The Seattle Police Division is strongly dedicated to supporting marginalized communities and work daily to ensure they’re protected in our metropolis, particularly in areas like Denny Blaine Park. We acknowledge the historic use of this park as an LGBTQIA+ gathering place and nude seaside, and we’re considerate about policing with the context of interactions traditionally between these communities and the police. Â
The SPD is dedicated to supporting all of our communities, listening to their official issues, and dealing in the direction of the perfect, equitable resolutions for each name for service. It’s a steadiness that we obsessively try for and can at all times reevaluate our actions in hopes to study from them.   Â
Particularly in gentle of historic context, merely being nude at this park will not be against the law. That stated, we wouldn’t have tolerance for unlawful indecent or lewd conduct on the park. Each particular person within the park ought to really feel protected. That is one thing I’ve heard from each park customers and neighbors. As Chief, my course has been for patrols which are conscious of calls from the neighborhood concerning these points. We’re reevaluating the right way to use these patrols to finest meet the wants of the neighborhood and implement the regulation as a way to present public security for everybody. Â
