>>> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE AND MOST OF YOU ARE
USED TO BE RIFFING A SPEECH,
BUT I HAVE NOTES THAT I'M GOING
TO TRY TO STICK TO THIS
MORNING, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME
VERY IMPORTANT THINGS TO SAY.
I'M JOINED THIS MORNING BY
LEADERS ACROSS THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT SPECTRUM AND PUBLIC
SAFETY SPECTRUM TO SHARE THE
RESULTS OF WHAT WE'VE PHRASED
AS OPERATION NEW DAY AND TO
SHARE OUR COMMITMENT TO WORKING
TOGETHER TOWARD A SAFER,
THRIVING SEATTLE.
MANY OF YOU HEARD ME SAY IN
MONTHS BEFORE I TOOK OFFICE,
THAT WE ARE OUT OF CONTROL IN
TERMS OF THE CITY.
THAT THINGS HAVE TO DRASTICALLY
CHANGE.
THE WHOLE CONVERSATION HAS TO
CHANGE.
THE WHOLE FEELING, THE WHOLE
CULTURE IN SEATTLE HAS TO
CHANGE IN TERMS OF US BEING A
VIBRANT, A SAFE CITY.
A WELCOMING CITY.
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING WITH THESE
FINE LEADERS AROUND ME ARE
LEADERS WHO SHARE THE SAME
PASSION ABOUT MAKING SURE WE
ENFORCE OUR LAWS, BUT WE ALSO
ENFORCE IT WITH COMPASSION AND
CARING THAT YOU HAVE LEADERS IN
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE.
LEADERS THAT UNDERSTAND
COMMUNITY BUILDING AND LEADERS
THAT UNDERSTAND WE HAVE TO
ENFORCE THE LAWS AND THAT
REGARDLESS AS TO WHAT WE CALL
THE BAD AREAS IN TOWN, WE CAN
AGREE THEY ARE UNSAFE.
WE HAVE SEEN EARLY IMPROVEMENT
AT 12th AND JACKSON, BUT
CLEARLY THERE IS SO MUCH WORK
TO DO.
OUR EFFORTS ARE NOWHERE
COMPLETE.
WE DON'T TAKE VICTORY LAPS.
THIS IS ON GOING WORK.
BUT LIKE THIRD AVENUE AND OTHER
AREAS IN THE CITY WHERE CRIME
IS PREVALENT, THE FIRST STEP TO
ENSURING SAFETY HAS TO BE
STABILIZING THE AREA.
SHUTTING DOWN CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR
AND RESETTING NORMS.
SO I'LL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THIRD AVENUE, IN
PARTICULAR.
AND LET ME JUST GIVE YOU SOME
BULLET POINTS ON THIRD AVENUE.
WHAT WE'RE DOING.
FIRST OF ALL, YOU DO SEE THAT
WE WILL HAVE A MOBILE PRECINCT
THERE IN THE VICINITY.
THIS SERVES SEVERAL PURPOSES
AND WE'LL HEAR FROM OUR CHIEF
IN A MOMENT IF YOU HAVE
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY WE
USE OUR MOBILE PRECINCT.
I ALSO WANTED TO SAY
LOGISTICALLY THAT THE ORDER BY
WHICH WE'LL SPEAK IS AFTER
MYSELF, WE'LL HAVE CHIEF DIAZ.
WE'LL HAVE LEESA MANION, I'LL
INTRODUCE THESE FINE PEOPLE
BEFORE THEY SPEAK.
WE'LL HAVE FRANK TARENTINO.
WE'LL HAVE ANN DAVIDSON, AND
U.S. ATTORNEY NICK BROWN.
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS OUR CLOSER.
BECAUSE WE WANTED OUR U.S.
ATTORNEY TO BE LAST BECAUSE
THAT WAY WE WOULD ENSURE YOUR
PRESENCE FOR THIS WHOLE PRESS
CONFERENCE AND HE WILL WRAP US
UP IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING
IN TERMS OF DESCRIBING THE
SERIOUSNESS WITH FRANK
TARENTINO, THE SERIOUSNESS OF
WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH ON THE
STREETS.
MANY PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THE
OPIOID ISSUES AND FENTANYL
ISSUES, WHAT WE ARE REALLY
DEALING WITH.
THAT WILL BE THE ORDER WITH
WHICH WE'LL SPEAK.
GOING BACK TO THIRD AVENUE.
IN ADDITION TO THE MOBILE
PRECINCT, WE'LL HAVE SIX
DEDICATED OFFICERS TO THIS
LOCATION WITH ADDITIONAL PATROL
SUPPORT.
I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO A LOT
OF THE SPECIFICS.
A LOT OF THE TACTICAL WORK.
SOME SHOULD NOT BE SHARED
PUBLICLY AND A LOT OF THIS IS
BASED ON BEST PRACTICES IN
TERMS OF CRIMINOLOGY.
WE'LL BE PARTNERING WITH THE
LAW ENENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO
INCREASE THE NUMBER OF POLICE
PRESENCE IN THESE AREAS.
WE WILL BE WORKING WITH
PARTNERS IN METRO TO SOLUTIONS
ON WHAT WE ARE SEEING AND
HEARING FROM RESIDENTS IN
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE, INCLUDING
IMPROVED TRANSIT ACCESS, BUT
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BUS STOP
MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING
LOCATIONS AND THERE COULD BE
SOME TEMPORARY BUS STOP
CLOSURES AFTER WE HEAR FEEDBAC
THAT MAY ASSIST US IN OUR
EFFORTS.
WE HAVE PENDING INVESTIGATIVE
OPERATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE
TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC AND FIREARMS
POSSESSION.
THERE WILL BE ARREST MADE FOR
ON GOING CRIME WHERE THERE IS
PROBABLE CAUSE TO DO SO AND
WHERE IT IS A BOOKABLE OFFENSE.
AT THE SAME TIME, WHERE PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND THAT IS A CRIMINAL
ENFORCEMENT STRATEGY.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR
CARE TEAM, WITH OUR HOPE TEAM,
OUR JUST CARE TEAM, OUR HOPE
TEAM, OUR COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT
ONCE YOU START LOOKING AT AN
AREA THAT NEEDS THIS KIND OF
CRIMINAL INTERVENTION, YOU COME
IN AND HELP PEOPLE.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE
MEETINGS WITH DEFENSE ATTORNEYS
AND PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMUNITY
ADVOCATES THAT UNDER MY
LEADERSHIP AS MAYOR, I WANT TO
MAKE THIS VERY CLEAR, THAT I
KNOW PEOPLE OUT HERE THAT ARE
UNSAFE.
I KNOW PEOPLE HERE ARE DOING
BAD THINGS AND IT IS MY LOVE
FOR ALL PEOPLE OUT HERE IN OUR
CITY TO KEEP THEM SAFE, THAT
DRIVES OUR BEHAVIOR.
I HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH
EACH OF THESE FINE INDIVIDUALS
BEHIND ME TO MAKE SURE THEY
UNDERSTAND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE.
I DO NOT BELIEVE IN A
RACIALIZED OR MILITARIZED
APPROACH TO ANYTHING THAT WE
DO.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY,
EVERYONE HAS TO FEEL SAFE.
THE CHILDREN, THE PEOPLE IN
WHEELCHAIRS.
THE SHOPPERS, THE EMPLOYEES AND
EMPLOYERS.
EVERYONE HAS TO FEEL SAFE.
SO OUR APPROACH WILL BE MODELED
AFTER SOME THINGS THAT ARE
WORKING IN OTHER CITIES LIKE
DALLAS, THAT HAS AN INTEGRATED
APPROACH.
COMMUNITY BASED SOLUTIONS
WORKING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES.
I'VE BEEN ON THIS JOB FOR ABOUT
NINE WEEKS.
YES, IT SEEMS LIKE NINE YEARS.
BUT NINE WEEKS.
I DID NOT INHERIT THE SYSTEMS
THAT ARE NECESSARY TO DO THIS
KIND OF WORK.
BUT WE'RE PULLING TOGETHER THIS
KIND OF ONE SEATTLE APPROACH,
WHERE WE'RE WORKING WITH
REGIONAL LEADERS.
PEOPLE THAT HAVE BE IN THE
FIELD MUCH LONGER THAN MYSELF
WHO UNDERSTAND THAT IT WILL BE
THIS HOLISTIC APPROACH TO GET
OUR CITY BACK ON TRACK.
OKAY, SO WE DO IT WITH URGENCY
AND WE DO IT WITH COMPASSION.
AS PART OF OPERATION NEW DAY,
WHICH STARTED ON 12th AND
JACKSON, I TALKED EARLIER ABOUT
THE NUMBER OF FELONY ARRESTS WE
MADE.
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE A POINT.
I WANT TO REEMPHASIZE THE
POINT.
THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARD
STABILIZING AN AREA AND WHEN
YOU STABILIZE AN AREA THAT IS
THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN BRING THE
COMMUNITY BASED COMPREHENSIVE
APPROACH.
WE WILL BE TAKING THE SAME
ACTION THAT WE TOOK ON 12th AND
JACKSON TO THIRD AVENUE, AND
THESE AREAS.
IT IS GEOGRAPHICALLY A LITTLE
LARGER, BUT THE SAME APPROACH.
THIS IS THE KIND OF ONE SEATTLE
COLLABORATION QUITE CANDIDLY,
THAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT.
