Police Advisory Committee

Monday, July 13, 2026 Police Advisory Committee Page A. Roll Call WSU Faculty/Staff  Samantha Gizerian  Nicole Drumhiller (Co-Vice Chair) College Hill  Saheed Ogunkoya  Vacant Pioneer Hill  Barbara Hammond  Amy Caessens (Chair) Military Hill  Keira Caessens (Co-Vice Chair)  BriAnn Davis Sunnyside Hill  KJ  Vacant Business Community  Nicolae Cury  Helene Hopkins Multicultural  David Makin  Gabriel Nketah WSU Student  Vacant  Vacant Pullman School District  Juston Pollestad  TBD Pullman School District Parent  Thomas Hanson  Mike Petlovany Pullman Middle/High School Student  Sara Stratton-Hanson  Isa Thomas Pullman At-Large  Craig Watt Page 1 of 15   Juanita Garcia Pullman Police Department  Aaron Breshears  Darby Baldwin  Ruben Harris B. Approval of Minutes 1. June 8, 2026 3 Minutes June 8 2026 C. Business 1. E-Bike/Downtown Sidewalks Discussion 2. National Night Out 3. Committee Guidelines: Review & Updates 6 Committee Guidelines 4. School Zone Traffic Improvements 12 Proposal by Nicolae Cury 5. Police Department Update D. Constituencies Poll E. Public Comment (As Time Allows) F. Next Meeting 1. August 10, 2026 Page 2 of 15  Monday, June 8, 2026 Police Advisory Committee - Minutes Roll Call WSU Faculty/Staff Samantha Gizerian X Nicole Drumhiller (Co-Vice Chair) X College Hill Vacant Vacant Pioneer Hill Barbara Hammond Amy Caessens (Chair) X Military Hill Keira Caessens (Co-Vice Chair) X BriAnn Davis X Sunnyside Hill KJ Vacant Business Community Vacant Vacant Multicultural David Makin X Gabriel Nketah X WSU Student Vacant Vacant Pullman School District TBD TBD PSD Parent Thomas Hanson Mike Petlovany X PSD Student Sara Stratton-Hanson EX Isa Thomas X Pullman At-Large Craig Watt X Juanita Garcia X Pullman Police Dept. Aaron Breshears +/or Ruben Harris EX Darby Baldwin X BUSINESS 1. Approval of Minutes Minutes of the May 11, 2026 meeting were approved by unanimous vote. 2. Election of New PAC Chair Committee members received ballots containing two names: Nicole Drumhiller and Keira Caessens. Ballots were submitted and counted by Darby Baldwin. Keira Caessens was elected to be the new PAC Chair. Amy Caessens thanked the committee for the opportunity to serve in this role, even if only for a short time. 3. WADEPS Focus Group Dr. David Makin and Dr. Season Hoard walk communities across the state through the WADEPS system, what data is collected, and how it is used. They report to the Washington State Legislature and Attorney General’s Office on a quarterly basis. Feedback is anonymous and not associated with any individual. The WA Data Exchange for Public Safety (WADEPS) is an online dashboard (wadeps.org), based on the idea that “accountability cannot exist without transparency”. Everything that exists on the exchange is open-source. The dashboard allows community members to navigate through easy-to-digest information about statewide use of force data and statistics. All agencies are required by law to report the use of ten core types of force, within 30 days. Washington is the only state that has standardized and collated CAD data, to provide rate-based force information. Previously, it took 18 months to form a snapshot of crime across the state. WADEPS makes the information available within 30 days. There are two additional years of funding for WADEPS currently in place. Dr. Makin would like to continue the project into the future. Page 3 of 15  Samantha Gizerian suggested that it would be helpful for people to be able to narrow data down to specific neighborhoods. Makin said that the city is the lowest current level available, and that structures are in place to adjust datapoint levels in order to maintain privacy/anonymity. Craig Watt is interested in data that demonstrates how well an officer’s use of force report aligns with investigative outcomes. Officer training data is expected to be added to WADEPS the days ahead. The legislature has commissioned a WADEPS report for pursuit data. If there are questions, or if a user is looking for assistance using the WADEPS data, a contact form is available on the website. 4. New Member Applicants Saheed Ogunkoya has been in Pullman for quite some time. He is interested in an opportunity to pay back the Pullman community through service on the PAC. Ogunkoya is applying for the College Hill constituency. Helene Hopkins is a lifelong Pullman resident. She offers a lot of knowledge in the areas of downtown business, real estate and property management. Hopkins actively volunteers for the Whitman County Landlord-Tenant Association, and serves on several local, state and national boards. Hopkins is a Business Community applicant. Nicolae Cury owns and operates V7, serving around 200 members across Moscow and Pullman. He has been a local business owner for 10 years and looks forward to serving the community where he lives and raises his family. Cury is applying to represent the business community. Juston Pollestad has been in Pullman for over 25 years, and serving Pullman School District in varying capacities for