The Seattle City Council passed its final vote on the 2021 City of Seattle Budget on Monday Nov. 23 choosing among other budget measures to make cutbacks to the Seattle Police. The total is nearly an $80 million dollar reduction including provisos and cuts according to Councilmember Lisa Herbold.
As far as the value of the SPD transfers and cuts. The 911 and PDO transfer and the transfer of victim advocates to HSD total $37,000,000 reduction in the SPD budget and the SPD staffing and related cuts directly to SPD is up to $42,000,000, including the proviso, so that is nearly an 80 million dollar reduction in the SPD budget, again, including provisos, transfers and cuts… READ MORE
