Citizen-Law Enforcement Relations
Monday, October 26 • 11:15 am - 12:15 pm
About the Session:
In this listening session, panelists will discuss law enforcement agencies and their duty to serve and protect all citizens based on principles of trust, mutual respect, transparency, cultural competence, and justice.
In this listening session, panelists will discuss law enforcement agencies and their duty to serve and protect all citizens based on principles of trust, mutual respect, transparency, cultural competence, and justice.
About the Speakers
Brian Moreno
Brian Moreno is a member of the Tri-Cities community and serves on a number of boards including the Washington State Commission on Hispanic Affairs and the Washington State Leadership Board. His volunteer service ranges from education initiatives to bridge access to higher learning to students furthest from opportunity as well as law enforcement including Governor Inslee's task for on Independent Investigations Involving Police Use of Force. He is a small business owner originally from Othello and received his MBA from Washington State University.
Chief Ken Roske
Chief Ken Roske was appointed Pasco Police Chief in October 2019 becoming the first Police Chief chosen from within the department in the last fifty years. With a department of 94 employees that continues to grow, Chief Roske oversees a department that strives at leading progressive, community-centric policing innovations focusing on public safety. Implemented in 2015, Chief Roske was instrumental in developing Pasco Police Department’s nationally recognized social media program, credited with improving community trust and engagement. He is a technical advisor and instructor for the national “Coffee with a Cop” program, which is one of the most successful community policing programs in the country.
Todd Foglesong
Todd Foglesong joined the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto as a Professor of Global Practice in 2014. He teaches courses on the governance of criminal justice and the response to crime and violence in global context. In cooperation with the Open Society Foundations, he is developing a peer-based system of support for government officials that seek to solve persistent problems in criminal justice.
Sharon Brown
Sharon Brown was appointed 8th District state senator in February 2013 and was elected by voters later that year to a full four-year term. In 2014, Sharon was chosen by her colleagues to serve as Vice President Pro Tempore of the Senate, one of two members elected by the Senate to preside over the chamber during the absence of the Lieutenant Governor. She is currently the Deputy Leader of Senate Republican Caucus. Since her arrival in the Legislature, Sharon has been a vocal advocate for employers and the Senate’s leading voice for regulatory reform, working tirelessly to make it easier for entrepreneurs and small-business owners to grow, expand and hire more workers.
María Sigüenza
María Sigüenza was born in México and immigrated with her mother as a young child to the state of Washington. She was raised in Burlington, located in the beautiful Skagit Valley. María began her career in non-profit and public service in 2008 as a Spanish-English medical interpreter. She has worked in Skagit Valley Hospital, Sea Mar Community Health Centers, Health Care Authority, Department of Social and Health Services, and the Department of Licensing providing expertise in program management, policy changes, community engagement, language access, equity, diversity, and inclusion. María earned a degree in humanities and social sciences from Western Washington University. She was appointed by Governor Inslee as Executive Director at the Washington State Commission on Hispanic Affairs in August 2018. María serves on the Washington State Business Diversity Subcabinet, and Poverty Reduction Work Group for Governor Inslee and is a founding member of and adviser to the Latino Leadership Network for Washington state employees.
