Seattle discussing dispatching behavioral health providers, crisis experts to 911 calls
The city wants to see if community service officers, crisis response experts, and behavioral health providers could be dispatched to certain calls.
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The city wants to see if community service officers, crisis response experts, and behavioral health providers could be dispatched to certain calls.
Based on the lack of material updates from the Mayor's Office at today's hearing, it doesn't seem like the executive branch sees this kind of public safety as an urgent matter.
The national labor shortage of police officers could pave the way for non-cop first responders.
The administration will put on its listening ears this week when members of his office sit down with the LGBTQ Commission for the first time.
Seattle is facing a projected $117 million gap between revenues and expected expenditures in 2023, and the city’s budget chief says there’s no easy way to bridge the gap.