER THERE
WAS NOT ALIGNMENT ON THE PART
OF THE COUNCIL THAT THAT IS THE
ACTION WE SHOULD TAKE, DESPITE
THE FACT THAT, IN THE BUDGET
PROCESS, WE HAD UNANIMOUSLY
PASSED AN ORDINANCE THAT HAD
CROSSED OUR INTENT TO DO SO.
SO I DON'T WANT TO REPLICATE
WHAT HAPPENED BACK IN MAY.
IN MAY, WE WERE REALLY HOPING
TO GATHER ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION, SEE IF THE
FRONTLINE PEO'S AND THE
SUPERVISORS ARE BEING
REPRESENTED BY SPIOG, THE
PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
GUILD, AND THE SUPERVISORS
BEING REPRESENTED BY PROTECT.
WE WERE REALLY HOPING THEY
COULD COME TOGETHER AND WORK ON
AN AGREEMENT ON WHICH
DEPARTMENT COULD AGREE THAT THE
UNIT WOULD MOVE TO THE BILL
BEFORE US HAS A FLEXIBLE TITLE
IN CASE WE DECIDE TODAY TO NOT
MOVE FORWARD WITH A TRANSFER
THE CSDC AS ORIGINALLY
PROPOSED, AND I CAN REPORT BACK
TO FOLKS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN
SOME LIMITED CONVERSATIONS
BETWEEN SPIOG AND PROTEC.
THOUGH I UNDERSTAND THAT BOTH
UNITS, THE UNIT THAT REPRESENTS
THE FRONTLINE PEO'S AND THE
UNIT THAT REPRESENTS THE
SUPERVISORS PROTECT THAT THERE
IS STILL NOT AGREEMENT, AND
THEY ARE MAINTAINING THEIR
CURRENT POSITIONS ON THE
ISSUES.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT
WE NEED TO TAKE SOME SORT OF AN
ACTION, BEFORE SEPTEMBER, AND
THAT WE HAVE A SINGLE COUNCIL
MEETING, FULL COUNCIL MEETING
IN ORDER TO MOVE THIS
LEGISLATION FORWARD.
I HAVE PROPOSED AMENDMENT ONE,
WHICH INSTEAD MOVES THE UNIT TO
SDOT AS A POSITION OF TECH AND
THE POSITION OF MAYOR AND SDOT
AND THE POSITION OF, I BELIEVE,
A MAJORITY AT THE COUNCIL AT
THIS POINT, DESPITE THE
POSITION THAT WAS TAKEN LAST
FALL.
SO I AM PREPARED TO MOVE
AMENDMENT ONE TO MOVE THE UNIT
TO SDOT IN ORDER TO AVOID A DO
NOT PASS RECOMMENDATION FROM
THIS COMMITTEE GOING TO FULL
COUNCIL ON MONDAY.
SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO
HEAR FROM FOLKS WHETHER OR NOT
THAT IS A ACCEPTABLE APPROACH
FORWARD.
AND JUST, WE'LL TAKE A PAUSE
HERE AND SEE IF I SEE ANY
RAISED HANDS.
MORALES.
SEEING YOU'RE OFF CAMERA.
>> YEAH, SO I'M WONDERING IF WE
CAN TALK A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT
THE OPTIONS ARE THEN.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE
RANK AND FILE REALLY IS
INTERESTED IN EXPANSION OF
THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AND
EAGER TO, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO
PROVIDE MORE COMMUNITY BASED
SECURITY AND RESPONSE, AND SO,
IF THEY ARE GOING TO SDOT, WHAT
IS THE WAY FORWARD FOR THEM TO
BE ABLE TO HAVE THE KIND OF
EXPANSION AND RESPONSIBILITIES
THAT THEY'RE SEEKING?
>> I WILL SAY A COUPLE WORDS,
BUT I THINK LISE KAYE MAY HAVE
SOME ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS HERE
FROM WHAT SDOT HAS TOLD US.
BUT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES
WITHIN SDOT TO TAKE ON MORE OF
A STREET MANAGEMENT RIGHT OF
WAY SET OF RESPONSIBILITIES.
VERY SIMILAR TO THE
CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE BEEN
HAVING HERE ON THE COUNCIL
ABOUT HAVING MORE PEO'S TAKE ON
SOME OF THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
RESPONSIBILITIES THAT SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT SWORN
OFFICERS TAKE ON AS PART OF
OVERTIME AND STAFFING EVENTS.
THAT KIND OF EXPANSION WOULD
STILL ABSOLUTELY BE POSSIBLE IF
THEY WERE TRANSFERRED TO SDOT,
PRECISELY BECAUSE SO MANY
THINGS THAT THE POE'S DO, AND
COULD DO IN THE FUTURE,
SPECIFICALLY RELATE TO RIGHT OF
WAY MANAGEMENT.
>> LISE?
>> YES, AND I DON'T HAVE TOO
MUCH TO ADD TO YOUR GREAT
EXPLANATION OTHER THAN THE
MATERIALS THAT I BELIEVE THE
COUNCIL HAS ADVOCATED FOR
MOVING THE GROUP TO SDOT HAVE
SUMMARIZED THE ISSUES THAT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD MENTIONED
THAT SDOT IS INTERESTED IN
PROVIDING GROWTH MATERIALS FOR
THE PEO'S.
I WOULD NOTE THAT THE EXPANSION
OF PEO DUTIES IS SUBJECT TO
BARTERING.
IT'S A COMPLEX ISSUE, BUT SDOT
HAS INDICATED AN INTEREST IN
TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE FIND
THOSE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
>> HI, SORRY I'M OFF CAMERA,
BUT I'M AT HOME WITH A SICK
TODDLER.
I JUST WANT TO SIGNAL MY
SUPPORT.
FOR SOMEONE, I WAS ONE OF THE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE WHO
SIGNALED MY INTEREST IN WANTING
TO SEE THIS GO TO SDOT, AND I
THINK THE ASSURANCES OF KNOWING
THAT THE SCOPE AND FUNCTIONS,
THE BODY OF WORK, IF YOU WILL,
CAN BE MODIFIED IN A WAY THAT
IS STILL CONSISTENT WITH THE
UNDERLYING INTENT OF WHY WE
WERE WANTING TO MOVE PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OUT OF SPD IN THE
FIRST PLACE IS STILL PRESENT.
AND I THINK THAT FOR ME IS
REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND SO I'M PREPARED TO SUPPORT
AMENDMENT ONE IF THERE IS A
MOTION, WHICH I HOPE THERE WILL
BE.
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SUPPORT
THAT PARTICULAR POSITION.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER FEEDBACK FROM
COMMITTEE MEMBERS WATCHING BOTH
THE VIRTUAL HAND RAISING, AND
THE REAL HAND RAISING.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
I DID NOT EVEN REALIZE YOU WERE
WITH US.
WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR HERBOLD.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR
PUTTING FORWARD THIS AMENDMENT,
AND I UNDERSTAND, EVEN THOUGH
I'M AN ALTERNATE ON THE
COMMITTEE, I THINK I'M ABLE TO
VOTE NOW, BECAUSE THERE IS ONE
ABSENCE ON THE COMMITTEE TODAY.
I JUST WANTED TO JOIN IN YOUR
SUPPORT FOR AN AMENDMENT.
>> MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT
RECOGNIZING THAT YOU HAD JOINED
US EARLIER.
OKAY.
WELL NOT SEEING ANY OTHER HANDS
RAISED, NO OTHER PEOPLE COMING
ON CAMERA.
SO I'M GOING TO FIRST WORK TO
GET THE BILL BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE.
I MOVE 120148.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
AGAIN, IN THE INTEREST OF NOT
REPEATING THE EFFORT FROM LAST
MAY AND RISKING SENDING A PIECE
OF LEGISLATION FROM THIS
COMMITTEE WITH A DO NOT PASS
RECOMMENDATION, WHICH WAS THE
CASE LAST MAY, WHERE WE HAD TWO
COUNCILMEMBERS IN FAVOR TO
ABSTAINING, AND ONE OPPOSED.
THANKFULLY, WHEN WE SENT THAT
BILL TO FULL COUNCIL, WE
INSTEAD EXTENDED THE PROVISO TO
GIVE US THIS ADDITIONAL TIME.
BUT AGAIN, WE'RE PUSHING TO
MOVE THIS FORWARD, AND ENSURE
THAT THEY GET PAID IN
SEPTEMBER.
I MOVE AMENDMENT ONE AS LISTED
ON THE AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT?
OKAY.
SEEINGNO ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION,
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> THAT'S FIVE FAVORED, NO
OPPOSED.
>> I MOVE AS MENDED, IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, THE BILL
WILL MOVE FORWARD ON THE AUGUST
16th MEETING.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ IN
THE NEXT ITEM.
>> ITEM NUMBER 2, COMMUNITY
SAFETY CAPACITY BUILDING RPF
PRESENTATION.
>> NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A
PRESENTATION FROM THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT ON
BUILDING.
I'M SURE MY FELLOW COMMITTEE
MEMBERS WILL REMEMBER THE $12
MILLION INVESTMENT FOR THE
INTERESTED PUBLIC.
SO INTENDED THESE FUNDS TO
BUILD CAPACITY, AND COMMUNITY
SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS THAT
PROVIDE ALTERNATIVES TO
POLICING, AND THE CRIMINAL
SYSTEM FOR BOTH VIOLENT, AND
NON-VIOLENT CRIME.
COUNCIL FIRST PROVIDED $12
MILLION IN FUNDING FOR LAST
SUMMER'S REBALANCING PROCESS,
AND INCREASED IT 12 MILLION IN
2021 WHEN THE WORK DID NOT
OCCUR AND THE FUNDING WAS NOT
DIVISION DIRECTOR FOR THE
THRIVENT COMMUNITIES.
>> GOOD MORNING, NATALIE
THOMPSON.
>> SO THE THREE OF US ARE FROM
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
WE REPRESENT THE DEPARTMENT AS
WELL AS VARIOUS DIVISIONS
INTERNALLY, AND WE'RE JUST AS
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD SAID, SO
HAPPY TO BE HERE, SO WE CAN
FOLLOW UP AND REALLY DISCUSS,
PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW AGAIN OF
THE PROCESS.
BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
ABLE TO SHARE WHAT THE RESULTS
ARE AS WELL.
AND SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH
IS THE OVERVIEW, WE WILL REVIEW
THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. JUST
RECAP THAT FOR FOLKS HERE.
PART OF RFP IS DISCUSSING THE
RATING PROCESS ITSELF, SO YOU
UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT HERE.
WE WILL DISCUSS THE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT APPLIED AS
WELL AS THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT
WE HAVE AWARDED.
AND WE WILL DISCUSS A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT THE SUMMARY OF
THE AWARDEES THEMSELVES, AND
TIME PERMITTING HAVE A QUESTION
AND ANSWER.
AND AS ALWAYS, WE'LL BE HAPPY
TO FOLLOW UP WITH ANYTHING
WE'RE UNTO RESPOND TO TODAY.
THE REASON WHY WE'RE SHOWING UP
AS THE THREE OF US IS BECAUSE
WE'RE ALSO PLEASED TO INTRODUCE
REX BROWN, WHO IS THE NEW
DIVISION DIRECTOR OVER AT THE
SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES
DIVISION, AND JUST AS A
REMINDER WE ARE CONSOLIDATING
ALL OF OUR SAFETY RELATED
INVESTMENTS UNDER REX'S
LEADERSHIP BECAUSE FOR MANY
DIFFERENT REASONS, BUT IN
PARTICULAR, WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THERE'S ALIGNMENT.
WE HAVE THE DEDICATED
LEADERSHIP TO REALLY FOCUS ON
THIS BODY OF WORK.
ALSO, THIS IS A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK MORE
CLOSELY WITH OUR MAYOR'S OFFICE
ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL
ASSAULT WITH OUR COMMUNITY
SAFETY WORK AND OUR DIRECT
SERVICES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING
FOR OUR VICTIM ADVOCATES AND
OUR VOLUNTEERS ALL UNDER ONE
SHOP.
WE HAVE BEEN TO COMMITTEE
MULTIPLE TIMES TO DISCUSS THOSE
VARIOUS COMPONENTS.
SO THAT SAID, REX IS NEW, SO
WE'RE HAPPY TO INTRODUCE HIM.
BUT NATALIE IS NOT AS NEW, AND
HAS BEEN CARRYING THE WORK
WHILE WE'VE BEEN STANDING UP,
NOT ONLY THE DIVISION, BUT
MAKING SURE WE CAN GET THESE
INVESTMENTS OUT TO THE
COMMUNITY, IN A TIMELY MANNER.
SO TOGETHER, WE'RE GOING TO
TEAM TO GET YOU WHERE WE'RE AT,
AND WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE.
A QUICK NOTE BEFORE I HAND IT
OVER TO NATALIE IS THAT THE RFP
HAS CONCLUDED WE HAVE SENT OUT
THE ANNOUNCEMENTS TO THE
APPLICANTS.
SO NATALIE'S GOING TO DO A
DEEPER DIVE, BUT YOU SHOULD
KNOW THAT WE ARE ACTIVELY
CURRENTLY NEGOTIATING CONTRACTS
BECAUSE WE ARE ON A TIMELINE
AND PEOPLE WANT TO START THEIR
WORK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO HAND
IT OVER TO NATALIE, WHO WILL
REVIEW THE RFP ITSELF.
>> THANK YOU, TANYA.
SO THERE WAS TREMENDOUS
INTEREST IN THIS REQUEST FOR
PROPOSAL PROCESS FROM THE
COMMUNITY.
AS A REMINDER, WE DID SOLICIT
PROPOSALS FROM COMMUNITY LED
GROUPS WORKING TO END VIOLENCE,
AND TO REIMAGINE SAFETY IN
BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE
OF COLOR-LED COMMUNITIES WITH A
SPECIFIC FOCUS ON BLACK,
INDIGENOUS, LATIN X, PACIFIC
ISLANDER, AND IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE COMMUNITIES.
OF COURSE, AS THE COUNCIL CHAIR
MENTIONED, THE PURPOSE OF THIS
FUNDING WAS TO PREPARE THE
CAPACITY OF GROUPS WORKING
TOWARD THE COMMUNITY LED
SOLUTIONS TO INCREASED SAFETY.
SO AS A REMINDER, HSD CONDUCTED
36 LISTENING CIRCLES FROM
JANUARY THROUGH FEBRUARY OF
2021.
THE SESSIONS WERE SMALL GROUP
CONVERSATIONS, COMPRISED OF
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH LIFT
EXPERIENCE, WITH HARM FROM THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM AND
GENDER BASED VIOLENCE AS WELL
AS STAFF.
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
DOING COMMUNITY SAFETY WORK.
MANY OF WHOM HAD LIVED
EXPERIENCES THEMSELVES.
EACH SESSION AVERAGED ABOUT ONE
HOUR, BUT MORE TIME WAS
ALLOTTED IF COMMUNITY MEMBERS
HAD MORE TO SHARE, WHICH MANY
DID.
THE KEY THEMES FROM THOSE
COMMUNITY ENGAIN SESSIONS WHICH
DO INFORM THE RFP WERE THAT THE
DEFINITION OF COMMUNITY SAFETY
MUST BE HOLISTIC AND INCLUSIVE.
THERE'S AN ASPECT TO COMMUNITY
SAFETY, WHICH INVOLVES HEALING
FROM SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION LIKE
CRIMINAL SYSTEM, AS WELL AS
FEELINGS OF HOPE AND SELF-
DETERMINATION, THAT MUST ALSO
BE WOVEN INTO THE GUIDELINES
AND APPLICATION, AND THAT THERE
MUST BE COMMUNITY-LED, AND
COMMUNITY CENTERED SOLUTIONS TO
SAFETY.
SO NEXT SLIDE.
SO AGAIN, AS A REMINDER, THE
PURPOSE WAS TO BUILD CAPACITY
FOR COMMUNITY LED SOLUTIONS TO
END VIOLENCE AND INCREASE
SAFETY AND THE GUIDELINES WERE
TO FUND PROJECTS THAT WERE
COMMUNITY LED.
WE DID DECIDE AGAIN, BASED ON
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS THAT THE
ORGANIZATIONS THEMSELVES WOULD
DEFINE THE SAFETY ISSUE THAT
úTHEY WANTED TO ADDRESS, HOW THY
MEASURED SUCCESS, IN ORDER IT'S
SOLUTION AND HOW THEY DESCRIBED
A SPECIFIC METHODOLOGY, WE
THOUGHT THAT WE WANTED THE
ORGANIZATIONS THEMSELVES TO
ADDRESS AND TO MENTION HOW THEY
WOULD MEASURE SUCCESS.
SO THE RFP DID FOCUS ON
CAPACITY BUILDING TO SCALE UP,
INCREASED SERVICES WITH
EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS OR SEED
NEW ORGANIZATIONS FOR EXPLORING
NEW STRATEGIES.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO JUST QUICKLY, THE RFP WAS
RELEASED ON MARCH 1st.
WRITTEN APPLICATIONS WERE DUE
ON APRIL 9. INTERVIEWS WERE
HELD IN APRIL AND MAY.
THERE WAS A PANEL OF 22 RAIDERS
THAT REVIEWED, AND RECOMMENDED
PROPOSALS FOR FUNDING.
I'LL SPEAK A LITTLE ABOUT THE
COMPOSITION OF THE REVIEW
COMMITTEE IN A BIT.
SO AS THE COUNCIL CHAIR ALSO
MENTIONED, THERE WAS $12
MILLION FOR THIS INVESTMENT.
$10.4MILLION WENT DIRECTLY TO
GRANTS.
$1.6MILLION WENT TO
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS LIKE
TRANSLATION, APPLICATION,
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND WILL
GO TOWARD NETWORK CONVENING AND
EVALUATION, BECAUSE THE VISION
IS TO BUILD A COMMUNITY OF
PROVIDERS DOING THE WORK AND
TOGETHER, AND COLLABORATIVELY
DEVELOP COMMUNITY BASED
INDICATERS FOR SAFETY.
NEXT SLIDE.
THE RATING COMMITTEE WAS
DIVERSE.
THEY WERE DIVERSE IN AGE,
GENDER, ETHNICITY, MANY HAD
LIVED EXPERIENCE.
THEY HAD AFFILIATIONS LIKE WITH
THE BLACK PRISONERS CAUCUS,
FRIENDS OF YOUTH, INSTITUTIONAL
RACISM COLLABORATIVE, ASIAN
PACIFIC ISLANDER, COMMUNITY
LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION, THE
NAACP, THE PIERCE COUNTY
TRAFFICKING, SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION INITIATIVE, QUEER
THE LAND, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
THE INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED
IN REALTIME, RATHER THAN BEING
RECORDED, SO THAT NO PUBLIC
RECORD WOULD BE CREATED.
AND NO UNINTENTIONAL HARM AS
WELL.
SO THIS ENDED UP BEING VERY
LABOR INTENSIVE, BUT EVERY
APPLICANT WAS ABLE TO
PARTICIPATE AS WAS EVERY
RAIDER.
SO THE RAIDING COMMITTEE
PARTICIPATED IN ANTI-BIAS
TRAINING.
AGREED TO A GROUP COVENANT FOR
PARTICIPATION, DISCUSSION AND
ACCOUNTABILITY, AND SIGNED
CONFIDENTIALITY, AND CONFLICT
OF INTEREST STATEMENTS.
SO THE RAIDERS REVIEWED ALL
WRITTEN APPLICATIONS, AND
SCORED ALL INTERVIEWS.
SO REX, I THINK THIS IS YOU.
>> THANK YOU, NATALIE.
NEXT SLIDE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 78
APPLICATIONS.
FIVE WERE NOT RATED FOR VARIOUS
REASONS, INCLUDING WITHDRAWAL
AND INELIGIBILITY.
33 APPLICANTS WERE RECOMMENDED
FOR FUNDING.
AND LIKE THE RATERS THEMSELVES,
A VERY BROAD GROUP.
AWARDEES WILL PROVIDE AN ARRAY
OF STRATEGIES AND SERVICES.
IN GENERAL, THESE SERVICES
INCLUDE ACTIVATING NEIGHBORHOOD
BASED STRATEGIES TO REDUCE
CRIME RATES AT HOT SPOTS.
NEXT SLIDE.
DEESCALATION, AND RESPONSE TO
SHOTS FIRED.
REENTRY SERVICES, CASE
MANAGEMENT.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
COMMUNITY AWARENESS ABOUT
DISPROPORTIONALTY, AND CRIMINAL
LEGAL SERVICES.
FAMILY SUPPORT TO PREVENT YOUTH
FROM ENTERING THE CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM IN THE FIRST
PLACE.
SUPPORTS TO ADDRESS FAMILY AND
GENDER BASED VIOLENCE.
NEXT SLIDE.
ABOUT HALF OF THE AWARDEES,
FIRST TIME AWARDS, WHICH ALIGNS
WITH THE DESIGN AND INTEREST OF
AN INTENT OF THE RFP TO PROMOTE
COMMUNITY LED SOLUTIONS,
ALLOWING COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
AGENCIES TO DEFINE SAFETY
INVESTMENTS.
YOU CAN SEE THE BOARD
REPRESENTATION IN THESE
AWARDEES.
NEXT SLIDE.
I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU,
TANYA.
>> YEAH, SORRY.
SO WE GAVE SOME, I THINK, JUST
SOME OVERVIEW.
THE REAL INTEREST I THINK FOR A
LOT OF FOLKS IS WHO WAS AWARDED
AGAIN?
YOU SAW IN THE SLIDE, JUST A
BRIEF NAME IN A MEMO THAT WE
HAVE ALSO SUBMITTED TO
COMMITTEE AND COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD'S OFFICES, THAT THERE'S
A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A
DESCRIPTION THERE.
BUT IT'S REALLY A LOT TO GO
OVER IN A BRIEF 30 MINUTE
PRESENTATION.
WE ARE REALLY EAGER TO STAND UP
THESE ORGANIZATIONS.
SO THEN THAT WAY, WE CAN REPORT
BACK ON SOME MORE, YOU KNOW,
INFORMATION AS WELL AS
POTENTIALLY ALSO SHARE WHAT IT
IS THAT THEY'RE DOING, AND
REVISIT A COMMITTEE WITH THE
ORGANIZATION, SO WE CAN
CONTINUE TO BE TRUE TO OUR
APPROACH, WHICH IS HAVING THIS
COMMUNITY LED.
