Make Seattle Safe Again

I am frustrated! No response from the police, not even a call after a reported car prowl was observed. Illegal camping everywhere, illegal dumping, illegal drug use everywhere. I can't even camp in a campground without a permit or I'm evicted and fined. How can these individual camp/litter/ and shoot up on our streets? I am at a loss for words!

The Seattle Police Department is severely understaffed, contributing to these problems. Mayor Murray, please keep your campaign promise to greatly increase the number of sworn officers!

Enforce the parking laws and get the illegal camper vans off the street!

I voted for Murray but will reconsider based on this and other issues. We definitely need more police/patrols in Magnolia and from the comments all of Seattle north of downtown.

I live in a condo adjacent to the Ballard Commons park and no longer feel safe walking my dog there. I have seen drug use on multiple occasions, needles on the ground and have even seen weapons. I have called 911 more than once, and noone ever seems to come.

Stop the mail stealing and car prowling in Greenwood.

I've lived in Fremont/Ballard for 34 years, I've never felt as unsure and unsafe. What happened to our neighborhood.

I do not want to criminalize homelessness. Many of these people are surviving the best way they can, but committing crimes against the very people who have reached out to help isn't a good situation. There's way too much theft in our neighborhood and it's starting to feel less safe.

Overdue

Greenwood and Ballard need help! We don't feel safe leaving our home just to go to work!

Can we have some transparency about the level of service and delays as well ?

Please make Magnolia safe again!

I would like our neighborhoods to feel safe for children.

The City Leaders often forget the silent majority in favor of special interests. That's wrong and will make Seattle a poor community.

Ashburn? No, Magnolia.

Magnolia and Ballard are becoming a haven for meth addicts, meth makers (in RVs) and all the hazardous trash and open sewage they generate. The homelessness crisis in Seattle is complex and multi-faceted, and allowing the criminal element among the disadvantaged to run free is not an acceptable way to help those who most need our care. Our police officers stating they ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THE MAYOR TO ENFORCE PUBLIC SAFETY LAWS is wrong. We need our police officers to be allowed to enforce the law with those individuals who refuse to accept the services available to them and are committing crimes in the neighborhoods they are staying. Fine to let the law-abiding homeless have somewhere to live, that is only humane and it is no crime to be poor. However, criminals cannot be ALLOWED TO RUN STOLEN BIKE CHOP SHOPS in the open, or COOK METH IN THEIR RV, or to STEAL AT WILL and have MAYOR MURRAY STATE THE POLICE MAY NOT ACT. Yes, people, that is what's going on. Ready Danny Westneat's column about his stolen iPod where the SPD said "Hope you are insured, we're not coming out for this." Read Safe Seattle, check KIRO, read Next Door. Magnolia has become a safe haven for package stealers, petty car thieves and car prowlers, and home burglaries, and undisposed of meth and heroin needles.

We have three young children and took this into consideration when we decided to move to and bring our businesses to Seattle. Criminals know that no police will come to Magnolia in a timely manner, so they continue to come to our neighborhood and steal over and over again. With the drugged induced heroin addicts hanging out around the railroad tracks and in the village, I fear for our kids' safety when at school. We feel like this mayor is anti-family and pro-criminal as they have more rights than we do. We worked hard and saved money to buy in an isolated neighborhood to raise our kids. We pay a lot in taxes to live here, and yet, this mayor has no problem freely allowing junkies (not talking people down on their luck) to camp out on our streets, defecate in the middle of the roads, and leave hypodermic needles on the ground. Spend money on safety and less money on decorations and bike lanes.

I am a Realtor that lives and works in Queen Anne for over 25 years. I have seen the changes that this issue has caused.

All services for homeless and chemically dependent persons must be moved away from where people live , shop and conduct business.

I no longer feel like I can walk to local businesses in my neighborhood, utilize bike trails, or enjoy our city's green spaces due to so much of Seattle being overrun with illegal homeless campers and the hazardous trash they generate. I understand that the homelessness crisis in Seattle is complex and multi-faceted, but allowing individuals to camp or park wherever they please in our residential neighborhoods is not an acceptable solution. We need more housing and services for the homeless, and we need our police officers to be allowed to enforce the law with those individuals who refuse to accept the services available to them.