A new Seattle police policy goes into effect Oct. 1.
SEATTLE — A new Seattle police policy goes into effect Oct. 1.
Officers will no longer be dispatched to burglary alarms from monitoring companies unless there is supporting evidence. The policy calls for proof like video, audio, panic alarms, or eyewitnesses. It’s a change big enough to spark pushback at city hall.
“We are just asking that we slow this down just a bit,” one caller said on Tuesday morning during a public safety committee meeting.
Alarm companies say the policy has left them with a lot to do in a short amount of time.
Shannon Woodman, the
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