Tacoma business owner, city councilmember look at electric fences as crime deterrents

Currently, the city only allows electric fences in industrial areas, but a proposed resolution could change that.

TACOMA, Wash. — A Tacoma business owner says he hopes to install an electric fence around his property to prevent future break-ins and he’s not the only one looking at this possible solution to rising property crime rates.

Chris Kovacs, co-owner of Aqua Rec’s, already has a fence around his property, but people have been cutting through that fence to break in. He said he’s had enough.

“The last two years have been bad,” he commented.

According to the data, the city of Tacoma has seen an 11% increase in vandalism and property damage and a 7% increase in theft/larceny.

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