The Seattle City Council has voted out of committee Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell’s plan to hire roughly 500 Seattle Police officers over the next five years. In the meantime, the city has to figure out how to police a city that has roughly 400 fewer officers than it needs to fully staff its precincts.
One of the strategies the council and interim Chief Adrian Diaz are considering is cutting back the number of overtime hours dedicated to Seattle sporting events.
“When we start to look at Huskies, Seahawks, Mariners, and all other different events, it does require us to have more officers being drafted … I would like to
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