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  • Seattle starts hiring unarmed 'alternate response teams' to respond to 911 calls

    08/23/2023 10:20:21 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 48 replies
    Fox News ^ | August 23, 2023 8:11pm EDT | Lindsay Kornick
    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...