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Seattle starts hiring unarmed 'alternate response teams' to respond to 911 calls
Fox News ^ | August 23, 2023 8:11pm EDT | Lindsay Kornick

Posted on 08/23/2023 10:20:21 PM PDT by Olog-hai

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1 posted on 08/23/2023 10:20:21 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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Crisis responders who are paid $16/hr, as opposed to $40/hr for a cop.


2 posted on 08/23/2023 10:24:39 PM PDT by Jonty30 (If liberals were truth tellers, they'd call themselves literals. )
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I hope they all have body cams ....
youtube needs some new funny videos.

I wonder how long it will take for the first one to be beaten
into a pulp by some suffering citizen?

I say ...... first time out...


3 posted on 08/23/2023 10:26:18 PM PDT by 1of10 (be vigilant , be strong, be safe, be 1 of 10 .)
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To: Jonty30

Actually cops are 65.00 an hour. What is going to happen is one of these 16$ an hour kids will get shot at a domestic disturbance.


4 posted on 08/23/2023 10:37:04 PM PDT by realcleanguy (quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
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To: Olog-hai

Another real world example of why liberals should never be allowed in power. Their ideas absolutely suck.


5 posted on 08/23/2023 10:38:37 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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I’m sure it’s more in my country as well, when you include benefits and all that overtime that is available to them. I am aware of one cop that has basically made $200,000 or more, because he goes for as much overtime as he can handle.

I can only guess the social workers will try to talk calm and then call the cops themselves if the fail to keep the peace.

It could be worth a shot, if it works. Cops should not be expected to wear as many hats as we expect them to.


6 posted on 08/23/2023 10:40:12 PM PDT by Jonty30 (If liberals were truth tellers, they'd call themselves literals. )
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Who the hell in the right mind would accept a job like this? Responding unarmed to 911 calls in Seattle? Good grief.


7 posted on 08/23/2023 10:40:44 PM PDT by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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Their ideas suck and all the failure of criminal Justice “reforms” across the country doesn’t dissuade them a bit


8 posted on 08/23/2023 10:40:44 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (22 years on Free Republic, 12/10/22! more then 6500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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ROTFL! Somebody is going to get their ass shot. I hope that 16 bucks is worth it. You can make that kind of money as a “fries guy” these days. “Crisis Responder” is a dumb idea.


9 posted on 08/23/2023 10:46:16 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("Say anything you like. Just don't say anything you don't like." - Old communist proverb.)
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Just think though if they hire the guys that want to be suicided by cops anyway, the city and the employee gets what they want. For a time anyway.


10 posted on 08/23/2023 10:46:20 PM PDT by Swanks
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Is Seattle going to give them “alternate funerals” when they get shot?


11 posted on 08/23/2023 10:48:32 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Jonty30
“Half the pay — All the danger!”

12 posted on 08/23/2023 10:49:33 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Olog-hai

Oliver Anthony sang it best, “It’s a damn shame. It’s a damn shame.”


13 posted on 08/23/2023 10:52:06 PM PDT by healy61 (.)
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oh they will be given bankers hrs like all non essential workers....8-4, no weekends, no holidays.....


14 posted on 08/23/2023 10:52:07 PM PDT by cherry
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#9: "I hope that 16 bucks is worth it."

This would be a great job for ex-cons who are otherwise unemployable and expendable.

15 posted on 08/23/2023 11:01:02 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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Great idear eh!


16 posted on 08/23/2023 11:04:12 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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Instead of training and hiring police officers to deal with conflicts, towns and cities are hiring unarmed minimum wage workers to deal with it... After all... What could go wrong?

This is a very dangerous trend.


17 posted on 08/23/2023 11:04:33 PM PDT by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: Olog-hai

I showed my policeman son this article, he’s still laughing.


18 posted on 08/23/2023 11:10:12 PM PDT by Graybeard58
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To: Olog-hai

“It’s a bold strategy, Cotton. Let’s see if it pays off for him.”


19 posted on 08/23/2023 11:12:08 PM PDT by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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20 posted on 08/23/2023 11:17:56 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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