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Council Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
311 Grand Avenue, Ste #105
Bellingham, WA 98225-4038
(360) 778-5010
Committee Minutes - Final
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
10:05 AM
Hybrid Meeting
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COUNCILMEMBERS
Barry Buchanan
Tyler Byrd
Jon Scanlon
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
Dana Brown -Davis, C.M.C.
Council Criminal Justice and Public Committee Minutes - Final May 7, 2024
Safety Committee
Call To Order
Roll Call
Committee Chair Barry Buchanan called the meeting to order at 10:22 a.m.
in a hybrid meeting.
Present: 3 - Barry Buchanan, Tyler Byrd, and Jon Scanlon
Also Present: Todd Donovan, Ben Elenbaas, Kaylee Galloway, and Mark Stremler
Announcements
Special Presentation
1. AB2024-291_ Sheriff's Office status report on updating Correctional Facility Operational Standards
Donnell Tanksley, Sheriff, reported and read from the implementation
status and tracking sheet (on file as "2024 Jail Policies Tracking Sheet").
He stated it shows the 200-plus policies they are working on and where
those are in the review process. He asked whether, when the policies are
complete, the Council wants to reference them in Whatcom County Code
1.28 or whether they prefer that all the policies be listed. He stated they are
live documents and they change monthly for various reasons.
Buchanan stated his preferences would be to have them be referenced and
Donovan concurred as long as they are available live to the public.
Tanksley spoke about Sergeant Darrell Smith, who has been working on
these policies iluli 111mc. HQ Stated Uric of the queStivlla they had when they
discussed this in Fehruary was about funding support to make sure these
policies are updated and created. These are just for corrections. There will
be just as many policies on the patrol side, and it will require someone else
to work on those. He answered questions about the tracking sheet and what
training and operationalizing these policies will look like, and he spoke
about how employees are trained. In the same way this is a living document,
the training is also ongoing.
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Items Added by Revision
Other Business
There were no agenda items added by revision.
There was no other business.
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Safety Committee
Adiournment
The meeting adjourned at 10:31 a.m.
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Barry Buchanan -via email 5/13/2024
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