Mike Solan, the president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild, says the department can’t fill these positions because there isn’t enough support for officers and they’re working under an expired contract.
VIDEO: Pushback on plan to cut 80 vacant police officer positions from Seattle city budgetSEATTLE — Last week, the Seattle City Council approved a budget proposal that eliminates 80 vacant Seattle police officer positions.“I’m pissed,” said Rudy Pantoja, who lives in North Seattle. “It’s not right.”The council members who voted against the budget were Sara Nelson, Alex Pedersen and Kshama Sawant.
“Who are they talking to? Are they actually talking to the merchants and the tenants?” he asked. “It’s a rough time for families and for people like us who care about our city who live in our city to have 80 officers, 80 positions cut at a time when we really need to have an emphasis on safety.” “It means less police officers that could protect Seattle’s community and to me, this is a money grab to fulfill unproven endeavors that, at the end of the day, won’t be as viable as we know it to be having police officers that give the community a sense of feeling safe,” Solan said.
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