https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2021/07/26/after-deadly-weekend-seattles-mayor-says-its-time-to-rebuild-police-force-that-has-lost-250-officers-n404752
After deadly weekend, Seattle's mayor says it's time to rebuild police force that has lost 250 officers
Then he repeated what Mayor Durkan had said noting the city was down nearly 300 officers in the past two years. He noted that five days a week officers are only able to respond to priority one 911 calls, meaning a call where there is an imminent threat of violence.
“I need more officers,” Diaz said. He said he can work on hiring but that it requires “making it clear to officers, current and prospective…that they will have our support, financially and otherwise, to do this job well and know they will not be laid off due to budget cuts.” In other words, the city needs to reject the defund the police nonsense being pushed by Black Lives Matter.
