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I live in Seattle, but even before that I've not lived in a large city in the US before where you can get the police department to go after petty theft. In Sea
by dmoy 6y ago
I live in Seattle, but even before that I've not lived in a large city in the US before where you can get the police department to go after petty theft.
In Seattle, WA if it's a >$5,000 class B felony theft, then yea, sure. Living in the suburbs? Yes, sure.
Couple years back someone stole a bunch of prescription drugs out of my neighbor's car (pharmacist - they were for his job), police wouldn't touch it. Now they're even less likely, because the city isn't prosecuting as much.
And by not as much, I mean even lower than where we were at last year. Seattle went from a >80% prosecution rate in 2007 to a ~50% prosecution rate for non-traffic in 2017.
- seanmcdirmid 6y agoYa, this is another reason the SPD has lost so much goodwill. Bellevue, in contrast, will investigate property crimes aggressively and if someone even tries to sleep on a bench in the park you’ll see 3 patrol SUVs there in 15 minutes.