More than 700 police officers left the Seattle Police Department in the past five years. The department is now at its lowest staffing level in 30 years.
SEATTLE — With the police department at its lowest staffing level in approximately 30 years, several Seattle City Council members said their top priority is increasing police department staffing and that urgent action needs to be taken.
The Seattle City Council Public Safety Committee received an update on March 12 about police recruitment and retention from the Seattle Public Safety Civil Service Commission and the Seattle Police Department (SPD).
“I think if rock bottom was ever a
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