Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, police Chief Adrian Diaz and other city leaders hosted a public safety forum Thursday night.
public safety forum Thursday night.“My No. 1 question is: why are we not arresting?" Ulanowski said. "What is the holdup from us not being able to put people in jail when they’re committing crimes? The book-and-release doesn’t stop anything.”While troubled areas of SODO like Third Avenue South look improved in 2024 vs. 2022, those who work in the area are still looking for a permanent change.
Fed up from watching crime affect his business and businesses around him, Ulanowski is now speaking up.“The SODO Business Improvement Area is attending the Mayor’s Public Safety Forum today because, after a long interval, our mayor is acknowledging the substantial public safety issues in Seattle," Erin Goodman with SODO BIA said via statement.
KOMO News also spoke with Ballard business owner Matt Humphrey. Humphrey is one of many in the neighborhood that keeps experiencing“I’m definitely curious to show up tonight and hear what the mayor has to say with the recent reporting that ‘that property crime numbers likely haven’t been accurate for years because of a lack of staffing and underreporting from victims
If Humphrey can ask a question at the safety forum, it would be, “What are you doing to now to make the streets safer for its citizens in Seattle right now? Not global warming. We’re not talking about anything else. But what are you doing right now when it comes to safety to make a difference here now?”
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