Part of SPD’s strategy to tailor the department’s response to crime issues to fit the communities each precinct serves are the Micro Community Policing Plans. CHS wrote about the plans here in April:
The MCPP’s are living documents and use crime data as performance measures. As trends and patterns are identified, the relationships established to design the policing plans are reengaged to continually refine the approach. In this way, collaboration between the community and their police department fosters trust and an ongoing partnership to manage crime and quality of life issues, together.
SPD was hoping to create the plans with help from online service Next Door to reach residents and gather feedback. But apparently the social media system hasn’t quite lived up to the task.
East Precinct operations lead Lt. Bryan Grenon has asked CHS to share an important survey being coordinated by Seattle University to help shape the “micro community” plans for neighborhoods in our area.
You can take the short survey here to tell the precinct about your neighborhood crime concerns. We’re not exactly sure what kind of answers they’ll get for the second question below — but it’s interesting.
Lt. Grenon said East Precinct officers task at plan priorities in times when they aren’t responding to active incidents or 911 calls.
Here’s the roster of East Precinct communities and links to documents (PDF) outlining the policing plans:
- Capitol Hill
- Central Area/Squire Park
- Eastlake
- First Hill
- ID/Little Saigon
- Judkins Park
- Madison Park
- Madrona/Leschi
- Miller Park
- Montlake Portage Bay
- Mount Baker/North Rainier
- North Beacon Hill/North Rainier
- North Capitol Hill
You can find reports for the rest of the city at seattle.gov/police/MCPP/
