Mayor Bruce Harrell announced a new tentative agreement with Seattle police Monday evening that aims to improve recruitment efforts, accountability & retention.
Mayor Bruce Harrell announced a new tentative agreement with Seattle police Monday evening that aims to improve recruitment efforts, accountability, retention, and more.
Mayor Harrell's office said the wage increases are the first for Seattle police in about three years. The Mayor's office also said negotiations for 2024 are currently ongoing with the assistance of a mediator which was appointed by the Public Employment Relations Commission, which the Mayor's office said "will allow the City to move forward with these important improvements to its accountability structure.
It requires an arbitrator in discipline appeals when misconduct is found to give deference to the discipline imposed by the Police Chief. It increases the number of civilian investigators in the Office of Police Accountability by two, bringing the total number of civilians overseeing and investigating allegations of police misconduct to seven.
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