As she has been clear she does not plan to hold the job long-term, interim Seattle Police Chief Sue Rahr Tuesday will brief the Seattle City Council’s public safety committee on her plans and tell the body that her approach to crime issues in the city is a “sprint, not a marathon.”
Tuesday’s briefing (PDF) will include an update on Seattle Police hiring as well as the 2024 homicide and shots fired investigation count.
Previously serving as King County Sheriff, Rahr stepped into the role to lead SPD this spring after the removal of Chief Adrian Diaz after four female officers filed a claim against the department alleging sexism and a hostile work environment.
In Rahr’s presentation, the interim chief will present data showing that the department continues to struggle to hire new cops with 21 hirings achieved out of a planned 65 in the first six months of the year.
Meanwhile, Rahr’s presentation is already behind on the homicide count — the city marked its 30th murder this week.
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Maybe fire all the JAnuary 6 and guys who laugh about people the police killed?
Dan Auderer has already been fired.
Below Broadway is already preparing to hand out cups of praise and fawning in this arduous task
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Only thing you post about on here besides Kshama.
Any reason you reference this one commenter when they weren’t even involved in the discussion? It’s kinda weird, kinda bullying. Active discussion and even exchange of garbage ideas is great maybe even healthy on a moderated forum. The random continued mentions of a user that isn’t even part of the discussion is bizarre.
What an odd metaphor to use, but actually fitting for the role policing plays in our society… So the idea isn’t to think about long-term needs of the city nor department, just a mindset of quickly hiring as many officers as possible regardless of qualifications and interest in protecting and serving all of the Seattle community.
More short-term bandaid solutions from the reactionary status quo thinking that brought us down this path.
We get what we pay for…
The current city budget has the department of education and early learning getting about a third of the funding of SPD despite having three times as much staff and tons of research showing that austerity in educational programs has much more of an impact on crime and overall community well-being than austerity in policing…
SPD and many other police forces around the country have been running as racketeering outfits holding major cities hostage for increasing budgets and paychecks all while harassing and extorting those at the margins.
You’re very wrong on your basic point because seattle public schools is a separate government entity with a much larger budget than SPD
https://www.seattleschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/FY24-Adopted-General-Fund-Graphic.pdf