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西雅圖企業：深受破門盜竊困擾
zijin ｜ komonews ｜2023-03-15
西雅圖喬治敦社區的企業在最近報道的一連串破門盜竊事件後，正在向警方求助。
周三清晨，竊賊闖入第四大道和邊際路附近的一家餐館，老板說這是近年來第12次發生這種情況。
炸雞店SODO Chicken的店主說，最近幾周，包括他家在內的多家企業都發生了破門盜竊事件，而那些人都沒有被追究責任。
監控錄像顯示，一名身穿保安製服的男子在早上7點左右闖入餐廳，該男子撬開了鎖，並打破了廚房的門。
在幾個月前的一次入室盜竊後，店主修好了前門，而且他還用膠合板蓋住了在另一次入室盜竊中被砸碎的前窗。他說，他沒有能力修複數千美元的損失，這對他這樣的小企業來說尤其困難。
一年前，正是在這個地區，犯罪活動猖獗，部分原因是一個無家可歸者營地，其後來被清除了。
當時，許多新聞報道了該營地發生的槍擊事件和更多的破門事件。
Mose汽車店老板巴雷拉（Barrera）說，在過去的幾周裏，犯罪行為又出現了，包括破壞圍欄和試圖從她的停車場偷車。巴雷拉和其他店主們說，他們感謝警方在力所能及的情況下提供的支持，但也理解人員配置的危機。
同時，她說，一些企業正在通過推遲營業時間來解決安全問題。
西雅圖警方表示：“關於該地區的巡邏，警方繼續鼓勵社區報告發生在他們社區的犯罪活動，如果情況不緊急，不需要警方到現場，那麽可以使用非緊急電話（206）625-5011或進行在線報告。警方以數據為導向，利用這些信息協助在全市範圍內分配資源，並確定社區內發生的犯罪。”
Georgetown businesses plagued by break-ins, thefts in recent weeks
https://komonews.com/news/local/washington-crime-seattle-homeless-crisis-neighborhood-auto-shop-thefts-georgetown-businesses-police-department-rv-encampment-report-rash-of-break-ins-in-recent-weeks
SEATTLE — A restaurant owner said repeat crime is forcing him to leave Seattle after about a dozen burglaries. His is one of a few businesses in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood calling for help from police following a reported string of break-ins and thefts in recent weeks.
Andrew Lo replaced the locks at his restaurant off 4th Avenue and Marginal Way on Wednesday, something that’s unfortunately become a pretty regular task. This time, surveillance footage shows a man dressed in a security uniform and another person breaking into SODO Chicken’ around 7 a.m.
“They’re professionals," Lo said. "They jimmied the lock, came in here, broke through my kitchen door, too, just looking for stuff to steal. We’re all still just recovering from Covid, just struggling to make ends meet, and these sorts of things set us back so much.”
Down the street, Cascade Columbia is dealing with a similar crime.
“Besides the graffiti and the trash and the illegal dumping and everything, we had somebody try to cut into the fence in the last few weeks trying to get inside our facility,” Sales Representative Ed Ball added.
It’s near where crime ran rampant, including a shooting a year ago, stemming in part from an RV encampment that has since been cleared. Mose Auto Shop Owner MariaJose Barrera says crime has returned in the past couple of weeks, including damage to fences and an attempt to steal cars from her lot.
“They damaged ignitions, they damaged doors, so that’s also an expense we have to repair because those vehicles are under our watch,” she stated.
Barrera and other shops claim there’s been a lesser police presence since the RV encampment was removed, but they understand the staffing crisis. Still, she and others said this area needs more help.
“More resources for people who are incapacitated," Ball said. "Why are they doing this? Whether it’s drugs, mental health, we’d like to see the people taken care of, but also more prosecution.”
And while Lo loves serving this community, he said he’s had enough.
“Honestly, just looking at moving out of Seattle," Lo explained. "I feel like not enough progress has been made. It’s just not a safe place to do business anymore.”
"In regards to patrols in the area, the department continues to encourage the community to report criminal activity occurring in their neighborhoods," a Seattle Police spokesperson wrote in an email to KOMO. "If the situation is not an emergency and does not require an officer to respond to the scene, then it can be reported using the non-emergency line (206) 625-5011 or utilize online reporting. The department is data-driven and utilizes this information to assist in allocating resources throughout the city and to identify the crimes occurring in the community."
