AN ORDINANCE relating to civilian and community oversight of the police; creating a subpoena process for the Office of Police Accountability and Office of Inspector General for Public Safety while ensuring due process for individuals who are the subject of the subpoena; and adding new Sections 3.29.126 and 3.29.245 to the Seattle Municipal Code.
Agenda Item one Constable 11997 4 billion to civilian and community oversight of the police, creating a subpoena process for the Office of Police Accountability and Office of Inspector General for Public Safety, while ensuring due process for individuals who are the subject of the subpoena and adding new sections. 3.20 9.1. 26.1 245. AVC Mr. Cote, the committee recommends the bill pass as amended. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Councilor Herbold, you are chair of this committee and are recognized to provide the committee's report. Thank you so much. Really appreciate that and appreciate that. The ordinance title here is so complete. Doesn't leave me a whole lot to say. But as I mentioned in council briefings this morning, this new legislation adds sections to the municipal code and codifies and affirms the city's stance that the Office of Police Accountability and the Inspector General can seek subpoenas of those who may have witnessed or been involved in potential misconduct incidents. The legislation creates a process for the OPI and the body to directly issue the subpoena and enforce them by seeking a court order should the subject of the subpoena fail to comply. The new legislation specifically requires that individuals and third party record holders serve a subpoena or provided a written notice of their right to due process. This specific protection was not codified previously, and this addition is intended to increase civilian participation in open investigations and OIG audits and reviews. Subpoena authority for the Seattle Police Officers Guild and the Seattle Police Management Association is still subject to collective bargaining requirements, and the notice that is referenced in the bill itself recognizes as well that search warrant requirements need to be separately met for certain types of evidence. And I just want to mention and thank the efforts of the Office of Police Accountability, the Office of the Inspector General, the city attorney's office, the the mayor's office and the ACLU and the Community Police Commission in their their work in helping to develop this legislation. The 2017 accountability legislation sponsored by Council President Gonzalez did include subpoena authority. And this bill builds on that legislation in order to provide clarity on the procedures and due process protections. Thank you. Thank you, Councilmember Herbold, for that report. Are there any additional comments on the bill? Okay. I'm not hearing any additional comments. I would just say thank you, Councilmember Herbold, and also thank you to Mayor Durkan for her partnership with with you and with many of the other accountability entities to advance this additional clarity. When we initially considered the the Police Accountability Ordinance in 2017. We knew that there needed to be details that would need to be sorted out in order to effectuate the intent behind the subpoena power. But I think that and I think that the details included in this legislation accomplish that original intent and really do implement much of what needs to be implemented in order to add additional transparency and and more teeth to to what we had envisioned and that in that part of the ordinance. So thank you for all of your hard work and thanks for all of the folks who have contributed to developing the legislation in in the past several months to allow us an opportunity to consider this bill. And I do intend to support it and really am appreciative of your efforts here. All right. He's hearing and seeing no other comments were going to go out and close out debates. And I would ask that the clerk please call the roll on the passage of the bill. STRAUSS Yes. HERBOLD Yes. Suarez By. Lewis. Yes. Morales. Peterson. Yes. So what? Yes. President Gonzalez. I ain't in favor and unopposed. Thank you, Madam Clerk. The bill passes and the chair will sign it. Will the clerk please affix my signature to the legislation on my behalf? Okay. Moving along now to the report of the Transportation and Utilities Committee. Will the clerk please read the short title of item two into the record?