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Citv Of Tukwila Police Department An Accredited Agency September 10, 2015 6:30pm- 8:OOpm Jim Haggerton, Mayor Michael Villa, Chief of Police Present: Chief Villa, Chris Partman, Jerry Thornton, Kim Karns, Jan Bolerjack, Jun Castillo, Austin Hackett, Laurie Clark, John Lindsay • Update on Regional Fire Authority by Fire Chief Chris Flores and Program Manager Moira Bradshaw — see attached handout • Minutes from 6/11/15, 7/9/15 and 8 -13 -15 meetings approved • Chief's Update • No issues with the Straight Out of Compton movie. Both TPD and AMC had extra security; the AMC security staff was armed. • Leadership summit with all Command Staff and Sgts. The first challenge day was last week. The group reads a chapter or two from the book and then has a facilitated conversation about the material. This will be ongoing for 7 months. • Staffing: Fully staffed with commissioned officers, one above our budgeted number, with one retirement scheduled for January and another possibly pending. • One non - commissioned position not filled, but interviewing in the next few weeks, this is for the Patrol Administrative Specialist. • Evidence facility: We are in desperate need for an evidence facility. Last budget there was some funding for a new evidence facility, after several setbacks, there is now a lease signed for a 10.000 sq. ft. evidence facility. This is a 5 year lease. When a new PD facility is built, it will be looked at to see if it is better to keep the off -site facility or use the new building for evidence. • COPS Grant: We have not gotten a decision yet for the 2 positions applied for. Tukwila Officials will be in Washington DC to lobby and meet with officials to keep our grant application on the front burner. • A question about what is SCORE — South County Regional Jail for Tukwila, Renton, Kent, Auburn, Des Moines own the facility. Came about when King County announced a few years ago that they would no longer take misdemeanor prisoners AND they were doubling rates. So the above communities got together and built a jail. Now King County has a much smaller than anticipated jail population, and the KC Jailers are complaining that some of the prisoners in SCORE have felony convictions, even though they are only incarcerated for a misdemeanor. It is a much higher fee to have a prisoner at KCJ than SCORE, plus SCORE is contracting with other agencies to take their prisoners they need. 6200 Southcenter Blvd. Tukwila, WA 98188 • Phone (206) 433 -1808 • Records Fax (206) 244 -6181 Invest. Fax (206) 431 -3688