SEATTLE — Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced her proposal for a new emergency response team in the city’s ongoing efforts to reimagine the role of police in public safety. Durkan made the ...

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 ...

Seattle is testing a big change in its 911 response. The city plans to add a team of civilian ... in the Seattle Police ... of the city’s emergency response, along with police ...

SEATTLE — A team of mental health professionals will now be responding along with police and firefighters to calls of people who are in crisis in Seattle. The Community Assisted Response and ...

Seattle plans to expand its alternative 911 response teams citywide next year, building upon a pilot program that started about a year ago. Why it matters: The goal of the civilian response teams ...

Existing 911 response systems simply do not meet the needs of the communities they serve. The 911 Diversion to Unarmed Personnel Act invests in jurisdictions to rethink its emergency response.

It took years of preparation but this week Seattle officials say 911 dispatchers will begin directing teams of mental health professionals to certain emergency calls, alongside police officers.

The Seattle Police Department will be moving about 100 officers and supervisors to its 911 response team, a move officials say will help the department respond more quickly to 911 calls and form ...

Some cities outside Seattle, such as Bellevue and Kent, have their own non-emergency response initiatives. The Health One team will cost $500,000 this year, Durkan said.

SEATTLE — A new team is in place in north Seattle to help people on the streets who are homeless, in crisis, or need help with issues like drug addictions. Community Assisted Response and ...

SEATTLE (KOMO) — A team of mental health professionals will now be responding along with police and firefighters to calls of people who are in crisis in Seattle. The Community Assisted Response ...