This Saturday, June 7, 2025 six new park rangers will begin patrolling King County parks and trails to enhance park safety and improve visitor experience.

This new program comes six months after the King County Council approved funding for the new park rangers in its 2025 budget, a culminating effort to curb trailhead break-ins and supplement King County Parks-funded Sheriff’s Deputies.

Following a series of car break-ins, vandalism incidents, and public complaints over the last several years, Councilmember Dunn called for enhanced trailhead safety, and King County Parks conducted extensive community outreach to assess what the public would like to see improved in the King County Parks system of public spaces.

Participants consistently stated they wanted more official staff presence to

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