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City of Bellevue Police Chief Recruitment Survey
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Started: Tuesday, July 01, 2014 5:50:46 PM
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Q1: What are the most important issues/priorities that you would like the new Police Chief to
address?
Able to work with a diverse population, both ethnic and socioeconomic. Able to look down the road and picture
& plan for challenges before they arrive. Our area is undergoing tremendous growth & change right now, most
good but some bad.
Q2: What experience and track record should the new Police Chief have?
Experience in a mid-sized to large city. Experience with urban police issues. Committed to public
accountability. Someone who will support the current corps of officers and their high level of customer service
& commitment to the communities they serve.
Q3: What are some of the characteristics about the City of Bellevue that will help attract the best
candidates to our City?
Quality of life, relatively low crime rate, rich diversity in the population.
Q4: What skills and characteristics are the most critical for a new Police Chief to succeed in the City
of Bellevue?
Skilled community builder, skilled communicator. Probably needs to be a pit bull when it comes to budgets.
Savvy politician. Emotionally mature and not susceptible to some of the macho posturing that has crippled
some other police agencies (SPD, case in point).
Q5: Is there anything else you would like the City to
consider when selecting the new Police Chief?
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Ongoing crime and safety issues. Updating the officers on the latest ways to combat crime. Maintaining a full
force, with consideration paid to ongoing retirements and departures so that the department is always fully
staffed.
Collaborative efforts, the ability to prioritize responses to the most important crimes,and a willingness to learn
new things and adapt to suggestions and new ideas.
Great City employees who are committed to the community and longevity.
of Bellevue?
Compassion.
Motivation and Drive.
Ability to consider new ideas and be forward thinking and proactive about the changing climate of the way
crimes are committed and investigated.
Q5: Is there anything else you would like the City to consider when selecting the new Police Chief?
They should be willing to work to revitalize the police department in moving forward together as a unified
agency.
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Internally: Ethics & morale. Externally - we need to have real community policing, not the lip service that's
been done so far, but meaningful engagement with neighborhoods on the crime and disorder issues that
matter most to each of them, and then officers who aren't driven by 911 calls assigned to work proactively with
communty members on solving those problems and involving other city and other government and communitybased agencies in doing so.
External to BPD. Involvement in progressive national police leadership organzations. Demonstrated
commitment to community involvement, community oversight. community advisory boards (by ethnicity /
language, for example). A demonstrated commitment to reducing disproportionality. A willingness to drive
change in an organization that is inherently conservative. A track-record of innovation. It'd be great to have a
chief who represents the diversity of Bellevue's residents.
Low crime-rate, great place to live and work.
of Bellevue?
Must be credible with the rank & file, yet have a vision for the organization and be willing to drive change to
realize that vision. Politically savvy.
The BPD has a bunker mentality that keeps them apart from other city departments and from the community.
That outlook will lead to ongoing problems if it isn't rooted-out by the new chief.
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The cultural changes in our community
Q2: What experience and track record should the
new Police Chief have?

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Q3: What are some of the characteristics about the

City of Bellevue that will help attract the best

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Q4: What skills and characteristics are the most

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The opportunity is before the city with the retirement of both the police chief and fire chief to consolidate the
administration functions of both deparments. I think you should consider hiring a Public Safety Director to
manage the police and fire department. This would be a nominal consolidation impacting overall
administration. Departments would essentially remain the same. Coordination would be improved between
the two most public facing departments. Has been done successfuly in other cities in the USA with initial
union fear that had dissipated over time.
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Proven Leader
Excellent Communicator
Improve Public Image
Improve Relations with the Media
Proven Experience as a Police Chief of Similar Size City
Proven Communicator
Major Suburn of Seattle
Low Crime
Professional Agency
Growing City
Diverse Community
of Bellevue?
High Ethics and Ethical Beliefs Supported by Experience, Record and Facts
Good Communicator
Ability to Lead the Department
Ability to Make Tough Decisions
An Outside Police Chief would bring new perspective to the department
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He/She needs to get this department in order. Too many people in leadership roles are completely ineffective
and it trickles down to the line officer. We aren't able to do our jobs as a result.
One of reform. One of standing up and supporting the officers he/she leads. One of demonstrating all
members of the department are held to the same standards.
