Seattle Civilian Responder Team Chafes Under Police Guild Contract Restrictions (www.theurbanist.org)

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Seattle’s Community Assisted Response & Engagement (CARE) department is expanding, but it’s being blocked from doing its job by the conditions laid out in the new Seattle Police Officers Guild contract. CARE is looking to circumvent these obstacles.

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[-] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah that's fuck, guess got to make sure the cops can kill people on a wellness check. Why I am with Abolish the police.

[-] CombatWombat@feddit.online 4 points 1 week ago

SPD has been on a work slowdown for… six years now? And continues to block CARE. At some point, the public is going to realize we can get more first responders on scene and more police work done overall by abolishing SPD than by continuing to pay them.

this post was submitted on 22 May 2026

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