City of Seattle Hosting Community Conversations in Police Chief Search – Office of the Mayor

Seattle – Seattle residents and group members are invited to hitch 5 upcoming group conversations shaping the Metropolis’s seek for the following Seattle Police Division Chief of Police. Hosted by the Mayor’s Workplace and facilitated by Empower Initiative, the discussions will create alternatives for Seattle residents to share the priorities and values they’re searching for within the Metropolis’s subsequent Chief of Police. 

“As we work to establish our Seattle Police Division’s subsequent chief, we designed a community-driven search course of the place enter and outreach are core parts,” stated Mayor Bruce Harrell. “From the best ranges, our Seattle Police Division should replicate the qualities Seattle residents demand – a frontrunner who runs an efficient division with accountability, innovation, and transparency. These boards, along with our search committee and survey, guarantee we’re receiving a various array of views that improve our efforts to rent the very best police chief, reply to present group priorities, and construct a secure metropolis for all.” 

An in-person dialog for most people will likely be held this Tuesday, July 26 from 7:00PM to eight:30PM on the North Seattle Group Faculty (Room: The Grove). The 90-minute dialog will embody a presentation about policing and greatest practices from different cities, a question-and-answer interval, and an open discussion board for neighbors to offer feedback, concepts, and extra suggestions because the search continues. Extra boards all through the week can even generate centered enter from Seattle communities. 

These conversations supply residents an extra choice to make their voice heard, constructing on a group survey made accessible from the start of the search right here in seven totally different languages: English, Spanish, Amharic, Somali, Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese language. In April, Mayor Harrell introduced a search committee representing a various array of stakeholders and group leaders who’re accountable for figuring out and deciding on the ultimate 5 candidates to maneuver ahead to the Constitution-required aggressive examination section. Along with the survey, committee, and boards, group engagement will proceed all through the search course of. 

The week’s boards will likely be moderated by Ben McBride from Empower Initiative, a corporation that has labored with 100 legislation enforcement executives and companies. The aim for these conversations is to create house for group members to raise their views and experiences to tell the search course of and future efforts to make sure public security for all communities. 

An outline of scheduled boards, in addition to common updates on the Chief of Police search course of and timeline, is accessible on the Seattle Police Chief Search internet web page. Please observe these conversations could have a “group focus” space however should not unique to that group. Hyperlinks to those digital conferences will likely be posted right here for the general public to watch and have interaction. 

In case you are and accessible to take part or wish to prolong an invite to a delegate, please ship your RSVPs to Nina.Park@seattle.gov