{"id":461719,"date":"2021-04-29T13:35:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T17:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=461719"},"modified":"2021-04-29T13:35:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T17:35:47","slug":"more-than-200-seattle-police-officers-quit-citing-anti-police-climate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-than-200-seattle-police-officers-quit-citing-anti-police-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"More Than 200 Seattle Police Officers Quit Citing \u2018Anti-Police\u2019 Climate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmore-than-200-seattle-police-officers-quit-citing-anti-police-climate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=461719&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-4086.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>More than 200 Seattle police officers walked off the job last year, according to the Seattle Police Department, following weeks of protests and heightened \u201canti-police rhetoric.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like the Louisville, Kentucky, police department, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/louisville-police-department-in-dire-straits-union-says-after-200-officers-quit\">revealed, earlier this week, that it is in a \u201cstaffing crisis<\/a>\u201d following the departure of nearly 200 of its own officers, Seattle\u2019s police department is losing police officers \u201cat a record pace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice Chief Adrian Diaz said Tuesday that the department is in a \u2018staffing crisis\u2019 after more than 180 police officers quit last year and another 66 officers left their jobs so far this year, according to police data,\u201d per the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are at record lows in the city right now. I have about 1,080 deployable officers. This is the lowest I\u2019ve seen our department,\u201d Diaz said in an interview with local media.<\/p>\n<p>Seattle was an epicenter of anti-racism and anti-police brutality protests last summer, and the Seattle police department was left under siege over an \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chaz-shooting-leaves-one-dead-inside-leftists-no-cop-utopia-police-investigating\">occupied protest\u201d of the city\u2019s Capitol Hill neighborhood<\/a>. Seattle\u2019s city council is also among a handful of city governments that pursued aggressive efforts to \u201cdefund the police,\u201d though they eventually <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscut.com\/news\/2020\/11\/seattle-cuts-doesnt-defund-police-budget-2021\">settled for aggressive cuts to the law enforcement budget<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Seattle\u2019s former police chief, Carmen Best, who resigned last summer, said the budget cuts and anti-police rhetoric left her feeling as though her department was \u201cdestined to fail,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/npr.org\/sections\/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice\/2020\/09\/02\/908808713\/outgoing-seattle-police-chief-felt-destined-to-fail-after-cuts-and-public-backla#:~:text=Ducey%2FGetty%20Images-,Seattle%20Police%20Chief%20Carmen%20Best%20announces%20her%20resignation%20at%20a,council%20to%20defund%20her%20department.\">according to an interview she did with NPR<\/a>. And the Seattle Times Editorial Board laid the blame for the city\u2019s rising homicide rate \u2014 a full 50% higher in 2020 than in 2019 \u2014 squarely at the feet of the city\u2019s progressive legislators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Seattle City Council\u2019s reckless rhetoric and slapdash moves to defund the police have hurt \u2014 not helped \u2014 the safety of residents citywide. The list is long: Funding cuts without the former chief\u2019s insight and a climate that spurred an exodus of officers have hurt the department\u2019s ability to respond to trouble,\u201d the Seattle Timed ed board wrote. \u201cDetectives and other specialists are pulling routine patrol shifts to respond to 911 calls rather than working to prevent or investigate crimes because the department is so short-handed. After calling 911, residents throughout the city have had to wait for police response that, in some instances, never happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan also blamed the city council\u2019s rhetoric, in her own statement on the police attrition rate this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite an increased focus on recruitment and retention, the Seattle Police Department continues to lose sworn officers at a record pace due to ongoing budget uncertainty,\u201d Durkan\u2019s office said in a statement. \u201cBased on exit interviews, we know the Council\u2019s threats of continued layoffs or cuts are having a direct impact on decisions to leave the department.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also lambasted the council\u2019s plan to make further cuts to the police budget.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe City Council is considering new cuts of $5.4 million to the police department\u2019s budget,\u201d the AP noted Thursday. \u201cBut Durkan is cautioning against additional cuts without addressing hiring and retention of officers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The department says it is hiring a number of community service and liaison officers, but that it needs front-line police officers to help handle the city\u2019s rise in crime. The city\u2019s police chief also says he hopes the resignations are on a decline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m hoping that it starts to level off,\u201d Diaz said. \u201cI do see that this year we could have a significant amount of people leaving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-police-chief-challenges-democrat-mayor-says-rapes-robberies-occurring-in-chaz-with-force-unable-to-respond\">WATCH: Police Chief Challenges Democrat Mayor, Says Rapes, Robberies Occurring In \u2018CHAZ\u2019 With Force Unable To\u00a0Respond<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire, headed by bestselling author and popular podcast host Ben Shapiro, is a leading provider of conservative news, cutting through the mainstream media\u2019s rhetoric to provide readers the most important, relevant, and engaging stories of the day. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 200 Seattle police officers walked off the job last year, according to the Seattle Police Department, following weeks of protests and heightened \u201canti-police rhetoric.\u201dLike the Louisville, Kentucky, police &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277009,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-4086.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"More Than 200 Seattle Police Officers Quit Citing \u2018Anti-Police\u2019 Climate","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-461719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-4086.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"More Than 200 Seattle Police Officers Quit Citing \u2018Anti-Police\u2019 Climate","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}