LAST CALL: Seattle Public Safety Survey open for one more day. See how your neighborhood’s representing

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Saturday (November 30) is the last day to answer this year’s Seattle Public Safety Survey. Southwest Precinct crime-prevention coordinator Jennifer Satterwhite says this was the representation from West Seattle neighborhoods as of midweek:

Alaska Junction – 103
Alki – 97
North Admiral – 92
Fauntleroy – 80
Roxhill/Westwood/Arbor Heights – 69
High Point – 56
Morgan – 55
Highland Park – 52
North Delridge – 48
South Delridge – 38
Pigeon Point – 11

(Not all West Seattle neighborhoods are represented because back when they came up with Micro-Community Policing Plans, those were the neighborhoods that had active community council. But you can reply to the survey no matter where you live in WS – just go here. Results – which are anonymous – eventually will be provided to the Seattle Police Department, though Seattle University administers the survey.

Suzanne November 30, 2024 (5:17 am)

Thanks for the reminder! I just completed the survey and strongly encourage anyone concerned about their safety in their neighborhood to take it.

BlairJ November 30, 2024 (8:21 am)

Some of the multiple choice selections have one for “other” where you can enter in your own specific concern.

Cogburn November 30, 2024 (9:38 am)

This survey seemed obsessively focused on the police, who have been the target of much scrutiny for years. They are actually not solely responsible for the safety of a city. I would have liked to see some questions on how the Council , Mayor (past and present) and the courts have affected safety in Seattle. Also, maybe some input about those individuals who can’t seem to do good for the community, but break windows and planters and repeatedly steal cars, packages and mail. We are lucky to have officers willing to put up with Seattle. They are not all perfect, but most do a good job. They are just people, like the rest of us, but they put their lives on the line every day. Can we ever give them any positive feedback?

WSB November 30, 2024 (11:19 am)

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Did you go through the entire survey? There are ample questions on which you can rate police and their work, including “positive feedback” if you choose. – TR
Bbron November 30, 2024 (2:19 pm)

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Being a police officer isn’t that dangerous of a job, and most of the danger occurs through personal choices (reckless driving, not staying healthy) and COVID. if you hold esteem towards officers because they “put their lives on the line,” that ought to come first to jobs like delivery drivers who are substantially more likely to be harmed or killed yet make 5x times or less than our SPD officers (no including overtime). Hilarious to think that SPD officers wouldn’t love how much Seattle pays out the wazoo for sub par policing like sleeping in their cars and lying about overtime with the bonus of it all happening under the relentless protection of SPOG to the entire detriment of the populous 🙄 we can do better than bending over backwards and singing flowery praise for inadequate and harmful policing. upsetting to see a citizen thinking it’s reasonable that there is a consistent level of “bad apples” in the ranks of those that hold deadly power over us; we need better standards not normalization of dangerous mediocrity.
Honk November 30, 2024 (6:45 pm)

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Sorry, you want the survey to include questions asking your opinion of criminals? What exactly do you imagine such feedback would accomplish?

Lynda B November 30, 2024 (9:42 am)

I submitted my survey response, too. Thanks for the reminder.

Conan December 1, 2024 (3:25 am)

It would be interesting to see if there is a correlation between survey engagement results so far and crime rates in the respective neighborhoods.

K December 1, 2024 (8:19 am)

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So far it looks like there’s a correlation between economic status and engagement, which is pretty typical. Wealthier areas are overrepresented and end up with disproportionate resources. And then those who are in charge of allotting resources blame the engagement, insisting it’s not about wealth. Meanwhile the wealth is why some people are more free to engage in community input than others. This survey can be useful, but will always suffer from selection bias.