Great question! An important part of the 2017 Accountability Ordinance is that it would have allowed OPA to civilianize as many of its investigators as it wanted. Unfortunately, that was undermined by Seattle's police contracts -- which only allow for two civilian investigators.
What questions do you have about Seattle's police contracts? We can answer some here, and some at our community conversation on police contract negotiations this Thursday! RSVP for that here: https://bit.ly/3rlRTid
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The SPOG contract is it says it supersedes any city laws. It's important we get that taken out of the next contract. It's also an example of why we support SB 5134, which would take accountability out of police contract negotiations.https://www.aclu-wa.org/story/barriers-police-accountability-role-collective-bargaining-agreements-and-private-arbitration …
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What happens if the City tries to protect the 2017 accountability ordinance in this round of negotiations and SPOG simply refuses to agree with those provisions? Do the police then simply work indefinitely with no contract, meaning things never improve, or...
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are there guardrails in place to prevent that from happening?
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The SPOG side of the negotiations speaks as one, but the city side essentially has 3 parts with a say: mayor, SCC, and CPC. Each with different goals. On the city side, who gets the final say in negotiations?
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And after negotiations are done, will we see another 2018 situation, where the executive essentially got the acquiescence of SCC over CPC objections because "it was the best we could get"?
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What is the city doing to reduce the time it takes to negotiate a new contract this time around? The last time around it took years and years.
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