City’s defunded police dept forced to stop investigating sexual assault cases

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City’s defunded police dept forced to stop investigating sexual assault cases

The worsening staffing crisis at the Seattle Police Department has forced the defunded force to no longer take on new adult sexual assault cases this year, according to a newly revealed internal memo.

The Seattle Times first reported Tuesday about the four-page memo, which the sergeant in charge of the Sexual Assault/Child Abuse Unit sent internally to interim police Chief Adrian Diaz on April 11.

In the memo, titled "Staffing Issues," Sgt. Pamela St. John said she currently is not able to assign new adult sexual assault cases "because of other statutory requirements."
 
ipatent said:
City’s defunded police dept forced to stop investigating sexual assault cases

The worsening staffing crisis at the Seattle Police Department has forced the defunded force to no longer take on new adult sexual assault cases this year, according to a newly revealed internal memo.

The Seattle Times first reported Tuesday about the four-page memo, which the sergeant in charge of the Sexual Assault/Child Abuse Unit sent internally to interim police Chief Adrian Diaz on April 11.

In the memo, titled "Staffing Issues," Sgt. Pamela St. John said she currently is not able to assign new adult sexual assault cases "because of other statutory requirements."
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What was the department's budget the last 5 years?
 
Seattle has a recent history of continually defunding the police. This leads to investigations not being performed, calls not being responded to, and the investigation of sexual assaults being prioritized below other requirements.

City council cuts $10 million from Seattle Police Department in new budget proposal
Seattle's mayor and mayor-elect were outraged by the cuts, especially after they say recent election results demonstrated a rebuke by the public of defunding police.
Nov 10, 2021
https://www.king5.com/article/news/...cuts/281-beee84b5-c669-4436-af39-93b9f11a82ac
 
gwb-trading said:
Seattle has a recent history of continually defunding the police. This leads to investigations not being performed, calls not being responded to, and the investigation of sexual assaults being prioritized below other requirements.

City council cuts $10 million from Seattle Police Department in new budget proposal
Seattle's mayor and mayor-elect were outraged by the cuts, especially after they say recent election results demonstrated a rebuke by the public of defunding police.
Nov 10, 2021
https://www.king5.com/article/news/...cuts/281-beee84b5-c669-4436-af39-93b9f11a82ac
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Proposal.What's the actual final budget?
 
Tony Stark said:
What was the department's budget the last 5 years?
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You sound like you are holding out because you have numbers showing a different story
I hope you do...If not then a reply like this is wasting everyone's time.
If not then why set yourself up for this

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...-cuts-seattle-police-budget-drawing-criticism
SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle City Council has approved a 2022 budget that cuts police department spending from previous years, drawing criticism from people who say city voters earlier this month endorsed more spending on public safety.

In an 8-1 vote Monday, the council approved a $355.5 million budget for the department
But the police department’s budget is smaller compared to years past. In 2021 budget was $363 million and in 2020 is was $401.8 million.

Outgoing Mayor Jenny Durkan criticized the new spending plan.
“Now is not the time to both be cutting officers also but every time council acts, they’re telling officers that are here today if they’re valued or not,” Durkan said. “Mayor-elect Harrell ran on adding more officers and I’m trying to set him up for success as much as I can.”
 
Mercor said:
You sound like you are holding out because you have numbers showing a different story
I hope you do...If not then a reply like this is wasting everyone's time.
If not then why set yourself up for this

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...-cuts-seattle-police-budget-drawing-criticism
SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle City Council has approved a 2022 budget that cuts police department spending from previous years, drawing criticism from people who say city voters earlier this month endorsed more spending on public safety.

In an 8-1 vote Monday, the council approved a $355.5 million budget for the department
But the police department’s budget is smaller compared to years past. In 2021 budget was $363 million and in 2020 is was $401.8 million.

Outgoing Mayor Jenny Durkan criticized the new spending plan.
“Now is not the time to both be cutting officers also but every time council acts, they’re telling officers that are here today if they’re valued or not,” Durkan said. “Mayor-elect Harrell ran on adding more officers and I’m trying to set him up for success as much as I can.”
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Might be because of all the cash they have to pay out for police brutality settlements



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Tony Stark said:
Might be because of all the cash they have to pay out for police brutality settlements
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Ok , quite an irrelevant response to the post
All cities have this problem
These payments do not come out of the police budget and sometimes are covered by insurance.
More spending on police can be used for more training to avoid these problems

A bigger issue is going to trail with a sympathetic jury is to risky.
Almost all of these cases are settled....better to pay 3.5 million then risk losing a 50 million judgement
 
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