The Seattle Police Department is seeing recruitment efforts improve as it hired 500% more officers in the first four months of 2025 than the same time span last year. The city has hired 60 officers through April 2025.

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) has seen its hirings and applications increase significantly this year, Mayor Bruce Harrell said Monday. Harrell and police Chief Shon Barnes said at a police training facility Monday that SPD has hired 60 officers as of mid-April,

The Seattle Police Department has added 60 new police officers this year but it still has 260 openings after many officer retired or left since 2020.