WHERE PEOPLE ARE SEEING AND
FEELING THE DIFFERECE.
THIRD AVENUE, FOURTH AVENUE, IN
SOME OF THESE AREAS IN THE
DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR NOT ONLY HAVE
TO FEEL SAFE, BUT BE VIBRANT.
WHERE PEOPLE ARE SAYING, I WANT
TO GO DOWN THERE, NOT I WANT TO
AVOID IT.
AND AS THE MAYOR OF THIS CITY,
I'M OPEN AND TRANSPARENT ABOUT
THE HAND THAT I DEALT.
WE DON'T MAKE EXCUSES, WE GET
THE WORK DONE.
SO HAVING SAID THAT, WE'RE
GOING TO HEAR FROM CHIEF DIAZ
AND THEN AFTER CHIEF DIAZ
SHARES A FEW COMMENTS, I'LL
BETTER INTRODUCE LEESA MANION
AND WE'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE
AND ASK QUESTIONS AFTER WE
FINISH OUR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I PRESENT YOU, CHIEF DIAZ.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE, AND
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
THANKS TO MAYOR HARRELL FOR
BRINGING THIS TOGETHER.
THE MANY CHALLENGES FACING OUR
CITY CANNOT BE SOLVED BY ONE
DEPARTMENT WORKING ALONE.
RISING CRIME, HOMELESSNESS,
MENTAL HEALTH, AND ECONOMIC
INEQUALITY.
BUT WORKING WITH LOCAL AND
FEDERAL PARTNERS, WE HAVE A
BETTER CHANCE AT SUCCESS.
WE'RE SEEING THAT EVIDENCE AT
12th AND JACKSON NOW.
WE ARRESTED DOZENS OF PEOPLE
SUSPECTED OF FELONIES,
INCLUDING BURGLARY, ASSAULT,
FAILURE TO REGISTER AS A SEX
OFFENDER.
WORKING WITH THE DRUG
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, WE MADE
ARRESTS FOR ILLEGAL TRAFFICKING
OF FENTANYL, COCAINE, HEROIN,
AND OTHER NARCOTICS.
DOZENS OF ARRESTS FOR RETAIL
THEFT AT THAT LOCATION AND
OTHER LOCATIONS WHERE STOLEN
GOODS WERE TRAFFICKED AT THIS
AREA.
POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY,
INDECENT LIBERTIES, AND MORE.
MORE THAN 50 ITEMS STOLEN ITEMS
HAVE BEEN RECOVERED, INCLUDING
PROPERTY AND HIGH-END STOLEN
VEHICLES.
RECOVERED SEVEN FIREARMS,
INCLUDING A SEMI-AUTOMATIC
HANDGUN AND A 9 MM GHOST GUN.
YOU SHOULD ALL KNOW DURING
THESE OPERATIONS, OUR OFFICERS
ARE ADMINISTERING LIFE SAVING
FIRST AID.
NINE PEOPLE EXPERIENCED
OVERDOSE AND HAVE BEEN TREATED
BY OUR OFFICERS, INCLUDING TWO
WHO WERE SAVED.
THIS ON GOING CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
OUT IN THE OPEN ON SEATTLE
STREETS NOT ONLY NEGATIVELY
IMPACTS OUR CITY STRUGGLING
BUSINESSES, BUT IMPACTS THE
NEIGHBORS, THE WORKERS, OR
ANYONE WHO VISITS SEATTLE.
YES, THANKS TO THE EMPHASIS
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE
YEAR, MANY OF SUSPECTS HAVE
BEEN CHARGED IN BOTH U.S.
DISTRICT COURT AND KING COUNTY
SUPERIOR COURT.
WE WILL MAINTAIN THE WORK AT
12th AND SOUTH JACKSON.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THE
VIOLENCE AROUND THIRD AVENUE
BETWEEN PIKE AND PINE INCREASE.
I STARTED PATROLLING 25 YEARS
AGO AND THIS LOCATION WAS A
CHALLENGE THEN.
TWO YEARS AGO, AFTER A SHOOTING
OUTSIDE OF THE McDONALD'S, WE
STARTED EMPHASIS PATROLS.
THEN COVID HIT, AND THIS
LOCATION DRASTICALLY -- IT IT
WAS GREATLY IMPACTED.
WE HAVE SEEN BUSINESSES LEAVE.
WE HAVE SEEN SENIOR CITIZENS
LIVING IN THE AREA, BUSINESSES,
EMPLOYEES, AND OTHERS
EXPRESSING FEAR WALKING OUT OF
THEIR DOOR DUE TO THESE
SHOOTINGS.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING
THESE CHALLENGES AT THIS
LOCATION.
WE HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO STEM
THE VIOLENCE AT 3rd AND PINE
WHICH IMPACTS US ALL.
AND IS WHY A COORDINATED EFFORT
BETWEEN ALL OF US IS JUST THE
BEGINNING.
COMMITS TO CONTINUE TO WORK
INVESTIGATING, ARRESTING, AND
BOOKING THOSE SUSPECTED OF
CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
WE ARE MOVING RESOURCES AND
PROVIDING EMPHASIS DURING ALL
PATROL WATCHES.
WE HAVE STATIONED A MOBILE
PRECINCT ON THIRD AVENUE.
WE ARE WORKING WITH KING COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON SUPPORTING
OUR EMPHASIS AROUND BUS STOPS.
AND WE CONTINUE TO CONDUCT A
VARIETY OF OPERATIONS THAT ARE
FEEDING INTO THE VIOLENCE FROM
DRUG SALES TO ORGANIZED RETAIL
THEFT.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A
VISIBLE PRESENCE AT THIS
LOCATION AND WE WILL MONITOR
THE POTENTIAL DISPLACEMENT OF
CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
THIS LOCATION HAS BEEN IMPACTED
BY CRIME FOR DECADES.
WE KNOW THIS WORK WILL NOT BE
ACCOMPLISHED IMMEDIATELY.
IT MAY TAKE MANY MONTHS, BUT
THE ONE THING IS CERTAIN, IT
CANNOT BE DONE BY SPD ALONE.
WE NEED HELP OF ALL CITY
DEPARTMENTS, OUR FEDERAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS, THE KING
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, METRO
POLICE, THE COURTS, AND THE
JAIL.
WE NEED THE SUPPORT OF OUR
COMMUNITY.
WE ALL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO
DO.
LET'S DO IT RIGHT AND LET'S DO
IT TOGETHER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CHIEF.
OUR NEXT PRESENTER WILL BE
LEESA MANION.
CERTAINLY NOT A STRANGER TO
MOST OF YOU.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER
BACKGROUND, SHE IS CURRENTLY
THE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE KING
COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE.
SHE SPENT 27 YEARS WITH THE
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S OFFICE,
SERVING AS CHIEF OF STAFF FOR
THE LAST 15 YEARS WHERE SHE
MANAGES 600 STAFF.
SHE WAS BORN IN SAUL, SOUTH
KOREA, SHE IS GRADUATE OF THE
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF
LAW.
SO BECAUSE OF HER BIRACIAL
BACKGROUND, IT DOES GIVE HER
SUPER POWERS, LIKE SOME OF US
HAVE WITH THAT BACKGROUND.
SHE HAS BEEN A LEADER
ADDRESSING GUN VIOLENCE,
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, PROVIDING
VICTIM SERVICES AND ADDRESSING
RACIAL DISPARITY IN OUR
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM AND WE
THINK HERE IN SEATTLE, THAT HER
PASSION FOR RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE, HER PASSION FOR VICTIM
SERVICES, HER PASSION FOR
ADDRESSING RACIAL DISPARITIES
AND HER EXPERTISE IN THE
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY OFFICE IS
THE PARTNERSHIP WE NEED.
I PRESENT TO YOU, LEESA MANION.
>> THANK YOU MAYOR FOR THAT
SUPER HERO INTRODUCTION.
NOW THAT OUR SECRET IS OUT, THE
CITY IS SAFE.
THE KING COUNTY PROSECUTING
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS VERY
GRATEFUL FOR THE MAYOR'S
LEADERSHIP AND ALSO GRATEFUL
FOR THE DEDICATION AND THE
COLLABORATION WITH OUR LAW
ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS BOTH AT
THE LOCAL AND STATE AND FEDERAL
LEVEL.
WE ARE PARTICULARLY THANKFUL
FOR THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND THE WORK THAT
THEY HAVE PROVIDED BRINGING
THESE CASES TO US, DESPITE
SEVERE STAFFING RESOURCE
ISSUES.
WE VALUE THESE CASES AND WE
APPRECIATE THE SERIOUSNESS OF
THEM.
AND WHEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY,
OUR DEPUTIES PROCEEDED TO COURT
EVERY DAY AND URGED THE COURT
TO ENSURE THESE INDIVIDUALS
WERE HELD, MAKING THE ARGUMENT
THAT IMMEDIATE RELEASE WOULD
SEND THE WRONG MESSAGE.
OUR WORK ISN'T GOING TO STOP
WITH THE CASES FILED AS
OPERATION NEW DAY, I AM VERY
PROUD OF THE WORK THAT OUR
ATTORNEYS ARE DOING EACH AND
EVERY DAY TO FILE 30 FELONY
CASES.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT EVERY
DAY OF THE PANDEMIC.