more than 20 years. He is currently the Executive Director for Operations of PSD, and looks forward to maintaining a strong partnership between the local school district and Pullman PD. Pollestad is applying as a representative of Pullman School District. Keira Caessens joined Chief Breshears for interviews with Ogunkoya, Hopkins and Cury. She said that they were all very enthusiastic about the opportunity to serve on the committee, and to participate in various volunteer opportunities. She noted that three of the four applicants also raise children within the community, and offer additional parenting perspective. Nicole Drumhiller made a motion to approve all four applicants, seconded by Samantha Gizerian. The motion passed by unanimous vote. New members were invited to join the remainder of the meeting in an official capacity. 5. Intro to E-Bike Discussion The e-bike discussion was delayed until July. 6. Department Update Command staff was unavailable, so no department update provided at this meeting. CONSTITUENCIES POLL Traffic on Military Hill should be dying down now that school is out for summer. The Pullman Transit bus stop is currently in the high school parking lot. Juanita Garcia said that this is expected to continue into the fall. Page 4 of 15  Nicole Drumhiller has created framework between threat assessment and law enforcement for the State of Washington. It would be nice to have the SRO attend 5th grade tour day. Nicolae Cury picks students up from the high school each day, and believes that a staggered release schedule would help with traffic impacts. He has drafted a plan that he hopes will be helpful for a future discussion. Samantha Gizerian is grateful for social media updates about construction going on all over town. Darby Baldwin reminded PAC members that the City of Pullman has a page on its website that is useful for keeping a pulse on current projects, timelines, and traffic impacts. PUBLIC COMMENT There was no public comment. NEXT MEETING July 13, 2026 Page 5 of 15 Pullman Police Advisory Committee Mission and Guidelines Adopted March 14, 2011 Revised February 9, 2026 Page 6 of 15 MISSION STATEMENT The Pullman Police Advisory Committee is a volunteer group whose members contribute their time and talents to promote public safety, form a liaison between the community and the police department, and assist in educating our community for a better understanding of the respective responsibilities of police and citizens. COMMITTEE GUIDELINES I. Duties and Responsibilities of the Committee The duties of the Committee shall include, but not be limited to, the following: a. To advise and make recommendations to the Chief of Police concerning the provision of police protection and services within the City of Pullman. b. To enhance police-community relations by serving as a liaison between the police department and the community. c. To review and make recommendations concerning police department policies, procedures, training, and programs. d. To promote and support public awareness of the City of Pullman’s police services and programs. e. To hold public meetings to solicit input from the community regarding police services, programs, and issues of public safety. II. Composition of Committee Membership The Committee shall consist of two (2) representatives for each Committee constituency. All Committee members shall meet the qualifications of their designated constituency as listed below: a. College Hill Constituency: Shall have as their primary residence a City of Pullman address with the directional indicator of Northeast, which is commonly known as College Hill. b. Military Hill Constituency: Shall have as their primary residence a City of Pullman address with the directional indicator of Northwest, which is commonly known as Military Hill. c. Pioneer Hill Constituency: Shall have as their primary residence a City of Pullman address with the directional indicator of Southeast, which is commonly known as Pioneer Hill. d. Sunnyside Hill Constituency: Shall have as their primary residence a City of Pullman address with the directional indicator of Southwest, which is commonly known as Sunnyside Hill. e. Business Community Constituency: Shall be a member of the Pullman business community. f. Multicultural Community Constituency: Shall be a representative of the multicultural community. Preference shall be given to residents of the City of Pullman. g. WSU Faculty/Staff Constituency: Shall be a current faculty or staff member of Washington State University. Preference shall be given to residents of the City of Pullman. h. WSU Student: Shall be an undergraduate or graduate student, currently enrolled at WSU. Page 7 of 15 i. Pullman School District Constituency: Shall be an employee of the Pullman School District. j. Pullman School District Parent Constituency: Shall have at least one (1) child enrolled as a student within Pullman School District and shall either reside or have a child who resides within the Pullman School District. k. Pullman School District Student Constituency: Shall be enrolled as a student at either Pullman High School, Lincoln Middle School, or Pullman School District’s Flex Ed Program and shall reside within the Pullman School District. l. At-Large Constituency: Shall be a resident of the City of Pullman. III. Member Appointment and Duties a. Applications for membership shall be submitted in writing to the Chief of Police. b. To determine eligibility to serve on the Committee, all applicants for membership shall undergo a local records check conducted by the Chief of Police or his/her designee. c. Upon completion of the local records check, eligible applicants will be contacted to schedule an in-person interview with Chief of Police and the Committee Chair (or designee). d. The Chief of Police and the Committee Chair (or designee) will present their recommendations to the Committee at the next regularly scheduled meeting. The Committee will vote to approve or deny the appointment of the applicant by a two-thirds (2/3) majority of members present at the meeting, except as provided for in subsection “F” below. A quorum must exist for the Committee to vote on an applicant’s membership. Absentee voting by members unable to attend the meeting will not be allowed. e. Any member who ceases to meet the qualifications outlined in Section II for their respective constituency shall be deemed to have forfeited his or her office. f. Reassignment of Constituency Representation: 1) When a change in circumstances means that a Committee member no longer meets the qualifications outlined in Section II for their respective constituency, but the member would still like to serve on the Committee, the member can petition the Committee Chair to change their constituency assignment. The Committee Chair will evaluate such petitions by the following criteria: The Committee member’s past attendance and participation on the Committee, and Whether approval would unduly hamper positive changeover in Committee membership, and There is a current vacancy on the Committee for which the petitioning member does meet the qualifications outlined in Section II, or The petitioning member meets the qualifications outlined in Section II for another constituency and the Committee member currently serving that constituency also qualified for the position being vacated by the petitioning member, and all parties involved are agreeable to switching constituencies. Page 8 of 15  2) Additionally, the primary representative and alternate representative of a constituency can petition the Committee Chair to change their respective representative functions within the constituency. The Committee Chair will only accept such petitions when both representatives agree to the proposed change. IV. Officer Election and Duties a. The Committee shall elect a minimum of one Chair and one Vice Chair to lead the Committee. b. Elections for Committee officers shall occur in years where the last two digits are divisible by three (3), i.e. 2018, 2021, 2024, etc. The 2021 election was bypassed due to circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. The regular election schedule will resume in 2024. c. Nominations of members for the position of Chair and/or Vice Chair can be made in writing prior to the scheduled September meeting, or can be submitted verbally or in writing at the September meeting. d. Members can be nominated to be on the ballot for either the Chair or Vice Chair position, or both positions, as they desire. e. Absentee voting by members unable to attend the meeting will not be allowed. f. Voting will occur by written ballot, prepared in advance by the Committee Secretary from the nominations received at the September meeting. g. Voting for the position of Committee Chair will occur first. h. Ballots will be tabulated by the Chief of Police and the Committee Secretary (or designee). The Chief of Police, Committee Secretary, or designee will announce the results of the ballot to the Committee. i. Voting for the position of Committee Vice Chair will follow the announcement of the results for the Chair position, following the same procedure. j. The newly elected Chair(s) and Vice Chair(s) shall assume their full duties and responsibilities at the next subsequent meeting. The Committee Secretary shall confer with both the outgoing Committee Chair(s) and the Chair(s)-Elect during the interim period to address setting agenda items, etc. k. If the Committee Chair(s) resign prior to the end of their term, a minimum of one Vice Chair will be promoted to the position of Chair, and a special Vice Chair(s) election shall be held. Vice Chair(s) will have the option to decline this promotion. If the Vice Chair(s) choose not to accept the promotion to the position of Chair, a special election shall be held to fill the vacancy. l. If a Committee Vice Chair vacates the position prior to the end of their term, and no other Vice Chair remains, a special election shall be held to fill the vacancy. m. Special elections shall follow the same procedures as regular