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Police Memo: 54 People Responsible For More Than 2700 Police Contacts In Belltown
An internal police memo obtained by PubliCola.com indicates 54 criminals are responsible for a staggering 2,700 police contacts in the Belltown area.
According to the memo—titled the Belltown Criminal Review—each of the 54 "frequent contacts" have each been arrested or contacted more on average than 50 times in Washington for crimes including murder, rape, robbery, child molestation, and robbery.
Data on the memo indicates the 54 people have been contacted by police 2,704 times. The memo does not indicate the time period for the arrests, nor does it list the names of the 54 criminals.
For comparison, 1,479 violent crimes—including rape, robbery, homicide and assault—were reported in the West Precinct between January and July 2011.
The memo was prepared by SPD Officers Tom Burns and Bob Besaw at the request of West Precinct Captain Joe Kessler, according to a police department source.
According to SPD, the list in yet another piece of the department's latest attempt to clean up Belltown .
The memo notes the "majority on this list live in assisted living, shelters or jail alternative housing" in Belltown.
Seattle Police Department Assistant Chief Mike Sanford says the list was compiled to determine whether any of the 54 "frequent contacts" could be served by city social service programs.
"Belltown is one of those places that keeps popping up," Sanford says. "So we asked beat officers, 'who do you bump into?' Where do they live, what services do they use or need? Can we look at individualized treatment options? Are they candidates for services the city might have?"
Sanford added, "It’s not a scientific top 50 [list]."
According to the memo—titled the Belltown Criminal Review—each of the 54 "frequent contacts" have each been arrested or contacted more on average than 50 times in Washington for crimes including murder, rape, robbery, child molestation, and robbery.
Data on the memo indicates the 54 people have been contacted by police 2,704 times. The memo does not indicate the time period for the arrests, nor does it list the names of the 54 criminals.
For comparison, 1,479 violent crimes—including rape, robbery, homicide and assault—were reported in the West Precinct between January and July 2011.
The memo was prepared by SPD Officers Tom Burns and Bob Besaw at the request of West Precinct Captain Joe Kessler, according to a police department source.
According to SPD, the list in yet another piece of the department's latest attempt to clean up Belltown .
The memo notes the "majority on this list live in assisted living, shelters or jail alternative housing" in Belltown.
Seattle Police Department Assistant Chief Mike Sanford says the list was compiled to determine whether any of the 54 "frequent contacts" could be served by city social service programs.
"Belltown is one of those places that keeps popping up," Sanford says. "So we asked beat officers, 'who do you bump into?' Where do they live, what services do they use or need? Can we look at individualized treatment options? Are they candidates for services the city might have?"
Sanford added, "It’s not a scientific top 50 [list]."
BELLTOWN CRIMINAL REVIEW
CRIMINAL HISTORY OF 54 FREQUENT CONTACTS IN BELLTOWN
TOTAL ARRESTS/CRIMINAL REPORTED CONTACTS: 2704
AVERAGE: 50.07 PER PERSON
TOTAL CONVICTIONS: 877
FELONY: 266
GROSS MISDEMEANOR: 138
MISDEMEANORS: 188
UNCLASSIFIED: 285
AVERAGE OF 16.24 CONVICTIONS PER PERSON
FELONIES INCLUDED: MURDER, RAPE, ROBBERY, ASSAULT, BURGLARY, CHILD MOLESTATION, VUCSA, FORGERY, THEFT
SEVERAL HAVE MULTI STATE ARRESTS AND CONVICTION NOT TOTALED IN THIS COUNT.
THE MAJORITY ON THIS LIST LIVE IN ASSISTED LIVING, SHELTERS OR JAIL ALTERNATIVE HOUSING IN THE BELLTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
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