Great city, great place to work, great place to live.
of Bellevue?
Tough love. We need someone who will make difficult changes and support the officers. not someone who just
says "yes" to whatever city council wants.
This person should not come from in house. There is far too much favoritism here for that to happen.
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Police Department staffing and the hours of the administrative staff; the need to re-visit the hours Records staff
work (have them work later or a weekend day).
Preferably external candidate/experience. The City needs outside perspective; too many leaders have been
here for too long, PD leadership is getting stale.
The growing size, economic stability.
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- Train officers on racial equity and cultural proficiency to stop profiling.
- Increase awareness and responsiveness to gang involvement
Cultural proficiency, experience on diverse population, work with at risk youth, integration with schools.
Racial and socioeconimc diversity, high level of community involvement.
of Bellevue?
Cultural proficiency, transparency with the community, proactive, good communication.
To reflect Bellevue's demograhics I sincerely hope that the new Chief will be of a culturally/ethnic diverse
background.
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Started: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 2:51:26 PM
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Rogue Staff - Officers projecting themselves well beyond the bounds of reasonable service
Strong Organizational Change done in an intractable situation with impossible people
blank - really, if you have to ask, there is the problem.
of Bellevue?
the Chief only needs the support of the Mayor, Council and Staff - see #2. If the new chief does not get the full
support and is treated like an outsider and can't "get in" then he will fail like most of the other new hires in
management positions - see Steve Sarkozy for more
Consider organizational change now during the interim tenure - this way the New Guy is not to blame for the
"painful" changes to come. A few bad apples and all that should not be discounted - it is the culture of the
whole city that breeds these bad apples getting drunk at Seahawks games and getting DUI's and rides home
from friends - kill the culture or perpetuate it in a less visible space.
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Department morale. Instilling strong leadership in the command staff.
Proven experience leading a large police department.
Top pay. Economic vibrancy. Growing city.
of Bellevue?
Public speaking. Proven experience.
Yes...a chief from outside the department.
Time for new blood.
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Cure internal disciplinary problems
Address requirements for policing in a multi-cultural context
Rethink use of force policies and beef up supervision, training, and considerations of alternatives to use of
deadly force
Experience in successfully managing a complex department in a multi-cultural environment
Demonstrated success in changing internal culture, insistence on highest standards, and focus on alternatives
to deadly force
Excellent schools, high quality infrastructure, high expectations of city staff, good pay
of Bellevue?
Multi-cultural background or experience--second language required.
Willingness to stand up to union to get things accomplished
Recognition that deadly force is not the first option
Commitment to continued customer service and cultural training.
Ability to talk openly and honestly about both the faults and the successes of the force. Must be a
sophisticated communicator.
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Started: Friday, July 18, 2014 7:44:10 PM
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Department Staffing: The police department continues to operate with an allocated number of FTE's similar to
the 1990's, despite the City's growth. While the Fire Department has approx. 42 personnel able to respond to
Fire/Aid calls at night, the Police Department is staffed with only 6 after the hours of 0230.
Patrol / Detective / Specialty Unit Staffing: While crime continues to plague many residents, the number of
Officer's available to respond to/investigate calls has decreased. Additionally, the number of investigations
being accepted by Detectives has greatly decreased, as staffing does not allow them to investigate the
majority of crimes reported.
The current Departmental motto, fostered through the upper administration is "More, more, and more with
less, less, and less." This is failing our community.
POLICE EXPERIENCE. Period!
Working Patrol for 3 years, then promoting does not qualify. We need a true Police Officer with thorough and
diverse experience that is a proven leader!
No ties whatsoever to CALEA.
Great environment, good lower level employees, solid pay/benefits
of Bellevue?
Selfless Leadership!!!!
We cannot afford a manager lacking leadership skills or another incompetent chief focused on sinking a
previously sea worthy ship...i.e. Linda Pillo.
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Let's learn from our past and build something good for the future...our citizens deserve it! We have to be
transparent and we must have a leader who is open with the public and city officials. It only hurts the City,
Citizens, and Employees when our appointed "Leaders" hide information and cause damage to our department
while keeping all hidden.
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Started: Sunday, July 20, 2014 9:02:23 PM
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The poor morale in patrol. Staffing in the department-getting more bodies and putting them in the right places.
