The highly anticipated FIFA World Cup is less than two weeks away from touching down in Seattle, but the city’s mayor, Katie Wilson, is still split on whether the CCTV cameras should be turned on.
Seattle City Councilmember Bob Kettle implored Wilson to turn them on, claiming she isn’t following the law with her current decision to only turn them on if there is an apparent, credible threat.
“She is not operating according to the ordinances, the law, and her duties under the charter,” Kettle told KOMO News. “You don’t get a credible threat warning. This idea that you’re going to get a credible threat warning is not right. It’s not the professional standard.”
Gee, Ursula push back on Wilson’s ‘credible threat’ CCTV camera policy
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin, co-hosts of “The Gee and Ursula Show” on KIRO Newsradio, believe the FIFA World Cup and citizens’ safety are not something to play around with, and noted Seattle is currently an outlier in comparison with the 10 other host cities…