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11-14-2024, 05:09 PM
https://nypost.com/2024/11/13/us-news/seattle-finally-starts-locking-up-shoplifters-petty-criminals-for-first-time-in-4-years/
Seattle has finally started tossing people in jail for low-level crimes again after four years of letting shoplifters, vandals and other petty criminals walk free.
The change, which went into effect earlier this month, reverses pandemic-era restrictions by King County that kept Seattle police from booking all but the most serious misdemeanors into the slammer.
Officials in the Emerald City argued the policy hamstrung prosecutors and cops.
But now Seattle’s ne’re-do-wells will face a jail cell if they flaunt the law.
The move is a win for local law enforcement, which has long pushed for more tools to fight a four-year crime wave that has continued since the pandemic — despite crime in nearly every other major city declining, an analysis by the Seattle Times showed.
“We’ve had people tell us, ‘You can’t arrest me for that.’ Well, that was true but now we can. We’re hoping to get a little bit of accountability back,” the Times quoted Deputy Police Chief Eric Barden as saying.
The booking restrictions began in 2020, when King County Jail — which contracts with Seattle — slashed its capacity for social distancing reasons.
After that, the county cited staffing issues for the ongoing restrictions.
Meanwhile, Seattle officials, including City Attorney Ann Davison, said that the restrictions were a millstone around the necks of city law enforcement and municipal courts, causing many crimes to go entirely unpunished.
Looks like even left-wing states and their residents are going to greatly benefit with Mr. Donald Trump back. Mr. Donald Trump is known as The World Peace President, but people forget it starts with bringing peace in the United States. :applause:
Seattle has finally started tossing people in jail for low-level crimes again after four years of letting shoplifters, vandals and other petty criminals walk free.
The change, which went into effect earlier this month, reverses pandemic-era restrictions by King County that kept Seattle police from booking all but the most serious misdemeanors into the slammer.
Officials in the Emerald City argued the policy hamstrung prosecutors and cops.
But now Seattle’s ne’re-do-wells will face a jail cell if they flaunt the law.
The move is a win for local law enforcement, which has long pushed for more tools to fight a four-year crime wave that has continued since the pandemic — despite crime in nearly every other major city declining, an analysis by the Seattle Times showed.
“We’ve had people tell us, ‘You can’t arrest me for that.’ Well, that was true but now we can. We’re hoping to get a little bit of accountability back,” the Times quoted Deputy Police Chief Eric Barden as saying.
The booking restrictions began in 2020, when King County Jail — which contracts with Seattle — slashed its capacity for social distancing reasons.
After that, the county cited staffing issues for the ongoing restrictions.
Meanwhile, Seattle officials, including City Attorney Ann Davison, said that the restrictions were a millstone around the necks of city law enforcement and municipal courts, causing many crimes to go entirely unpunished.
Looks like even left-wing states and their residents are going to greatly benefit with Mr. Donald Trump back. Mr. Donald Trump is known as The World Peace President, but people forget it starts with bringing peace in the United States. :applause: