CRIME WATCH FOLLOWUP: Six-figure cost for damage and theft in Joint Training Facility burglary

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(WSB photo. North-side JTF gate, bordering Arrowhead Gardens property; vehicle entry gate is off Myers, on east side)

When we first told you last Sunday about a burglary at the Seattle Fire Department’s Joint Training Facility in southeast West Seattle, SFD wasn’t sure yet about the total amount of property damage and items stolen. Now, spokesperson Kristin Hanson tells us, results of an “initial inventory” are in:

We have conducted an initial inventory of stolen and damaged items as a result of the break-in at the City’s Joint Training Facility on March 15.

Right now, the estimate for damages and equipment stolen totals between $175k – $225k. The facility’s main and visitor gates were heavily damaged, along with an apparatus bay door, air compressor room door and a department pick-up truck. Three trailers on site were broken into and many tools were stolen.

Additional measures are in place to prevent unauthorized access, and SFD is working with partner City agencies to determine how to permanently improve security at this facility.

On Sunday, the police report said the burglar(s) had gotten into the site at 9401 Myers Way S. by cutting through a fence, and that they later used an SFD vehicle to bash a gate.

j March 21, 2025 (3:43 pm)

I so hope you (SPD) find who did this and recover the tools plus put them in the slammer. There is way too much of this going on in the last few years.

Just wondering March 21, 2025 (4:31 pm)

Were a jaws of life taken?

Also wondering March 21, 2025 (8:53 pm)

Did you find one?

wetone March 21, 2025 (5:18 pm)

It’s very sad to see this continued criminal activity throughout Seattle and King County. The impacts are huge to all. I hold Mayor Harrel and Dow Constantine accountable for most all this type of criminal activity. They continually raise taxes as these problems continue to increase, unacceptable. We need some politicians that will start holding all accountable for their actions and get some real mental health programs going instead of just increasing size of government, crazy stuff going on in this area…….

Huh?? March 23, 2025 (9:27 am)

HUH??? How in the world do you hold Mayor Harrell responsible for the gangs and criminals in this city? It’s my opinion that he has worked himself to the bone trying to offset the bad things that have happened here since the riots and Covid. It’s the legislature: not writing laws that get these people off the street …so focus on that and the judges.. the police also work hard to get these gangs and criminals arrested, and then they turned around and are loose on the street again. So focus on the laws and the legislature.. personally I think Mayor Harrell has done an outstanding job as has our SPD. Change the laws.! Allow the police to do their job. Get a prosecution that actually works to get them off the streets long term. Change the laws.!

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