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Police, RACER and retail crime: council considers merchant responsibilities and regional behavioral health collaboration

2491688 · March 5, 2025
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Council and staff reviewed police response levels and RACER behavioral‑health partnership activity, and discussed rising retail shoplifting calls and the possibility of fee models or increased security expectations for chronically affected businesses.

Council and staff used the March 1 retreat to discuss patterns in public‑safety demand, regional behavioral‑health responses and pressures on local policing.

Chief Ross and other staff highlighted that Lake Forest Park’s police department is maintaining response capability but that…

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