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Free Clinic Oct-2017

8/31/2017

Submitted 8/31/2017
by Jennifer Burbridge,
SPD Crime Prevention Coordinator

From: Olsen, Margaret
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 6:35 PM
To: Olsen, Margaret <Margaret.Olsen@seattle.gov>
Subject: Free Seattle/King County Clinic - October 26-29 Seattle Center Please Spread the Word

Hello.
The annual Seattle/King County Clinic is coming up October 26th through October 29th at the Seattle Center. All services are FREE.
Please spread the word about this important event. See attached flyers.

More Info: seattlecenter.org/patients
Email: SKCClinic@seattlecenter.org
Phone: 206.684.7200

About the Clinic

All are welcome! Patients DO NOT need ID or proof of immigration status
• The Clinic serves people in need who struggle to access and/or afford healthcare
• Admission tickets distributed at 5:00 AM in Fisher Pavilion at Seattle Center (Corner of 2nd Ave N & Thomas St)
• No advance registration: FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED
• Highest demand for tickets on Saturday & Sunday
• Interpreters available
• FREE parking in two locations: - Mercer St. Garage, 650 3rd Ave N - 1st Ave Garage, 220 1st Ave N
• Come prepared for a long day with food, comfortable clothing and any daily medications

All Services are FREE

DENTAL: Fillings, extractions, x-rays, deep cleanings
VISION: Vision screening, complete eye exams, reading glasses and prescription eyeglasses. Bring a current eyeglass prescription (no older than one year) to skip the exam and just get eyeglasses.
MEDICAL: Physical exams, PAP smears, x-rays, EKGs, mammograms, ultrasounds, foot care, wound care, select lab tests, behavioral health, immunizations, acupuncture, naturopathic and chiropractic care, physical therapy consultation, nutrition and pharmacy counseling
RESOURCES: Social work, help with health insurance, and more

How Do I Get Into the Clinic?

Get a ticket at the Fisher Pavilion at Seattle Center. Fisher Pavilion opens each day at 12:30 AM (see seattlecenter.org/patients for a map and details).
A limited number of tickets will be given out each day starting at 5:00 AM. The ticket is only good for that day. One ticket per person.
The first patients will enter the Clinic in Key Arena at 6:30 AM. Entrance will be in order of the number on the ticket.

How Should I Prepare for the Clinic?

This will be a long day. Come prepared to take care of yourself.
Bring food and beverages and any medications you may need throughout the day.
DO NOT fast for lab tests.
To get dental care, you must have blood pressure and glucose within certain limits. This is for your safety.
Wear comfortable clothing.
Leave pets at home unless they are service animals.
A parent or legal guardian must accompany a patient under age 18. Exceptions may be made for youth ages 13 and above who are not in contact with a parent or legal guardian.

Will Someone Speak My Language?
Interpretation will be available throughout the Clinic.

What Happens Once I Enter the Clinic?

There will be a large number of patients. You cannot get both dental and vision care on the same day.
Patients can wait in line for an admission ticket on another day for additional services.
We will collect basic personal information including name, age, height, weight and medical history.
In each service area (dental, vision or medical) you will wait your turn in line and will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis.
You will be given a pass when you enter the Clinic. This pass will allow you to leave and re-enter the building for that day only. However, if you are in line for a service, you will lose your place in line if you leave the building. You will need to go to the end of the line for that service when you return.

What Services Will NOT Be Provided?

DENTAL: Bridges, complex extractions including wisdom teeth, dentures, implants, orthodontics, root canals on molars, sedation, teeth whitening
VISION: Contacts, sunglasses
MEDICAL: Biopsies, casts, CT scans, stitches/sutures, immunizations for children under 18 years of age, admission to a treatment facility, MRIs, new prescriptions for behavioral health medications
Narcotics will not be used or prescribed. Authorization for medical marijuana will not be provided.

More Info:  seattlecenter.org/patients
Email:  SKCClinic@seattlecenter.org
Phone:  206.684.7200

Officer Todd Wiebke SPD - Introduction

8/19/2017

Category: Officer Todd Wiebke

There Is Always Hope

Many of you may be familiar with the Highland Park (which we are a part of) neighborhood blog, NextDoor. If not, I suggest you JOIN and take a look at it when you have a few free moments (Nextdoor-Highland-Park-News-Feed). It has serious listings and fun ones (I.e., Has anyone seen my rooster, Charlie? He somehow flew the coop OR found scared little puppy, black and tan about 6 weeks old. Have him safe and warm, give me a call so we can get her home again.)

