Exposed: SURRENDER RIGHTS FOR PUBLIC RECORDS ACCESS FAIL / SEATTLE POLICE HQ VIOLATES STATE LAWS
Channel: Cameras Everywhere
Date: 2019-05-01

(Seattle, WA. 4/26/19) - I go to the Seattle Police Department Headquarters to file a simple request for public information and document the process. Agency normally requires and or compels citizens to waive fundamental rights in order to access public records information.

VIOLATIONS COUNTED = 15 
PASSES COUNTED = 6

RELEVANT LINKS
PDF Scorecard:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b5LO699gv5Slki95wfKcvPZjvJ9Ok6ge/view?usp=sharing
Review SPD Headquarters:
https://goo.gl/maps/T3bytYTdUVZeDVQu8
SPD Facebook Page: 
https://www.facebook.com/SeattlePolice/
RCW "Public Records Art": https://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=42.56
SPD Policy Manual: 
https://www.seattle.gov/police-manual/title-5---employee-conduct/5001---standards-and-duties

***The filmmaker was recorded by the government without his consent during the making of this video.***

TIMECODE
0:00 - Introduction Clips
1:44 - Cameras Everywhere Intro
1:50 - List of public contacts / Entering headquarters / short voice over
2:37 - I take a number and get #60
2:42 - Officer tells the counter ladies to respect the 1st Amendment 
3:39 - I wait silently for 20 minutes / my number is never called
3:53 - SPD Employee asks me not to film
4:04 - Copy of public records request
4:26 - SPD employee violates several laws and ethical policies
4:52 - Can one submit a request anonymously??
6:10 - I ask for a supervisor and tell employee she is violating state law
6:44 - Man threatens me with police for apologizing  
7:13 - Friendly SPD Supervisor arrives
7:37 - Officer tells me he's recording me with "audio and video"
7:46 - I tell the supervisor exactly what I'm doing and why
9:02 - Supervisor initially fails, but does try to be helpful
9:45 - I ask supervisor if she will comply with the law
9:45 - Man assails News Now Seattle (audio recorded only)
10:02 - SPD Supervisor: "We're used to asking for ID"
10:09- SPD Supervisor agrees to abide by the law
11:13 - SPD Supervisor begins to provide the "fullest assistance" as required by law
12:10 - SPD Supervisor accepts my public records request
12:22 - SPD policy manual revised on 04/01/2019
12:29 - Public records request for SPD policy revisions 
12:50 - I give the SPD supervisor an ethical scorecard
13:16 - SPD Supervisor expresses desire to be helpful
13:53 - City of Seattle Ethics Code +
14:14 - SPD Supervisor asks about "names tags"   
15:20 - Response to public records request made in 1 business day
15:30 - Angry man says he was just "frustrated" 
16:18 - I compliment the officer and we talk about cameras everywhere
17:04 - SPD supervisor continues to provide the "fullest assistance"
17:51- In video results and quick scorecard
18:12 - List of public contacts 

 FEDERAL LAW & CODE
- United States Constitution, A. I, IV, XIV 
- 42 U.S.Code § 1983 "Deprivation of Rights" 
STATE LAW & CODE
- Washington State Constitution Article I, SEC. 1-35
- RCW 42.20.040 “False Report” 
- RCW 42.20.100 “Failure of Duty by Public Officer”
- RCW 42.52.200 "Agency Rules"
- RCW 42.56.030 "Construction" 
- RCW 42.56.080 "Identifiable records—Facilities for copying—Availability of public records" 
- WAC 44-14-04003 “Responsibilities of agencies in processing requests.” 
 -RCW 9A.72.080 “Statement of what one does not know to be true”
 -RCW 9A.80.010 "Official Misconduct"
- RCW 9A.60.030 “Obtaining a signature by deception or duress”
CITY OF SEATTLE ETHICS CODES
- Seattle City Ethics Code. 4.16.020 "Purpose"
- S.M.C. 14.06.010 - .030 "Unfair Public Accommodations Practices"
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT MANUAL
- 5.001-POL "Standards & Duties" #2, #7, #10, #14 
- 5.140-POL "Bias-Free Policing" #1, #2, #5, #9
- 5.160-POL "Citizen Observation of Officers"
- 10.020-POL “Physical security of police facilities”
- 12.080-POL “Disclosure of Department Records”

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