Submitted by: W.G.E.N.
Why Anyone would want to even go into Seattle - much LESS live there or work there is beyond my wildest imagination. Seattle is a miserable location and those who have grabbed the *power* have done more to destroy what was a long time back, a beautiful, safe, and enjoyable city. Now it is a place to need an armored vehicle to even drive thru the city on the I-5 Freeway. I tell folks who are traveling thru from the South heading to the North of Seattle to take I-405 and avoid I-5 at all costs. And what is sad is that even I-405 is going downhill. Seattle is Portland North.
I can't imagine what would prompt anyone with a brain to be a uniform wearing officer in Seattle or even in King County now. All those sleepy little towns in South King county have turned into killing zones. Please make note that Seattle/King County are totally infected with Democrats and that illness is moving further South into Pierce County and Thurston County. Think about that saying about the danger when someone is turning **BLUE** - death soon to follow.
Pray for those who wear the uniform and badges of law enforcement. Pray for them to be surrounded with a covering of protection from the Lord.
Jackie Juntti
WGEN idzrus@earthlink.net
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Record Number of Seattle Cops Leave Force in September
A record number of officers left the Seattle Police Department in September, according to department data released Thursday.
Thirty-nine officers left the force last month—more than twice the number of retirements or resignations in any month on record.
"We are losing an unprecedented number of officers," Mayor Jenny Durkan (D.) admitted.
She argued that the loss in police only "makes it even more critical that we recruit and retain officers committed to reform and community policing that reflect the diversity and values of our city."
Durkan and the Seattle City Council have both called for massive police budget cuts following months of protests, though they have sparred over the exact amount. In August, the council passed a budget that would cut up to 100 police jobs, leading to Chief Carmen Best's resignation.
If officers continue to retire or resign at the current rate, Seattle could soon see the lowest number of cops since the 1990s, when the city's population was 44 percent smaller than it is now.
In total, 110 officers have left the Seattle Police Department this year.
Seattle University criminologist Jacqueline B. Helfgott said the city's police department has not received credit for taking action to reform.
"It's really been understated in the media, the fact that Seattle Police have had co-responder teams since 2010," said Helfgott, who argued that that the national political climate has "unfairly impacted Seattle Police."
The Washington Free Beacon reported yesterday that the United States now has the fewest number of cops in the past 25 years. The Census Bureau found a 2019 average of 214 police officers per 100,000 citizens in the United States.
Seattle, which is left with just over 1,200 officers, now has one of the lowest ratios of cops to citizens of major U.S. cities, with 65 officers per 100,000 residents
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