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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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To: Olog-hai

I agree in certain cases. No reason an armed and trained cop should be dispatched for a noise complaint or a welfare check. There are endless videos of cops just doing something incredibly useless like get in between neighbors complaining about a trash can. BUT knowing liberals... They will mess it up big time and these “crisis responders” will end up dead.


21 posted on 08/23/2023 11:21:59 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Olog-hai

Time to get out the popcorn and watch this fail abysmally.


22 posted on 08/24/2023 12:06:02 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: Olog-hai

Why did you post this as “editorial?”


23 posted on 08/24/2023 12:11:58 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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To: Olog-hai

If they’re trying to catch ChiCongo in body count this is a good way...


24 posted on 08/24/2023 12:13:08 AM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: Organic Panic
Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social agencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which no one but psychiatrists can understand (or treat).

— Goal #38 of the 45 communist goals for the USA
The intent is to “mess it up big time”. This idea came from a “defund the police” politician, remember.
25 posted on 08/24/2023 12:25:16 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai
Around this time, Herbold also supported legislation that would drop misdemeanor charges for defendants who suffer from substance abuse, have a mental disorder or live in poverty.

So much for "equal treatment under Law!"

Regards,

26 posted on 08/24/2023 12:48:24 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Olog-hai
When seconds count, the police are only minutes away."

When seconds count, social workers are only days away.

27 posted on 08/24/2023 1:15:09 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Faux News: "We distort, you deride")
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To: Olog-hai

I see dead people.


28 posted on 08/24/2023 1:29:52 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: realcleanguy

I’d suggest two things will occur over the next year. First, the 20-to-30 year old crisis-counselors...will last about six months before quitting because of the stress on the job. The ones who over 30...probably will call in sick more often, and unable to provide regular 40-hour weeks.

Second, in at least a quarter of the responses for the crisis-counselors....they will call the police because of threats made....so you end up with both the crisis-guy and the police at the same situation. Nothing saved on cost....just costing more.

But I will end this with the statement...cops are not crisis-counselors, and this extra training conflicts with most of the normal police training. They are simply enforcers of the law, and ensuring public safety. If you are doped-up or out-of-control....maybe a month in county jail is the best remedy for your problems.


29 posted on 08/24/2023 1:50:42 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Olog-hai

Good job, Seattle. Might as well put out the welcome mat for criminals.


30 posted on 08/24/2023 2:36:53 AM PDT by Jess Kitting
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To: alexander_busek

She should be the first one to go on these calls.


31 posted on 08/24/2023 3:25:08 AM PDT by riverrunner
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To: Jonty30

Gee, what could possibly go wrong?


32 posted on 08/24/2023 4:03:57 AM PDT by exnavy (Grow your faith, and have the courage to use it.)
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To: Olog-hai

This will last until the first “crisis responder” gets brutally attacked or killed.


33 posted on 08/24/2023 4:05:20 AM PDT by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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To: Olog-hai

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34 posted on 08/24/2023 4:24:40 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Jess Kitting

Might as well put out the welcome mat for criminals.


That’s been out for years.

This is just a perk for them. Target practice.


35 posted on 08/24/2023 4:36:45 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Jonty30

Yeah; I’d sure work for that amount, considering all the crap they’d have to up with put!


36 posted on 08/24/2023 5:05:28 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Olog-hai

I can only imagine the crazy “Fluffy’s up the tree again” 911 calls LE get. Seems reasonable to have someone in LE separating the “wheat from the chaff” before officers are dispatched.


37 posted on 08/24/2023 6:01:09 AM PDT by GAgal
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To: Olog-hai

I see a lot of these unarmed people getting hurt or killed. I mean since no one goes to jail, and there is no accountability, it is open season on them.


38 posted on 08/24/2023 6:17:08 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (The Democrat Party - Dumbing Down America Since 1965.)
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To: Olog-hai

Seattle just doesn’t GET IT, do they!


39 posted on 08/24/2023 6:18:09 AM PDT by Old Grumpy
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To: Timber Rattler
This will last until the first “crisis responder” gets brutally attacked or killed.

...or when a "crisis responder" brutally attacks or kills someone having a mental breakdown.

40 posted on 08/24/2023 6:29:32 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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