We showed you a couple photos while Picnic at the Precinct was in full swing Saturday afternoon – but that was just in-progress coverage, for anyone checking here who hadn’t been yet. Today, the full report.
First – you see his name here all the time – but we don’t recall having shown you a photo before – that’s Southwest Precinct Lt. Steve Paulsen at right, with Segway-riding traffic-enforcement officer L. James, who explained the two-wheelers are not just used because they’re cool:
Her face-painting, by the way (which was offered free to picnicgoers), said ‘Beep-Beep.’ Of course.
The event really was all about people – and your chance to meet the ones who work hard to keep you safe – better to meet them, oh, say, handing out free ice cream, than showing up in your neighborhood chasing baddies:
That’s Officer Brian Ballew from the Community Police Team. It was a perfect day for ice cream, but the nearby hot dogs tasted pretty good too (or so the Junior Member of the Team tells us). More pictures, including the Arson Bomb Squad robot unit, ahead:
That’s the robot; maybe you’ve seen it before. But we thought we’d also take a peek over the shoulder of its controller:
The transmitter mast for the police command unit reminded us of all those live trucks we had to send out in our TV days; so much easier now to just plug the aircard into the laptop to go “live anywhere,” though that certainly wouldn’t work for police purposes. (You can see a command unit in action in one of the downtown photos WSB’ers sent during last month’s robbery/shooting situation; scroll down in this report.) Another vehicle sighted at Picnic at the Precinct – the West Seattle Food Bank‘s newly wrapped van, recently showcased here on WSB:
Board president Pete Spalding was in the nearby WSFB booth, one of several local agencies participating in the event, which is the precinct’s annual way to say thanks to the community (which said “thanks” right back during the recent Precinct Appreciation Day). Precinct tours also were offered. And you are invited to return to the precinct this Tuesday night for the monthly West Seattle Crime Prevention Council (whose president Dot Beard, vice president Kay Newton, and staff liaison Jennifer Duong were on hand yesterday) meeting, 7 pm — your chance to bring your concerns to local police face-to-face, and also to be the first to hear current local concerns.
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