SEATTLE — The Seattle Police Department (SPD) said comparatively low wages have hurt recruiting efforts, and worked against a program to offer $30,000 bonuses to attract officers. In a ...

Seattle currently has around 1,400 police officers, and the current plan would see about 100 cut. It was also cut the police department's $400 million budget by about $3 million, according to KOMO .

SEATTLE, Wash. — After years of waiting, a tentative agreement between the city of Seattle and the Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG) could soon be voted on. The contract which was briefly ...

Starting salaries for entry-level officers in Seattle are less than those in Everett, Bellingham, Auburn, and Renton, according to city data. A table showing various salaries at police departments ...

Protestors gather outside city hall for Monday's Seattle City Council budget committee voting, which includes potential Seattle Police Department cuts, on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020.

The Seattle City Council has voted to cut SPD staffing and salaries. They say they’re making these changes in response to weeks of protests against systemic racism and police brutality.

SEATTLE — The city of Seattle pays the salary for a man who works full time as the leader of the police union. The Seattle Times reported no other city employee union leader receives a full-time ...

Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best asked for a pension estimate nearly two weeks before announcing her resignation, ... including one to “cap Seattle police salaries at $150,000.” ...

In exclusively obtained Seattle Police Department (SPD) exit interviews, departing officers doubled down on the well-documented pressures the department is facing both internally and externally ...