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Project Safer form goes live after local tasing incident; first responders and family urge registration
Summary
Clallam County's Project Safer form is live; the program aims to give dispatchers and first responders person-centered information for safer interactions after a locally described tasing and arrest drew attention to gaps in on-scene context.
Project Safer, a community-led initiative intended to provide first responders with quick access to individualized information about people who experience intellectual and developmental disabilities, is now live in Clallam County, presenters told DDAC members.
The project screened a video recounting the 2019 arrest of a local resident, Nicholas, who has Down syndrome. In testimony after the video Terry Barrett, Nicholas's mother, described how police arrived after a homeowner reported someone going through yards. According to Port Angeles Police Department Corporal Luke Brown, Nicholas ran from officers; when confronted he held a piece of metal and officers deployed a taser to take him into custody (00:41:33, 00:45:44). Barrett said a written…
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