Democrat-Controlled Seattle Votes To Defund Police As Violent Crime, Far-Left Riots Surge

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Democrat-Controlled Seattle Votes To Defund Police As Violent Crime, Far-Left Riots Surge
By  Ryan Saavedra
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Aug 10, 2020   DailyWire.com

The Democrat-controlled Seattle City Council voted late on Monday to advance a highly controversial plan to defund the Seattle Police Department as violent crime and far-left riots have rocked the city in recent months.

The Seattle City Council voted to remove approximately $3 million from the Seattle Police Department’s budget, which included:

        Cut 32 officers from patrol – $533,000
        Reduced specialized units including officers assigned to mounted unit, school resource officers, homeland security, harbor patrol, SWAT team – $250,000
        Removed officers from Navigation Team, ensuring homeless neighbors are not retraumatized by armed patrol officers – $216,000
        Reduced staff budget through recognizing expected attrition – $500,000
        Reduced administrative costs, including salaries, community outreach, public affairs
        Cut $56,000 from training and travel expenses
        Cut recruitment and retention – $800,000
        Transferred victim advocates from SPD to Human Services Department – $377,000 impact
        Removed two sworn officer positions from the 911 Emergency Call Center

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https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-democrat-controlled-seattle-votes-to-defund-police-as-violent-crime-far-left-riots-surge

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Seattle's police chief stepping down after City Council votes to trim department, sources say
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/carmen-best-seattle-police-chief-resigns-city-council-votes-trim-department/

[PeteS in CA]

Seattle's police chief stepping down after City Council votes to trim department, sources say
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/carmen-best-seattle-police-chief-resigns-city-council-votes-trim-department/

Seattle Police Chief To Resign And The Mayor Has “A Heavy Heart”

https://hotair.com/archives/jazz-shaw/2020/08/11/seattle-police-chief-resign-mayor-heavy-heart/

When Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan named Carmen Best as the city’s next Chief of Police in 2018, Best was the first Black female to ever hold the position. But her tenure is coming to a premature end in a couple of weeks. Chief Best has tendered her resignation and notice of her intent to retire to the Mayor, who accepted it “with a very heavy heart.” Best’s resignation came on the same day that the City Council approved plans to reduce the size of the police force by 100 officers and slash four million dollars from the force’s budget. Despite having plenty of ammunition to complain about the city’s treatment of her force, Chief Best’s resignation message was nothing but professional.

Sounds like she gave the City of Seattle's misleaders class they did not deserve.