Public Safety Roundtable Committee Meeting

The Public Safety Roundtable Committee is a quarterly meeting for those who are interested in being more engaged or receiving more information about issues impacting our Southwest King County Business Community.

7:00 –   Seattle Southside Chamber Welcome, Annie McGrath - CEO
Police Department Presentations on current retail trends and resources 
Chief Ted Boe –Burien PD, Chief
Chief Tim Gately & Patti Richards - Des Moines PD, Chief 
Dan Yourkoski - Normandy Park PD, Chief
Troy Smithmeyer - SeaTac PD, Chief
Eric Drever - Tukwila PD, Chief
                                Washington Retail Association Presentation
                                King County Prosecutors Office Presentation  
                                Washington Organized Retail Crime Presentation

Thank you for engaging with us and being part of our community.

Our Land Acknowledgment:
As we gather, we respectfully acknowledge that our event is taking place on occupied Coast Salish land and that Seattle Southside Chamber is on the homelands of the Duwamish people. We pay respect to Coast Salish Elders past and present and extend that respect to their descendants and to all Indigenous people. 

Why do we recognize the land? 
To recognize the land is an expression of gratitude and appreciation to those whose territory you reside on and a way of honoring the Indigenous people who have been living and working on the land from time immemorial. It is important to understand the long-standing history that has brought you to reside on the land and to seek to understand your place within that history. Land acknowledgments do not exist in a past tense or historical context: colonialism is a current ongoing process, and we need to build the mindfulness of our present participation. It is also worth noting that acknowledging the land is Indigenous protocol.
http://www.lspirg.org/knowtheland