Title
Acceptance of the Community Work Group's Reimagining Public Safety Recommendations
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
The Community Livability and Public Safety Committee met on November 9 and unanimously accepted the Community Work Groups Recommendations and directed staff to forward them to the full Council for consideration.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to accept the Community Work Group's Reimagining Public Safety recommendations.
Report
Issue:
Whether to accept the Community Work Group's Reimagining Public Safety recommendations.
Staff Contact:
Stacey Ray, Strategic Planning and Performance Manager, Office of Performance and Innovation, 360.753.8046
Presenter(s):
Stacey Ray, Strategic Planning and Performance Manager
Background and Analysis:
In February 2021, the Olympia City Council (Council) approved a community-led process to reimagine public safety, with a goal to ensure the City's system is just, equitable, and without bias. The process launched in July 2021, led by a Community Work Group (Work Group) whose role it was to learn about the City's public safety system, hold listening sessions with the community, and reflect what they learned in a set of recommendations to the City Council.
The Work Group hosted extensive public engagement opportunities, made shifts to their approach and timeframe, and worked to remove barriers to community members participating and feeling safe to share their honest input. They gathered input by hosting surveys on Engage Olympia, broad-based listening sessions, and small focus groups.
The purpose of this agenda item is for Council to consider accepting the Community Work Group's final recommendations, which include four guiding principles, five goals, and 21 strategies with associated actions.
Councilmembers held a Study Session and received a brief overview of the process, community input on the draft recommendations, and the recommendations themselves, including any changes made sin...
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