A new report from the Seattle City Council shows how the city is addressing safety, homelessness and its police force.
Thursday that explained how Seattle is addressing homelessness, public safety, and police recruitment.
The Seattle City Council has pushed for an alternative civilian way to respond to calls where police officers aren’t necessary. The city has funded a pilot program to jointly respond to these low-level calls which will free up officers for higher-level calls.from the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform analyzing SPD data found that 79.7% of SPD calls for service are non-criminal in nature. It also found that 49% of SPD calls for service could be handled by an alternative response.
“COLEAD was able to resolve 14 of the most serious encampments in the Downtown core serving more than 500 people. These sites included the encampments on 3rd Avenue, the Pioneer Square Pergola, and City Hall Park,” the report said.Services for Survivors of Sexual ExploitationSHE Clinic is a partnership between
handles around 900,000 calls per year and the 911 dispatchers are exposed to a significant amount of secondary trauma.
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