SO FOR NOW WE AT LEAST WANTED
TO CIRCLE BACK AND SHARE WITH
YOU WHAT THE RESULTS ARE.
WITH THAT, WE'RE HAPPY TO GO
AHEAD AND FIELD ANY QUESTIONS
THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
CHAIR HERBOLD, YOU'RE ON MUTE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE THAT OVERVIEW, AND
APPRECIATE Y'ALL BEING HERE
WITH US TODAY.
GREAT TO MEET YOU, REX.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU MORE OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, I SEE
YOUR HAND IS RAISED.
>> THANK YOU.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU
FOR THE PRESENTATION, FOR THE
WORK YOU'RE DOING THIS IS, IN
MY MIND, A REALLY EXCITING
FIRST STEP FOR THE CITY, TO BE
MOVING AWAY FROM A GUN AND
BADGE RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY
SAFETY.
SO I THINK THIS IS REALLY
IMPORTANT WAY FOR US TO START
TRANSFORMING THAT SYSTEM.
THAT SAID, THIS IS ONE TIME
FUNDING, AND I'M REALLY
INTERESTED IN MOVING US TOWARD
LONGER TERM COMMITMENTS THAT
WOULD ALLOW FOR MORE
SUSTAINABLE PROGRAMMING, AND TO
REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW THESE
COMMUNITY GROUPS CAN ACHIEVE
THE KIND OF OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE
ASKING FOR THEM.
THAT ALL TAKES TIME.
IT TAKES TIME TO BUILD THE
CAPACITY.
IT TAKES TIME TO IMPLEMENT, AND
REALLY START TO HAVE THE
OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE LOOKING
FOR.
SO JUST WANT TO PUT THAT MARKER
OUT THERE.
I'M REALLY HOPPING THAT WE CAN
START THINKING ABOUT MORE
SUSTAINABLE PROGRAMMING FOR
THEM.
THEN THE OTHER THING I JUST
WANT TO SAY IS THAT, YOU KNOW,
WE REALLY MADE SURE THAT THE
PROCESS THAT YOU WENT THROUGH
FOR THIS CONTRACTING AND FOR
THE RFP REALLY INCLUDED THE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
I THINK THAT'S A REALLY
CRITICAL PIECE OF THE WORK THAT
AS A CITY WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE
SURE THAT OUR ORGANIZATIONS
THAT ARE ROOTED IN COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR HAVE THE KIND OF
ASSISTANCE THEY NEED TO DEVELOP
THOSE PROPOSALS.
I THINK THE FACT THAT WE HAD
OVER 70 APPLICANTS IS A REALLY
GOOD INDICATER OF THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF THAT TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.
BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE A
RACIALLY JUSTICE CITY THAT
BELIEVES IN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
FOR OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR TO
PARTICIPATE IN, AND ENGAGE,
THEN WE REALLY NEED TO BE
PRIORITIZING THAT KIND OF EARLY
ENGAINMENT, EARLY ASSISTANCE,
SO THAT WE AREN'T OVERTAXING
AND EXPECTING FOLKS TO COMPETE
FOR LIMITED RESOURCES WITHOUT
ANY SORT OF ASSISTANCE TO HELP
THEM GET THAT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK
THAT YOU'RE DOING, AND JUST
WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON THE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THAT YOU
OFFERED, AND LOOK FORWARD TO
HAVING MORE DISCUSSION WITH
YOU, ABOUT HOW WE CREATE A
LONGER TERM FINANCIAL
COMMITMENT FOR THIS WORK THAT
WE KNOW IS REALLY CRITICAL IN
ORDER FOR US TO CHANGE THE
ECOSYSTEM.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
IF THERE'S ANY RESPONSE, IT'S
FINE.
AND IF NOT, JUST OPENING IT UP
TO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
WE'LL MOVE ONTO QUESTIONS
ASSOCIATED.
I WANT TO JUST ECHO
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES'S POINTS,
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS
FOR PRACTICES IN THE RFP
PROCESS ITSELF, INCLUDING
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE DURING THE
APPLICATION PROCESS, AND
PROVIDING FOR THE RATERS.
I AM REALLY INTERESTED IN THE
COHORT CONVENING THAT IS PART
OF THE EXPECTATION FOR FUNDED
ORGANIZATIONS MOVING FORWARD.
I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD TALK
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PURPOSE
AND PLANS FOR THAT COHORT
CONVENING.
I ALSO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE'S
A GOAL FOR CONTRACTING BLACK OR
INDIGENOUS LED TEAMS TO WORK
WITH THE COHORT OF AWARDEES
DURING THE YEAR IN ORDER TO
DEVELOP METRICS TO UNDERSTAND
THE PROJECT'S IMPACTS ON
COMMUNITY SAFETY.
I THINK THAT THERE IS A LOT OF
REALLY EXCITING POTENTIAL
THERE.
AND I WANT TO JUST LINK INTO
THAT DEVELOPMENT OF METRICS AND
EVALUATION WORK THAT THE CITY
AUDITOR HAD PREVIOUSLY DONE, A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK
AROUND SIMILAR PROGRAMS TO THE
ONES THAT WE ARE FUNDING NOW.
I DID ASK THEM TO PROVIDE,
PRODUCE A BRIEF REPORT BASED ON
THOSE 2015 RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND I'M HOPING THAT THAT WORK
FROM THE CITY AUDITOR CAN HELP
SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE
RECEIVED COMMUNITY SAFETY
AWARDS, AND THE EXTERNAL TEAM
EVALUATION OF THAT EFFORT.
AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN USE
THIS REGULAR COHORT CONVENING
TO INCLUDE MAKING SOME MOVEMENT
ON SOME OF THOSE OUTSTANDING
CITY AUDITOR RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO THAT'S ONE QUESTION I HAVE.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS WE
HEARD YESTERDAY THAT THERE HAS
BEEN AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN
PROPOSALS PARTIALLY FUNDED
USING RESOURCES OUTSIDE OF THE
SAFETY RFP.
I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD
BRIEFLY PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSALS
AND THE OUTSIDE FUNDING SOURCES
THAT WERE USED.
I'M INTERESTED IN KNOWING
WHETHER OR NOT THOSE SEVEN
ORGANIZATIONS WILL ALSO BE
PARTICIPATING IN THE COHORT AND
EVALUATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE
RFP AWARDEES.
THANK YOU.
>> GREAT.
GIVEN THAT REX IS PRETTY NEW,
AND THAT QUESTION, THE FIRST
QUESTION THAT YOU HAVE HAS
MULTIPLE PARTS OVER MULTIPLE
YEARS, I'LL FIELD THAT ONE.
SO REX, YOU CAN THANK ME LATER.
FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN.
SO IN OUR SAFETY PORTFOLIO, WE
DO HAVE NOW THIS GROUP OF 33
CONTRACTED PROVIDERS.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS WORTH OF SAFETY
INVESTMENTS THAT WERE ISSUED
THROUGH A PREVIOUS 2019
COMMUNITY SAFETY RFP AS WELL.
AND AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE CITY
IS MAKING AN INVESTMENT IN
PUBLIC HEALTH, SEATTLE KING
COUNTY'S REGIONAL PEACEKEEPER
COLLECTIVE.
SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF ACTIVITY,
AND TO ADD TO THAT, WE ARE
TAKING ON PDA'S LEAD CONTRACT,
WHICH IS A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR
INVESTMENT TOO.
SO REX HAS A WONDERFUL, REBUST
PORTFOLIO, WHICH MEANS THAT WE
ARE THINKING ABOUT NOT JUST
THIS INVESTMENT IN TERMS OF
HAVING CONVENINGS AND A COHORT.
HOW TO BRING ALL OF OUR
PROVIDERS TOGETHER.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE
PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TO SKILL UP, TO BUILD
RELATIONSHIPS.
WE ARE ALSO, AS YOU HAD
MENTIONED, AND CITY AUDITOR'S
OFFICE HAS REACHED OUT TO US,
WE'RE GOING TO REENGAGE IN
MAKING SOME IMPROVENMENTS WHERE
APPLICABLE, BECAUSE AS SOMEBODY
HAD MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, WE
USED TO HAVE DIFFERENT MODEL
CALLED THE SEATTLE VIOLENCE
PREVENTION INITIATIVE.
SOME OF THAT IS NO LONGER
RELEVANT BECAUSE THAT WAS
REINVESTED.
WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT.
IN THAT $12 MILLION BUDGET THAT
WE HAD, AND SOME OF THAT
INVESTMENT IS SET ASIDE, WE DO
HAVE MONEY SET ASIDE FOR
EVALUATION.
PART OF THAT, WE ALSO IMAGINE
IS A PART OF THAT ONGOING
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, BECAUSE
WE HAVE SO MANY NEW PROVIDERS
TOO, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
CONTINUES.
IT'S A TOP PRIORITY.
WE'RE STILL HIRING STAFF.
ONCE WE GET EVERYBODY ALIGNED,
AND WE ARE FUNCTIONING AT FULL
CAPACITY, THAT IS SOMETHING NOW
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TOWARDS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT
100%.
AS FAR AS THE ONE TIME ADS, OR
INVESTMENTS RATHER, OUTSIDE OF
THIS RFP, NATALIE HAS A LITTLE
BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THOSE
FUND SOURCES.
I WILL MENTION, THOUGH, THAT
WHEN WE READ THESE PROPOSALS,
EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE SCORED
HIGHLY BY THE COMMUNITY RATERS,
WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE
PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT THEY
WERE PROPOSING, IT REALLY DID
FALL MORE ALONG THE PREVENTION,
WHICH IS FANTASTIC.
IT'S NEEDED.
BUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY
FOCUS IN ON WITH THIS
INVESTMENT IS INCREASING SAFETY
TO REDUCE VIOLENCE IN A WAY
THAT WE CAN MEASURE IN THE NEAR
FUTURE, AND WHERE THERE WERE
SOME HIGHLY SCORED PROPOSALS
THAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT
THE CREATING CONDITIONS OF WELL-
BEING.
THAT REALLY SEEMED TO SUIT SOME
OTHER FUND SOURCES, WHICH
NATALIE CAN EXPLAIN.
THAT'S THE BEAUTIFUL THING
ABOUT THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
IT IS ITS CONTINUUM.
WE HAVE OUR YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
INITIATIVE, AND NOW WE HAVE THE
SAFE COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE
THAT CAN GET LASER FOCUSED.
THAT'S SOME OF THE INTERNAL
DECISION MAKING THAT WE MADE,
BUT IT'S NOT A PRECEDENT THAT
WE WANT TO START WITH EVERY RFP
PROCESS, BECAUSE WE DON'T
TYPICALLY HAVE FUNDS THAT WE
CAN ALLOCATE TOWARDS THAT.
SO NATALIE, IF YOU WOULDN'T
MIND GIVING A LITTLE BIT MORE
INFORMATION.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THAT WAS SUCH A GREAT CONTEXT
SETTING, TANYA.
SO THOSE 7 PROPOSALS, PRECISELY
AS TANYA SAID WERE REALLY
RECOMMENDED BY RATERS AS
PROPOSALS THAT WERE WORTHY OF
RECEIVING SOME LEVEL OF
FUNDING.
BUT THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE DIRECT
FOCUS OF COMMUNITY-LED
SOLUTIONS TO SAFETY.
SO WHAT WE DID IS WE IDENTIFIED
ONE TIME ONLY FUNDING.
MOSTLY GENERAL FUND FUNDING, AS
WELL AS SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX
FUNDING, AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF
HUMAN SERVICES FUND, SO THAT WE
COULD FUND, FOR EXAMPLE, SOME
OF THE FOOD JUSTICE INITIATIVES
WITH SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX
FUNDING.
SO WE TOOK THE RATE OF
RECOMMENDATION THERE.
THEY WILL BE RECEIVING ONE TIME
PARTIAL FUNDING.
AND TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT IT
IF THEY ARE A PART, THAT WILL
BE DETERMINED.
>> WE'LL CIRCLE THEM BACK IN,
BUT THE REASON WHY WE SPLIT IT
IS IT WASN'T ARTICULATED, SO
IT'S UNLIKELY.
>> THAT'S SUPER HELPFUL TO
UNDERSTAND.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE, BECAUSE THE
FOCUS FOR THESE INVESTMENTS IS
DIFFERENT, ARE YOU SAYING THAT
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE PART
OF THE SAFE AND THRIVING
DIVISION?
>> IT WOULD BE YOUTH AND FAMILY
EMPOWERMENT.
THAT'S CORRECT.
>> THAT MAKES GOOD SENSE.
THANK YOU.
PAUSING TO SEE IF OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS.
I HAVE ONE MORE IF NOT.
OKAY.
MY LAST QUESTION IS JUST
RELATED TO THE FACT THAT ONE OF
THE QUESTIONS ASKED ON THE RFP
WAS WHETHER THE PROPOSAL
SUBMITTED BY THE PROVIDERS
WOULD BE AN ALTERNATE TO POLICE
RESPONSE, AND WHETHER THE
PROPOSAL WOULD BE A CO-RESPONSE
TO A POLICE FUNCTION?
I UNDERSTAND THAT OF THE
SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS FOUR
INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD BE AN
ALTERNATE TO POLICE, AND SIX
INDICATED THEY WOULD BE A CO-
RESPONSE.
I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD GO A
LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THOSE
FUNDED PROJECTS, AND WHETHER OR
NOT YOUR STAFF DID AN
INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS OF WHETHER
A PROPOSAL MIGHT BE CONSIDERED
AN ALTERNATIVE, OR CO-RESPONSE,
OR DID YOU RELY ON THE
APPLICANTS SELF-ASSESSMENTS?
>> WELL, I CAN ANSWER THE
LATTER PART FIRST, WHICH IS IT
WAS RELIANT ON THE APPLICANT TO
SELF-IDENTIFY.
BUT NATALIE AND REX, ARE WE
PREPARED TO GO A LITTLE BIT
DEEPER?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW THAT
IN A SEPARATE DISCUSSION.
I THINK GIVEN THE CONSTRAINTS
OF TIME AND THE DETAIL NEEDED
TO FULLY ARTICULATE IT, IT
WOULD BE BETTER.
I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE
IF WE COULD WAIT AND HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION WITH YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLT.
>> SO WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH
MORE INFORMATION.
THE RFP ITSELF, AND THE
COMMITTEE ALSO HAS DEFINITIONS
OF WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO PROVIDE
AN ALTERNATIVE, OR A CO-
RESPONSE.
I THINK FOR THAT, ON THE COVER
SHEET, WE'RE RELYING ON SELF-
REPORTING.
AND SO I WILL SAY THAT WE
COULDN'T THEN DO A DEEP
ANALYSIS, GIVEN THAT IT WASN'T
DEFINED, AND THEY WEREN'T
EXPLICITLY BEING RATED FOR
THAT.
IT WAS MORE OF TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY SAW
THEMSELVES IN THAT
CONVERSATION.
BUT WE WILL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT WHO THOSE
SELF DEFINED FOLKS WERE.
>> AND WHAT THEY PROPOSE TO DO.
>> WHERE I THINK KEENLY
INTERESTED IN THAT AS PART OF
THIS CONVERSATION AROUND
ALTERNATE COMMUNITY SAFETY
RESPONSES.
AND HOW THE CITY CAN SUPPORT
THEM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS HERE.
I JUST WANT TO CLOSE IT OUT BY,
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, APPRECIATING
THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
YOU KNOW, BACK IN FEBRUARY THE
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON COVID-19
AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE MEMBERSHIP
INCLUDING OUR OWN SEATTLE
POLICE CHIEF ADRIAN DIAZ AS A
NATIONAL COMMISSION RECOMMENDED
URGENT ACTION TO ADDRESS PAUSES
OF THREATS TO SAFETY.
COVID PANDEMIC CONCERNS ABOUT
POLICING, AND FUNDING ANTI-
VIOLENCE STRATEGIES.
BACK IN FEBRUARY, THE
COMMISSION REPORTED INCREASED
VIOLENT, AND PROPERTY OFFENSE
RATES FOR 39 CITIES, INCLUDING
SEATTLE.
AND THE REPORT NOTED THAT CRIME
IS A CAUSE FOR ALARM, NOT
PANIC.
AND THE COMMISSION REPORTS THAT
THE PANDEMIC HAS PLACED
INDIVIDUALS UNDER PHYSICAL,
MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, AND
FINANCIAL STRESS IN STRAINED
INSTITUTIONS, RESPOND TO
VIOLENT OFFICIALS, INCLUDING
COMMUNITY BASED GROUPS THAT
ENGAGE AND DEPEND HEAVILY ON
PROACTIVE OUTREACH TO AT-RISK
PEOPLE AND PLACES.
SO THIS CAME OUT IN FEBRUARY.
WE'RE STILL SEEING THE ALARMING
INCREASES IN VIOLENT, AND
PROPERTY OFFENSE RATES.
BUT I JUST WANT TO FLAG THAT
THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN PREPARED
TO ADDRESS THIS WITH THIS
EXACTLY THIS KIND OF STRATEGY.
SINCE AUGUST OF LAST YEAR.
SO I JUST BRING THAT UP TO SAY,
WE DO HAVE A PLAN.
IT'S A PLAN THAT ALIGNS WITH
NATIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS.
PUBLIC CRIMINAL JUSTICE RELATED
COMMISSIONS, AND COMMISSIONS
THAT RECOGNIZE THAT COVID-19
HAS CONTRIBUTED TO INCREASE IN
VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO REALLY, REALLY PLEASED THAT
THIS WORK IS COMING TO BEAR,
AND REALLY APPRECIATIVE TO THE
FOLKS WHO ARE OUT THERE ON THE
STREETS MAKING THIS WORK, AND
MAKING OUR COMMUNITY SAFER BY
WORKING TOGETHER AND CARING FOR
ONE ANOTHER.
SO REALLY I WANT TO THANK YOU
AGAIN.
AND WITH THAT.
WE'LL MOVE ONTO THE FINAL ITEM
ON OUR AGENDA.
THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE ITEM
INTO THE AGENDA.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3.
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
QUARTERLY FINANCE AND STAFFING
REPORT.
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU, ALEX.
I'M GOING TO QUICKLY HAND THIS
OVER TO CENTRAL STAFF.
A COUPLE WORDES.
THIS IS THE SECOND UPDATE FROM
COUNCIL STAFF IN 2021.
THE COUNCIL REQUESTED THESE
UPDATES AS PART OF OUR BUDGET
PROCESS LAST YEAR.
CENTRAL STAFF IS PRESENTING
THEM ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
GREG DOSS HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS
OPT OF WORK TO COMPILE THIS.
I UNDERSTAND HE'S RECEIVED A
LOT OF ASSISTANCE FROM THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE WILL ALSO BE JOINED BY DR.
CHRISTOPHER FISHER AND ANGELA
SOCCI OF THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AS PART OF THIS
PRESENTATION, AND I REALLY
THANK YOU FOR HELPING GREG WITH
THIS.
AND WITH THAT, LET'S JUST DO A
QUICK ROUND OF INTRODUCTIONS.
>> SURE.
GREG DOSS.
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
>> ANGELA SOCCI, SPD BUDGET
DIRECTOR.
>> CHRIS FISHER, EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF INITIATIVES AT SPD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
GREG, DO YOU WANT TO LEAD US?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND
THANK YOU FOR THANKING SPD
STAFF FOR THEIR WORK.
I REALLY JUST AM PUTTING
TOGETHER THE INFORMATION THEY
GIVE ME.
IT IS SO HELPFUL TO HAVE THEM
WORK WITH ME ON THE DATA AND
PUT TOGETHER THE REPORTS.
AND SO, I CAN'T THANK THEM
ENOUGH AND IT'S GREAT TO WORK
WITH THEM TOO.
HERE WITH ANGELA SOCCI, THE
BUDGET DIRECTOR, AND DR. CHRIS
FISHER.
WE'LL BE GOING OVER THE JANUARY
TO JUNE DATA.
QUITE A BIT OF IT.
AND SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD
AND SHARE MY SCREEN FOR THE
PRESENTATION.
AND ONE SECOND HERE.
CAN YOU ALL SEE THIS?
IS IT BIG ENOUGH?
OKAY, SEEING NODDING.
ALL RIGHT.
SO I'M GOING TO START OUT WITH,
ACTUALLY, IT MIGHT BE A BIT TOO
BIG.
I'M GOING TO START OUT WITH THE
STATEMENTS OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT COVERED BY THIS
PARTICULAR REPORT.
WE'VE GOT AN AWFUL LOT THAT
GOES INTO THIS REPORT.
FOUR DIFFERENT STATEMENTS OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
THE FIRST ONE IS A FINANCIAL
REPORTING SLIDE, THAT COVERS
REALLY EVERYTHING THAT SPD DOES
FINANCIALLY.
IT FOCUSES IN ON FINANCIAL
REPORTING CATEGORICAL
REPORTING.
EVERYTHING FROM TRAVEL AND
TRAINING TO SALARY AND
OVERTIME.
WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO A
DETAILED DIVE ON ALL OF IT.
IT ALSO REQUIRES PAY REPORTING.
OFFICER PAY SPECIFICALLY THOSE
OFFICERS MAKING OVER $150,000.
WE'LL BE GOING INTO THAT.
RIGHT OFF THE BAT, I'LL TELL
YOU THAT MY ANALYSIS THERE WAS
THERE IS ONE SO FAR, THAT HAS
MADE OVER $150,000.
AND THAT IS IT SO FAR.
BUT AS WE PROGRESS, I EXPECT
THAT WILL CONTINUE.
THERE IS ANOTHER SLIDE THAT IS
ON OVERTIME.
SPD002B003.
THIS AGAIN DIVES INTO A GREAT
DEAL OF OVERTIME.
HOW SPD USES OVERTIME, AND
WE'LL BE LOOKING AT ITS USE
COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
AND IT'S CATEGORICAL USE.
HOW IT USES OVER TIME ON
SPECIAL EVENTS, VERSUS PATROL
AUGMENTATION.
