Murders continue to climb–up 16%–in WA for 2022 compared to 2021. KVI’s John Carlson examines the newly released 2022 crime stats released by the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs. 2022 resulted in the highest number of WA murders since data has been collected going back to 1980, police staffing across WA went down in 2022 as the state population rose by nearly 100K people, how Seattle politicians and Gov. Jay Inslee are connected to this steady rise in violent crime and property crime across WA.
