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COPCAB Meeting Agenda
2/13/20
6:30pm — 8:00pm
Duwamish Conference Room
1. Introductions
2. Approval of 1/9/20 minutes
3. Chief's update
4. Community survey
5. Good of the order
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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.