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COPCAB Minutes
February 12, 2015
6:30pm- 8:00pm
Jim Haggerton, Mayor
Michael Villa, Chief of Police
Present: Chief Villa, Chris Partman, Kim Karns, Laurie Clark, Jerry Thornton, Lynn Churchill
• Minutes from 12/11/14 and 1/8/15 meetings tabled due to lack of quorum.
• Chief's Update
• Staffing — At 75 commissioned officers with 4 pipeline positions available to hire.
• Next meeting the Chief will present the TPD goals.
• One goal is to reduce property crime in residential areas
• Reduce violent crime on TIB
• Work with Central Business District to ensure adequate responses
• The department has had meetings to put together an action sheet for how we are going to meet these
goals. This will not be just an emphasis, but rather a long -term strategy.
• We are developing real world actions to fulfill these goals. Such as:
• Patrol officers spending "down time" in residential neighborhoods
• Bike officers riding in the residential areas.
• Additional communication methods
• Surveying the community
• This will be continued for the foreseeable future. The Chief envisions these strategies still being in use
in 10 years.
• In consideration of the current climate of mistrust of the police, especially in communities of color.
Chief Villa is part of a group of Chiefs who are putting together a toolbox for police departments to
build trust with communities.
o He has been meeting with representatives of different communities and so far the feedback has
been pretty neutral about TPD from these meetings.
• Working on presentations for members of different communities to work with PD
• Possible presentations at apartments
• Work with the School District family liaison staff a possibility
• COPCAB Awards /Annual Report to the City Council. Consensus was to award all nominees.
• For officers, Zach Anderson was mentioned for his great work in recruiting and other
community efforts.
• Also mentioned was the new Westfield manager, Becky Smith, who was instrumental in
getting the mall office opened. She has also worked with the P &R Dept., allowing them to
use the Skylounge for classes.
6200 Southcenter Blvd. Tukwila, WA 98188 • Phone (206) 433 -1808 • Records Fax (206) 244 -6181 Invest. Fax (206) 431 -3688
• Doubletree Hotel General Manager, Jim Davis, for hosting the East African Conference In
addition, the Doubletree has also assisted the PD by providing a free room for undercover
work and has been supportive of the group BEST, Businesses Working to End Slavery and
Trafficking by hosting a conference.
• Discussion of 2015 Annual Plan
• Jerry's e -mail content
• My intent is to stimulate a more proactive & involved membership in the coming
year by-
• > meeting our allotted membership category x category
• - current member referrals
• - Block Watch & Apartment Managers reps
• - CERT training & Citizen's Academy as potential as potential membership
sources,
• - membership roster
• - new member orientation- including participation in Citizens Academy
• > exploring how COPCAB can complement /integrate Tukwila Municipal Code,
Committee Bylaws, the Department's 2015 Goals, Strategic Plan to serve as a
basis for,
• > membership establishing COPCAB's 2015 Goals,
• > consider interaction w/ appropriate COT Departments, Committees & Boards,
• - Code Enforcement, Communications /TukTV...,
• > certify membership as per OPMA & Open Public Records training by HR
• > create task forces as appropriate
• Good of the Order
• Lynn — Jerry is taking us in a great direction.
• Laurie — March 21 for Foster Centennial Celebration with tours, food, dancing it will be an
all-day event, from 3pm to IOpm.
Meeting adjourned at 7:35pm
Next meeting will be on Thursday, 3/12/15 from 6:30pm- 8:OOpm. Please contact Chris Partman at
Chris.Partman(a)/tukwilawa.2ov or call 2/06 - 271 -6069 if you're unable to attend.