Seattlest Poll: Is the SPD Soft on Crime?

This morning's story about Wallingford car prowls going unpoliced isn't the first time we've heard the Seattle blogosphere making noise about lack of SPD follow-up for smaller crimes. West Seattle has car prowlers, so does the U District and Central District. In contrast, SPD says car prowls on Capitol Hill are down 50 percent.
But lack of follow-up--even when there's video evidence or a license plate number on hand--is an evergreen topic, as this Sound Politics post from 2006 makes clear. What's your experience?

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