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Kent candidates prioritize public safety: hiring, community policing and targeting recidivists
Summary
Kent City Council candidates at a public meeting emphasized public-safety measures including hiring more police, embedding officers in neighborhoods, resisting state laws they consider too lenient, and developing targeted approaches to repeat offenders; no official council actions were recorded.
Candidates running for Kent City Council emphasized public safety as a primary campaign issue and outlined differing approaches to policing and crime prevention.
Logan Evans, a candidate for Kent City Council position 6, said he supports local efforts to counter what he described as state-level legislation that he considers “pro-criminal.” He said he would “work with [the council] and develop my own…
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