When I lived in Tacoma (the most crime infested city in the Pacific Northwest) I was listening to the scanner and they dispatched two cars for a ‘man with a gun’ call. The first officer on scene radioed in and cancelled the other car, reported it was just an open carry, and drove off without ever getting out of the car.

I know first-hand as well. I was in Wright Park walking laps one morning and passed a woman hissing into her phone about my open carry- furious the dispatcher wasn’t going to send anyone. They didn’t, and I continued my walk without ever seeing a police officer.

Not sure where you got that information, but it is incorrect.