This month’s guest speaker was SPD’s Rebecca Boatright, Executive Director of Risk Management & Legal Affairs. She spoke about SPD’s public records request responses. Read the minutes below to learn why there is a big backlog in responding to requests.
The process to recruit our precinct’s crime prevention coordinator had to start over since there was such a backlog in the background check unit that the candidate took another job after several months of waiting. Read the minutes below for more info.
In 2021, crime in Seattle rose 7% from the prior year, but in North Precinct it was down 8% from 2020. On social media I see many people say they don’t bother to report burglaries since SPD takes so long to show up, or doesn’t have the staff to investigate them. Read the minutes below to see why it’s so important to us, in our neighborhood, to to provide accurate crime reporting to the police. And there are more crime stats in the minutes.
Read the minutes here.
From the meeting minutes: “Asked if SPD has an estimate for what percentage of crimes are NOT reported, Captain says if a crime isn’t reported, from SPD’s view it doesn’t exist. It’s very important to report crimes; SPD is reactive – it goes where crimes are reported. For instance, patrol cars are sent to drive around areas with a lot of crime reports, their visibility is a deterrent to more crime. Crimes can be reported after they happen, and though they might not be solved, the data helps determine patrolling.”
Worth reading!