@spinefx
Youre a blind ideologue...Ive tried...you either are blind, stupid or too biased to want to see the truth.
Just on the cops thing and I know wehn I show you youll say ok thats one...wehgres the rest. Look for yourself but heres SeattleHow dire is Seattle Police staffing?
The city is experiencing crisis-level staffing it hasn’t seen in decades.
At only 913 deployable officers, the SPD says staffing is at the lowest level since 2009. It’s actually much worse. The Jason Rantz Show on KTTH obtained an SPD staffing document from 1958 showing authorized personnel on Dec. 31, 1957. It was 925 at the time.Seattle Police Department (SPD) staffing is much worse than what local leaders have admitted to the public, putting a renewed spotlight on a crime crisis the city is not able to fully tackle. The department hasn’t seen such low levels of staff since at least 1957.
The department has only 424 police officers working patrol as of December 31, 2023, the date when the most recent data was collected. The SPD, in an email, confirmed the staffing data.
Of the 424 officers, at least 66 are currently eligible for retirement, and 84 are over 50, according to a Human Resources document obtained by the Jason Rantz Show on KTTH. Patrol is rounded out with 11 police student officers, 22 lieutenants and 76 sergeants.
Just because officers are listed as “patrol,” that doesn’t mean they’re actually responding to 911 calls or proactively policing. For example, there are four assigned to communications administration. And, as of March 31, an additional 81 officers were listed on the HR unavailable list, which covers officers who are out for extended periods. Officers only appear on the list after being absent for a minimum of 14 days.
No matter how you parse through the data, total staffing is also at emergency levels. And hiring is nowhere near keeping up with separations.
