>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH IS EXACCUSED. COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON? >> PRESENT. >> CHAIR KETTLE? >> HERE. >> THERE ARE FOUR MEMBERS PRESENT. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE HERE THIS MORNING. WE HAVE ONE COUNCILMEMBER REMOTE. WE HAD SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES YESTERDAY SO I'M HOPING EVERYTHING WILL BE GOOD WITH THAT AND THE CALL IN AND EVERYTHING ELSE. WITH THE TEAM, IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT COMES UP, WE WILL ADJUST. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, STARTING THE NEW YEAR AND I KNOW COUNCIL, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETINGS HAVE HAD A TENDENCY OF RUNNING LONG BUT THIS MORNING, I DON'T THINK THAT WILL HAPPEN. AND PLEASE REMEMBER TO SILENCE YOUR PHONES. OKAY. WE WILL NOW OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. CLERK? >> CURRENTLY, WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP REMOTELY AND ZERO IN PERSON SPEAKERS SIGNED UP. >> WELL, IN THAT CASE, THAT PERSON WILL HAVE 2 MINUTES AND THEN WE WILL START THE REST OF OUR BUSINESS. PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE MODERATED IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. IT IS UP TO 60 MINUTES, SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT. SPEAKERS MICS ARE MUTED IF THEY DO NOT END THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW OPEN AND WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST AND ONLY SPEAKER ON THE LIST, DAVID AIMS. PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR 6. GIVE ME ONE SECOND TO SHARE IT. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD. >> HI. DOES THE COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION THAT THINK THAT THE THREAT IS THE COPS? I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. ANYWAY, LUCKILY, WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF INCENT RESIDENTS IN THE AREA WHERE ALL OF THE GUNSHOTS TOOK PLACE. I THINK THERE IS A REAL CONCERN ABOUT T THE TRAINING OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEIR POLICIES THAT SEEM TO GET IT WRONG. I'M WONDERING WHERE THE LAWS ARE THAT HELP GUIDE THE COPS TO FIGHT THE CRIME THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH ALL OF THE LOW-LEVEL DRUG PUSHERS AND LIMPS WHO ESCALATE THE CRIME AND GUN VIOLENCE. MAYBE IF WE HAD BETTER TRAINING FOR THE COPS THAT ALLOW THEM TO PASS INJUNKYS TO ALLOW THE NONDEPLOYED COPS AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO QUESTION CIVILLY IN THE INTERROGATION ROOM TO FIND OUT WHERE THEY KEEP GETTING THE DRUGS BEFORE THEY LET THEM OUT ON A GET OUT OF JIEL FREE LIST. IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY YOU GIVE THEM COPS, IF YOU CONVINCE THEM TO CONDUCT A WAR ON THE HOMELESS, THEY WILL DO THAT FOR AN EASIER PAY DAY. THEY ARE NOT TRAINED PROPERLY BECAUSE THE POLICE CHIEFS HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING UBCONSTITUTIONAL POLICE REFORM THAT EXEMPTS LOW-LEVEL PUSHERS FROM JAIL. THEY WILL NOT HAVE THE SUCCESS TO COMBAT CRIME TO MAKE US SAFE BUT WE ARE GETTING MORE PROPAGANDA OUT REACH SHOWING CITIZENS HOW NICE THEY ARE AND NOT COMBATTING CRIME AND FALSELY ASSURING US ABOUT HOW SAFE WE ARE BECAUSE THE COPS AROUND YET NOT TO BE FOUND WHEN THINGS HIT THE FAN. MAYBE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE POLITICAL PROPAGANDA EXCUSES OF NOT HAVING ENOUGH REESOURCES AND I THINK IT IS ALSO BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD MISMANAGEMENT AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL BECAUSE YOU ARE CHOOSING CHIEFS AND COPS BASED ON GENDER, SKIN COLOR, AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND NOT THE QUALIFICATION OF NOBLE AND PROPER TRAINED THAT YOU HELPED MANIPULATE THE MEDIA WHICH HAS FAILED TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY SAFE. WE HAVE HOT CHICKS IN UNIFORM FALSELY ASSURING US. >> OKAY THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK YOU, MR. AIMS. AT THIS POINT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE FOUR ITEMS OF BUSINESS WHICH WILL BE DONE AS A COLLECTIVE. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR IN THE RECORD? >> APPOINTMENTS 3044 THROUGH 3069, APPOINTMENT AND REAPPOINTMENT OF DAVID BENCH LOUCH AND JOEL MERKEL AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION FOR A TERM TO DECEMBER 31, 2027. APPOINTMENT OF AURALSER WEST FOR A TERM TO DECEMBER 21, 2026. AND REAPPOINTMENT OF JOSEPH SEIA AS POLICE COMMISSION FOR A TERM TO DECEMBER 31, 2025. PLEASE JOIN US AT THE TABLE. >> THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. WE WILL HAVE ONE MORE JOINING US. SO WE WILL GIVE SOME TIME FOR HIM TO ARRIVE. BY WAY OF EXPLANATION, AND THIS COULD BE A LEAD IN, WE DID THE APPOINTMENT AND REAPPOINTMENT FIRST OF THE TWO CITY COUNCIL APPOINTEES TO THE CPC, THE COMMUNITY T POLICE COMMISSION. THE NEXT TWO ARE MAYORAL APPOINTMENTS. TEEING OFF THE POTENTIAL TALKING POINT AS WE TURN IT OVER TO YOU, MR. MERKEL AND COULD WE HAVE EVERYONE INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND THEN BEGIN THE PRESENTATION? GOOD MORNING, CHAIR KETTLE, THANK YOU FOR MAKING TIME FOR CPC APPOINTMENT CONFIRMATION HEARING. I'M JOEL MERKEL, CURRENTLY CO CHAIR. I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE NOMINEES OF WHICH I AM ONE. SO THANK YOU, HAPPY TO GO INTO THAT MORE. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE CURRENT INTERIM AND LET HER RESPOND. >> MY NAME IS ESY OMY. I'M INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF POLICE COMMISSION. >> GOOD MORNING, I'M NAY IS ARLECIER WEST AND I'M ONE OF THE NOMINEES FOR THE CPC COMMISSIONERS. >> THANK YOU. SO I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE CPC AND THE NOMINATION PROCESS FOR COMMISSIONERS AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ECI AMEH TO PROVIDE MORE ON THE NOMINEES. AS A GENERAL MATTER, THE CPC THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE HAS 15 POSITIONS. FIVE OF WHICH ARE APPOINTED BY THREE DIFFERENT APPOINTING AUTHORITIES, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND CPC. A SLIGHT CORRECTION, CHAIR KETTLE, I BELIEVE ONE OF THE NOMINEES IS A CPC NOMINEE. I THINK THAT IS JOSEPH SEIA. >> CORRECTED, THANK YOU. >> MS. WEST IS A MAYORAL APPOINTEE, AND THEN I OF COURSE AM A CITY COUNCIL APPOINTEE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO JUST KIND OF IDENTIFY IN THIS MOMENT IS WE ARE KIND OF IN A PERIOD OF MAYBE TRANSITION MIGHT BE THE RIGHT WORD. THE CPC HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN THE CONSENT DECREE LITIGATION FROM THE BEGINNING. WE ARE A CREATURE OF THE CONSENT DECREE. WE WERE CREATED FROM THE CONSENT DECREE IN 2012. IN 2017, WE WERE MADE A PERMANENT ACCOUNTABILITY ENTITY WITHIN THE CITY OF SEATTLE, ALONG WITH OIG AND OPA. A LOT OF THE WORK WE DO NOW IS OUTSIDE OF THE CONSENT DECREE BUT WE ARE STILL INVOLVED. THE CITY AS YOU KNOW IS MOVING TOWARDS ENDING THE CONSENT DECREE. THAT'S PART OF WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE CROWD CONTROL ORDINANCE THAT THE CPC HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH. SO THERE WILL BE A TIME SOON WHEN WE WILL BE IN A POST CONSENT DECREE WORLD. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE CPC HAS TAKEN A POSITION ON IN COURT OF SUPPORTING IN LARGE MEASURE BECAUSE THE CPC HAS TAKEN THE POSITION THAT IT IS BETTER FOR THE CITY AT THIS TIME TO RETURN A LOT OF THE AUTHORITY AND ATONOMY OF POLICING POLICY TO LOCAL CITY LEADERS. UNDER THE CONSENT DEGREE, A LOT OF THAT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE FEDERAL JUDGE. WE THINK IT IS TIME TO HAVE IT RETURNED TO THE CITY. THAT'S THE POSITION WE HAVE TAKEN IN COURT FILINGS. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SEEING ON THE HORIZON. THAT WILL DEFINE NOT ONLY OUR WORK BUT HOW THE ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS WORK TOGETHER WITH CITY LEADERS AND POLICE LEADERS. SO IN THAT VEIN, WE WOULD REALLY BENEFIT FROM HAVING THE 15 POSITIONS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE ORDINANCE FILLED. AND SO WE -- I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR STAFF AND OTHER COMMISSIONERS TO IDENTIFY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE ENTHUSIASM AND TALENT AND AN INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE THAT WORK. THE CPC HAS ALWAYS BEEN A WORKING COMMISSION. COMMISSIONERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTRIBUTE AT LEAST 10 HOURS PER MONTH OF THEIR TIME. WE HAVE MULTIPLE PUBLIC MEETINGS. WE HAVE WORK GROUP MEETINGS. AND THERE IS A LOT OF EMAILING, PHONE CALLING, OTHER SUCH MEETINGS AND RESEARCH AND PREPARATION THAT GOES INTO DOING THE WORK. WE ARE A WORKING COMMISSION. AND IT DOES TAKE A LOT OF SACRIFICE FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO DO THE WORK. SO WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE NOMINEES HERE TODAY, VOLUNTEERING THEMSELVES FOR THIS WORK. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF THEM AND THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR MAKING TIME FOR THIS. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, THANK YOU. >> SINCE YOU BROUGHT UP SOME GENERAL POINTS, ANY QUESTIONS, VICE CHAIR, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE? I DO APPRECIATE THAT POINT ABOUT THE CONSENT DECREE. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WORKING ON. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND OBVIOUSLY THE CROWD MANAGEMENT PIECE IS IMPORTANT, LESS LEEKTAL WEAPONS. I WILL SAY NOW THERE WILL BE AN AMENDMENT OFFERED AT FULL COUNCIL WHICH INCORPORATES CPC ITEMS. SO I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT, DETAILS LATER. YOU WILL NUT BE ABLE TOSEE IT UNTIL THE END OF THE WEEK. BUT WE CAN DISCUSS THAT LATER. IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT VOICE. THAT IS A SEGUE FOR ME WHICH IS A POINT THAT I HAVE BEEN SAYING ON A REGULAR BASIS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR THREE ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS IN THIS PROCESS. ONE OF MY GOALS IN A VERY GENERAL WAY IS TO HELP OUR ACTABILITY PARTNERS BY SETTING THEM UP FOR SUCCESS. SOMETIMES INADVERTENTLY WE KIND OF SET THEM UP FOR FAILURE. SO WE NEED TO IDENTIFY THOSE PIECES AND WHAT WE CAN DO. THAT WILL BE A TOPIC OF A FUTURE COMMITTEE MEETING AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEW YEAR. BUT WITH THAT, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, BECAUSE THOSE ARE GENERAL PIECES, BY THE WAY, WE DO HAVE ONE, AND I'M WORKING ON IT TOO. BUT WE WILL GET INTO THAT LATER AS WELL. SO OVER TO YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBERS, I HAVE JUST GREETED YOU IN THE LANGUAGE OF NIGERIA. IF YOU WANT TO SAY YOU ARE ALL FINE, YOU CAN SAY ALOW BEHI. AND IF YOU WANT TO SAY YOU ARE NOT FINE AND YOU WANT TO SHARE MORE ABOUT THAT, YOU SHOULD CONSULT WITH MY MOTHER BUT I WANTED TO GREET YOU IN MY LANGUAGE TODAY. