Joseph Elenbaas (East Precinct Crime Prevention Specialist for Seattle Police Department tips and resources 9-27-21

Joseph offers a security assessment based on the Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) approach – suggestions for improving lighting, cutting shrubs back, adding barriers, etc to deter criminals from finding your site attractive for criminal behavior.  Joseph is willing to discuss this service with you if you email him at josephelenbaas@seattle.gov

Joseph also wanted to underline again that calling 911 is always a good idea for data collection for criminal behavior or crimes.  RV issues, sidewalk issues, etc need to be done through the other departments/people listed on your resource guide as the Seattle Police will NOT respond to these types of issues.  Often the 911 call is just the tipping point for police action and of course the number of calls often leads to a different response than a single call.  If in doubt, call – let the 911 dispatchers decide whether you should have called the non-emergency number.  As both Joseph and others have said, the Seattle Police Department is data driven – so those data points from 911 calls matter a lot to them.

I have also attached a Seattle Police Department North Precinct contact list and various online tools provided by the Seattle Police Department that Joseph shared at the meeting.