After several 911 calls about suspected gunfire, police just told dispatch they’ve found “rounds” at 29th/Brandon. No reports of injuries.
West Seattle, Washington
29 Tuesday
After several 911 calls about suspected gunfire, police just told dispatch they’ve found “rounds” at 29th/Brandon. No reports of injuries.
Seems like west seattle might have an issue with guns around Brandon near highpoint.Why is there no police presence in this neighborhood, I would think you could have atleast one cruiser parked at the old jackpot 24/7 and something might change. I have lived in this neighborhood for 50 years and these last few years have had the most gun fire in this specific area that I can ever recall. I had my truck shot the other weekend driving home and was lucky to have not been killed. This should not be happening this often.
How many patrol officers are there in the whole SW precinct in a given shift? Like a dozen or so? Makes it difficult to park someone at a specific point 24/7 when they’re going from call to call all shift long.
If SPD could spare a cruiser to sit in a single spot 24/7, they’d definitely put it somewhere more affluent and moneyed.
For the cost of one cruiser in one spot 24/7, why not consider some type of technology that can track shots fired all throughout West Seattle? With that tool in place, the Southwest Precinct can dispatch a cruiser ASAP to wherever the shots come from. That way, the officers can focus on apprehending the bad guys rather than just counting shell casings after the fact.We need to make sure that our friends from SPD can work in the most effective & efficient manner possible. If any of you have a better plan, I would love to read about it.
Shotspotter does nothing but tell officers that there was what sounded like a shooting in a monitored sector. It can’t differentiate between gun shots, fireworks, or a hot-rodded Honda Civic popping exhaust pipes. 911 callers notified SPD just as quickly. When police respond to Shotspotter alerts they either find victims, firecracker debries, shell casings, but never shooters.
Why make any compromise at all? I would rather live in a community, a state, a society without guns. No guns, no shots fired. If you own a gun, you’re the problem. There are no good guys, no bad guys. Only gun owners and their victims.
there are 76 cities and counties in washington that use Flock safety cameras. but for some reason seattle can’t be bothered to invest in them. instead they prefer to use use antiquited vehicle license reader on cruisers and alki cameras that required far more manual review and man hours for worse results. do a search online for them
Not all of us want mass surveillance state that can be used against law abiding citizens
🤦🤦🤦Have you been to the store lately?they all have cameras recording everyone movement. Your already being watched🤷🤷🤷
The only people who are saying Flock cameras reduce crime is Flock themselves, with no evidence. Independent reviews showed no correlation between installation and crime reduction. Flock owns their equipment, and will only lease them to jurisdictions, meaning EACH camera costs the city $2500 a year just to exist. Courts have ruled that information obtained with Flock cameras falls under the Fourth amendment and cannot be used as evidence to arrest or convict anyone, unless the jurisdiction has a warrant before the data was collected. Seattle city council has done a lot of boneheaded things, but installing an unproven camera system that doesn’t produce any info that can be used in a court of law while costing the city an insane amount of money is actually a good decision. If you really think they’re that great, Flock will lease you a camera of your own to solve crime on your property. Municipal buy-in not required.
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