WE'LL GET DOWN TO A VERY
DETAILED LEVEL.
THE NUMBER 3. 003A003 IS ON
STAFFING.
THIS IS IN THE NEWS QUITE A
BIT.
SPD HAS SUFFERED A GREAT LOSS
IN PATROL STAFFING, AND SWORN
STAFFING AND WILL BE TALKING IN
DETAIL ABOUT SWORN STAFFING,
AND HOW THAT HAS MANIFESTED
ITSELF IN SEPARATIONS.
AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO SEE THE
DEPARTMENT WILL SEE A GREAT
DEAL OF SALARY SAVINGS.
AND THEN LASTLY, NUMBER 4,
SPD06003 QUARTERLY REPORTS ON
WHAT I WOULD CALL PERFORMANCE
METRICS, WHICH ARE REALLY
RESPONSE TIMES.
AND THIS YEAR, SPD IS FOCUSING
IN ON PRIORITY RESPONSE CALLS,
WHICH WE WILL GET TO.
TIMES THAT THEY HAVE TO GO TO
PRIORITY RESPONSE HANDLING.
TIMES THAT THEY HAVE TO FOCUS
THEIR RESPONSE ON PRIORITY
CALLS, AND NOT GO TO LESSER
PRIORITY CALLS.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND JUMP INTO
FINANCE MONITORING, WHICH IS
THE FIRST POINT.
AS MEMBERS ARE AWARE FROM MY
MANY BORING PRESENTATIONS SO
FAR OVER THE LAST YEAR, THERE
ARE THREE BIG CATEGORIES THAT
SPD SPENDS ITS MONEY ON.
AND THOSE ARE SALARY AND
BENEFITS, OVERTIME, AND
ALLOCATED COSTS.
THESE PARTICULAR CATEGORIES
REPRESENT ANYWHERE BETWEEN 95
AND 97% EXPENDITURES FOR THE
DEPARTMENT.
AS YOU LOOK AS THESE
EXPENDITURES OVER THE LAST SIX
MONTHS, WHAT YOU CAN SEE IT
THAT LAST YEAR THE DEPARTMENT
SPENT $192 MILLION ON SALARY
BENEFITS OVERTIME, AND
ALLOCATED COSTS.
AND THAT THIS YEAR THEY HAVE
SPENT $167 MILLION ON THESE
EXPENSES.
AND THAT THESE REPRESENT 95% OF
THE EXPANSIONS THAT SPD HAS
MADE IN THE SIX MONTHS.
AND SO, WHAT DOES THAT SAY?
WELL, IT SAYS THAT THE AGENCY
HAS REDUCED ITS COST BY ABOUT
$13 MILLION, AND SAVED A LOT OF
GENERAL FUND.
MOST OF THIS IS DUE TO THE
DEPARTURE OF THE OFFICERS AND
SALARY SAVINGS OF SALARIES NOT
BEING SPENT.
SO THAT'S THE BIGGEST REASON
THAT YOU'RE SEEING LACK OF
EXPENDITURE HERE.
YOU SEE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY
THE EXPENDITURES ARE BEING
REPRESENTED IN THE DONUT GRAPHS
HERE, BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE,
OVERTIME IS QUITE A BIT DOWN.
6% THIS YEAR VERSUS 10% LAST
YEAR.
THAT CHANGE DERIVES THE
PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN SALARY,
BENEFITS, AND ALSO IN ALLOCATED
COSTS.
WITH THAT, AND SORT OF A BIG
PICTURE, I'M JUMP INTO HOW THAT
LOOKS AGAINST THE BUDGET.
SO WHAT YOU HEAR AND SEE HERE
ARE THOSE THREE BIG
EXPENDITURES AGAINST MEASURED
AGAINST THE BUDGET.
AND MEASURED AGAINST THE BUDGET
LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR.
SO ON THE LEFT HAND COLUMN,
SALARY, BENEFITS, OVERTIME, AND
ALLOCATED COSTS.
THE MIDDLE COLUMN, JANUARY TO
JUNE 2020.
AND THE FAR RIGHT, JANUARY TO
JUNE 2021.
FIRST ROW, SALARY AND BENEFITS.
YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE THAT
HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR AND
THIS IS EXACTLY HALFWAY THROUGH
THE YEAR FROM A PAYROLL
STANDPOINT, THERE WOULD BE 50%
OF SALARY AND BENEFITS THAT
HAVE BEEN SPENT.
ONLY 48% HERE.
YOU HAVE HEARD THAT THERE ARE A
GREAT DEAL OF SALARY SAVINGS IN
THE DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR, AND
IT MAY BE AT THE TOP OF YOUR
HEAD WHY ONLY 48%?
WHY NOT SOMETHING LIKE 45%?
OR MUCH LOWER.
WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU IS THAT
MANY OF THE OFFICERS THAT HAVE
LEFT HAVE LEFT IN THE LAST FEW
MONTHS.
THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS.
SO THE SALARY SAVINGS THAT
THOSE OFFICERS ARE GOING TO
PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT ARE
NOT GOING TO ACCRUE UNTIL
REALLY THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE,
BECAUSE WHEN WE START TALKING
ABOUT SALARY SAVINGS AND
THROWING NUMBERS AROUND, LIKE
15 MILLION, WE'LL GET TO THAT
LATER.
THAT'S, THOSE ARE SAVINGS THAT
ARE STARTING TO ACCRUE NOW, BUT
THAT WILL BE ACCRUING
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR.
AND SO ANOTHER THING TO NOTE
HERE AS WE LOOK AT THE
EXPENDITURES VERSUS BUDGET IS
THAT ON THE OVERTIME ROW YOU'LL
SEE THAT IN 2021, 44% OF THE
OVERTIME BUDGET HAS BEEN
EXPENDED.
THAT IS NOT AS GOOD AS ONE
MIGHT THINK.
THE CHALLENGE HERE IS THAT SPD
IS, IT'S BEEN SEASONALLY WHEN
IT COMES TO OVERTIME.
A LOT OF THE OVERTIME THAT SPD
SPENDS IS ON PATROL
AUGMENTATION, AND ON EVENTS.
THAT IS MOSTLY SPENT IN THE
SUMMER, WHEN THERE IS MORE OF A
NEED FOR PATROL AUGMENTATION,
MORE PEOPLE ARE OUT, OR IN THE
SUMMER AND FALL FOR SPORTING
EVENTS, FOR THE SEAHAWKS.
FOR VARIOUS KINDS OF EVENTS
AROUND THE CITY.
AND SO THE FACT THAT THROUGH
JUNE, 44% OF THE BUDGET IS
ALREADY SPENT IS NOT A GOOD
THING.
ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT
EVENTS ARE SLOW TO RAMP UP THIS
YEAR BECAUSE OF COVID, AND MANY
EVENTS ARE STILL PUBLIC EVENTS
MAY OR JUNE WERE SUSPENDED OR
CANCELED.
THAT IS, I THINK A MEASURE THAT
IS SAYING THAT SPD MAY NOT HAVE
ENOUGH BUDGET TO MAKE IT
THROUGH THE YEAR, ESPECIALLY
CONSIDERING THAT EVENTS ARE
STARTING TO RAMP UP MUCH MORE
QUICKLY.
WE'RE SEEING THE SEAHAWKS COME
ONLINE.
WE'RE SEEING THE SOUNDERS COME
ONLINE.
MANY OF THE EVENTS THAT WE
THOUGHT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN DUE TO
COVID, THE VACCINE CAME AROUND
MUCH FASTER THAN EXPECTED.
THERE'S GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS ROW.
THE GOOD NEWS IS, COMPARED TO
2020, ABOUT HALF AS MUCH
SPENDING.
THERE'S OTHER REASONS THERE.
BUT THE BAD NEWS IS, THERE MAY
NOT BE ENOUGH BUDGET THERE
GOING FORWARD, AND WE'LL BE
TALKING ABOUT THAT IN A FEW
MINUTES.
WHY THE MASSIVE SPENDING OF
OVERTIME IN 2020?
THAT HAS TO DO WITH
DEMONSTRATIONS AND WE'LL GET
INTO THAT.
WE'LL BE DOING A DETAILED DIVE
ON OVERTIME HERE IN A MINUTE.
SO I'M GOING TO GO INTO THE
SMALLER STUFF NOW.
I THINK THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR
WITH THE SMALLER STUFF, BUT
I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO SORT OF A
HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF IT.
AS YOU LOOK AT THE SMALLER
CATEGORIES, THEY REPRESENT IN
JANUARY AND JUNE OF 2021, 5% OF
EXPENDITURES ARE ONLY $9.6
MILLION, SO A VERY SMALL AMOUNT
OF SPD'S BUDGET.
SERVICESCONSULTENT, AND OTHER
LEGAL CATEGORIES, HOLD THINGS
LIKE CONTRACTS FOR PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES.
AN EXAMPLE HERE WOULD BE THE
CITY'S RED LIGHT CAMERAS.
AND THAT'S LIKE HALF OF THE
BUDGET FOR THAT CATEGORY.
OTHER CHARGES CATEGORY, PAY IS
FOR RENTAL OF BUILDING, SUCH AS
THE OPA OFFICES OR THE EVIDENCE
WAREHOUSE.
IT ALSO PAYS FOR FUEL FOR
VEHICLES THAT DON'T FUEL UP AT
FAS LOCATIONS.
THE ENTIRE BUDGET FOR THAT
CATEGORY IS $4.4 MILLION, SO
IT'S 1.2% OF THE ENTIRE BUDGET.
IT'S A VERY SMALL PIECE.
FINALLY, THE DISCRETIONARY
PURCHASES CATEGORY IS USED FOR
PURCHASE EVERYTHING ELSE.
THIS WOULD INCLUDE UNIFORMS,
GUNS, OFFICE SUPPLIES.
EVEN THINGS LIKE WATER IN A IS
USED TO SUPPLY OFFICERS AT
SPECIAL EVENTS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE MAKE UP HERE
GREATLY CHANGED, BECAUSE OF
SEPARATION PAY.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT THE
MAKEUP HAS CHANGED BECAUSE OF
CAPITAL, ADDITIONAL
EXPENDITURES IN CAPITOL, AND
ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES IN
WELL, I GUESS JUST IN SOME OF
THE DISCRETIONARY, OR I'M
SORRY, SOME OF THE OTHER
CHARGES.
WE'LL GET TO THAT RIGHT NOW.
HERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF THOSE
CHARGES AGAINST BUDGET.
SO SEPARATION PAY.
AGAIN, HERE YOU'VE GOT THE ROWS
THAT EQUATE TO THE PIE CHART
THAT I JUST SHOWED YOU.
YOU'VE GOT 2020 EXPENSES
AGAINST BUDGET, AND 2021
EXPENSES AGAINST BUDGET.
SEPARATION PAY, NOT SO GREAT
AGAINST BUDGET.
BLOWN OUT OF THE WATER AGAINST
BUDGET.
LEGAL AND OTHER SERVICE
CONSULTANTS.
45% AGAINST BUDGET.
THEN ALSO CAPITAL.
2,000 SOME AGAINST BUDGET.
WHY ARE THOSE SO HIGH?
THEY'RE HIGH BECAUSE SPD HAS
STARTED SPENDING SOME OF ITS
SALARY SAVINGS IN THOSE TWO
CATEGORIES.
THEY HAVE STARTED SPENDING SOME
OF THE SALARY AND SAVINGS THAT
THEY HAVE AVAILABLE NOW FOR
REPLACEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY
ITEMS, SPECIFICALLY THEIR DAP
TECHNOLOGY ITEM THAT THEY
NEEDED TO GET GOING NOW.
THEY HAVE CONTRACTS WITH
EXENTURE, AND THOSE BREAK DOWN
INTO CAPITOL, AND ALSO
CONSULTING AND OTHER.
THAT'S WHY THOSE TWO CATEGORIES
JUMP OUT AT A HIGHER LEVEL THAN
YOU MIGHT EXPECT TO SEE AT THIS
POINT IN THE YEAR.
WHILE YOU CAN SEE THAT TRAVEL
AND TRAINING IS 19% AGAINST
BUDGET, IT'S STILL LOWER THAN
LAST YEAR.
AND THAT, I GUESS IS, THAT I
GUESS IS THE SUM OF THAT
PARTICULAR SLIDE.
>> JUST A QUICK QUESTION HERE.
SO ON THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
AS IT RELATES TO WHAT WAS
BUDGETED, IS THIS THE CATEGORY
FOR WHICH THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S PROPOSAL REQUESTS
UPWARDS OF $2 MILLION FOR
TECHNOLOGY?
>> YEAH, IT'S BROKEN DOWN
BETWEEN CAPITAL AND OTHER
CHARGES AND SOME LEGAL SERVICE
CONSULTANTS AND OTHER, I
BELIEVE.
DEFINITELY BETWEEN OTHER
CHARGES, AND CAPITAL.
ANGELA, DO YOU WANT TO JUMP IN
AND CORRECT ME?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
YEAH.
>> OKAY.
SO IF THE COUNCIL WERE TO
APPROVE THE EXPENDITURE, THE
TECHNOLOGY RELATED
EXPENDITURES, WHICH I THINK
WE'LL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT
MORE DETAIL FURTHER ON, THIS
WILL SORT OF CORRECT THE
PERCENTAGE OF ADOPTED BUDGET
FROM NEARLY 3,000 PERCENT OF
WHAT WAS ADOPTED TO BE
CONSISTENT WITH BUDGET, AND
JUST REALLY NOT UNDERSTANDING
WHY, ONE WHY THE FUNDING IF
NECESSARY, IN THIS CATEGORY FOR
CAPITAL/TECHNOLOGY WAS KNOWN,
WHY IT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED 2021 BUDGET.
AND TWO, AND I'LL HAVE THE SAME
QUESTION WITH SOME OTHER ITEMS
THAT GREG'S PRESENTATION NOTES
YOU'RE ALREADY SPENDING.
IS IT AN ACCEPTED BUDGET
PRACTICE TO MOVE FORWARD ON
SPENDING IN AREAS THAT THE
COUNCIL HAS NOT AUTHORIZED YET?
JUST REALLY TRYING TO MOVE TO A
PLACE WHERE WE HAVE A COMMON
SET OF EXPECTATIONS THAT
COUNCIL APPROVING MOVES FUNDS
FROM ONE BCL TO ANOTHER BEFORE
THE DEPARTMENT MOVES FORWARD IN
SPENDING THOSE FUNDS?
IF THE SPENDING IN THIS
CATEGORY IN A IS APPARENTLY
CURRENTLY HAPPENING NOW IS
ACCOMPLISHED BY MOVING THE
PATROL STAFFING EXCESS FUNDING
FROM THE PATROL STAFFING BUDGET
CONTROL LEVEL INTO A DIFFERENT
BUDGET CONTROL LEVEL, I JUST
WANT TO UNDERSTAND IS IT AN
ACCEPTED BUDGET POLICY TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH THAT SPENDING
BEFORE THE COUNCIL HAS
AUTHORIZED IT?
>> YES.
I'LL TRY TO RESPOND TO THE
MULTIPART.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS,
EXCUSE ME, A BREAKOUT BY
EXPENSE CATEGORY AT THE ACCOUNT
LEVEL, OR THE ACCOUNT TYPE.
SO YOU HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE
CAPITAL ACCOUNT, WHICH, ACROSS
ALL OF THE BSL'S, AND EVEN DOWN
TO THE PROJECT LEVEL IN SOME
CASES, WE ARE BUDGETING IN SOME
CASES AT THE ACCOUNT LEVEL.
IN OTHER CASES, WE'RE
ALLOCATING BUDGET TO YOU KNOW,
THE SALARY LINE, OR THE BENEFIT
LINES.
WHAT THE LEGAL BUDGET CONTROLS
OR REQUIRES IS THAT WE OPERATE
WITHIN OUR BUDGET CONTROL
LEVEL, OR OUR BUDGET SUMMARY
LEVEL.
SO THE LAW RESTRICTS US FROM
MOVING MONEY BETWEEN THOSE
BUDGET SUMMARY LEVELS.
BUT OFTENTIMES THE BUDGET
DOESN'T ALWAYS PERFECTLY ALIGN
AT THE ACCOUNT LEVEL.
SO AN EXAMPLE BEING
HISTORICALLY, WE'VE USED SALARY
SAVINGS TO FINANCE SEPARATION
PAY.
IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT THE
SEPARATION PAY ACCOUNT AND
ISOLATION, YOU WOULD SEE AN
OVERAGE IN THAT ACCOUNT.
BUT WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY
VIOLATE BUDGET RULES, BECAUSE
WE HAD SUFFICIENT FUNDING IN
ANOTHER ACCOUNT TO OFF-SET THAT
OVERAGE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT FOR ACCOUNTS.
BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT
DCL'S.
>> I THINK WHAT ANGELA IS
SAYING IS THAT AT THIS LEVEL,
THEY'RE ALL UP TO MULTIPLE
BSL'S.
SO YOU COULD HAVE A CAPITAL
ACCOUNT IN EVERY SINGLE BSL.
EVERY SINGLE BSL COULD HAVE A
CAPITAL ACCOUNT.
AND THE REASON THAT IT'S OVER
BUDGET IS BECAUSE ACCENTURE IS
A WEIRD EXPENDITURE THAT GOT
RECORDED AS CAPITAL BECAUSE
SOME TECHNICIAN RECORDED IT
THAT WAY.
BUT THIS IS SORT OF A DIFFERENT
QUESTION THAN THE ONE YOU'RE
GETTING AT, WHICH IS MORE
RELEVANT AT THE END, WHEN WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT CONTROLLING IT AT
THE BSL LEVEL.
>> SUPER HELPFUL.
THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO JUMP INTO OVERTIME.
SO I SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS THE
OTHER WAY.
I SHOULD HAVE STARTED OUT WITH
THE BIG ONE, BUT I STARTED OUT
WITH THE LITTLE ONE.
SO THESE ARE THE CATEGORIES OF
SMALLER OVERTIME EXPENDITURES.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE THESE
ARE THE OVERTIME HOURS.
THESE ARE NOT DOLLARS.
HOURS THAT WERE SPENT BETWEEN
JANUARY AND JUNE.
THIS YEAR, IN THIS SLIDE
THERE'S A THREE YEAR HISTORY.
AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE IS
THE VARIOUS BUREAUS WHERE
SPENDING HAS OCCURRED, BETWEEN
ZERO AND 25,000 HOURS.
AND SO WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS FOR
THE MOST PART, LIKE LAST TIME,
THAT OVERTIME SPENDING IS DOWN
IN MOST CATEGORIES.
THERE ARE A COUPLE PLACES THAT
OVERTIME SPENDING IS UP, AND I
WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.
SPECIAL OPERATIONS, OVERTIME
SPENDING IS UP.
AND THAT HAS TO, I'VE DUG INTO
THE DATA THERE, AND THAT HAS TO
DO WITH THE FACT THAT THE SWAT
TEAM HAS MADE A LOT OF CALL
OUTS ON BARRICADED SUBJECTS.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT IS.
APPARENTLY THERE ARE MORE
BARRICADED SUBJECTS THAT HAVE
HAPPENED IN THE LAST SINCE
MONTHS THAN NORMAL.
WE CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ON
THAT FOR YOU, BUT THAT SORT OF
IS JUST THE WAY THAT BROKE OUT.
THAT'S THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS
ONE.
THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, AS
YOU SEE, IS THE 21 BAR IS JUST
SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF THE 20 BAR.
IT'S NOT A LOT.
BUT DIGGING INTO THAT, WHAT I
FIND IS THAT THE COMMUNICATIONS
SECTION OVER TIME IS HIGHER.
EXPERIENCE THERE WOULD SHOW
THAT USUALLY WHEN THE
COMMUNICATION SECTION OVER TIME
IS HIGHER, IT'S BECAUSE 911
DISPATCHERS AND 911 CALL
TAKERS, THERE IS USUALLY SOME
SORT OF A STAFFING SHORTAGE
THERE.
AND THERE'S A SITUATION WHERE
OVERTIME IS BEING USED TO HELP
WITH A STAFFING SHORTAGE TO
MEET MINIMUM STAFFING
REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT
SITUATION.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'LL
NEED TO FOLLOW UP AND GET BACK
TO YOU ON.
THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE
CASE.
I'LL ASK ANGELA IF SHE HAS ANY
MORE INSIGHT INTO THAT.
>> I'M GOING TO PAUSE HERE AND
SEE IF ANY OF ME COLLEAGUES
HAVE A QUESTION ON THE SLIDE.
I HAVE A FEW.
SO I HAVE QUESTIONS, FIRST OF
ALL, I WANT TO JUST THANK SPD
FOR TRACKING OVERTIME PAY
BELIEVE.
I APPRECIATE THAT LEVEL OF
ATTENTION, ESPECIALLY
CONSIDERING THAT THE WORK IN
THE TIME KEEPING SOLUTION IS TO
MY UNDERSTANDING, NOT UP AND
RUNNING AGAIN.
THAT WILL BE AN AUTOMATED
APPROACH FOR TRACKING OVER
TIME.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, REALLY
APPRECIATE THE CHIEF'S
LEADERSHIP IN SORT OF THE MORE
LABOR INTENSIVE APPROACH OF
TRACKING THIS.
AND JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE WORK AND SCHEDULING
TIME SYSTEM.
JUST INTERESTED WHETHER OR NOT
MAYBE SPD CAN ANSWER THIS FOR
ME.
WILL THE NEW AUTOMATED SYSTEM
BE IMPLEMENTED SOON?
BECAUSE THE 2020 AUDITORS
FOLLOW UP REPORT ON
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE
RECEIVED EARLIER THIS YEAR, IT
INDICATED THAT IT WOULD BE
COMPLETED IN THE SECOND
QUARTER.
BUT YET THERE WAS A QUOTE IN
THE PRESS RECENTLY.
VERY RECENTLY, THAT THE
SPOKESPERSON FROM SPD SAID
THERE'S NO SET TIMETABLE FOR
THE IMPLEMENTATION.
AND SO I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT
THE CITY AUDITOR IS BEING TOLD
ONE THING, WHEN THEY'RE DOING
THEIR WORK TO MONITOR
IMPLEMENTATION OF AUDIT
RECOMMENDATIONS.
