Mayor McGinn and the Seattle City Council decided last November to maintain the 3 remaining Crime Prevention Coordinators for another year. This means I will continue serving the North Precinct’s neighborhoods with establishing and maintenance of Block Watches; conducting free security surveys for both commercial spaces and residents. I am available for personal safety trainings;…
Category Archives: Public Safety
Prepare for Severe Weather This Week
The National Weather Service is forecasting prolonged heavy rain, and high winds from time to time, for the next several days. As you can see from the image below, a long train of moisture is aimed directly at Western Washington. Weather guru Cliff Mass has more information about the storm on his blog. So what…
Road Safety in Seattle
Submit your comments on Road Safety in Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and members of the Seattle City Council have convened a Road Safety Summit to improve safety on our roads and ensure everyone gets where they’re going safely. By the end of the day on November 23rd, go online to http://www.seattle.gov/roadsafety/comments.htm to provide your thoughts…
How to Prevent Burglaries and Car Prowls
The topic at the November 15 Broadview Community Council Meeting will be “How to Prevent Burdglaries and Car Prowls.” Although overall crime rates are down in Seattle, this year burglaries and car prowls have been on the increase in our neighborhood. Especially disturbing are the daytime forced entry burglaries that have happened. Car prowls (breaking into…
Broadview Preparedness Group Attends Emergency Communication Hub Drill
On October 29 several Seattle neighborhoods participated in an emergency preparedness drill to rehearse procedures for their community Emergency Communication Hubs. Members of the Broadview Preparedness Group who are working to develop an emergency communication hub or hubs in Broadview toured three hub sites in Queen Anne and Magnolia. Emergency Communication Hubs are places in…
Urban Reliance Program Service at the Broadview Library
The Urban Reliance Program Service will be holding a free hands-on workshop on “Disaster Supply Kits” on Saturday October 29th at 4pm in Broadview Library. Limited to 100 participants. First 100 get in, so be early.Reservations are not needed. Full Description: Having the right emergency essentials after any disaster helps you stay safe and self-sufficient….
Suspect arrested in Carkeek Park jogger attack
The Seattle PI is reporting: By LEVI PULKKINEN, SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF Published 08:54 a.m., Thursday, October 13, 2011 Seattle police have arrested a man suspected of attacking a woman jogging in Carkeek Park. Sexual assault unit detectives arrested the 19-year-old late Wednesday in North Seattle, a police spokesman said in a statement. The teen was booked into King…
Woman Assaulted in Carkeek Park, suspect at large
From Seattle Police Blog posted by Jeff Kappel On October 10th at approximately 8:26 a.m. officers responded to a 911 call of a woman assaulted in the 800 block of Northwest Carkeek Park Road. Preliminary investigation indicates that an adult female was jogging in Carkeek Park. She ran past the suspect who was sitting on a…
Armed Home Invasion Robbery, suspects at large
Posted by Detective Jeff Kappel On October 4th at approximately 8:18 p.m. officers responded to a 911 call of a woman screaming about two male suspects with guns inside a residence in the 1700 block of North 128th Street. As officers were arriving they saw the suspects fleeing the scene in a dark-colored BMW 4-door sedan. Officers…
Safe Walks to Broadview-Thomson School
Friends, We, Gloria Butts, Member of the Neighborhood Planning Advisory Committee for Broadview-Bitter Lake-Haller Lake; Kate Martin, Candidate for District 2 of the Seattle Public Schools Board; Kelly Crimmins, Parent of a child at Broadview-Thomson; Carol Mendoza, Assistant Principal at Broadview-Thomson; and I met with Brian Dougherty, Associate Transportation Planner for the Seattle Department of Transportation. We met at…