They should have been a working cop-not a "yes man". We have plenty of these. To get respect you have to
know what your talking about and you can only get that with experience. I would also like a Chief who can
actually lead. This means they have to have the guts and integrity to speak out get what's needed for the police
to do their job. All you have to do is look at the state of this department now to see the legacy of the last chief
who did nothing for the troops and appeased everyone else.
I have always said that this is a great city to be a cop because the citizens actually like us and help us. This
means a lot to get that kind of support. The area speaks for itself. The beauty of our city and the activities in
the area are unmatched.
of Bellevue?
I am tired of working for everyone else. For over 20 years I have seen the police chief say yes to everyone to
make their jobs easier (records, property, courts, etc.). Look at NORCOM. The money and time we have
spent to appease them is ridiculous. The fact that it is 2014 and we are just now doing reports on the computer
is obscene. I would like a police chief to actually go to bat for their people. Even if the bean counters shoot
them down, I would appreciate and respect their effort.
Don't be afraid to hire someone that is out spoken. Our last chief left a disaster because she was so out of
touch with police and police work. Hire a cop not a social worker. I can't believe we have cops leaving our
great city to work at King County, Seattle, Lakewood etc. This is unacceptable considering we should be one
of the leading agencies in the state. Not only that, it is going to take many years to come back from where we
are. I don't believe we would be in this situation if the city council knew what was going on and had good
information from the leader/chief of the police department.
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Public safety and good public relations. Someone the 220 members of the police department will look up to.
Proven managerial skills and a record/commendations proving the ability to handle difficult situations
appropriately.
Integrity...someone with a firm hand, not affraid to make a difficult decision in the best interest for COB Q4: What skills and characteristics are the most critical for a new Police Chief to succeed in the City
of Bellevue?
Communication and strong managerial skills.
someone not politically motivated...but someone with the best interest for the safety for each individual that
lives within or visits the COB
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Safe community, Diversity, Sound management of resources in the downtown core,Strong support of all
sections of the criminal justice system within the City (from police, prosecutor, court, and probation) Significant
regional presence, Growth of the City
Experience in Cities with varied business community, complexity of dense populations- high rise buildings,
safe entertainment
Character builder for police staff/ training
Experience in alternatives to incarceration, effective work with prosecutors, probation, community resources.
Dynamic downtown, businesses, parks, engaged community, caring church communities, resources for
population
of Bellevue?
Listening, strong moral compass, no fear of doing the right thing, articulate, certain leader who respects
others,shown to have made effective impacts
This position is significant to the criminal justice system in the COB and the region as a whole. Consider
his/her part as it pertains to the whole.
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Community policing (an officer who knows each neighborhood and is approachable).
Organized crime task force with global connections.
Domestic violence prevention/protection.
DUI & drug enforcement task force.
Collaboration with other cities, state & federal agencies.
Dedicated crime prevention unit.
Integrating the need for high-tech with face-to-face contact.
Multi-lingual/multi-cultural policing.
Protecting the most vulnerable populations, especially the very young and the elderly.
White collar crime specialists with in-depth knowledge of Internet crime.
Integrating disparate information systems.
Early warning system for gang activity.
Discipline in the ranks.
Arson task force closely allied with Bellevue Fire Department.
Chief or deputy chief in a city > 250,000 population with diversity and an income gap similar to that seen in
Bellevue.
$$$
Its location in the Pacific NW.
Good people in the department.
A terrific City Manager.
The challenge of growth.
of Bellevue?
Natural leadership skills, intelligence, innovation, fairness, cool-headed approach, tough-minded, warmhearted, logical, disciplined, and visionary. Hire a deputy for administration.
The Chief needs to be able to work closely with other agencies in the region and at the federal level, as well
as Canadian and Mexican authorities.
Understand the global network of organized crime, industrial espionage, and money laundering.
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Have a succession plan.
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Started: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 7:42:14 AM
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We have less commissioned officers currently working at Bellevue PD than when I started working here in
1991. Officers are exhausted and disgruntled about the working conditions and the way the city and police
management has ingnored this issue. We need the new Chief to focus his attention in hiring, training, and
retaining new officers.
Commanded simlilar size or larger police department. Record of being a strong leader under public scrutiny.