THEY DO THAT ANNUAL REPORT.
AND SO AGAIN, THE CITY AUDITOR
WAS TOLD IT WAS THIS TIME.
AND WORK SCHEDULEING SYSTEM
WOULD BE UP AND RUNNING SECOND
QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.
BUT YET, IN A VERY RECENT
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE THE SPD
SPOKESPERSON SAID THERE'S NO
SET TIMETABLE FOR
IMPLEMENTATION.
SO THEN I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION
RELATED TO THE WST SYSTEM.
A LITTLE SEPARATE FROM
OVERTIME, BUT ALSO SOMETHING
THAT I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF
CONCERN ABOUT AND A LOT OF
UNIMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS
FROM THE AUDITOR, AND ALSO AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM YEARS AGO,
AND THIS IS RELATED TO THE
TRACKING OF OFF-DUTY TIME.
IN FEBRUARY, I BELIEVE IT WAS
FEBRUARY OF 2020, CHIEF DIAZ
WROTE TO ME SAYING THAT
ALTHOUGH THE WORK SCHEDULE AND
TIME KEEPING SYSTEM COULD
THEORETICALLY TRACK OFF DUTY
TIME, IT WASN'T SCOPED TO DO
SO.
AND SO THERE IS A LOT OF
CONCERN ABOUT THE TRANSPARENCY
AROUND OFFICERS WORKING OFF
DUTY.
AND FRANKLY, ALSO CONCERNS
ABOUT HOW OFF DUTY WORK EFFECTS
AVAILABILITY AND READINESS FOR
ON-DUTY WORK.
SO JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD
RESPOND TO THOSE TWO QUESTIONS.
>> YEAH, HAPPY FIRST TO ADDRESS
THE WORK SCHEDULING TIME
KEEPING PROJECT.
WHEN WE PROVIDED THE STATUS
UPDATE TO THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE
WE WERE SET FOR DEPLOYMENT OF,
OR ROLL OUT OF THE SCHEDULE
TIME KEEPING SYSTEM THIS YEAR.
WE HAD ISSUES SPECIFICALLY IN
OUR PAYROLL SYSTEM OF THE
TESTING PHASE OF THE NEW SYSTEM
WHICH CAUSED, WE CONVENED WITH
SEATTLE I.T.
AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT WE
HADN'T ACHIEVED THE, WE HAVEN'T
MET EXPECTATIONS AROUND THE
TESTING OF THE SYSTEM AND
MAKING SURE THERE WOULD BE A
SMOOTH IMPLEMENTATION.
SO IT WAS DECIDED AT THAT POINT
TO PUT THE PROJECT ON HOLD.
WE HAVE CONVENED WITH SEATTLE
I.T., THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, AND
HAVE COME UP WITH A PLAN MOVING
FORWARD.
WE ARE SCHEDULED TO KICK OFF
SEATTLE I.T.
IS GOING TO ORGANIZE A KICKOFF
EVENT SO WE CAN ASSESS WHERE
THE PROJECT EXACTLY LEFT OFF,
LEARN FROM THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT'S ROLL OUT OF THE
SAME SYSTEM AND ESTABLISH A NEW
TIMELINE FOR THE SPD PORTION OF
THE PROJECT.
HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AS
THAT TIMELINE IS DEVELOPED.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE DO CONTINUE
TO PREPARE DETAILED REPORTS,
OVERTIME REPORTS ON A BIWEEKLY
BASIS FOR COMMANDERS ALL THE
WAY UP TO THE CHIEF LEVEL, AND
WILL CONTINUE TO DO THE MANUAL
REPORTING UNTIL THE SYSTEM GOES
LIVE.
IT'S STILL DEFINITELY A
PRIORITY FROM SPD.
NOT ONLY FROM A MONITORING
STAND POINT, BUT FROM A
SCHEDULING STAND POINT.
AND IF THERE WAS A DISCONNECT
BETWEEN THE AUDITOR, STATUS
UPDATE, THAT WAS UNINTENTIONAL.
AS FOR OFF DUTY, I CAN ONLY
CHRIS CAN CHIME IN, IF HE WANTS
TO ADD ON.
BUT THE CHIEF IS CORRECT THAT
WE DIDN'T CONFIGURE THE
ORIGINAL KIND OF PHASE ONE ROLL
OUT OF THE WORK SCHEDULING TIME
KEEPING TO INCLUDE OFF-DUTY
WORK.
THAT IS MONITORED THROUGH A
SEPARATE MANUAL PROCESS AS
WELL.
>> DR. FISHER, ANYTHING TO ADD
TO THAT?
>> THANKS CHAIR HERBOLD.
I THINK AS THE CHIEF NOTED IN I
BELIEVE IT WAS HIS FEBRUARY
COMMUNICATION, WE'RE ALSO
WORKING THROUGH, AND I DO
BELIEVE I'M NOT IN THAT ROOM,
THAT ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO
HOW OFF DUTY WORKS AND IS
TRACKED COULD POTENTIALLY BOTH
HAVE LONG TERM FISCAL AND LABOR
IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CITY.
SO I BELIEVE ANY SORT OF
FURTHER RESTRICTION OR
MONITORING THAN WHAT WE'RE
DOING WHEN THIS CONVERSATION
WAS LAST JOINED AFTER MAYOR
BURGESS ISSUED THAT EXECUTIVE
ORDER, I'M CERTAIN TO RECLARIFY
WITH THE LABOR ATTORNEYS, BUT I
BELIEVE WE REACHED THE POINT
WHERE THIS IS DOING MUCH MORE
AROUND OFF DUTY.
EITHER GOT VERY CLOSE TO OR
DIRECTLY INVOLVED GIVING IN TO
LABOR DISCUSSIONS AROUND WHAT
WAS PERMITTED, AND HOW MUCH
CONTROL YOU COULD HAVE OVER
WHAT SOMEONE DOES IN THEIR
TIME, WHEN THEY'RE NOT WORKING
FOR THE CITY, TECHNICALLY, BUT
YOU CAN FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
JUST BECAUSE I RECENTLY
REVIEWED THAT MEMO FROM THE
CHIEF, I JUST WANT TO FLAG MY
INTEREST IN ENSURING THAT THIS
SYSTEM IS SCOPED, IN FACT OFF
DUTY WORK.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE
ANY CITY ATTORNEY ADVICE ON THE
ISSUE OF PENSION COST IMPACTS
OF TRACKING OFF DUTY WORK
OFFICERS.
I WOULD APPRECIATE VERY MUCH IF
YOU WOULD SHARE THAT
INFORMATION WITH THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THAT I'VE
HAD THEM LOOKING INTO IT, AND
THEY HAVE RECENTLY REPORTED AS
RECENTLY AS THIS MORNING,
SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO
TRACK DOWN THAT ADVICE.
AND CHIEF DIAZ'S LETTER
SUGGESTED THAT BY TRACKING OFF-
DUTY WORK, NOT CONTROLLING IT,
BUT JUST THAT FIRST STEP OF
TRACKING IT WOULD PUT THE CITY
ON THE HOOK FOR COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED
PENSION COSTS.
SO REALLY HOPING WE CAN TRACK
THAT DOWN.
THANKS.
>> OKAY SO I'M GOING TO GO
AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
CATEGORY, WHICH IS THE LARGER
CATEGORIES OF OVERTIME
SPENDING.
THE THREE BIG ONES HERE, AS YOU
CAN SEE, GO UP TO 120,000
HOURS.
THE ONE THAT'S PROBABLY THE
MOST CONCERNING IS PATROL
OPERATIONS, AS YOU CAN SEE HAS
NEARLY DOUBLED SINCE LAST YEAR,
2021 TO 2020.
AS YOU DIG INTO THAT ONE, WHAT
YOU CAN SEE IS THAT, I WOULD
SAY BETWEEN 2/3rds AND 3/4ths,
JUST EYE BALLING IT OF ALL THE
CONTROL LEVELS ARE FOR CONTROL
AUGMENTATION, EITHER FOR
MINIMUM STAFFING OR SICK LEAVE
COVERAGE.
THE OTHER OVERTIME EXPENSES ARE
JUST TINY.
THEY MAKE UP MAYBE 1/3, MAYBE
25%.
IT'S ALMOST ALL PATROL AUGUST
AMATION.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S JUST
WAY UP IN 2021.
AS WE GET TO STAFFING AND
PREVICINITY STAFFING, I THINK
THAT WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT SOME POTENTIAL
CAUSES FOR THAT.
YOU CAN SEE THAT EVENTS
INCLUDING SEATTLE CENTER IS
CREEPING UP.
AND I WOULDN'T COMPARE THAT TO
2020.
I'D COMPARE THAT TO 2019.
2020, THAT CONTAINS THE
EXPENDITURES FOR
DEMONSTRATIONS.
AND THAT INCLUDES AN $8 MILLION
EXPENDITURE FOR DEMONSTRATIONS.
$8MILLION WAS NOT THE SUM OF
THE EXPENDITURES FOR
DEMONSTRATIONS FOR LAST SUMMER,
IT WAS JUST THE EXPENDITURES
FOR DEMONSTRATIONS FROM MAY
THROUGH JUNE.
THERE WERE OTHER EXPENDITURES
IN JULY.
BUT THE $8 MILLION SEVERELY
SKEWS THAT PARTICULAR COLUMN.
BUT IF YOU COMPARE WHAT YOU'RE
SEEING IN 2021, TO 2019,
KNOWING THAT THERE HAVE NOT
BEEN A LOT OF DEMONSTRATIONS
THIS YEAR, YOU CAN SEE THAT
EVENTS ARE COMING BACK.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT IN THE
SPORTING EVENTS COLUMN, THAT
THEY'RE COMING BACK, AND THAT'S
A CAUSE FOR CONCERN, GIVEN WHAT
I SHOWED YOU EARLIER, RUNNING
AGAINST WITH OVERTIME RUNNING
AGAINST BUDGET AT 44% SO FAR
THIS YEAR, JUST EVEN THROUGH
JUNE.
SO STAFFING.
MOVING INTO STAFFING.
STAFFING SO FAR THIS YEAR,
ACTUALS.
JANUARY THROUGH JUNE.
SEPARATIONS.
100 SEPARATIONS SO FAR THIS
YEAR.
THE ORIGINAL STAFFING PLAN THAT
WAS ADOPTED AS PART OF THE 2014
ADOPTED BUDGET PREDICTED THAT
THERE WOULD BE 114 SEPARATIONS
FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.
AND THERE ARE 100 SEPARATIONS
JUST THROUGH HALF A YEAR.
SO THAT'S SIGNIFICANT.
AND THAT IS THE MAIN REASON WHY
YOU'LL SEE IN THE NEXT SLIDE
THAT THERE'S A PROJECTION OF 15
SOME MILLION IN SALARY SAVINGS
THAT IS AVAILABLE THIS YEAR.
FIRE IS NOT GREAT.
THERE WAS A FREEZE AT THE
ACADEMY DUE TO COVID FOR THE
LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
YEAR, THE FALL ANYWAY.
SO THE HIRES THAT SPD WAS
MAKING IN THE FALL, THOSE FOLKS
HAD TO SIT AND WAIT.
THEY ENTERED THE ACADEMY IN
JANUARY ALL IN ONE BIG GROUP AT
THE SAME TIME.
THEY ENTERED AS PART OF A
SEATTLE ONLY CLASS.
SO OF THOSE 38 THAT HAVE BEEN
HIRED, 21 WERE IN JANUARY AND
THE REST WERE SPREAD OUT
AMONGST THE FIVE MONTHS SINCE
THEN.
SO NOT A LOT PER MONTH HAVE
BEEN HIRED.
THE JUNE THROUGH DECEMBER
PROJECTIONS WERE SUPPLIED BY
SPD, AND THE GOOD NEWS, I'M
HAPPY THAT SPD SUPPLIED THE
PROJECTIONS.
AND BASED ON THE ASSUMPTIONS
THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED FOR THE
STAFFING PLAN, THESE ARE, I
THINK REASONABLE PROJECTIONS,
AND WE'LL BE GETTING INTO THE
ASSUMPTIONS HERE IN A MINUTE.
AT LEAST ON THE HIRING SIDE.
THE SEPARATION SIDE, IT'S
REALLY DIFFICULT TO KNOW.
THE SEPARATION SIDE, THEY HAVE
PROJECTED THERE WILL BE 60
MORE.
AND SO OBVIOUSLY, THE ORIGINAL
PROJECTION WAS 114.
IF IT GOES THE WAY SPD THINK IT
IS WILL GO, THERE WILL BE 160
AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
SPD BELIEVES THAT IT'S GOING TO
GET 49 MORE HIRES BY THE END OF
THE YEAR.
AND WE'LL GO INTO THE
ASSUMPTIONS THERE IN A SECOND.
LOOKING AT THE CHART HERE
BEFORE YOU.
WHAT YOU SEE IS FULLY TRAINED
OFFICERS AND OFFICERS IN
SERVICE TO REVIEW FULLY TRAINED
OFFICERS OR OFFICERS THAT ARE
JUST THAT.
THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH THEIR YEAR
OF TRAINING.
YOU CAN TAKE ONE OF THESE
OFFICERS AND PUT THEM ON THE
STREET.
DEPLOYABLE OFFICERS BUT TAKING
OUT THE FOLKS THAT ARE ON
EXTENDED SICK LEAVE OR
DISABILITY, OR ARE OTHERWISE
AS YOU CAN SEE, LOOKING AT THIS
GRAPH, IF YOU GO BACK TO 2019,
Q1 OF 2019, THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN FULLY TRAINED OFFICERS
AND OFFICERS IN SERVICE WAS NOT
THAT GREAT.
IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN, IT'S ALWAYS
BEEN ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN SEE
THROUGHOUT 2019.
THEN WHEN YOU HIT THE SUMMER OF
2020, IT BALLOONS INTO 100 SOME
OFFICERS THAT ARE OUT ON
DISABILITY.
AND IT HAS NOT YET RECOVERED.
IT IS STILL THE CASE THAT THERE
ARE AS OF THIS LAST MONTH, 108
OFFICERS THAT ARE NOT
DEPLOYABLE RIGHT NOW.
THAT ARE OUT ON LONG TERM
DISABILITY.
SO THAT IS, OR OUT ON LONG TERM
LEAVE.
SOME OF IT WOULD BE FAMILY
LEAVE FOR CHILDCARE PURPOSES,
OR OTHER PURPOSES.
SO FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER,
THERE ARE 108 OFFICERS THAT ARE
NOT DEPLOYABLE, AND THAT IS
HURTING THE DEPARTMENT'S
ABILITY TO FIELD OFFICERS FOR
911 CALLS.
>> WE JUST PAUSE HERE?
>> YEAH.
>> I APPRECIATE THE EMPHASIS ON
THE OFFICERS OUT ON LEAVE.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAD A HIGH OF
ABOUT 140 OFFICERS ON LEAVE IN
THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2020.
AS YOU MENTION, WE'RE DOWN TO,
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
--
>> 108.
108 WAS LAST MONTH.
>> OKAY, I'M SEEING THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 186 AND 165.
SO THAT'S LESS THAN 100.
>> THOSE ARE THE PROJECTED.
1165, AND THE --
>> THAT'S A DOTTED LINE, GOT
IT.
SO YOU MENTIONED, YOU DON'T
HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT
WHY THESE NUMBERS ARE STILL SO
HIGH.
FOR NUMBERS OF OFFICERS OUT ON
LEAVE, I'M JUST WONDERING IF
SPD CAN SPEAK TO THAT?
>> I DO ACTUALLY HAVE THE
CATEGORIES OF THREE OF THE
FOLKS OUT.
THEY BREAK OUT WITH WORKER'S
COMP, SICK LEAVE, AN ACCRUED
BENEFITS BEING PROBABLY THE TWO
HIGHEST CATEGORIES MAKING UP
SOMEWHERE AROUND OH, 75 OF THE
108.
AND THEN THE REST OF THEM BEING
FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE, PARENTAL
LEAVE, MEDICAL LEAVE, AND
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.
>> APPRECIATE THOSE CATEGORIES.
BUT I DON'T THINK THOSE
CATEGORIES NECESSARILY TELL THE
STORY ABOUT WHY IT'S HIGHER
THAN NORMAL.
>> SURE.
>> I'LL TAKE A STAB AT THAT
ONE.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A
SPECIFIC ANSWER BECAUSE WE'RE
NOT REALLY ALLOWED TO, MAYBE HR
CAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN
SHARE IT, BUT AT A COMMAND
LEVEL, WE'VE CAN'T REALLY ASKED
PEOPLE WHY THEY'VE TAKEN
PARTICULAR LEAVE.
BUT GENERALLY WHAT WE HEAR IS
AFTER, YOU KNOW, AN EXHAUSTING
YEAR FROM THE PANDEMIC, AND
EVERYTHING ELSE, THERE WERE A
LOT OF OFFICERS WHO HAD ISSUES
THEY HAD NOT ADDRESSED, YOU
KNOW, WHO MAY HAVE BEEN
INJURED, OR JUST NEEDED TIME
AWAY.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT WITH AN AGING
WORKFORCE, WE HAVE SEEN UPTICKS
IN OUR RETIREMENTS.
SOME INDIVIDUALS, AS THEY HAVE
EARNED THEIR SICK TIME, DECIDE
TO SEEK THE MEDICAL ATTENTION
THAT THEY'VE GOT COVERED UNDER
THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE AND
THEIR SICK LEAVE, AND TO TAKE
CARE OF THESE ISSUES, MAYBE
BEFORE THEY END THEIR
EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY.
SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF
THAT.
I THINK JUST TOGETHER, IT'S A
LOT OF FOLKS AFTER A YEAR AND A
HALF I THINK WAS STRESSFUL FOR
EVERYONE.
IF WE WERE HAVING A
CONVERSATION ABOUT CRIME AND
VIOLENCE, THEY WOULD PROBABLY
FACTOR INTO THAT CONVERSATION
AS WELL.
BUT I THINK THAT'S PART OF IT.
AND ALSO FOLKS MAYBE HAD PUT
OFF HAVING A FAMILY, WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT PARENTAL LEAVE AND
SOME OTHER EFFECTS, JUST THE
LAST YEAR AND A HALF CHANGED I
THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE'S
DYNAMICS AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE.
WE'RE SEEING SOME OF THAT PLAY
OUT NOW.
>> THANK YOU, DR. FISHER.
IT WILL BE REALLY INTERESTING
TO SEE A COMPARISON OF LEAVE
TIME FOR OTHER FRONTLINE
WORKERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED
SIMILAR TRAUMA AND STRESS
ASSOCIATED WITH ALL THE REALLY
IMPORTANT WORK THAT SO MANY OF
OUR FRONTLINE WORKERS HAVE BEEN
DOING.
AND JUST KIND OF CHECK OUR
ASSUMPTIONS THAT THERE'S
NOTHING UNUSUAL GOING ON WITH A
PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> SO SORRY.
I WILL USE MY HAND IN THE
FUTURE.
I THINK THERE MAY HAVE BEEN
ANOTHER COUNCILMEMBER IN FRONT
OF ME, SINCE I AM NOT ON YOUR
COMMITTEE, I WILL DEFER.
>> I'M NOT SEEING A HAND UP IN
THE VIRTUAL HAND.
>> I SEE COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
>> THERE YOU GO.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR HERBOLD,
AND THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING
SPACE IN YOUR COMMITTEE TO HAVE
THESE PERIODIC REPORTS.
I'M JUST AN ALTERNATE AT THE
COMMITTEE, SO I'M ABLE TO BE
HERE AND VOTE BECAUSE ONE OF
THE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS ON THE
COMMITTEE IS NOT HERE.
BUT I WANTED TO JUST NOTE THAT
I DID ATTEND A COUPLE OF ROLE
CALLS AT THE BEGINNING OF
SHIFTS OF SOME OF OUR SPD
OFFICERS.
WITH I'M LOOKING AT THIS NUMBER
OF ATTRITION, AND I BELIEVE
WE'VE LOST MAYBE 200 OFFICERS
UP TO THIS POINT, AND THAT'S A
NET AFTER HIRING SOME MORE
OFFICERS.
THEN WE'RE SEEING THIS ESTIMATE
FOR THE 60 ADDITIONAL OFFICERS,
AND I JUST, I WANTED TO ASK A
LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE
ASSUMPTIONS BEHIND THAT.
BECAUSE DURING THE ROLE CALL IT
SEEMED THAT THE MORALE IS VERY
LOW AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT
OFFICER WELLNESS AND JUST WANT
TO KNOW WHAT THE STRATEGIES
COULD BE TO RETAIN OUR BEST
OFFICERS, AND BECAUSE IN TERMS
OF IN THE NORTH PRECINCT, IT'S
A VERY LARGE GEOGRAPHIC AREA,
AND YOU KNOW, NOT SEEING A LOT
OF OFFICERS THERE, BECAUSE
THERE HAS BEEN THIS ATTRITION
IS CONCERNING.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT 911
RESPONSE TIMES AS WELL.
I KNOW WE'RE STRIVING TO SET UP
ALTERNATIVES.
ALTERNATIVE RESPONSES IN A LOT
OF CASES, AND THAT TAKES TIME
AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER.
AND SO, I'M JUST WONDERING, I'D
LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING
TO DO TO TRY TO RETAIN THE
OFFICERS WE DO HAVE, WITH
STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE
CONTEMPLATING.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, WAS
THAT A QUESTION TO SPD, OR A
QUESTION TO THE COMMITTEE?
I'M SORRY, I WASN'T SURE.
>> I WOULD, AT THE DISCRETION
OF THE CHAIR, I WOULD LOVE TO
HEAR FROM SPD ON THAT.
>> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
THANK YOU, WE ARE OBVIOUSLY
DISTINCTLY AWARE OF THE MORALE
ISSUE.
I THINK THAT'S WHY THE CHIEF
HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET AS MANY
ROLL CALLS AS HE CAN, AND DO
MESSAGES.
I THINK PEOPLE MIGHT ACTUALLY
GET TIRED FROM HEARING FROM
HIM, AS MUCH AS HE'S TRYING TO
RECOGNIZE PEOPLE FOR HARD WORK
OUT THERE HELPING AND SERVING.
