The police are leaving -- Seattle Police Department is down 20 percent in the last 18 months.
The Seattle Police Department is struggling under the backlash of recent police reforms. The state of Washington has just enacted a dozen police reform laws, following nearly a year of protests over police brutality. More than $840 million were cut from U.S. police budgets in 2020. This has caused a shortage of police in Seattle. The police chief tells CBS News that 260 officers, which is almost 20 percent of the force, have left in the past year and a half (CBS).
“Morale is not good, and that’s because we don’t have the political support from our elected officials,” Seattle Police Officers Guild President Mike Solan stated. “And as we’re seeing officers flee this area, it’s a direct result of that lack of political support” (Police Tribune).
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