Renton Police Chief sounds alarm on concerning spike in teen crime

In his nearly three decades with the Renton Police Department, Chief Jon Schuldt has never seen crime involving teens happen at this magnitude, and he’s concerned. "It almost feels like we’re failing a segment of this population," Schuldt said. "We have a generation out there that it seems like there’s no recourse or consequences for what they’re doing."He adds, it’s ultimately making our communities less safe.

The concern is there, but it comes as recent talks surrounded a plan to close the Clark Children and Family Justice Center and replace it with a ‘no locks, no cells’ policy. No final decision has been made on this yet, according to the King County Law and Justice Committee. They told the public in March that there are still a lot of questions that they’ve highlighted, and the goal is to continue the conversation on this and engagement.

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