Report: Nearly half of 911 calls to Seattle police don't need officer response

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A police vehicle follows behind a group of demonstrators near Pike Place Market as they protest the death of Daunte Wright on April 12, 2021 in Seattle, Washington.

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Seattle police car responds to an incident (Genna Martin, seattlepi.com)

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Nearly half of the 911 calls Seattle police receive could be responded to without sworn police officers present, according to new findings by a nonprofit that worked with the city to analyze three years-worth of dispatch data.

A report detailing the findings, published earlier this week, is one result of Mayor Jenny Durkan’s

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