The City of Seattle and the Seattle Police Department continually work to protect the peace and protect residents’ First Amendment rights. We are committed to improving how we do this, whether by training officers, launching new cultural competency classes, or by learning from our community and accountability partners like the Office of the Inspector General (OIG).
We take all the recommendations from the OIG seriously, including those from its February 12th report about SPD’s role at the MayDay USA event in Cal Anderson Park. The Department has already implemented several changes recommended in this report. One example is rebuilding community legitimacy and trust through our dialogues at the Our City, Our Safety meetings being scheduled throughout the city.
SPD will continue to assess additional recommendations and work towards being a better department for all Seattle.
We will also continue working with our accountability partners on all future Sentinel Reviews.