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‘It Was Cartoonish’: Federal Way Mayor Shares How City Slashed Car Theft 80% in Three Years
Mayor Jim Ferrell said the city’s 2026 crime rate is down 21% so far as police staffing and state policy changes helped curb theft.
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‘It was cartoonish’: Federal Way mayor shares how city slashed car theft 80% in three years
Car thefts in Federal Way have plummeted 80% since 2023, a decline Mayor Jim Ferrell ties directly to the legislature’s decision to reinstate police pursuits for property crimes, including auto theft.
·Seattle, United States
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'It was cartoonish': Federal Way mayor shares how city slashed car theft 80% in three years
Car thefts in Federal Way have plummeted 80% since 2023, a decline Mayor Jim Ferrell ties directly to the legislature’s decision to reinstate police pursuits for property crimes, including auto theft. The city has now posted three consecutive years of 50%-plus reductions in car theft, a streak Ferrell called “historic.” “The bottom is dropping out of what we call quality of life crimes, which are car theft, burglary, robbery, those kinds of crim…
·Seattle, United States
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