elections. n. Officers elected by special election shall serve to the end of the original officer’s term to preserve the normal schedule of elections. Page 9 of 15 o. The Committee Chair(s) shall run the Committee meetings. p. The Committee Chair(s) or their designee shall submit an annual report in writing each January to the Chief of Police regarding the Committee’s activities. This report shall be posted on the Committee’s web page for public inspection. q. The Committee Vice Chair shall run Committee meetings when the Chair is absent or otherwise unable to do so. V. Term Limits a. There shall be no limit to the length of term a member may serve on the Committee as a constituency representative, provided that they continue to meet the qualifications outlined in Section II. b. The term of service for the Chair and Vice Chair positions shall be three (3) years. There is no restriction on the number of consecutive terms a member can serve as Chair and/or Vice Chair. VI. Meetings and Procedures a. The Committee shall have regular meetings on such days and times as determined by the Committee. b. Each member of the Committee unable to attend a scheduled meeting of the Committee shall notify the Committee Chair or Committee Secretary at the earliest possible opportunity and, in any event, prior to 10:00 a.m. on the date of the meeting. i. Committee members with three unexcused absences from regularly scheduled meetings within six (6) consecutive months will be understood as having submitted an “automatic” resignation. ii. An unexcused absence is defined as one in which the Committee member does not make the notification required above. c. Special meetings may be held as often as the Committee deems necessary. d. This is an ad hoc committee formed by the Chief of Police and is not subject to the Washington State Open Public Meetings Act (RCW 42.30). However, the Committee chooses to use RCW 42.30 as a guideline for conducting public meetings. All meetings of the Committee shall be open to the public, except when a majority of the Committee determines that the subject matter calls for a closed meeting. e. Meetings may be cancelled by the Committee Chair(s), or their designee(s), when circumstances require (lack of a quorum, inclement weather, lack of agenda, etc.). The Committee Secretary will attempt to post a notice of cancelation online and via email. f. The Committee Secretary (as designated by the Chief of Police) shall keep minutes of all meetings held and all business transacted. Approved meeting minutes shall be posted online. g. The agenda for each meeting shall be emailed to Committee members and posted online. h. Any citizen input received since the last meeting shall be compiled and submitted to Committee members for review. Page 10 of 15 i. For purposes of conducting Committee business, exercising its powers, and all other purposes, a quorum of the Committee shall consist of fifty percent (50%) or more of its active constituencies. An active constituency is defined as a constituency for which representatives have been appointed. A constituency for which both representative positions are vacant shall be considered an inactive constituency and shall not count toward the total number of constituencies used to determine quorum. j. Any action taken by a majority of present members, when those present constitute a quorum, shall be deemed and taken as the action and decision of the Committee. VII. Compensation No Committee member shall receive compensation for services performed. Membership on the Committee does not entitle members to any special or preferential treatment by the Pullman Police Department. VIII. Document Purpose a. This document provides guidelines for conducting the business of the Pullman Police Advisory Committee. These guidelines can be reviewed and revised as often as the Committee deems necessary and appropriate. b. A copy of this document shall be posted online for public inspection. Page 11 of 15 PROPOSAL Staggered Dismissal at Pullman High School Improving parking-lot traffic flow and student safety — without re-engineering the lot Prepared for: Pullman Police Chief and the Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) Prepared by: ______________________________ Date: June 2026 The problem we are solving At dismissal, a large share of Pullman High School students drive and park on campus. Those student drivers compete with the parent pick-up lane for space, and as they leave they must cross the active pick-up lane to reach the exit. The result is a single, simultaneous surge of moving vehicles and walking students in the same small area — the conditions that cause both congestion and the highest pedestrian risk. The fix does not require rebuilding the lot. It requires separating these movements in time so they no longer peak together. What already works: the bus example The school already proves this approach works. Buses run on their own bell schedule and load at the rear of the building, fully separated from the front lot in both time and