Posted on 09/23/2011 12:03:34 PM PDT by Stoat
The same group of about 50 people have been arrested over 2,700 times.
"We have a pair of beat officers down there in Belltown and Third Ave., that area, we asked them to identify the 50 most problematic individuals they deal with, and then we ran the analysis on them," says Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn.
McGinn says he doesn't think it's a problem with police presence in the area.
"This is not a problem of having sufficient officers down there to arrest people. If it was a matter of arrests, we would've solved this a couple thousand arrests ago."
McGinn says the issue is becoming a costly problem.
"Think of the amount of dollars we are spending processing people through a system without actually resolving the underlying problem."
The Seattle Police Department is collecting more information to see where the breakdown is that allows these criminals to continue to be an issue.
"We have to collect more data on these individuals and try to figure out what's broken, what's broken that this is the issue, and then try to get to solutions," says McGinn.
Bob Larson, 97.3 KIRO FM Editor
I'm guessing that this sort of article doesn't exactly help Officer recruitment for the Seattle Police Department. If you want to spend your career beating your head against a brick wall there are probably many other ways to do it.
So exactly what are they arresting these people for?
Seems to be an important piece of the puzzle.
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The "underlying problem" is a system that's soft on criminals. Iow, liberalism.
I live at 5th and Wall - which isn’t too bad - but going Dow to 2nd or 3rd can be a real nightmare sometimes.
50 well placed shots would do wonders for that area. I think the neighborhood residents would be thrilled crime would drop so much so fast.
So exactly what are they arresting these people for?
Seems to be an important piece of the puzzle.
Indeed. Hopefully some of our wonderful Seattle Police FReepers will stop by this thread and help us understand this better.
I'm also curious....If the 50th scumbag in this Top 50 list was arrested 2,700 times, how many times was the #1 scumbag arrestd? 10 thousand times? Twenty thousand times?
Obviously it’s for petty crimes and B&E’s.
Many of these criminals will, after being given notice to show up for sentencing will continue to commit crime.
It’s a lifestyle.
I think you need to read the article again. There are 50 people that have been arrested a total of 2,700 times. That works out to about 54 arrests each.
You know, I realized that right after I posted. My bad ;-(
I violated the “take a deep breath before you post” rule
;-)
Within a few days, their bodies would mysteriously start appearing in the morgue. That was generally enough to leave the survivors rushing to get out of Dodge.
The local police would get a commendation from the district for sending the crime rate plummeting. That was nice, but not quite as nice as the candy, flowers, baked goods and money which would be anonymously dropped off at the police station. And nobody ever wondered why or inquired as to the whereabouts of the missing miscreants.
We should be taking a hard look at the practices of the prosecutors and judges. If somebody is arrested for something substantial multiple, then the prosecutor should be obligated to not offer a plea bargain, but instead go for maximum penalty.
It might do some good to publicize some statistics on prosecutors relating to how many times a "customer" is re-arrested after plea bargain, and on judges who give skimpy jail terms to repeat offenders.
Belltown is noted for various nocturnal criminal activities
such as drugdealing, prostitution, and robbery.
That said its much safer than other inner cities such as
El Ley or Oakland. Plus you can carry concealed if you
choose (and possess a permit, easy to get in WA).
Good nightlife and cheap eats (such as Noodle Ranch!)..
Remove the criminals and crime goes with them. No idea why we keep letting criminals go.
I once saw a judge hand down a jurisdictional eviction for a guy with a lifetime of misdemeanors and non violent felonies.
I’m not sure how constitutional it is but the judge told him to move away because the judge would give him 20 years as a habitual offender if he saw the guy in his courtroom again.
LOL... not a problem. It usually takes me several edits to compose my posts, then I let them “mature” a while so I can decide if I really want to say that. I end up cancelling most of my attempts. :)
The judge was probably constitutional, because he wasn’t telling the guy he couldn’t associate with his boys.
If the guy’s boys are willing to travel an extra 20 miles to see him, that’s there business. :)
I think a judge is allowed to do that.
Gee, these fellas don’t learn their lesson. They are going to get demerits if they won’t straighten up and fly right.
The judge gave him a choice. Leave and try to keep clean or spend the rest of your life in prison. (the guy was in his 50s)
The "underlying problem" is a system that's soft on criminals. Iow, liberalism.
A chronic problem in Seattle. Most libs don't seem to understand the relationship between voting for Leftist government officials and having your grandmother murdered on the street for her grocery money.
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