A Community Assisted Response and Engagement (CARE) vehicle was stolen while responders were conducting a welfare check in Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood.
This was the first time a CARE vehicle had been stolen, Bobbie Nickel, a communications officer at the CARE Department, told KIRO Newsradio.
The two responders were dispatched to Greenwood Wednesday around 10 p.m.
Crisis response vehicle stolen after responder leaves keys in ignition
While conducting the welfare check, one of the responders left the keys in the ignition of the CARE vehicle, thinking it was necessary to keep the amber lights activated, Nickel explained…