I THINK THAT'S PART OF IT, JUST
AN INTERNAL RECOGNITION AND
SUPPORT FOR FOLKS PUTTING THEIR
LIVES ON THE LINE.
I ALSO THINK THERE HAVE BEEN
DISCUSSIONS, AND SOME OF THIS
IS BEING LED BY THE EXECUTIVE
AROUND HOW WOULD WE STRUCTURE
SOME SORT OF RETENSION
INCENTIVE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD
LOOK LIKE.
I THINK YOU START TO GET INTO
LABOR, AND FISCAL THINGS THAT
WE DO RECOGNIZE ONE, IT TAKES
TIME AND MONEY TO GET NEW
PEOPLE INTO THE DEPARTMENT.
WE KNOW A LOT OF THOSE
SEPARATIONS, A LOT OF THOSE ARE
YOUNGER OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN
SORT OF MORE IN THE MORE
DIVERSE, SOME RECORD LEVELS OF
DIVERSITY AND RECRUITMENT.
UPWARDS OF 40% OF THE RECRUITS
BEING NON-WHITE.
AND SO I THINK WE RECOGNIZE WE
HAVE, IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO
GET THOSE FOLKS IN.
ONCE WE GET THEM IN, WE HAVE TO
PUT IN A LOT OF WORK TO KEEP
THEM.
IF YOU LOSE SOMEONE WITHIN FIVE
YEARS, YOU'RE BASICALLY HIRING
THEM TWICE, WHICH I THINK IS A
LOT OF UNNECESSARY WORK, WHERE
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER
SERVED THE CITY TO KEEP THE
FOLKS WHO WERE ON, ESPECIALLY
THOSE, WE KNOW JUST WEPT TO
OTHER POLICING JOBS, IF FOLKS
DECIDED THIS IS NOT THE
PROFESSION.
FATHER THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO
DECIDE TO BE POLICE OFFICERS
ELSEWHERE, I THINK THAT'S
WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE DID THE HIRING AND
RETENSION STUDY.
WE SAW SOME OF THE RESULTS
THERE.
I THINK THAT'S WHY THE SHEATH
HAS BEEN SO STRONGLY PUSHING TO
GET TO A NEW SCHEDULE.
WE KNOW THAT IS OFTEN RAISED BY
OFFICERS AS A KEY POINT.
OUR CURRENT SCHEDULE, BOTH IN
TERMS OF THE ROTATING DAYS OFF,
AND THE SHIFT STARTS CAN BE
STRESSFUL.
ESPECIALLY ON THAT FIRST WATCH
AT 3:00 A.M., IT'S A TOUGH ONE.
SO I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO SHIFT
TO OUR 310s, OUR 410s SCHEDULE,
THAT'S BEEN LABOR NEGOTIATIONS
AROUND THAT.
I BELIEVE THAT WOULD ALSO
RESONATE WELL WITH FOLKS ON,
AND ALSO HELP US WITH HIRING.
>> THANK YOU, DR. FISHER.
COUNCILMEMBER MUSS MUSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU, AFTER ALL OF
THAT, I COULDN'T FIND THAT HAND
RAISE BUTTON.
NUMBER ONE, I THINK IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL AS WE CONTINUE THIS
CONVERSATION ESPECIALLY IN THE
FALL TO PAIR THIS CONVERSATION,
WITH THE ONE YOU JUST HAD ABOUT
INVESTMENTS GOING OUT INTO THE
COMMUNITY.
THE 10 MILLION PLUS THAT IS
GOING OUT FROM HSD, THE 30
MILLION JUST AUTHORIZED AT FULL
COUNCIL YESTERDAY FROM THE
EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES TASK
FORCE.
THE ADDITIONAL 30 MILLION GOING
OUT FROM THE BUDGETING PROCESS.
THE ADDITIOAL 30 MILLION THAT
IS COMING FROM THE SALE OF THE
BLOCK THAT WILL BE GOING INTO
CREATING ADDITIONAL HOUSING
SECURITY.
BECAUSE I THINK WHEN YOU SEE
SOME OF THOSE INVESTMENTS THAT
ARE GOING INTO ALTERNATIVE
STRATEGIES TO CREATING
ADDITIONAL SAFETY AND SECURITY
AND STABILITY FOR COMMUNITIES,
YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO THEN SEE A
CHART THAT PAIRS A DOWNWARD
TREND POTENTIALLY WITH AN
UPWARD TREND FOR INVESTMENTS
AND COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
SECURITY.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
SEEING THAT TYPE OF ANALYSIS
THAT DOES THAT OVERLAP.
JUST A FEW QUESTIONS TO COME
BACK TO THIS CHART, LOOKING AT
QUARTER FOUR, AND QUARTER THREE
HERE.
QUARTER FOUR, DID I HEAR YOU
CORRECTLY, GREG, THAT IN THE
QUARTER FOUR 2020, THERE WAS A
PAUSE ON THE TRAINING FOR
OFFICERS.
SO THERE REALLY WAS A BOTTLE
NECK CREATED BECAUSE OF COVID
RESTRICTIONS, AND THUS, THE
INABILITY TO SCALE UP THE
HIRING AS FAST AS ANTICIPATED
IN THAT QUARTER FOUR, AND
PARTIALLY, PART OF THE REASON
YOU SEE SUCH A DECLINE IN THE
OFFICERS AND SERVICE LINE
THERE.
>> IT IS THE CASE THAT THE
ACADEMY HAD HAD TO STOP TAKING
STUDENTS FOR A FEW MONTHS
BECAUSE OF COVID.
THE REASON THAT THE OFFICERS IN
SERVICE NUMBER GOES DOWN, IS
BECAUSE OFFICERS WENT INTO
EITHER A WORKER'S COMP, OR A
LONG TERM DISABILITY SITUATION.
SO THAT'S NOT CONTROLLED BY
HIRING PER SE.
>> AND TO THE POINTS EARLIER
ABOUT TRYING TO PEEL BACK THE
LAYERS ON LOOKING AT WORKER'S
COMP, AND SICK LEAVE, AND
FAMILY LEAVE, I REALLY
APPRECIATE DR. FISHER'S
MULTIFACETED ANSWER TO WHY
WE'RE SEEING ADDITIONAL CHANGES
BOTH IN LIFESTYLE AT HOME, THE
CONTEMPLATION OF HAVING A BABY.
MAYBE SOME FOLKS POSSIBLY
RETIRING, WANTING TO TAKE SOME
OF THAT LEAP.
ALL OF THOSE PIECES ARE REALLY
IMPORTANT I THINK FOR US TO
HEAR AND TO FURTHER ANALYZE.
I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
LOOK AT SOME OF THE NATIONAL
HEALTH DATA.
SOME REPORTS OUT THERE THAT
TALK ABOUT THE HIGHER RATES OF
ACCESS OF SICK LEAVE LAST YEAR,
AND NOTED THAT HOW IMPORTANT IT
WAS FOR WORKERS ACROSS VARIOUS
SECTORS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO
ARE CONTINUING TO GO INTO WORK,
TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THEIR SICK
LEAVE, AND TO ACCESS IT
ACTUALLY AT HIGHER RATES
BECAUSE OF ALL THE PUBLIC
HEALTH AWARENESS GOING IN TO
TELL PEOPLE IF YOU'RE SICK,
STAY HOME.
OFTEN I KNOW THAT IN THE PAST,
MANY OF US WHO ARE REALLY
EXCITED TO WORK AND WANTING TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SHOWING UP
WILL SOMETIMES GO INTO THE
OFFICE, OR SOMETIMES GO INTO
OUR FRONTLINE SERVICES EVEN
WHEN WE HAVE ACCESS TO SICK
LEAVE IN THE CITY AND THE
STATE.
WE'VE GONE IN AND KIND OF
RISKED IT, OR THOUGHT, MAYBE
I'M NOT THAT BAD.
THE REPORTS FROM HEALTH AFFAIRS
AND OTHERS HAVE SAID THAT WHEN
FOLKS ACCESS THAT SICK LEAVE,
YOU ACTUALLY CAN ATTRIBUTE A
DECLINE IN MANY AREAS OF COVID,
BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE ACCESSING
SICK LEAVE.
SO I WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING AS WELL,
ACCESSING SICK LEAVE, ACCESSING
MEDICAL LEAVE, ACCESSING
WORKER'S COMP FOR FOLKS WHO MAY
HAVE COMPROMISED HEALTH AND
WELL-BEING IS ACTUALLY A VERY
GOOD THING DURING THIS TIME OF
CRISIS.
LASTLY, ON THE PREVIOUS CHART,
SLIDE 10.
EXCUSE ME.
THERE WE GO, THAT CHART.
I'M SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER, MADAM
CHAIR, I DIDN'T GET MY HAND
RAISED IN TIME.
I JUST WANT TO ASK A QUESTION,
IF FOLKS ARE FOLLOWING ALONG
LAST YEAR, THERE WAS A LOT OF
CONVERSATION WITH CONCERN WITH
SWORN OFFICERS, ARMED OFFICERS
BEING IN POSITIONS LIKE TRAFFIC
MITIGATION AT EVENTS.
THIS WAS A HUGE TOPIC OF A
CONVERSATION DURING THIS YEAR'S
2021 LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN
OLYMPIA.
SO CAN YOU REMIND US WHERE WE
STAND CURRENTLY WITH REMOVING
SWORN ARMED OFFICERS FROM
TRAFFIC MITIGATION AT EVENTS
JUST SO THAT WE HAVE A COMMON
UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THAT
CONVERSATION ENDED?
>> IS THAT A QUESTION FOR
CENTRAL STAFF?
>> YES.
>> THAT IS SUBJECT OF A SLIDE
RESPONSE THAT SPD HAS SENT TO
THE COUNCIL, AND IT IS ALSO
MOST IMPORTANTLY THE SUBJECT OF
NEGOTIATION THAT WOULD NEED TO
OCCUR BETWEEN SPD.
THERE IS CURRENTLY A BALANCE OF
PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OR
SWORN OFFICERS WHEN IT COMES TO
TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.
AND ANY CHANGE IN THAT BALANCE
WOULD REQUIRE NEGOTIATION.
IT MAY REQUIRE NEGOTIATION AND
IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT THE
CITY NEEDS TO HANDLE IN ITS
LABOR RELATIONS AREA.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE
CITY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE ON WITH
ITS CONTRACTS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHIG THAT'S
ONGOING NOW IS WHAT I WOULD
SAY.
>> THANK YOU, GREG.
I WOULD LOVE TO MOVE ONTO
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
GOING BACK TO THE CHART THAT
SHOWED THE HIRING AND
ATTRITION.
YEAH, RIGHT THERE.
FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR
HERE IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS
SOME OPTIMISM REGARDING
ANTICIPATED SEPARATION AND
HIRES WITH FEWER SEPARATIONS
FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE
YEAR, AND MORE HIGHERS.
WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS
ATTRIBUTED TO?
IS THIS ANTICIPATING WHAT
IMPACTS SOME RETENSION
STRATEGIES MIGHT HAVE FOR THE
ADDITIONAL SEPARATIONS?
AND ON THE ADDITIONAL HIRES, IS
THAT THE BOTTLE NECK THAT THE
ACADEMY GETTING RESOLVED, AND
NO LONGER BEING AN ISSUE?
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE FACTORS
THERE, THAT ARE LEADING INTO
THOSE ESTIMATES?
>> THANK YOU FOR ASKING.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD, AND THAT
WAS MY NEXT SLIDE.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO THE
NEXT SLIDE.
AS YOU CAN, I'M JUST GOING TO
GO AHEAD AND SKIP TO THESE
BOTTOM TWO BULLETS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, SPD IS
PROJECTING THAT THEY'RE GOING
TO HIRE SEVEN NEW RECRUITS PER
MONTH.
THAT'S THE ASSUMPTION THERE.
WE CAN SEND SEVEN RECRUITS PER
MONTH.
WE CAN SEND MORE IF THEY HAVE
AVAILABILITY, BUT SEVEN IS WHAT
WE CAN SEND IF THEY'RE MAXED
OUT OTHERWISE.
WE ARE GOING TO, THE DEPARTMENT
BELIEVES IT'S GOING TO BRING IN
FIVE LATERAL HIGHER HIRES AND
TWO REHIRES.
THE BOTTLE NECK FOR HIRING HAS
ALWAYS BEEN BACKGROUNDING
PROCESS.
IT HAS BEEN, THE CHALLENGE HAS
ALWAYS BEEN THAT YOU GET A
WHOLE LOT OF FOLKS IN THROUGH
THE FRONT END AT THE TESTING
PROCESS, AND THEN WHEN THEY HIT
THE BACKGROUNDING PROCESS, IT'S
SUCH A TIME INTENSIVE EXERCISE
TO GO INTO INTERVIEWING THEIR
FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
IT TAKES SO MUCH TIME.
THAT'S WHERE THINGS REALLY
START TO SLOW DOWN.
SO SPD, AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE
PACKAGE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO
DESCRIBE IN A FEW MINUTES USING
SALARY SAVINGS IS CHANGING
THAT.
THEY ARE GOING TO HIRE, OR THEY
STARTED HIRING WITH A THIRD
PARTY SERVICE TO EXPEDITE THAT
PIECE OF IT.
THEY HAVE ALSO ON THE FRONT END
MOVED TO ELECTRONIC TESTING.
ONE THING I CAN SAY IS, THIS
PARTICULAR GO AROUND WHEN THE
DEPARTMENT IS PREDICTING MORE
HIRES, THEY'RE DOING SO WITH A
CHANGE IN PRACTICE.
WHEN THE DEPARTMENT HAS MORE
HIRES IN THE PAST, THEY'VE
PREDICTED MORE HIRES, BUT THEY
HAVEN'T REALLY CHANGED ANYTHING
IN TERMS OF NEW RECRUITS.
NOW THEY'VE CHANGED SOME THINGS
PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY.
SO THAT IS WORTH NOTING.
WHEN IT COMES TO SEPARATIONS I
CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.
I'LL LET DR. FISHER SPEAK TO
THAT.
IT MAY BE OPTIMISTIC, BUT I'LL
PASS IT OVER TO HIM AND LET HIM
TAKE A RUN.
>> THANKS GREG.
ANGELA CAN WEIGH IN AS, AS SHE
DOES A LOT OF THE GROUND WORK.
TRACKING MONTH BY MONTH, SLOWED
DOWN FROM THE HIGHS,
SPECIFICALLY IN RESIGNATIONS
WHILE RETIREMENTS HAVE
MAINTAINED AT A HIGHER RATE.
I THINK ANGELA CAN SPEAK,
COMING THROUGH JUNE, KNOWING
HOW MANY RETIREMENTS WE'VE HAD,
LOOKING AT THE SLOW DOWN IN
EARLY RESIGNATIONS AND KNOWING
HOW THE YEARS PLAY OUT.
ANGELA, IF YOU WANT TO JUMP IN
ON WHY THEY FEEL RETIREMENTS
MAY ALSO SLOW DOWN.
>> SETTING ASIDE 2020, WE
TYPICALLY SEE ABOUT 65% OF OUR
SEPARATIONS OCCUR THROUGH JUNE.
THERE IS A BENEFIT THAT
INCENTIVIZES KIND OF THAT
PARTICULAR DEPARTURE DATE.
SO TYPICALLY WE SEE THE FIRST
SIX MONTHS ABOUT 65% AND FACTOR
THAT INTO THE PROJECTIONS HERE
AGAIN, 2020 WAS A BIT OF AN
ANOMALY, WHERE WE SAW THE
MAJORITY OF OUR SEPARATIONS
LATE IN THE YEAR, JUST BASED ON
THE MONTH TO MONTH SEPARATIONS
FOR 2021, WE ARE SEEING, I
WOULDN'T SAY A RETURN TO
HISTORICAL LEVELS, BUT WE ARE
SEEING FEWER SEPARATIONS
RECORDED AT LEAST IN THE RECENT
MONTHS, BUT CONSISTENCY WITH
THAT JUNE PEAK.
>> AND I WOULD NOTE, WHILE THE
TREND IS I GUESS, A REASON FOR
SOME OPTIMISM, IT STILL PUTS US
AT I BELIEVE OUR SECOND HIGHEST
YEAR EVER OF LOSSES.
NOT AS HORRIBLE OF A STORY AS
LAST YEAR, BUT ALSO NOT STILL
GREAT NEWS.
>> JUST TO FINISH THE RECORDING
ON THE 38 THAT CAME IN.
13 OF THE 38 WERE PEOPLE OF
COLOR, AND 7 WERE WOMEN.
SO THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT
THE RECENT ACADEMY CLASSES HAVE
BEEN WITH A HIGHER PERCENT OF
PEOPLE OF COLOR AND OF WOMEN.
BUT STILL, EVEN WITH THE 34
THAT HAVE COME IN, AND WITH THE
PROJECTED NUMBERS THAT ARE TO
COME IN AT THE END OF THE YEAR,
IF YOU ANALYZE THE STAFFING
PLAN, AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE
ENTIRE YEAR, WHAT YOU SEE IS
THE NUMBERS BEFORE YOU IN THIS
TABLE AND IT ALL WORKS OUT TO
SORT OF A HEADLINE THAT THERE
WOULD BE ABOUT $15.3 MILLION
SALARY SAVINGS IN 2021.
THAT $15.3 MILLION IS OF COURSE
AN ESTIMATE.
IF THE DEPARTMENT WERE TO
SEPARATE MORE THAN THE 60 THAT
ARE PROJECTED FOR SEPARATION
BETWEEN JUNE AND DECEMBER, THEN
THERE WOULD BE MORE SAVINGS
AVAILABLE.
AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF
WAITING TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS
OUT.
AND SO WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO
GO AHEAD AND MOVE ONTO PRECINCT
STAFFING.
>> ONE QUICK ADDITIONAL
QUESTION.
ANGELA, YOU MENTIONED SOME DATA
AS IT RELATES TO SEPARATIONS AS
FAR AS THE LENGTH OF EMPLOYMENT
TERM, AND THEIR DEMOGRAPHICS.
I DO REMEMBER SEEING THAT
INFORMATION IN PRIOR REPORTS.
I DID NOT SEE THAT INCLUDED IN
THE MOST RECENT REPORTS.
I TRUST THAT YOU'RE STILL
COLLECTING THAT INFORMATION.
AND I DO SEE THE DEMOGRAPHIC
INFORMATION COMING IN ON THE
NEW HIRES.
I DON'T RECALL SEEING IT ON THE
SEPARATIONS.
>> WE ARE STILL TRACKING THAT
ON SEPARATIONS, IF THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL
TO SHARE.
BUT WE ARE TRACKING THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO SEE
THAT.
DR. FISHER MENTIONED WE ARE
STILL SEEING A LOT OF
SEPARATIONS FROM NEW HIRES.
MY RECOMMENDATION FROM LAST
YEAR IS THE SEPARATIONS WERE
SPREAD AMONG, JUST QUESTIONING
TO SEE ANY SPECIFIC TRENDS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE SEPARATIONS
AS WELL.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA HAS A
QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU.
I ALSO SEE COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN, SO I'LL MAKE MINE
VERY QUICK.
JUST ON THIS, SO TWO QUESTIONS.
ONE IS DO WE HAVE ANY
INDICATION OF WHERE THE
OFFICERS ARE BEING HIRED FROM?
ARE THESE PREVIOUS OFFICERS
úTHAT WERE IN OTHER AREAS THAT
WE'RE RECRUITING OVER.
ARE THEY OFFICERS LEFT ON THEIR
OWN?
AND MY SECOND QUESTION IS, JUST
TO REMIND US ALL, ISN'T IT
CORRECT THAT LAST YEAR'S BUDGET
INCLUDED THE FULL HIRING PLAN
THAT COULD BE REASONABLY
ACHIEVED THAT THE MAYOR
REQUESTED THAT WE.INCLUDED IN
OUR BUDGET, JUST TO MAKE SURE
THAT EVERYBODY COULD YOU
CONFIRM THAT AS WELL FOR US,
GREG?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
I CAN CONFIRM THAT THE NUMBER
OF HIRES, THE 114 HIRES THAT
SPD HAD PROJECTED WERE FULLY
FUNDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT
HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD SEPARATE,
AND THAT WAS A NUMBER THAT WENT
UNDER SOME ANALYSIS, BUT THE
NUMBER OF HIRES WAS FULLY
FUNDED.
YES.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
>> SORRY, THAT FIRST QUESTION
MIGHT HAVE BEEN FOR SPD IN
TERMS OF WHERE THEY CAME FROM.
>> I'M SORRY.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REQUEST
FOR THEM TO PROVIDE INFORMATION
IN THE FUTURE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THAT
RIGHT NOW.
BUT CORRECT ME.
>> I CAN GIVE A GENERAL SENSE.
I'M HAPPY TO SEND THE NUMBERS.
I THINK WE'VE HAD A VERY LOW
NUMBER OF LATERALS.
I THINK THAT THERE'S A
RECRUITMENT SAYING OF IT'S HARD
TO GET PEOPLE TO MOVE FROM AN
AGENCY, WHEN PEOPLE ARE LEAVING
AN AGENCY.
SO NOT A WHOLE LOT OF FOLKS WHO
ARE POLICE OFFICERS CURRENTLY
ELSEWHERE, AND WE'VE HAD MAYBE
FIVE OR LESS, I THINK OFFICERS
WHO HAD LEFT ASKED TO COME
BACK.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THOSE
SUCCESSFULLY.
OBVIOUSLY WE REASSESS.
BUT THE CHIEF HAS BEEN VERY
STRAIGHT FORWARD, THAT IF FOLKS
REALIZE, TO USE ANOTHER TURN OF
PHRASE, THE GRASS WAS NOT
GREENER, THEY'RE WELCOME BACK.
BUT IF WE CAN GET THE BREAKDOWN
OF THE BACKGROUND OF THE FOLKS
WE HAVE HIRED.
>> BEFORE TURNING IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN FOR
ANOTHER QUESTION ON THIS SLIDE,
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT DESPITE
THE POINT THAT COUNCIL FULLY
FUNDED SPD'S 2021 STAFFING
PLAN, IT IS SELF-EVIDENT THAT
OFFICERS ARE STILL LEAVING THE
DEPARTMENT IN UNPRECEDENTED
NUMBERS.
