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I'm worried about the safety of our Millionaires and Billionaires from those agressive Girl Scouts ...
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This is good. Seattle is devoid of police presence.
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Devoid? I see cruisers every single day. Of course, cops sitting in their cars at stoplights isn't exactly a "police presence." Also, I live in the CD.
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Maybe Mike could score some heroin in Hing Hay park. The ID and Pioneer Square are rife with open drug dealing.

This is what we should focus on- not making it illegal to ask for money, but actual crime.
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How about Pike Street between 1st and 4th?
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How about the fact that we have 1/5th the number of cops/10k residents of NYC?
How about the fact that we have 1/3rd the number of cops that we're supposed to have even in a low crime city?
No wonder the crime rate is going up here while it's going down everywhere else in the country.
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Waitaminute! They're going to increase foot patrols by taking the cops off bikes?
Why can't we increase foot patrols by taking some cops off of desks?
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@7 - because then the desks would be lonely.
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@6: Depends on the type of crime you're talking about.

According to the City's own statistics, homicides, rapes and vehicle thefts were all down significantly last year as compared to 2008 (-27%, -19% & -11% respectively), while robbery, aggravated assault and larceny were all up (11%, 16% & 11%), and burglaries showed a slight uptick (3%).

Which would lead one to conclude those limited police resources you mention would be put to much better use in those areas, and NOT on negligible result, feel-good things like targeting aggressive panhandling.
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Maybe we should hire a police chief and let him decide how to run the police force.

Maybe we should elect a mayor who can get something done.
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Technically, with the budget cuts we're looking at, we should expect to see a force reduction of 8 uniformed officers.

Why are they exempt?
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If you're talking about McNevermind's 200 consultant positions, Will, you're not talking about uniformed officers.

If you're just making stuff up, why stop at 8. We could get rid of the entire Southwest Precinct and save all kinds of money.
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Foot patrol is great. Time to get to know the neighbor and show a friendlier side of policing. However, please be aware that City council members are receiving incentive to support the guild and increasing the task force. I think it is time for the community to retake their neighborhood. Block patrol, block party, and allow the community to solve their own problem is a longer term solution. On average the County book 10,000 booking every 3 months. A lot of these folks are first time offenders. When we are putting an increase level of people with criminal history and making it harder for them to find jobs we will have more crime. May we have free clinic to expunge criminal records?

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