Seattle Crime Results in Security Escorts for County WorkersAmy Furr 12 Nov 2021
Seattle’s downtown area is apparently so dangerous that King County workers will be escorted by security guards to transportation such as buses, trains, and ferries.
The move is part of a recent program amid another push to defund police; however, private sector workers will not have the option, Fox News reported Friday.
The initiative called the Walking Bus pilot program was announced to employees on Wednesday, “the same day the city council, seemingly going against the wishes of Seattle voters’ rejection of the defund police movement, proposed a nearly $11 million cut from the force,” the outlet continued.
The county’s website said the program begins Monday so “county employees can join their colleagues and a Facilities Management Division (FMD) Security Escort each evening walking to the King Street Station and the Coleman Dock from the downtown campus.”
The meeting location will be the 4th Avenue entrance to the courthouse because the 3rd Avenue entrance was shut down because people in a homeless encampment had reportedly been attacking or harassing employees and visitors.
Video footage from August showed King County workers gathered to rally over safety issues:
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