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. AGAIN, I'M ECI AMEH, INTERIM OF THE OFFICE OF POLICE COMMISSION. I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS. WE ARE SO EXCITED TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY FOUR COMMISSIONERS, TWO FOR REAPPOINTMENT AND TWO SEEKING AN INITIAL TERM ON THE COMMISSION. THESE ARE VOLUNTEERS LOOKING TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES IN THIS WAY. THAT IS A VERY EXCITING THING TO BRING TO YOU TODAY, ALSO THE INVOLVEMENT OF ALL OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS IN THAT PROCESS. PERTHE ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE WHICH IS 125315, COMMISSIONER SHALL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF SEATTLE'S DIVERSE POPULATION, DRAWN FROM DIFFERAND RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS INCLUDING IMMIGRANT, REFUGEE COMMUNITIES, AND FROM THE AFRICAN AMERICAN, LGBTQ YOUTH FAITH BUSINESS AND OTHER COMMUNITIES REFLECTING THE OVERALL DEMOGRAPHICS OF SEATTLE RESIDENTS. COMMISSIONERS MUST HAVE THE ABILITY TO RELATE, COMMUNICATE, AND ENGAGE EFFECTIVELY WITH ALL COMMUNITIES AND PARTICULARLY WITH THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY POLICING. SO TO T THAT END, A GAP ANALYSIS WAS CONDUCTED BY THE CPC LAST FALL TO IDENTIFY WHERE REPRESENTATION FROM THOSE COMMUNITIES AND GROUPS WAS LACKING ON THE CPC. YOU WILL SEE THAT COMING UP IN JUST A MOMENT ON THE SCREEN. WE SHARED THAT GAP ANALYSIS WITH THE AUTHORITIES, MAYOR'S OFFICE, CITY COUNCIL, AND COMMISSION. THIS GAP ANALYSIS WAS USED TO GUIDE OUR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS. WHEN WE PERFORMED THE GAP ANALYSIS, WE IDENTIFIED SEVERAL GROUPS THAT WERE CURRENTLY NOT REPRESENTED ON THE CPC. I WON'T READ THEM ALL BUT I WANT TO CALL OUT BLACK MEN, FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE, PACIFIC ISLANDER PEOPLE, SOUTH ASIAN PEOPLE, EAST ASIAN PEOPLE, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. THERE WERE ALSO LACK OF REPRESENTATION FROM DIFFERENT EXPERTISE GROUPS. THAT INCLUDES HOUSING, SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM K-12, DEPARTMENT OF PUB ALIC DEFENSE, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AND EXPERTISE IN AN ANALYSIS OF DISPARATE IMPACT, AND STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE RACIALLY DISPARIS IMPACT. WE SAW SOME GEOGRAPHIC GAPS, DISTRICT 2, 4, 5 WERE MISSING IN TERMS OF REPRESENTATION ON THE COMMISSION. COCHAIR MERKEL SHARED THE EXPECTATIONS WITH YOU EARLIER BUT I WANTED TO SHARE THAT BECAUSE THE GAP ANALYSIS DROVE OUR OUT REACH TO THE VOLUNTEERS WE ARE PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY. JOEL MERKEL IS AN ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL WITH THE WASHINGTON ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. HE HAS SERVED AS A COCHAIR SINCE 2022. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR HIS CONTINUED DEDICATION TO THE COMMISSION. AS YOU HEARD EARLIER, COCHAIR MERKEL IS A COUNCIL APPOINTEE. ARLECIER WEST IS A SENIOR HUMAN RESOURCES BUSINESS PARTNER FROM THE KING COUNTY CENTRAL STAFF. WEST IS A MAYORAL APPOINTEE. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO HER IN JUST A MOMENT TO SAY MORE ABOUT HER INTEREST IN JOINING THE COMMISSION. JOSEPH SEIA IS THE DIRECTOR OF OCEANA NORTHWEST. HE HAS PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS A COMMISSIONER. HE IS A CPC APPOINTEE. JOSEPH COULD NOT JOIN US TODAY BUT HE EXPRESSES HIS ENTHUSIASM FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO REPRESENT HIS COMMUNITY ON THE CPC. ARLECIER WEST, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A LITTLE MORE ABOUT YOUR INTEREST IN JOINING THE COMMISSION? >> I WOULD, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. WHAT INTERESTED ME ABOUT THIS POSITION SPECIFICALLY IS THAT IT ENCOMPASSES SO MUCH OF MY CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY. I WORK AS A SENIOR BUSINESS PARTNER WITH THE KING COUNTY COUNCIL. I FIRST STARTED MY CAREER AS A FAMILY SUPPORT WORKER FOR A HEAD START PROGRAM IN SEATTLE. THERE I SERVED ON THE COMMITTEE IN MY POSITION AS A PERSON WHO TOOK CARE OF THE MOST VULNERABLE IN THE COMMUNITY, THE YOUNG HEAD START FAMILIES. FROM THERE, I LEARNED THAT IF I WANTED TO MAKE A BIGGER DIFFERENCE, I NEEDED TO HAVE MORE EDUCATION. I WENT BACK TO SCHOOL, TO WSU, TO STUDY STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS. FROM THERE WENT INTO PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS AND NOW I'M IN HUMAN RESOURCES. MY HEART IS TO SERVE PEOPLE. IN THIS POSITION, SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS ARE THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE BIPOC AND HAVE THAT NEED FOR PEOPLE AROUND THEM TO PROTECT THEM. I ALSO SERVE IN MANY ROLES AS PART OF MY SORORITY, AS PART LIAISON FOR MY GIRL SCOUT GROUP, DIFFERENT THINGS WHERE I HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES TO SERVE PEOPLE IN AN ACCEPT WHERE THEY SOMETIMES AREN'T SEEN. THEY NEED SUPPORT. COMING INTO THE COMMISSION, HEARING WHAT THE COMMISSIONERS DO, BEING THAT LIAISON POINT THAT PUBLIC RELATIONS VOICE FOR BOTH SIDES, I THOUGHT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO LEND MY KNOWLEDGE, LOVE, EXPERTISE, AND EXPERIENCE. