The next CID Public Safety Council Meeting is October 21st.
The next CID Public Safety Forum will be October 7th from 4:15PM-5:15PM online and in-person at Hing Hay Coworks.
Please contact Christopher if you have any questions. These community meetings are held every 3rd Tuesday of each month.
Learn more about the Public Safety Council here.
View the meeting notes from the September 2025 forum here and below.
A heat map of incidents in the CID September
The purpose of the data is to both track the interactions of the ambassadors and also to help paint a clearer picture of what every day life is like in our neighborhood. Note that the data shown should be taken with a grain of salt. The ambassadors work from 2PM-10PM and can only be at one place at a time. Above is a heat map of approximately 200 incidents in the CID/Little Saigon Area.
Learn more about the CIDBIA Safety Amabassadors here.
Column graph of ambassador data September 2025
Here is data of the ambassador program collected since September 2025. This graph shows all of the incidents and interactions the safety ambassadors have had. Each incident can fall under multiple categories. For example:
A business calls the ambassadors to help remove an unhoused individual from their premise.
This would fall under a Business Check-in, De-escalation, Wellness Check, and Removal from Premise because the ambassadors are responding to a call from a business, they are calmly speaking to the unhoused individual to leave the premise, and they negotiating and bartering by offering resources.
Below you can find a glossary of each category:
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| Wellness Check / Outreach | Wellness checks and Outreach refers to the ambassadors interacting with the unhoused to talk to them to see how they are doing and providing them with resources such as food, water, and referrals to REACH/LEAD. |
| De-Escalation | De-escalation refers to the calming of tense situations. |
| Removal from Premise | Removal from Premise refers to the removal of people from property. Generally happens on request of a business. |
| Business Check-ins | Business Check-ins refers to the ambassadors visiting a local business. This can be businesses that are on a list that change daily or if a business calls for help. |
| Property Damage | Property Damage refers to any damage to property such as car break-ins, graffiti, broken windows, etc. |
| Public Drug Use | Public Drug Use refers to witnessing the use of drugs in the public eye. |
| Needle Disposal | Needle Disposal refers to the removal of surgical needles used for drugs left on the streets. |
| Naloxone | Naloxone refers to the administration of Narcan to individuals that are under the influence of drugs. |
| Find It Fix It Reports | Find It Fix It refers to the reporting of issues to the City of Seattle. This includes overfilled trash cans, graffiti, or the formation of unhoused encampements. |
| Resident Assistance | Resident Assistance refers to requests for help from locals that live in the neightborhood. |
| Visitor Interaction | Visitor Interaction refers to requests for help from non-locals that are within the CID/Little Saigon area. |
| 911 Escalation | 911 Escalation refers to situations that require intervention from higher forms of authority such as brawls and severe injuries. |
| Report of SPD in Area | Report of SPD in Area refers to sightings of the Seattle Police Department in the area. |
| Report of SFD in Area | Report of SFD in Area refers to the sightings of the Seattle Fire Department in the area. |
| Report of EMT in Area | Report of EMT in Area refers to the sightings of medical personnel in the area. |
Incident comparison August 1st - September 16th
Earlier this month, CIDBIA was able to analyze some of the data leading up to the Public Safety Forum on September 16th, 2025. Note that this data excludes data that is purely a business check-in and wellness check. We were able to see an uptick in incidents during the third week of August. This falls inline with SPD's mass clearing of encampments in Ballard.
Bar graph of incidents tracked by neighborhood Aug 1st -Sept 16th
We can see that the Safety Ambassadors have been hard at work along side numerous businesses within the CID by reporting instances of drug use and also removing unwated individuals from premises.
Remember that you can also do your part by reporting issues of graffiti, illegal dumping/needles, and unauthorized encampments through the Find It Fix It app. This directly notifies the City of Seattle to come fix issues we may be facing. You can find more information about the application here.
Interim CDA is still working with commercial electricians to get lights back on in the parking lot under the freeway along 9th and Jackson/King. Their power lines were tied to SCL’s main that was vandalized and removed a few months ago. The lights on the sidewalks have been fixed in August.
In October there will be construction from Seattle City Lights on 8th Ave / Lane Street to extend the lights to better illuminate the area.
Over the past two months the CIDBIA, in partnership with SCIDpda and FLS, have been working with numerous businesses in our neighborhood to apply CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design) principles to create a safer environment.
Currently we are helping fix windows/doors and repair/install gates for these businesses:
We are working with the Office of Economic Development through the Back to Business Fund to help reimburse damages to storefronts that have had damages since July 2024. If your business is in need of repairs and security, please contact Christopher.