Hiring Workshop on May 20, more than 40 participants attended

Behavioral Insight Recruiting Postcards were mailed to 10,000 city residents

Hiring Workshop on June 3, 32 people attended

PAT and written exam was held on June 23 – approximately 150 candidates attended

Results from the June testing: 600 applicants; 120 participated in the PAT, 90 took written exam and 70 candidates passed both the physical and written exam and moved on to the next phase.

Year to date, 17 officers have been hired 

• The police department began attending the Peace Lutheran Church after school youth group on a regular basis. The purpose will be to outreach to youth and promote law enforcement as a career option. The goal of these visits is to engage with youth to break down barriers to foster trust and communication; Talk with youth about current concerns  and their perspective; Educate about police policies and procedures and promote Law Enforcement as a career option to all segments of the population.
• The Police Department, in coordination with the Office of Equity and Human Rights, held two community events (Evergreen State College and Asian Pacific Cultural Center) to provide an update on the Project PEACE Action Items and to inform the community on the Department’s participation in the White House Police Data Initiative and the release of two data sets; Officer Involved Shootings and Citizen Complaints that are available on the City’s Open Data portal. 

• Participated in Black History Month event
• Met with leadership from the Latino Community, Korean Women’s Association and Centro Latino 
• Participated in Korean American Association Annual Event
• Participated in Asia Pacific Cultural Annual Event

• Attended the community forum in District 3 hosted by Council Member Keith Blocker on March 16
• Attended the Mt. Tahoma Job Fair

• Working on reposting the Community Relations Specialist
• Held a joint press conference with the FBI to add local homicide suspect to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List

• Captain Stringer participated in Council Member Blocker's Hilltop Community Forum on March 16. The event was attended by over 150 community members. An update was given on the department’s efforts related to youth outreach. The group provided very positive feedback and appreciation for all the efforts being taken by the department.
• Open Data Presentation at Destiny Charter School on March 29

• Had meeting with Hilltop Action Coalition to follow up with the Ferry Park action plan
• Had meeting with the Foss Waterway Development Association, West End Neighborhood Council, Bates, Downtown Business District, 6th Avenue Business District and the Dome District in reference to our homelessness efforts

• Scheduled to attend the Boys and Girls Clubs forums
• Established first quarter baseline for non-enforcement youth contacts and there were 37 CAD entries for non-enforcement youth contacts

• Solidified agreement with Safe Streets to host an annual Citizens’ Academy with Youth Leading Change
• Ten graduated from the Safe Streets Youth Leading Change Citizens’ Academy
• Lt. A. Roberts and PPO Helen Stieben participated in the first Boys and Girls Club community forum around Police and youth relations on March 16. Approximately 50 high school age youths from three area Boys and Girls Clubs participated. The conversation was scripted on a national model created by the Boys and Girls Club and covered a variety of topics related to police and youth interactions. Both the moderators and participating youth gave very positive feedback about the TPD and our participation in the event. They plan on scheduling more forums in the future.  

• Hired two Summer Jobs 253 Interns to work in the Administrative Services Bureau
• Officers are attending Teen Late Night at People’s Center every Friday night through August

• Policies were placed online
• Media release went out communicating that the policies were placed online

• State Farm presented the Tacoma Police Department with a $10,000 grant
• Work continued to update the Explorer pamphlet

• Increased Explorer Program from eight in 2015 to 18 currently. Set goal to increase the total to 25 members with increase focus on diversity recruiting.
• The Tacoma Police Explorer post is preparing a group of explorers to attend and compete at the National Explorer Competition in 2018.

In collaboration with Tacoma Public Schools, Office of Equity and Human Rights, School Resource Officers conducted youth engagement for all 10th grade students. (Wilson High School has been completed with the remaining high schools in progress.)

• Youth engagement at all high schools have been completed with the exception of Lincoln High School 
• The School Resource Officers (SRO's) worked with the Tacoma School District Office of Equity to create a student and police interaction program geared toward breaking barriers and creating trust. The program is being presented to all 10th graders in the five traditional Tacoma School District High Schools. Currently SRO’s have met with all of the 10th graders in Wilson, Foss and Stadium High Schools. The Lincoln and Mt. Tahoma High School SRO’s will be finished meeting with their 10th grade students by the end of April.