Case 2:12-cv-01282-JLR Document 575 Filed 08/15/19 Page 1 of 3 1 THE HONORABLE JAMES L. ROBART 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 9 10 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, 11 12 13 v. No. 2:12-cv-01282-JLR DECLARATION OF CHRISTINA FOGG IN SUPPORT OF THE UNITED STATES’ RESPONSE TO THE MAY 21, 2019 ORDER CITY OF SEATTLE, Defendant. 14 15 16 17 I, Christina Fogg, declare as follows: 18 1. I am an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington and I am 19 counsel of record for the Plaintiff United States of America in the above-captioned matter. I am 20 over the age of 18 and am competent to testify in court about the matters stated herein. 21 22 2. On March 21, 2019, I attended SPD’s Defensive Tactics training course, along 23 with representatives from the Monitoring Team. The training course involved hands-on 24 instruction to SPD officers on appropriate uses of force and tactics for facilitating such 25 encounters as arrests of resistant subjects. The training also included instruction regarding 26 27 placement of a handcuffed subject into a patrol car. At no point during the training did any 28 DECLARATION OF CHRISTINA FOGG Case No. 2:12-cv-01282-JLR - 1 UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 700 STEWART STREET, SUITE 5220 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101 (206) 553-7970 Case 2:12-cv-01282-JLR Document 575 Filed 08/15/19 Page 2 of 3 1 instructor state or in any way suggest that counter-assaultive measures are always necessary 2 when addressing an assaultive subject. 3 3. In follow up to the Defensive Tactics training, DOJ requested and received the 4 5 written materials that are used in the classroom portion of this training. Attached as Exhibit A is 6 a true and correct copy of the relevant portions of SPD’s 2019 Operational Update provided to 7 the U.S. Attorney’s Office by the City of Seattle Attorney’s Office. The statements contained in 8 the Operational Update concerning Defensive Tactics are consistent with the current, Court- 9 10 approved use of force policy found at Policy 8.200 #6, which became effective on January 19, 11 2019. 12 13 4. Based on my personal observations of SPD’s Defensive Tactics training course and a review of the relevant training materials from the 2019 Operational Update, I can state that 14 15 all instruction provided during this training was consistent with SPD’s Court-approved use of 16 force policies. 17 I declare under penalty of perjury, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, that the foregoing is true 18 and correct to the best of my knowledge. 19 th Executed this 15 day of August, 2019. 20 Respectfully submitted, 21 BRIAN T. MORAN United States Attorney 22 23 s/ Christina Fogg CHRISTINA FOGG, WSBA No. 40159 Assistant United States Attorney United States Attorney’s Office 700 Stewart Street, Suite 5220 Seattle, Washington 98101-1271 Phone: 206-553-7970 Email: Christina.Fogg@usdoj.gov 24 25 26 27 28 DECLARATION OF CHRISTINA FOGG Case No. 2:12-cv-01282-JLR - 2 UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 700 STEWART STREET, SUITE 5220 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101 (206) 553-7970 Case 2:12-cv-01282-JLR Document 575 Filed 08/15/19 Page 3 of 3 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 I hereby certify that on August 15, 2019, I have electronically filed the foregoing 3 document with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such 4 5 filing to the attorneys of record: 6 Brian T. Moran bmoran@usdoj.gov 7 Christina Fogg christina.fogg@usdoj.gov 8 Matt Waldrop james.waldrop@usdoj.gov Kerry Jane Keefe kerry.keefe@usdoj.gov Peter Samuel Holmes peter.holmes@seattle.gov Jeff Murray jeff.murray@usdoj.gov Ronald R. Ward ron@wardsmithlaw.com Timothy D. Mygatt timothy.mygatt@usdoj.gov Gary T. Smith gary.smith@seattle.gov 14 Hillary H. McClure hillarym@vjmlaw.com 15 David A. Perez dperez@perkinscoie.com 16 Anna Thompson annathompson@perkinscoie.com 17 Kristina M. Detwiler kdetwiler@unionattorneysnw.com 18 Merrick Bobb mbobb@pacbell.net 19 Bruce E.H. Johnson brucejohnson@dwt.com 20 Eric M. Stahl ericstahl@dwt.com 21 Paul A. Olsen paul.olsen@seattle.gov 9 10 11 12 13 22 23 24 DATED this 15th day of August, 2019. s/ Brittany Cirineo Brittany Cirineo, Legal Assistant (Contractor) 25 26 27 28 DECLARATION OF CHRISTINA FOGG Case No. 2:12-cv-01282-JLR - 3 UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 700 STEWART STREET, SUITE 5220 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101 (206) 553-7970