I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT
TO THANK THOSE WHO ARE
REMAINING AND COMMITTED TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE IN
SEATTLE, AND HOPE FOLKS WHO
WANT TO CONTINUE IN SERVING IN
THIS ROLE AS A PUBLIC SERVANT
CONSIDER CONTINUING TO DO SO,
REALLY APPRECIATIVE THAT YOU
ARE EXPRESSING YOUR COMMITMENT
TO THE CITY, AND TO THIS
COMMUNITY BY STAYING WITH US.
THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE
REMARKS YOU JUST MADE.
I KNOW AT LEAST BASED ON THE
ANECDOTAL, FOR OFFICERS TO HEAR
THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT
SOME CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT
THEM TO STAY.
AND I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE
15 MILLION IN SAVINGS IS THAT A
GROSS NUMBER?
BECAUSE WOULDN'T THERE NEED TO
BE MORE SPENT TO BACK FILL
PATROL POSITIONS?
AND I KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE IN THE
NORTH PRECINCT, WE DON'T HAVE
OUR COMMUNITY POLICE OFFICERS
ANYMORE, BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN
MOVED TO PATROL.
SO JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S A
GROSS NUMBER 15 MILLION, IT
WOULD NOT BE NET SAVINGS IF WE
HAD TO INCREASE OVERTIME TO
BACK FILL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER THAT IS A
GROSS NUMBER.
THAT IS JUST SALARY SAVINGS IN
ISOLATION.
I THINK YOU WILL SEE IN A
MOMENT, WHEN SPD PRESENTS ITS
PLAN FOR THOSE SALARY SAVINGS
THAT ONE OF THE ELEMENTS OF
THEIR PLAN IS TO REPURPOSE SOME
OF THE SALARY SAVINGS FOR
OVERTIME.
SO THAT WOULD ADDRESS THE
STATEMENT YOU'RE MAKING.
>> THANKS COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT WE ARE
ON SLIDE 12.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE 28 TOTAL
SLIDES TO COVER.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> I JUST WANTED TO JUMP IN FOR
A SECOND WHILE WE'RE STILL ON
THE OFFICER WELLNESS QUESTION,
AND APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS
THAT YOU MADE ABOUT ENCOURAGING
OFFICERS OF THE DEDICATION TO
STAY IN THE CITY AND WORK WITH
US.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE
SENTIMENTS DON'T GET LOST IN
THE SHUFFLE OF WHAT I THINK IS
CONNECTED TO OFFICER WELLNESS,
WHICH IS THE ONGOING PROJECT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP AND STAND UP A RESPONSE
SO THAT PATROL OFFICERS DO NOT
HAVE TO RESPOND TO THE SAME
VOLUME OF CALLS THAT THEY'RE
CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO RESPOND
TO.
I WOULD LIKE AS WE GO FORWARD,
AND I KNOW SPB IS DOING THIS,
AS WE HAVE MORE HEARINGS ON THE
TOPICS OF TRANSITIONING THINGS
TO TRIAGE ONE, OR HEALTH ONE,
OR SOME KIND OF CAHOOT STYLE
COMMUNITY BASED PLATFORM, THAT
THOSE ALSO BE SEEN IN THE
CONTEXT OF WHAT ARE SPD
STAFFING STRATEGY IS.
I DID JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT
KNOWN, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT
IT'S BECOME EVIDENT, AND
THERE'S AGREEMENT BETWEEN US
AND THE DEPARTMENT THERE'S A
VERY SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF
CALLS THAT CAN GO TO DIFFERENT
SERVICES, AND THAT AS
IMPLICATIONS HERE FOR THIS
DISCUSSION, AND HAS
IMPLICATIONS TOO FOR OFFICER
WELLNESS, AND GIVING MORE
CLARITY TO THEIR MISSION, AND
JUST MAKING SURE THAT I JUST
WANED TO RAISE THAT CONTEXT,
THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT MORE
FIRST RESPONSE SERVICES THAT
ARE GOING TO BE STUD UP IN SOME
CASES RESPONDING TO CALLS THAT
WE CURRENTLY DEPEND ON FOR
PATROL, SO I WANTED TO MAKE
THAT POINT REALLY QUICKLY.
>> VERY HELPFUL.
THANK YOU FOR WEAVING THOSE
CONCEPTS TOGETHER.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
RECOGNITION THAT PART OF HAVING
A REASONABLE EXPECTATION FOR
OUR WORKFORCE IS GOING TO BE
STANDING UP ALTERNATIVE SO THAT
WE ARE CERTAIN THAT SWORN
OFFICERS ARE RESPONDING TO
CALLS THAT ONLY THEY CAN
RESPOND TO.
SO THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I'M GOING TO PICK UP THE PACE A
LITTLE.
MADAM CHAIR, GIVEN YOUR CUE.
>> I'M SORRY, GREG.
CAN I JUST POP IN REALLY
QUICKLY HERE?
I'M SO SORRY.
NO, THAT'S OKAY.
I DIDN'T RAISE MY HAND, AND I'M
AT DISADVANTAGE HERE, BECAUSE I
DON'T HAVE MY VIDEO ON.
WE'RE AT HOME TAKING CARE OF A
SICK TODDLER.
SO I APPRECIATE THE PATIENCE.
JUST A QUICK QUESTION HERE.
AND THIS IS FOR SPD STAFF NOT
FOR GREG.
I THINK WHEN WE HEAR ABOUT SPD
STAFFING ISSUES, AND WHEN SPD
LEADERSHIP IS TALKING ABOUT SPD
STAFFING ISSUES TO THE MEDIA,
WHAT WE CONTINUE TO HEAR IS
THAT IS SORT OF RINGING OF THE
ALARM BELLS AROUND HIRING.
WHAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HEAR
ABOUT IS THE RECRUITING ASPECTS
OF SPD'S MANAGEMENT
RESPONSIBILITIES.
SO KNOWING THAT SPD'S HIRING
PLAN IS FULLY FUNDED FOR 2021,
I AM NOT HEARING A LOT OF
STRATEGIES FROM SPD ABOUT THE
RECRUITMENT PIECES OF THIS
CONVERSATION AND I THINK THAT
THAT IS BOTH UNFORTUNATE, AND A
MISSED OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION ABOUT RECRUITMENT
THAT' WHERE I'M SEEING THESE
NUMBERS STILL A STORY.
HOW ARE WE ADDRESSING THINGS
LIKE CURRENT OFFICER WELLNESS,
AND WELL-BEING?
HOW ARE WE ADDRESSING, HOW ARE
WE ADDRESSING STAFFING ISSUES,
IE TRANSFERS FROM POSITIONS
THAT ARE MORE FAVORABLE TO
POSITIONS THAT OFFICERS DON'T
NECESSARILY WANT TO BE DOING,
AND ADDRESSING SHIFT ISSUES AS
WELL I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN
THIS PRESENTATION, AND MAYBE
WE'RE GOING TO GET TO IT A
LITTLE BIT LATER ABOUT
REDRAMATIC, RECRUITMENT, BUT
STRATEGIES WHERE I SEE THE
CONCERNS EXISTING AROUND
SEPARATIONS.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR
FROM DR. FISHER OR ANYONE ELSE
FROM SPD ON THE LINE ABOUT SORT
OF WHAT SPECIFIC STRATEGIES IS
THE AGENCY PURSUING TO ADDRESS
THE ISSUE OF RETENSION OF
EXISTING AND NEW OFFICERS IN
LIGHT OF THESE NUMBERS RELATED
TO SEPARATIONS?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
THOSE ARE OBVIOUSLY TWO
IMPORTANT AREAS WE HAVE BEEN
FOCUSING ON.
WE TAKE OUR CUE FROM THE I
TEAM'S WORK THAT WE DID WHEN WE
HAD OUR FIRST RETENSION PROBLEM
IN 2018.
AND THEY CAME UP WITH A LOT OF
STRATEGIES.
IT WAS A CROSS SORT OF
BACKGROUND TEAM THAT THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE PULLED TOGETHER.
THEY TALKED TO RECRUITING
EXPERTS LOCALLY, AND ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, AND CAME UP WITH A
VARIETY OF SUGGESTIVE WAYS WE
COULD CHANGE OUR PROCEDURES.
PART OF THE CONSTRAINTS WE'VE
HAD IS THAT WITH OUR STAFFING
ISSUES, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO PULL
AS MANY OFFICERS AS WE USED
TOMENT ONE OF OUR BIGGEST, MOST
SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES HAD BEEN
SENDING OFFICERS WHO LOOKED AND
CONNECT TO COMMUNITIES THAT WE
WANTED MORE OFFICERS FROM TO
GO, AND SPEAK AND MAKE
CONNECTIONS AND EXPLAIN WHY SPD
WAS A GREAT PLACE TO WORK AND
TO MAKE CHANGE WHEN WE'VE LOST
--
>> DR. FISHER, THAT'S A
RECRUITMENT STRATEGY.
NOT A RETENSION STRATEGY.
>> I WAS GOING TO GET THERE.
I'M SORRY MADAM PRESIDENT, I
THOUGHT YOU ASKED ABOUT BOTH.
>> NO.
I AM FOCUSING IN ON RETENSION,
WHICH IS WHERE I SEE THE ISSUE.
I THINK THESE NUMBERS TELL A
STORY ABOUT HOW SPD HAS
SIGNIFICANT ROOM FOR
IMPROVEMENT.
MANAGEMENT OF SPD HAS
SIGNIFICANT ROOM FOR
IMPROVEMENT FOR RETAINING THE
OFFICERS AND EXISTING OFFICERS
THAT HAVE BEEN HIRED OR HAVE
CONTINUED TO BE AN OFFICER AT
SPD.
>> OKAY.
WHEN WE TALK TO OUR RECRUITERS
WHO TALK WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT,
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT
WE CAN DO TO TELL A FRIEND TO
COME HERE.
THERE'S A METRIC, I'M GOING TO
FORGET WHAT IT'S CALLED NOW.
THE NET SOMETHING SCORE.
A LOT OF CORPORATIONS USE IT.
IT'S BASICALLY WHAT PERCENTAGE
ON A SCALE OF NEGATIVE 100 TO
POSITIVE 100, HOW STRONGLY
WOULD YOU ENDORSE A FRIEND OR
FAMILY MEMBER COMING TO WORK
WHERE YOU WORK?
SPD IS NEGATIVE 50.
WHICH IS BAD.
WHEN WE TALK TO FOLKS, I THINK
ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WE
CAN DO IS SOME OF THE STUFF
THAT JUST HAPPENED ABOUT 10
MINUTES AGO, HEARING FROM A
BROAD SELECTION OF THE CITY
THAT THEY WANTS FOLKS TO STAY
HERE.
THEY'VE HEARD IT FROM THE
CHIEF.
THEY'VE HEARD IT AT TIMES FROM
THE COMMUNITY, FROM THE PRESS.
BUT I THINK THIS WAS THE FIRST
TIME IN A WHILE THEY'VE HEARD
IT FROM A BROAD SECTION OF
ELECTIVES.
SORRY, I'M GETTING A BIT
EMOTIONAL, BECAUSE A LOT OF
THESE PEOPLE I'VE BUILT
RELATIONSHIPS WITH.
I KNOW HOW MUCH IT HURT THEM TO
FEEL THAT THEY WERE, ESPECIALLY
THE YOUNGER ONES, BEING TOLD
THEY MIGHT GET LAID OFF, AND I
THINK THAT WAS A MESSAGE TO
MAYBE THIS WASN'T A PLACE TO BE
A POLICE OFFICER.
AND TODAY, I APPRECIATE
EVERYONE WHO SPOKE UP.
I THINK THAT MEANS A LOT.
I DO NOT THINK THIS IS
PERSONAL.
I UNDERSTAND POLITICS AND HOW
THINGS GET WRAPPED UP.
BUT I CAN'T PRETEND THAT IT
DIDN'T FACTOR INTO A LOT OF
THEIR DECISIONS, AND I DON'T
KNOW.
THE CHIEFHAS DONE AS MUCH, I
THINK AS HE CAN DO TO SUPPORT
AND TO SHOW THAT HE CARES ABOUT
THEM.
THAT HE RECOGNIZES THEIR GOOD
WORK.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE
ARE OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE
THINGS.
THE SCHEDULE, AND OTHER THINGS
THAT I THINK HELP PEOPLE WANT
TO STAY.
BUT SO MANY OF THESE FOLKS CAME
TO SERVE AND TO HELP THEIR
COMMUNITY AND I THINK THEY JUST
WANT TO FEEL THAT PEOPLE SEE
THAT.
I DON'T THINK ANY OF INDEMNIFY
THINK THAT PEOPLE DON'T MAKE
MISTAKES OR DO HORRIBLE THINGS,
AND THOSE PEOPLE SHOULD BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE, BUT MOST PEOPLE
DON'T EVER DO THOSE THINGS.
I THINK THEY JUST WANT TO FEEL
THAT THEIR SERVICE IS
RECOGNIZED.
BUT IN TERMS OF STRATEGIES, WE
HAVE TALKED ABOUT WAYS TO GET
PEOPLE TO STAY THAT WE SEE
OTHER DEPARTMENTS DO.
SOME OF THESE HAVE FISCAL
COSTS.
SOME OF THEM WOULD PROBABLY
HAVE TO BE NEGOTIATED.
LOTS OF PLACES HELP COVER
TUITION FOR CLASSES FOR PEOPLE
TO GET ADVANCED DEGREES.
THEY HELP PAY FOR GYM
MEMBERSHIPS.
THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF THOSE
SORT OF BENEFITS THAT AREN'T
EXTRA SALARY, BUT HELP PEOPLE
SHOW THAT THEY'RE INVESTING IN
YOU.
THEY WANT YOU TO PROFESSIONALLY
DEVELOP.
THEY WANT YOU TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF ALL THE TRAINING THAT YOU
CAN HAVE ACCESS TO.
AND SO, I MEAN, I THINK THOSE
ARE THINGS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT
THEM.
WAYS TO LEGALLY DO THEM WITH
SET UPS WE HAVE, BOTH FROM
CONTRACTS AND WASHINGTON AND
SEATTLE LAW.
NOT A LAWYER, SO I'M NOT GOING
TO TRY TO GET INTO THAT, BUT
I'VE HEARD THE CONVERSATIONS.
SO WE'RE VERY AWARE OF HOW DO
WE MAKE IT SO IT'S THE BEST
PLACE TO WORK FOR THE PEOPLE
WHO WANT TO DO THE WORK, BUT
WHAT WE'VE SEEN FROM BORROWING
FROM CORPORATE CULTURE IS THAT
PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE NEED TO
WANT TO BE HERE TO BOTH ATTRACT
NEW TALENT, AND TO GET PEOPLE
TO WANT TO STAY.
AND NO DOUBT, AND CHIEF DIAZ
WILL SAY IT, SOME OF IT IS ON
COMMAND.
THEY WANT TO SEE COMMAND MORE.
THEY NEED THEIR SUPERVISOR TO
BE BETTER.
WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK IN
OUR HR COMMUNITY WITH AN
AMAZING EMPLOYEE WHO IS REALLY
FOCUSING ON INSTILLING A
CULTURE OF AN OUTWARD MINDSET,
AND A CHANGE MINDSET SO PEOPLE
CAN UNDERSTAND HOW TO GROW AND
COLLABORATE WITH EACH OTHER AND
BE OPEN TO CHANGE AND SEE
OPPORTUNITIES TO BETTER
THEMSELVES WHILE THEY'RE ALSO
BETTERING THE DEPARTMENT.
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON, I THINK
IF WE NEED PACKAGE IT UP, WE
CAN PACKAGE IT UP.
BUT I THINK THAT THE DEPARTMENT
IS TRYING TO DO WHAT IT HAS THE
ABILITY TO DO, BUT HAS RAISED
THESE IDEAS, AND WE NEED TO
HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
CAN WE UNCOMPLICATE THEM.
>> SO I DIDN'T HEAR AN ANSWER
TO MY QUESTION, AND I'M REALLY
DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THAT.
WHAT I HEAR IS, AGAIN, A LOT OF
LANGUAGE ON THE HIRING SIDE.
I'M NOT INTERESTED IN POLITICS.
I'M INTERESTED IN ACTUAL POLICY
SOLUTIONS, BECAUSE THAT'S MY
JOB.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO GET AN
UNDERSTANDING FROM COMMAND
STAFF, WHAT SPECIFIC THINGS,
STRATEGIES, INVESTMENTS,
INTERVENTIONS, OTHER
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BEING
ADVANCED TO ADDRESS THE REALITY
OF RECRUITMENT.
I'M SORRY, RETENSION.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT I THINK
THE ISSUE IS HERE.
BECAUSE WE HAVE FULLY FUNDED
Y'ALL TO DO THE HIRING THAT YOU
NEED TO DO.
WHERE I'M SEEING THERE
CONTINUES TO BE A SIGNIFICANT
CONCERN, AND I THINK THIS IS ON
MANAGEMENT, IS HOW DO WE RETAIN
OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE SPENT
TIME HIRING, THAT THE
DEPARTMENT IS FUNDED AND GREEN
LIT TO BE ABLE TO MOVE TOWARD
WITH THOSE HIRING PROCESSES.
SO I AM NOT HEARING ABOUT, YOU
KNOW, WHAT THE CHIEF AND
COMMAND STAFF ARE DOING AS IT
RESULTS TO ACTUALLY RETAINING
THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
AND THERE WILL BE ISSUES THAT I
SUSPECT WILL NEED TO BE
ADDRESSED VIA THE BARGAINING,
AND WE ARE ALREADY IN THE MIDST
OF DOING THOSE PARTICULAR
OPERATIONAL FIXES.
BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW,
WHAT I UNDERSTAND HAS HAPPENED
FROM THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL WORK
THAT YOU REFERENCED DR. FISHER,
THAT MY OFFICE PARTICIPATED,
AND SO DID COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF IS A LOT OF THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN LEFT
ON THE TABLE, PARTICULARLY LAST
YEAR, BECAUSE OF COVID, AND
BECAUSE OF THE REALITY OF
NEEDING TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO I FEEL THAT WE HAVE NOT, AND
BY WE, I MEAN THE EXECUTIVE HAS
NOT SPEND ENOUGH TIME
ADDRESSING SPECIFICALLY THE
STRATEGIES RELATED TO HOW WE
ARE, HOW SPD'S MANAGEMENT IS
ADDRESSING THE RETENSION ISSUES
RELATED TO SPD.
>> OKAY.
I'LL TAKE ANOTHER STAB AT IT.
WE, CHIEF BETTS KICKED OFF, AND
CHIEF DIAZ HAS PUSHED FORWARD
ON GROWING OUR WELLNESS UNIT
AND RECOGNIZING THAT ALL THE
SUPPORTS WE CAN GIVE TO
OFFICERS FROM BOTH PHYSICAL AND
MENTAL WELLNESS ARE ESSENTIAL
TO SHOWING PEOPLE THEY'RE
VALUED.
WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGING IN
INNOVATION BLUEPRINT WITH
ACCENTURE TO FIGURE OUT FROM
HIRING TO TECHNOLOGY, TO
RETENSION, TO PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT, TO CULTURE, TO
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH
THEIR BROADVIEW OF POLICING AND
PUBLIC AGENCIES HAVE LEARNED
AND THEY HAVE BROUGHT THOSE TO
US AND WE'RE CONSTRUCTING THAT
BLUEPRINT.
WE'RE INVESTING WHERE WE CAN IN
FACILITIES.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN TOLD
THAT IN THE PAST AND BEEN TOLD
NO.
SO AGAIN IT OFTEN COMES BACK TO
WE CAN SPEAK ABOUT THINGS, BUT
SOMETIMES THINGS INVOLVE
INVESTMENTS, AND WE HEAR IN
THIS PACKAGE THAT WE MAY OR MAY
NOT GET TO, HAVE SOME IDEAS
WHERE WE CAN GET TO START TO DO
THAT WORK.
THE NEW BIS IS SHAPING THE
SCIENCE AROUND HOW MANY BAD
THINGS MIGHT SHAPE, FOCUSED ON
QUALITY AND SUPPORT AND
SUPERVISION TO ENSURE THAT
OFFICERS ARE THE BEST THEY
HAVE.
WE TALKED TO OFFICERS DIRECTLY.
WHAT WE HEAR IS THEY WANT TO
KNOW THE DEPARTMENT CARES ABOUT
THEM AND THE CITY CARES ABOUT
THEM.
FOR MANY OF THEM, THEY WOULD
SAY LIKE MORE MONEY HELPS, BUT
IF THEY WANTED, IF IT WAS ALL
ABOUT THE PAYCHECK THERE ARE
OTHER THINGS THEY COULD BE
DOING THAT WOULD MAKE JUST AS
MUCH WITH A LOT LESS TIME AWAY
FROM FAMILY.
THEY ANT TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE
ARE INVESTING IN THEM.
INVESTING IN THE DEPARTMENT.
THAT THEY HAVE APPRECIATED.
THEY'VE SIGNED ON, MOST OF THEM
FOR A 25 TO 30 YEAR COMMITMENT
AND THEY WANT SOME ASSURANCE
THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE
HONORED.
THAT'S WHAT WE HEAR FROM THEM.
THAT'S WHAT THE TEAM HEARD.
WE'RE DOING THE 410 SCHEDULE,
WHICH IS WHAT WE CONSISTENTLY
HAVE HEARD.
IF THERE ARE OTHER THINGS IN
THAT IDT, OR IN THE I TEAM
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT RESONATED
WITH FOLKS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN
DONE, WE CAN SHAKE IT OFF
AGAIN.
BUT WHEN THIS WAS FIRST DONE,
WE WERE NOT LOSING A TON OF
FOLKS.
ANYWHERE NEAR THE LEVEL WE
LOST.
SO I THINK WE MAY HAVE ALSO
SEEN A CHANGE IN WHAT THE ISSUE
WAS FROM 2018 TO 2020.
SO WE PROBABLY NEED TO RELOOK
AT THAT IN ANOTHER LIGHT.
>> DR. FISHER, I THINK THIS IS
A SEGWAY PERHAPS TO MOVE TO THE
SPD'S PROPOSAL.
