Kim Bogucki
Co-Founder/Producer
Detective Kim Bogucki has been a member of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for more than 21 years. Kim became involved in community outreach work to form a closer bond between the SPD and the people it serves, as a means of effecting positive change. In 2004, Kim was the co-creator of the Youth Outreach Unit. She is currently assigned to the Department’s Community Outreach Unit.
Deeply inspired by the individuals of the populations she serves, Kim has developed and implemented many programs for youth and homeless that promote their unique voices to drive positive change. Programs Kim has developed have been implemented nationally, including The Doughnut Dialogues; Role Reversal; and the West Side Story Project.
Kim has received many awards for her outreach work with Seattle area communities, including: the Red Cross Heroes Award for work with homeless and street involved youth; the Seattle Police Foundation (SPF) Community Ambassador Award for outreach to the East African Community; the Seattle Neighborhood Groups Community Builder Award for work with the Seattle East African Community; the Chief’s Award for work with foster children; the Seattle Police Foundation Excellence Award for work with youth; and Special Recognition from Guatemala for her liaison work between Guatemalan citizens and the Seattle Police Department;
Kim is also a Girl Scouts Beyond Bars partner with the Girl Scouts of America. Through this program she works to form bonds and a newfound sense of trust between inmates at the Washington Corrections Center for Women and their daughters, and the SPD.
Throughout her career, Kim has mentored dozens of youth. She has been a sounding board for them, taught them life skills, but most of all, she has been a friend. Even though many of the individuals she has worked with are now in their early twenties, they still remain a large part of her life.
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