Monthly Police Data

Police incidents heatmap for October 2025: Each blue dot is an incident generated by dispatch or an officer. This map represents 1090 Call Incidents in October.

See Traffic Stats in Traffic Safety Section

Case Reports Taken for October 2025

Theft	16		Child Protective Services	1
DUI	5	Ordinance Violation	1
Behavioral Health	4	Disturbance	1
Fraud	4	Domestic Violence	1
Death Investigation	4	Sexual Assault	1
Assault	3	Malicious Mischief	1
Burglary	3	Court Order	1
Hit and Run	2	Vehicle Prowl	1
Trespass	2	Order Violation	1
Drug Violation	2	Adult Protective Services	1
Warrant Arrest	2	Eluding Police Officer	1
Total – 58

Notable Incidents:

Welfare Check

Concerned community members called 911 regarding a male subject behaving erratically and walking in the bus lane. Officers responded and realized that the subject was diabetic and needed immediate assistance. The Fire Department checked the subject’s conditions. One of our officers bought some food and drinks for the subject and brought him to Northgate station.

A community member called the police regarding a car illegally parked at Lyon Creek Park. Officers contacted the driver (outside the park) who stated that he was going through a breakup and didn’t have a place to stay. No crime.

A community member called the police because he couldn’t reach his young adult daughter and was concerned that something had happened to her. Officers went to the house where they found that the daughter was sleeping.

A community member called 911 because he couldn’t reach his fiancé by phone. He stated that she was having problems with her ex-boyfriend, so he was concerned. Officers were able to contact her (she was at her mother’s residence) and establish that she was ok.

Well-known mentally ill person called 911 stating that her brother had just murdered her son with a shovel and buried him in the backyard. RCR took over the call.

Assist

A well-known person calls 911 (every day/several times a day) regarding Elon musk harassing her. RCR is aware of the incidents.

Officers assisted Bothell PD with two missing juveniles.

Officers assisted a homeless female who was living in her car and needed some help.

Officers assisted King County Sheriffs with an area check regarding an armed dangerous subject who was trying to be pursued by police agencies so he could challenge them. Unable to find him.

Officers assisted the Fire Department with a tree on fire and dangerous live wires. Officers provided resources to a homeless person in Acacia.

Community members called 911 regarding a male, who was clearly on drugs, in the middle of the roadway (SR522). Officers talked to him, and he moved to the sidewalk. He didn’t want any additional assistance.

Fraud

ID theft with known suspect. Case sent to detectives.

A community member called the police regarding a Crypto fraud. No leads.

Malicious Mischief

An officer doing proactive patrol on the south side of our city, saw three subjects tagging Walgreens in Seattle (South of NE 145th St.). Seattle PD was called but they didn’t respond.

Suicide

Well known subject who lives in an adult family home called 911 stating that he wanted to commit suicide. The three caretakers confirmed that he periodically wants a ride to the hospital because he is bored.

A suicidal female was transported to Connections for a psychological evaluation.

Assault

A juvenile female assaulted two individuals and left. Charges were sent to the prosecutor’s office.

Suspicious

A subject took pictures of a residence and left. Unable to identify the person and the reason why he took pictures.

A subject in the Safeway store was caught drinking eggnog and concealing items. He had been trespassed in the past, so he went to jail.

Officers responded to the Safeway store regarding a male wearing a pink jumpsuit carrying a shotgun. It turned out that it was a Halloween costume and the weapon was fake.

Noise Complaint

Brileys BBQ employees listening to music and dancing at the end of their shift. They were advised of the complaint and they stopped.

Marine Incident

Windsurfer on the lake in distress. Shoreline Fire jet ski units recovered the surfer.

DUI

An impaired driver drove through a construction zone. As he was confronted by one of the workers, he claimed to have a firearm on his person and hit the worker with his vehicle as he left the scene. He was apprehended and arrested for DUI and assault.

Hit & Run

Hit & Run on Bothell Way NE & Ballinger Way NE. No suspect’s information.

Theft

Officers responded to a theft in progress at Safeway. The suspect was located just outside Ace Hardware, and a foot pursuit ensued. The suspect was apprehended without use of force. He was arrested and booked.

A subject stole some items from Safeway and left. She was identified via associated vehicle plate and the store video. She was charged via investigation.

Officers responded to a theft in progress at Safeway. The subject placed the items back when she saw the officers. She was trespassed.

Officers responded to a theft in progress at the Ross store. The suspect was arrested and cited.

Officers responded to a theft in progress. A witness provided a description of the suspect and the stolen items. Officers located the suspect riding a stolen bicycle. The suspect admitted to entering the property and taking the items found in his possession. He was arrested and booked into jail for trespass and theft.

From the stolen bike call, a community member sent an email to the police department, as follows: “Someone rang our doorbell. My husband jumped up to investigate, and they saw a man leaving our gated backyard with my bike and a pickleball bag. We called the non- emergency LFP number to report. A report was taken. My daughter and I went to check on our cars. As we were near the street a construction worker came to tell us he had seen a man riding away on a bike with a backpack. This was cause of concern because he had an interaction with him a few minutes earlier and he was walking and appeared to be impaired. The construction worker had also called the police. Within 20 minutes we had the police at

our door. Within 45 minutes we had our belongings back! I want to give a huge shoutout to the Lake Forest Park police department and recognize Officer Frankie Montague and others for their swift work.”