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS I WAS INTERESTED IN THE POSITION. I COME FROM EDUCATION. I'M WSU AND UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, I LEARNED SO MUCH IN BOTH OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF WHY IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO BE EDUCATED SO THEY CAN BE A VOICE FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT. AND WORKING WITH HEAVILY UNIIZED GROUP WITH KING COUNTY AND WORKING WITH FACILITIES MANAGEMENT DIVISION, SOME OF THE GROUPS THAT I SERVE SPECIFICALLY WERE THOSE WHO ARE ESL LEARNERS. A LOT OF OUR CUSTODIANS ARE PEOPLE WHO REALLY DIDN'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A VOICE. THEY WERE FEELING THEY WERE COMING INTO A PLACE WHERE THEY -- THIS IS SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. AND FROM THERE, I WAS ABLE TO HELP THEM TO GET THE SKILLS THEY NEEDED TO APPLY FOR HIGHER POSITIONS. THESE TYPES OF GROUPS I HAVE WORKED WITH SO MUCH AND I WANTED TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. AND ALSO WITH THE SAFETY PORTION OF WHAT THE CPC DOES, I'M EXCITED TO BE THAT VOICE, THAT IN BETWEEN FOR BOTH GROUPS FOR THE POLICE FIELD AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY, JUST EXCITED TO BE HERE. THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I ACCEPTED THE NOMINATION. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SOME QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, VICE CHAIR? >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. ACORO, THANK YOU. THAT MEANS GOOD MORNING IN URUBEA. MY FATHER'S MOTHER TONGUE. SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING A GREETING IN EDOMA. OVER 250 ETHNIC GROUPS IN NIGERIA AND MANY, MANY TRIBES AS WELL. MORE THAN JUST THE THREE DOMINANT TRIBES. BUT IT IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST DIVERSE COUNTRIES IN AFRICA ITSELF THE MOST DIVERSE CONTINENT IN THE WORLD. SO IT IS GREAT TOSEE A FELLOW NIGERIAN. >> YES, IT IS. >> AND SEPARATELY, I KNOW YOU ARE ON AN INTERIM PACE S BUT WOULD LOVE TO CONNECT OFF LINE WITH YOU AND COCHAIRS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO RECONNECT. BUT I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR WORK. I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR PRESENTATION ON SOME OF THE KNOWN GAPS AND HOW THAT KIND OF GUIDED YOUR DECISION MAKING IN TERMS OF OUT REACH AND FILLING THOSE GAPS AND ADDRESSING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES IF YOU WILL. JUST CURIOUS, THE COMMISSION IS A VOLUNTEER COMMISSION. THERE IS A FINIGHT AMOUNT OF SLOTS. THERE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE INSORT OF GAPS, AND JUST CURIOUS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, THESE ARE THE GAPS THAT EXIST TODAY AND WITH NEW EXPERTISE WE WILL HELP ADDRESS THE GAPS. BUT ON A MORE DURABLE, SUSTAINED BASIS, HOW ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT ADDRESSING THOSE GAPS OF THE MOMENT, WHATEVER THEY MIGHT BE? >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER. SO EXCITED TO SEE A FELLOW NIGERIAN ON THE DIS. I WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE OF OUR STRATEGY IN RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION AROUND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OF THE GROUPS. AS YOU NOTED, THIS IS NOT A STATIC SITUATION. THE IMPORTANCE OF ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITIES, BASED ON THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES AND EMERGENT ISSUES THAT COME UP IN PUBLIC SAFETY. THE STRATEGY WE ARE USING INVOLVES A SIMPLE DECISION TREE. WE LOOK AT COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED BY POLICING. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS DATA SHOWN. WE CAN USE THAT WHERE THE COMMUNITIES ARE. WE LOOK AT DO WE HAVE CURRENT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE COMMUNITIES ON THE CPC, YES OR NO. IF YES, WE MAINTAIN AND CONTINUE THE RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE. IF NO, WE IDENTIFY COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND OTHERS WE CAN REACH OUT TO ESTABLISH THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. WE HAVE AN ENGAGEMENT SPECTRUM THAT WE HAVE CREATED FROM 10 TO 5. A 1 IS A ONE TIME INTERACTION, TABLING AT A COMMUNITY EVENT, FESTIVAL OR A GATHERING FOR THAT COMMUNITY OR ORGANIZATION. ENGAGEMENT AT LEVEL 5 IS SERVING ACTIVELY ON THE COMMISSION, AND AN ENGAGEMENT AT A 3 IS A REGULAR PRESENCE AT THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, OFTEN PRESENT TING AND WE HAVE A REGULAR STANDING ENGAGEMENT WITH THAT PARTICULAR COMMUNITY GROUP. WE DEVELOP A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MATRIX THAT PUTS ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS AT DIFFERENT ENGAGEMENT LEVELS AND WE USE THAT AS OUR WORKING PLAN TO WORK WITH GROUPS. WE ARE CONTINUALLY ASSESSING THAT. THE IDEA IS TO ASSESS THAT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. STAFF FROM THE COMMUNITY TEAM ALONG WITH COMMISSIONERS THAT SERVE ON A SUBCOMMITTEE, ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE, ONE OF THE