HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOPCAB 2015-06-11 MinutesCity 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
• Discussion of 2015 Annual Plan
Tabled until next meeting
• Good of the Order
Austin — Has a brief presentation on different mapping products out there.
Jun — Was glad Wendy and Zach were able to attend, found them quite informative.
Jerry — Zach mentioned Lexipol. Jerry will try to remember to bring information about it.
Per the Chief, this is a firm that provided policies, best practices and legal updates. This is
something our department is going to soon. The system sends out a tip for the day. WSP has
a person who is working on access passes for emergency recovery.
Meeting adjourned at 8:OOpm
Next meeting will be on Thursday, 7/9/15 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.