"Crime in Seattle continues to dip downward. Here’s a possible reason why: people responsible for the most low-level criminal activity aren’t on the streets. They are in jail."
In Jail! What!
"A recent status report from Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison on her High Utilizer Initiative shows that focused attention on the most active, repeat criminal defendants has paid dividends.
Comparing last month with February 2022, violent and property crimes decreased by 31%. While there’s no way to say exactly what factors contributed to that welcome news, those closest to street-level mayhem say the High Utilizers Initiative made a positive difference.
This underscores that public safety — repeatedly cited as Seattleites’ greatest civic concern — is not a hopeless morass that bedevils concerted efforts to tackle. It takes a coordinated approach and willingness to use all available tools to protect residents, employees and business owners.
Launched by the City Attorney’s Office last March, the High Utilizer Initiative is a partnership that includes the Seattle Police Department, King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office and King County Jail.
It focused on individuals who had at least 12 misdemeanor referrals to the City Attorney’s Office within five years, and at least one in the last eight months. Each person was evaluated to determine their criminal history and impact on public safety. Social workers and others who knew the defendants were asked their input.
These individuals — also termed “prolific offenders” — are very familiar to cops, prosecutors, and public defenders. Store owners and residents know many by name. The most common crimes are theft and trespasses at businesses, most often to raise money to buy fentanyl and methamphetamine.
People facing misdemeanor charges — those with a maximum of one year in detention — are not generally booked into King County Jail under current policy. King County made an exception for high utilizers.
As a result, 142 of 168 high utilizers involved in the initiative this past year spent time in detention."
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The leftist fantasy that criminals are really nice guys we ought to listen to and coddle is fantasy and wrong.
The Impolite conclusion is If you want to cut crime, imprison the bad guys and leave everyone else alone.
Auxiliary Impolite conclusion: Taking away the innocent people's self-defense guns is violently stupid.
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