Three years later, the system is still being used because it is required as part of the department’s federally mandated reforms. Despite near-universal acknowledgment of its failings, the system remains, largely because a federal judge has not given the green light to ditch it.
“Fundamentally, because we’re under a consent decree, we’re continuing to dot the i’s and cross the t’s on the system in place because we’re under a court order,” one department official speaking on background told Crosscut.
On Monday, the Seattle City Council will continue its protracted discussion about the Seattle Police Department’s budget, a discussion that began in the wake of last summer’s protests after George Floyd
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