I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S
GONE INTO THESE OTHER SLIDES,
BUT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME,
PERHAPS WE COULD MOVE FORWARD
IN ADDRESSING AND HEARING SOME
OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS
BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT SOME
OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS RELATE
TO THE WORK LOAD, AND SOME OF
THE WELLNESS ISSUES.
AND SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU,
GREG, FOR ADVANCING THE SLIDES.
>> AND REAL QUICK, MADAM CHAIR,
THIS FIRST SLIDE IS SORT OF A
LIST OF THINGS THAT WOULD BE
PROPOSED SPENDING WITHIN SPD,
AND THEN IT CONTINUES ON TO
OTHER PROPOSED SPENDING WITH
THE LIST TOTALING 15.2 MILLION
HERE, AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THE
LIST IS 15.3 MILLION, WHICH IS
THE SUM OF THE SALARY SPENDING.
I'M GOING TO VERY QUICKLY
BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO DR.
FISHER, TO DESCRIBE THE LIST,
SAY THAT SPD HAS BEGUN SPENDING
ON A NUMBER OF THESE ITEMS AS
YOU KNOW ON SEPARATION PAY AND
DEFERRED COMP.
SOME OF THESE ITEMS, MADAM
CHAIR, AS YOU HAVE SUGGESTED
WILL NEED LEGAL AUTHORITY BY
MOVING DOLLARS BETWEEN DSL'S,
THE COUNCIL WILL NEED TO DO
THAT, EITHER THROUGH THE
SUPPLEMENTAL BILL THAT IS
BEFORE YOU, OR THROUGH ANOTHER
PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THERE MAY
BE ANOTHER PIECE OF LEGISLATION
COMING TO THE COMMITTEE WITHIN
THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
THERE IS A HIRING INCENTIVE IN
HERE THAT CANNOT BE DONE
WITHOUT LEGISLATION.
CHRIS WILL DESCRIBE, DR. FISHER
WILL DESCRIBE THAT HIRING
INCENTIVE, BUT IT CAN'T BE DONE
WITHOUT PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION
THAT HAS BEEN TRANSMITTED.
AND THEN, LASTLY, AS I SAID
BEFORE, THE FUNDING FOR THE
COMMUNITY SAFETY INVESTMENTS
MUST BE MOVED TO OTHER
DEMOCRATICS.
SO ALL OF THESE THINGS WOULD
REQUIRE LEGISLATIVE ACTION.
SPD CAN DO SOME OF THEM
THEMSELVES, MOSTLY THE ONES ON
THIS PAGE, BUT THE BUDGET CHAIR
AND THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO
TAKE ACTION TO DO SOME OF THEM
AND MAKE THEM AVAILABLE TO SPD
FROM AN AUTHORITY STANDPOINT.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER
TO SPD TO DESCRIBE THE ITEMS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, GREG.
I'LL KICK OFF WITH SOME OF
THESE, THEN TOSS IT OVER TO
CHRIS.
AS WE GO SO YOUR FIRST ITEM
THERE IS CIVILIAN SUPPORT.
THIS LINE ITEM INCLUDES A
NUMBER OF POSITIONS.
SOME OF WHICH ARE, THANK YOU.
THE FULL LIST IS INCLUDED HERE.
SOME OF THESE WERE IDENTIFIED
IN JANUARY AS BEING CRITICAL
CIVILIAN POSITIONS THAT WE WERE
REQUESTING FUNDING FOR, IN THE
2021 BUDGET PROCESS.
AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE CUT $4
MILLION IN CIVILIAN SALARIES,
AS WE CONTINUE TO LOSE OFFICERS
WE IDENTIFIED THAT IT WOULD BE
EASIER TO ONBOARD SOME OF THESE
CIVILIAN POSITIONS TO HELP WITH
THE WORK LOAD AS WE CONTINUE TO
LOSE SWARM PERSONNEL.
SOME OF THESE ARE DIRECT
SUPPORT POSITIONS TO OUR
EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUNCTION
LIKE THE CSO'S, LIKE CRIME
PREVENTION COORDINATOR.
SOME PROVIDED ADMINISTRATIVE
FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT
THAT ARE DEEMED CRITICAL LIKE
THE PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
POSITIONS, EIGHT OF THESE ARE
FOR DEDICATED PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
SUPPORT.
WE IDENTIFIED SOME OF THOSE
EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE JANUARY
MEMO.
WE HAVE SINCE ADDED AT THE
RECOMMENDATION OF LAW
DEPARTMENT.
WE'VE GOT AN INCREASE IN PUBLIC
WORK LOAD, I DON'T THINK
THERE'S AN ISSUE FOR ANY OF
YOU.
AND FROM A RISK STAND POINT, WE
ARE WANTING TO PURSUE
ADDITIONAL POSITIONS TO ADDRESS
THAT GROWING WORK LOAD.
THE CID PUBLIC SAFETY LIAISON
WERE ALSO IDENTIFIED EARLIER
THIS YEAR IN DISCUSSIONS AROUND
THE LEGISLATION.
AND THE TRAINING COORDINATOR,
THIS ITEM IS A NEW POSITION
REQUESTED BY CHIEF DIAZ.
THIS IS IN SUPPORT OF A PILOT
PROGRAM FOR RELATIONAL TRAINING
PROGRAM MEANT TO SUPPORT AND
TRAIN COMMUNITY ORIENTED
COMPASSIONATE POLICE OFFICERS.
TRYING TO GIVE NEW HIRES THE
TOOLS TO MITIGATE IMPACTS OF
THE JOB.
THIS IS HIGHLIGHTED IN OUR, IN
THE MONITOR, AS AN AREA THAT IS
A CRITICAL ASPECT OF COMPLIANCE
SO TOGETHER FACTOR IN THE
TIMELINES FOR THESE POSITIONS
WE'RE LOOKING AT 1.2 MILLION TO
THESE INVESTMENTS, IF YOU WANT
TO HOP BACK.
>> A COUPLE QUICK THINGS.
FR THOSE WHO DON'T SPEAK SPD
BUDGET, THE BASIC LAW
ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY.
THAT'S THE ACADEMY, SO THE
TURNING COORDINATOR WOULD BE
PROVIDING TRAINING TO RECRUITS
BEFORE THEY WENT TO AKAZEMI.
NORMALLY RECRUITS ARE HIRED, A
UNDERSTAND SENT RIGHT AWAY.
THE THING ANGELA JUST DESCRIBED
ABOUT WHEN THEY'RE HIRED AND
THEY NEED POSITIONS.
AT THE VERY BACK OF THIS
PRESENTATION I'M GOING TO
SCROLL, THERE IS A TABLE THAT
DESCRIBES WHAT ANGELA WENT
THROUGH.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR
NEED TO REFER LATER TO WHERE
THESE POSITIONS ARE, WHETHER
THERE'S AUTHORITY NEEDED OR
WHERE THEY ARE IN THE HIRING
PROCESS, THAT IS ALL PROVIDED
IN THE BACK OF THE TABLE.
NOT GOING INTO THAT DETAIL NOW,
BUT THAT'S ON THE AGENDA ON
THIS PRESENTATION IN CASE YOU
NEEDED IT.
AND NOW I'M SCROLLING BACK TO
THE PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, UP NEXT, THESE NEXT
TWO ITEMS ARE TIED DIRECTLY TO
THE REIMAGINING COMMUNITY
SAFETY WORK.
THE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY
SERVICE OFFICER UNIT, OR SQUAD.
WE WOULD LIKE TO START, WE
WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND THE UNIT
STARTING IN NOVEMBER OF THIS
YEAR.
THIS WAS A RECOMMENDATION THAT
CAME OUT OF THE IDT TO CONTINUE
EXPANDING THAT FUNCTION.
THE CSS WERE ADDED TO BRIDGE
THAT SERVICE GAP WHERE POLICE
OFFICERS CAN'T PROVIDE DIRECT
SERVICES OR CONNECT INDIVIDUALS
CONTACTED TO SERVICES.
THIS UNIT PROVIDES THAT EXACT
FUNCTION.
IT FITS NICELY INTO THE CITY'S
WORK AND AN OBJECTIVE OF
EXPANDING ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE
RESOURCES.
THE TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS WERE
ALSO PREVIEWED IN JANUARY.
WE HAVE SINCE ENTERED INTO A
CONTRACT WITH ACCENTURE THAT
INCLUDES A NUMBER OF ITEMS.
THE DATA ANALYTICS PLAT FOR
UPGRADE AND UPDATE.
THE CAPACITY PLANNING TOOL, AND
THE NEW EARLY INTERVENTION
SYSTEM THAT WE'VE REFERENCED A
COUPLE TIMES TODAY.
HAPPY TO ANSWER OR FIELD ANY
QUESTIONS THERE.
WHERE THERE IS CONFUSION ABOUT
WHAT THOSE ITEMS ARE.
IF NOT, I CAN MOVE ON.
>> I SEE FOLKS COMING ON
SCREEN.
I SEE A HAND UP.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> I JUST WANT TO JUMP IN AND
TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THE CSO'S.
A HUGE FAN OF THE WORK THE
CSO'S ARE DOING.
REALLY PROUD OF UNIT AND THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF THAT UNIT.
IN THE MEDIUM TERM HERE, I DO
WONDER OPERATIONALLY, NOW THAT
WE HAVE SOME OTHER DEPARTMENTS
WHERE WE CAN HOST SERVICES LIKE
THIS, THAT ARE UNSWORN.
QUASI UNIFORMED I GUESS IS HOW
I WOULD MAYBE DESCRIBE THE
CSO'S.
WHAT THEIR FUTURE MIGHT LOOK
LIKE IN TERMS OF POTENTIALLY
MOVING THEM TO A DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENT.
I IMAGINE THEY COULD STILL HAVE
THEIR SORT OF REFERRAL FUNCTION
OF AN OFFICER RESPONDING TO A
CALL, SEEING THAT THE CALL
PROBABLY DOESN'T REQUIRE A
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM
INTERVENTION AND THEN FLAGGING
A CSO, CLEARING THE CALL, AND
MOVING ON.
I COULD SEE THAT STILL
HAPPENING WITH THE CSO'S BEING
IN A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT.
AND APPARENTLY HAVING THEIR
COMMUNITY CREDIBILITY IN SOME
CIRCUMSTANCES INCREASED BY
HAVING IT DONE THAT WAY RATHER
THAN STILL BEING INTEGRATED
WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
I JUST WONDER IF THERE'S ANY
THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT A TIMELINE
OR EXPECTATION MIGHT BE IN
POTENTIALLY MOVING THE CSO'S TO
THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT OR
ONE OF THE OTHER PLACES WITHIN
THE CITY WHERE THAT UNIT MIGHT
BE ABLE TO EVENTUALLY MOVE?
>> I CAN TAKE THIS ONE.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT THE
DEPARTMENT'S PREFERENCE IN THIS
SITUATION WOULD BE TO RETAIN
THE COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS.
THE POLICE ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO BE DISPATCHED TO
SITUATIONS THAT MAY, WHEN THE
INITIAL CALL COMES IN,
SEEMINGLY CALL FOR POLICE
RESPONSE.
THE CSO'S WERE REALLY MEANT TO
WORK AS A HANDOFF FROM POLICE
OFFICERS TO OTHER COMMUNITY
SERVICE PROVIDERS.
THEY'RE NOT IN AND OF
THEMSELVES DIRECT SERVICE
PROVIDERS.
WE ALSO THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT HEARD FROM FOLKS
THAT THERE WAS AN INTEREST IN
HAVING A FUNCTION LIKE
COMMUNITY OFFICERS RESIDE IN
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HAPPY TO SHARE THAT ENGAGEMENT
REPORT WITH YOU, COUNCILMEMBER,
AND TO DIVE INTO THAT A LITTLE
BIT MORE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
JUST RECOGNIZE THAT THE
PARTNERSHIP WITH, BETWEEN
PATROL OFFICERS AND COMMUNITY
OFFICERS I THINK IS LARGELY
WHAT MAKES THAT SUCCESSFUL.
>> I'LL JUST THROW THAT OUT
THERE RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS, BUT I
WILL JUST START WITH ONE IN
DIFFERENCE TO THE OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS ON THE
COMMITTEE.
THE DOJ REPORT SAYS EARLIER
INTERVENTION SYSTEM IS BROKEN.
WE FIND SYSTEMIC DEFICIENCIES
IN SPD'S EARLIER SYSTEM WHICH
IS DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY
EMPLOYEES WHO MAY BE
EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS OF
STRESS, TRAINING DEFICIENCIES
OR PERSONAL PROBLEMS THAT MAY
AFFECT PERFORMANCE, NOTING
THERE HAS TO BE SEVEN USES OF
FORCE WITHIN A SIX MONTH
PERIOD.
CAN YOU TELL ME IF THIS IS THE
SAME EIS SYSTEM THAT YOU ARE
NOW TALKING ABOUT FUNDING?
DID I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY,
THAT YOU'VE ALREADY STARTED TO
CONTRACT WITH AN ENTY FOR THE
DATA ANALYTICS PLATFORM?
AND DOES THAT ALSO INCLUDE
MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS EIS
SYSTEM?
>> IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, AND
WE'LL LET SPD RESPOND, BECAUSE
I KNOW THEY'RE MUCH MORE WELL
VERSED.
THIS IS A DIFFERENT MODEL IN
RECOGNITION THAT THE OLD SYSTEM
WAS NOT PARTICULARLY AFFECTIVE.
THAT IT'S MORE BASED ON A
WELLNESS MODEL USING PAST
TRAUMA EVENTS AS AN INDICATER.
BUT I AM ALSO INTERESTED AROUND
THE COST, WHAT PORTION OF THIS
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT FOR THIS
EARLY INTERVENTION SYSTEM?
I BELIEVE WE WERE TOLD BACK IN
MAY IT WOULD BE 300,000.
>> RIGHT, OKAY.
YES.
THE CURRENT EIS SYSTEM WE
ALWAYS SORT OF KNEW, BECAUSE
THERE'S RESEARCH OUT THERE, EIS
REALLY STARTED WITH THE CITY OF
MIAMI, AND THEN IT SPREAD,
BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS OF
BOTH THE CIVIL RIGHTS
COMMISSION, AND THE CHRISTOPHER
COMMISSION IN L.A.
IT BECAME A BIG PUSH.
NEW ORLEANS UNDER CONSENT
DECREE STARTED TO DEVELOP THEM,
AS DID SPD.
THEY WERE ALL GENERALLY THE
MODEL TAKING PERFORMANCE
METRICS THAT MAY BE EARLY
WARNING SIGNS WAS THE HOPE OF
IMPENDING EXCESSIVE USE OF
FORCE, FOR EXAMPLE.
THEY ALSO LOOK AT COMMUNITY
COMPLAINTS.
BUT WHAT MOST OF THESE SYSTEMS
DID NOT DO WAS TO CONSIDER THE
BROADER SCOPE OF THE OFFICERS
EMPLOYMENT, WHERE THEY WORK,
HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN
WORKING, SHIFTS THAT THEY'RE
ON.
THE TYPE OF CALLS THEY'RE
DISPATCHED TO, AND THAT'S JUST
AND THAT AT THIS POINT WOULD
EVEN BE AN OLD APPROACH.
SO WE ENGAGED LOCAL RESEARCHERS
AT WASHINGTON STATE.
LEADERS IN UNDERSTANDING
PERFORMANCE, AND PERFORMANCE
MEASUREMENT, AND EFFECTS OF
STRESS AND OTHER WELLNESS
ISSUES ON PERFORMANCE TO SEE IF
THOSE APPLY TO THE EIS SYSTEM
THAT WAS APPROVED TO THE
CONSENT DECREE.
TO NO SURPRISE THEY FOUND THE
SAME THING, IT'S THE SAME
MODEL.
SO EVER SINCE THAT, WE HAVE
BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH
EXPERTS IN THE FIELD AND SPD,
HOW WE WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THE DATA PLATFORM THAT WAS
BUILT IN ORDER TO APPLY THE
STITCHED TOGETHER DATA THAT
WERE IN DESPERATE SYSTEMS
ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT TO BE
ABLE TO SAY WHAT PERCENTAGE OF
911 CALLS RESULT IN A USE OF
FORCE.
SOMETHING WE COULD NOT HAVE
DONE IN THE PAST.
WE USE THOSE ALL TOGETHER, AND
IT ALLOWS US TO DO THAT.
NOW RECOGNIZING THAT WE NEED TO
DO MORE.
AND TO DO AN ADVANCE ANALYTICS
THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO TRULY
HIGHLIGHT THAT SOMEONE IS
TRENDING TOWARDS MAYBE A HIGH
STRESS EVENT, OR THAT BEFORE WE
START TO SEE THOSE NEGATIVE
PERFORMANCE COMPLAINTS THAT
WOULD HAVE BEEN USED IN THE OLD
MODEL TO SAY SOMETHING REALLY
BAD MIGHT HAPPEN, WE'RE TRYING
TO USE ADVANCED ANALYTICS TO GO
MORE UPSTREAM AND TO UNDERSTAND
HOW CAN WE HELP OFFICERS BEFORE
WE GET TO THINGS THAT THE
RESEARCH HAS SHOWN ARE NOT
ACTUALLY THAT PREDICTIVE,
BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
CONTEXT AROUND WHAT ENVIRONMENT
THEY'RE HAPPENING IN FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF THE OFFICER.
I THINK WE CAN BREAK OUT THE
SPECIFIC COST, BUT TO DO THAT,
THAT MODEL OF EIS, WE ALSO HAVE
TO CHANGE HOW THE DAP IS
SCHEDULED.
MOVING THAT INTO THE CLOUD
ALLOWS US TO TAKE MORE
EFFICIENT ADVANTAGE, BOTH FROM
A COST AND ANALYST ANALYTIC
STANDPOINT.
YOU'RE ABLE TO NOT HAVE TO HAVE
EVERYTHING QUEUED UP ALL THE
TIME.
THAT YOU CAN RUN THE DATA WHEN
YOU NEED TO RUN IT WITHOUT
PAYING TO HAVE IT ALWAYS
CONSTANTLY AVAILABLE, AND
CONSTANTLY RUNNING.
THE TYPE OF ANALYSTICS WE'RE
ANALYTICS, WE'RE THING ABOUT
THE TRANSCRIPT OF BODY WORN
VIDEO, IF THERE ARE ISSUES TO
BE WORKED OUT THERE, BUT
THERE'S WHERE WE'RE GOING, IN
TERMS OF HOW THE OFFICER IS
DOING, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR
EXPERIENCE, SO WE CAN HIGHLIGHT
TO A SUPERVISOR NOW IS THE TIME
TO ENGAGE THAT PERSON.
NOTHING BAD HAS HAPPENED YET ON
ANY LEVEL.
BUT THEY'RE KITLY SHOWING EARLY
WARNING SIGNS OF MOVING IN THAT
DIRECTION, NOW IS THE TIME TO
COACH, ENGAGE, AND SUPPORT.
SO WE CAN BREAK OUT THOSE
COSTS, BUT THEY ARE
INTERTWINED, BECAUSE WE CAN'T
HAVE EIS WITHOUT A MORE
ADVANTAGED DAP, AND INHERENTLY,
THE DAP HAS TO KEEP GETTING
IMPROVED.
WE HAVE TO ADVANCE WITH THE
TECHNOLOGY.
I THINK ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
SUFFER FROM THAT DEBT ISSUE OF
PAYING FOR A GOOD PROJECT AND
THEN IT'S HARDER TO PAY IN
BETWEEN, I THINK THIS IS US TO
SAY RATHER THAN WAITING UNTIL
WE BUILD A TRUE DAP 5.0, LET'S
THING ABOUT HOW WE'RE
REIMAGINING POLICING, WE'RE
GOING TO NEED NEW TOOLS AND
ANALYTICS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THE DAP WORK
WILL DO IS ALLOW US TO LOOK AT
WHERE ARE OFFICERS SPENDING
TIME?
AND CAN WE START TO THINK ABOUT
OVER-UNDER POLICING ARE RESPECT
TO THE REPORTING OF CRIME IN AN
AREA.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED
TO MAKE THE DAP A BETTER TOOL,
AND THAT WILL MAKE THE EIS MORE
REALISTIC, AND MORE CAPABLE.
WE HAVE STARTED THAT WORK.
I THINK ANGELA EXPLAINED WITH
THE BUDGET THAT WAS ALREADY
ALLOWED TO BE SPENT.
BUT WE'RE ALSO, THERE'S MORE
WORK TO BE DONE, AND THAT'S
WHERE THESE PROPOSALS COME IN,
AND MAKING SURE WE CAN FINISH
THIS WORK AND HAVING THESE
TOOLS AVAILABLE.
ANGELA, DID I MISSPEAK ON THE
BUDGET STUFF?
>> NO, I'LL JUST ADD THAT AS
FAR AS THE BUDGET GOES THAT
2.25 MILLION, WE HAVE ENTERED
INTO A CONTRACT WITH ACCENTURE
EARLIER THIS YEAR WITH PLANS TO
USE AVAILABLE SALARY SAVINGS
CONSISTED WITH THE ADOPTED
BUDGET, WHICH A PORTION OF THE
SALARY SAVINGS IS WE ARE
RESTRICTED FROM SPENDING THOSE
FUNDS.
THERE ARE SOME UNRESTRICTED
FUNDS THAT STILL EXIST WITHIN
SPD'S BUDGET.
>> MADAM CHAIR I ACCIDENTALLY
HIT MY KEYBOARD, AND MY
WINDOWED SWITCHED OVER AND YOUR
CLERK CAUGHT IT VERY QUICKLY,
AND SWITCHED ME OFF.
IF HE WILL SWITCH ME BACK ON,
I'D BE HAPPY TO PUT THE TABLE
BACK ON AND APOLOGIZE TO THE
COMMITTEE THAT I DID THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
SO THIS I THINK GETS TO, FIRST
I WANT TO SAY I AM INTERESTED
IN THESE INVESTMENTS.
BUT I AM STILL STRUGGLING AS I
MENTIONED EARLIER, WITH THE
FACT THAT YOU HAVE, ONE, THESE
INVESTMENTS WERE NOT INCLUDED
IN THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED 2021
BUDGET SO THE COUNCIL DID NOT
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
CONSIDER THEM.
