Sources:
- Zev Cook “Defund the police” quote: X post, Oct. 15, 2022 (screen shot)
- Tacoma Police Crime Dashboard
- City Council Briefed on Tacoma Police Department’s Violent Crime Reduction Plan Progress, City of Tacoma, February 26, 2025
- Tacoma Violent Crime Reduction Plan: Year 2 Evaluation by Michael Smith et al., University of Texas at San Antonio Center for Applied Community and Policy Research, Report delivered to the Tacoma Police Department, August 19, 2024
- Tacoma Police Department’s Community Service Officer Program Advances Alternative Response Strategy, The Suburban Times,
- Top members of Tacoma police force to get 7% raises next year, after council approval by Becca Most, Tacoma News Tribune, December 19, 2024
- Tacoma Violent Crime Reduction Plan: Year 1 Results by Michael Smith et al., University of Texas at San Antonio Center for Applied Community and Policy Research, Report delivered to the Tacoma Police Department, November 7, 2023
- Tacoma’s violent crime reduction plan shows positive results after 1st year by Franque Thompson, FOX 13 Seattle, November 7, 2023
- Tacoma City Council Member Joe Bushnell comment regarding Community Safety Efforts on Hosmer Street, The Suburban Times,
- Council votes to fix windows, hire more police, Tacoma Weekly, March 8, 2022
- Tacoma to implement recruitment incentives for police officers amid staffing shortage by Allison Needles, Tacoma News Tribune, February 24, 2022
