December 1

Why didn’t police respond to hit and run here?

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Update Dec. 2nd: Jordan Royer over at Crosscut ponders policing under Seattle’s new council district system:

…there will be a new kind of scrutiny under the new district council system. Council members will be paying a lot of attention to staffing levels in the various precincts, making sure that their area is getting their fair share of patrols.

His piece is here: neighborhoods-could-yank-a-lot-of-chains-on-new-city-council/

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Josh and Andrew emailed to say The Seattle Times just posted a column about the hit and run here over the weekend.

In it Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat notes:

City records show an officer did arrive at 3:18 Saturday morning — more than four hours after the first calls. By then the truck was gone and all the Maple Leaf neighbors had given up and gone to bed.

The next day, an officer phoned the Jeffries family. Jeffries said the officer blamed the big protest last week at Westlake Center for the delay.

From here, confusion ensues. The full column is here.

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  1. This summer off Roosevelt and during the day on a weekend, I witnessed what could only be termed a home invasion. A male came running out of the house with a bandana on and waiving his arms as if he had a gun. Soon he was followed by an individual with with two large bags of what was clearly weed. They jumped in a car with out of state plates and ripped on down the road. Calling 911 resulted in 5 or 6 rings followed by an automated message saying they were experiencing an unusually large amount of calls and to please wait. This went on for 6-7 cycles. When I finally got a 911 operator, and explained what I had seen and which way the car was going, what kind of vehicle and that it had out of state plates, she did not want to hear any of it. She pushed me about whether I saw a gun “for sure or not”. When I finally said I was unsure but it sure seemed like it given the action of the individual, it dawned on me that must be the limitus test for whether an officer was going to show or not. Which from the best I could tell they never did. The police did not call back or do a followup report either.

  2. So this person is still out there driving. Let’s hope they have learned some sort of lesson. If not the next time they may kill someone in our neighborhood or elsewhere.

  3. With respect to Westneat’s article, he says the police closed the case because the victims filed claims with their insurance company. If this is accurate, that response from the police is completely unacceptable. How else are the victims supposed to proceed, to get their cars repaired? Wait and see if the police will come up with a suspect, and then file claims on the suspect’s insurance? Isn’t hit and run a serious criminal act, regardless of who’s insurance company pays for the damages? Won’t the victim’s insurance company want to recover costs from the perpetrator at some point? Do the North Precinct police even give a hoot?

    Seattle police need to be held accountable for this situation. Maple Leaf citizens deserve a credible explanation , and we want to know what steps are being taken to ensure it does not happen again!

  4. Since 9-11, we’ve been repeated told by law enforcement that if we “see something, say something.” Since that mantra doesn’t apply within Seattle Police jurisdiction, we’ve got to find something different for SPD like “don’t call us, we’ll call you” or “don’t call us, call your insurance company” or “no blood, no police response.”

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