Seattle Community Police Commission - 3/20/19 meeting

Members Present:
Emma Catague, Lisa Daugaard, Jay Hollingsworth, Isaac Ruiz, Harriett Walden, Helen  Gebreamlak, Joseph Seia
 
Meeting Highlights

• Remembrance of Carlton Seu
• Law Enforcement Training and Community Safety Act Update
• WA State Criminal Justice Training Commission will advise on training and conducting independent investigations;  has made space for a representative from CPC to serve on the Advisory Board. 

​2019 CPC Workplan
Presentation by CPC staff of work plan goals

• Community engagement
• Policy
• Communication
• Plans for workgroups
• Direction

Annual Report
Walked through annual report. Action:  Discuss and approve above work plan at next meeting. Set up meeting with Councilmember Lorena Gonzalez to discuss litigation costs incurred by the CPC.

KOMO news special:  "Seattle is Dying"
Much attention to bias of "Seattle is Dying", premise being that Seattle should be relying on incarceration to deal with issues of mental health and drug use; idea that once someone is incarcerated, a person can be healed. CPC disturbed by this view of Seattle issues.

Upcoming site visit in NY to meet with agencies involved in police reform:

•  Nu Leadership on Urban Solutions
•  Open Society Foundation
•  Policing Project
•  Center or Constitutional Rights

 
More information about the Community Policing Commission is available at: http://www.seattle.gov/community-police-commission