Troubling Safety Issues Around Some Schools
Over the last week there have been some troubling incidents around two of our high schools, Roosevelt and Garfield.
Sometime last night or early this morning, a man was beaten to death just blocks from Garfield High School.
Last weekend, there were several incidents right by Roosevelt including Bellevue police using a compression bomb to get into a house to make an arrest and two armed robberies. (This is also near my house which makes it doubly scary.)
I reported these crimes to the Board and Dr. Enfield. She promptly wrote me back voicing her concern and said that she was having a meeting with Councilman Burgess this week and would bring it up with him. (He is the chair of the Public Safety committee which also oversees education and, of course, is a former cop.)
I don't know what the answer is - more police patrols around schools after dark or alerting the kids to be watchful at their school after dark - but it is troubling.
Sometime last night or early this morning, a man was beaten to death just blocks from Garfield High School.
Last weekend, there were several incidents right by Roosevelt including Bellevue police using a compression bomb to get into a house to make an arrest and two armed robberies. (This is also near my house which makes it doubly scary.)
I reported these crimes to the Board and Dr. Enfield. She promptly wrote me back voicing her concern and said that she was having a meeting with Councilman Burgess this week and would bring it up with him. (He is the chair of the Public Safety committee which also oversees education and, of course, is a former cop.)
I don't know what the answer is - more police patrols around schools after dark or alerting the kids to be watchful at their school after dark - but it is troubling.
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I called the police Friday AM and they told me the explosions were some sort of compression bombs that were launched by the Bellevue police to flush someone they had a search warrant for out of one of the Sisley properties. Seattle police were aware of the situation.
The notorious Sisley properties...
The armed robberies occurred around 1 AM and 4 AM.
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SolvayGirl
SG
The irony is that no matter what neighborhood blog you read,there are always complaints about the terrible crime and how there's a "most dangerous corner" in Seattle nearby. And no matter what, commenters always fault the city for not doing enough.
But the City is always looking to help schools and this is one way they could.
(That said, it would also help if they would crack down on the Sisley properties in Roosevelt but that doesn't happen often. And yes, I believe this uptick in crime in that area has everything to do with those properties.)