STANDING COMMISSIONS IN THE BYLAWS, THEY REASSESS THAT MATRIX AND MAKE CHANGES. IF WE HAVE AN INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED IN A PARTICULAR COMMUNITY, FOR INSTANCE, AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING IN A COMMUNITY, WE MAY RAMP UP THE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY EITHER TEMPORARY OR ONGOING BASIS. THIS IS AN ASSESSMENT WE MAKE. WE HAVE A FINIGHT NUMBER OF SEATS BUT WE HAVE TO HELP THOSE IMPACTED BY POLICING AND WE HAVE TO THINK BEYOND THE SEATS ON THE COMMITTEE TO SEE HOW WE WILL ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY. >> LOVE IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSE AND GLAD YOU ARE HARD AT WORK WITH THE ISSUES IN TERMS OF THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THERE AND THE UNDERLYING WORK AS WELL, EQUALLY IMPORTANT IN MY VIEW. AND OTHER QUESTION, MORE OF A COMMENT. MS. ARLECIER WEST, HELLO, SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. FULL DISCLOSURE, I KNOW MS. WEST. I GREW UP WITH MS. WEST, A FELLOW ALUMOF CAMP MERIDIAN HIGH SCHOOL, GO ROYALS. WE OUT THERE. >> I HAVE TO SAY GO CHARGERS ON BEHALF OF MY WIFE, FROM CENT RIDGE. >> MR. CHAIR, NO ONE CARES ABOUT THE CHARGERS. BUT IN ANY EVENT. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU IN THIS CAPACITY. IT HAS BEEN DECADES BUT I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND SO HONORED TO BE IN A POSITION TO HELP NOW SUPPORT IN YOUR WORK IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES. GOOD TO SEE YOU AT THE KING COUNTY COUNCIL AS WELL. I'M GOING TO MAKE SOME CALLS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE TREATING YOU RIGHT OVER THERE. IN ANY EVENT, LET ME ASK, I GUESS THIS IS FOR ALL OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS UP FOR APPOINTMENT THAT ARE PRESENT, I THINK IT IS JUST TWO. WHAT IS THE THING THAT EXCITES YOU MOST ABOUT THIS WORK? WHAT IS THE THING THAT EXCITES YOU THE MOST ABOUT THIS WORK, PARTICULARLY ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS? I SUPPOSE I SHALL START WITH THE COCHAIR. >> CELEBRITY SAKA, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. YOU KIND OF GET TO THE HEART OF WHAT DRAWS COMMISSIONERS TO BE SECOMMUNITY TO DO THIS WORK AND WHAT IS YOUR WHY. THAT'S A COMMON QUESTION THAT PEOPLE ASK IN ANY WORK YOU ARE DOING. AND MY WHY IS PRETTY BASIC. YOU LOOK AT MY RESUME AND MY BACKGROUND WHICH IS PART OF MY APPOINTMENT PACKET, I'M SURE. I STARTED MY LEGAL CAREER WORKING IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE AS A POLICY ADVISOR TO SENATOR CANTWELL. I DID A LOT OF OVERSOIKT. I WAS WORKING IN CONGRESS WHEN GEORGE W. BUSH WAS PRESIDENT AND DEMOCRATS WERE MINORITY. I WORKED WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS PRESIDENT AND THE DEMOCRATS WERE MAJORITY. I WORKED ON BOTH SIDES AND DID A LOT OF OVERSIGHT. I SAW HOW IMPACTFUL POLICIES ARE IN PEOPLE'S EVERY DAY LIVES. WHEN I CAME TO SEATTLE, I WORKED IN THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE FOR TEN YEARS, PREDOMINANTLY DOING GENDER BASED VIOLENCE A■ND CHIL ABUSE CASES. I SAW HOW THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE, THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM WE HAVE AND POLICING IMPACTS PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING VICTIMS OF MANY CRIMES WHO ARE THRUST INTO THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM THROUGH NO CHOICE OF THEIR OWN AND IT IS AN UNCOMFORTABLE PLACE. A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS ARE FROM VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. AS A PROSECUTORS, I WAS EXPECTED TO GO INTO COURT AND BE HELD TO THE HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS. AND THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S JUST BECAUSE IF SYSTEM HAS THE POWER TO TAKE AWAY PEOPLE'S LIBERTY, THEN THE PROCESS TO ACHIEVE THAT MUST BE HELD TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD. SO ACCOUNTABILITY FROM MY DAYS IN AN PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE WAS POUR MOUNT TO ME. SO SEEING A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND DEBATE IN SEATTLE POLICING AROUND ACCOUNTABILITY ISSUES, SEEING WHAT I SAW AS PERCEIVED RESISTANCE TO ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THOSE OFFICERS, SOME OFFICERS THAT I WORKED WITH IN MY CASES, KIND OF CONFUSED ME. I THOUGHT GIVEN MY EXPERIENCE IN THE WORK, WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES THROUGH MY WORK AND MY BACKGROUND IN POLICY AND OVERVOITH SIGHT, I WAS EXCITED TO GET INVOLVED IN POLICING POLICY ISSUE, SOMETHING I DEVELOPED AN IN BUT ALSO ACCOUNTABILITY. THE SYSTEM HAS BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN IT. THAT'S MY WHY. THAT'S WHY I GOT INVOLVED. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO TOIP THIS WORK. I'M HONORED THE COMMITTEE CHOSE ME AS A COCHAIR. I I CAN SAY ONE THING ABOUT MS. WEST BEFORE TURPING IT OVER TO HER, WHEN I BECAME A COCHAIR, I WAS THE ONLY ATTORNEY ON THE COMMISSION. BEING AN ATTORNEY AND HAVING THAT BACKGROUND I THINK HAS REALLY HELPED MY SERVICE AS A COCHAIR. BUT THE OTHER THING THAT THE ORDINANCE DOES IS IT MAKES THE COCHAIRS OF THE CPC, THE ACTUAL EMPLOYEE SUPERVISOR OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THERE IS SPECIFICS IN THE ORDINANCE AND BYLAWS THAT WE HAVE THAT OUTLINE HOW TO DO THAT WORK. AS AN ATTORNEY IT HAS BEEN REALLY HELPFUL TO HAVE THAT BACKGROUND AS I DO THE WORK. ONE THING THAT HAS BEEN LACKING I THINK, THAT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT UNTIL I MET MS. WEST RECENTLY WAS A BACKGROUND IN HR. SHE IS A SENIOR HR BUSINESS PARTNER AT THE KING COUNTY CENTRAL STAFF. SHE HAS ALSO EXPRESSED INTEREST T TO ME IN BECOMING A COCHAIR ONCE SHE IS CONFIRMED AND JOINS THE COMMISSION WHICH I'M ECSTATIC ABOUT. HAVING HER AS A COCHAIR WOULD BE AMAZING ESPECIALLY WITH HER BRINGING HR BACKGROUND AND EXPERTISE. WE HAVE A GAP ANALYSIS IDENTIFYING COMMUNITIES THAT NEED TO BE REPRESENTED THAT ARE UNDERREPRESENTED AND ALSO HAVING THE BACKGROUND AND SPOORNS IN DIVERSITY THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME AS COMMISSIONER AND COCHAIR. I'M EXCITED ABOUT HER NOMINATION. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> YES, AND WHAT EXCITES ME ABOUT THIS POSITION IS THAT I GET TO CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE I LOVE. THE OFFICERS ARE PART OF SPD HERE TODAY THAT NEED TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE WORKING ON THEIR BEHALF. THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO KNOW THERE IS SOMEONE WHO WILL LISTEN AND THEY WILL CARE AND THEY WILL BE EXCITED TO WANT TO BRIDGE THE GAP. THERE ARE POLICIES THAT NEED TO BE EXPLAINED WHEN WE GO TO COMMUNITY EVENTS. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN PEOPLE NEED TO BE HEARD AND I'M EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THAT FACE, THAT VOICE, THAT HEART THAT THEY HAVE THERE TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT THERE IS TEAM DEDICATED TO WORKING BRINGING THE TWO TOGETHER. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT IS A PEACE MAKER POSITION BUT A POSITION THAT SOMEONE NEEDS TO KNOW THERE IS AN INVESTMENT. AND I'M INVESTED INTO MAKING THIS CPC APPOINTMENT WORTH THEIR WHILE. >> AWESOME, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> VICE CHAIR, CAN I JUMP IN REALLY QUICK AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE RABBI BENCHLOUCH TO THE TABLE TOO? >> SURE. >> I WAS TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT TIMING AND NOW IS PROBABLY GOOD. RABBI, IF YOU CAN COME UP THAT WAY AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO ANSWER THE VICE CHAIR'S QUESTION AS HE CONTINUES ON. IF YOU COULD -- I APOLOGIZE ON BEHALF OF THE MISCOMMUNICATION OF THE MEETING. THE ARRIVAL TIME WAS ON MY SIDE. >> HAPPY TO BE HERE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> PULL THE MIC CLOSE. >> THERE WE GO, GOOD MORNING. WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT? MY INSPIRATION? >> AN INTRODUCTION OF YOURSELF FIRST AND THEN KIND OF GOING TO THE VICE CHAIR SAKA'S QUESTION, WHAT IS DRIVING YOUR DESIRE TO SERVE ON THE COMMISSION. >> WHAT EXCITES YOU THE MOST ABOUT THE WORK, PARTICULARLY ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS, PUTTING ASIDE THE LOOK BACK? >> IT IS VERY EXCITING TO BE IN THE FORUM. THE FIRST TYPE OF FORUM FOR MYSELF. AS A DISCLOSURE, I AM NEW TO SEATTLE, LESS THAN THREE YEARS. BUT NOT THAT NEW THAT MY CHILDREN HAVE NOT FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THE MARINERS AND SEAHAWKS SO THAT IS A GOOD START. I'M A RABBI IN A COMMUNITY HERE. SEATTLE JEWISH COMMUNITY HAS 70,000JEWS THAT CALL THEMSELVES JEWISH BUT MANY MORE, PROBABLY ABOUT 100,000. WITH MORE THAN 50 JEWISH INSTALLATIONS THROUGHOUT THE GREATER SEATTLE AREA. OUR COMMUNITY IS VERY DYNAMIC, DIVERSE, DIVERSIFIED AND IT HAS MANY TIMES OF JEWS WITH MANY TYPES OF NEEDS IN MANY PARTS OF TIME. IT EXCITES ME AND INSPIRES ME TO BE HERE TO BE THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY WITH THE MANY NEEDS THAT ARRIVE. THERE IS AN INFLUX OF JEWISH PEOPLE MOVING TO SEATTLE CONTINUOUSLY, EVERY YEAR FOR A MEREIAD OF REASONS BUT PREDOMINANTLY VOCATIONAL REASONS. HIGH TECH AREA, A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING HERE FROM OTHER STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE TO REPRESENT AND TO BRIDGE THEIR NEEDS AND ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY, THE JEWISH COMMUNITY VERY MUCH BELIEVES IN POLICIES AND THE STRENGTH AND THE STAMINA OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE BELIEVE IN THAT ETHICALLY, RELIGIOUSLY, HISTORICALLY, AND ALSO OF COURSE, THERE IS A GREAT NEED FOR US TO HAVE THAT IN ORDER. WHEN MOSES WENT OUT FROM THE HOUSE OF PHARAOH, I WAS READING ABOUT IT NOW IN THE WEEKLY TORAH PORTION, HE ONLY WENT OUT TWICE FROM THE PALACE AND EACH TIME HE SAW SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT AND HE RESPONDED TO IT. THAT'S SOMETHING WE CARRY WITH US. WE WANT TO BE ALERT, AWARE, AND RESPONSIVE TO WHAT GOES ON AROUND US IN THE COMMUNITIES, NOT ONLY TO OURSELVES AND TO ANYTHING THAT WE MAY SEE. WE NEED TO ARE HAVE THE PROPER FUNCTIONALITY OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DO THAT. WE SUPPORT THAT WHEREVER WE ARE HISTORICALLY AND NOW IN OUR DAYS. SO IT INSPIRES ME VERY MUCH AND INSPIRES ME TO KNOW YOU ARE FROM PART OF AFRICA THAT IS NOT FAR FROM WHERE I LIVED IN AFRICA FOR FIVE YEARS. BUT EITHER WAY, I'M A RABBI, ALSO A CLINICAL PSYCHOTHERAPIST THAT HAS EXPOSURE TO MANY PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND SEES AND HEARS THE TYPES OF DIFFERENT NEEDS AND I AM INSPIRED BY THOSE NEEDS AND BY THE NEEDS TO BRIDGE AND CONNECT. >> AWESOME. I WILL JUST SAY, MR. COCHAIR, MS. WEST, RABBI, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND DEVOTION TO THIS WORK AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE IN THIS WAY AND SERVE AGAIN IN THIS WAY. I'M INSPIRED MS. WEST BY YOUR BRAVERY AND WILLINGNESS AND COURAGE TO POTENTIALLY STEP UP AND SERVE IN A MORE, EVEN STRONGER LEADERSHIP CAPACITY. EVERY MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE IS A LEADER. AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SUPPORT, AMPLIFY AND UPLIFT YOUR WORK IN ANY WAY I CAN. AND AS SOMEONE WHO HAS SERVED ON MULTIPLE GOVERNMENT BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, NONPROFIT BOARDS BEFORE I RAN FOR OFFICE, I KNOW FIRST-HAND THE IMPACT THAT YOUR WORK HAS AND REGULAR READ REPORTS THAT COME FROM THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE AND AN HONOR TO SUPPORT YOU ALL TODAY. LET'S TOUCH BASE OFF LINE IF YOU ARE SO WILLING AND GET AN INTROSYNC SCHEDULED. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS MR. CHAIR BESIDES GO ROYALS.. >> GO ROYALS. >> ROYAL POWER. >> THANK YOU VICE CHAIR. TO COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT MOORE, ANY QUESTIONS? >> YEAH, I HAVE COMMENTS BUT FIRST A QUESTION . ON THE GREETINGS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR STEPPING UP TO SERVE. YOU GIVE OF YOUR TIME AND EXPERTISE AND YOUR HEART AND SOUL TO THE WORK AND I KNOW IT IS A BIG RESPONSIBILITY AND IT IS A BIG THING TO TAKE ON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FOR THIS COMMISSION, PERHAPS MORE THAN OTHER COMMISSIONS BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE WORK. ONE QUESTION FIRST, MS. WEST, I SEE THAT YOUR APPOINTMENT STARTED ON, WELL THE MATRIX SAYS 1/1/24. I'M ASSUMING THAT IS A MISTAKE OR -- OKAY. >> VERY GOOD QUESTION. SO THE ANSWER TO THAT IS IN THE SPRING OF 2023, THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERED SOME TECHNICAL CHANGES TO THE ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE THAT TWEAKED SOME OF THE PROVISIONS THAT RELATED TO THE CPC. ONE OF THOSE WAS TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE COMMISSION FROM 21 COMMISSIONERS TO 15 COMMISSIONERS. WHEN THE C PRGS C WAS INITIALLY CREATED OUT OF THE CONSENT DECREE, WE HAD 15 COMMISSIONERS. THE ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE IN 2017 EXPANDED IT TO 21 AND THEN IT WAS REDUCED TO 15 IN 2023. THERE WAS A NEED TO ENSURE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TERMS EXPIRED PER YEAR SO THAT IT WASN'T AN OVERLOAD OF TERMS THAT EXPIRED IN ONE YEAR. SO THEY RESET THE BEGINNING AND END OF EACH THREE YEAR END FOR EACH APPOINTING AUTHORITY. THAT WAS DONE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. SO THE TERM THAT MS. WEST IS BEING APPOINTED TO IS ALREADY HALFWAY THROUGH AT THIS POINT, OR AT LEAST ONE YEAR INTO IT. IT IS JUST A MATTER OF STAGGERING THE EXPIRATION OF TERMS IN SPOTS. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT SHE IS ELIGIBLE UNDER THE ORDINANCE FOR REAPPOINTMENT FOLLOWING THIS TERM FOR UP TO THREE, THREE-YEAR TERMS. >> GOT IT, THANK YOU. THAT WAS MORE COMPLICATED RESPONSE THAN I THOUGHT. I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A TYPO. BUT WHAT I WAS GETTING AT IS THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECRUIT. BECAUSE YOU HAD STARTED TALKING ABOUT THAT. SO I WAS JUST NOTING THAT THAT IS AN ISSUE FOR MANY OF THE COMMISSIONS BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE REALLY FOCUSING ON IT. I WAS GOING TO PUT IN A SHAMELESS PLUG TO OUT REACH TO NEIGHBORHOOD BIAs OR CHAMBERS BECAUSE I REMEMBER THERE WAS ONE MEETING WHERE THE ISSUES OF SMALL BUSINESSES WERE FOCUSED ON AND SO I KNOW THAT THEY COULD BE ENGAGED AS WELL. JUST A SUGGESTION, NOT A CRITICISM BUT CAME INTO MY MIND. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I'M GLAD YOU CAN BE RENEWED. CLEARLY YOU AS AN HR SPECIALIST, FIRST AND FOREMOST, YOU UNDERSTAND ORGANIZATIONS AND YOU ALSO UNDERSTAND THE PERSPECTIVE. YOU ARE TRAINED TO UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT THE PERSPECTIVES OF EVERYONE IN THE ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU. RABBI, THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE TABLE AND SHARING BRIEFLY A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND. I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT WHEN YOU SAID THE WORDS AND GIVEN THE INFLUX, I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A RISE IN ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE NEED FOR MORE COLLABORATION OR NOT NECESSARILY MORE COLLABORATION BUT I THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE GOING TO MAKE THE POINT THAT THERE IS AN INCREASED VULNERABILITY THAT YOU WERE REPRESENTING AND THEN YOU DIDN'T SAY THAT. BUT I WANT TO SAY I HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH LEADERS IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY APPARATUS HERE SO I RECOGNIZE THAT. ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT, AS A THERAPIST, YOUR SKILLS AS WELL WOULD BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WILLING. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. I SEE A HAND UP BUT THAT IS FOR COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, ANYTHING? GOING ONCE, TWICE. >> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN. I RECOGNIZE THIS PROCESS BECAUSE I WENT THROUGH IT AT THE REQUEST OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO. AND I RECOGNIZE WHAT THE WORK AND THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT I WAS DOING, THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT PLAYS INTO WLAT THE CPC DOES AND PARTICULARLY FOR THE COCHAIRS. WE OFTEN TALK UP HERE TALKING TO THOSE FROM VARIOUS TYPES OF COMMISSIONS. FOR THE LEVEL OF EFFORT IN TERMS OF TIME, ENERGY, AND EVERYTHING, AND THAT'S ACROSS THE BOARD. BUT I KNOW SOME HAVE MORE THAN OTHERS. PARTICULARLY, WHEN YOU ARE LEADING AS A COCHAIR, IN TERMS OF TALKING TO PAST COCHAIRS, IT IS DEFINITELY HIGHER ORDER IN TERMS OF THE LEVEL OF EFFORT. I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MR. MERKEL FOR THAT AND FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE COMMISSION THUS FAR. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A BIG WELCOME AND I DON'T WANT TO INTIMIDATE YOU WITH SAYING THERE IS A LOT OF WORK BUT THERE IS A LOT OF WORK, HOPEFULLY AS A COCHAIR FOR YOU COMING INTO THE CPC. IT IS IMPORTANT TO BRING YOUR PERSPECTIVES, BRING YOUR BACKGROUNDS FOR ALL OF THE REASONS THAT WERE DOCUMENTED IN THE MEMO. BUT JUST TO ADD THOSE PIECES THAT MAY NOT BE THOUGHT OF. I OFTEN TALK ABOUT BE PRESENT, BE MINDFUL, BE PREPARED. BEING PRESENT IS BEING THERE. NOT DOOM SCROLLING ON YOUR PHONE OR WHATEVER. BUT BEING MINDFUL IS TAKING AN EXTRA STEP IN TERMS OF PUTTING YOURSELF IN SOMEONE ELSE'S SHOES AND THEN BRINGING THOSE SPECIFIC INPUTS THAT REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IN DOING SO, YOU ARE PREPARES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. I THINK ALL THREE OF YOU INCLUDING MR. SEIA WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE ON THE CPC. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THE SAME ON THE STAFF AS WELL. YOU WILL FIND THAT I LOVE LANGUAGES, NOT THAT I CAN SPEAK THEM VERY WELL BUT I LOVE BRINGING THOSE PIECES AND I LOVE LEARNING THE HISTORY. THAT GOES TO THE POINT OF BEING PRESENT AND BEING MINDFUL. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I DRAW FROM MY SPOORNS WHEN I WAS AT THE EUROPEAN HEADQUARTERS AND HAD THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HORN OF AFRICA, KNOWING THE CHALLENGES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BOTH AS SEA AND IN WEST AFRICA GENERALLY. THOSE PIECES ARE REALLY HELPFUL. I THINK IT IS HELPFUL FOR US TO KNOW AS SEATTLEITES TO KNOW ALL OF THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND WHERE THEY COME FROM IN THE WORLD AND THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE AND WHAT THEY BRING. THESE ARE GREAT POINTS AND I'M VERY THAPGFUL BECAUSE NOW EVERYONE KNOWS I'M THE SON OF TWO IMMIGRANTS AND THE LIKE. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE ISSUES THAT ARE FACING THE CPC ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS. ANY LAST QUESTIONS? I ALWAYS HESITATE TO LOOK OVER TO MY VICE CHAIR BUT I THINK WE ARE GOOD. IN THAT CASE, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS 3066 THROUGH 3069. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENTS. AND ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? HEARING AND SEEING NONE, WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL AND THE RECOMMENDATION TO CONFIRM THE RECOMMENDATIONS? >> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE? ? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? >> AYE CHAIR KETTLE? >> AYE. >> FOUR IN FAVOR AND NONE OPPOSED. >> THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS 3066-3069. CONGRATULATIONS TO THREE OF YOU PLUS MR. SEIA WHO COULD NOT JOIN US TODAY. THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE APPOINTMENTS BE CONFIRMED WILL BE SENT TO THE FEBRUARY 4, CITY COUNCIL MEETING. ON TOP OF THAT, CLERK, ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS? NO? OKAY. MY POLICY DIRECTOR AND CLERK OF THE COMMITTEE HAS ALWAYS GOT SOME GOOD IDEAS. I NOTED HERE THAT THIS WILL GO TO THE FULL COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 4. AS THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, THAT IS ALSO THE DAY THAT OUR LESS LETHAL WEAPONS CROWD MANAGEMENT BILL WILL GO. AS I HINTED, THERE WILL BE SOME AMENDMENTS TO INCLUDE A COUPLE FROM ME AND ONE WHICH IS TAKING IN THE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION. SO THANK YOU AHEAD OF THAT. AND OBVIOUSLY, WE WILL FOLLOW UP BETWEEN NOW AND FEBRUARY 4. WITH THAT, WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF TODAY'S AGENDA. I HAVE TO SAY, THIS IS LIKE THE SHORTEST PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING EVER. FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, AND I APOLOGIZE TO MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COMMITTEE, USUALLY IT GOES MUCH LONGER, AND SOMETIMES CAN BE A LITTLE TESTY, A LITTLE EXCITING. SO YOU KNOW, EVERY NOW AND AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A COMMITTEE MEETING THAT BALANCES THAT OUT A BIT. SO THANK YOU FOR TODAY. AND SO IN SAYING WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF TODAY'S AGENDA AND THERE IS NO COMMUNITY OR BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE US. SO SEEING AND HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, WE ARE ADJOURNED. ♪