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of f/ Tukwila r. ' Allan Ekbierg�,DIY COPCAB Minutes January 9, 2020 6:30pm — 8:00pm Duwamish Conference Room Members present: Chair Jerry Thornton, Jun Castillo, Kim Karns, Tosh Sharp, Jan Boler ack, Roger Arnold Staff present: Chief Bruce Linton Guest: None • Minutes for January 9, 2020 meeting approved as corrected. • Chief's update: o Staffing — The police department has 5 Commissioned officer vacancies post Officer Gary Leavitt's retirement in December 2019. Leavitt served the city and our department honorably for 26 years. We will continue to recruit commissioned staff to fill our vacancies o Department news — After the Chief completes the annual report to the council, the information will be presented to the COPCAB Committee. o Chief Linton provided a brief overview of the new Lew Enforcement and Community Safety Act as a result of the I-940 initiative and subsequent legislation. Chief Linton advised that he will be soliciting and selecting the service of two Tukwila community members to serve in the capacity of the non -law enforcement representatives to the Independent Investigative Team responsible for investigating Officer Involved Shootings (OIS) or persons who die while in police custody. The criteria and the scope of their responsibilities are required per the WAC 139.12. The purpose of these representatives is to increase the transparency of the process surrounding OIS independent investigations. o The committee discussed the survey and where we were in the process. Chris Partman was not present to advise. Roger Arnold indicated that he was in possession of the materials and offered to provide the materials for a final review by the committee. I offered to secure the funding necessary to translate the survey in the proposed languages (Spanish, Vietnamese, Burmese, Arabic, Somali, Nepalese). • Good of the order: The committee discussed a tour of the Valley Communications Center Next meeting will be on Thursday, 2/13/20 from 6:30pm — 8:00pm in the Duwamish Conference Room (6300 Southcenter Blvd, 2nd floor). Please contact Bruce Linton at b.linton(&_ to cwilawa.gov or call 206- 431-2109 if you're unable to attend.