westseattleblog.com By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor One of West Seattle s best-known residents is leaving. It s not because of the bridge closure. It s not because of the pandemic. It s . the grass. Jeb the miniature horse has lived at an Admiral home, adjacent to a public street-end greenbelt, for more than.
westseattleblog.com (File photo) By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor The rules for who gets to drive on the West Seattle low bridge, and when, are changing. SDOT is announcing the new access rules at today s West Seattle Bridge Community Task Force meeting (watch here). We and other media got a pre-meeting briefin.
West Seattle Crime Prevention Council meeting, but
Jennifer Danner tells us it’s canceled for this month, so no WSCPC meeting tomorrow. Local police often have a spot on the agenda at neighborhood council meetings – like the wide-ranging update at last week’s
Fauntleroy Community Association meeting – so watch for those announcements, and if you have a crime-prevention question, Jennifer’s at
jennifer.danner@seattle.gov. (Don’t email her to report a crime, though – if something’s happening right now, call
911; otherwise, call
Crime Prevention Coordinator
The SW Precinct is seeing an uncharacteristic increase in aggravated assault incidents, with the majority of these being domestic violence related.
Given this, and nature of the last year, the Seattle Police Department would like to offer the following crime prevention newsletter focus on domestic violence- including what is domestic violence, what types of resources are available, and how to report domestic violence to law enforcement.
Always remember- if you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence or is in danger, call 911 immediately. Please also keep in mind that you can text 911, if you are in a situation where it is unsafe to speak. Call if you can, text if you can’t!
Though the
Southwest Precinct helped circulate this citywide alert about being prepared in case of civil unrest tomorrow, our area has no planned demonstrations and no threats.
So confirmed Lt.
Dorothy Kim during tonight’s online
West Seattle Crime Prevention Council meeting, a short and sparsely attended gathering. It was led by precinct Crime Prevention Coordinator
Jennifer Danner. Precinct commander Capt.
Kevin Grossman was unable to attend, so the meeting-opening update was brief, just a quick recap of some of the 2020 crime stats we reported last week.
Auto theft was up, and one recent victim was among the community members in attendance: