Research & Data
About the CARE Events Dashboard
This dashboard shows all events for which CARE Community Crisis Responders (CCRs) provided services and logged to patrols, as well as where and when those events occurred.
Questions? Please email CARE_info@seattle.gov.
Definitions
Beat: Represents a geographical area where first responders are assigned to provide services, such as police, fire or crisis response. Beats are used to allocate available resources for a neighborhood or area of the city to ensure adequate presence and response capacity.
Community Crisis Responder (CCR): First responder dispatched by the Seattle 9-1-1 Communications Center to crisis call events, to provide services to persons experiencing crises.
Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD): Software used by 9-1-1 operators, dispatchers and call-takers to receive, prioritize and record emergency calls, and to dispatch, track and communicate with first responders in the field. Responders in the field can receive messages initiated by CAD systems via their mobile data terminals, radios, and cellular phones.
Event: Specific incident or situation that dispatchers and responders coordinate and manage using CAD systems.
Events by Beat: Represents how many CAD events were generated in a specific geographical area or beat.
Events by Group: Represents how many CAD events are grouped together, based on the final Miscellaneous Incident Request call type issued by the CAD.
Miscellaneous Incident Request (MIR): Terminology used within CAD systems, to clear or close a CAD-generated event. For example, when a call is made to the 9-1-1 Communications Center and prompts a CAD event to be created using a type code (which provides a concise descriptive summary of the situationincident, like Disturbance, Narcotics, or Robbery), the "MIR" will represent how the CAD-generated event was closed. In many instances, a 9-1-1 call can begin as one MIR type, such as a disturbance but, upon further investigation of the incident, the call will be converted to a more accurate MIR, such as an assault.
Shared Response: Represents a CAD event to which both Seattle Police Department patrol and CARE CCRs respond.