Comments on: Police-activity updates: Guardian One over High Point; SPD on Alki

By: MaydayMayday

MaydayMayday — Fri, 02 May 2014 02:12:03 +0000

People it’s May Day all that SPD has is downtown and on Capitol Hill keeping the peace. It’s a major all-hands-on deck day for them with fears of riots and lawlessness. They have a skeleton crew. They can’t do it all unless you demand more officers. No one is ever happy as if SPD is just sitting in their cars calling the shots and ignoring Alki. Not true they are stretched today.

By: West Seattle Hipster

West Seattle Hipster — Thu, 01 May 2014 22:50:49 +0000

I agree with McGruff, more police presence is needed.

By: NiKi

NiKi — Thu, 01 May 2014 21:47:33 +0000

I agree McGruff…and SPD should also extend their rounds to south of Alki (Constellation Park) where the cars are lined up and pot is being smoked freely both inside and outside of cars. I realize pot is legal, but I thought the law was the same as alcohol, as far as public consumption goes. I’m concerned with those driving impaired & under the influence, with possible buying/selling turf wars – it does not blend well with crowds and families trying to enjoy the beach. Tighter control is the only preventative measure to help keep those issues at a minimum.

By: enough

enough — Thu, 01 May 2014 20:43:58 +0000

I agree McGruff, at the very least it’s worth a shot.

By: McGruff

McGruff — Thu, 01 May 2014 18:11:27 +0000

All SPD has to do is spend a few weekends at Alki just writing tix for every infraction on cruising, noise, littering, etc. Run plates through the computer and detain any with warrants. The Gangbangers will find somewhere else to chill real fast.

By: WSB

WSB — Thu, 01 May 2014 15:10:52 +0000

In reply to SGG.

We reported last week on the new precinct captain awaiting word of the resources he’s requested for the summer plan – this year with Alki, Lincoln Park, Westwood/Roxhill focus.
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https://westseattleblog.com/2014/04/west-seattle-block-watch-captains-network-summer-plans-incident-updates-spds-online-expert/

By: SGG

SGG — Thu, 01 May 2014 13:59:04 +0000

And every year SPD acts like this takes them by surprise when the weather first gets nice in the Spring.

Look for major problems today when all the cops are downtown for the May day riots.

By: Love West Seattle

Love West Seattle — Thu, 01 May 2014 13:29:34 +0000

I am very sorry to say that the police presence was extremely short lived! We went down to Alki to enjoy a beautiful evening, skating along the beach and ended up turning around and going home! There were still gangs of young people talking about his many guns they had and telling people to get the “f” out of the car. My kids were terrified. There were no police to be seen and it saddens me that a few people can so easily ruin a experience for so many. I don’t understand why the police don’t just keep a couple if officers down on the beach to deter inappropriate behavior and help keep Alki a place where families can feel safe.

By: ScubaFrog

ScubaFrog — Thu, 01 May 2014 07:39:02 +0000

This happens every sunny day on Alki. I’ll take a video of people bouncing their cars up-and-down, up-and-down Alki, stereos shaking our windows, and motorcycle gangs doing 100mph (some of the riders stand on their seats). What doesn’t happen every sunny day is an increased police presence, so it was nice to see that today.

By: JanS

JanS — Thu, 01 May 2014 06:24:29 +0000

wow…the first really warm spring day…a Wednesday even…and the crazies crawl out of the woodwork. Alki is not the OK Corral…this really saddens me. Why can’t peeps just go and have a good time?

By: Colby

Colby — Thu, 01 May 2014 05:38:47 +0000

We were walking by shortly after whatever happened, happened. 2 SPD cars and 1 SPD SUV. There were two female suspects handcuffed in the back of separate SPD cars. One suspect was laughing with Officers despite being cuffed. Didn’t ask any questions, just continued our walk down Alki.

By: George Lipstick Licker

George Lipstick Licker — Thu, 01 May 2014 04:35:54 +0000

Hey Mike: Post your vid to Youtube or somewhere and then post a link here. Curious what the shenanigans look like this year.

By: George Lipstick Licker

George Lipstick Licker — Thu, 01 May 2014 04:34:42 +0000

Gang bangers (and wanna bes) love the heat. They come out guns a blazin’ every year. Seattle seems to want to pretend we don’t have a problem tho.

By: buckwheat

buckwheat — Thu, 01 May 2014 04:14:42 +0000

When the sun is out the thugs come out. I agree with Mark about the drawbridges…

By: WSB

WSB — Thu, 01 May 2014 03:55:11 +0000

In reply to k.

Still haven’t gotten a line on exactly what happened – it was all clear by the time we got down there, and Tweets by Beat has several calls that it could have been. No injuries involved, whatever it was; we’ll be able to find out tomorrow if we don’t rustle up details before tonight ends.