Seattle

Crime-ravaged Seattle is now so dangerous it can no longer protect its own workers: Security guards are hired to walk county staffers to station or ferry (but you're on your own if you work in the private sector)

• King County employees will now have security guards escort them to their cars or public transportation hubs each evening after work
• Those given the option to use the guarded 'walking bus' work in offices in Downtown Seattle, and in the city's Pioneer Square
• Both have become a hub for homeless encampments, many of whose residents are dangerous  
• The move comes amid a surge in violent crime throughout Seattle, including a 35% increase in shootings
• Seattle's former police chief Carmen Best, the city's first black female top cop, said that residents are eager to see more cops on the streets
• She resigned in August 2020 after the City Council slashed the department by 100 officers following pressure from Black Lives Matter protests 
• The city has since lost another 250 officers, including 100 who were ousted for not getting the Covid-19 vaccine

Seattle has become so dangerous that the city can no longer protect its own employees, with security guards now escorting them after they finish work.

King County's new 'walking bus' will debut on November 15, and see council workers based in Downtown Seattle and nearby Pioneer Square escorted to a nearby train station and ferry terminal each evening before being left to continue their commute home. 

An announcement on King County's official website says: 'King County is launching a 'Walking Bus' pilot program where county employees can join their colleagues and a Facilities Management Division (FMD) Security Escort each evening walking to the King Street Station and the Coleman Dock from the downtown campus.'