The Seattle Police 911 Center has a new process that allows Seattle residents to register their address and corresponding concerns that they may be the target of swatting. Swatting is the act of creating a hoax 911 call typically involving hostages, gunfire, or other acts of extreme violence, with the goal of diverting emergency public safety resources to an unsuspecting person's residence. Seattle residents who work in the tech industry, video game industry, and/or the online broadcasting community, may be the target of swatters.