And there are a lot of serious postings. For me, the most meaningful are the ones about every 6 weeks from Police Officer Todd Wiebke of our local precinct. The latest one follows. When I asked our webmaster to post it, he asked that I contact the author and get his written permission to publish it, previous ones, and any he writes in the future. I did so and he replied:

"Please share whatever I write, it is yours. Arrowhead is right in the middle of things, and as bad as it looks sometimes, I want you to know I am out there. You guys are important to me and I share that with the homeless and demand their respect for your property. They try in their own way, to be good neighbors."

I encourage you to read his latest posting below. I have saved his previous ones and will submit them for posting shortly. They reflect an insight and compassion that are much needed.

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Laura R.
Arrowhead Gardens Resident

King 5 - Elisa Hahn - April 23, 2016
Seattle PD officer gives voice to police working with homeless
Includes a video of Officer Todd Wiebke

Cross-posted from Nextdoor.com - Highland Park - August 15, 2017

Officer Todd Wiebke, Seattle Police Department

Because your mine, I walk the line. Johnny Cash

It is a thin line that I patrol on. The needs of the housed community to feel safe, the needs of the homeless community to feel safe, and my need to impound and remove drug addicted thieves from both communities.

I towed one of the motorhomes that has been overstaying its welcome in our residential area. I have a few more to sort out still. In the industrial area I towed two broken vehicles surrounded by old tires and debris that wasn't there a week earlier. I towed a trailer and had a man move his tent off of the side of the street. I was smiled at by motorists in my residential area and thanked by the business owners plagued by the issues surrounding the lives lived on narcotics.

     On my way to Camp 2nd Chance to assist with a call concerning the chaos developing there, I past the broken motorhome and the broken car parked in a long line of broken things, I knew I had him this time. I was towing him for sure.

     I walked past a beautiful church group serving warm meals to the campers, and the drug addicts and the crazies as they walked up with their needs bare for the whole world to see. I saw the church folks smile and care and dishing up some chicken and corn bread, not caring about the hair, or the halitosis. Not caring about the dirty clothes, the unwashed hands. Serving those in need.

     I went into the camp and addressed the issue which is causing stress to the people for whom I have come to care a great deal about. I addressed everybody equally on all sides I think. But when one young lady whom I have known these last two years walked up to me trying to keep her emotions in check and told me that she doesn't like it here anymore; in the midst of all of this commotion about who is in charge, I saw who wasn't. I spoke to all about this mess and the fact that we were here trying something new, and that this stress and how we chose to deal with it is how we can define ourselves and move forward, or fall down and give in. Again I see the weakest amongst us over tasked with burdens designed for broader shoulders.

     I am weary. This is breaking me down, but I cannot stop. I walk out the gate and see a woman emerge from a wetlands area and decide to talk to her. Her matted clumped hair hid a face that had not seen happiness in many moons. She approached me with trepidation as I asked her if she was camping where I had seen her come from. She said yes and I explained that it was a wetlands and she couldn't camp there. She began crying and told me she did not have the strength to move. Her boots fell from her hand as she stood crying in her sock feet in sharp gravel. Her stump of a cigarette burned her lips and she spit it at me, realizing in horror what she had just done. She apologized and like a beaten dog prepared to get hit. I smiled. I told her it was okay. I told her she should hurry over and get a hot meal from the church ladies, and that we would talk tomorrow. She told me her name, and I told her my name was Todd. She stared at me for a minute and then hustled to get her some warm cornbread and fried chicken.

     I looked across the street and saw a great big wreck of a pickup pulling a bigger mess of a used up travel trailer. I pulled out into the center turn lane and addressed the lady next to the truck. You cant park here, I will end up impounding your truck. She told me her story. She wasn't high, or drunk and looked like she never had been. I told her my name, she told me hers. I gave her the Navigation phone number and told her that they might be able to help. She patted me on the arm and told me how great I was. I told her she should go grab some chicken at the camp. She said they looked like wonderful people and I told her they were.

