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2022 Crime in Washington Report: ‘The news is not good’
The 2022 Crime in Washington Report reveals a troubling trend of rising crime, with an 8.9% increase in violent crime, a 34.1% surge in vehicle thefts, and murders reachi...
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Irrelevant. You want tougher.? Expand jailing facilities, increase bail amounts, hire twice as many deputies and VPD. Then don’t bitch about taxes going up.
Ron…you should know by now more and higher taxes don’t solve the problem! They need to follow the laws that have been put in place for years ago!!