“My big fear is that this is becoming our new normal,' Kent's police chief told KIRO 7.
February 22, 2024 at 5:02 am PSTKENT, Wash. — If someone just held you up at gunpoint or you discovered someone broke into your home, you’re going to call 911 and expect a fast response, right? Well, in Kent, that’s not happening.
“The entire interaction was no more than two minutes,” he told KIRO 7′s Linzi Sheldon. “They had the weapons out, they got what they wanted, and they left.” So, what’s going on? We dug through the records and found he’s not the only one. Kent police revealed to us that often, officers are coming on shift with 20 calls waiting.
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