Seattle councilwoman Lisa Herbold announced the launching of new pilot program for unarmed crisis responders to be dispatched in the place of police officers.
could soon be answered by unarmed"crisis responders" instead of police officers through a new"alternate response team" spearheaded by a Democratic council member.
"Well, you know, usually I’m complaining about how delayed we are and how frustrated I am that we’re not meeting our benchmarks for developing this program. But today I’m really, really happy to report that the city is hiring for the six positions for its first pilot alternate response team. It’s going to be a way for 911 operators to dispatch calls to somebody other than police, somebody other than fire, a crisis responder who is unarmed," said Herbold.
A new program in Seattle would send"crisis responders" to some 911 emergencies instead of police officers.The 911 Dual Dispatch/Alternate Crisis Response program received $1.6 million earlier this month as part of the midyear supplemental budget.
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