Public Safety

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Seattle City Council votes to increase sales tax, despite expressing concerns

The Seattle City Council has approved a proposal from Mayor Bruce Harrell to increase Seattle’s sales tax to fund public safety programs in the city.
- Noel Gasca
5 fire safety tips to consider this Labor Day Weekend

Whether your Labor Day weekend plans include sitting around a campfire or grilling out, state officials are urging Washingtonians to prioritize fire safety.
- KUOW Staff
How Seattle's most competitive mayoral candidates would address the city's top issues

Soundside host Libby Denkmann spoke with the four most competitive candidates running for mayor of Seattle about the top issues facing the city and what they’d do to address them.
- Hans Anderson
Seattle's Chinatown-International District gets its own public safety ambassadors

Seattle’s Chinatown-International district will become the city's next neighborhood to use a public ambassador program to address safety concerns.
- Noel Gasca
Fentanyl fuels a persistent ‘hot spot’ at Seattle’s 12th and Jackson. What will it take to fix it?

A report by Seattle auditors found that the “hot spot” of 12th and Jackson in Seattle’s Little Saigon neighborhood has one of the city’s highest concentrations of drug overdoses and crimes against people, despite efforts to police the intersection and help people suffering from addiction.
- Will James
What's the future of public safety on King County transit? It depends who you ask

The county's new Transit Safety and Security Task Force convened for the first time on Thursday, just over three months since the stabbing death of King County Metro bus driver Shawn Yim.
- Noel Gasca
Veteran Metro driver: ‘It's not that buses are unsafe… Seattle is unsafe’

Nathan Vass has been a metro driver for 18 years. He counted murdered bus driver Shawn Yim among his friends.
- John O'Brien
Man charged with murder, assault in fatal stabbing of Seattle bus driver

Richard Sitzlack faces murder and two assault charges in connection with the fatal stabbing of a King County Metro bus driver last week.
- KUOW Staff
Dozens of mourners gather for vigil honoring slain Seattle bus driver

Dozens of bus drivers, friends, and family gathered in Seattle’s U District neighborhood on Saturday to mourn Shawn Yim. The 59-year-old bus driver was stabbed in the chest several times while on his route Wednesday morning and died in a nearby alley.
- Casey Martin
Man arrested in connection with fatal Seattle bus driver stabbing

53-year-old Richard Sitzlack was arrested Saturday in connection with the fatal stabbing of a King County Metro bus driver in the University District neighborhood on Wednesday.
- KUOW Staff

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