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City Of Tukwila Police Department An Accredited Agency COPCAB Minutes June 12, 2014 6:30pm- 8:OOpm Jim Haggerton, Mayor Michael Villa, Chief of Police Present: Chief Villa, Chris Partman, Jun Castillo, Art Rosengren, Jerry Thornton, Lynn Churchill 1. Minutes from 5/8/14 meeting approved. 2. Chiefs Update • Staffing — Have two lateral candidates starting next week, one from Florida and one from Hawaii. Another lateral will be starting July 1st. Another lateral officer is doing well in training. Four lateral candidates in background. The department was looking at bringing in 4 entry level candidates, but the academy is running 6 months behind, so if we hired tomorrow, they would not be in an academy for 6 months. As a result, the department is continuing to focus on lateral candidates. • A few officers off on leave /injury, including one with a newborn. • Two records clerk candidates are in background. • A new school district rep to start, a VP at Foster High School. She will start attending in August, due to prior plans conflicting with the June and July meetings. • Contacted Officer Boyd to recruit a member of the Somali community for COPCAB • Working through the budget with the City. The PD did not put in many new requests due to how many increases the department has gotten in the last few years. • Recognitions within TPD, there is Medal of Valor, Meritorious Service Medal, Distinguished Service Medal plus several certificates. Awards are forwarded by the Chief to be assessed by a committee of Commanders and then back for the Chief to approve. One the Chief is looking at for the future is a Lifesaving Award, Medal of Honor and others. o Meritorious Service Medal is an actual medal, the award comes with a ribbon that is worn on the uniform o There are also Unit Citations that come with a plaque and certificates for each officer. • Facility plans are still progressing. • Motels up on TIB are going forward with a purchase by the City of Tukwila from the Federal Government. The Spruce Motel has an offer of purchase from the City of Tukwila and is in the negotiation process. For now, the City is not planning to purchase the Pawn Shop property, the money used to buy the Traveller's Choice was the money earmarked for the Pawn Shop. • PD Strategic Plan will be presented at the June 16 Council meeting and the Chief will present it to COPCAB at the next meeting. • Question from Art about PD gun training for active shooters in light of recent shooting incidents. Answer: Tukwila PD sends officers to Active Shooter Training annually, works with the mall to do tabletop exercises, works with the school district for drills and procedures and have also equipped 6200 Southcenter Blvd. Tukwila, WA 98188 • Phone (206) 433 -1808 • Records Fax (206) 244 -6181 Invest. Fax (206) 431 -3688