Everett City Council recently approved agreements to fund contracts for security services. The goal of the $187,500 investment is to increase safety downtown.
show Snohomish County’s American Rescue Plan Act funds will pay for the increased security services.
"I think security would be a great idea for us," said Wells. "Ideally, we would be able to stop crimes before they happen, stop vandalism before [it] happen[s], or at least we can hold people accountable, because we don’t even know who’s doing it. We just come to work on the morning and there’s glass all over the ground."
The extra eyes and ears downtown comes at a time when police agencies across Washington, like Everett Police Department, are dealing with staffing shortages. Before the council’s vote, Mayor Cassie Franklin mentioned her 2024 budget proposal during the budget committee meeting. She said the budget proposal will ask the council to approve a request for nine new officer positions at the department.
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