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Minutes
Approved March 13, 2018
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Date: February 13, 2018
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Place: Chambers East
Attending: Les Thomas, Bill Boyce and Toni Troutner, Chair
Agenda:
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
Council President Boyce had an excused absence.
3. Changes to the Agenda
There were no changes to the agenda.
4. Approval of Minutes dated January 9, 2018 and the Special Meeting
dated January 30, 2018.
L. Thomas moved to approve the Public Safety Committee minutes dated
January 9, 2018 and the Special Meeting dated January 30, 2018. T. Troutner
seconded the motion, which passed 2-0.
5. Shots Fired Presentation – Information Only.
Chief Thomas introduced King County Prosecutor Dan Carew whom provided a
presentation to committee members regarding data collected from 2017 for
shots fired in and around south King County. The Shots Fired project is a
partnership with the south Sound Cities of Auburn, Federal Way, Renton,
Tukwila and Kent Police Chiefs, the Seattle Police Department, and the King
County Sheriff in conjunction with the King County Prosecutor’s office.
Data highlights from 2017 include:
50 firearm homicide victims:
o of that number, about 86 percent were male,
o almost 50 percent were youth under 25 years of age.
214 non-fatal shooting victims (injured by a bullet but not killed):
o of that number, about 81 percent were male,
o almost 42 percent were under the age of 25 years of age.
674 cases of shots fired (definition includes an agency case number was
generated, some indication of shots fired like casings or bullets found at
the scene, property damage, or an eye witness at the scene.)
For a comprehensive breakdown of the information that Mr. Carew presented,
please view the video associated to these notes.
Public Safety Committee
Minutes
Approved March 13, 2018
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6. Chief’s Report – Information Only.
Chief Thomas supplied information on a three of topics, they are:
Chief thanked Council for approving the request to have the Police and
Criminal Justice Ballot Measure, Proposition A, in the April 24, 2018
special election voter pamphlet.
Chief announced the Kent Police Community meeting “Reducing Crime
and Violence in Our Neighborhood” was taking place February 13 at 6pm
at the Mosaic Hills apartments.
o A public discussion with the leadership of the City and Police
Department on the crime, violence and community based
solutions in the 108th Avenue and 240th Street “Greater
McChevron Neighborhood.”
Lastly, Chief provided personnel changes, they are:
o Assistant Chief Padilla is now overseeing the Patrol Division,
o Assistant Chief Kammerzell is now overseeing the Investigations
Division,
o Sergeant Bishop now oversees the Traffic Division, and
o Sergeant Schanbacher has been transferred to the training center
as the new Training Sergeant.
7. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 5:09 p.m. by T. Troutner.
J. Hays
Jennifer Hays
Public Safety Committee Secretary