TO IMPROVE SAFETY, I WILL

• Work at the grassroots, city, and state level to keep guns out of the hands of our youth, dangerous individuals, and people at risk of harming themselves or loved ones.

• Evaluate current investments into public safety to ensure funding is being utilized in the most effective way.

• Innovate and introduce newer models that support crime intervention, prevention and community wellness.

• Continue investments in programs like Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD), Community Passageways, and others that help restore lives, prevent violence, and end cycles of incarceration and generational harm.

• Continue to invest in dual-dispatch programs like the CARE team.

• Combat the overdose epidemic: 
• Increase access to community-based treatment
• Support efforts with partners to grow our behavioral health workforce and facilities
• Ensure overdose reversal medication and fentanyl testing access is expansive.

• Work alongside and listen to communities most impacted by violence.

• Work to improve police accountability and increase civilian oversight of the Seattle Police Department.

• Focus police response and resources on serious crimes where too often people and communities suffer from lengthy response times, backlogs in investigation, or lack of resources to properly address a crisis. 47% of murders went unsolved in Washington in 2022.

• Work with state delegation to expand funding for the Office of Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention