File #: 2020-0169    Version: 1
Type: Motion Status: Passed
File created: 4/14/2020 In control: Law and Justice Committee
On agenda: Final action: 6/9/2020
Enactment date: Enactment #: 15640
Title: A MOTION requesting the sheriff's office, in cooperation with the office of law enforcement oversight, to report on identified policy changes needed to improve internal investigative and review mechanisms regarding officer-involved shootings, including a response to each of the identified recommendations contained within the February 2020 office of law enforcement oversight report, Evaluation of the King County Sheriff's Office: Policy, Practice, and Review Mechanisms for Officer-Involved Shootings.
Sponsors: Girmay Zahilay, Claudia Balducci, Dave Upthegrove, Rod Dembowski, Joe McDermott, Jeanne Kohl-Welles
Indexes: OLEO, Sheriff
Attachments: 1. Motion 15640.docx, 2. 2020-0169_SR_KCSO_Report_UseofForce.docx, 3. 2020-0169 ATT2 OLEO Report.pdf, 4. 2020-0169 ATT3 KCSO Response.pdf
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Clerk 04/09/2020
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A MOTION requesting the sheriff's office, in cooperation with the office of law enforcement oversight, to report on identified policy changes needed to improve internal investigative and review mechanisms regarding officer-involved shootings, including a response to each of the identified recommendations contained within the February 2020 office of law enforcement oversight report, Evaluation of the King County Sheriff's Office: Policy, Practice, and Review Mechanisms for Officer-Involved Shootings.
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WHEREAS, the justice and safety goal of the King County Strategic Plan prioritizes keeping people safe in their homes and communities, and
WHEREAS, the services excellence goal of the King County Strategic Plan prioritizes building a culture of service that is responsive and accountable to the community, and
WHEREAS, the King County sheriff's office provides a variety of regional and local law enforcement services. The sheriff's office is the first-response "police department" for all of King County's unincorporated areas. In addition, the sheriff's office, through contracts, is the "police department" for twelve King County cities, the Metro transit department, Sound Transit, the King County international airport and several other federal, state, tribal and governmental agencies. The sheriff's office has several important regional responsibilities, including the operation of the county's automated fingerprint identification system, which is also known as AFIS, E-911 call and dispatch, King County search and rescue and various other regional programs. Consequently, the sheriff's office serves all two million residents of the county, along with countless others who work, visit and travel through the county, and is one of the largest law-enforcement agencies in the Pacific Northwest. Only the city of Seattle and the Washington State Patrol have more commissioned officers, and
WHEREAS, according to the United States Depar...

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