How will the annexation affect police services, including response times?
The City’s close proximity to the annexation area and increased officer-to-resident ratio (currently 1.50 per 1,000 versus the King County Sheriff’s Office ratio of 1.35 per 1,000) means that response times should be shorter for all levels of priority. The Kent Police Department is nationally accredited and provides state of the art equipment, enabling traffic units to provide neighborhoods with timely traffic enforcement.
