Amy Smith will oversee the city’s 911 operations and crisis response team until at least 2028, as approved by city council.
SEATTLE — After serving as the first and only acting chief of Seattle’s Community Assisted Response and Engagement (CARE), Amy Smith has been appointed permanent chief by the city council.
Smith has led the department since its inception last fall.
“I want to get people out of these cycles of crime and crisis,” she said. “I care so much about people. I just do. I can see a future state where we prevent suffering and unnecessary death.”
In her role, Smith
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