June 2021

Free Summer youth camps will acquaint kids with police officers

The Seattle Police Department is sponsoring Summer Youth Camps this July and August. This is a chance for kids to get to know  local Seattle police officers. Each day will highlight a different specialty unit as campers participate in community-building activities. Small camp sizes let kids ask questions and see what happens in a day in the life of police officers from patrolmen to Mounted units (on horseback).


Session 1: 

July 12th- 16th, 1pm- 3pm each day

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2021 Q1 Shots Fired Report: Addressing the increase in violence

information from King County

In the first three months of 2021, there were 16 homicide victims across King County, another 53 non-fatal shooting victims and 253 total shots fired incidents.

“It’s not just a King County issue, it’s a national trend across America’s largest cities where we’ve seen a murder rate increase of about 38 percent,” King County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg told KIRO Radio.

Our office launched the Shots Fired project in 2017 to take a public health approach to gun violence — and through data analysis and our expanding community partnerships we are working to understand which individuals and communities are at highest risk, and utilize both prevention and intervention approaches to keep King County residents safe.

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Help improve traffic on Military Road intersection in SeaTac

The City of SeaTac is currently hosting an online open house so that SeaTac residents can provide feedback to help improve the 5-way intersection at Military Road, 164th, and 42nd.

Visit the online open house June 9 – June 30 to learn more about the project and share your thoughts on the improvements under consideration.

https://militaryroad.infocommunity.org/

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Marc's View: The story of the Botox Bridge and the Accidental Island

By Marc Lainhart

Historically, the West Seattle High-Rise Bridge (officially the Jeanette Williams Memorial Bridge) is the City's most used bridge, carrying an average of over 100,000 cars, trucks, buses, and 25,000 bus riders a day. The bridge was officially named after Seattle council member Jeanette Williams who was paramount in securing funding and political support from Congress in DC to build a new high-rise bridge, after a ship struck and closed the old, lower bridge in 1978, giving West Seattle the new name of " The Accidental Island" for over six years before the new West Seattle Freeway was finally completed.

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New Super Post Panamax cranes arrive at Terminal 5 on Harbor Island

Four ZPMC Super-Post Panamax Cranes departed Shanghai on May 23 heading east to the Northwest Seaport Alliance’s (NWSA) Terminal 5 in the Seattle Harbor.

Traveling on vessel Zhen Hua 36, the cranes crossed the Pacific Ocean and will be operated by SSA Marine, a partner in the Terminal 5 project. SSA Marine is the owner and future operator of the new ZPMC cranes.

Standing 316 feet tall with a 240-foot outreach boom, these cranes will be among the largest on the West Coast and able to handle the biggest container vessels operating in the world, once Terminal 5 is completed early next year. 

“The voyage of the ZPMC cranes to the Puget Sound marks a major milestone for the completion of Terminal 5 and will provide a major lift toward making our gateway more competitive - bringing more cargo, jobs, and economic opportunity to our region,” said Port of Seattle Commission President and NWSA Co-Chair Fred Felleman.

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