This month’s guest speaker was Ron Ward, Assistant Monitor, Seattle Police Monitoring Team. He explained the role of the Monitoring Team in Seattle Police Department’s process of complying with the consent decree following US Department of Justice’s 2011 finding that SPD showed a pattern of excessive use of force and biased policing. DOJ got involved after receiving a petition signed by thirty-three Seattle community groups in 2010 requesting it investigate these alleged abuses. Read his comments in section 1 of the meeting minutes, below.
Also at this meeting, the North Precinct Captain, David Emerick gave context around the experience with SPD that Seattle Times journalist Danny Westneat had in late October following a car prowl when his family located the thief’s car via cell phone GPS. Read about it in section 2 of the meeting minutes.
The minutes are here:
http://www.pinehurstseattle.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11NPACMinutes.pdf
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