WE HAVE BEEN IN THE COURTHOUSE,
STAFFING CASES, STAFFING
HEARINGS, AND ENSURING THE
SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND OUR WORK ISN'T GOING TO
STOP WITH JUST THE CASES THAT
INVOLVE SHOOTING AND VIOLENT
CRIME.
WE ARE ADDRESSING REPEAT
PERPETRATORS, PROPERTY CRIMES,
DRUG DEALS INVOLVING FENTANYL
AND HEROIN.
AND OUR PEOPLE ARE IN COURT
EVERY DAY ENSURING THE SAFETY
OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND FOR CASES THAT DON'T RISE
TO THE LEVEL OF A FELONY ON
THEIR OWN, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR
THE NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR
NEW CITY ATTORNEY.
WE ARE ADDRESSING MULTIPLE
MISDEMEANOR CRIMES AGGRAVATING
THE VALUE OF LOSS AND -- OUR
LAWYERS ARE COLLABORATING
ACROSS THE STREET WITH CITY
ATTORNEYS OFFICE EACH WEEK TO
ADDRESS CRIME IN DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE AND ALL PARTS OF OUR
CITY.
PEOPLE DESERVE TO FEEL SAFE IN
THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, WHEREVER
THEY ARE.
THE KING COUNTY PROSECUTING
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS PROUD TO
BE PART OF THE SOLUTION AND
PART OF THIS EFFORT.
WE KNOW THAT TEAMWORK IS
ESSENTIAL AND WE ARE HEARTENED
BY THE COLLABORATION THAT IS
HERE REPRESENTED IN THE ROOM
TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU LEESA.
SO AS I BRING UP THE NEXT
PRESENTER, ONE OF THE COMMON
QUESTIONS WE GET.
I THINK IT WAS THE FOURTH DAY
ON THE JOB.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING THIS CRIME IN
THE CITY.
DO SOMETHING.
IF YOU DO SOMETHING TOO
QUICKLY, IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE.
YOU HAVE TO BUILD CASES.
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHO YOU
ARE DEALING WITH.
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHO IS
THE VICTIM, WHO IS THE
PERPETRATOR.
IT'S WORK.
THIS NEXT PRESENTER WILL GIVE
YOU AN INDICATION OF THE KIND
OF WORK THAT GOES INTO THE
WORK, PARTICULARLY WHEN SERIOUS
DRUGS ARE INVOLVED.
FRANK TARENTINO IS A SPECIAL
AGENT IN CHARGE WITH THE DEA
SEATTLE FIELD DIVISION.
SINCE 2020, FRANK TARENTINO
OVERSEEN THE FIELD DIVISION,
WHERE HE OVERSEES WASHINGTON,
OREGON, AND ALASKA.
HE IS AN ARMY VETERAN AND
SERVED WITH THE DEA SINCE 1998.
NEARLY 25 YEARS.
THE MILITARY COLLEGE OF VERMONT
GRADUATE.
HE HAS A LONG HISTORY OF
LEADING EFFORTS TO DISMANTEL
DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATIONS
AND DEVELOP COORDINATED PLANS
TO DISRUPT HIGH LEVEL
TRAFFICKING.
WITH MY DISCUSSIONS, I SAID
WHAT MOTIVATES YOU?
WHY DO YOU DO THIS KIND OF
WORK?
IT'S SIMPLE, TO PROTECT PEOPLE.
TO PROTECT PEOPLE.
HE WANTS TO SAVE SEATTLE.
HE WANTS TO SAVE THE REGION.
I PRESENT TO YOU, FRANK
TARENTINO, III.
>> THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.
GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS FRANK TARENTINO AND
I'M THE SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE
OF THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT
ADMINISTRATION SEATTLE FIELD
DIVISION.
I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR
THE INVITATION AND THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU
THIS MORNING.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY LAW
ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS STANDING
ALONGSIDE ME WHILE WE WORK
TOGETHER TO HELP MAKE THE CITY
OF SEATTLE HEALTHY AND SAFE.
THE DEA TARGETS THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT AND THE MOST
VIOLENT DRUG TRAFFICKING
ORGANIZATIONS AND DRUG
TRAFFICKERS THAT ARE CAUSING
THE MOST HARM IN OUR
COMMUNITIES.
AND WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
FUELING THE INCREASE IN
OVERDOSE DEATHS AND DRUG
RELATED VIOLENCE IN OUR CITY.
THE MEXICAN CARTELS ARE
DELIBERATELY LACING THESE
COUNTERFEIT PRESCRIPTION PILLS
WITH THE HIGHLY ADDICTING
SYNTHETIC OPIOID, FENTANYL.
THEY DO THIS INTENTIONALLY TO
DRIVE ADDICTION AND TO INCREASE
THEIR CUSTOMER BASE FOR THE
SOLE PURPOSE OF MAKING MONEY.
THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO REGARD
OR CONCERN FOR THE PEOPLE THEY
HARM.
LAST YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES,
THERE WERE OVER 104 ,000
OVERDOSE DEATHS.
65% INVOLVING SYNTHETIC
OPIOIDS, SPECIFICALLY FENTANYL.
ONE PERSON EVERY FIVE MINUTES
IS OVERDOSING AND DYING.
THAT'S 286 PEOPLE A DAY.
LAST YEAR, THE DEA SEATTLE
DIVISION SEIZED ENOUGH PURE
FENTANYL TO KILL EVERY PERSON
IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.
DRUG TRAFFICKING AND GUN
VIOLENCE ARE DIRECTLY LINKED
AND ARE CAUSING THE MOST HARM
IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
OUR STRATEGIC AND TARGETED
ENFORCEMENT IS DESIGNED TO
REMOVE THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR
FUELING THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC AND
DRUG RELATED VIOLENCE.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS TO
REDUCE THE DRUG RELATED
VIOLENCE AND TO TARGET THOSE
CRIMINAL DRUG NETWORKS THAT ARE
SUPPLYING THESE LETHAL
COUNTERFEIT PRESCRIPTION PILLS
THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
THE DEA IS COMMITTED TO KEEPING
AND MAKING THE CITY OF SEATTLE
HEALTHY AND SAFE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, FRANK.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, FRANK.
OUR NEXT PRESENTER WILL BE OUR
CITY ATTORNEY, ANN DAVISON.
YOU HEARD COMMENTS MADE BY
LEESA MANION EARLIER ABOUT HOW
WE ARE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY
WITH THE STATE ATTORNEY AND THE
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK ON
BEHALF OF MS. DAVISON, BUT I
WILL SAY SOMETHING THAT MAY
SOUND LIKE I AM.
WE BOTH CAME IN OFFICE TOGETHER
AT THE SAME TIME AND I WOULD
SUGGEST WE INHERITED A MESS.
I'M JUST OPEN AND TRANSPARENT
ABOUT THE HAND WE ARE DEALT.
WE HAVE BEEN MEETING AND
WORKING TOGETHER
COLLABORATIVELY AND MAKING SURE
AGAIN WE HAVE A STRONG
APPROACH, BUT A COMPASSIONATE
APPROACH.
I THINK SHE'LL SAY A FEW WORDS
ABOUT HER OFFICE AND IT'S BEEN
A PLEASURE WORKING
COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE
OFFICE.
I PRESENT TO YOU, ANN DAVISON,
OUR CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY
OF SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU MAYOR HARRELL.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR SPENDING YOUR
TIME WITH US TODAY.
I AM ANN DAVISON, YOUR NEW CITY
ATTORNEY.
WE ARE HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS
THE URGENT PUBLIC SAFETY
CHALLENGES HERE FACING OUR
CITY.
I DO WANT TO START BY
ACKNOWLEDGING THE SENSELESS GUN
VIOLENCE WE'VE EXPERIENCED THAT
TOOK ANOTHER YOUNG LIFE JUST
THE OTHER NIGHT DOWNTOWN.
THE SECOND SHOOTING DEATH ON
THIRD AVENUE IN LESS THAN A
WEEK.
I HAVE PERSONALLY MET WITH
FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST THEIR
CHILDREN AS A RESULT OF GUN
VIOLENCE.
CHILDREN WHO WERE SIMPLY IN THE
WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME.
THESE SHOOTINGS CANNOT BECOME
COMMON PLACE.
GUN VIOLENCE IMPACTS ALL OF US.
TOO MANY SMALL BUSINESSES,
OWNERS, AND VISITORS TO
DOWNTOWN FEEL UNSAFE IN THE
HEART OF OUR CITY AND ALSO IN
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
FOR FAR TOO LONG, HELPING WITH
ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT.
IT HAS ASSAULTS, GUN VIOLENCE,
ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
CONTINUE FOR TOO LONG.
NOBODY SHOULD FEEL UNSAFE IN
THEIR CITY OR IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHEN IT'S THEIR HOME.
WHEN WE HAVE A CONCERTED,
COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, WE CAN
WORK TO ADDRESS CRIME IN OUR
CITY.
THANKS TO THE HEART WORK OF OUR
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WE HAVE
SEEN SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN
CRIME ON 12th AND JACKSON.
AS A PART OF OPERATION NEW DAY,
MY OFFICE HELPED PROSECUTE
THEFT CASES FROM DOWNTOWN.
THESE GOODS WERE HEADED TO
12th AND JACKSON TO BE SOLD ON
THE STREET.
