#scanner some people at the federal courthouse on 5th avenue, lighting fireworks and cutting down the flag. Police are sending a taskforce to 5th and Seneca to respond

#scanner "we're just going to stay with the crowd as long as they stay mobile, if they become stationary (?) we'll give the order to disperse the crowd

#scanner 4:29PM both taskforces arriving at east precinct.

#scanner 4:26PM protestors eastbound on pine, possibly going to east precinct

#scanner It appears that SWAT may be joining on East.

#scanner SPD seems to have started heavily using encrypted comms around 4:20PM

#scanner SPD has called in mutual aid from surrounding cities and seems to be dispatching normal SPD calls to officers in other cities, so far Bothell, Redmond, and Kirkland seem to be involved, have heard them dispatched to DV calls, burglaries, disturbances, etc.

#scanner West precinct is no longer in lockdown.

#scanner Sounds like SPD 3rd watch will be going downtown: "for the mutual aid officers, bothell, redmond, and kirkland, our 3rd watch is actually going downtown, so you'll be a while"

#scanner "if there's any 3rd watch North units, you need to respond to the West precinct and switch to Tac 9", Tac 9 is encrypted

#scanner 5:40pm "demonstration heading to the west precinct again, all units at the precinct to keep away from the windows"

#scanner 5:43pm "for now lets just have all units double up and have all their hats and bats and gear ready in their patrol vehicles"

#scanner 5:51pm from South Dispatch: "Update for oncoming 3rd watch, staging area will be the West Precinct"

#scanner 6:12pm "all second watch units need to stay in place (all 2nd watch units are held over at this time) , 3rd watch units to stay at their precincts for direction, more information is coming soon"

#scanner all precincts: 2nd watch will be held over until midnight, mutual aid (other cities police departments) will be assisting with calls until 10pm

#scanner 2nd watch still held over until Midnight, Seattle Police Operations Center (SPOC) will be making a decision if they will be released before midnight.

#scanner SPD South Precinct is having trouble finding an officer who speaks Spanish.

#scanner sounds like 2nd watch was "demobilized" at around 10pm, bunch of radio signoffs and "out of service" calls. "2nd watch units are clear to go"