SEATTLE - Thursday, a Seattle 911 call center got a surprise: More than two dozen emergency calls came in, not just from the wrong city, but the wrong state. A technological mishap was routing 911 ...

During the Seattle protests sparked by George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police in 2020, a common refrain from advocates and elected officials was the need for someone besides an officer “with a ...

SEATTLE — Experienced officers or 911 dispatchers could get a $25,000 hiring bonus, and new hires could get a $10,000 bonus, if they sign on with the Seattle Police Department or the Community Safety ...

SEATTLE - Calls for help are sometimes meeting long delays as the city’s 911 system finds itself understaffed and overwhelmed. It is a potentially critical collapse in Seattle's public safety net and ...

A number of counties across Washington state were reporting a 911 outage Thursday. As of 5 p.m., the Washington Emergency Management Division said it has been told that “most 911 services have been ...

Seattle Police are changing the way 911 calls are handled. Under a new system, lower priority calls will be funneled into a queue. If an officer never responds to that call, a supervisor can just ...

Seattle business owners are fearing the looming vaccine mandate deadline for police officers and firefighters will further lengthen response time to 911 calls, as the city that saw months of violent ...

While Seattle councilmembers debated a potential $5.4 million budget cut to the city’s police department on Tuesday, Councilmember Andrew Lewis looked to point the council’s long-term priorities ...

A former Seattle 911 dispatcher is blasting the city for causing the death of a resident who didn’t receive timely aid because paramedics sat outside his home waiting for a police escort. William ...

One afternoon last August, Jeanne Tiscareno returned to her Capitol Hill home to find the front door open and the house ransacked. She called 911 and waited on a nearby sidewalk for Seattle police to ...

One afternoon last August, Jeanne Tiscareno returned to her Capitol Hill home to find the front door open and the house ransacked. She called 911 and waited on a nearby sidewalk for Seattle police to ...