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Annual Seattle Public Safety Survey is open with trust of SPD continuing to plunge in Capitol Hill and the Central District

You have until the end of the month to add your feedback to the annual survey process Seattle Police says it utilizes to help shape its approach to policing specific communities and neighborhoods in the city.

The annual Seattle Public Safety Survey run by Seattle University’s Crime and Justice Research Center and promoted through SPD’s social media channels including the deal the department maintains with the Nextdoor service is open through November 30th at publicsafetysurvey.org.

With questions on topics including SPD officer respect for “basic rights,” honesty, local trust, and “pride” in the department, the survey is part crime issue reporting, part customer service feedback.

Started in 2015, Seattle Police and Seattle U typically only reached 300 to 500 respondents in even the city’s largest neighborhoods with the survey pushed through outlets like the Nextdoor social media system that has an information sharing agreement with the department though participation has grown in recent years.

SPD says it uses the results to inform its Micro-Community Policing Plans that the department in the past has said help focus precinct resources on the issues most important to the community.

Past top Capitol Hill issues identified by the survey used to include “lack of police capacity,” “lack of resources for individuals with mental illness” and “car prowls,” but more recent survey have revealed Capitol Hill and Central District trust in the police has plunged.

In its most recent report report, Seattle U said citywide fear of crime fell to its lowest point since the surveys began in 2015 while East Precinct respondents once again produced higher response totals over a lack trust in SPD — and police, in general — than any other area of the city.

 

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