Sign-up is now open for the second-ever series of  Seattle Police Department’s (SPD)…

“BEFORE THE BADGE” Community-Police Dialogues!

The North Precinct will be invited again on Monday – May 1st, 2023!  (All dates listed below). These dialogues offer the opportunity for community members to meet with and engage in conversation with new Seattle Police Recruits who are completing the SPD “Before the Badge” training!  Please share this invite with your neighbors so that as many people as possible can have the opportunity to join!

The “Before the Badge” program is a 45-Day Training that newly hired SPD recruits take prior to the Basic Law Enforcement Academy Training Program. The dialogues will be conducted by the SPD Micro-Community Policing Plans (MCPP) Research team and held virtually via Zoom on designated dates by precinct.

What is the purpose of the dialogues?

  1. Meeting new Seattle Police Recruits and learning about who they are, why they entered policing, and their thoughts and ideas about how to improve public safety in Seattle.
  2. Helping new SPD recruits learn about Seattle precincts and neighborhoods.
  3. Sharing your real-time public safety concerns with the new SPD recruits so they can better understand the quality of life-related public safety issues communities face.
  4. Understanding how community members can work creatively and in concrete ways with new SPD recruits to improve public safety in Seattle.

To sign-up to participate in one or more dialogues, go to: https://www.publicsafetysurvey.org/index.html

2023 SPD BTB DIALOGUE SCHEDULE

WINTER/SPRING 2023

  • Monday February 27 – SOUTH
  • Monday March 6 -SOUTHWEST
  • Monday March 13-WEST
  • Wednesday March 22-EAST
  • Monday March 27-NORTH
  • Monday April 3-SOUTH
  • Monday April 10-SOUTHWEST
  • Monday April 24-WEST
  • Monday May 1-NORTH
  • Monday May 8-EAST

FALL 2023

  • Monday, September 11-EAST
  • Monday, September 25-NORTH
  • Monday October 2- SOUTH
  • Monday October 16-SOUTHWEST
  • Monday October 30-WEST
  • Monday November 6-EAST
  • Monday November 13-NORTH
  • Monday November 27-SOUTH
  • Monday December 4-SOUTHWEST
  • Monday December 11-WEST