Photos: Picnic at the Precinct with West Seattle police

(Photos via iPhone from Deanie Schwarz)
ORIGINAL AS-IT-HAPPENED REPORT, 1:58 PM: Horses from the Seattle Police Department Mounted Patrol – headquartered right here in West Seattle, next to Westcrest Park – are always a big hit at the Southwest Precinct “Picnic at the Precinct,” and you can go meet them – and the human members of the force, too – till 4 pm. High-tech, too:

SW Webster, east of Delridge (map).

MORE PHOTOS ADDED SATURDAY NIGHT: City Councilmember Sally Clark stopped by – that’s her at left in the photo above, with Deanie Schwarz, Deb Greer and Karen Berge of the West Seattle Blockwatch Captains’ Network, (which has scheduled its next meeting – Sept. 28, 6:30 pm @ the precinct), and at right, SW Precinct Crime Prevention Coordinator Benjamin Kinlow. Thanks to Karen for sharing the photo. Other community crimefighters on hand included Dot Beard, president of the West Seattle Crime Prevention Council:

After no meetings in July/August, the WSCPC will meet again on Sept. 21, 7 pm @ SW Precinct. Meantime, we haven’t shown you any photos of actual police so far! Found a couple by the bouncy house:

Also spotted SWP Capt. Joe Kessler and Lt. Norm James – both busy talking with picnicgoers so we didn’t get them on camera. Back to the high-tech – two robots were on hand this year:

Here’s the whole scene, looking west down Webster:

The people in yellow T-shirts were with King County Council candidate Diana Toledo‘s entourage (we do our best to get candidates on camera when we see them at public events) – she finished second in the primary and is moving on to the general vs. State Sen. Joe McDermott.

After a few hours of fun, it was time to ride off into the sunset – or rather, into Home Depot’s parking lot:

Silly Goose August 21, 2010 (7:31 pm)

Fun afternoon and was pleasantly suprised to find out that the singing entertainment (whom had an amazing voice)was an officer himself!! Thank you Southwest Precienct for putting the community party it is alot of fun every year!!

Guest August 21, 2010 (9:36 pm)

I saw King County Council candidate Diana Toledo and her family down there as well! She is so friendly and approachable! I can’t wait until she’s on the council!

Guest August 22, 2010 (1:02 am)

I agree, the music was great! He did a great job of performing accoustic versions of some of my favorite songs. Really outstanding work!!!
A wonderful event. It’s so nice to see team building between the police and the residents in the area and such a great way for our children to get to know, respect, and appreciate our men and women in uniform.

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