THESE ARRESTS AND PROSECUTIONS
WILL HELP TO DISRUPT THE CYCLE
OF ADDICTION, THEFT, DRUG
SALES, AND HUMAN SUFFERING.
THIS IS JUST A SMALL INDICATOR
OF THE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM.
IT CANNOT BECOME THE NORM AND
WE CANNOT LOOK AWAY.
BUT REAL CHANGE WILL ONLY COME
FROM ALL PARTNERS IN OUR PUBLIC
SAFETY SYSTEM COLLABORATING TO
DO THEIR PART.
AS THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE,
I HAVE DIRECTED OUR CRIMINAL
DIVISION TO PRIORITIZE
PROSECUTION OF DOZENS OF CRIMES
FROM THIRD AVENUE IN ORDER TO
DISRUPT AND DETER THE OPEN AIR
DRUG MARKET THAT HAS A HOLD IN
OUR DOWNTOWN.
THESE OPEN AIR DRUG MARKETS
FOSTER CRIME AND ALL TOO OFTEN
LEAD TO TRAGIC EVENTS LIKE
THOSE WE HAVE WITNESSED ONLY
TWICE.
EXCUSE ME, THAT WE HAVE
WITNESSED TWICE, ONLY IN TWO
DAYS.
I AM COMMITTED TO HELPING TO
TURN THIRD AVENUE AROUND AND
OTHER HIGH CRIME AREAS IN OUR
CITY.
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS
READY TO GO.
WE ARE READY TO PARTNER WITH
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
WE ARE READY TO PARTNER WITH
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE READY TO PARTNER WITH
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND
OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS
LIKE OUR FEDERAL AND PUBLIC
SAFETY.
PARTNERS THAT ARE HERE PRESENT
WITH US TODAY.
TO HELP MAKE DOWNTOWN SEATTLE
SAFER FOR OUR RESIDENTS, FOR
OUR BUSINESSES, AND FOR
EVERYONE WHO VISITS OUR CITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ANN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ANN.
OUR LAST PRESENTER BEFORE Q AND
A WILL BE OUR U.S. ATTORNEY,
NICK BROWN, A PERSON WITH WHOM
WE SHOULD ALL BE PROUD ON BASED
ON THE APPOINTMENT.
NICK BROWN BECAME U.S. ATTORNEY
FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON IN 2021
AFTER BEING APPOINTED BY
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN.
HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS GENERAL
COUNSEL TO JAY INSLEE.
AN ARMY VETERAN, HE'S A
GRADUATE OF MOREHOUSE COLLEGE
AND THE HARVARD SCHOOL OF LAW.
AS U.S. ATTORNEY, HE DIRECTS
INVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTES
CASES DEVELOPED BY A NETWORK OF
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES WORKING TO ENSURE
SAFETY BY DEALING WITH COMPLEX
ISSUES RANGING FROM TERRORISM
AND GUN VIOLENCE TO DRUG
TRAFFICKING AND ORGANIZED
CRIME.
AGAIN, NICK AND I ARE PERSONAL
FRIENDS, FULL DISCLOSURE.
AND I AGAIN, I ASK PEOPLE WHY
DO YOU DO WHAT YOU DO?
AND YOU HEAR THE RESOUNDING
THEME THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH
ONE SEATTLE.
TO PROTECT PEOPLE.
TO ALLOW PEOPLE FOR A BETTER
PATHWAY AND OPPORTUNITY IN LIFE
AND TO DO SO WITH PASSION AND
JUSTICE.
I PRESENT TO YOU, NICK BROWN.
>> MR. MAYOR, I'M GOING TO
START BRINGING YOU EVERYWHERE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU
ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS
MORNING.
I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND
ALL OF MY LOCAL PARTNERS WHO
ARE HERE TODAY FOR GATHERING TO
DISCUSS VERY SERIOUS AND
CHALLENGING ISSUES THAT THE
CITY OF SEATTLE IS FACING AND
HOW WE WORK AND HOW WE MOVE
AHEAD AND HOW WE MAKE PROGRESS.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CRIME AS
LEADERS, AS ADVOCATES, AS
MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE
COMMUNITY, WE MUST BE
TRNSPARENT THAT THE ISSUES WE
ARE FACING AND THE NATURE OF
THE PROBLEM IS SERIOUS AND THE
CAUSES ARE INCREDIBLY COMPLEX
AND VARIED.
RIGT NOW, TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE
SUFFERING IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
SUFFERING WITH ADDICTION,
SUFFERING WITH MENTAL HEALTH
STRUGGLES, THE LACK OF STABLE
AND SECURE HOUSING.
AND FAR, FAR TOO MANY PEOPLE
ARE BEING SHOT.
FAR TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE
BECOMING VICTIMS OF CRIMES.
WHILE THERE ARE NO EASY
SOLUTIONS TO THESE ISSUES, WE
MUST USE EVERY AVAILABLE
APPROACH TO TACKLE THESE
CHALLENGES AND TO KEEP OUR
COMMUNITY SAFE.
WHAT IT TAKES IS LEADERSHIP.
I THANK THE MAYOR FOR HIS
LEADERSHIP.
WHAT IT TAKES IS SUBSTANTIVE
AND MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT WITH
OUR COMMUNITY AND PARTICIPATION
FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
SO OFTEN AND TOO OFTEN, LAW
ENFORCEMENT LEADER, POLITICAL
LEADERS, ATTORNEYS,
PROSECUTORS, BRING SOLUTIONS TO
THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT HEARING
FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE
TYPES OF SOLUTIONS THEY NEED.
MY OFFICE IS DOING EVERYTHING
WE CAN TO COLLABORATE WITH OUR
PARTNERS BOTH IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT, BOTH IN THE
POLITICAL OFFICES, AND WITH OUR
COMMUNITY.
JUST EARLIER THIS WEEK, I
CONVENED A MEETING AT THE
FEDERAL COURTHOUSE WITH ALL OF
THE POLICE CHIEFS AND DEPUTIES
FROM THE MAJOR JURISDICTIONS
WITHIN KING COUNTY.
WE SAT AROUND TO DIGEST THE
NATURE OF THE PROBLEM, THE
CHALLENGES THEY ARE FACING, AND
WAYS THAT WE CAN ALL
COLLABORATE COHESIVELY
TOGETHER.
THE OPERATION THAT WAS FOCUSED
ON 12th AND JACKSON.
LAST MONTH, MY OFFICE CHARGED
THREE NEW CASES IN FEDERAL
COURT INVOLVING PEOPLE DEALING
DRUGS AND CARRYING FIREARMS.
AND TODAY, WE ARE FILING A
FOURTH CASE.
THIS TIME IT WAS A PERSON WHO
WAS ORIGINALLY ARRESTED AT
12th AND JACKSON.
HE WAS BOOKED AND RELEASED AND
JUST A FEW DAYS LATER, HE WAS
PICKED UP AT THIRD AND PIKE.
BOTH TIMES, CARRYING A GUN AND
BOTH TIMES DEALING DRUGS.
AND WE KNOW THAT CRIME MOVES
AND WE HAVE TO MOVE WITH IT AND
ADDRESS IT WHEREVER IT IS.
THE INCREASED VIOLENCE IN OUR
COMMUNITY IS NOT JUST A
CHALLENGE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
TO DECREASE THE VIOLENCE, WE
HAVE TO WORK WITH THE
COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE TO HEAR FROM THEM.
WE HAVE TO ENGAGE THEM TO BREAK
THESE CYCLES OF CRIME.
WE HAVE TO PROVIDE RESOURCES
AND SUPPORT, EDUCATION, JOBS.
ALL THE THINGS THAT INTERRUPT
VIOLENCE FROM OCCURRING.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO AND
WE STAND READY TO HELP.
LET ME SAY ONE FINAL THING.
I LOVE SEATTLE.
EVERYONE HERE TODAY LOVES THIS
CITY.
IT IS A VIBRANT COMMUNITY.
IT'S A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY.
IT'S A COMMUNITY THAT I AM
RAISING MY CHILDREN IN.
I TAKE THE BUS EVERY DAY TO
WORK.
I GET OFF AT THIRD AND PIKE.
WE CAN'T ABANDON OUR CITY.
WE HAVE TO INVEST IN IT.
THIS DOWNTOWN CORE, THIS BROAD
CORE, IT'S THE HEART OF OUR
CITY.
IT IS THE ECONOMIC HEART.
IT IS THE CULTURAL HEART.
IT IS THE SOCIAL HUB.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE SUFFERING A
LITTLE BIT OF HEART DISEASE IN
SOME REALLY IMPORTANT AREAS.
WE HAVE TO GET HEALTHY AND WE
HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE
IT HEALTHY.
AND WHATEVER THE MAYOR NEEDS TO
DO AND WHATEVER WAY WE CAN
ASSIST, WE WILL BE HERE TO
HELP.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, NICK.
NOW YOU CAN SEE WHY I SAID WE
ALL SHOULD BE PROUD OF THE
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT BY
PRESIDENT BIDEN.
SO IN CLOSING, IT WILL TAKE A
CONCERTED APPROACH.
MAKING GOOD CASES.
MAKING SURE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
IS A LENS BY WHICH WE SEE THESE
ISSUES, ALL OF THE ISSUES AND
OUR STRATEGIES.
COMMUNITY BASED SOLUTIONS.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY IN
OUR ONE SEATTLE APPROACH,
YOU'RE HEARING A CONSISTENT
THEME.
THIS HAS TO BE A SAFE, VIBRANT
CITY.
A CITY WE LOVE.
WITH THAT, WE'LL TAKE A FEW
QUESTIONS.
JAMIE, YOU MAY HAVE TO HELP ME
NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS A LITTLE
BIT.
>> CAN YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC
ABOUT HOW SPECIFICALLY WITHIN
THIS OPERATION THE CITY IS
GOING TO OFFER OTHER SERVICES
BESIDES JUST CRIME
INTERVENTION?
>> WELL, YES.
AS YOU KNOW, BEFORE I TOOK
OFFICE, THERE ARE A LOT OF
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
OUT THERE, MEMBERS FROM THE
FAITH BASED COMMUNITY, BY THE
WAY, I DON'T THINK WE ARE QUITE
TAPPING THAT ASSET AS MUCH AS
WE SHOULD.
THERE ARE CARE TEAM, THERE'S
OUR JUST CARE TEAM, OUR HOPE
TEAM.
ALL OF THEM ARE AWARE OF WHAT
WE ARE TRYING TO DO.
NOT JUST BECAUSE WE ARE MAKING
OUTREACH CALLS, BUT WE WANT
PEOPLE, THE AREA IS SOMEWHAT
STABILIZED.
WE WANT TO HAVE OUR SOCIAL
WORKERS TO FIGURE OUT WHO NEEDS
TREATMENT.
LET ME GIVE A GOOD EXAMPLE.
ONE OF THE BEST TIMES
UFORTUNATELY TO TREAT SOMEONE
WITH DRUG AND ALCOHOL ISSUES AS
AN EXAMPLE COULD POSSIBLY BE
WHEN THEY ARE ARRESTED.
I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN
INTERESTING WAY TO APPROACH IT.
YOU LOOK WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN
DALLAS AND OTHER CITIES.
ONE OF THE STRATEGIES WE ARE
DOING ARE RAISING RESOURCES TO
MAKE SURE WE GET PEOPLE THE
HELP THEY NEED AND IN THIS
CASE, IF IT'S DRUG AND ALCOHOL
ISSUES, WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT
AS A POSSIBILITY.
THAT'S WHY THE BOOKING POLICIES
AND WHAT HAPPENS TO A PERSON
AFTER A POTENTIAL ARREST IS
MADE BECOMES CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT.
ALSO SITUATIONS WHERE WE ARE
LOOKING AT PHYSICAL
IMPROVEMENT, SUCH AS LIGHTING.
CAN WE INCREASE THE WATTAGE?
DOES THAT CREATE AN AMBIANCE.
THAT'S WHY WE TAKE A LOOK AT
THE BUSES.
SO, AGAIN, WE WILL WORK WITH
ORGANIZATIONS TO DO OUR
OUTREACH, TO MAKE SURE WE GET
THE RIGHT COUNSELORS OUT THERE.
I DON'T WANT TO NAME
ORGANIZATIONS BY NAME.
QUITE CANDIDLY, WE ARE DOING AN
INVENTORY OF THE COMMUNITY-
BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE
RECIPIENTS OF CITY FUNDS TO
MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE LINED
WITH AT LEAST OUR VISION AND WE
ARE LINED WITH THE STRATEGIES
THEY BELIEVE ARE BEST
APPROPRIATE IN SOME OF THESE
AREAS.
SO THAT WORK, AGAIN IN OUR
NINTH WEEK, IS BEING DONE.
IT'S AN EVALUATION AND BRINGING
IN THE OUTREACH.
THAT'S WHY I MADE IT CLEAR THE
FIRST STEP HAS TO BE TO
STABILIZE THE AREA.
THIS IS A PART OF A MORE
WHOLISTIC APPROACH.
I'M NOT GOING TO NAME
ORGANIZATIONS, BUT WE'RE DOING
THAT WORK AS WE SPEAK.
>> YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN TALK,
EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM WILL
REMEMBER, THERE'S BEEN TIMES
WHERE IT HAS BEEN BETTER, IT
LOOKS BETTER THIS MORNING THAN
IT DID A COUPLE DAYS AGO.
YOU'LL REMEMBER 9 1/2 BLOCKS,
WHICH WAS MEANT TO TACKLE THAT
AREA.
IT LOOKED BETTER FOR MONTHS.
BUSINESSES WERE LURED IN WITH
THE PROMISE OF A RENAISSANCE.
THAT'S WHY THEY OPENED AT
THIRD.
SO HOW -- NOW IT'S WORSE THAN
IT HAS EVER BEEN.
HOW DO WE STOP THIS GETTING
BETTER AND GETTING BAD AGAIN?
>> THANK YOU, BRANDI.
SO LET'S GET SOMETHING CLEAR
HERE.
THE REASON WHY MR. TARENTINO,
FRANK IS HERE, AND U.S.
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS TO IMPRESS
UPON YOU THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE
DRUG ISSUE THAT WE HAVE.
I THINK YOU KNOW INSTINCTIVELY
WHEN YOU WALK THE STREETS, BUT
THE NUMBERS HAVE INCREASED.
I CAN'T EMPHASIZE THAT ENOUGH.
THE NUMBER OF ADDICTIONS AND
CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR INFLUENCED BY
THE DRUG ISSUE HAS INCREASED.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE NOT GOING OUT
THERE WITH THESE ARREST,
ARREST, ARREST, WE HAVE TO
REALIZE THAT THIS IS A HEALTH
CRISIS.
SO I THINK WHAT IS DIFFERENT
BETWEEN THEN AND NOW ARE SIMPLY
THE MATH.
THAT AS MR. TARENTINO SPOKE
ABOUT, IS THE PERCENTAGES OF
OVERDOSES.
THE PERCENTAGE OF VIOLENT
BEHAVIOR HAS INCREASED.
THAT'S WHY OUR WHOLISTIC
APPROACH BECOMES SO CRITICAL.
THE DIFFERENCE IS, AGAIN, WHEN
WE TALK ABOUT 12th AND JACKSON
AS AN EXAMPLE.
SO, TO YOUR QUESTION, WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE COMMUNITY BASED
PEOPLE STILL WALK AROUND AND
SEE WHO NEEDS HELP.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT NOW TO
MAKE SURE WE JUST DON'T HAVE
POLICE EVERYWHERE.
YOU HEAR ME SAYING AT ALMOST
EVERY PRESS CONFERENCE.
WE DON'T HAVE A MILITARIZED
APPROACH IN EVERYTHING WE DO.
WHAT'S DIFFERENCE IS THE NUMBER
OF ADDICTIONS HAVE INCREASED.
THE VIOLENCE ASSOCIATED WITH
THAT.
THE NEED FOR NOT ONLY ARREST
STRATEGY, BUT OUR COMMUNITY
BASED STRATEGY IS INCREASED.
THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF
YOU TODAY.
>> PAUL.
>> THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR
THE CHIEF DEPENDING WHO HAS
THIS INFORMATION.
ARE YOU TRACKING WHERE PEOPLE
MOVE AND WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS
LOOKING FORWARD?
>> I'M GOING TO RESPOND AND
PASS TO THE CHIEF.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATED NICK
BROWN'S GRANULAR EXAMPLE OF THE
KIND OF DATA THAT WE FOLLOW.
IT'S A SEGWAY TO THAT VERY
SPECIFIC EXAMPLE ABOUT A PERSON
ARRESTED AND REARRESTED,
PERHAPS CHIEF DIAZ CAN RESPOND
WITH CLARITY.
>> THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION
IS YES, WE ARE TRACKING WHERE
PEOPLE ARE GOING, WHERE THEIR
CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IS STARTING
AND WHERE IT IS ENDING UP.
SO IF WE ARE, YOU KNOW, INFUSE
OURSELVES INTO THE THIRD AND
PINE AREA WITH A LOT OF PATROL
CARS, WHERE DO THEY END UP
GOING?
DO THEY GO TO FOURTH AND PIKE?
PIONEER SQUARE?
WHERE IS THAT ACTIVITY GOING TO
GO?
WE ARE FOCUSED ON THE CRIMINAL
ACTIVITY AND WHEN WE HAVE A
BUNCH OF OFFICERS AND ADDRESS
THAT, IT'S GOING TO END UP
GOING SOMEWHERE.
THAT'S WHAT IS TRYING TO GET TO
THE HEART OF WHERE THAT
ACTIVITY IS GOING.
BUT TO WHAT U.S. ATTORNEY BROWN
WAS SAYING, WE HAVE HAD, YOU
KNOW, INCIDENCES WHERE THEY
COME FROM THIRD AND PINE, HIT
TO 5th AND JACKSON.
TO 12th AND JACKSON, AND BACK.
THAT'S WHERE TRAFFICKING AND
STOLEN PROPERTY IS ALSO
OCCURRING.
MANY OF IT IS OCCURRING
DOWNTOWN.
THE WALGREEN'S, THE TARGET, AND
THEY ARE MOVING.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE
WHERE THAT ACTIVITY IS GOING.
>> WE WILL MOVE THE PRECINCT TO
ADDRESS THE HOT SPOTS.
SO IF THERE IS AN IDENTIFIED
HOT SPOT THAT IS CHANGING, WE
WILL MOVE THAT MOBILE PRECINCT
TO ADDRESS THAT AREA.
>> THANK YOU, CHIEF.
>> MAYOR, AND THIS MIGHT BE FOR
THE CHIEF, TOO, BUT I
UNDERSTAND THERE ARE MANY
AVENUES TO THIS.
I WAS TALKING TO PEOPLE ON
THIRD AVENUE AND THEY WERE
WONDERING WHY DID IT TAKE TWO
DEATHS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO
SEE THIS POLICE PRESENCE, THIS
EFFORT ON THIRD AVENUE?
>> IT DIDN'T TAKE TWO DEATHS.
WHAT IT'S TAKEN IS THE ABILITY
FOR US TO PUT THE RIGHT SYSTEMS
IN PLACE, TO GATHER THE RIGHT
LEADERS IN PLACE, AND TRACK THE
DATA AND DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
BASED ON PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS I
HAD, PEOPLE WANT QUICK ACTION.
I WILL TELL YOU THIS, AND I'LL
LOOK ANYONE IN THE EYE WHEN I
SAY THIS.
THERE'S NO ONE THAT WANTS
FASTER ACTION THAN ME.
I AM GOING TO REPEAT THAT.
THERE'S NO ONE THAT WANTS
FASTER ACTION THAN ME.
WE DO IT SUSTAINLY.
MY HEART GOES OUT TO ANYONE
THAT LOST A FAMILY.
I SPEND TIME TALKING TO THE
PARENTS OF CHILDREN WHO ARE
LOST.
A LOT OF TIME.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR GUN
SAFETY MEASURES, WE LOOK AT THE
POLICY CHANGES.
IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE
LOST SOME LIVES IN DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE.
BUT THAT WAS NOT BEHIND WHAT WE
ARE DOING, BUT IT IS OUR
INSPIRATION.
>> I DON'T KNOW YOUR NAME, I'M
SORRY.
>> I'M FRANKY.
THIS QUESTION, I BELIEVE WILL
BE FOR FRANK TARENTINO.
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
CITY AS A WHOLE, LOOKING AT THE
VIOLENCE AND THE DRUG ACTIVITY,
ARE WE LOOKING INTO YOUNG
PEOPLE?
IS THERE GANG INVOLVEMENT IN
ALL OF THIS TRAFFICKING AND
ISSUES?
>> SURE, FRANK, ARE YOU
COMFORTABLE TO RESPOND?
PLEASE.
>> VERY APPROPRIATE THAT FRANKY
WOULD BE ASKING FRANK A
QUESTION, I APPRECIATE THAT.
LET ME JUST SAY THAT IT'S PROOF
HERE TODAY THAT WE ARE ALL IN
ON HELPING SEATTLE AND MAKING
IT HEALTHY AND SAFE.
I THINK WE ARE SHOWING THE
UNIFIED EFFORT THAT IS
NECESSARY TO MAKE THAT
DIFFERENCE.
THE DEA IS DOUBLING DOWN, IF
YOU WILL, OR REFOCUSING OUR
EFFORTS, SPECIFICALLY ON
FENTANYL, SPECIFICALLY ON THESE
PRESCRIPTION PILLS THAT ARE
MAKING THEIR WAY FROM MEXICO TO
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DATA
AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE
DATA, OUR APPROACH IS MORE DATA
DRIVEN, INTELL LED AS CHIEF
MENTIONED AND THE MAYOR
MENTIONED, HOT SPOTS.
WE LOOK AT HOT SPOTS, WE'RE
LOOKING AT A MULTILAYER
APPROACH AT VIOLENT CRIME,
OVERDOSE DEATHS, DRUG SALES,
MAYBE SHOTS FIRED.
IT IS MORE OF IDENTIFYING
MULTIPLE LAYERS OF INTELLIGENCE
THAT WE CAN USE TO HAVE MORE
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS THAT WILL
HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
AND THEN ALSO LOOKING MORE
OUTWARDLY AND SEEING WHERE
THOSE -- WHERE THAT IMPACT
MIGHT PUSH THAT PARTICULAR
ORGANIZATION TO ANOTHER PART OF
THE CITY.
SO THIS IS A MORE WHOLISTIC
APPROACH, THAT IT WILL TAKE
TIME TO DEVELOP AND IT WILL
TAKE A LOT OF TIME FOR THE
PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM BOTH HERE
AND IN THE AUDIENCE TO
CONTRIBUTE TO MAKE THAT
DIFFERENCE.
BUT IT IS A RELENTLESS PURSUIT.
IF WE THINK FOR A SECOND THAT
WE'RE GOING TO SPEND A COUPLE
WEEKS OR A MONTH OR TWO MONTHS
TRYING TO DRIVE DOWN OVERDOSE
DEATHS AND THEN WALK AWAY FROM
IT, WE WOULD BE SADLY MISTAKEN.
THIS IS A LONG GAME APPROACH
THAT WE'RE ALL COMMITTED TO.
I, TOO, LIVE IN SEATTLE.
I WALK ALL OVER THE PLACE ON
THE WEEKENDS AND I SEE IT WITH
MY OWN EYES AND WE ARE
ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO THIS.
WE HAVE SIX ENFORCEMENT TEAMS
DEDICATED SPECIFICALLY FOR KING
COUNTY THAT ARE WORKING
COLLABORATIVELY WITH STATE AND
LOCAL COUNTERPARTS,
SPECIFICALLY SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, AND WITH THE U.S.
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AD
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
WE ARE, AS MENTIONED MANY
TIMES, ALL IN ON THIS APPROACH.
>> FRANK, I APPRECIATE THE
QUESTION.
I WAS A LINE PROSECUTOR FOR SIX
YEARS.
I'VE BEEN GONE FOR EIGHT YEARS.
ONE OF THE PRINCIPLE
DIFFERENCES THAT I SEE AS A
PROSECUTOR FROM THE FEDERAL
PERSPECTIVE IS THAT IT USED TO
BE THAT YOU COULD LARGELY
IDENTIFY THE AREAS THAT WERE
DRIVING THE VIOLENCE,
PARTICULARLY SHOOTINGS.
YOU COULD LOOK AT A MAP AND SAY
WE'RE SEEING SHOOTINGS HERE,
WE'RE SEEING SHOOTINGS THERE,
IT WAS EASY TO TARGET
RESOURCES.
ONE OF THE PRINCIPLE
DIFFERENCES, THIS GETS TO
BRANDI'S QUESTION AS WELL.
NOW THAT THE VIOLENCE AND THE
SHOOTINGS IS FAR MORE DISPURSED
THAN IT USED TO BE.
NEARLY EVERYONE THAT THESE GUYS
ON THE STREETS ENCOUNTER HAS A
GUN.
NEARLY ALL OF THEM.
THAT IS NEW.
THAT IS A CHANGE.
THAT IS A SYMPTOM OF HAVING TOO
MANY GUNS AND FIREARMS IN
AMERICA, FRANKLY.
IT USED TO BE THAT ONLY
PARTICULARLY PEOPLE INVOLVED IN
VIOLENT CONDUCT HAD FIREARMS.
BUT NOW IT IS EVERYBODY.
WE'RE SEEING SHOOTINGS FROM
PEOPLE BIG AND SMALL.
IN TERMS OF THEIR SIGNIFICANCE
AND CRIMINAL OPERATIONS.
SO TACKLING THE PROBLEM, WE
HAVE TO THINK WHAT WILL WORK ON
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM
AREAS, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE
MOST LIKELY TO BE ENGAGED OR
VICTIMIZED BY VIOLENT CRIME.
WE HAVE TO REALLY ENGAGE WITH
THE COMMUNITY TO THINK ABOUT
HOW CAN WE INTERRUPT THOSE
CYCLES OF CRIME AND DO CRIME
INTERVENTION EFFORTS, BECAUSE
WE ARE NOT GOING TO PROSECUTE
OUR WAY OUT OF THE PROBLEMS.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO SIMPLY JAIL
AND LOCK UP EVERYONE AND MAKE
EVERYBODY FEEL SAFE.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO LIVE IN A
POLICE STATE.
WE HAVE TO BUILD SOME OF THESE
FOUNDATIONAL SYSTEMS THAT ARE
SUSTAINABLE.
WITH YOUNG PEOPLE IN
PARTICULAR.
WITH JOBS, WITH OPPORTUNITY,
WITH RESOURCES, WITH SUPPORT,
WITH TRAUMA-BASED SUPPORT FOR
THESE KIDS THAT ARE SEEING
CRIME IN THEIR FAMILY AND
COMMUNITIES.
I DON'T WANT TO LOCK ALL THOSE
FOLKS UP.
THAT WILL NOT MAKE US SAFER.
IT MIGHT MAKE US SAFER FOR A
FEW YEARS AND MAKE EVERYBODY
FEEL BETTER IN THE COMMUNITY.
97% OF THE PEOPLE WILL GET BACK
OUT.
SO WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW
WE PREVENT PEOPLE FROM BEING A
PART OF THE SYSTEM TO BEGIN
WITH AND NOT JUST USE THE BLUNT
TOOLS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
>> THANK YOU, NICK.
LEESA WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO
THAT AS WELL.
>> I WANTED TO SHARE POSITIVE
NEWS REGARDING JUVENILE
JUSTICE.
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER,
JUVENILE CRIME IS AT ITS LOWEST
LEVEL IN RECENT HISTORY.
