In August, the Seattle City Council defunded the department in response to the riots following the death of George Floyd. Millions of dollars were funneled from the police department to local activist organizations, many of which were involved in the riots and the autonomous zone.
Crime has spiked exponentially across the city, as have the length of 911 response times. Last month, it took police almost an hour to respond to reports of a gun on a public school campus. The Seattle homicide rate in 2020 doubled from 2019 and is continuing the same upward climb in 2021.
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the Seattle City Council unanimous vote Monday to move 911 dispatching operations out of the control of the Seattle Police Department and into the hands of a yet to be established civilian-led Community Safety and Communications Center.
This means that the dispatching of police, EMTs, and firefighting units will be placed directly into the hands of leftwing political activists. Seattle is in for a very rough ride
Crime has spiked exponentially across the city, as have the length of 911 response times. Last month, it took police almost an hour to respond to reports of a gun on a public school campus. The Seattle homicide rate in 2020 doubled from 2019 and is continuing the same upward climb in 2021.
(Excerpt) Read more at amp.thepostmillennial.com ...
the Seattle City Council unanimous vote Monday to move 911 dispatching operations out of the control of the Seattle Police Department and into the hands of a yet to be established civilian-led Community Safety and Communications Center.
This means that the dispatching of police, EMTs, and firefighting units will be placed directly into the hands of leftwing political activists. Seattle is in for a very rough ride