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All 3 finalists for Seattle police chief support more civilian crisis responders

The finalists to become Seattle’s next police chief made their case to the public in a televised interview Thursday. Those finalists are interim Seattle police chief Adrian Diaz, assistant Seattle chief Eric Greening, and Kevin Hall, assistant chief in Tucson, Arizona.
- Amy Radil
North King County cities will broaden mental-health response to 911 calls

Five cities in North King County have banded together to add mental health professionals to their police departments. Soon the program plans to offer those responders seven days a week, including teams that can answer calls without law enforcement.
- Amy Radil
Three finalists for SPD chief

Seattle is getting closer to finding a new police chief. And there are 3 finalists in the running. Crime, police reform, and public safety are top priorities. We’ll hear about the selection process from Seattle Times reporter Sarah Grace Taylor.
- Patricia Murphy
When SPD responds to mental health calls

When people are experiencing a crisis, it’s often Seattle police who respond first. In the best scenario the response includes a mental health professional. That can’t always happen. Seattle Times mental health reporter Esmy Jimenez is here to tell us why.
- Diana Opong
WA activates alerts for missing Indigenous people – and forecasts more alerts overall

Washington State is the first in the nation to create a new missing persons’ alert specifically for Native Americans. But the first use of this new system reveals how complicated some missing persons’ cases truly are.
- Amy Radil
Week in Review: Primary elections, Monkeypox, and booster shots

Bill Radke reviews the week’s news with Publicola's Erica Barnett, The Everett Herald's Isabella Breda, and The Seattle Times' Elise Takahama.
- Sarah Leibovitz
Violent crime rose in WA in 2021 – yet crime fell overall

Washington State’s latest crime statistics show a 12.3 percent increase in violent crime in 2021 over the year before, and a record number of murders at 325. Hate crimes and other offenses also increased. But law enforcement agencies reported a surprising decrease in offenses overall.
- Amy Radil
Gino Betts named new civilian head of police accountability office

On Tuesday, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell announced his pick for the new civilian head of the police accountability office.
- Catharine Smith
Seattle's plan to hire 500 police officers

Two years ago, the conversation in Seattle was all about defunding the Seattle Police Department, but things have changed. Mayor Bruce Harrell says SPD now has a staffing crisis. He’s proposing an ambitious plan to put millions into hiring 500 new police officers. KUOW reporter Amy Radil explains why the department has such a labor shortage and how Harrell's recruitment plan would work.
- Marcus Harrison Green
Week in Review: Seattle politics, policing, and Starbucks

Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with contributing columnist Joni Balter, Geekwire’s Mike Lewis and KUOW’s David Hyde.
- Kevin Kniestedt

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