space. That single separation already removes the largest vehicles from the pick-up conflict. This proposal simply extends the same proven principle to the remaining groups. The proposal: driver-first staggered dismissal Keep buses exactly as they are — first, at the rear. Then release the remaining groups in short, sequenced waves so the student parking lot empties before the parent pick-up lane goes live. No student crosses a moving pick-up lane, and the driver surge and the pick-up surge never overlap. Release sequence Pullman High School – Staggered Dismissal Proposal | Page 1 Page 12 of 15 Schedule (anchor times to your actual final bell) Wave Who Where they go Example time Status Per current 1 School buses Rear bus loop Existing bus bell 2 Walkers & bikers Pedestrian gates At final bell New Student drivers (permit 3 Student parking lots Bell + 2 min New holders) Parent pick-up 4 Front pick-up lane Bell + 8 min New (underclassmen) The roughly six-minute gap between waves 3 and 4 is the whole mechanism — it is the window in which the parking lot drains. Why it works • Drivers clear first. Student drivers reach the lots and exit while parent cars are still only queuing — no loading is happening yet, so there is nothing for them to cross. • Two surges become two events. The parking-lot exit surge and the pick-up surge are pulled apart in time instead of fighting for the same lane at the same instant. Pullman High School – Staggered Dismissal Proposal | Page 2 Page 13 of 15  • Pedestrians go first. Walkers and bikers clear the crosswalks before any car moves. • It is reversible and free. It is a bell-timing and supervision change, not construction, so it can be trialed for a week and adjusted or dropped at no cost. Choosing the release trigger The cleanest trigger is the parking permit, because “drives and parks” is the behavior causing the conflict. If permits are not practical to release on, use grade as a stand-in: juniors and seniors as the driver wave, freshmen and sophomores as the pick-up wave. Morning drop-off: no bell change needed Mornings are already naturally staggered — students leave home across a 20–30 minute window, so arrivals spread out on their own. The bell only creates one hard convergence point, and that is at the end of the day, which is why pick-up is the painful one. The one morning item worth addressing is the same driver-vs-drop-off competition, plus the adjacent preschool/Head Start traffic at 530 NW Greyhound Way. Solve that with space, not time: a clearly signed, separate entrance or lane for student drivers headed to the lots, so parking-bound cars never queue inside the drop-off lane. That is signage and striping — not a bell change. Implementation checklist • Confirm the final-bell anchor and the exact wave gaps with a one-week trial, then adjust. • Decide the release trigger: parking-permit holders, or the grade proxy (11–12 drive, 9–10 pick-up). • Station one or two monitors with radios in the front lane during the pick-up wave to keep it moving. • Adopt a hold rule: parents may not pull into or wait in the lots until the driver wave has cleared. • Post signage: a separate student-driver entrance/lane versus the drop-off lane, and a “no stopping” window on the feeder streets during dismissal. • Communicate the new sequence to families before launch and post the flowchart at exits and online. • Coordinate with Pullman PD on feeder-street enforcement and the preschool overlap on Greyhound Way. Precedents from other districts • Assumption High School (Louisville, KY). Its published carpool procedure releases on- campus student drivers first, and only once the student lot has emptied do pick-up cars exit — paired with a rule that parents may not wait in the lots until the drivers clear. This is the closest match to our situation. • Alleghany High School (Covington, VA), spring 2025. Adopted a two-wave dismissal specifically to ease parking-lot congestion: car riders and on-site student-athletes released Pullman High School – Staggered Dismissal Proposal | Page 3 Page 14 of 15  first, then bus riders a few minutes later. A small, public example of a principal making the call with no construction. • Safe Routes to School (national guidance). When staggering dismissal by travel mode, walkers and bicyclists should always be released first, so the change does not discourage walking and biking. • Expected payoff. General analyses of staggered scheduling suggest school-area congestion can drop by up to roughly 30%, alongside improved pedestrian safety near crosswalks. Treat this as an estimate, not a guarantee, since it is not a Pullman-specific study. The trade-off to name up front The cost of staggering is that the last wave — parent pick-up — waits roughly eight to ten extra minutes. The honest pitch to families is that those few minutes are the price of removing the crossing conflict and the daily gridlock, and that a one-week trial will show whether the trade is worth it here. Pullman High School – Staggered Dismissal Proposal | Page 4 Page 15 of 15