THAT IS NOT AN ACCIDENT.
IT IS THE RESULT OF THE
CUMULATIVE IMPACT AND
COLLECTIVE YEARS OF ENTERING
INTO EVIDENCE BASED PROGRAMMING
FOR YOUTH, OFFERING THEM TOOLS,
OFFERING THEM COMMUNITY
SUPPORTS, COMMUNITY MENTORING,
AND OPPORTUNITIES.
AND IT WAS IN COLLABORATION
WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS, WITH
GOVERNMENT PARTNERS, AND WITH
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
TOGETHER, WE ARE MAKING A
DIFFERENCE.
GUN CRIME AMONG JUVENILES IS
DOWN.
CRIME AMONG JUVENILES IS DOWN.
THE REFERRALS ARE THE LOWEST
THEY HAVE EVER BEEN.
THAT'S A BIT OF GOOD NEWS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, LEESA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> CHRIS.
>> OKAY, CHRIS.
>> MAYOR, I'LL STEAL YOUR WORD
GRANULAR.
THERE ARE A LOT OF NUMBERS
THROWN OUT HERE.
I HEARD FOUR CASES ON THE
FEDERAL LEVEL.
HOW MANY PEOPLE OVERALL WERE
ARRESTED AND WHY BRING IN THE
FEDS?
WAS THAT A DECISION MADE
BECAUSE OF THE CASE BACK LOAD
IN KING COUNTY AND ON THE
SEATTLE SIDE?
>> SO -- ON 12th AND JACKSON,
YOU ASKED FOR STATISTICS.
LET ME PULL OUT ONE OF THE
NOTES.
I KNOW YOU'RE A MATH GUY.
>> DETAIL ORIENTED.
>> MATH GUY.
OKAY.
I'M GOING TO BRING OUT MY MATH
GUY.
AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT WHEN THE
CHIEF HELPS ME ON THAT IS WE
MEASURE.
WE HAVE TO MEASURE.
IT'S NOT JUST NOT WHAT PEOPLE
ARE FEELING.
QUITE FRANKLY, I AM HOLDING MY
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THERE'S
NOT A QUOTA. HOW CAN I EXPLAIN
THIS SO WE ARE TRANSPARENT.
CHIEF DIAZ.
>> THANK YOU.
OKAY, SO NUMBERS.
WHEN IT COMES TO FELONIES, WE
MADE SEVEN FELONY GUN VIOLATION
ARRESTS.
25 COMMERCIAL BURGLARY ARRESTS.
19 FELONY WARRANTS.
THOSE WOULDN'T REQUIRE -- THOSE
CHARGES THAT PREVIOUSLY HAD,
BUT SOMEONE HAD A WARRANT FOR
THEIR ARREST.
ONE FELONY ASSAULT ARREST.
ONE FELONY THEFT ARREST.
THREE ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT
ARRESTS THAT REACHED THE FELONY
LEVEL.
ONE FELONY ALLUDING ARREST,
THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A
STOLEN VEHICLE.
THAT'S A TOTAL OF 80 ARREST.
IT'S NOT JUST THAT IS MUCH
SMALLER INDIVIDUAL, BUT THAT IS
80 DIFFERENT CHARGES THAT
PEOPLE ARE FACED.
WHEN IT COMES TO MISDEMEANOR.
25 THEFT OR SHOPLIFT ARRESTS.
SIX ASSAULT ARRESTS, ONE DUI,
FOUR POSSESSION OF STOLEN
PROPERTY ARRESTS, TWO UNLAWFUL
USE OF WEAPON ARRESTS, ONE
INDECENT LIBERTIES ARREST, TWO
PEDESTRIAN INTERFERENCE OR
OBSTRUCTING ARREST.
ONE FAILURE TO REGISTER FOR A
SEX OFFENDER, A TOTAL OF 51.
JUST THE OTHER DAY, WE HAD AN
ARREST -- OR WE HAD A GENTLEMAN
THAT PUSHED A FEMALE DOWN THE
STAIRS AT 5th AND JACKSON AND
THEN STABBED A FEMALE AT 12th
AND JACKSON.
YESTERDAY, WE DID MAKE AN
ARREST IN THAT CASE.
AT FIRST AND CHERRY.
SO, YOU KNOW, FOR US, WE ARE
MAKING SURE WE ARE FOLLOWING
UP.
WE'RE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE
AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE THAT ARE
HARMING OUR COMMUNITY, WE ARE
MAKING THOSE ARRESTS.
ABOUT 120 SINCE JANUARY 1st TO
MARCH 3 THE AMOUNT OF CONTACTS
THAT WE'VE MADE IN THE 12th AND
JACKSON LOCATION.
>> SEPARATE FROM THE FEDERAL
CASES.
>> SEPARATE FROM THE FEDERAL
CASES.
>> INCLUDING THIRD AND PINE AS
WELL?
>> THIS IS 12th AND JACKSON.
AND SOMETIMES ON SOME OF THE
THEFTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED
WHERE WE LINKED THEM FROM A
DOWNTOWN LOCATION TO THE 12th
AND JACKSON LOCATION.
>> ADDRESS THE QUESTION ABOUT
OUR ENGAGEMENT IN THESE
EFFORTS.
WE WILL ALWAYS BE A PARTNER
WHETHER WE ARE CHARGING CASES
OR NOT.
EVEN THOUGH WE ONLY CHARGE A
SELECT NUMBER OF CASES, WE ARE
ALWAYS COLLABORATING AND WE ARE
ALWAYS FIGURING OUT WHERE MY
OFFICE AND OUR FEDERAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS, DEA, ATF,
FBI, HSI, CAN PARTNER TO HELP
THESE GUYS, EVEN IF WE DON'T
BRING A FEDERAL CASE.
IF WE CAN BE A PARTNER AND
RESOURCE FOR OTHERS, THAT'S
EQUALLY EFFECTIVE.
I HAVE JURISDICTION OVER
FEDERAL CRIMES.
SO NOT EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS
IN OUR STREETS IS A FEDERAL
CRIME, EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT BE
A SERIOUS MATTER.
IF IT INVOLVES GUN TRAFFICKING,
GUN POSSESSION BY PEOPLE WHO
ARE ILLEGALLY POSSESSING GUNS
OR THE COMBINATION OF DRUGS AND
GUNS, IT'S GOING TO GET OUR
ATTENTION.
ANYTHING THAT INVOLVES A
FIREARM FOR ME PERSONALLY IS
GOING TO GET OUR ATTENTION.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO CHARGE
EVERY SINGLE CASE BECAUSE YOU
NEED TO BE MORE SIGNIFICANT.
I'M MINDFUL OF WHERE CAN THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVE THE
MOST IMPACT?
I HAVE THE LUXURY OF BEING ABLE
TO PICK AND CHOOSE A LITTLE BIT
WHERE THAT IMPACT IS MOST
EFFECTIVE.
BUT IT HAS TO BE A FEDERAL
OFFENSE FOR US TO BE ENGAGED.
>> THANK YOU, NICK.
I THINK PART OF YOUR QUESTION,
TOO, CHRIS WAS THIS KIND OF
PARTNERSHIP WE'RE DEVELOPING,
YOU HEARD FRANK AND NICK TALK
ABOUT BEING SEATTLE PEOPLE,
SEATTLE RESIDENTS.
WE BUILT THE HOME TEAM.
THAT'S ONE OF YOUR GUYS TAG
LINES.
WE STAND FOR THE TRUTH.
THAT'S ANOTHER TAG LINE.
IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, WHEN I MEET
WITH THESE LEADERS, I NEED TO
KNOW AS MAYOR, I ASK THE SAME
QUESTION, WHAT MOTIVATES YOU TO
DO WHAT YOU DO?
AT THE END OF THE DAY, I FEEL,
THAT'S AN EMOTION, I FEEL AS
THOUGH WE HAVE THE RIGHT
APPROACH TO PROTECTING
EVERYBODY.
THAT'S WHAT I KNOW WE HAVE IN
THIS TEAM HERE STANDING WITH ME
TODAY.
JAMIE.
>> YEAH.
>> THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.
YOU KNOW, OUR STUDIO IS RIGHT
DOWN THE STREET.
RIGHT PAST THIRD AND PIKE EVERY
DAY, AND LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE
VIDEO TAPE.
I SIT OUT THERE AND I TALK TO
THESE PEOPLE.
THESE ARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
SIR.
THESE ARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
A LOT OF THEM ARE ON FENTANYL
AND OTHER DRUGS.
ADDICTION BY PRESCRIPTION AND
ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT ROUTES
THEY GOT THERE.
NOBODY WHO IS OUT THERE ON THE
STREET WAS SOMEBODY WHO WAS
BORN THAT WAY.
THEY HAVE MANIFESTED AND GOT
THAT WAY.
A LOT OF THEM USED TO BE
PROFESSIONALS AND BASEDLY
PEOPLE FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND A
LOT OF THEM FROM ACROSS KING
COUNTY.
NOT NECESSARILY FROM OUR
MUNICIPALITY.
THEY FOUND THEMSELVES HERE.
I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THE
FIRST QUESTION HERE.
I KNOW YOU SAID YOU DON'T WANT
TO NAME ANYBODY TODAY, BUT YOU
KNOW, ARE YOU WILLING TO WHEN
YOU DO INVENTORY, YOU HAVE YOUR
TOP GUNS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE THIS
FENTANYL.
