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Jason Rantz: 5 reasons why Seattle police are ditching the city
[FoxNews] Cop bashing has become a sport in Seattle -- literally and figuratively. Police face physical assaults from Antifa thugs and other radicals. And the City Council continues its defunding efforts, even as the city reached a 26-year high homicide rate. It’s precisely why a historic number of police officers have left the Seattle Police Department, with scores more on their way out. Since 2020, I have exclusively reported that at least 270 officers have separated from the force. That’s almost one-third of the department. Some resigned, others retired, and many have made lateral moves to agencies more supportive of police. There are at least 100 more officers "unavailable," according to an internal HR document. Many are burning their accrued sick and vacation time before leaving the department for good. Consequently, Seattle is in the middle of a staffing crisis that’s leaving citizens vulnerable. The department has the lowest deployable staff since the 1980s with, at times, precincts at or below staffing minimums. It’s been a long-time coming: the crisis pre-dated the Left’s war on cops that defined 2020. Seattle got a head start, constantly pushing back against police. So why are cops finally ditching the department in such huge numbers? Here are the top five reasons. Related: Seattle: 2021-06-08 Seattle Times sues city of Seattle over Mayor Jenny Durkan's missing text messages during protests Seattle: 2021-06-04 US Arrests Citizen Planning to Join ISIS in Egypt Seattle: 2021-06-01 It's been a year of Antifa and unchecked anarchy Posted by: Skidmark 2021-06-09 |
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