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Police Department - Bruce C. Linton, Chief
COPCAB Minutes
February 13, 2020
6:30pm — 8:OOpm
Duwamish Conference Room
Allan Ekberg, Mayor
Members present: Jun Castillo, Kim Karns, John Lindsay, Jerry Thornton, Tosh Sharp, Jan Bolerjack,
Roger Arnold
Staff present: Chief Bruce Linton
Guest: None
• Minutes for January 9, 2020 meeting approved with one correction of adding John Lindsay's name
as a member present.
• Chief's update:
o Staffing — No change since the previous meeting. Currently we have six vacancies for
commissioned officer, one vacancy for non-commissioned staff, one officer in the academy,
two in field training and two are pending the completion of the background.
• Community survey:
o Chief Linton will send out the survey to the group to review and be prepared to approve the
survey. Chief Linton also mentioned he would secure funding for official translation of the
survey considering the six main languages: Spanish, Somalian, Napoli, Arabic, Burmese and
Vietnamese.
Meetings from March, 2020 -June, 2020 were cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic.
Next meeting will be on Thursday, 7/9/20 from 6:30pm — 8:OOpm virtually via Microsoft Teams. Please
contact Bruce Linton at b.linton@tukwilawa.gov or call 206-431-2109 if you're unable to attend.
Tukwila City Hall • 6200 Southcenter Boulevard • Tukwila,. WA 981,98 • 20'6-433-1800 • Website: TukwilaWA.gov