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City Of Tukwila Police Department An Accredited Agency June 11, 2015 6:30pm- 8:OOpm Jim Haggerton, Mayor Michael Villa, Chief of Police Present: Chief Villa, Chris Partman, Jerry Thornton, John Lindsay, Jun Castillo, Kim Karns, Austin Hackett • Minutes from 5/14/15 meeting approved. • Community Relations Committee, Wendy Butterworth and Zach Anderson • The purpose of the committee is to go into the community and show positive actions. They try to target a range of age groups. This is members of the department going above and beyond the usual services to the community to put names and faces to the uniforms and officers. Each year the events have gotten bigger. • Caroling • Poster contest • Food and Toy Drive • Halloween candy for officers to pass out • Summer Teen Kick -off • Foster Career Fair • Articles sent on a regular basis to the Tukwila Reporter • This is an investment in public trust. It is starting to pay off • One thing COPCAB can do to help is to pass on information about these things and share it through word of mouth and social media. • Tour of Zach Anderson's recruiting area. • Chief's Update • No big changes since last month encouraged the group to use this time to discuss how COPCAB members can assist TPD. • Question from Jerry: If the water department has an emergency, such as a "boil water alert" and needs to send out people to put out door hanging tags could they contact the Explorer program? Brain - storming ideas for volunteers who could be called. • Discussion/decision about recommending a "City Employee" position as an addition to COPCAB. • It is observed that City of Tukwila Employees have opportunities for input and assisting the PD outside of COPCAB. • The consensus was to not recommend an ordinance change • Survey's distributed to members 6200 Southcenter Blvd. Tukwila, WA 98188 • Phone (206) 433 -1808 • Records Fax (206) 244 -6181 Invest. Fax (206) 431 -3688