How to lend your voice to the conversation on community policing | Op-Ed
Seattle is building new bridges between Seattle police recruits and the communities they will soon serve, and you can help.
Jacqueline B. Helfgott
All eyes on public safety: A look at Seattleites’ concerns about their neighborhoods | Op-Ed
Ideally, we all want to live in a community where we have a low fear of crime, view as cohesive, have institutions and neighbors that...
The Seattle City Council owes Police Chief Best an apology | Op-Ed
The exclusion of Chief Best’s expertise in budget decisions, and then to slash the salary of Seattle’s first Black female police chief and her command...
The movement to defund the police is wrong, and here’s why | Op-Ed
Now is not the time to defund the police, but to do the opposite — to invest in our police agencies to build on local...
Allow Dreamers to become police officers to better serve our communities | Op-Ed
We can and should create a path for DACA recipients to be hired as police officers.
Behind the bars: Mistaken release of inmates offers look at criminal justice policy | Op-Ed
The glitch that allowed the early release of 3,200 prisoners is a unique opportunity to learn more about alternative approaches in corrections and re-entry into...