Policing policy was top of mind at Seattle City Hall Tuesday as councilmembers approved several reports about surveillance and one committee received a progress report on a pilot regarding "dual dispatch." While the pilot, focused on dispatch procedures, is new, Seattle University Department of Criminal Justice Crime and Justice Research Center Director Dr. Jackie Helfgott says SPD has a history of using "co-responder" teams -- though there have been challenges to expanding the model to scale. "It boggles my mind a little when I hear conversations about CAHOOTS in Oregon or the Denver STAR program and there's been a lot of conversation about those programs without looking inward to what we've done in Seattle and the history of everything that's happened in Seattle, under the consent decree," Helfgott said. READ THE FULL STORY HERE: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/public-safety/city-council-discusses-policing-policies/281-ec9b1a1c-b8e2-4fbb-9681-d3f952eb1c7c