Posted on 08/23/2023 10:20:21 PM PDT by Olog-hai
911 calls in Seattle could soon be answered by unarmed “crisis responders” instead of police officers through a new “alternate response team” spearheaded by a Democratic council member.
Councilwoman Lisa Herbold announced on Friday that they are beginning to hire the first six new positions for a new pilot program to provide for unarmed “crisis responders” to respond to certain emergency calls. […]
Herbold was originally behind the vote that began defunding the Seattle police back in Aug. 2020. The plan cut 100 officers from the city’s 1,400 police force and $3 million from the police’s $400 million budget.
Around this time, Herbold also supported legislation that would drop misdemeanor charges for defendants who suffer from substance abuse, have a mental disorder or live in poverty.
Ironically, in Dec. 2020, she called the police to her home after a man reportedly threw a rock through her living room window; a crime for which, under proposed legislation, the suspect would potentially avoid criminal charges if caught. …
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It would actually make a fair amount of sense to have some non-leo types that could take citizen’s reports and such. It’s not like an armed response is necessary to report a burglary and such things
And places large order for more body bags.
has anyone said, What could go wrong?
a decade or so ago disturbance calls were the most dangerous for cops. Don’t know if that is still the case. Family arguments husband and wife etc.
Think of it as a public service to drain the shallow end of the gene pool. Never stop your enemies when they are doing your job for you.
Ahhh….. the old “Social Workers And Therapists” team. Wasn’t this “Neo-SWAT” idea put out by Portland and LA recently?
Not an original idea, as I pointed out in post 25.
Can you say “sharia law”?
McDonalds Drive thru for coffee this morning. Sign on glass: Positions available, starting wage $18.50 US. I’m within 50 miles of Seattle...
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