SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 120142

• Record No: CB 120142
• Version: 3
• Council Bill No: CB 120142
• Type: Council Bill (CB)
• Status: Did Not Pass
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 9/20/2021
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Police Department; prohibiting training, exchanges, and partnerships with certain governments; and adding a new Section 3.28.141 to the Seattle Municipal Code.
• Sponsors: Kshama Sawant, Tammy J. Morales, Teresa Mosqueda
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Central Staff Memo, 3. Revised Central Staff Memo (added; 9/16/21), 4. Proposed Amendment 1, 5. Amendment 1 Version 2 Sawant - Reference to ICC investigations (added; 9/21/21), 6. Amendment 2 Sawant - Training Exclusions Version 3 BTI Edits (added; 9/21/21), 7. Amendment 2B Strauss - Nation-neutral Exclusions rev (Added; 9/21/21), 8. Amendment 3 Sawant - Strengthen exclusion standards (added; 9/21/21)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/20/2021	1	City Council	not passed	Fail
9/14/2021	1	Public Safety and Human Services Committee	pass as amended	Pass
7/26/2021	1	City Council	referred
7/21/2021	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
7/15/2021	1	City Clerk	sent for review

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Police Department; prohibiting training, exchanges, and partnerships with certain governments; and adding a new Section 3.28.141 to the Seattle Municipal Code.
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WHEREAS, as the City Council has affirmed in Resolutions 31858 and 31928, Seattle is a Human Rights City that endorses the rights set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and it is committed to protecting and promoting the human rights and dignity of Native peoples and all residents and visitors to Seattle, including civil, political, social, economic, and cultural rights; and
WHEREAS, through the passage of Resolution 31928, the City has affirmed Seattle as a welcoming city, condemning all forms of oppression throughout the world, and stating that the Office of Intergovernmental Relations will continue to alert the Seattle City Council about international issues impacting Seattle and inform Councilmembers when City Council action could contribute meaningfully to a positive outcome; and
WHEREAS, it is the Seattle City Council's intent to ensure protection of the human rights as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to all persons as they relate to biased policing activities and to require the policies, training, and data that safeguards against such activities in Seattle; and
WHEREAS, after a Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation found in 2011 that the Seattle Police Department (SPD) engaged in an unconstitutional pattern of excessive force and bias, Seattle entered into a Consent Decree with the DOJ that requires the City to ensure that its policing services comply with the Constitution; and
WHEREAS, in Seattle and nationally, the increasing use of militarized units such as SWAT Teams, by the police has been demonstrated to disproportionately harm Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color; and
WHEREAS, even after nearly a decade of Seattle bei...