This post was shared on social media and received numerous positive comments. Some of those notable comments:

• “That is so great! Nice to hear good things about police these days.. �£�”
• “I hope the word gets out on the street that LFP is not the place you want to mess with Good news!”
• “Thank you for your post and a shout out to the Lake Forest Park police department ��“
• “Glad you got your belongings back, great work by the Police Department 5�s�5�s�5�s�5�s�5�s�5�s�”
• “Applause to the construction worker who contacted pd ahead of your call, and for informing you of his interaction with this person!”
• “Great hearing good news �”
• “I am so glad you got your bike back!”
• “Great to have a PD that actually responds to a stolen bike call and finds it. From stories in my biking circles, so many PDs lack staffing or perhaps the passion for community service to do more than take a report.”
• “So glad you were able to get your bike back. I have friends in Seattle and the police are so understaffed that they can't even come for those types of issues.”
• “Glad to hear you got your things back. And kudos to our LFP police! We’re fortunate here in LFP to have a great police force who are able to respond quickly.”
• “THANK YOU for acknowledging their prompt effectiveness! So glad for you.”
• “Glad to hear that such a disturbing situation worked out for you, kudos to the city of Lake Forest Park police department was so responsive!”
• “Amazing response, in these days of generally slow responses!”
• “Wow, sometimes some polices actually do some work done promptly rather than giving speeding tickets in 25 mile zone for going at 31.
• “Wow some one finally got caught in the act. About time yea!”
• “One of the many reasons I love living here”

Traffic Safety Highlights

Traffic Safety Heatmap for October 2025:

Each blue dot is an incident generated by dispatch or an officer.

This map represents 480 Call Incidents in October

Traffic Stops	382
Traffic General	64
Traffic Collisions	17
Traffic Abandon	8
Impound	4
DUI	3
Hit & Run	2

Emphasis Patrols:

• School Zones
• 40th Pl NE
• NE 190th St, from Ballinger Way NE to 35th Ave NE
• 55th Ave NE, from NE 193rd to city limits (especially from 0130 hours to 0330 hours and from 0700 hours to 1000 hours)
• 4900 block of NE 193rd St
• NE 197th St/NE 201st St from 40th Pl NE to NE 203rd St
• Intersection of NE 201st St and 47th Ave NE (drivers ignore 4-way stop)
• NE 148th St and 37th Ave NE

Stop Sign violation:

• 16500 blk of 37th Ave NE - A subject given a warning for failure to properly stop at stop sign, nearly causing collision with patrol vehicle.
• (2) 4200 blk of 205th
• 17500 blk of Ballinger + unsafe left turn
• Traffic Emphasis - 44th Ave NE and NE 203rd St - stopped 3, issued 2 tickets
• Brookside Blvd. - failure to yield right of way at stop sign

Transit Lane Violation:

• More than 10! 5 tickets in one day!
• 14700-14900 of SR522 (7-8am) - 7 violations

Speed violation:

• 15500 blk, 16700 blk and 17000 blk of SR522 - (2) 55mph, and 67mph.
• 17100blk of SR522 - 63mph and 57mph
• 17000blk of SR522 - 62mph

Electric Bikes:

• 14900 of SR522 - No plate on electric motorcycle

Parking:

• 16900 blk of 35th Ave NE - vehicle tagged for 72hr notice and parked in the wrong direction
• Mall parking lot - cited for parking in disabled parking without placard
• 14800 blk of SR522 - Parked in disabled parking without placard - owner unable to reach. Left 72hr tag for removal.
• 14800 blk of SR522 - Parking in disabled parking without placard. Owner moved vehicle and apologized.

Stormy weather:

• 16600 blk of 33rd Ave NE - Downed tree blocking road and low hanging power line.
• 17800 blk of 47th Ave NE - Large tree blocked NB lane. FD removed uprooted tree to the side of the road.

Other:

• 16200 blk of 39th Ave - given warning for illegal U-turn

Happy citizens:

• A citizen in the 14500 blk of 37th Ave NE has been in contact with the PD since December of 2023. After months of communication and involvement with the Traffic Calming group, TSO Ofc. Johnson met with this person to have them physically show her what and where the concerns are. In the end, TSO Ofc. Johnson was able to educate them on our available devices and share with them how patrol truly is doing their best to serve and protect their community. The citizen was quite thankful for TSO Ofc.

Johnson’s time and wrote her this kind message: “Dear Officer Johnson, Wow I’m so impressed with you. Seriously thanks a million for coming by. It made me feel so good to know that we have somebody like you out there fighting for our traffic safety.”

• 19700 blk of 40th Pl - Officer assisted citizen with jump start of vehicle using portable jumper battery.

Halloween at Third Place Commons

On October 31, Lake Forest Park Police Officers and Command Staff joined the mall-wide Trick-or-Treating event at Third Place Commons. We set up a table where kids (and quite a few parents!) stopped by to grab some goodies from your Lake Forest Park Police Department.

The event was a huge success! We met more than 300 children in fun costumes and handed out plenty of candy and treats! The response from the community was overwhelmingly positive. Many parents shared how

much they appreciate our department’s engagement and presence in the community, with several even saying they wished they lived in Lake Forest Park!