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April 8, 2021
6:30pm — 8:OOpm
Virtual Meeting Via Microsoft Teams
253-292-9750
Conference ID: 526157821#
Members present: Jan Bolerjack, Katrina Dohn, Jay Stark, John Lindsey
Staff present: Chief Eric Drever
Guest: Christine Neuffer
Allan Ekberg, Mayor
Eric Drever, Chief of Police
• Chief Drever called the meeting to order.
• Approval of minutes: Minute were not approved due to a lack of quorum at this point in the meeting. They will be
approved at the next meeting.
• Chief Update:
o Staffing:
✓ One vacancy — held off on filling until chief was hired, now in a position to backfill. Chief wants a
community member to sit in on the process. Tosh Sharp will be that community representative.
There will also be a community roster to sit in on various aspects of hiring.
✓ Sergeant promotion —This is moving forward. A community member will be a part of the process
and will be an assessor for the sergeant applicants.
✓ Next week will be the oral panels for Victim Advocate position. The name of this position was
changed from DV Victim Advocate to Victim Advocate. This was done to acknowledge that this
person will be an advocate for any victim of a violent crime, not only situations of domestic violence.
Schedule will allow this person to deploy to the field to get resources to the victims immediately.
✓ Transport officer position is still in background.
✓ New records specialist is still in background. The person given the last offer declined the job at the
last minute.
✓ Training Officer Lisa Harrison will be retiring in May and they are in the process of replacing her. The
job has been fairly clerical but will shift to being more hands-on, cross -training (de-escalation
strategies, firearms, scenarios, etc.)
o Other department focus
✓ Preparations for the Chavin trial —The department and region are anticipating the potential of civil
unrest when the Chauvin trial verdict is announced. TPD is working with regional agencies. The Civil
Disturbance Unit is on call and ready to deploy if needed.
✓ 90 -Day Community Engagement Plan — This will be going to the mayor next week and will be shared
with COPCAB next month. The community survey will be part of this plan.
o Questions? Victim Advocate — more description of the position requested.
✓ This person helps victims with court dates, getting to safe environments, managing safety plans,
navigating court proceedings, etc.
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Allan Ekberg, Mayor
Eric Drever, Chief of Police
✓ The title has been broadened to include any victim of a violent crime.
✓ Domestic violence may still be the most common situation, but the department wanted to broaden
the advocacy.
✓ This is a full time, non-commissioned position.
✓ Interviews are next week. There were 130 applicants. Many were students fresh out of college, but
the department prefers someone with experience. Of the ten finalists, one is an internal candidate,
one is a Tukwila resident, and the other 8 have backgrounds in advocacy — human trafficking, etc.
The top 10 will be narrowed to top 5 and those will interview with Chief Drever and Tosh Sharp.
✓ Ideally, this person will work swing shift, but also needs to provide day assistance in court. Flexibility
will be needed. This person will also be available for callouts.
✓ They will have a regular partnership with crisis intervention as well.
• Community Survey
o Phi made business cards with the QR code.
o Phi also made the changes we requested — added a disclaimer that the site it not maintained on a regular
basis, but that if a person wants contact to fill out the fields to request that and give contact information
o It is ready to go live!
✓ Marketing — A piece will be written about it and shared on social media, websites, city publications,
etc.
✓ Officers will get cards to give out.
✓ A new idea was to print weatherproof stickers to put on the squad cars.
o While waiting for the cards and stickers, Phi will work with Survey Heroes on translating, and then running
that by community connectors to check translations.
• Good of the Order
o Any word from former Chief Linton? He is doing well and loves working for King County Veteran's Program.
o Graffiti —The city put together a task force and they are putting together an education campaign. They are
also working on dumping and trash issues. Officers are trying to ID who is doing the graffiti. They have not
been able to identify anyone yet. Parks department works for a 72 -hour response time in removing graffiti
and are trying for 48 hours. Hate and racial graffiti is removed within 24 hours.
o Chief Drever met with the Neuffers and neighborhood about speeding and property crimes. Officers in that
area make sure to go down every street in their district during their shift. Ms. Neuffer reported that police
have been slowing down their own vehicles on the main road. They would like to start a Blockwatch
program. The Community Policing Team will reach out in the coming week. Katrina Dohn offered to talk
with the group, as she formed and has led a Blockwatch program for many years.
o Youth Voice for Justice — No new contact with them. They held an awareness sit-in in CV park. It was a
peaceful recognition. TPD had people ready, but they weren't needed. The group was very positive and
cleaned up after themselves.
o Tukwila Works app — Neighbors expressing a desire to have this back. Public Works is discussing this with
the mayor's office and at the next staff meeting. The issue is managing it and responding to issues with the
reduced staffing. The city is looking for a way to bring it back online, but there is no timeline.
o Dumping on S. 112th — Problem with dumping and troublesome people by Moses Park and on the trail there.
People camping there are making pedestrians uncomfortable. Chief Drever said there is working going on
with the encampments. Resources are being provided and they are working to clean up affected areas.
o Intersection of TIB and E. Marginal Way—There is a lot of vagrancy and people walking in the intersection.
Could it be patrolled more? The answer is that standing is okay, but not jaywalking or blocking traffic.
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Allan Ekberg, Mayor
Eric Drever, Chief of Police
o Any general issues or crime patterns in the city? Last month was mostly status quo. There is one individual
who is consistently on or selling narcotics. CPT worked with the Regional Drug Task Force and did drug buys
from the target. After a report of gunshots, the target individual ran out the wood and straight into the
arms of the police! Police did not find any evidence of actual gunshots. The police are also working on a
target individual in the Cascade View neighborhood.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:18 pm.
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