AND TWO, INDICATIONS ARE THAT
YOU'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH
THESE INVESTMENTS USING SALARY
SAKINGS IN THE PATROL DSL THAT
HAS NOT BEEN TRANSFERRED OVER
FOR THIS PURPOSE.
SO AGAIN, I WANT TO FLAG,
THAT'S A CONCERN.
I BELIEVE THAT'S NOT AN
ACCEPTED BUDGET PRACTICE FOR
THE DEPARTMENT TO BE
INCUMBERING OBLIGATIONS PRIOR
TO THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION OF
THE SPENDING.
I THOUGHT THERE MIGHT BE A
RESPONSE FROM SPD, BUT SEEING
NONE, COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO GET TO THIS CHART
EVENTUALLY, BUT I FIRST WANT TO
SAY, I UNDERSTAND GOING BACK TO
WHAT COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS WAS
ASKING ABOUT THE CSO'S, I
UNDERSTAND THAT SPD WOULD
PREFER TO KEEP THEM IN THE
DEPARTMENT BUT WE ARE IN THE
PROCESS OF TRANSITIONING AND
REIMAGINING WHAT PUBLIC SAFETY
LOOKS LIKE, AND REALLY TRYING
TO CENTER COMMUNITY AND
COMMUNITY-LED STRATEGIES.
AS WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE
DEPARTMENT ITSELF, MANY
OFFICERS FEEL THERE IS A LOT OF
WORK THAT COULD BE TRANSFERRED
OUT, AND I THINK THE KIND OF
WORK THE CSO'S DO IS AN
EXAMPLE.
NOT THE SWORN OFFICERS
THEMSELVES, BUT AN EXAMPLE OF
THE OTHER KINDS OF WORK THAT
COULD BE TRANSFERRED OUT.
SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN,
YOU KNOW, DELAYING A VOTE ON
THAT PARTICULAR PIECE UNTIL WE
HAVE A MORE IN-DEPTH
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER THE
CS O'S CAN GO TO THE NEW
COMMUNITY SAFETY DIVISION
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.
GETTING TO THE CAPACITY
PLANNING TOOL, AND THIS IS SORT
OF IN KEEPING WITH THE SAME
QUESTION, IF IT'S MEANT TO
SUPPORT 911 DISPATCH, I'M
INTERESTED IN STAYING WITH THE
911 CALL CENTER.
I THINK WHAT MY SORT OF
OVERARCHING QUESTION, AND IT
GETS TO SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY
QUESTIONS TOO IS HOW MUCH IS
PAID OUT, AND WHETHER OR NOT
THEY'VE BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE
COUNSEL, AND HOW MUCH IS THAT
BELIEVED TO BE POSSIBLY
REALLOCATED, BECAUSE I THINK
WE'RE STRUGGLING IS THIS
QUESTION OF, WHAT IS ALREADY,
WHAT IS REQUIRED.
WE KNOW HAVE WE TO DO
SEPARATION PAY, WE KNOW WE HAVE
TO DO FAMILY LEAVE.
WHAT OTHER ACTS DO THEY REQUIRE
THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER TO PASS
SOMETHING?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
I'LL DO THE C PT.
SO THE PLANNING TOOL, WHICH IS
PART OF THE INNOVATION
BLUEPRINT, IS PART OF THE
CURRENT TOOL WE'RE USING
MANAGING PERFORMANCE WAS TOO
CUMBERSOME, TOO SLOW, AND
REALLY ONLY FOCUSED ON PATROL
OFFICER STAFFING AND
DEPLOYMENT.
SO SOMEWHERE, I DON'T KNOW
WHERE ALONG THE LINES, I DON'T
KNOW IF IT'S HOW WE WROTE
SOMETHING OR STACKED ITEMS, BUT
CPT HAS NOTHING REALLY TO DO
WITH THE 911 CENTER.
IT'S ABOUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
WORK LOAD OF THE PATROL, IT'S A
TOOL THAT ALLOW US TO SAY IF
YOU TAKE THIS MUCH TIME, THIS
MANY OF THEM A YEAR, AND THIS
IS YOUR STAFFING MODEL, HOW
MANY FOLKS DO THEY NEED TO FIT
THAT. YOU GET TRAINED INTO HOW
IT'S DOING ITS CALCULATIONS
THEY WERE NOT CLEAR. IT'S PART
OF THE WORK GOING FORWARD
AROUND REIMAGINING, AS WE
IDENTIFIED CALLS THAT DON'T
NEED TO BE RESPONDED TO BY AN
ARMED OFFICER.
WE CAN SEE WHAT WOULD OFF
LOADING THAT CALL LOOK LIKE DUE
TO HOW MANY OFFICERS WE WOULD
NEED GIVEN THAT WE HAVE HEARD
CONSISTENTLY FROM COMMUNITY,
FOLKS WANT TO KNOW THEIR
OFFICER.
WE HAVE HEARD A LOT ABOUT FOOT
PATROLS.
THEY WANT TO SEE OFFICERS
WALKING AND TALKING TO THEM.
THAT SORT OF DEPLOYMENT MODEL,
YOU CAN ALSO LAYER THAT IN TO
THE CPT PROGRAM.
SO IT'S REALLY, I THINK MAYBE
HOW IT GOT CONNECTED TO 911
WAS, IT HELPS US LOOK AT THE
WORK FLOW COMING IN FROM 911,
AND TELLS US THAT THE HOW MANY,
WHAT TIME, AND WHAT DAY, AND
EACH PRECINCT BY EACH SECTOR
CAN BE FROM THE OFFICERS DO WE
NEED TO EFFECTIVELY HANDLE THAT
WORK LOAD WITH PERFORMANCE
TARGETS.
IT DOES THAT IN A MUCH MORE
SORT OF USER FRIENDLY ADAPTABLE
QUICKER WAY, BUT WHAT IT DOES
ABOVE MPP IS YOU CAN DO WITH
OTHER PARTS OF THE DEPARTMENT,
BUT YOU CAN SAY IF WE THINK
WE'RE GOING TO START SPENDING
MORE TIME INVESTIGATING X PARTS
OF A THEFT, HOW MANY DETECTIVES
WOULD WE NEED IF WE'RE HOPING
TO SOLVE X PERCENT OF THOSE.
SO IT ALLOW US TO DO THAT
CAPACITY PLANNING WORK, INSTEAD
OF JUST ON A DISPATCH, THE MPP
PROGRAM IS REALLY SORT OF
MODELED AFTER A CALL QUEUING
MODEL, AND THE CPP PROGRAM IS
MUCH MORE ADAPTABLE, AND
COMPENSABLE ABOUT HOW MANY
PEOPLE DO YOU NEED TO DO
DIFFERENT TYPES OF WORK, WHERE
THE TASKS THAT WORK ARE
DIFFERENT THAN JUST RESPONDING
úTO ESSENCE, A WORK ORDER.
THAT'S WHY CPD, HOW IT GOT
CONNECTED TO 911.
BUT IT WOULDN'T HELP THE 911
CENTER.
I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW IF IT CAN
HELP YOU FIGURE OUT HOW MANY
STAFF YOU NEED TO DO THE CALL
CENTER.
WE'D BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH CCC
ON THAT, BUT IT'S REALLY HOW
MANY OFFICERS YOU WOULD NEED TO
DO THE FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT.
>> BEFORE ANGELA TAKES THE REST
OF THE QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER,
IF THAT SATISFIES THE ONE
PIECE, I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE A
LITTLE BIT OF OVERVIEW ON THE
SPENDING COMPONENT, IF I MAY.
THAT'S TO SAY THAT THE TITLE OF
THIS SLIDE, EXECUTIVE SALARY,
SAVINGS PROPOSAL IS SOMETHING I
WROTE, BUT I SHOULD ADD A
LITTLE CLARITY HERE.
MANY OF THE CIVILIAN POSITIONS
THAT THAT ARE IN THAT FIRST
LINE ARE POSITIONS THAT THE
DEPARTMENT ALREADY HAD
AUTHORITY FOR, AND WE'RE
HOLDING VACANT, AND WERE DOING
SO AT THE REQUEST OF THE MAYOR,
AND IT IS WITHIN THEIR PER VIEW
TO BE ABLE TO USE SALARY
SAVINGS TO BE ABLE TO FILL
THOSE POSITIONS.
THE SAME IS ALSO TRUE OF THINGS
LIKE THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
CONTRACT.
THAT IS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT'S
PER VIEW TO BE ABLE TO SPEND
THAT MONEY IF THEY HAVE THE
BUDGET FOR IT THEY CAN DO IT.
IN TERMS OF SALARY SAVINGS,
THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE SALARY
SAVINGS, BUT IF THEY HAVE THE
BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR IT, THEY
CAN ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR
IT.
SO IN TERMS OF THIS BEING A
PROPOSAL, I SHOULD PROVIDE A
LITTLE CONTEXT AND SAY THAT THE
DEPARTMENT DOES HAVE THE
AUTHORITY TO DO MANY OF THESE
THINGS ALREADY.
THE SEPARATION PAY.
THE MONEY IS ALREADY IN THE
LINE FOR THE OFFICERS AND
MOVING IT TO, THEY DON'T HAVE
TO MOVE IT ANYWHERE.
SO WITH THAT AS CONTEXT, I TURN
IT OVER TO ANGELA TO LET HER
TALK ABOUT WHAT MIGHT BE SPENT
AND WHERE.
>> HI, I'M GOING TO GET IN.
>> THANK YOU, GREG.
I'LL RUN QUICKLY THROUGH THESE
ITEMS, AND INDICATE IF WE'VE
ALREADY INCURRED EXPANSIONS OR
NOT.
THE CIVILIAN SUPPORT, BECAUSE
IT INCLUDES VARYING STAGES OF
THE HIRING PROCESS OR FILLED,
I'LL REFER EVERYONE TO THE
FINAL TWO PAGES OF THIS SLIDE
DECK TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT AND
PROCESS.
WE HAVEN'T INCURRED ANY
EXPENSES RELATED TO THAT
POSITION.
NO EXPENSES.
WE HAVE NOT HIRED THE CSO UNIT.
WE HAVE INCURRED COSTS RELATED
TO THE TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS
WHICH YOU SAW IN OUR SPENDING
REPORT IN THE EARLIER SLIDES.
NOTHING HAS BEEN INCURRED,
RELATED TO THE WORK SCHEDULING
TIME PERIOD, SINCE IT WAS PUT
ON HOLD.
ALTHOUGH THAT IS SET TO RESUME
WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
WE HAVE INCURRED COSTS RELATED
TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
CONTRACT.
THE RESULTS OF WHICH WERE
REPORTED IN OUR FINAL IBT
REPORTMENT THE MENTAL HEALTH
PROGRAM AND CONTRACT BACKGROUND
SERVICES ARE ALSO CONTRACT
COSTS.
THOSE CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN
SIGNED.
THE CONTRACT AMOUNTS LIKELY
INCUMBERED, ALTHOUGH I DON'T
KNOW IF WE'VE INCURRED ANY
EXPENSES TO DATE.
THIS IS AN ESTIMATE FOR THE
BUDGET OVERAGE FOR THE ENTIRETY
OF THE YEAR.
THAT FULL AMOUNT HAS NOT BEEN
REALIZED BUT WILL LIKELY BE
REALIZED BY DECEMBER.
IF WE GO OVER 160 SEPARATIONS,
THAT NUMBER WILL LIKELY
INCREASE THE BUDGET SHORT FALL.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION, ALSO AN
ESTIMATE.
THAT IS A FULL YEAR PROJECTION
AS WELL.
YEAR TO DATE, I BELIEVE WE'VE
INCURRED ABOUT A MILLION
DOLLARS IN EXPANSIONS RELATED
TO SPECIAL EVENTS OH WITH THE
SPORTING EVENTS THAT ARE SET,
OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, WE'VE
DEVELOPED THIS ESTIMATE JUST AS
A TOTAL ANNUAL OVERAGE.
PAY PARENTAL LEAVE, WE HAVE
INCURRED, I BELIEVE ABOUT A
MILLION DOLLARS HERE YEAR TO
DATE.
WE DO HAVE PLANS TO SUBMIT A
REQUEST FOR AN APPROPRIATATION
FOR THE GENERAL FUND AMOUNT IF
NEEDED, IF WE'RE ABLE TO
PROCEED WITHOUT THAT
APPROPRIATION, THAT DECISION
WILL BE MADE LATER THIS YEAR.
THE POTENTIAL COVID RELATED
COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS HAS
NOT BEEN INCURRED, AND NEITHER
HAVE THE HIRING AND RETENSION.
>> THANK YOU, ANGELA, IT'S VERY
HELPFUL.
>> GREG, DID YOU WANT ME TO
COMMENT ON THE EXECUTIVE ITEMS?
>> I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT PROBABLY WE CAN JUST HIT
REALLY QUICK.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GOT
PRETTY COVERED PRETTY IN-DEPTH
AT THE LAST PUBLIC SAFETY
MEETING.
JUST AT A REALLY HIGH LEVEL.
TRIAGE 1, $700,000 IS THE
AMOUNT THAT THE EXECUTIVE
IDENTIFIED THAT WOULD NEED TO
GO INTO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
TO MY KNOWLEDGE THE EXECUTIVE
HAD NOT IDENTIFIED A FUNDING
SOURCE FOR THAT TRIAGE ONE
UNTIL THE LETTER THAT YOU ALL
HAD SENT TO CENTRAL STAFF, AND
THE SAME BEING TRUE OF THE
DISPATCH PROTOCOL SYSTEM, AND
THE REGIONAL SAFETY PLAN
PEACEKEEPERS COLLECTIVE.
THOSE AMOUNTS WOULD NEED TO BE
TRANSFERRED, CUT FROM SPD'S
BUDGET AND SENT TO THESE OTHER
DEPARTMENTS.
I NOTE HERE THAT THE SFD IS THE
EXECUTIVES PROPOSED PLAN FOR
TRIAGE ONE.
THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY WOULD
HAVE TO GO IF IT WENT TO THE
WAY THAT EXECUTIVE HAD PROPOSED
IT.
COUNCILMEMBERS ALSO MIGHT
CONSIDER THE CSCC PER THE
CONVERSATION THAT'S BEEN GOING
ON FOR THE LAST HOUR AND A
HALF.
WITH THAT, I DON'T KNOW THERE'S
TOO MUCH MORE TO SAY ABOUT
THESE PARTICULAR INVESTMENTS,
BUT CERTAINLY, COUNCILMEMBERS
MAY HAVE ANSWERS FOR YOU ALL.
THE ONE THING I WOULD NOTE,
THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PART.
THERE ARE PROVISOS THAT ARE IN
PLACE FOR PROVISOS
SPECIFICALLY, A SALARY SAVINGS
FOR 5 MILLION.
AND A HARBOR PATROL PROVISO FOR
550 THAT WOULD NEED TO BE
REMOVED BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT
COULD EFFECT SLATE EFFECTUMP
AFFECTUATE.
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT FOR
COUNSEL TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT
TO AUTHORIZE THIS PLAN, THAT
SPD IS PUTTING BEFORE YOU, YOU
WOULD NEED LEGISLATION THAT
WOULD MAKE SOME OF THE
APPROPRIATIONS MOVING AROUND
MONEY, SOMETIMES WITHIN SPD.
SOMETIMES OUT OF SPD, BUT ALSO
TO MOVE THE PROVISOS SO SPD
WOULD BE ABLE TO SPEND THE
MONEY ON ITS OWN ITEMS.
WITH THAT, I WOULD ASK IF
THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME OR
THE DEPARTMENT.
>> I'M HOPING WE CAN WRAP THIS
UP.
IT IS 1:12 P.M.
I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND I
HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER EVEN
BEFORE WE RECEIVED THE
EXECUTIVE'S PROPOSAL ON
LEGISLATION AS PART OF THE
AMENDMENT TO THE SECOND QUARTER
SUPPLEMENTAL.
AND I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF
ALIGNMENT ON WHAT COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA AND I HAD BEEN WORKING
ON AND WHAT THE EXECUTIVE IS
PROPOSING.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO FORESTALL
ANY QUESTIONS MY COLLEAGUES
HAVE, BUT I'M ALSO
SIMULTANEOUSLY HOPING WE CAN
WRAP UP.
>> THANK YOU, I'M SORRY.
I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A GOOD
CHANCE TO ASK SOME OF THESE
QUESTIONS THAT OTHERWISE I'M
NOT SURE WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE
THE POLICY QUESTIONS.
MADAM CHAIR HAD HAD ASKED
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE
FUNDING HAD ALREADY BEGUN BEING
SPENT WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION ON
THE DSL.
I THINK I CUT OFF EXACTLY WHEN
I WAS TRYING TO ASK THAT
QUESTION.
ON THAT CHART I WOULD STILL
LIKE TO HAVE A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING AT SOME POINT.
TO GREG'S POINT EARLIER WHERE
THE SPD BELIEVES THEY ALREADY
HAD AUTHORITY, OR PERHAPS
INSUFFICIENT STORAGE OF
POTENTIALLY CRITICAL EVIDENCE,
BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THE REPORT
ON THE EVIDENCE THAT CAME FROM
THE BEST PRACTICES AND DOING
THE ANALYSISES, IT SAYS THAT
SPPED DOESN'T HAVE FOR STORING
EVIDENCE AND EACH PRECINCT
DESPITE THEY BEING GIVEN
DIRECTION TO DO SO THERE WASN'T
A LIST OF THINGS THAT WERE
RECOMMENDED STANDARDS FOR
EQUIPMENT TO BE ON HAND TO MAKE
SURE THAT ALL OF THE STORAGE
MANDATES HAD THE SAME
REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH EVIDENCE
STORAGE AREAS IN EACH FACILITY.
THERE WAS CONFUSION ABOUT WHICH
ITEMS SHOULD BE KEPT IN STORAGE
AND WHICH I SHOULD JUST HAVE A
PICTURE AND THERE WASN'T
SUFFICIENT TRAINING ON WHICH
ITEMS TO COLLECT.
SO I'M WONDERING IN ADDITION TO
THIS REQUEST FOR STORAGE, IS
THERE ADDITIONAL POLICIES THAT
YOU ARE TAKING ON TO TRY TO
ADDRESS SOME OF THE
DEFICIENCIES ALREADY OUTLINED
IN THE REPORT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THERE'S PROPER STORAGE AND
SPECIFIC STORAGE OF ITEMS THAT
NEED TO BE THERE, VERSUS JUST A
LARGE SWATH OF EQUIPMENT THAT'S
BEING STORED ACCORDING TO THAT
REPORT?
>> COUNSELOR, BEFORE SPPED
ANSWERS THAT QUESTION, THE
EVIDENCE STORAGE PROPOSAL IS
NOT THEIRS.
THAT IS A PROPOSAL THAT WAS
PART OF THE COUNCIL BILL 119181
AMENDMENT THAT WAS ADOPTED BY
THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
>> I'M GUESSING WHY ISN'T IT
THERE?
BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A
NEED FOR IMPROVED STORAGE AND A
NEED FOR POLICY ALIGNMENT
THERE.
IF THERE IS NOT A PROPOSAL THAT
CAME FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE
SUPPLEMENTAL, WHY ISN'T THAT
WHEN WE HAD CLEAR INDICATION
FROM THIS REPORT THAT IT WAS
NEEDED BOTH IN TERMS OF POLICY
CHANGES AND ADDITIONAL SPACE?
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANKS FOR THE REMINDER,
GREG.
>> ANYBODY WANT TO TAKE THAT
FROM SPPED?
>> I CAN TRY.
I'M NOT PARTICULARLY WELL
VERSED IN THIS ONE, MAYBE
ANGELA HAS MORE, BUT WE CAN
ALSO GET BACK TO YOU.
MY UNDERSTANDING AS OUR POLICY,
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS BUREAU
DOES, THEY ASSESS ALL THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE OIG SO
WE CAN GET BACK TO ON WHAT
EXACTLY THE WORK PLAN IS FOR
RESPONDING TO SOME OF THOSE
SUGGESTIONS AROUND EVIDENCE
STORAGE.
I KNOW THE CHIEF, BOTH THIS
CHIEF AND THE PRIOR CHIEF AND
EVEN THE CHIEF BEFORE THAT WERE
ALL VERY AWARE OF CAPACITY
ISSUES.
I'M NOT SURE IF THOSE HAD EVER
BEEN FORMALLY RAISED AS
POTENTIAL ITEMS FOR FUNDING.
I KNOW THERE HAD BEEN REQUESTS
IN THE PAST.
I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR THEY MADE
IT IN THE PROCESS, BUT FOR
IMPROVED SHELFING AND OTHER
WAYS OF STORAGE.
ANGELA MIGHT HAVE MORE MEMORY
OF THOSE.
BUT I DON'T THINK IT WAS ON
THIS CURRENT LIST BECAUSE I
DON'T THINK THE DEPARTMENT KNEW
THAT THERE WAS A SOURCE OF
POTENTIAL FUNDING THAT WOULD BE
SUPPORTIVE OF PUTTING -- ONCE
THE CHIEF HAD CONVERSATIONS
WITH THE CHAIR, I THINK WE WERE
SUPPORTIVE OF IF THE COMMITTEE
WAS IN SUPPORT OF USING TO
INCREASE CAPACITY IN THE
WAREHOUSE, IT WAS SOMETHING
THAT THE DEPARTMENT KNEW IT
NEEDED TO DO AND WAS HAPPY TO
REACH AGREEMENT ON THAT.
ANGELA, ANY -- I DON'T KNOW HOW
FREQUENTLY WE'VE LOOKED AT OUR
INVESTMENTS IN THE EVIDENCE
FACILITIES.
>> THAT'S OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE
EXTRA TIME COUNCIL MEMBERS AND
DR. FISHER AND ANGELA HAVE
DEALT WITH US TODAY.
SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
THAT WE'LL BE GETTING AFTER
TODAY'S MEETING, AND I HAVE A
COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT I'M
GOING TO HOLD FOR -- TAKE
OFFLINE HERE, AGAIN, IN THE
INTEREST OF TIME.
IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES,
THE NEXT PUBLIC SAFETY AND
HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE IS
SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 14th.
IT IS 1:18 P.M., AND WE ARE
ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.