#scanner “We can stage at Starbucks on Olive”-cops

#scanner staging on 12th and union

#scanner just switched to encrypted tac channels

#scanner SPD is apparently staging at 14th and Jefferson

#scanner swat idling at 16th and union

#scanner sb pedestrian traffic open at olive and denny

#scanner fire at 11 and pike is out

#scanner "we have media at howell and olive, is there a better location you want us to move them to?"

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The following conversation occurred between an SPD North officer and Dispatch after dispatch instructed him to switch to Tac 9 (presumably the encrypted talkgroup for protest taskforce operations)
3N: "so I'm to understand that means we're standing down for the moment?"
Dispatch: "affirm, they'll advise if you guys need to suit up"
3N: "copy, thank you"

#scanner protest group eastbound at bway and marion, task force staging at 14 and jefferson, two more units at 12 and union with all units from bellevue and olive joining them there

#scanner more units mobilizing to 12 and union

#scanner protest is on seattle u campus, cops think moving back to 12 and union or e precinct, cops may gather at 14 and jeff

#scanner east precinct cars going to tac 9

#ground Some plain clothes cops just left e precinct

#scanner task force being removed from tac channel

#ground BUNCH of cop cars going north on 12th from cherry

#scanner w precinct task force released from task force and free to respond to regular calls

#scanner reports of someone possibly setting a fire in cal an, cops are coming to check it out
edit: they found the fire, fire dept on the way

#scanner fire at 11 and pike is out

#twitter https://twitter.com/Omarisal/status/1286402408893919232

#scanner Dispatch North: Unsure of the context, but dispatch says "body cams can be off"