Q3 2026 Police Activity Report
At a glance
Based on auto-generated captions; names, numbers and details may be misheard.
- What: The police department's quarterly activity report, presented as information only.
- Where it stands: no action required; councilmembers asked about the arrest and DUI increases.
- Next: the next quarterly report.
Figures as stated (captions; verify against the packet)
- Drone-as-first-responder program: just over 2,300 flights this year; about 15.5 percent of the time the ground unit can be cancelled (range 15 to 20 percent).
- Arrests up 21.6 percent; auto theft down 56 percent; residential burglary down 30 percent; shoplifting down 26 percent; property crime down almost 28 percent; violent crime down 53 percent.
- Traffic collisions up 7.5 percent; DUI arrests up 58 percent after more staff were assigned to the traffic unit.
- Assaults up 16.8 percent, with about 48 percent domestic-violence related. The department will start a pilot with Project B Free, a domestic violence co-response program funded by a King County grant.
- Chief Lowe said the department is fully staffed for the first time since the late 1990s.
Discussion
- Nuevacamina welcomed the DUI explanation and the domestic violence pilot.
- Forsythe asked whether the higher arrest total reflects more shoplifting arrests; the chief credited proactive officers and full staffing, and cautioned against taking full credit for crime changes.
Sources
Discussion time
About 7 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).
| Meeting | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 - Committee of the Whole | 7 |
Log
- 2026-10-20 - Committee of the Whole — Quarterly report presented; discussion of arrest and DUI increases and the domestic violence co-response pilot.