Great people who live and work in Bellevue. Clean, Safe, friendly evironment to live and work.
of Bellevue?
Transparent, Strong Character, Strong problem solver, Innovative, Think out of the box
Select someone who is still "in the game" meaning that this should not be just a pre retirement job.
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Police militarization, over use of SWAT
Lots of experience in community policing and fostering a department of community guardians rather than
encouraging warriors that look at the community as the enemy

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of Bellevue?
Lots of experience in community policing and fostering a department of community guardians rather than
encouraging warriors that look at the community as the enemy
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Addressing the "inner city" problems in Bellevue (homeless, drug dealing, thefts, panhandling, etc), and pulling
the department together after several negative incidents with officers and staff that I think have caused
frustrations and division.
Lengthy experience in a big city, and the ability to provide strong leadership.
City government and the police department are committed to serving Bellevue citizens. Good neighborhoods
and public/private schools.
of Bellevue?
Again, a strong, decisive leader who is able to gain and maintain respect from officers and staff, and a leader
who will provide and demand specific expectations from the department.
After the incidences with officers and superiors over the last few years, and due to the handling of these
situations across the police department, because of what I feel is the "good old boy network", I strongly believe
that a new Chief should not be chosen from the ranks of the current Bellevue Police Department. Someone
with no history in Bellevue who can start fresh, pull things together, and can solidify this department.
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1) The new Chief needs to be a strong decision maker that listens to all sides and makes logical choices. S/he
then needs to effectively and consistently communicate the rationale for the decision. This NEVER happens.
2. Inspirational - we need a leader that we want to follow. Someone who can lead people. The last leader that
led from the front and had the true faith of the troops was Van Blaricom in the 80's.
3. The new Chief should bring in his/her own Deputy Chiefs. We need a thorough cleansing of the Dept. We
are saddle down with disreputable and unrespectable middle management. There are Majors, Capt's (all
except a couple) and many Lt's who only promoted because of cronism and not on merit. Our selection
process has really been lacking in the past few decades.
4. Our department fights within itself for resources. We do not behave in a "One Agency" manner. Managers
who transfer from one unit to another and fully understand the needs of their former unit lose all loyalty to that
former unit and undermines that unit's staffing and budgetary needs. The new mgr of the unit has no
knowledge base to adequately advocate for the unit. Then during meetings the old unit is gutted by their
former leader. What ever happened to doing what's best for the agency or what's best for the city?
5. We suck at succession at ALL levels. There is no mentorship. There is no process where the departing
person has to develop a training or operation guide to the new person. We keep reinventing the wheel. If the
incoming person is not a ball of fire then the job is not "recreated" and performance is low. If the incoming
person is energetic but has no direction then all the good things that were done before may be lost as they
head off in a new direction without understanding what they are leaving behind or not continuing. This loss of
institutional knowledge or succession drag really lowers our abilities.
Innovative thinker and effective public representative of the agency. We need to get into the 21st century.
Many of our programs are still in the 1990's. Neither of the past two chief's created anything new and dynamic.
We evolved slowly. Very slowly.
We have not had effective engagement with the private sector. The police foundation is floundering due to lack
of vision. It has not reached its potential by a ong margin. The past Chief was unable to effectively engage
with CEO's of the city's business sector. There was no synergy developed. The private sector was kept at bay.
Strong support from the community and thus consistent support from council.
Impressive socio-economicly demographics
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of Bellevue?
Politically sensible, but willing to take a stand that may not be popular with either the public or Council.
Personable and affable. A leader that we want to follow. A good communicator that explains the reasons
behind the decisions.
Pick someone from the outside. PLEASE. We need to get out of our rut. We need somebody who will get our
mgt team and first line supervisors working effectively again.
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Getting seriously hard on criminals, regardless of where they come from or where they live or any sob story
they give.
The ability to stand up to groups that think they are picked on and not back down from them. A strong
evidence of basing their decision on the law, not social pressure.

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Decrease illegals among our citizens competing for our jobs and overtaxing our resources.
Represents the Peoples government from the bottom up. Communicates well what the people in the city
want...not what the city wants for the people.
No High glitzed advertising and adult shops- family friendly community.
of Bellevue?
Respect and integrity for all citizens
How long they have lived in our area - community pride and presence. Do they have 20 local people who
know them and can recommend them.
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