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Seattle announces expansion of CARE team, additional updates following tentative police contract agreement

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Alongside members of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) and other City officials, Mayor Bruce Harrell announced a permanent expansion of Seattle’s Community Assisted Response & Engagement (CARE) team.

Few retail theft cases filed in the CID

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New data from the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s office (KCPAO) shows that of the several hundred retail theft cases filed with the Seattle Police Department’s (SPD) West Precinct since 2023, just a handful of filed cases are from called-in incidents from the Chinatown-International District (CID).

Barnes pledges data-driven, compassionate approach to Chinatown-International District’s crises     

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Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (CID) grapples with overlapping crises: violent crime, chronic homelessness, and the constant spread of fentanyl and methamphetamine.

Interpreter denied, protection orders ignored: Chinese American women and advocates say legal system continues to fail them

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Zhen Jin has lived in Kenmore for four years, taking care of her 89-year-old legally blind and deaf uncle. The 66-year-old Chinese American immigrant has lived in Seattle for a quarter of a century.

A decade without Donnie: Remembering the CID’s guardian, brother, mentor

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It’s been 10 years since Chinatown-International District (CID) activist and International District Emergency Center (IDEC) executive director Donnie Chin was shot and killed while on patrol in the CID—and for these same 10 years, the community has been asking for answers from the Seattle Police Department (SPD), which opened an investigation into Donnie’s death when it happened. Since then, there have been few updates, and no concrete answers.