ARE YOU GOING TO BRING OUT YOUR
TOP GUNS WHEN IT COMES TO
ADDRESSING SOCIAL ISSUES HERE
OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT
ARE SUFFERING OUT THERE ON THE
STREETS, BECAUSE OFTENTIMES,
THINGS GET CAUGHT ON VIDEO AND
IT DOESN'T TRANSLATE TO THE
GENERAL PUBLIC.
THESE ARE PEOPLE SUFFERING
THROUGH ADDICTION.
THEY DON'T WANT TO BE THERE IN
AN ADDICTIVE STATE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
ABUSING ALL THE TIME.
YOUR INVENTORY, CONSIDERING --
IF SOME OF PEOPLE OUT THERE,
THE CHILDREN OF BELLEVUE, ARE
YOU GOING TO PARTNER WITH KING
COUNTY AS WELL WHEN YOU'RE
GOING TO ADDRESSING AND
RESOURCES THAT ARE DOWN HERE
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM
ADDICTION, WHO ARE ACTUALLY THE
FENTANYL DEALERS ARE FEELING
THIS CRISIS.
>> THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION,
AMARI.
THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES.
I TELL FOLKS IS AS A LOCAL BOY
HERE, ASSUME THAT I KNOW THAT
PEOPLE ARE HURTING OUT THERE AS
A RESULT OF THIS DRUG EPIDEMIC.
ASSUME WE ARE LEADING WITH OUR
HEARTS AS WELL AND YOU ARE SO
RIGHT THAT THESE DRUGS THAT ARE
COMING IN FROM OUT OF OUR
COUNTRY, IS A POISON KILLING
GOOD PEOPLE WHO DID NOT HAVE
THE SAFEGUARDS AROUND THEM TO
ALLOW THEMSELVES TO OVERCOME
THAT.
SO YES, I'M NOT GOING TO USE
YOUR EXPRESSION, THE TOP GUNS,
BUT THE COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ONE OF MY
DIRECTIVES TO MY DEPARTMENT
SAYS I NEED TO KNOW WHO THESE
SUPERSTARS ARE.
QUITE FRANKLY, I HEAR A LOT OF
THEM SAYING THE RIGHT THINGS TO
PREVIOUS MAYORS AND PREVIOUS
DEPARTMENTS.
WE ARE EVALUATING THAT NOW AND
I'M ASKING MY EXECUTIVE TEAM,
WHO AM I TO USE YOUR TERM, TOP
GUNS IN THIS WORK, THAT WILL BE
SUSTAINABLE.
THAT'S WHY I MENTIONED EARLIER
THAT GETTING SOMEONE TREATMENT
IF THEY HAPPEN TO BE ARRESTED,
THEY COULD BE A VICTIM
THEMSELVES, GETTING THEM THE
TREATMENT THAT THEY NEED
BECAUSE OF THE CRISIS THAT
FRANK TARENTINO TALKED ABOUT.
WE HAVE TO DO THAT.
WE ARE IDENTIFYING THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS NOW AND I NEED
THEM QUITE FRANKLY, I NEED THEM
OUT HERE IN THE STREET WITH ME.
OUT THERE IN THE STREETS
HELPING PEOPLE AND TO ANSWER
YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE
REGIONAL COLLABORATION.
I WILL PARTNER WITH ANYONE WHO
SHARES OUR VISION OF ONE
SEATTLE.
I WILL PARTNER WITH ANY
ORGANIZATION, ANY HUMAN BEING
THAT BELIEVES THAT WE CAN HELP
PEOPLE AND THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT
BORN AT A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD.
SOME PEOPLE ARE MORE
SUSCEPTIBLE TO DRUG ADDICTION
AND OPIOID ADDICTION THAN
OTHERS.
SOME PEOPLE COME FROM HOMES
THAT DID NOT ALLOW THEM THE
SAME OPPORTUNITIES THAT OTHERS
HAD.
I WILL PARTNER WITH ANY
ORGANIZATION TO GET THE JOB
DONE.
SO YES, WE ARE IDENTIFYING
THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AS WE
SPEAK.
JAMIE, YOU GOT IT.
>> LAST QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU.
I HAVE A QUICK FOLLOWUP FOR THE
CHIEF IF THERE'S ANY
INFORMATION ABOUT HOW MANY OF
THE 120 ARRESTS HAVE RESULTED
IN ACTUAL CHARGES?
I KNOW THAT SOME OF THESE
ARRESTED ARE MORE RECENT.
THERE'S A CONCERN THAT THE
CASES, BECAUSE OF LOW STAFFING,
ARE RESULTING IN CHARGES.
AND THAT WAS MY FOLLOWUP.
MY QUESTION PROBABLY BEST
HANDLED BY THE CHIEF, MAYBE THE
MAYOR.
PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU
KNOW, HEARING ABOUT THE PLANS
THE MOBILE POLICING WITH
NONPATROL UNITS.
THEY ARE WORRIED LONG TIME DRUG
MARKET IS UNACCEPTABLE.
WAS THERE FOR SUCH A LONG TIME,
PLAGUED THAT COMMUNITY.
THEY ARE WORRIED IT WILL COME
BACK.
HOW DO WE ENSURE A NONPERSONNEL
WILL KEEP UP THAT WORK THEY
HAVE DONE THERE?
>> CHIEF.
>> ACTUALLY, SO AT 12th AND
JAKSON, IT WILL BE A MIX.
IT WILL BE A HYBRID.
WE'LL HAVE PATROL OFFICERS OUT
FROM DIFFERENT VARIOUS UNITS
THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT.
SO EACH DAY THERE WILL BE AN
ASSIGNMENT OF SEVERAL PEOPLE
FROM INVESTIGATIONS, FROM
COLLABORATIVE POLICING, SPECIAL
OPERATIONS.
WE WILL STILL HAVE UNIFORM
PRESENCE IN THAT AREA.
BUT IT IS ALSO A NICE
TRANSITION THAT BECAUSE THE
AREA IS LOOKING THE WAY IT IS,
TO ALSO HAVE SOME CIVILIANS
THAT ARE COMMUNITY SERVICE
OFFICERS TO BE ENGAGING WITH
BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S PART
OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED WITH THE
MAYOR, IS YOU KNOW, HE'S BEEN
REALLY BIG ON TRYING TO MAKE
SURE WE HAVE THIS APPROACH TO
HOW WE POLICE THE COMMUNITY.
AND AS WE TRANSITION, IT ALLOWS
US TO HAVE THAT PRESENCE AS
WELL AS THE COMMUNITY.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE
INVESTIGATIONS, AS YOU ALREADY
HEARD FROM U.S. ATTORNEY BROWN,
THAT ON THE FEDERAL SIDE, THE
CERTAIN CHARGES THAT ARE
ALREADY HAPPENING ON THE
FEDERAL SIDE.
WE ALSO HAVE MANY MISDEMEANORS
THAT CITY ATTORNEY DAVISON IS
ALSO PROSECUTING.
I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY HOW
MANY NUMBERS.
WE KNOW THEY HAVE BEEN
ARRESTED.
THEY HAVE BEEN BOOKED INTO
JAIL, AND WE DO KNOW MANY OF
THEM HAVE BEEN RELEASED.
SOME HAVE BEEN RELEASED AND
ALREADY BEEN REARRESTED.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT IS ONE OF
THE CHALLENGES THAT WE ARE
FACING, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
FOR THOSE THAT ARE ON THE
COMMUNITY, THERE'S THAT LEVEL
OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO KEEP
PEOPLE FROM DOING THAT AGAIN.
BUT WE ARE WRITING UP OUR
REPORTS.
SOME OF THOSE CASE REPORTS NEED
FOLLOWUP INVESTIGATION.
WE'RE WORKING WITH KING COUNTY
PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, OUR
SEATTLE CITY ATTORNEY TO GET
THOSE EXACT NUMBERS.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY, ARE YOU
WORKING WITH JUDGES ON THE
PERSONAL --
>> YES, WE'RE WORKING WITH
JAILS AND WE ARE WORKING WITH
THE JUDGES AND WE ARE WORKING
WITH THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE AS
WELL.
>> I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU
FOR COVERING THIS STORY.
I GOT TO SAY EARLY, I WANT TO
THANK THESE FINE PRESENTERS
WITH ME.
I DON'T SAY BEHIND ME, BECAUSE
IF ANYTHING, I'M BEHIND THEM.
THEY ARE LEADERS IN THEIR
RESPECTIVE SPACES.
IT WILL TAKE THAT APPROACH AND
BUILDING ONE SEATTLE.
OUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
TRAUMATIZED.
THEY HAVE ALMOST LIVED WITH
THIS KIND OF SITUATION FOR A
COUPLE OF YEARS AND IT IS
UNACCEPTABLE.
THIS IS NOT A VICTORY LAP.
THIS IS US GETTING OUT OF THE
BLOCKS.
RUNNING IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY.
I'M NOT A STRONG RUNNER, BUT I
CAN RUN FOR A LENGTH OF TIME.
AND WE'RE IN IT.
WE'RE IN IT TO WIN IT FOR OUR
CITY BECAUSE WE LOVE THIS CITY
AND WE WANT TO PROTECT
EVERYONE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ONE
SEATTLE.