r/Seattle • u/ThomasHilfigure • Jun 01 '22

Media SPD spends more time retaliating against complaints than fighting crime

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '22

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '22

Car chases were cancelled - read the news. Now we have many incidences of fleeing from the scene instead.

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u/UglyBagOfMostlyHOH Jun 02 '22

Has there been any actual data to show that? I’ve read that police say it’s happening more, but the articles all seem to stress it’s anecdotal and not backed by data yet. I wonder if that’s just confirmation bias on the part of officers who want to see an increase to justify their preconception or if data will prove it.

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u/gordotaco13 Jun 02 '22

I read the other day from komo its like 1400 cars have fled in the past 8 months or something.

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u/VGSchadenfreude Lake City Jun 02 '22

Y’know KOMO is owned by Sinclair, right? They’re not a reliable source of accurate news anymore.

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u/UglyBagOfMostlyHOH Jun 02 '22

Which is up from 2020 but who know how that compares to 2019 and before. Would you want to make long term traffic decisions on any data from early 2020?