     I made my U turn and headed down to the motorhome that I was going to impound. But in the line a hulking man stood. His broken body bent over, his broken mind hidden behind wild hair and blue mascara. He smiled feebly and waved at me as I drove down to take his motorhome.

     I couldn't do it.

Nextdoor Subscribers of SOUTHWEST PRECINCT
Republished with permission from Officer Todd Wiebke via Nextdoor

Crime Prevention Coordinator Part 5

8/17/2017

Crime Prevention Coordinator (CPC)
Jennifer Burbridge
Jennifer.Burbridge@seattle.gov
Seattle Police Department
Area: Southwest Precinct
2300 SW Webster Street
Seattle, WA 98106-3485
Desk: (206) 256-6820, Cell: (206) 471-2849

SPD Crime Prevention Coordinator August 2017 Newsletter Part II

Good morning!

With summer still in full swing, the SW Precinct wanted to remind our community members of some important burglary prevention tips!

Attached is a burglary crime prevention bulletin and below are some important points to think about. Also, please remember if you are interested in a free safety/security assessment of your home and/or business- please contact me, your SW Precinct Crime Prevention Coordinator at Jennifer.Burbridge@seattle.gov or (206) 256- 6820.

Identify Entry Points

Before you make security improvements, identify those entry points most likely to be used by a burglar. You can do this by answering the following questions:
·         Which entrances are hidden/out of view from your neighbors?
·         If you were locked out of your house, where could you get in without too much difficulty? Secure every door/window you list in response to these questions.

Basic Security Improvements

Other security improvements should follow, keeping in mind that your goal is to make it difficult for a burglar by forcing them to take more time and to make more noise!
·         Exterior doors should be strong enough to withstand force.
·         All exterior doors should be secured with a deadbolt lock that has a minimum one-inch throw.
·         All strike plates and frames for exterior doors should be anchored to the home's main construction.
·         All exterior doors should fit snugly against the frame and all frames should be free of warping, cracks, and other signs of wear and tear.
·         Solid core wood, metal or other reinforced doors, reinforced door jams or jam braces.
·         Three-inch screws, heavy-duty strike plates and tamper-proof hinges.
·         The main entrance door should have a doorwide-angle (180 degree)viewer/peephole.
·         Sliding glass doors and windows should be secure against forcing the locks or from being lifted completely out of the frame.
·         High-risk windows (basement, garage, ground-level, partially or totally secluded, latched, etc.) should be secured sufficiently enough to discourage or impede possible intrusion.
·         Double-hung windows should be secured with pins or extra locks to discourage prying.
·         Trees and shrubs should be trimmed to allow visibility along the perimeter (particularly entries) of the house.
·         Timers (both interior and exterior) should be installed to activate lights in your absence
·         All entrances (doors and windows) to your home should be well lit at night.
·         Your address should be posted on your house and be clearly visible from the street both night and day.
·         Easily accessible windows (basement, garage, ground-level, partially or totally secluded, latched, etc.) should be secured with safety glass, security film or bars to discourage or impede possible intrusion.
·         Motion sensor lighting, specifically directed and focused on entry points and vulnerable areas, no flood lighting and beware of light trespass.

Security improvements should not be made at the expense of fire safety. Remember to allow at least one door or window per room as a fire escape - meaning that exit via the door window can be made quickly and easily. There should also be fire escape routes established for your household. Family members should know where these are and they should be practiced periodically, especially if there are young children at home.

Installing an Alarm? Thinking about installing an alarm? Before you do, read about how false alarms are caused and how they can be avoided-https://www.seattle.gov/police/community-policing/false-alarm-program

For more information about crime trends in your neighborhood, please check out the Seattle Police Department crime dashboard- https://www.seattle.gov/police/information-and-data/crime-dashboard

Please feel free to distribute this email to your community groups, friends, families and neighbors.
As always, please let us know if you have any questions!

Jennifer Burbridge
Crime Prevention Coordinator
Southwest Precinct

Seattle Police Department
2300 SW Webster Street
Seattle, WA 98106-3485
Desk: (206) 256-6820, Cell: (206) 471-2849
Jennifer.Burbridge@seattle.gov

Burglary Crime Prevention Bulletin (PDF)

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