April 25

Seattle Police detail plans for Maples Leaf (sic)

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The graphic, above, pretty much says it all.

Although publicity of the Seattle Police Department’s current enforcement push has focused mainly on its 9 1/2 Block downtown strategy, it also earlier this week announced plans on a neighborhood level. Called Micro Community Policing Plans. (Update: Related Danny Westneat column here.)

This is what they say about us.

* “Maples Leaf”  is, for policing purposes, considered part of the Roosevelt/Ravenna neighborhood. As are Wedgwood and Green Lake. Here is the pdf.

Enforcement priorities are:

* Burglaries.

* Drug use in Cowen Park (which IS in Roosevelt/Ravenna, near Whole Foods).

* Bar noise, traffic safety and

* Urinating in public.

Not entirely familiar? We could be in the Northgate neighborhood (including Haller Lake, Pinehurst and North College Park).

There the priorities are:

* Prostitution (along Aurora Avenue North).

* Graffiti.

* Burglaries.

* Traffic safety and lack of lighting.

We’ll be happy to funnel any comments to the North Precinct.

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  1. Pretty much the cops in Seattle are worthless. The best way to combat the assault and armed robbery at the Northgate area is go get your concealed carry permit and defend yourself. You cant rely on teh cops anymore.

  2. Oh yeah, my car was stolen on May 1 at 3 AM from 500 block of 85th and left in the COA parking lot on 80th. It was Towed off the lot later. Nothing was taken, car not started with key, no forced entry, blah blah.

    Other than that, we get a ton of Car prowling.

    NOISE?

  3. This neighborhood cracks me up. The police are absolutely NOT one of the tools you should be using to stand up for your rights. Your rights as what? A citizen of this country? This city? A homeowner? A small business owner? An employee? A tax payer?
    This is why laws are not, and should not be enforced equally. That and…

    A Right is not the same as a Law, not the same as an Ordinance, not the same as a Regulation. Lets not freely switch those in and out.

    You can say whatever in a comments section. You don’t have any RIGHT to free speech here though.

  4. Isn’t it weird that the Seattle Police haven’t been collecting evidence at burglary scenes? This is basic police work. It’s part of their job. Let’s start pressuring the Council and the Chief to get better police work going on. We certainly pay enough for it.

  5. An Observer*: Seattle police in my experience don’t take any evidence at home burglaries. When my home was broken into a few years ago, I asked them to take fingerprints on the door and lock that was opened for the thief to exit and the cop laughed. He said they don’t do that type of evidence at gathering, we should consider all our possessions as never coming back, and they more come out to educate homeowners on steps they can take so it doesn’t happen again.

  6. I would like to see the crime around Northgate mall and transit center addressed. I am very suprised that this is not mentioned at all. I would also say that the northgate QFC has taken a turn for the worse at night.

    Otherwise, I do agree that burglary is a priority.

  7. “Cleaning noise three times a year until midnight?? Ha ha. Might be time to move to duvall my friend.”

    Why move when we can just get the city to enforce rules when some business owners violate them? SWBob isn’t the only one. All of us that live within a couple of blocks of these businesses have to deal with it, and it isn’t just their late night activity. Their garbage collectors used to come a couple of times a week, before 6am (an hour earlier than allowed). This stopped when a few of us complained to the city.

    If we don’t stand up for our rights, they are lost, and the police department is one of the tools we can use to stand up for our rights. the city has noise ordinances for a reason.

  8. “Is bar noise really a priority? That seems a bit silly, especially in our neighborhood where there are more pertinent problems.”

    No reason that the cops should enforce some laws, more than others — if they have time. I realize there budget cuts and limited staff, but this is a forum for all to chime in. I agree with BobInSW, I’d like to see the businesses keep their noise out of the residential areas after quiet hours (10p-7a). It wouldn’t take a lot of resources to enforce. Pretty good bang for the buck, and I know for a fact that this disturbs a number in the area.

  9. That sounds like him, An Observer. Park Six remains generally trash free, as long as I and another concerned neighbor make our rounds (my wife and kids and I also did a big roundup on MLK day and collected something like four trash bags full – including needles, a couple dozen disintegrating used adult diapers from the pond itself, and what was probably human feces). Good times. I called in the camper as an abandoned vehicle, though if it’s being used, it technically isn’t abandoned. I’m starting to sound like a real busybody.

  10. I believe I saw your roustee, Chris. He was pushing a three wheel baby stroller with his worldly possessions stacked upon it.
    I went through the Beaver Pond area, it was previously known as Thornton Creek Park Six, and I found no trash, no needles today. There is a new “Meth RV” parked on NE 106th at 8th, blue tarp and all. It is in violation of the ordinance for over width vehicles parked on residential streets. Does it seem strange that they are going to emphasize “taking evidence at the scene” of local burglaries? They haven’t been doing that?

  11. I’d like to see more attention on enforcing city noise ordinances in business zoned parts of Maple Leaf that border residential zones. For example, the Kona Kitchen has a very loud company clean their kitchen 3 times a year, and they often go until midnight — and it can easily be heard one or two blocks into the residential areas. I walked over there one night to tell the cleaner he was violating noise ordinances, and he stopped after I said I’d call the police, but just this week they were at it again. I talked to the owner and she didn’t care that she was violating city noise ordinances. I called the police, but couldn’t wait an hour for them to show up — and by then the cleaner and is super loud truck with high pressure hose engine blaring out the back had left.

  12. How about funneling concerns about increased intravenous drug activity in Maple Leaf’s Beaver Pond Natural Area (see http://www.mapleleaflife.com/2015/04/14/crime-and-drugs-and-maple-leaf-parks/)? I rousted yet another camper yesterday morning. When I went to check on him in the afternoon, he was gone. But there was the usual pile of garbage – with the de rigueur hypodermic needle. For micro community policing to be effective, cops may have to lace on some hiking boots and occasionally walk the parks and natural areas, where miscreants hide out.

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